"May the odds be ever in your favor."

[rogueslayer452]

Okay, I'm still not over this trailer because it seriously made me all giddy and smiling because it is just so good. But I'd like to take a few moments to say a few things regarding this trailer.

First, I am beyond happy the way they have marketed the film. Like most, I was fearing they would be marketing it as romance or romantic triangle as some seem to think it apparently is, when it isn't. I mean, I cringe whenever someone compares it to Twilight because it's definitely not the same, not even close. But with Hollywood, they would want to target as many audiences as possible and with the Twilight being the "in" thing these days they would want to take that route as a marketing plot. But they didn't. Instead, they took the direct approach with what this story is about: in a totalitarian society in a dystopian future where kids are chosen to fight to the death in an arena, and focusing on our main protagonist and her sacrificing herself in place of her younger sister. There is nothing about romance, or potential romance, anywhere in this trailer. There might be in future trailers and previews, of course, but the fact that there were zero evidence in this one? Major kudos.

Secondly, I love how the trailer was put together. While some say that it was showing mostly all of the beginning, I think that was the point. We're seeing the grim reality that these are kids being prepped in order to kill each other in a grand arena. That this is a big deal in this society, a huge deal that is a frightening experience disguised as something honorable and to be celebrated, only for the entertainment for those in the Capitol of Panem and for the rest of the Districts to watch in horror as their children fight to the death, and not being able to do anything about it.

I think this trailer was well-done, well-constructed, and swiftly did what it needed to do to attract people's attention to what this film, this story, is essentially about and why you should see it. I approve.


On a particular, possibly unpopular opinion, am I the only one who doesn't ship anyone in this series? I have just read The Hunger Games, still needing to get the last two, but there's all this talk about who Katniss should be with and honestly, I don't really care. I am Team Katniss. I am for Katniss and her love and devotion to her family, for her sister Prim, and for her survival. I don't give a crap about any kind of romantic affairs she may or may not have. I may be the only one since the entire Hunger Games fandom is all about the shipping, so idk. But there you go.

Comments

[rogueslayer452.livejournal.com]

they're complaining about how they think Katniss should be a POC despite there being no evidence to say she is, and much more to indicate she is caucasian, however it not mattering at all because THG takes place in a POSTRACIAL WORLD.

Can I just say word to what you just wrote?

I mean, in terms of the movie casting in general, I understand the importance of acknowledging how Hollywood continues to whitewash their films and ignore POC actors, and that is a serious issue that I am behind 100% as it needs to be addressed frequently as possible. However in terms of Katniss Everdeen, her character description was very ambiguous and left to the interpretation of the reader. So honestly, the anger and outrage in this case is a bit misdirected because of that, imo.

But really she just needs to be single, and happy, and live a life free of mandrama.

Same here. I'm sitting here, looking at the shipping wars and thinking, "why should Katniss need to choose someone to be with? Why can't she just be her own person and happy by herself?" I mean, I would prefer she, Gale and Peeta just be best buds without an romantic ties whatsoever.

[nomorefrostbite.livejournal.com]

This article on 'Is Katniss White?' sums it all up perfffffectly.

Everything the writer of that article says makes so so much sense, and she has excellent reasoning.
YES the hollywood casting of caucasian over POC is highly problematic, and the fact that the casting call was for only caucasian actresses is problematic in the respect that it is never explicitely stated that Katniss is of any race and nor should it matter so long as she has "that Seam look".
However if the casting director read the material and came to the same conclusions as that article did, then it would have only made sense to put out the call for caucasian actresses.

If it was done to blatantly and racially exclude POC just because, then THAT is where there are serious problems that need to be addressed.

Why can't she just be her own person and happy by herself?

For some reason there is this notion around that we need to be in a romantic relationship to be HAPPY and can never be content on our own. I see plenty of people in my clinic who come to me for psychotherapy with mild depression because of being single and on their own, or because a relationship has ended.
I just want to shake them and be like "ARE YOU SERIOUS?!?!? YOU CAN'T HANDLE BEING WITH YOURSELF?! GET OVER IT. LOVE YOURSELF. LOVE LIFE. STOP BEING SO DEPENDANT AND NEEDY ON OTHER PEOPLE TO GIVE YOUR LIFE MEANING."

Also, Katniss is just a young girl. Surely she can figure out the relationship thing when she's grown up and lived a little and IS READY for any of that, if she wants it.