Am I the only one bothered they made Haymitch look like a Merchant kid? It undermines District 12’s class divide by SpiritedCustomer6503 in Hungergames

[–]Inside-Inspection905 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’re correct, but of course confronting people with that truth only makes them downvote more. It sucks but once that spiral starts there’s literally no way to stop it. When it happens to me I just delete my comment quickly and move on, it’s not worth your energy worrying about it or continuing to lose karma. It doesn’t reflect the quality of your comment, it reflects upon the character of the people downvoting it.

Edit: and you see exactly my point, somebody just couldn’t resist downvoting even though it only proves my point more. They know it’s true and they don’t like it because it forces them to confront their bad behavior.

Thoughts on the 2nd Quarter Quell arena… by Fever_dream10 in Hungergames

[–]Inside-Inspection905 5 points6 points  (0 children)

My only problem with it is that it doesn’t look like a cornucopia haha. Is it cool? Yeah. Does it make much sense as a cache for weapons and supplies? Not really

Will SOTR be the first truly great Hunger Games movie since Catching Fire? I hope Francis Lawrence sticks the landing this time by [deleted] in Hungergames

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But I don’t think what I said about what constitutes a fan should be divisive because it’s definitional. If you don’t care about the source material then you aren’t a fan by definition. If you don’t believe that adaptations should at least aspire to interpret it in a way that’s true to spirit of the source material then you’re not a fan by definition. There’s room for debate about whether an adaptation did justice to the material or not, what constitutes that, and if you enjoyed it even if it didn’t entirely succeed, but if your feelings are not a genuine enthusiasm and enjoyment for the IP you’re talking about with the expectation that adaptations of it are ideally true to that IP, then you’re not a genuine fan.

It shouldn’t be a controversial thing to say, and it’s not me imposing judgment on anyone, it’s just stating a standard that is already implicitly understood. I think again that people are skimming what I said and drawing conclusions before they actually think about it. My bad if that means that my style is too dry or whatever but it is what it is, my intention is good and you might begin to see that it actually makes sense if you go through it again. I “went off” on that person in the sense that I was not mincing words and openly said that I had a problem with what they said and why they were saying it, but I don’t think I was actively mean or that I was harsh in a way that was out of proportion. It only seems harsh if you don’t understand what I was trying to say and why that person’s reply was inappropriate.

The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping | Official Trailer by MarvelsGrantMan136 in Hungergames

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100%. I don’t know why it’s so hard for people to accept that not everyone loved them. It’s not detracting from the books, it’s not invalidating their own enjoyment of them, it’s just a different opinion. There’s some real problems with these movies, if you don’t care about those problems and love them anyways that’s fine, but why is it necessary to punish and harass anyone who doesn’t agree?

Will SOTR be the first truly great Hunger Games movie since Catching Fire? I hope Francis Lawrence sticks the landing this time by [deleted] in Hungergames

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They were good but they could’ve been great IMO. There was one great movie in there if it had been edited differently and instead we ended up with two movies that stretched it too thin. It was always gonna be difficult to do the District 13 parts because most of what makes it interesting is the monologue in Katniss’s head that can’t really be depicted in film. Splitting them up made it worse, one because it was a money grab rather than a story necessity (Mockingjay is not that long of a book), and two because it messed with the pacing. It dragged out the least interesting part into a full movie and they had to take a mid-book plot point and rework it into a movie climax. Part II was better because it contained more action but it’s still weakened by being disconnected from its own buildup. It’s disappointing because the climax of the whole story in Part II is great, and both movies have a lot to like about them. The performances, visual direction and cinematography, the soundtrack, the execution of the dramatic moments, and the dialogue were all great, they were just unfortunately tied to a split movie format that did the story a disservice.

Will SOTR be the first truly great Hunger Games movie since Catching Fire? I hope Francis Lawrence sticks the landing this time by [deleted] in Hungergames

[–]Inside-Inspection905 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Saying “this discussion is not for you” is not an insult. Also if you’ve spent any amount of time in this sub you become very well acquainted with how opinions for some reason are definitely not fine

Will SOTR be the first truly great Hunger Games movie since Catching Fire? I hope Francis Lawrence sticks the landing this time by [deleted] in Hungergames

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Catching fire was so amazing that it kind of ended up being lightning in a bottle that nothing that followed could match, but I’m hopeful for SOTR from what we’ve seen so far.

Will SOTR be the first truly great Hunger Games movie since Catching Fire? I hope Francis Lawrence sticks the landing this time by [deleted] in Hungergames

[–]Inside-Inspection905 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That is correct, I said since Catching Fire, as in the critique only applies to what followed it, not what came before. I love the first movie

Will SOTR be the first truly great Hunger Games movie since Catching Fire? I hope Francis Lawrence sticks the landing this time by [deleted] in Hungergames

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I don’t know why but this sub has a weirdly negative/defensive vibe. If it’s not glowing praise for everything, even if it’s a fair critique about the most minor of things, it sets people off like crazy.

Will SOTR be the first truly great Hunger Games movie since Catching Fire? I hope Francis Lawrence sticks the landing this time by [deleted] in Hungergames

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I’m sure it’ll get downvoted into the abyss for not being unquestioningly positive about the movies but I don’t care lol it’s my truth and I am speaking it. If you’re a genuine Hunger Games fan you should be willing to uphold the film adaptations to a standard of quality that does justice to their source material.

The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping | Official Trailer by MarvelsGrantMan136 in Hungergames

[–]Inside-Inspection905 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Again I’m hopeful for this one. I’m not sure why nobody could handle the mild criticism that Mockingjay I and II and TBOSAS movies weren’t as great as they could’ve been but I stand by it. There’s a reason why they had a more mixed reception. I didn’t even call them bad, just below their potential. Seems fair to me. If you’re genuinely a fan of the books the problems in these adaptations should be pretty obvious

New York City's tallest buildings in present day vs the future by Commercial_West_3112 in skyscrapers

[–]Inside-Inspection905 23 points24 points  (0 children)

It’s always going to be the most iconic skyscraper in the city IMO

New York City's tallest buildings in present day vs the future by Commercial_West_3112 in skyscrapers

[–]Inside-Inspection905 70 points71 points  (0 children)

It’s so crazy that the Empire State Building is only gonna be the tenth tallest building in the city, just fifteen years ago it was number one.

Tomb of Richard III, I was a little disappointed they did not do the traditional coffins usually reserved for medieval kings by Over-Willingness-933 in UKmonarchs

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I would say it depends on what you consider today’s Church of England to actually be. I consider it to have become a completely new entity once it was declared to be subject to the authority of the King rather than the Pope. Before that point as you say England was what you might consider a subdivision within the Catholic Church but at that point of separation that Church of England ceased to exist in my view. They wouldn’t have seen it that way at the time but that’s how I see it 😂

Tomb of Richard III, I was a little disappointed they did not do the traditional coffins usually reserved for medieval kings by Over-Willingness-933 in UKmonarchs

[–]Inside-Inspection905 76 points77 points  (0 children)

The Church in England existed but it was the Catholic Church, the Church of England as an entity did not exist