Panam ... The people of Panam are crazy about this reality show called "The Hunger Games" every year. When the story begins, "The Hunger Games" has been held in Parnham for more than 70 consecutive times. Every time the winner of the show will also become a super idol. In ancient Rome, famous gladiators were often sought after by slave owners and nobles in Rome. "Idols", some Romans even took the initiative to "dedicate their lives" to be gladiators, which is exactly the same as the description of the Panams in "The Hunger Games" about the pursuit of young fighters. In "The Hunger Games", the capital of Parnham madly squeezed and enslaved the remaining twelve areas, and brutally suppressed the resistance of the ruled areas, and it always reminds people of the treatment of slaves and conquered by ancient Roman slave owners. The historical precedent of the region-Spartacus himself was a Thracian, and became a slave to the Romans after being captured, and then he entered the arena. Finally, in the two novels following "The Hunger Games" (which will be adapted into three movies), the young fighters joined the rebels and participated in the uprising that overthrew the rule of Panam. This is almost the experience of Spartacus. A contemporary copy of it.
Of course, "The Hunger Games" written by Susan Collins is an out-and-out youth drama, featuring young readers represented by the "post-90s"-Lionsgate uses "Twilight" from young audiences. After earning a lot of money, this time with the reinstallation of "The Hunger Games", this time it is in line with the audience's age positioning, and the performance of "The Hunger Games" on the big screen has long made Lionsgate uncomfortable. From ear to ear, after breaking box office records one after another, "The Hunger Games" has become a "phenomenal" movie.
"The Hunger Games" is very successful in the youth, idolization, and contemporaryization of gladiator stories. A very important point lies in the setting of the live TV broadcast-here, "The Hunger Games" has become a reality TV show. , So that the people of Parnham are obsessed with it. Obviously, it can quickly resonate with the Chinese and American contemporary young audiences who are used to watching "American Idol" and "Super Girl" programs. In fact, filmmakers’ cultural reflections on reality TV shows have a long history. As early as 1987, Schwarzenegger starred in a movie called "Vice Dragon Warrior", which also set up an evil killing TV. In the show, the participants must kill their opponents one by one before they can escape to heaven, otherwise they will be killed in Huangquan-"The Hunger Games" is obviously very similar. And "The World of Truman" takes this kind of reflection to a deeper level. Under the latter description, a person's life may be completely created by reality TV shows, that kind of existential nihilism. The feeling is really a bit chilling. The "Battle Royale" created by the Japanese filmmakers created an apocalyptic world like "The Hunger Games". The boys and girls killed each other. The difference is that the background of the "Battle Royale" is relatively simple and very Difficulties are directly related to the present.
The reality show in "The Hunger Games" was real with real swords and guns, blood and blood, and the wonderful action scene design in it firmly captured the attention of young audiences. When Jennifer Lawrence was born in 1990, he was working like an Apple computer. When the sophisticated metal bows and arrows are fighting in the killing field, it will undoubtedly make her little fans hooked. The appearance of a handsome boyfriend (the future will be a plot of two men fighting for a woman) will greatly satisfy the girls' dreams of spring, which is actually the same as the success of "Twilight". But having said that, although the real killings in "The Hunger Games" are bloody, they are not as cruel in nature as the popular reality shows-for example, the famous reality show "Survivor" on CBS, which is similar to "The Hunger Games". The essence is exactly the same, except that the latter cannot hurt or kill people under the jurisdiction of "civilization" and "legal system."
Frankly speaking, the story of choosing "The Hunger Games" alone is not uncommon, but in the context of the entire trilogy, a grand historical picture is slowly unfolded. War, enslavement, and resistance have already become epic. . For older audiences, this movie looks dull, exaggerated, and old-fashioned, and some details are also very ridiculous, but for young audiences, "The Hunger Games" is their epic of youth. Idol starred, can be called the trend of intergenerational culture.
However, after watching "The Hunger Games", maybe children will treat youth as a reality show more and more.
(Published in the 24th edition of "21st Century Business Herald" on June 18, 2012)
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