Showing posts with label suzanne collins. Show all posts
Showing posts with label suzanne collins. Show all posts

Thursday, March 17, 2011

SPOILER ALERT: THE BIRD DIES.

Yeah, that's right, I spoiled Glee for all you Australian fans. Haha.

I won't say who won at Regionals, but Blaine did a really good performance of Raise Your Glass and it was amazing and yeah. Not that I watched the episode, okay, I saw a promo on Channel 10. :P

And Santana sings this kick-ass song called Trouty Mouth, which she wrote for her boyfriend, Sam.
I know it's really cruel to tease Sam and his big mouth, but it's funny. Whatever. I'm a heartless person, but my Sammy Evans still loves me, right? RIGHT?!

Anyway, HUNGER GAMES.
They've chosen a Katniss for the movie. Some blonde actor named Jennifer Lawrence. Anyone know her? Good, 'cause I don't. :/


A photo of Sam and someone's drawing of Peeta. THERE'S NO DIFFERENCE. NONE.
Suzanne Collins probably based her character on Chord Overstreet/Sam Evans. She's probably a massive Gleek and spends Saturday nights at home, having Glee marathons and stroking her cat.

And you may think I'm totally making this up, but I can relate some of the characters in Hunger Games to some characters on Glee. Not even joking. And no, I do not have too much time on my hands.
  • Katniss = Rachel. They can both sing REALLY WELL, have brown hair, both are strong independent girls, etc etc.
  • Peeta = Sam. Blonde hair, not afraid to be seen as dorky, both are in love with a girl and would do anything for her to love them back (I know Fabrevans is over, but just sit back down and stop interrupting), likes painting (colour me mine!), etc.
  • Effie Trinkett = April Rhodes. One of Effie's main quotes is "May the odds be ever in your favour!" And in the song that April sung on Glee, it pretty much has that line. And they are both bubbly, happy people, and I'm sure Kristin Chenoweth wouldn't mind wearing a pink wig. :P
  • Gale = Puck. Hard to explain, but yes, Gale is a badass mofo who f*cks every girl he meets. Okay, fine, this isn't true. But Gale has kissed a lot of girls, and he did/does love Katniss. But she doesn't/didn't love him back in the same way, even though they were both from "the Seam". And Puck wanted to get with Rachel in the Mash-Up episode, but Rachel wasn't keen, even though they were both Jews.
  • Cinna = Kurt. Both love fashion and makeovers, and I have a hunch that Cinna is gay. Just a hunch, though.
  • President Snow = Sue. EVIL, SO EVILLLL. But kind of cool too.
  • Haymitch = Will Schuester. President Snow killed all Haymitch's loved ones (including the girl he loved) and now he's alone. He now spends his Saturday nights wasted. YES, I JUST RELATED HAYMITCH TO WILL, WHAT OF IT?
  • Foxface = Quinn. Sneaky, sneaky, and very smart. Ha. :P
  • Finnick = Jesse St James. "You're my girlfriend and I want to know all your secrets" = "Have a sugar cubes and tell me all your secrets". They are twins, okay! Sexy and stunning twins. Blahhh.
  • Octavia, Venia, Flavius = Santana and Brittany. All of them care about their looks, and like to gossip and talk.
That's all I've got. :P
See you next time, you horrible stalkers!

Saturday, January 8, 2011

HUNGER GAMES BY SUZANNE COLLINS.

I'm up to the second book of the Hunger Games trilogy.

It's so good.
I'll try not to release any spoilers (because you all should go read it yourselves).

Anyway, it's about a girl, Katniss, who gets picked for this reality TV show, which is very much like Survivor but the aim of the game is to kill the other contestants and be the last one standing at the end.
(So, it isn't as civilised as Survivor. There are alliances in Hunger Games, but they might not work considering there's only one contestant alive at the end.)

It's set in the future, with a little bit of sci-fi.
In a world like the one in Nineteen Eighty-Four.
And the hierachy is like medieval times, I think.
There's the Capitol at the top, which is the richest district where they have genetic enhancements and heaps of food.
Then District 1, then District 2, then District 3, etc etc. Right down to District 12, where lots of people are poor and have no food and where Katniss lives. The only job for the poorer people in District 12 is the coal mines, which is dangerous and dirty.

The government is very controlling (and corrupt?).
And they hate people who rebel. They hate uprisings.
The people that are caught trying to rebel are classed as criminals and they have their tongues cut off (so that they can't speak out against the government) and are servants to the rich people who live in the Capitol.

Anyhoo, it's a good read. :D.
I really recommend it.
If you liked Tomorrow When The War Began, it's a bit like that. Sort of. Obviously, Ellie lives in Australia and not a world like Katniss does.

But Ellie and Katniss are very similar people.
They both are strong-willed and determined, and can survive on their own, using whatever is around them and improvising.
They both have a best friend (who is a boy) who they are not in love with.
(Katniss is not really in love with Gale. I haven't worked it out yet, but I reckon Katniss is only interested in being his best friend.)
etc etc.

You could also say that Katniss and Scarlett (from Gone With The Wind) are similar people. Like, when Scarlett came back to Tara and had to hunt and gather food for everyone. That's what Katniss does.
And the boys situation is the same. Katniss doesn't really know which boy she loves, and by the time Scarlett worked out who she loved and cared for, Rhett Butler had gone. :P

Anyway, I'm done reviewing Hunger Games. Go read it, you evil stalkers. Hahaha.