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Post by rokikurama on Apr 9, 2012 22:31:18 GMT -5
I think they tried to tone down the blood for the young adult peeps--also that bit at the end struck me as way less horrifying without the hair (trying not to be spoiler-ish!).
Overall, I thought it was a pretty good translation, as these things go. The fire was fantastic, and I liked the idea of the game-makers all sitting at computer screens inputting disasters even though I'd hoped for more footage of people watching.
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Post by obsessive24 on Apr 10, 2012 6:28:45 GMT -5
Yeah, the one thing that really quite disappointed me was how they didn't really play up the whole reality TV concept as much as they should have, IMO.
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Post by littleheaven on Apr 10, 2012 6:37:55 GMT -5
I think I'm going to wait until it comes out on DVD - that way if it's too shaky for me I can pause and make a cuppa while the world stops spinning.  It strikes me, in my search for the ultimate Finnick, just how few current actors I know these days. I did see Taylor Kitsch discussed somewhere. I don't know him, but a Google image search did turn up some mighty nice pics, and he appears to be much as I imagined Finnick in my head. Someone also suggested Adam Baldwin for Boggs, which I thought would be pretty good. |
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Post by obsessive24 on Apr 10, 2012 11:04:32 GMT -5
Taylor Kitsch is faaaar too much FNL's Riggins in my mind so I can't see him as Finnick at all.  I actually really want Finnick to be a complete unknown just so we can all have something new to drool over. I am having a complete mind blank who Boggs is? |
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Post by littleheaven on Apr 11, 2012 4:10:03 GMT -5
Boggs was Coin's right-hand-man. He led the team when they went to 8 and also for the final assault.
Taylor is a total unknown to me, lol, but it would be nice to find some new talent. Although now I think about it more, I REALLY want Finnick to be played by Karl Urban.
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Post by legoline on Jun 8, 2012 16:15:20 GMT -5
Although now I think about it more, I REALLY want Finnick to be played by Karl Urban. But--he's too old! |
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Post by obsessive24 on Jun 8, 2012 17:02:03 GMT -5
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Post by legoline on Jun 9, 2012 1:57:43 GMT -5
Same here. And he played Gambit in "Wolverine". The other two would be fine for me, I guess. I've never heard of these people so at least I wouldn't instantly compare them to their other roles...
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Post by obsessive24 on Jun 9, 2012 16:05:16 GMT -5
Armie Hammer was the twins in The Social Network, and the prince in the current Mirror Mirror, and he was briefly on Gossip Girl I think. Garrett Hedlund was in Tron Legacy. Both are cute! I was actually thinking maybe Armie Hammer would work earlier. I still wish they found a complete unknown though.
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I actually really want Finnick to be a complete unknown just so we can all have something new to drool over. 