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It’s worth a listen, obviously Alan Jones has to bring Argento into it, but at least it’s in context
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Battle Royale 2000 In the future when education has failed the Japanese government created the B.R. act. A class is chosen by lottery. They are placed on a island and given three days to kill each other to there is only one left. Based on the novel by Koushun Takami, that Japan's government tried to ban unsuccessfully and then the film it's easy to understand. This is one of Japan's best movies, the killing are all different with the weapons the characters are given. There have been some bad reviews about this film as it's bad, boring not much of a plot and stupid killings but I found this entertaining and the Americans are planning to do a remake.
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They already did. They called it The Hunger Games, because they Japanese studio wouldn't hand over the rights unless the film got a wide release first.
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They already did. They called it The Hunger Games, because they Japanese studio wouldn't hand over the rights unless the film got a wide release first. I know the films are similar but didn't think The Hunger Games was a remake, thanks for clarifying that MacBlayne
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When other studios tried to get the rights to the novel, author Koushun Takami insisted on a R rating. As the film was focused on a teenage cast, the studios wanted to do it PG-13. Then, in 2008, The Hunger Games was released, with Lionsgate studios having optioned it before it was published. The writer, publishers, and studio have been extremely insistent that it was not influenced by Battle Royale, but by a news broadcast following young soldiers training for war. Whether this is true or not, I don't know. Other authors (including Stephen King) have expressed dubiety over the origins, and its strong similarities with the film adaptation of Battle Royale. Battle Royale the film is rather different from the novel. The novel is set during an alternative history where Fascist Japan didn't lose the war, and used the tournament to suppress rebellious behaviour. Whereas the film is set in the near future, and abandons the alternative history backstory. The film explores old peoples fear of the youth, as well as young peoples distrust of the elderly. Not only that, the film also uses the theme of media distraction - where mass media are used to build hype around the tournament to crush uprisings, not through force, but through manipulation and distraction. Which is extremely similar to The Hunger Games.
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