#the hunger games spoof

[ah0yh0y]

I think about this video so mcuh it’s not even funny I quote it so much

[xbuggyxboyx]

I just watched The Starving Games (2013) and what the actual fuck

like i get that it’s a spoof but my gods

it is hilarious i love it

[amateur-weatherman]

yummy yummy clothes rendering + the best couple in the 2013 Hunger Games spoof, The Starving Games

I love these guys

[art4mad]

MADness #65- The Hunger Games!

Clickey to Embiggen… If Monday’s seem like a bleak and barren wasteland of tedium seeming to stretch ahead forever, then this post fits right in! It’s time for another dystopian dive into the dreary dregs of drawing that was my work for MAD Magazine… and the odds are forever NOT in your favor! Yes, you are the tribute sentenced to having to look back at my artwork for MAD‘s spoof of the film…

[radiation]

HUNGER GAME (SPOOF)

[mariacallous]

There’s an international socialist conspiracy afoot, and it wants to make it easier to walk to the shops. Fringe forces of the far left are plotting to take away our freedom to be stuck in traffic jams, to crawl along clogged ring roads and trawl the streets in search of a parking spot. The liberty of the rush-hour commute, the sanctity of the out-of-town shopping centre and the righteousness of the suburban food desert is under threat as never before. The name of this chilling global movement? The “15-minute city”.

Westminster can often seem like a badly scripted spoof of itself, but rarely has parliament descended into parody as far as it did last week, when the Conservative MP for the South Yorkshire constituency of Don Valley, Nick Fletcher, launched a plucky tirade against the concept of convenient, walkable neighbourhoods. “Will the leader of the house please set aside time for a debate on the international socialist concept of so-called 15-minute cities and 20-minute neighbourhoods?” he asked, in an ominous tone. “Sheffield is already on this journey, and I do not want Doncaster, which also has a Labour-run socialist council, to do the same.”

It is not the first time that an online conspiracy theory has made it into the Commons chamber, but it may be one of the most surreal. Simply put, the 15-minute city principle suggests you should have your daily needs – work, food, healthcare, education, culture and leisure – within a 15-minute walk or bike ride from where you live. It sounds pleasant enough, but in the minds of libertarian fanatics and the bedroom commentators of TikTok, it represents an unprecedented assault on personal freedoms.

“Creepy local authority bureaucrats would like to see your entire existence boiled down to the duration of a quarter of an hour,” warned a furious presenter on GB News last week, as if describing a plot line from Nineteen Eighty-Four. The 15-minute city, he suggested, was a “dystopian plan”, heralding “a surveillance culture that would make Pyongyang envious”.

Never before has a mundane theory of urbanism been such a lightning rod for outrage. It’s like suggesting that public parks are part of a sinister plant-worshipping plot to demolish our homes and replace them with grass. Or that public transport is the work of a satanic bus cult. Some online forums have claimed that the 15-minute city represents the first step towards an inevitable Hunger Games society, in which residents will not be allowed to leave their prescribed areas. They see it not as a route to a low-traffic, low-carbon future, but as the beginning of a slippery slope to living in an open-air prison.

As one irate TikToker shrieked, while jumping around his room in disbelief: “You’re going to have to apply for a fucking permit to leave your zone!” (Although he also ascribed the 15-minute city plans to the Tories, so it’s not quite clear which deranged Reddit forum he got his information from).

There are lots of good reasons to interrogate the cute logic of the 15-minute city – could it actually lead to further social segregation? Would wealthy residents, and their money, remain in the prosperous enclaves? Who is providing the services and where do they live? – but the threat of our rights being curtailed by travel permits isn’t one of them.

The conspiracy theory pot was given a powerful stir in December, when the Canadian rightwing culture warrior Jordan Peterson decided to get involved. “The idea that neighbourhoods should be walkable is lovely,” he tweeted, in a post that has since clocked up 7.5m views. “The idea that idiot tyrannical bureaucrats can decide by fiat where you’re ‘allowed’ to drive is perhaps the worst imaginable perversion of that idea,” he continued, “and, make no mistake, it’s part of a well-documented plan.” Peterson quoted a tweet that featured the telltale hashtag #GreatReset, referring to the World Economic Forum’s post-pandemic economic recovery plan – widely used in the stranger corners of the internet as a byword for a shadowy global conspiracy intent on robbing us of our freedoms. The anti-vaccine, pro-Brexit, climate-denying, 15-minute-phobe, Great Reset axis is a strong one.

So where did the fear come from? Many of the UK conspiracy theorists highlight that these “un-British” ideas of urban walkability emanate from France, so they must be distrusted on principle. Worse than that, they point out, the ideology has been driven by a bearded Colombian scientist with radical roots. The ideas had been around since the 1920s, but the 15-minute city phrase was coined by Carlos Moreno, esteemed professor at the Panthéon-Sorbonne in Paris, who was once a member of a leftwing guerrilla group in the 1970s. And now he’s coming for your cars.

“Their lies are enormous,” Moreno said in a recent interview , describing some of the claims made by his critics. “You will be locked in your neighbourhood; cameras will signal who can go out; if your mother lives in another neighbourhood, you will have to ask for permission to see her, and so on,” adding that they “sometimes post pictures of concentration camps.”

Moreno first promoted his concept of la ville du quart d’heure in 2016, but it gained international attention when the mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, adopted it as part of her re-election campaign in 2020. She promised she would close off roads and turn them into public plazas, plant more trees and turn schools into the “capitals of the neighbourhood”, open to everyone for sports and recreation in evenings and at weekends.

The pandemic proved to be a powerful trial for how a 15-minute city might work in practice, and led to bodies such as UN Habitat, the World Economic Forum, the C40 Global Cities Climate Network and the Federation of United Local Governments championing the cause – which also helped to boost unhinged fantasies that it is all part of a grand global scheme of totalitarian oppression.

More recently, the principles have gained traction in the UK, with Oxford, Birmingham, Bristol, Canterbury and Sheffield councils considering 15-minute city ideas. Cue outrage from those with no other cause left to flog. “The climate change lockdowns are coming,” tweeted Nigel Farage, in response to Canterbury’s innocuous traffic filtering scheme, while Oxford’s plans triggered similar ripples of incredulous fury.

“Oxfordshire County Council yesterday approved plans to lock residents into one of six zones to ‘save the planet’ from global warming,” screamed one alarmist headline. “The latest stage in the ‘15-minute city’ agenda is to place electronic gates on key roads in and out of the city, confining residents to their own neighbourhoods.” The claims had zero basis in fact, but they poured further fuel on the fire of those battling low-traffic neighbourhoods, and their fellow band of assorted culture warriors.

It seems fitting that a leaflet drop warning against Oxford’s traffic filters plan was organised by Not Our Future – a new pressure group led by none other than Fred and Richard Fairbrass of 1990s band turned anti-vaxxers Right Said Fred. Too sexy for their car? Maybe they could try cycling to the shops instead.

[limetimo]

RAB FICS I READ May

L'Astre Noir by Calypte black bros being bros (6 years age difference)

unremarkable days. by sadgorl focus wolfstar, regulus is in sirius' custody

This Is Why I Hate Mondays by AtomicMint crack spoofs

What We Do For The Cause by piximera for greenmegsnoham regulus seduces voldy to learn his secrets. it sucks (the plan, not the fic)

Take my love as the antidote, use me to treat your pain by fairies_withspirits sirius and regulus having comfort sex

Little Star (How Could I Love You If I Stayed?) by fairies_withspirits black bros cest

Two Knights Defence by Keysie  idk man dorcas regulus and remus are all werewolves under Queenie's plotty plots

We are Malfoys and we are Blacks: Pre-Hogwarts by Kiramiel regulus reborn as draco's twin

A Boy and his Cat by aCanadianMuggle regulus spends time with sirius secretly

Draco Malfoy and The Portrait at the End of the Hall little draco finds Regulus' portrait in the Manor. it changes things

been waiting a lifetime (to be with you) by justprompts harry and draco time travel

Three's Family by darkbluedark draco and harry time travel to Wiz war 1

Moonlight Shenanigans by puddinghater26 regulus went with snape and got werewolfed

El Reyezuelo de El Dorado by AmethystHeart2421 for greenmegsnoham regulus is wanting to fuck a werewolf, specifically his brother's boyfriend. it um kinda backfires???? idk its been a while since i read it

hair dye by justice_for_rab wrong number au jegulus

you'd ruin me with a smile by Valeriesgirl wrong number au jegulus

no ones gonna love you by allforthegayz wrong number au jegulus

The Cadence of Part-time Poets by motswolo wolfstar focus band au regulus is there

black, mirror shards by puddinghater26 sirius leaves Regulus the mirror when he runs away flash forward to the cave you get the gist very angsty very powerful very beautiful

Tale As Old As Time by xojosten Regulus and James get yot forward in time to golden trio's 8th year

to the dark lord by justwhatialwayswanted  !!!!!!!!!!! good shit. not joining voldemort not joining dumbledore but a secret third thing (creating a side of your own)

A Little Bird Told Me by MidnightStargazer regulus doesnt go to the cave and claims imperius. it's a bummer when voldy comes bakk in 95

The Sounds of Us by Sniper_Jade regulus/remus, regulus' music sooths remus' werewolf pains, v cute premise

Wolfsbane of My Existence by AmethystHeart2421 ravenclaw remus, remus/regulus

**Bonus Scene** - Shower Wank by AmethystHeart2421 wolfsbane of my existence regulus wanks in the shower

Sky Full of Stars by TowardTheStars focus is sirius and child sexual abuse in hollywood, mind the tags it gets really fucked up around chapter 18ish. severus/sirius, regulus is freinds with severus and lily

Umbrella Drinks by Patriceavril for nanneramma the suit life of peter and regulus (yes i made it a zac and cody reference lol)

Crimson Rivers by bizarrestars for moonymoment  i didn't read it because i knew it'd make me sad but ppl are going bonkers over it. hunger games au

The Journal of Regulus Arcturus Black by gokioh draco finds regulus' journal. it helps him make better decisions re: voldy

Waters Run Deep by knight_bus_of_doom crying creaming throwing up. can be rad alone but you really should read the first part of the series to get the maximum emotions out of it

The Only Faith We Have (is faith in us) by orphan_account jegulily modern muggle detectives au

The Life and Death of Regina Black by Sniper_Jade trans regulus said fuck it we ball

New Year's Eve, 1981 by MidnightStargazer this was really good. reading the series The Ancient and Ever-Changing House of Black is adviced

the hold you have on me by mcplestreet for swoons james smells regulus in his amoretia and gets really stalkery about it

grow as we go by quynhorlose sirius and his hair centric

Domestic Fluff (literally) by Zoya1416 they go fabric shopping!

Reborn from the Ashes by MidnightStargazer regulus teaches ancient runes and hunts horcruxes and also sirius escapes azkaban

I was enchanted to meet you by coincidences vernon dies and petunia starts dancing the new mysterious bachelor from number 6 (regulus) very neat i loved it

daisy chain lovers by Beyond_the_Grace petunia/regulus this is such a tiny ship but omg

[uncertainwallflower]

hi, I'm a Peeta fan.

*takes deep breath*

HAVE YOU SEEN THIS?

*shoves the video into ur face*

Hunger Games - Deleted Scenes and Outtakes (SPOOF) - YouTube

I have not and will be watching immediately!

[movienation]

Movie Review: Revenge is a dish best-served bloody --"Boy Kills World"

“Boy Kills World” is a gonzo, video-game-violent/splatter-film-bloody “Hunger Games” for fanboys. It is “Oldboy” meets “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World,” pandering and slaughtering in equal measure, a movie with jaunty, genre-spoofing possibilities that descend into into lethargy and wind-up in stomach-turning savagery before all is said and done. And star Bill Skarsgård’s character and leading man…

[tctmp]

The Hungover Games: Directed by Josh Stolberg. With Ben Begley, Herbert Russell, Ross Nathan, Sam Pancake. A spoof on The Hangover (2009), The Hunger Games (2012) and other movies, TV series etc. 4 men, with hangovers after a bachelor party, find themselves in a future, dystopian, kill or be killed game.

[yourdeepestfathoms]

Joan, stuck on the catwalk: I’m kinda thirsty.

Joan: ARAGON!!!!! I NEED!!! WATER!!!!!!!!!

[warrior-kitty]

So in regards to the Blorbo Games I am faced with a decision. Should I:

A.) Just go ahead and run it as a regular hunger games simulation and not change anything.

B.) Make it a spoof hunger games and customize the events to be the dumbest things I can think of.

C.) Both. Do two simulations; one regular and one custom.

tbh I’m kinda leaning toward option C

It’s thirty minutes until midnight as of writing this and I need to sleep ‘cause I gotta work in the morning but I just had the cursed idea of a hunger games simulator but with my favorite characters from my favorite shows/games and calling it the Blorbo Games or something and I am tempted to make it whenever I have enough free time because I have zero self restraint lol

[mgmpluto]

Saturday Night Live Season 37 (2012) Episode 18 (host: Sofía Vergara) Watch the whole sketch HERE!

[dystopian-houndoom]

Environmental and Cultural Hegemony in The Hunger Games

Okay, I know the title has a lot going on, but hear me out. Today’s post will revolve around the Capitol and how they use environmental and cultural control, or hegemony, to dehumanize and oppress the rest of Panem. Hegemony is more than just simple control in a certain aspect of life - it’s a monopoly of resources and restriction of access. For example, the Capitol’s cultural hegemony of Panem is found in many aspects of the trilogy. The Capitol censors a lot of oppression in each district, they control the type of identity each district displays to the rest of Panem, they limit interaction between districts, and they are the sole distributors of media and entertainment. And these are only a small handful of examples of how the Capitol maintains cultural hegemony. My favorite example of the Capitol’s cultural hegemony (I know it sounds weird to have a favorite example of oppression...it’s from a perspective of appreciation of clever parallels between Panem and media in the real world) is in the first book, The Hunger Games (Collins, 2008). We all know the iconic three-fingered send-off District 12 gives to Katniss in response to her sacrifice for her sister and we all know the solemn goodbye and solidarity tethered to this simple gesture. The Capitol knows all of this too, so while they do have this scene broadcasted to the rest of Panem, they make a concerted effort to belittle and crush the cultural significance of the act by responding with comments on how quaint and unique local traditions are. They simply chalk up the whole ordeal to being a cultural tradition rather than an act of solidarity for District 12 and dissent against the Capitol.

And you better believe that Collins had every intention to display the intense cultural control the Capitol has on the rest of Panem; after all, there is a parallel between the Capitol’s cultural hegemony and the cultural hegemony found in totalitarian governments. It’s also fair to point out that even in democratic societies (let’s be real, I’m mainly talking about the United States) that there is evidence that some governments and especially large (possibly monolopic) corporations are seeking out cultural hegemony. Sean Connors, who wrote specifically on the politics of Panem, looked to McDonald’s work in 2012 that states that dystopian authors focus on a “negative cultural trend and imagine a future or an alternative world in which that trend dominates every aspect of life” (Connors, 2014). I’ve seen a lot of political cartoons that reflect similar sentiments found in The Hunger Games trilogy. All you need to do is just edit the captions a bit - and viola! - you’ve got a forbidden Panem political cartoon. Here’s the original - and it’s pretty straight to the point. The original cartoon is basically saying ‘we’re just consuming whatever the media feeds us.’

Yeah, a simple statement. I couldn’t find the original source for the life of me, but I did cite where I found it (Dutkiewicz, 2019). If we want to see that “Capitol-ified,” just change the labels:

So I did also edit the figure in the chair a bit, but same general idea with the hegemonic power, the Capitol, feeding the rest of Panem with practically all of the information they get from the media. 

Of course, cultural hegemony is not the only monopoly that the Capitol has on the rest of Panem. One of the more obvious hegemonies the Capitol has on the rest of Panem is environmental hegemony. It’s a simple enough concept, but it goes beyond just hoarding resources - it’s also a form of patriarchal dominance in a sense. Ecofeminists (yes, this is a real concept) see that many people see the parallels between the patriarchal dominance of men over women and the patriarchal dominance of humans over nature. Connors references McAndrew’s assertion that many people (and corporations) view the “natural world as something to be mastered or even conquered,” which aligns under “the dominance theme of patriarchy” (Connors, 2014). You can also see that, because the Capitol labels each district based on the resource they provide to the Capitol, there is a very (not-so-unfamiliar) colonizer-colonized relationship at play (Connors, 2014). And Collins is not subtle at all with this idea - just look at District 11 and how the predominantly black population there provides crops for the Capitol. You might as well call that whole district a big plantation. The Capitol uses their technology and power to control and monitor not only the districts but also the artificial environments constructed for the Hunger Games. Not just using Peacekeepers to make sure each district provides their fair share of resources, but also manipulating and ‘conquering’ nature to use it to their own benefit in the form of tracker jackers, jabberjays, other muttations. Just by looking at the environmental hegemony you can see this form of objectification of members of each district, further playing into this connection between feminism and environmentalism many emphasize today (Bland and Strotmann, 2014). And ecofeminists aren’t just seeing examples in fictitious dystopian novels - look at how major corporations are treating indigenous lands. Look at the destruction of the Amazon forest - the corporations’ entitlement to these resources even though their headquarters are thousands of miles away. Look at the heads turned away from the indigenous tribes that are dying and losing land from big tycoons like McDonald’s. There is environmental exploitation that certainly makes ecofeminism a logical response (as odd as the hybrid name may sound).

And those ecofeminists are not simply sitting idly and pointing out the errors of modern society. Dr. Vandana Shiva is a big name in ecofeminism and has her own TED Talk discussing the solutions to major issues using the ecofeminist perspective (and you know you’ve made it if you have a TED Talk). She also has an interesting perspective since she grew up in India and looks at solutions that revolve around taking care of the environment. But don’t just take it from me, hear what she has to say yourself:

I think that’s enough rambling from my part. Let me know what you think, and stay tuned for more…

Works Cited:

Bland, J., Strotmann, A. The Hunger Games: An Ecocritical Reading. Children's Literature in English Language Education, vol. 2, no. 1, 2014, pp. 22-43.

Collins, S. (2008). The Hunger Games. London: Scholastic.

Connors, S. P. (2014). The Politics of Panem: Challenging Genres. Rotterdam: SensePublishers.

Dutkiewicz, P. (2019, September 27). Where does world hegemony lie? Retrieved from https://risingnepaldaily.com/detour/where-does-world-hegemony-lie

[crowdvscritic]

round up // DECEMBER 21

’Tis the season for Christmas favorites and squeezing in potential Best of the Year contenders. This Round Up is shorter than usual since December is for rewatching lots of Christmas favorites—you can find some all-time faves in my Letterboxd list if you’re still in the Christmas spirit. (I still am!) 

The fun facts about this Round Up comes in threes…

There are two three-quels

There are three musicals

Andrew Garfield, Vanessa Hudgens, and Lin-Manuel Miranda all make more than one appearance, and you can catch them all together in one of my picks

At least three of these movies will almost certainly make my Top 10 of 2021—check back in on my January Round Up to see which ones make the cut

December Crowd-Pleasers

1. Free Guy (2021)

Ryan Reynolds further proving he is a master of the comic facial expressions. Also, I just want Joe Keery to be a movie star! Crowd: 9/10 // Critic: 6/10

2. The Running Man (1987)

Before The Hunger Games (or Squid Game), Arnold Schwarzenegger starred in a Stephen King adaptation about a life-or-death TV show in a future dystopia. It’s a spoof of consumerism and culture that wants us to entertain us to death; it’s also a solid ‘80s action-adventure. Crowd: 8.5/10 // Critic: 6.5/10

3. Double Feature - Absolutely Bonkers Sequels With Christmas Settings: Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) + The Princess Switch 3: Romancing the Star (2021)

Do you want Christmas movies that are shy on the schmaltz and heavy on the bonkers? These sequels are made for you! In Gremlins 2: The New Batch (Crowd: 8.5/10 // Critic: 6.5/10), much of the original cast returns, as do those evil little buggers with a knack for destroying everything in their path. It’s somehow even more bonkers than the ’84 original, and now features a Gremlin who can talk! In The Princess Switch 3 (Crowd: 7/10 // Critic: 4/10), Vanessa Hudgens and Vanessa Hudgens and Vanessa Hudgens play a lookalike heiress, princess, and baker from Chicago, respectively. It’s the best kind of bad movie, full of over-the-top fashion, convoluted/poorly explained hijinks, and tons of Christmas decor. 

4. Spider-man: No Way Home (2021)

Some of the best cotton candy you’ll ever taste. You’ll realize later there was no lasting substance for the arc of Tom Holland’s Spider-man, but gosh darn it if it wasn’t the most delicious, spectacle-filled snack. Crowd: 10/10 // Critic: 6.5/10

5. Encanto (2021)

If spending the holidays with your family has confirmed your belief that your family is both the most amazing and the most dysfunctional group out there, Encanto knows how you feel. Mirabel’s family can control the weather, grow flowers, shape shift, lift anything, cure any ailment with baking, and hear a pin drop between them. But, like all families, the Madrigals have some drama. Fortunately, we get to work through it with new music from Lin-Manuel Miranda and another solid story in the Disney canon. Crowd: 8.5/10 // Critic: 8/10

December Critic Picks

1. House of Gucci (2021)

Gaga! Driver! Pacino! Irons! Heck, I even loved Leto in this. House of Gucci was exactly what I hoped it would be—so much so it’s one of maybe 15 movies for which I would happily watch a 3+ hour version. This fashion-filled, Italian accent-overloaded, Macbeth meets King Lear drama of greed, succession, and murder rules. Crowd: 8.5/10 // Critic: 10/10

2. West Side Story (2021)

I wasn’t sure Steven Spielberg could pull off a worthy remake to one of my all-time favorite musicals, but this updated interpretation matched or exceeded the ‘60s classic in almost every way. (I did miss Russ Tamblyn quite a bit, though.) I suspect it’s even better when you don’t need to make an unplanned intermission for a tornado watch. Crowd: 9/10 // Critic: 10/10

3. I’ll Be Seeing You (1944)

Joseph Cotten and Ginger Rogers meet on a train over Christmas holiday and are immediately smitten, but secrets and a nosy cousin (Shirley Temple) threaten to ruin their vacation. A sweet but not-too-sentimental (and under-seen) Christmas classic. Crowd: 8/10 // Critic: 8.5/10

4. Double Feature: Being the Ricardos + TCM’s The Plot Thickens Season 3 (2021)

Guys, I’m all in on Sorkin, and I love Lucy—Being the Ricardos is for me. While it took a bit for me to warm up to Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem stepping into the pearls and coif I grew up watching in reruns, they won me over in their portrayal of all the drama behind one of the great sitcoms. Listen to TCM’s third season of their podcast all about Lucille Ball to learn how accurate Sorkin’s take on this season of her life is. Crowd: 8.5/10 // Critic: 9/10

5. tick, tick…BOOM! (2021)

Yes, this taps into my I’m-almost-30-and-what-have-I-actually-done-with-my-life anxiety, but Andrew Garfield and Lin-Manuel Miranda are affirming why they’re both big winners of 2021, and Jonathan Larson’s musical is full of music you’ll want to listen to again and again. Bonus: Vanessa Hudgens reminds me why I want the High School Musical squad in tons of musicals! Crowd: 8/10 // Critic: 9/10

Also this December…

On SO IT’S A SHOW?, Kyla and I got smart with Get Smart in the season 5 finale of Gilmore Girls. It’s a a James Bond spoof that is still making us laugh today. So put down your shoe phone—unless that’s how you listen to podcasts—and join us for a discussion of spies, robots, KAOS, brainwashed dogs, switched briefcases, lots of apologies to the Chief, and a couple that likes to steal yachts for date night.

I checked out Finch and The Mitchells vs. the Machines in my quest to watch buzzy 2021 movies before the end of the year. They didn’t make the cut for my Round Ups, but it did inspire me to make a Letterboxd list of movies with notable St. Louis moments since my hometown appeared in both of those films. 

Photo credits: IMDb.com.

[caw-caw-mothertrucker]

current mood: That scene from that really old shitty Hunger Games spoof on Youtube where Peeta’s name is called and he goes “ReALly? Oh rEeeAlLy? NO FREAKING WAY!!”