Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Hunger games parody

  • Box office films always have film parodies. With the Hunger Games hype still fresh in the air, its no surprise that theres already a Hunger Games parody for all the crazed fans.
  • (Int'l Business Times)
  • Parody may be the sincerest form of flattery, especially when it comes to blockbuster books. The Hunger Games and A Game of Thrones are just the latest to be spoofed. ◆ The Hunger Pains from The Harvard Lampoon (Touchstone, $13.
  • (Chicago Sun-Times)
  • "The Hunger Games gave us a template for that "There's a fine line between capitalizing on hype and becoming parody," says Gillespie, a Toronto mother of two. "As a fan, I'm game until things start feeing lame.
  • (Calgary Herald)
  • Called the Hunger Games, this sick parody of the Olympics was created to keep the 12 districts from revolting against the Capitol, as they did about 75 years earlier.
  • (Kane County Chronicle)
  • Ever wonder what would happen if The Hunger Games met up with the board game Hungry if the board game was taking outside on a real field. Calling the parody segment Hungry, Hungry Games, those hippos seen on the board games came to life.
  • (Examiner)
  • The Muppets has one of the most unique campaigns in recent movie history. Their trailers parodied films like The Green Lantern and The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.
  • (Zap2it.com)
  • Even Coca-Cola is getting into The Hunger Games spirit (okay, not really, this commercial isnt real). In the scene below, fake Katniss is begging for hydration and a can of Coke appears. Turns out, the Coke can isnt only for thirst quenching.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • One thing missing from Suzanne Collins hyper-consumerist Capitol society was corporate sponsorship of the Hunger Games. This parody commercial rectifies that situation.
  • (io9.com)
  • The entire world seems to have Hunger Games fever, from bad parody's like funnyordie.com's "The Hungover Games" to viral music video remixes, and of course the film based on the popular book series, which premiered last night at midnight.
  • (Field and Stream (blog))
  • The internet is ablaze with parodies of the book and film, such as "The Hunger Games Parody" and a riff on a Britney Spears song that gives a funny take on the movie.
  • (WebProNews)

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