shavedape
Well Known GateFan
Then yes, we have a different view of pimping in this case.
Have you read THG?
Have you read Twilight?
As for comparing it to HP, THG is a "wildly popular" book *produced by the same company that made HP huge in the US* Scholastic, with that in mind do you honestly think that a marketing machine would ignore that connection? As for Twilight, it's a supuernatural "Teen romance" novel and from what I understand there are several romantic threads within THG, so comparisons, weather by critics or the GP were bound to arise, so why NOT make the most of them?
Look, I'll agree, I'm sick of the advertising as well, but speaking from a "sales" position, NOT making these comparisons would have been bone-headed beyond belief.
That is what marketing IS dude. We may not agree with it, or like it, but the function of marketing and advertisement is to pimp a product to make the most return on it.
I cannot comment on the literary merits (or lack thereof) of a book I have not read.
You SEVERELY over-estimate my opinion of SK and his writing style
SK has written and always has written the modern equivalent of "penny dreadfuls". I *like* alot of SK because the horror genre is one that I personally enjoy, and while his writing style is not "OMFG it's da bomb", it (usually) is very easy to read.
You know GF, once again I notice we really aren't disagreeing much here. My whole point is that the advertising (marketing) for this movie is egregiously over the top. I maintain that it reaches the level of an insult to anyone with half a brain. I realize there's a fine line in determining when advertising becomes over the top, but in this case it's pretty clear.
For all I know THG could be a good story but the ridiculous marketing I find to be a huge turn off. I actually find it negative. And I find it desperate. The comparisons to Harry Potter are insulting because HP was a phenomena and it's beyond arrogant to claim that a relatively unknown property is on that same level. And THG was unknown before the advertising assault began, let's be real. Sure the book sold but it wasn't on par with the success of HP as a book.
By summer I predict THG will be forgotten about. Compare this to HP which had an endless, rolling momentum between movies and books. Sure THG will have a sequel, but the series of movies won't be on par with what HP did as a series. Twilight maybe, but only time will tell -- and we're talking about Twilight, a tween story which is stuck within its genre unlike HP that appealed to people of all ages and demographics.
Oh yeah, f@ck The Hunger Games!
. You're doing that pointless circular argument thing that you loved to do back when SGU was on the air. It's a mental flaw you have and is quite annoying to witness in action. I was trying to get you to stop it because it's pointless and a waste of time and has nothing to do with properly arguing a counter point. You are being argumentative for the sake of arguing, not because you have a legitimate point to make. That's annoying. (And numbering your "points" isn't an argument, kid, it's just numbering your points. It doesn't make them automatically correct.) 