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Me: Hunger Games is a complete rip-off of Battle Royale and, because of it’s popularity, it’s pretty much guaranteed that it won’t have the same major success without BR being labeled as the rip-off. The fact that I almost had a Western remake but the project was scrapped once Hunger Games was announced makes me angry every day. There are so many similarities:

(1) a corrupt government that forces civilians to kill each other every year to prevent an uprising, (2) the victims are chosen through a lottery system, (3) they’re implemented with tracking devices, (4) the protag + love interest are the only two that survive, (5) the protag being helped by a former winner of the game from a previous year who is sloppy and likes to drink, (6) a woman who talks about the game + how horrible it is in a cheerful high-pitched voice, (7) an instructional video, (8) they’re threatened with being blown up if they disobey the rules, (9) there are survival packs with (sometimes) useless weapons, (10) the protag + love interest bond in a cave, (11) a love triangle, (12) the people who die are regularly announced to the participants, (13) there’s a large control center, (14) their last opponent is a bloodthirsty volunteer who has killed the most people so far….