May the odds be ever in your favor...

Welcome, welcome! If you've been plugged into entertainment media at all for the past few months, you've probably heard something about a little production called The Hunger Games. Personally, I have been looking forward to this movie ever since I devoured the book a year and a half ago, and now that its release date (March 23rd) is fast approaching, I thought I'd share my excitement with my fellow citizens of the blogosphere.

For those of you who don't know, or just never looked into it, The Hunger Games is a new movie adapted from the best selling novel by Suzanne Collins set to release March 23rd, which many people, fans and press alike, are promoting as the next Harry Potter or Twilight. The movie, which is described in more detail on its IMDB page, is set in a future North America, now called Panem, whose government requires two children from each its twelve districts to enter an arena and fight in a nationally televised death match. It's pretty intense. But so incredibly awesome.

Anyway, huge media properties such as this, and Harry Potter and Twilight before it, have always fascinated me. The way that a single story or movie can capture such a huge and diverse audience and bring them together is pretty damn cool. In my personal experiences in various fandoms, movie adaptations which cater to the fans of the books tend to be the most successful, not to mentioned the most beloved. And The Hunger Games is certainly adhering to this model, with a huge internet presence that goes beyond a simple "official movie site" and plastering ads everywhere in sight. There's some really cool stuff out there, and the extra effort made for fan involvement only makes me that much more excited.

Cool Stuff!
The Capitol (this is my favorite): http://thecapitol.pn/
The official movie page:http://tinyurl.com/6rhawac
On Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/3at8pzt
The Hob: http://www.thehob.org/
Mockingjay: http://mockingjay.net/
Hunger Games Merch: http://tinyurl.com/7lgojm5

So readers, are you excited for The Hunger Games? Do you love or hate media events like this? And, of course, are you Team Peeta or Team Gale? (Team Peeta ftw!)

~Morgen~