Film ► Battle Royale

[XIII Heartless]

I still don't see it as being "obvious". Christ, under what other circumstances would a group of children be forced to fight one another to death than the setting described in the two books? There aren't exactly a million ways she could've gone with the premise. So yeah, no, not buying it.

 

[Space Cowboy]

The only other book I could possibly think of currently that she had taken inspiration from is Lord of the Flies. That's it.

 

[XIII Heartless]

Pendragon Book 7: The Quilian games. Read that entire book and you will be shocked with what you see

I'm mad that I didn't think of this myself, but there you go. The premise itself isn't a unique one. I keep mentioning the whole gladiator thing only to be ignored.

 

[quiteMAD]

Pendragon Book 7: The Quilian games. Read that entire book and you will be shocked with what you see

Which was also made several years after BR, and also has the same damn plot.

Face it. The only books that could be comparable, that came before BR, are Lord of the Flies and the Most Dangerous Game. Like it or not, BR was a game changer (haha "game"), and was very hard to ignore.

The gladiator aspect is what ties them together, I get it, but stuff like that existed only as gladiator stories before. BR gave it a modern take, and Hunger Games re spun it for a new audience.

 

[XIII Heartless]

Yeah....no, the premise just isn't a unique one. That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.

 

[quiteMAD]

Find a book that you could accuse BR of ripping off, and it'll a believable one.

 

[Taochan]

The Running Man is pretty similar, it just doesn't use kids as the contestants.

 

[Delsan]

The CW in Talks to Turn Battle Royale into a TV Series - IGN

 

[quiteMAD]

Well that is some coincidental timing.

In b4 ignorance leads people to accuse the show of ripping of Hunger Games.

Since it's gonna be for a tv format, I really hope they draw from the manga version. And retain the psychological elements.

 

[Delsan]

I'm just pissed off that on all channels, it's on the CW. Bring it on AMC then at least some violence can be retained.

 

[Salty the Hero]

The CW in Talks to Turn Battle Royale into a TV Series - IGN

I think that would be kind of shitty, honestly.