Real

"What I need to survive is not Gale's fire,  

kindled with rage and hatred.  I have plenty of fire myself.

  What I need is the dandelion in the spring. The bright yellow that means rebirth instead of destruction.   
The promise that life can go on, no matter how bad our losses. That it can be good again.  
 
And only Peeta can give me that. 
 So after, when he whispers, 'You love me.  Real or not real?'  I tell him, 'Real.'"♥

My Very Own Hunger Games Memes!

I made these memes on the computer. All you have to have is that drawing program and an imagination!  Click on them to enlarge!

Hunger Games News Report: Mockingjay Movie

           Unfortunately, I have recently found out that the third book of the Hunger Games trilogy, Mockingjay, will be made into two parts.  For those of you who were afraid that it would be rated "R" probably shouldn't worry, because a lot of the audience for the first movie were children around the ages of twelve or thirteen.  You can't rate a movie "R" if the audience is a bunch of tweens, now can you?  So, by rating it "R", they would lose a majority of their audience and money.  So, hopefully, we will be able to see the entire trilogy as a movie by 2015!  Also, the script writer of Mockingjay is Danny Strong.  Keep visiting for more updates!

AND MAY THE ODDS BE EVER IN YOUR FAVOR!

BRUSH WITH FAME

           Last weekend, I met one of the people who was in the Hunger Games.  She is a friend of my mom and she was in town.  My mom was going to go see her, and I was with her, so I got to meet a person who was an extra in three scenes!  She said she met three of the stars: Katniss's Mom (Paula Malcomson), Prim (Willow Shields), and Rue (Amandla Stenberg).  It was really cool to meet her.  She said they were at the Reaping (Shelby, North Carolina) for four days.  In the movie, she could be seen for four seconds walking in the direction of the camera in the Hob, in the square in the Capitol, and on the trading cards, when she is next to an African-American woman who is next to Katniss's mother.  Here are some pictures:
She's not easy to see in this picture, but look at the middle where you see a back of a woman who looks as if she is about to cross the left side of the aisle to the right side of the aisle and then look up and you see a woman walking toward the camera. That's her.
She is looking at Katniss's mom here. Look all the way to the left.

I interviewed her over email.  " I filmed 6 days total, 4 in district 12 and 2 in the Capitol," she told me.

 " My favorite scene was the hob because there were only a few of us extras (25-30) and we got to interact with the 2^nd director and the crew. We got to walk around and pretend to shop instead of just standing around. The four second scene took about 6 hours to film."

When I asked about the costumes, she said, "The clothes in the district were really from the 1930s and they were worn and thread-bare.  The shoes were the same.  The movie company brought the outfits from a costume shop in California.  It was over 100 degrees so I was very glad that I had a short sleeve dress.  Some ladies had sweaters and the men had jackets and coal mining suits, not to mention the peace keepers uniforms.  Some of the clothes in the Capital were made by the costume department but  I think mine just came from the Limited.  I wore a black tube skirt, a blue silk blouse and six inch high heels."

Because I had heard about how long it took to get the Capitol extras ready, I had to ask about it. "It was really quick to get ready for the district. We were not allowed to wear make-up, just sun screen and coal dust for the hob.  The capital took about 5 hours to get all of us through wardrobe, hair and make-up and then we filmed the scene through the night.  There were a lot of us for the parade scene but not as many as appear in the movie.  They copied and pasted the same group of people over and over," she replied.  I thought the interview was very interesting, and it was fun to see what being in a movie was really like.

THE HUNGER GAMES NEWS REPORT: CAST OF CATCHING FIRE

     Hey, so I decided to do a little news segment for all of you HG fans who can't wait for Catching Fire, me being one!  So, here are the details:

     For Katniss, they had new auditions, because they kind of have to.  So, the good news is: THEY STUCK WITH JENNIFER LAWRENCE!!!!  That was probably the greatest decision they could possibly make, and she was SO great in the first movie, and it would NOT be good for the ratings if they didn't choose her, so, I say, it was a great decision, and by the way, see her in theaters NOVEMBER 23, 2013!!!!!!!! Gosh, I REALLY hope the world doesn't end!!! :)



        For Peeta, the same thing happened.  They had the auditions, and he got the part, thankfully!  I think he was really great, and I look forward to NOVEMBER!!!!!! XD  I wonder how on earth they are going to make everyone look presentable in blue jumpsuits and six-inch-wide purple belts... I guess we'll find out!

               Now, for the victors.  Cashmere is played by Stephanie Leigh Schlund, and, to be honest, I imagined Cashmere EXACTLY like her!!!  You may recognize her from The Last Song, in which she played Will's (Liam Hemsworth) ex-girlfreind.  She seems like she would be the perfect Cashmere, but we won't know for sure until it comes out.  Let's hope for the best!



           For Gloss, they cast Alan Ritchson...  I've never heard of him, but I'm pretty sure he was in Superman...or was it Batman?  Well, whatever the case, he seems good enough.  He is supposed to look like Cashmere, after all they are brother and sister, but what do you think?




       

          Enobaria is played by Meta Golding...  She looks NOTHING like I imagined Enobaria...at all.  I'm not being racist, but she was not black in my mind.  I imagined her with honey-blond hair and brown eyes, and then, of course, her bizarre teeth.  Do you agree?








        


         Gary Ross chose Bruno Gunn as Brutus.  I think it was a good move on his part.  Bruno Gunn is almost exactly like I imagined him to look like.  He's a little older than I'd expected, but that doesn't mean that he'll be terrible.  You can't judge someone.  We'll see how he acts in November.






       


     Beetee is played by Jeffrey Wright.  Not to be rude, but, THAT IS NOT BEETEE.  I do not know what was going through the director's mind on that one, because, if I remember correctly, and I quote," Both are small in stature with ashen skin and black hair...Beetee, the man, is older and somewhat fidgety.  He wears glasses but spends a lot of time looking under them."  Does Jeffrey Wright match any of that?  I think NOT!

     The director chose Amanda Plummer to be Wiress, and it's not a bad decision, but I'm not completely on board with it.  I imagined her younger, and once again, I don't see much of a resemblance. And really, can you imagine her saying, "tick, tock, tick, tock," over and over and over? And then it says that she sings that song about the mouse running up a clock.  Can you see that?


      




      Finnick... The gorgeous, young victor from District Four.  The one with bronze hair, tan skin and sea green eyes.  The one who is madly in love with Annie Cresta, the one who is really mad here.  Is Sam Claflin Finnick Odair?






       
    They chose Lynn Cohen to play Mags.  She isn't really how I imagined her, but she's WAY better than Betty White, who actually auditioned to be Mags.  LOL!!!!!!!  But Lynn Cohen seems good enough, so let's wait and see!



     
      Johanna Mason is played by Jena Malone.  I think that was a great decision.  She looks like Johanna with darker, longer hair.  I can't wait to see that... Oh, wait.  I forgot about what happens when Katniss meets her.  That's gonna be awkward.  Oh well.  I think she'll be great.

  

     

    For Seeder, the director chose Maria Howell.  Great choice.  With longer hair, she doesn't look like Seeder, she is Seeder.  I agree with the people in charge on this one.  What about you? 








     

   Chaff is going to be played by E. Roger Mitchell.  I thought he would be older, but otherwise, great job directors!  I remember Katniss saying that Chaff was black.  How are they going to make his arm end in a stump?  They did it with Soul Surfer, so I have faith in them.  Do you agree?

That's all of the victors, well the ones that are featured.  You don't really have to know the others.  I'll update on news soon.  Let me know what you think!

     

Are You REALLY A HG Know-It-All?

Here's how you find out~ (BTW, this is the book, not the movie)

1.  What is Katniss's favorite color?
a. blue
b. green
c. orange
d. pink

2.  How old is Haymitch during Katniss's Games?
a. 40
b. 50
c. 64
d. 29

3.  What is Peeta's favorite color?
a. blue
b. green
c. orange
d. pink

4.  What is the natural color of Octavia's hair?
a. blond
b. brown
c. auburn
d. pink

5.  Did Effie get killed?
a. Yes
b. No
c. Maybe...?
d. You expect me to know that???

6.  Who is Portia?
a. Peeta's stylist
b. err...
c. Cinna's wife
d. both a. and c.

7.  How many District 12 victors are there total?
a. 74
b. 0
c. 4
d. 2

8.  Where do Peacekeepers come from?
a. District 2
b. the Capitol
c. the Hob...?
d. District 1

9.  What is Cato's main weapon?
a. spear
b. mace
c. awl
d. sword

10.  How many tributes died in the bloodbath in Haymitch's Games?
a. 200
b. 49
c. 18
d. 12

11.  What is President Snow's first name?
a. Coriolanus
b. Bob
c. Wolfgang Amadeus
d. Flake

12.  What was the twist to the first Quarter Quell?
a. only girls
b. you had to vote for tributes
c. only boys
d. who knows?

13.  What color was Effie's hair on the Victory Tour?
a. pumpkin orange
b. green
c. aqua
d. gold

14.  What was Rue's training score?
a. 12
b. 3
c. 7 
d. 9

15.  What was Katniss's training score during the Quarter Quell?
a. 0
b. 11
c. 12
d. 3

16.  What color were the shirts for the arena in Katniss's Games?
a. pink
b. black
c. light green
d. white

17.  Who was Madge's aunt?
a. Presidents Snow's cousin's daughter
b. Maysilee Donner, Mrs. Everdeen's friend and Haymitch's ally
c. Effie Trinket
d. Madge had an aunt?

18.  Where does Katniss get her pin?
a. Madge, who got it from her aunt
b. Greasy Sae
c. she finds it in the woods
d. Prim

19.  When is Katniss's birthday, and what is the year of the Games?
a. May 8th, 58th games
b. I have no idea
c. December 25th, 12th games
d. July 4th, 17th games

20.  What happened to Katniss's dad?
a. nothing, he's still alive
b. he was blown to bits in a mine explosion
c. he was shot for hunting
d. he ran away and was never seen again

Comment, tell me your answers, and I'll give you the correct ones, and score you, the lowest you can get is 0, the highest is 100, and they are 5 pts. apiece.