These sets of nerdy nesting dolls were made by Etsy seller Rachel Anderson. Each set is handpainted and varnished with the main character from some of our favorite franchises like Doctor Who, Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings. There’s even one that’s got three different sets of dolls to commemorate each of the Back to the Future movies. She’s also open to custom orders so you can create your own set of nesting dolls.
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Burn a candle in honor of your favorite geeky icons! Banana Leviathan has created labels for 8″ devotional candles that feature Rose Tyler, Katniss, Princess Peach, and more. These would look great lined up on a mantle or shelf, and they would make fun presents.
See additional designs after the break.
The chance to buy a prominent piece of movie history doesn’t come along too often. Sure, there are auctions for costumes and props, but how frequently are locations from movies sold? Not very. An abandoned mill town in North Carolina, Henry River Mill Village, became District 12 for The Hunger Games. The location has seen better days, making it perfect for the rundown District.
Since the release of the movie though, tourists are pouring in. The owner, 83-year-old Wade Shepherd, is over it. He’s selling the 72 acre property for $1.4 million. It really doesn’t seem like a crazy price tag especially considering that the future owner could figure out a way to charge for tours. They could even stage fake reapings and set up a market called The Hob. Just think of the opportunities!
Who’s going in with me?
Raise your hand if you collected Beanie Babies and if you still have some. Now raise your hand if you’ve used them to make a movie parody… wait, you haven’t? The Online Musical has staged an interpretation of The Hunger Games that’s surprisingly faithful and more cuddly. Also, it manages to be touching while being absolutely hilarious.
Watch the video after the break.
Welcome to the 74th Hunger Games.
Who else is ready to see the games on screen in just over a week? The Hunger Games trilogy captured my heart from the first few chapters, and I’m not alone. The series about a futuristic, dystopian society where the government pits its children against each other in a brutal battle to the death grabbed millions of readers. The heroine of the story, Katniss Everdeen, wormed her way inside our heads. The story begs to be examined, and The Girl Who Was on Fire: Hunger Games Anthology provides pages and pages of just that treatment.
A fanatical Hunger Games fan that goes by the name V. Arrow put a ridiculous amount of thought and effort into mapping out Panem’s 13 Districts (click to enlarge). Her process is outlined in the aimmyarrowshigh LiveJournal—and she makes a compelling argument.
She’s also got a book in the works dubbed The Panem Companion: An Unofficial Guide to Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games. Seems like it would be the companion book to have because V. Arrow clearly knows her sh*t.
(via mentalfloss)
If you are a fan of The Hunger Games, you were probably thrilled to hear that a new trailer for the fight-to-the-death movie has been released. One minute later, you might have been left feeling underwhelmed. The trailer is really a television ad that reuses not a small amount of footage from the first (and awesome) trailer. You get glimpses of some new scenes; there’s a little of Caesar Flickerman interviewing Peeta and then Katniss, a touching moment between Cinna and Katniss, and an interesting twist on the story behind the mockingjay pin. Even with some rehashing, it still made me more excited to see the film on March 23rd.
Watch the trailer after the break.
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The Hunger Games trailer was recently released, and fans of the series were thrilled. One of these fans decided to recreate the trailer with Lego bricks. It took two days to put everything together and film it.
Pay tribute to the trailer after the break.
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The first extended trailer for The Hunger Games has landed, and it’s made the internet explode. Or maybe that was just my head. Fans of the dystopian survival/adventure books (the trilogy by Suzanne Collins) have eagerly been awaiting release of any footage, and today, they’ve mostly responded with glee. The trailer sets up the story instead of showing clips from throughout; it’s a good tactic that doesn’t give too much away (if you haven’t read the books). We get our first look at most of the primary cast of characters in action: Katniss, Peeta, Cinna, Rue, Haymitch, and more. We glimpse important locations: District 12, the Capitol, and even the arena. It all looks impressive.
Be amazed. Watch the trailer after the break. (Spoiler warning: if you haven’t read the books and want to do so, I’d avoid the trailer until you get past the first few chapters).
