Oui, c'est umpossible!

Oui, c'est umpossible!

"…and there's that British drama on PBS that's basically the same concept."
And that preceded Elementary by almost two years.

"…and there's that British drama on PBS that's basically the same concept."
And that preceded Elementary by almost two years.

Your Gaydar is strong.

Your Gaydar is strong.

The Spice Grylls?

The Spice Grylls?

That'll be 'Channel 4'.

That'll be 'Channel 4'.

The cook’s stand-up routine in Flashdance is a low point for the movie. Before he takes to the stage, we see a sample of his jokes, and they’re all rubbishy racial slurs. So we figure when he finally does his routine, he’ll either get beer cans thrown at him, or he’ll have raised his game. But no, it’s just more…

The cook’s stand-up routine in Flashdance is a low point for the movie. Before he takes to the stage, we see a sample of his jokes, and they’re all rubbishy racial slurs. So we figure when he finally does his routine, he’ll either get beer cans thrown at him, or he’ll have raised his game. But no, it’s just more…

As another father of a three-year-old girl, I'll say that was exactly my thought when I first saw the ad.

As another father of a three-year-old girl, I'll say that was exactly my thought when I first saw the ad.

They don't make it across the Atlantic unless Janet Jackson's in it. Or it's Star Trek.

John Waters wears ten grand suits? I thought he bought them from 50 cent Baltimore thrift stores!

RyanMcGee: "I understand that it ain’t nothing but a heartbreak, and it ain’t nothing but a mistake. That’s all well and good. But what the hell IS it, then? "

More likely still cos Jeremy Renner had just come off the Oscar success of The Hurt Locker. I've not checked dates so could be wrong…

Three possibilities -
1) more people wanted to see Hunger Games twice
2) despite Potter having more fans, Hunger Games got more non-fans going to see it
3 hunger games sold more full price tickets, ie a smaller proportion of kids

That gag left a nasty taste in my mouth