SNL Murders THE HUNGER GAMES, DIVERGENT & THE MAZE RUNNER

SNL Murders THE HUNGER GAMES, DIVERGENT & THE MAZE RUNNER

Saturday Night Live put together this "Group Hopper" sketch. It pokes fun at the recent string of adaptations of YA novels with post-apocalyptic dsytopias like The Hunger Games, Divergent, The Maze Runner and The Giver.

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By nailbiter111 - Oct 11, 2014 10:10 PM EST
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The worldwide phenomenon of The Hunger Games continues to set the world on fire with The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1, which finds Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) in District 13 after she literally shatters the games forever. Under the leadership of President Coin (Julianne Moore) and the advice of her trusted friends, Katniss spreads her wings as she fights to save Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) and a nation moved by her courage. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 is directed by Francis Lawrence from a screenplay by Danny Strong and Peter Craig and produced by Nina Jacobson's Color Force in tandem with producer Jon Kilik. The novel on which the film is based is the third in a trilogy written by Suzanne Collins that has over 65 million copies in print in the U.S. alone.

Lionsgate presents, a Color Force / Lionsgate production, a Francis Lawrence film.
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Carl
Carl - 10/11/2014, 10:56 PM
comment.
ScottMontgomery
ScottMontgomery - 10/11/2014, 10:57 PM
Just saw the Skeleton Twins tonight, both Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig were fantastic in it.
DudeGuyManBro
DudeGuyManBro - 10/11/2014, 11:02 PM
SNL hasn't been the same without Bill Hader. This skit was awesome.
Bekss
Bekss - 10/11/2014, 11:03 PM
Unrelated sad news:
Guardians won't make as much money in China as we thought.
China released last week their biggest movie of all time and it's killing GotG.
If WOM is good it could do a lot but it will probably do as much as Thor 2 (55 millions), and it won't become the highest CBM of the year.
Bekss
Bekss - 10/11/2014, 11:22 PM
@oNosferatuZodd
Well I hope you're right. The site were I saw it is just a forum but they know what they're talking about most of the time (And right now is the only place with information about GotG chinese boxoffice).
Opening day it made just 8.1 millions
ScionStorm
ScionStorm - 10/11/2014, 11:26 PM
"Whaaat?" lol

Maze Runner was awesome. They fixed some of the minor annoyances from the book and managed to keep the story closely adapted with a good pace. Can't wait to see the psychotic Cranks in the Scorch Trial.

I finally read the Divergent sequel. Insurgent. Interesting dealing with the main character's PTSD and learning more about the divergent brain, what sections are enlarged, what centers are less developed, mirror neurons and such.
I thought the movie hit a major misstep removing the Visiting Day section of the book. It aloud a little decompress and developed a bunch of the characters more and would have taken all of 10 minutes of film. And would have made me care alot more about alot of the characters during the final act of the movie. Major misstep.

Hunger Games is completely boring to me right up until the third act of the last book. And then I'm only slightly interested.
ScionStorm
ScionStorm - 10/12/2014, 12:17 AM
@SuperheroFan96 Yeah, agreed. Pacing and lack of development for supporting characters were some of the film's biggest problems. And it's small-moments kind of stuff that could develop those characters, interactions and such.

Not sure about the eye-stabbing thing. It's brutal and sets a tone, but all we get out of it in the second book is Eddie with an eye-patch threatening to stab Peter in the throat with his own fork. (I'm 100 pages from the end of the book).
NeoBaggins
NeoBaggins - 10/12/2014, 1:00 AM
Not funny.
DEVWoulf
DEVWoulf - 10/12/2014, 1:19 AM
One of the best SNLs in a LONG time. Bill Hader is the shit.
Holty
Holty - 10/12/2014, 4:54 AM
American comedy is horrible.
Facade
Facade - 10/12/2014, 7:23 AM
AztecaAguilar04
AztecaAguilar04 - 10/12/2014, 7:34 AM
SNL blows, Hasn't been funny at all since the 90's after that they fell off in terms of great sketches and talent. This show was always better though and you can't deny that folks!
MisterHolmes
MisterHolmes - 10/12/2014, 8:18 AM
SNL sucks
LordHuck
LordHuck - 10/12/2014, 8:26 AM
DENIED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dingbat
Dingbat - 10/12/2014, 8:27 AM
@Holty

No, lazy comedy is horrible.
Dingbat
Dingbat - 10/12/2014, 8:28 AM
SNL has not been good in a [frick]ing decade, maybe more.
Dingbat
Dingbat - 10/12/2014, 8:32 AM
It's ridiculous how accurate this video is.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 10/12/2014, 8:36 AM
Key and Peele has SNL beat!! So much better. It's sad, that Pete Davidson guy is funny and he's wasting his talents on SNL
revloveR
revloveR - 10/12/2014, 4:38 PM
lol. the snl joke never gets old. "snl hasn't been what it used to be since so and so left."
mgeoff88
mgeoff88 - 10/12/2014, 5:19 PM
SNL is murdering itself with bad skits.

It's the not actors who are to blame, but the writers.

They need to makes some big changes with show. Or just cancel it all together.
MrCummings
MrCummings - 10/12/2014, 9:22 PM
...Been watching SNL since 88/89... The success of modern SNL comes in waves - you will have three years of a decent cast and writers (along with the correct hosts) gradual decline for three years, and build it back up for three years, and get another three years of a decent wave. IMHO, the last pf these peaks was Seasons 35, 36, 37 - 38 it drops, 39 is crap, and 40 isn't looking too great (although I will say that there have been some solid skits this season - ThunderPratt, Upcoming Marvel Movies, the aforementioned one last night, and Hader doing the infomercial). Hader and Wiig carried last night's episode but I noticed a lot of recycling of material (Celebrity Game Night skit is the same concept as Celebrity Jeopardy... :/). In either event - Hader has been one of my faves since his first skit, same with Jay... SNL has a lot of issues right now, but it isn't the first time the show has faced issues and won't be the last. Season 40 won't be the last - Lorne can only do so much, but I will agree that writing is an issue... I might also go out on a limb and say talent isn't so much of an issue but rather how to utilize the talent they have.

Someone had a great comment on K&P - K&P kill me about 90 percent of the time - does anyone know how much of their writing they do/to writers do for them?
NeatoBurrito
NeatoBurrito - 10/12/2014, 10:47 PM
i thought snl retired?
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