I think the films may attract more men than the books did, just because a lot guys ignored the books because of the Katniss/Peeta, Katniss/Gale bit - which isn't quite what people think.
Basically there's more to THG than swooning over Edward or drooling over Taylor Lautner's abs.
It certainly helps that Collins has a broader vocabulary than Meyer, and a bit more to say. THG also hasn't gotten the critical backlash that Twilight has. As far as I can tell - it doesn't appear to have spawned the number of haters and mockers ...although I can't think of many books in recent memory that have done that. People either REALLY love Twilight or they REALLY hate it. There doesn't appear to be a middle ground. While with THG - it seems people tend to like it or are ambivalent - THG's fandom reminds me more of HP and Buffy. It has a more cult following. Add to that..it's not about vampires - I think vampires/werewolves and gothic horror has reached its saturation point finally. It's monsters are human and it's sci-fi horror over fantasy...which is at least different.
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Date: 2012-03-26 09:25 pm (UTC)Basically there's more to THG than swooning over Edward or drooling over Taylor Lautner's abs.
It certainly helps that Collins has a broader vocabulary than Meyer, and a bit more to say. THG also hasn't gotten the critical backlash that Twilight has. As far as I can tell - it doesn't appear to have spawned the number of haters and mockers ...although I can't think of many books in recent memory that have done that. People either REALLY love Twilight or they REALLY hate it. There doesn't appear to be a middle ground. While with THG - it seems people tend to like it or are ambivalent - THG's fandom reminds me more of HP and Buffy. It has a more cult following. Add to that..it's not about vampires - I think vampires/werewolves and gothic horror has reached its saturation point finally. It's monsters are human and it's sci-fi horror over fantasy...which is at least different.