The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2

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Apparently, Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) has been hijacked by the Capitol, replacing his memories of Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) with false images made even more intense through trackerjacker venom. She sees no other option but to head to the Capitol and make sure to kill President Snow (Donald Sutherland). She sneaks out onto a hoverplane that takes her to District 2, the Capitol’s last stand where the rebels aim to bomb the mountain range that houses the military’s defense. There she is grouped with volunteer soldiers: her best friend Gale (Liam Hemsworth); fellow victor Finnick (Sam Claflin); and propos director Cressida (Natalie Dormer) among others. They all report to Colonel Boggs (Mahershala Ali). Things get difficult when President Alma Coin (Julianne Moore) sends in Peeta to accompany them, knowing that he is still unstable and seems hell bent on killing Katniss. As they near the Capitol, the gamemakers’ pods multiply, putting everyone in grave danger.

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1

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Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) wakes up underground at District 13 where Plutarch Heavensbee (Philip Seymour Hoffman) introduces her to President Alma Coin (Julianne Moore), leader of the rebellion. She is reunited with Gale (Liam Hemsworth) as well as her mother and sister. The problem is that Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) was captured by the Capitol and is now being used for their propaganda in the same way as Katniss is after she agreed to become the Mockingjay: the symbol of the revolution. Her propaganda role takes on a life bigger than its own as she surveys the ruins of the districts and gets involved in skirmishes, producing quality propos content. As the war intensifies, so do the traumas and tortures. Will Katniss ever see Peeta again or will President Snow (Donald Sutherland) end up victorious and end the uprisings for good?

Catching Fire (2013)

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Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) and Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson) each get a house at the Victor’s Village where they now join their mentor Haymitch Abernathy (Woody Harrelson). While the quality of their lives has greatly improved after their victory at the 74th Hunger Games, Katniss has been a constant target of President Snow (Donald Sutherland) who tells her how her simple act of defiance at the arena has become an inspiration for small uprisings at the districts. After threatening the lives of her family, Peeta’s, and Gale’s, she is determined to make him happy by being his propaganda material, amped up by the announcement of her and Peeta’s wedding. No wedding takes place, however, as new head gamemaker Plutarch Heavensbee (Philip Seymour Hoffman) hatches a plan of drawing the tributes for the 75th Hunger Games from the pool of existing victors. Once again, Katniss finds herself at the arena along with Peeta, who volunteers after Haymitch’s name is drawn.

The Hunger Games (2012)

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Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) is busy hunting in the woods with her best friend Gale (Liam Hemsworth) for animals that they can trade for food and other items at the Hob of District 12. They almost forget that today is the day of the Reaping. Every year, a boy and a girl is drawn from a pool of teenagers at every district to be sent as tributes to the Hunger Games, a battle royale to the death at an artificial arena devised to constantly remind the districts of what happens when they rebel against the Capitol. The name of Katniss’ sister Primrose (Willow Shields) is drawn, which leads her to volunteer as tribute to save her. She is joined by baker’s son Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson) and they are immediately whisked away by train to the Capitol where they are trained by drunkard Haymitch Abernathy (Woody Harrelson), a tribute from District 12 who happens to be their only victor in the 74 years of the games’ history. Only one winner will emerge alive. Who will it be?

VisionQuest - Episode 6

6. Deadlock

Ultron finds his way into Jocasta’s Mindspace after his freedom. The two try to intimidate one another but are in a deadlock. Instead, they find the time to get to know each other and Ultron learns about her past and how her AI tech was sold to Stark Industries before she died in 2008. The biometric keys she is collecting open the locks of her nanobot technology, a swarm which she intends to release to infiltrate human brains and be under her control. F.R.I.D.A.Y. has also infiltrated her Mindspace and proceeds to warn the others of their plan. Vision and Paladin face off in Madripoor where the client talks to them directly via a television screen, a voice without a face. The two end up in an uneasy alliance to escape their pursuers. Jocasta demonstrates how her nanobots work by flinging it toward Lisa, whom she gets to control like a puppet. Vision and Tommy manage to rescue her just in time. Jocasta and Ultron share a kiss as he gets to feel more human in her presence, the birth of an alliance.

VisionQuest - Episode 5

5. Firewall

Vision and the rest of the AI panic as Ultron locks them in. They make do of what resources they have to track him and piece together his conversation with Tommy and, later, with Jocasta. Ultron reassures Tommy that Vision is trying to be a father to him. Tommy tells Ultron that he will never know the meaning of connection and that he’ll always be alone. Ultron and Jocasta meet and debate on the merits of humanity, art, and suffering. Ultron took a facial scan of Jocasta’s colleague before she pulverized her. That scan is the final key she needs to retrieve her grand invention taken away from her. Tommy is captured by Paladin on the way home. Ultron tries to bargain with Vision to disable the Firewall, but F.R.I.D.A.Y. cautions that while doing so will set them all free, so will it release Ultron back into the world. Vision pulls the lever down and Ultron is released to nobody knows where. F.R.I.D.A.Y. follows in pursuit. Meanwhile, Vision regains control of his body, on an animal cargo plane en route to Madripoor. Lisa is also onboard, and they vow to take Tommy back home.

The Ballad of Singbirds and Snakes

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Coriolanus Snow is still reeling from his family’s fall from grace. His mother is dead and his father died in the war. Their fortune, all tied up to weapons development in District 13, was wiped out along with it. All that’s left is their penthouse which he shares with the Grandma’am as well as his cousin Tigris, who is working non-stop to support his education. And so he has to juggle his studies and keeping up appearances to hide their real situation from his wealthy classmates. In this year’s 10th Hunger Games, head gamemaker Dr. Voulumnia Gaul has decided to involve students in the process as mentors, one for each of the 24 tributes. Snow is assigned the female tribute from District 12. Lucy Gray Baird claims she is not really from that district because she belongs to a group of traveling musicians called The Covey. Together, the two form an alliance so they could win the Hunger Games: she, for her life; he, for the prize money and university scholarship.

Mockingjay

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Katniss visits what is left of District 12. She learns after her recovery that the Capitol carpet bombed her district and only a few hundreds escaped and were led by Gale toward the meadow where they were all picked up by District 13’s hoverplanes. Katniss meets Alma Coin, president of the resistance based in 13 who is now working with Plutarch Heavensbee in a full-scale uprising against President Snow. Katniss accepts the offer to be the Mockingjay, the face of the uprising, figuring in plenty of propos meant to incite rebellion at the districts. The problem is that Peeta and Johanna were captured and Snow does not hesitate to torture them to send a message. And so Katniss decides to maximize her newfound influence to bargain with Coin with regard to the fate of the other Tributes after the war is over. If they win, that is.

Catching Fire

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Life as victors of the 74th Hunger Games has been a dream for Katniss and Peeta as they both get a new house as part of their prizes. The abundance of money also means not going hungry anymore and still having something extra to give to those in need. However, the stunt that Katniss pulled with the berries is not without consequence, and she now finds herself being constantly threatened by President Snow. As retribution, the Capitol announces that the 75th Hunger Games, which happens to be the Third Quarter Quell, will involve tributes from the pool of existing victors. A boy and a girl for each district, which means Katniss has no way out. Haymitch’s name is drawn, but Peeta immediately volunteers. And so the duo find themselves back in the arena, this time with a roster of more vicious and experienced career tributes from the previous editions of the games. Who will get out alive?

The Hunger Games

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What remains of post-apocalyptic North America is now called Panem, a country with 12 districts. 13, if you count the ruins of one that rebelled and was quelled by the Capitol. As a constant reminder of what rebellion entails, the Capitol decided to inaugurate what they refer to as The Hunger Games. Each year, all districts are required to send two tributes, a boy and a girl determined by lottery, to fight to the death against other contenders. 24 in total, only one victor. This year marks the 74th year of the games and Primrose Everdeen’s name is drawn in her first year of eligibility at District 12. Her older sister Katniss volunteers as tribute, taking her place. A boy named Peeta Mellark, a baker’s son, completes the pair. As they are transported to the Capitol, they are trained by Haymitch Abernathy, a drunkard who has been District 12’s only victor so far.