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Is there an explanation for how the dome in The Hunger Games movies magically creates fire and animals at the whim of the designer?
Most of these animals are said to be "mutated" (as in they are real creatures), but when the designer wants them to appear, they seem to magically pop out of the ground as if by hologram.
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Is there an explanation for how the dome in The Hunger Games movies magically creates fire and animals at the whim of the designer?
Most of these animals are said to be "mutated" (as in they are real creatures), but when the designer wants them to appear, they seem to magically pop out of the ground as if by hologram.
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You are chasing the rabbit down the plot hole. So many of them.
– Drag and Drop
20 hours ago
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Same technology as in Westworld, I’m assuming (ostensibly they show how it’s done but in reality it’s powered by handwavium).
– Konrad Rudolph
17 hours ago
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Maybe it's a simple explanation: the ground has trapdoors that they open when they want the animals to come out. But that's still just a hypothesis.
– Arturo Torres Sánchez
16 hours ago
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I assumed that the designer doesn't just make the stuff appear "wherever he wants", but instead that there are pre-chosen locations rigged up. So there are trap doors for the animals, pipes for the gas to come out of, etc.
– Omegastick
16 hours ago
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The books refer to "pods" that match @Omegastick's description.
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Is there an explanation for how the dome in The Hunger Games movies magically creates fire and animals at the whim of the designer?
Most of these animals are said to be "mutated" (as in they are real creatures), but when the designer wants them to appear, they seem to magically pop out of the ground as if by hologram.
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Is there an explanation for how the dome in The Hunger Games movies magically creates fire and animals at the whim of the designer?
Most of these animals are said to be "mutated" (as in they are real creatures), but when the designer wants them to appear, they seem to magically pop out of the ground as if by hologram.
the-hunger-games the-hunger-games-catching-fire
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You are chasing the rabbit down the plot hole. So many of them.
– Drag and Drop
20 hours ago
5
Same technology as in Westworld, I’m assuming (ostensibly they show how it’s done but in reality it’s powered by handwavium).
– Konrad Rudolph
17 hours ago
3
Maybe it's a simple explanation: the ground has trapdoors that they open when they want the animals to come out. But that's still just a hypothesis.
– Arturo Torres Sánchez
16 hours ago
6
I assumed that the designer doesn't just make the stuff appear "wherever he wants", but instead that there are pre-chosen locations rigged up. So there are trap doors for the animals, pipes for the gas to come out of, etc.
– Omegastick
16 hours ago
3
The books refer to "pods" that match @Omegastick's description.
– Walt
16 hours ago
 |Â
show 2 more comments
10
You are chasing the rabbit down the plot hole. So many of them.
– Drag and Drop
20 hours ago
5
Same technology as in Westworld, I’m assuming (ostensibly they show how it’s done but in reality it’s powered by handwavium).
– Konrad Rudolph
17 hours ago
3
Maybe it's a simple explanation: the ground has trapdoors that they open when they want the animals to come out. But that's still just a hypothesis.
– Arturo Torres Sánchez
16 hours ago
6
I assumed that the designer doesn't just make the stuff appear "wherever he wants", but instead that there are pre-chosen locations rigged up. So there are trap doors for the animals, pipes for the gas to come out of, etc.
– Omegastick
16 hours ago
3
The books refer to "pods" that match @Omegastick's description.
– Walt
16 hours ago
10
10
You are chasing the rabbit down the plot hole. So many of them.
– Drag and Drop
20 hours ago
You are chasing the rabbit down the plot hole. So many of them.
– Drag and Drop
20 hours ago
5
5
Same technology as in Westworld, I’m assuming (ostensibly they show how it’s done but in reality it’s powered by handwavium).
– Konrad Rudolph
17 hours ago
Same technology as in Westworld, I’m assuming (ostensibly they show how it’s done but in reality it’s powered by handwavium).
– Konrad Rudolph
17 hours ago
3
3
Maybe it's a simple explanation: the ground has trapdoors that they open when they want the animals to come out. But that's still just a hypothesis.
– Arturo Torres Sánchez
16 hours ago
Maybe it's a simple explanation: the ground has trapdoors that they open when they want the animals to come out. But that's still just a hypothesis.
– Arturo Torres Sánchez
16 hours ago
6
6
I assumed that the designer doesn't just make the stuff appear "wherever he wants", but instead that there are pre-chosen locations rigged up. So there are trap doors for the animals, pipes for the gas to come out of, etc.
– Omegastick
16 hours ago
I assumed that the designer doesn't just make the stuff appear "wherever he wants", but instead that there are pre-chosen locations rigged up. So there are trap doors for the animals, pipes for the gas to come out of, etc.
– Omegastick
16 hours ago
3
3
The books refer to "pods" that match @Omegastick's description.
– Walt
16 hours ago
The books refer to "pods" that match @Omegastick's description.
– Walt
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The story takes place in the future. There is a bunch of unexplained tech around, like the force fields in the arena and the practice area.
As far as I remember the books and movies, they are not explicitly explained, but rather waved away as sci-fi futuretech. Most likely it is not magic that is responsible for the effects, but technology.
Remember:
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
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In the third novel, Mockingjay, we see a window into how the Hunger Games are operated. Events are triggered by devices called pods which have been placed ahead of time, and can be activated by triggers. While the movie might at times appear to show the Hunger Games as running on almost holodeck-level technology, every time we see a more solid description of what things are or how they work, it is much more mundane.
Setting a fire to make an area inaccessible or to drive the tributes into conflict is a very normal requirement in the Hunger Games. We can reasonably infer that almost every area within an arena has some kind of area-denial pod built in, just in case.
As for the muttations, they were likely prepared in advance as a grand finale, not pulled from thin air. All of the other muttations were explicitly called out as being real genetically-modified animals developed in the war, not holographic. Holograms in this universe have always been shown as incorporeal and obvious, not physically tangible and utterly seamless. It is much more reasonable that they were made from the established line of technology, rather than another we haven't seen.
The tributes enter through trap doors, leave on hovercrafts, and see actual cameras embedded in the surroundings. The hunger game dome is a modern Colosseum, and despite all the fancy sleight of hand, it's still mostly trap doors and caged animals.
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@Kat No, it is actually muttations.
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The story takes place in the future. There is a bunch of unexplained tech around, like the force fields in the arena and the practice area.
As far as I remember the books and movies, they are not explicitly explained, but rather waved away as sci-fi futuretech. Most likely it is not magic that is responsible for the effects, but technology.
Remember:
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
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JAD
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarke%27s_three_laws
– Kjetil S.
19 hours ago
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The story takes place in the future. There is a bunch of unexplained tech around, like the force fields in the arena and the practice area.
As far as I remember the books and movies, they are not explicitly explained, but rather waved away as sci-fi futuretech. Most likely it is not magic that is responsible for the effects, but technology.
Remember:
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
answered yesterday
JAD
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarke%27s_three_laws
– Kjetil S.
19 hours ago
add a comment |Â
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up vote
24
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The story takes place in the future. There is a bunch of unexplained tech around, like the force fields in the arena and the practice area.
As far as I remember the books and movies, they are not explicitly explained, but rather waved away as sci-fi futuretech. Most likely it is not magic that is responsible for the effects, but technology.
Remember:
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
answered yesterday
JAD
3,68322140
The story takes place in the future. There is a bunch of unexplained tech around, like the force fields in the arena and the practice area.
As far as I remember the books and movies, they are not explicitly explained, but rather waved away as sci-fi futuretech. Most likely it is not magic that is responsible for the effects, but technology.
Remember:
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
answered yesterday
JAD
3,68322140
answered yesterday
JAD
3,68322140
answered yesterday
JAD
3,68322140
answered yesterday
JAD
3,68322140
3,68322140
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarke%27s_three_laws
– Kjetil S.
19 hours ago
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarke%27s_three_laws
– Kjetil S.
19 hours ago
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarke%27s_three_laws
– Kjetil S.
19 hours ago
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarke%27s_three_laws
– Kjetil S.
19 hours ago
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In the third novel, Mockingjay, we see a window into how the Hunger Games are operated. Events are triggered by devices called pods which have been placed ahead of time, and can be activated by triggers. While the movie might at times appear to show the Hunger Games as running on almost holodeck-level technology, every time we see a more solid description of what things are or how they work, it is much more mundane.
Setting a fire to make an area inaccessible or to drive the tributes into conflict is a very normal requirement in the Hunger Games. We can reasonably infer that almost every area within an arena has some kind of area-denial pod built in, just in case.
As for the muttations, they were likely prepared in advance as a grand finale, not pulled from thin air. All of the other muttations were explicitly called out as being real genetically-modified animals developed in the war, not holographic. Holograms in this universe have always been shown as incorporeal and obvious, not physically tangible and utterly seamless. It is much more reasonable that they were made from the established line of technology, rather than another we haven't seen.
The tributes enter through trap doors, leave on hovercrafts, and see actual cameras embedded in the surroundings. The hunger game dome is a modern Colosseum, and despite all the fancy sleight of hand, it's still mostly trap doors and caged animals.
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@Kat No, it is actually muttations.
– Ben Miller
13 hours ago
Yeah I had a much better edit description but I mistakenly wrote over it when I did a second edit right after
– wedstrom
12 hours ago
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In the third novel, Mockingjay, we see a window into how the Hunger Games are operated. Events are triggered by devices called pods which have been placed ahead of time, and can be activated by triggers. While the movie might at times appear to show the Hunger Games as running on almost holodeck-level technology, every time we see a more solid description of what things are or how they work, it is much more mundane.
Setting a fire to make an area inaccessible or to drive the tributes into conflict is a very normal requirement in the Hunger Games. We can reasonably infer that almost every area within an arena has some kind of area-denial pod built in, just in case.
As for the muttations, they were likely prepared in advance as a grand finale, not pulled from thin air. All of the other muttations were explicitly called out as being real genetically-modified animals developed in the war, not holographic. Holograms in this universe have always been shown as incorporeal and obvious, not physically tangible and utterly seamless. It is much more reasonable that they were made from the established line of technology, rather than another we haven't seen.
The tributes enter through trap doors, leave on hovercrafts, and see actual cameras embedded in the surroundings. The hunger game dome is a modern Colosseum, and despite all the fancy sleight of hand, it's still mostly trap doors and caged animals.
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@Kat No, it is actually muttations.
– Ben Miller
13 hours ago
Yeah I had a much better edit description but I mistakenly wrote over it when I did a second edit right after
– wedstrom
12 hours ago
add a comment |Â
up vote
11
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up vote
11
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In the third novel, Mockingjay, we see a window into how the Hunger Games are operated. Events are triggered by devices called pods which have been placed ahead of time, and can be activated by triggers. While the movie might at times appear to show the Hunger Games as running on almost holodeck-level technology, every time we see a more solid description of what things are or how they work, it is much more mundane.
Setting a fire to make an area inaccessible or to drive the tributes into conflict is a very normal requirement in the Hunger Games. We can reasonably infer that almost every area within an arena has some kind of area-denial pod built in, just in case.
As for the muttations, they were likely prepared in advance as a grand finale, not pulled from thin air. All of the other muttations were explicitly called out as being real genetically-modified animals developed in the war, not holographic. Holograms in this universe have always been shown as incorporeal and obvious, not physically tangible and utterly seamless. It is much more reasonable that they were made from the established line of technology, rather than another we haven't seen.
The tributes enter through trap doors, leave on hovercrafts, and see actual cameras embedded in the surroundings. The hunger game dome is a modern Colosseum, and despite all the fancy sleight of hand, it's still mostly trap doors and caged animals.
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In the third novel, Mockingjay, we see a window into how the Hunger Games are operated. Events are triggered by devices called pods which have been placed ahead of time, and can be activated by triggers. While the movie might at times appear to show the Hunger Games as running on almost holodeck-level technology, every time we see a more solid description of what things are or how they work, it is much more mundane.
Setting a fire to make an area inaccessible or to drive the tributes into conflict is a very normal requirement in the Hunger Games. We can reasonably infer that almost every area within an arena has some kind of area-denial pod built in, just in case.
As for the muttations, they were likely prepared in advance as a grand finale, not pulled from thin air. All of the other muttations were explicitly called out as being real genetically-modified animals developed in the war, not holographic. Holograms in this universe have always been shown as incorporeal and obvious, not physically tangible and utterly seamless. It is much more reasonable that they were made from the established line of technology, rather than another we haven't seen.
The tributes enter through trap doors, leave on hovercrafts, and see actual cameras embedded in the surroundings. The hunger game dome is a modern Colosseum, and despite all the fancy sleight of hand, it's still mostly trap doors and caged animals.
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@Kat No, it is actually muttations.
– Ben Miller
13 hours ago
Yeah I had a much better edit description but I mistakenly wrote over it when I did a second edit right after
– wedstrom
12 hours ago
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1
@Kat No, it is actually muttations.
– Ben Miller
13 hours ago
Yeah I had a much better edit description but I mistakenly wrote over it when I did a second edit right after
– wedstrom
12 hours ago
1
1
@Kat No, it is actually muttations.
– Ben Miller
13 hours ago
@Kat No, it is actually muttations.
– Ben Miller
13 hours ago
Yeah I had a much better edit description but I mistakenly wrote over it when I did a second edit right after
– wedstrom
12 hours ago
Yeah I had a much better edit description but I mistakenly wrote over it when I did a second edit right after
– wedstrom
12 hours ago
add a comment |Â
10
You are chasing the rabbit down the plot hole. So many of them.
– Drag and Drop
20 hours ago
5
Same technology as in Westworld, I’m assuming (ostensibly they show how it’s done but in reality it’s powered by handwavium).
– Konrad Rudolph
17 hours ago
3
Maybe it's a simple explanation: the ground has trapdoors that they open when they want the animals to come out. But that's still just a hypothesis.
– Arturo Torres Sánchez
16 hours ago
6
I assumed that the designer doesn't just make the stuff appear "wherever he wants", but instead that there are pre-chosen locations rigged up. So there are trap doors for the animals, pipes for the gas to come out of, etc.
– Omegastick
16 hours ago
3
The books refer to "pods" that match @Omegastick's description.
– Walt
16 hours ago