The new movie “Hunger Games” was released today in the United States and it’s eerily similar to the season three Sliders episode, “Rules of the Game”. The “Hunger Games” book was written by Suzanne Collins and was first published in 2008. Even hulu.com which features Sliders episodes has recently gave note, and put it on their main page. In the “Hunger Games” there is an annual televised event where opponents are enclosed in an outdoor area and fight their way to success… till death. It’s a form of entertainment for the masses and the ultimate prize for the successor is a large prize.
Sliders is quite similar in story with a fight to the death outdoor game and a large prize, all of which is publicly televised. Even the Hunger Games has vicious dogs like in the episode. So if you’re thinking about seeing the Hunger Games or have already seen it, why not give a great tv series episode a shot, “Rules of the Game”. It really makes you wonder how Tracy Tormé, Robert K. Weiss and writer Josef Anderson feel about this new fad of Hunger Games. All the while the brilliance of Sliders is rarely being mentioned.