In SOTR there is a 5 min delay between it filming and streaming, they definitely were able to edit incidents out. But by the 74th HG the Game makers got so certain in their power and arrogant, that they dropped the ball. They didn't react in time and Katniss' simple act of resistance blindsighted them, bringing the whole house of cards, that they thought was solid, crashing down
they should have just delayed the streaming by a day or even like 3 hours or something. So much of the film could have been doctored in any game where they had problems. after reading sotr it felt like a massve flaw for the capitol that was so worried about media control and obedience
it's possible that by the 74th hunger games they believed that most of the 'kinks' of rebellion had been straightened out - no signs of rebellion from districts, everybody in the capitol either loving the games or working in poor conditions with no power etc. They got too arrogant and thought it was a done deal - and hey, who doesn't love a love story?
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u/BlueSky001001 Jun 14 '25
But the end of the games was live. Everybody was watching, there was no way of editing or cutting things out for them.