Ah well in the book it explains/suggests that the mutations are in fact made from the other tributes DNA
So its still the tributes fighting the others in a roundabout sort of way

In the film it makes no sense.
( Peej, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:10, 2 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

Yeah, you wouldn't know they had the same eyes in the film
unless she actually said "Oh my gosh! They've got the same eyes as the tributes I already killed!"
(Bazongaloid, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:11, Reply)

It wasn't just the eyes
They had numbers too
( Peej, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:14, Reply)

I missed that
That's quite interesting.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:23, Reply)

In the books

( Peej, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:30, Reply)

I'm not bothered by it making sense or not so much.
It's fiction after all. From a conceptual point of view, a story about a game like that becomes weaker without relevant rules. Maybe that's just me.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:12, Reply)

Unless the Government being a bunch of cheats is part of the story
Plus its not really a story about a game, its a story of control and rebellion.
( Peej, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:15, Reply)

granted, but if they are going to cheat, what's the point of the game?
might as well just feed 24 kids to bears.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:16, Reply)

They answer that in the film
Hope
( Peej, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:18, Reply)

The game is televised everywhere
there wouldn't be hope if it became obvious to the districts that there was cheating going on.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:20, Reply)

The district that won wouldn't care
and the ones that lost would be just as controlled
( Peej, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:23, Reply)