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I may be in the minority here, but seeing as I value love over sex, I think I'd actively turn down a polyamorous relationship if the opportunity arose.
Watchmen did not inaugurate dystopian fiction. Brave New World came out in 1931. Fritz Lang's Metropolis was 1927. Something called Rasselas apparently came out in 1759.
I dunno, he's kind of got a point, dark tones and cynical futures have been very present in more than one medium since the 90s or so. Watchmen kind of inaugurated them and as good as that was, most of its spawn does not deserve to be put on the same pedestal.
Particularly, the problem with The Hunger Games is, I think, that Ms. Collins just kind of ran out of steam after executing the initial premise; the sequels - especially the latter one - just feel very meandery and overstuffed with political overthinking. The kind that comes off as a juvenile but failed attempt to be deep. The franchise is entertaining in its own way and I'll certainly be in line to see the next film but overall I'd say there are better sources of meaning out there in fiction.
It'll be either Zoroark or Gen VI's equivalent, sadly.
