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Convention Community => Off-Topic => Topic started by: melchizedek on November 21, 2009, 05:47:36 pm
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apparently there is this new twilight out.
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Yeah there is called "New Moon"
My cousin draged me to it last night...
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Ehh..I was forced to go today..not the best movie ever....
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So....when does the next season of true blood come on?...
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XD!
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Lololol. I was planning to go to the midnight premier dressed as Edward with sparkles practically dripping off my face, and my eyebrows as thick as I could get them. But I never got around to it. ~~;
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So....when does the next season of true blood come on?...
I love you.
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So....when does the next season of true blood come on?...
I WANT THAT SHIRT. <3
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Vampires are gross.
Haven't they ever heard of the dangers of blood-born pathogens?
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Any movie's amazing if you go with the right people, IMO, this was a great movie, could have been my company though. :D
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I love you.
little o'le me?
who's thirsty?
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I think it'd be pretty funny if someone decided to release another Blade movie same weekend as the next Twilight movie.
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This is the best T-shirt image I've seen.
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Even better than "Buffy Stakes Edward, THE END"
Vallie and I just got back from our Anything But Twilight Film Festival.
Best Date Night EVER!
As soon as I got out of work we went to Century Theater over at Cedar Hills Crossing.
First we saw Where the Wild Things Are. It was great, the wild things were just wild enough and the overall story was a little emo, a little scary, but very well scripted.
Next was Pirate Radio. We almost saw Men Who Stare At Goats but this was a good choice. The film is a little predictable but there are a lot of great moments and of course the music is AWESOME.
Finally, we saw The Fourth Kind. It was a really good movie and the really intense bits come out of nowhere. The end credits have audio of ufo reports. Also, the archive footage is not real.
So there's a nice bundle of money for the theaters that has nothing to do with sparklepires.
One of the best things about the date was that we got to openly laugh at all the straight adult men going to New Moon. :D
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Any movie's amazing if you go with the right people, IMO, this was a great movie, could have been my company though. :D
^ Agreed!
But then again, I was part of the company that went with you...>>
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Any movie's amazing if you go with the right people, IMO, this was a great movie, could have been my company though. :D
^ Agreed!
But then again, I was part of the company that went with you...>>
And it was fuuuunnn.
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Now for those who watched the South Park reference...goths are not sparkly vamp people. I checked fye up at Lloyd Center randomly and the New Moon stuff was invading the anime stuff. All that were left was plushie Naruto and two of his clones plus a flat Shikamaru. Commanding the invasion was the Barbie collectors edition Edward. Next time I see it I might have to snag a pic.
If there hasn't been a meetup organized to see NM already, then I may give in and trail along with a cosplay crew if someone wanted to set one up.
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Here's my background with this fandom:
Creation Station 2008, a staffer got many guffaws, & many annoyed groans, by turning in "sparkly vampires" as a prompt at Scenes from a Hat. At that point, I'd never been exposed to the Twilight Series, & I had no idea that was the reference.
When we started soliciting fanfics for this year's CS contest for KC, I figured I'd better acquaint myself with the canon, in case there were entries related to it.
My partner was skeptical, but found it online while I was at work, watched the whole thing, liked it enough that he insisted I watch it that night -- that's right, he sat through the whole movie twice on the same day. And normally it's hard for me to get him to do anything even remotely fandom-related.
I was surprised how much I liked the initial Twilight. But that was before I read the books. I started book 1 & was surprised how quick a read it was...& how I did want to actually finish it, even though I knew how it would end. Then I got to the CS & some staff had half-jokingly made a sign that declared the CS a "Twilight-Free Zone". During Scenes from a Hat someone turned in art of Spike from Buffy killing Bella, saying, something like, "Don't know what that bloke Edward's going on about, her blood tastes like crap" something along those lines...
I've read the 2nd & 3rd books & saw film 2 yesterday (wea ring a wolf silk-screen t-shirt). I could do without any of the Cullens except I really adore Alice. I love Jacob but could do without the rest of the pack. Graham Greene is talented. Dakota Fanning was a surprise. I *love* Michael Sheen (Frost/nixon was awesome). Ironic switch from Underworld, eh? The rest of the Volturi I could do without. Basically make me a fan film with just Jacob, Alice, Jane, Aro, & hey I can handle Bella & Charlie if needed as an excuse for that, & I'd be happy & not at all mind the absence of everyone else. Well I kinda liked Laurent. Oh & the sparling is the only worthwhile CG.
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Our little group kindof agreed on mutual love of Emmett, Alice, Jasper, Carlise, and Jacob. I absolutely adore Jane as well. 8D
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Jacob's the sexiest one there. <3 What with that tan not-too-muscly-but-still-sexy-muscly bod and that adorable wolf face~! Who couldn't love him? :P Oh wait, I guess the people who love that disgusting pasty gray, glitter glue shining, hairy body of that fugly vampire Edward might not like Jacob, atleast, not in public. ;) But I have to say, just so you know, I love Edward in the books, I just don't think Robert Pattinson is that....attractive. AT ALL. So yeah, that's just my opinion.
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I'm not much of a fan, although I did see New Moon. Jacob is an awful human being! How can so many people love him!? Has Edward done anything particularly evil to make him deserving of death, whether you believe he belongs with Bela or not? Because he was practically killed by Jacob just because of his jealousy.
I don't much like Edward either, but Jacob is a particularly awful person.
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I think Jacob's actually really nice for not totally stealing Bella from Edward. He protected her when Edward abandoned her(whether it be for her safety or not, she didn't understand so she just felt abandoned) and tried to make her happy again and then when Edward came back she just abandoned him! THAT's awful. Just because Jacob continues to try and make her love him doesn't make him an awful person; his belief that she would be safer and have a better life with him is firm, and there is nothing wrong with that. I just don't see how you think he's an awful person. :-\
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What Bela did isn't awful. Its pretty much what every girl, or even every person does for that matter. Went for the guy for whom she actually has feelings for. Jacob is awful because when Edward called Bela's house and Jacob answered he told Edward that Bela's father was planning a funeral. It wasn't his place to answer HER phone in the first place, let alone tell such a ridiculous lie that nearly lead to Edward committing suicide! If he really LOVED Bela, and I mean real love, he would care more for her happiness than his own, and since her happiness is so strongly contingent upon Edward reciprocating her love he should be doing all in his power to bring her dreams of being back together with Edward to fruition. He doesn't love her, he loves himself.
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Okay, so let's get this straight: Bella thinks that Edward has left her for good, otherwise she wouldn't be pulling all of those stunts just to see his face. So then she gets all close up with Jacob, and almost kisses him! She even says she loves him. And then Jacob answers the phone, but she doesn't stop him. Although I do have to say telling Edward that Charlie was planning a funeral was a pretty ass move, he did say that Edward didn't ask for her. And he loves himself? Really? Where'd you come up with that? Because he loves her so much that he wants to have her for himself instead of tearing apart his own heart by helping her get back together with his mortal enemy who is a great danger to Bella? I don't think that's loving himself, I think that's deeply loving HER.
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AAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!
TOO ON TOPIC!!!!!
;)
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Blegh, I'm not even a huge fan of Twilight, I just like the sexy werewolves and the fact that it's about vampires. ~shrugs~
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I think Jacob is disgusting.
But that's because I've read the last book.
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Jacob is coolio, so is Jasper, heee. And Emmett! :D
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I just saw this movie. I thought it was good when Edward wasn't on screen. Whenever he was, I just kind of slumped down in my seat, feeling embarrassed for the guy. He looked like he had to poop throughout the entire thing!
I prefer Jacob over Edward.
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He looked like he had to poop throughout the entire thing!
When does he not Sayda?
I haven't seen it yet, Mike and I are supposed to go see it and poke fun at it. but I dunno when he wants to go.
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Haha, speaking of vampires, this guy in my theatre class was like:
"Seriously... What would Dracula be like if vampires really sparkled? He'd be all 'Oooo, I vant to steal yer nail polish~'" I lol'd. :3
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Any movie's amazing if you go with the right people, IMO, this was a great movie, could have been my company though. :D
^ Agreed!
But then again, I was part of the company that went with you...>>
I spent it with a few people... we spent it making fun of it, no matter how much I liked the books, the movies ate the books, although the books sort of ruined themselves x.x
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I hated Jacob in the book, but the movie made me like him a lot~! And not just because he was hot, that was an add on. :D
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I loved him so much more in the books :P
Still Hate Edward though...
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I hated Jacob in the book, but the movie made me like him a lot~! And not just because he was hot, that was an add on. :D
xDDD So true!
I think Jacob is disgusting.
But that's because I've read the last book.
I kind of agree. But not so much disgusting as annoying and disappointing.
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I hated Jacob in the book, but the movie made me like him a lot~! And not just because he was hot, that was an add on. :D
xDDD So true!
I think Jacob is disgusting.
But that's because I've read the last book.
I kind of agree. But not so much disgusting as annoying and disappointing.
Annoying and disappointing indeed. D:
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I hated Jacob in the book, but the movie made me like him a lot~! And not just because he was hot, that was an add on. :D
xDDD So true!
I think Jacob is disgusting.
But that's because I've read the last book.
I kind of agree. But not so much disgusting as annoying and disappointing.
Annoying and disappointing indeed. D:
And even though I know he's not actually a pedophile, I still call him one. :D But he's still SUPER SEXY FINE. <3
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I loved him so much more in the books :P
Still Hate Edward though...
I thought he was whiney, selfish, and didn't care for Bella at all in the books, just was all 'HAY BBY'
And Jacob may be weird, but uh, excuse me, 108 or whatever year old with a teenager? A little worse. :D
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Okay, so let's get this straight: Bella thinks that Edward has left her for good, otherwise she wouldn't be pulling all of those stunts just to see his face. So then she gets all close up with Jacob, and almost kisses him! She even says she loves him. And then Jacob answers the phone, but she doesn't stop him. Although I do have to say telling Edward that Charlie was planning a funeral was a pretty ass move, he did say that Edward didn't ask for her. And he loves himself? Really? Where'd you come up with that? Because he loves her so much that he wants to have her for himself instead of tearing apart his own heart by helping her get back together with his mortal enemy who is a great danger to Bella? I don't think that's loving himself, I think that's deeply loving HER.
He doesn't want Bela to be happy. He want to be the REASON Bela is happy. Those are two different things. He doesn't care about her feelings. She knows that being with Edward puts her in danger, but love is supposed to trump all other emotions, even desire for ones well being. She would clearly be happier being in danger with Edward then safe without him. Since Jacob doesn't see this and, like I said, wants to be the reason she is happy instead of just wanting her happiness and as such the actions he takes are more to stroke his own ego and false sense of being a hero in hopes that Bela too will see him as a hero, which she won't because he isn't.
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Really, they all suck, and both movies are cheesy as hell and give me goosebumps watching just seeing how horrible they are, ha ha. Vampires sparkling! What a disappointment! That's like making a movie about mermaids and having them be humans from the waist down. Still technically mermaids, but not at all what one thinks or hopes for when going to see such a movie.
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Okay, so let's get this straight: Bella thinks that Edward has left her for good, otherwise she wouldn't be pulling all of those stunts just to see his face. So then she gets all close up with Jacob, and almost kisses him! She even says she loves him. And then Jacob answers the phone, but she doesn't stop him. Although I do have to say telling Edward that Charlie was planning a funeral was a pretty ass move, he did say that Edward didn't ask for her. And he loves himself? Really? Where'd you come up with that? Because he loves her so much that he wants to have her for himself instead of tearing apart his own heart by helping her get back together with his mortal enemy who is a great danger to Bella? I don't think that's loving himself, I think that's deeply loving HER.
He doesn't want Bela to be happy. He want to be the REASON Bela is happy. Those are two different things. He doesn't care about her feelings. She knows that being with Edward puts her in danger, but love is supposed to trump all other emotions, even desire for ones well being. She would clearly be happier being in danger with Edward then safe without him. Since Jacob doesn't see this and, like I said, wants to be the reason she is happy instead of just wanting her happiness and as such the actions he takes are more to stroke his own ego and false sense of being a hero in hopes that Bela too will see him as a hero, which she won't because he isn't.
You seem to know so much about his feelings that it doesn't seem to state in the books! :o Are you Jacob?
I loved him so much more in the books :P
Still Hate Edward though...
I thought he was whiney, selfish, and didn't care for Bella at all in the books, just was all 'HAY BBY'
And Jacob may be weird, but uh, excuse me, 108 or whatever year old with a teenager? A little worse. :D
I guess you're right! Lol. :D
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I loved him so much more in the books :P
Still Hate Edward though...
I thought he was whiney, selfish, and didn't care for Bella at all in the books, just was all 'HAY BBY'
And Jacob may be weird, but uh, excuse me, 108 or whatever year old with a teenager? A little worse. :D
XD at the 2nd comment.
And Edward's like an abusive husband.
1. They try to isolate you from your friends
2. They make themselves seem like the best thing ever
3. They come from abusive pasts ("My Daddy BIT me!" XD)
(Can't remember anymore... I'll get my sheet from Health Class and edit this post later)
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I loved him so much more in the books :P
Still Hate Edward though...
I thought he was whiney, selfish, and didn't care for Bella at all in the books, just was all 'HAY BBY'
And Jacob may be weird, but uh, excuse me, 108 or whatever year old with a teenager? A little worse. :D
XD at the 2nd comment.
And Edward's like an abusive husband.
1. They try to isolate you from your friends
2. They make themselves seem like the best thing ever
3. They come from abusive pasts ("My Daddy BIT me!" XD)
(Can't remember anymore... I'll get my sheet from Health Class and edit this post later)
I remember those from health class! xD
And I think that's why I dubbed Jennifer the Bella of our group.
Other then the fact she's like...REALLY clumsy...
She had an abusive relationship, like the one stated above! >O
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I loved him so much more in the books :P
Still Hate Edward though...
I thought he was whiney, selfish, and didn't care for Bella at all in the books, just was all 'HAY BBY'
And Jacob may be weird, but uh, excuse me, 108 or whatever year old with a teenager? A little worse. :D
XD at the 2nd comment.
And Edward's like an abusive husband.
1. They try to isolate you from your friends
2. They make themselves seem like the best thing ever
3. They come from abusive pasts ("My Daddy BIT me!" XD)
(Can't remember anymore... I'll get my sheet from Health Class and edit this post later)
I remember those from health class! xD
And I think that's why I dubbed Jennifer the Bella of our group.
Other then the fact she's like...REALLY clumsy...
She had an abusive relationship, like the one stated above! >O
-plots kicking the jerks butt in to next tuesday-
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I loved him so much more in the books :P
Still Hate Edward though...
I thought he was whiney, selfish, and didn't care for Bella at all in the books, just was all 'HAY BBY'
And Jacob may be weird, but uh, excuse me, 108 or whatever year old with a teenager? A little worse. :D
110 I think
My favorite guy will always be Jasper. :D
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Seth is rather awesome himself XD
AND Mr. Clearwater!
His kungfoo is strong!
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I hated Jacob in the book, but the movie made me like him a lot~! And not just because he was hot, that was an add on. :D
xDDD So true!
I think Jacob is disgusting.
But that's because I've read the last book.
I kind of agree. But not so much disgusting as annoying and disappointing.
Annoying and disappointing indeed. D:
And even though I know he's not actually a pedophile, I still call him one. :D But he's still SUPER SEXY FINE. <3
Child groomer, then.
It's still disgusting. >.<
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Seth is rather awesome himself XD
AND Mr. Clearwater!
His kungfoo is strong!
We totally thought he was Billy, somehow out of the wheelchair. XD
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So....when does the next season of true blood come on?...
I want it! It shall go next to my "I killed edward" tee-shirt.
To put it short, I think the whole series puts out a bad message.
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Seth is rather awesome himself XD
AND Mr. Clearwater!
His kungfoo is strong!
We totally thought he was Billy, somehow out of the wheelchair. XD
xDDD Ya know what's funny? Is I asked my sister that in the middle of the movie! I was like, "How'd he get out of the wheelchair?!" And she was like, "It's Harry!" And I looked at her. ...o.o... "WHUT?"
It actually made me laugh at the time. xD
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Seth is rather awesome himself XD
AND Mr. Clearwater!
His kungfoo is strong!
We totally thought he was Billy, somehow out of the wheelchair. XD
xDDD Ya know what's funny? Is I asked my sister that in the middle of the movie! I was like, "How'd he get out of the wheelchair?!" And she was like, "It's Harry!" And I looked at her. ...o.o... "WHUT?"
It actually made me laugh at the time. xD
lol
You guys~
I didn't remember his first name, so I just improvised ^^ (He is Harry Clearwater though, right?)
And:
To put it short, I think the whole series puts out a bad message.
So true.
The men are protecting her to no end, and will not give her the power to protect herself.
Then when one of the men leaves, she feels vulnerable, and like she can't take care of herself >.o
SEXIST
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Seth is rather awesome himself XD
AND Mr. Clearwater!
His kungfoo is strong!
We totally thought he was Billy, somehow out of the wheelchair. XD
xDDD Ya know what's funny? Is I asked my sister that in the middle of the movie! I was like, "How'd he get out of the wheelchair?!" And she was like, "It's Harry!" And I looked at her. ...o.o... "WHUT?"
It actually made me laugh at the time. xD
lol
You guys~
I didn't remember his first name, so I just improvised ^^ (He is Harry Clearwater though, right?)
Haha, yeah. Harry Clearwater. :P
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Megan kept whispering stuff at me. it made certain scenes funnier than they ought to have been.
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Aw man! I wish I had someone to whisper funny crap to me! xD The only person whispering anything to me was my sister's friend who said that if we squealed or yelled at any point in time that she would punch us in the face! Dx And she was serious!
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Lol when we were cracking up at Jacob, good time. :D
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Look at what I found! ;D
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=twitard
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Look at what I found! ;D
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=twitard
...OMG NUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!! ~dies~ X.X
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Look at what I found! ;D
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=twitard
xD
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"You don't see young adult novels about misfit teen girls falling for mysterious zombies!"
Because that would be blatant necrophilia.
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Tom, nothing but win.
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I myself will never cease to be amazed how worked up people get about Twilight, both for AND against it. I mean, sheesh, it's just a book series.
Although I am going to put in my opinion about the sparkling (since it's the only thing people ever seem to remember about the Twilight vamps) and say that even though it's kind of silly, it's at least explained. And the explanation kind of makes sense. So I'm not bothered by it.
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I myself will never cease to be amazed how worked up people get about Twilight, both for AND against it. I mean, sheesh, it's just a book series.
It WAS.
Now it is not.
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Twilight is nothing more than published fan fiction.
Bad fan fiction.
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Why do so many people hate it? It's not your type of story? They don't portray vampires like the REAL ones we see every day? They might be sparkly, but someone give me a definition of a "real vampire"; something set in stone about what you're guaranteed to see when you see a vampire. I agree, it's just a fan fiction. If you're over 15, it doesn't justify badmouthing it, either.
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It portrays a very unhealthy relationship as a positive thin, and does so with poor writing. Harlequin romances are nothing new but there's no reason for this one to have gotten so popular. The mythos behind the vampires might be acceptable (maybe even the sparkling) if the prose were better or the characters not so flimsy.
The parts that make me hate the series the most have not been shown in the films yet.
Also, I can proudly say that I hated the series long before the movies came out. Years ago a friend related the entire series to me (which she had borrowed from a twitard) in about 10 minutes and nothing since that point has changed my mind about the absurdity and general badness of the story.
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I've always hated the Curious George books myself. That's just my opinion. I don't think it'll become as relevent a topic as this one, though.
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I've always hated the Curious George books myself. That's just my opinion. I don't think it'll become as relevent a topic as this one, though.
That's because we can go a few days without ever hearing someone mention Curious George.
And how they would like to have sex with him.
I assure you that if that happened there would be backlash then as well.
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I myself will never cease to be amazed how worked up people get about Twilight, both for AND against it. I mean, sheesh, it's just a book series.
I, personally, am no Twitard, and I am no anti twilight person, but I do not understand the use of the word Just in the bolded sentence.
Although Harry Potter was originally Just a book series, it is one of the best things I say has ever existed.
Maybe certain book series' are nothing more than one, but personally, I take of fence to that statement.
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Ooooooooh I was wondering if a HP fan would notice that!
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Ooooooooh I was wondering if a HP fan would notice that!
oh no!
I fell in to Tom's conveniently thought of trap!
GASP
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Hey there, it wasn't my trap. It was just something that I knew would offend any hardcore bibliophile and I know we've got the HP fans around here that put up with similar arguments back in the day.
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So what if Twilight was the first thing written about vampires? What if all of those things about burning up in the sun, and dying by being staked in the heart and whatnot was not the first vampire legend. What if vampires sparkling in the sun was the original legend? I wonder if people would think the same way? :P
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So what if Twilight was the first thing written about vampires? What if all of those things about burning up in the sun, and dying by being staked in the heart and whatnot was not the first vampire legend. What if vampires sparkling in the sun was the original legend? I wonder if people would think the same way? :P
Wow you have not really read anything in this thread have you?
Sparkling is the icon of all the other things wrong with the series.
If someone took the weird mythology of the books in question and wrote something of quality then the sparkling would be the only thing to talk about.
The problem with twilight is not that it is just another vampire story with some glitter.
The problem is that it is a horrible romance story with sparkly vampires.
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while I'm at it, let me address the thing that annoys be about the writing without ever having read the series.
The word SAGA.
Dictionary.com (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/saga), help me out here.
1. a medieval Icelandic or Norse prose narrative of achievements and events in the history of a personage, family, etc.
2. any narrative or legend of heroic exploits.
3. Also called saga novel. a form of the novel in which the members or generations of a family or social group are chronicled in a long and leisurely narrative.
#1? No sorry, Washington may seem cold and dreary but its got NOTHING on medieval Scandinavia and Iceland.
#2? Well some of you will argue about who is a hero and I doubt you'd convince us. But perhaps one or two actions in the whole series of events may be considered "heroic". We'll let that one slide on a case by case basis, it's still not a story about those exploits. They are far too rare and any exploits seem to be misplaced.
#3? I really hope that none of you will try and cling to this one the most. If the information I have is correct none of the novels could be said to really focus on a different "generation" of characters (unless maybe Edward starts diablerizing other licks. Heh, V:tM joke). While the story may be considered long by the time you've reached the third page I'd say it's far too riven with angst to be leisurely.
And before any of you try and invoke the Holy Trilogy, I would like to remind you that despite your opinion of the over all story arc it undoubtedly qualifies for definition 2 and 3.
This post is etymology only. If you wish to argue these points please rebut with etymological analysis.
Spoilers welcome.
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The problem with twilight is not that it is just another vampire story with some glitter.
The problem is that it is a horrible romance story with sparkly vampires.
Those are the same things. Most vampire stories are horrible romance ones, they just added glitter. And yeah, I have been looking at this thread, I've been posting in it. Duh. But I was asking hypothetically. And I was asking if Twilight was the first thing ever written about vampires if people would think differently.
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I agree. Vampires are not real. So it doesn't matter who writes about them, or even if they're sparkly or not by someone else's opinion. People are taking this way too seriously, like the Twilight writer is the authority on all vampire mytholgy. Not to mention preteen romance.
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I already answered that question but since you seem confused, let me sum up.
No people would not think differently. There are plenty of horrible romance stories involving things that could be called vampires from hundreds of years ago that nobody knows about.
I'm curious what you think the first vampire story "written" made vampires out to be. As someone who has been involved in vampire related games for about 11 years I'm pretty well versed in different vampire stories. Dracula himself could go outside in the sunlight without dying and did so frequently when conducting his business in London. Still, most people would tell you though that vampires are supposed to burst into flame and die in sunlight.
As far as "people taking things too seriously", I can tell you that I have never screamed as loud as possible or wet myself or thrown anything while discussing what is wrong with this series of books, movies, and related materials.
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On a lighter note....
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As far as "people taking things too seriously", I can tell you that I have never screamed as loud as possible or wet myself or thrown anything while discussing what is wrong with this series of books, movies, and related materials.
Hey, it's all good ^^
We seem to be the ones doing the most posting about this subject, even though we're each pretty much keeping a neutral position on the issue and not defending or bashing the Twilight series either way.
.....I might think twice if I'm being nailed as a Twitard or failing in some way. >.>;;
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*sigh* True Blood needs to come out with their new season. ;_;
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*sigh* True Blood needs to come out with their new season. ;_;
Yes please.
I need a reason to pay for HBO, their movies have not been cutting it lately.
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I hear you there. All we got is Showtime for Dexter and HBO for True Blood. Neither of them are going right now. It's blah I tell you... -_-
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True blood, it is teh prons....
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I hear you there. All we got is Showtime for Dexter and HBO for True Blood. Neither of them are going right now. It's blah I tell you... -_-
Uh, Dexter is totally going, it's just once a week.
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Is it really? Hmmm... then it's just me then. =_=;;
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Team Edward vs Team Jacob on SNL last night.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SU6SD4RjZQY
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KIBAKICHI
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My kind of Vampy!
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My kind of Vampy!
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WHAT A SEXY BEAST. ♥♥♥
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is it a picture ?!? WHAT IS IT ?
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@ Jaz
It's Count Von Count off of sesame street
My kind of Vampy!
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WHAT A SEXY BEAST. ♥♥♥
TRUE FACT
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is it a picture ?!? WHAT IS IT ?
OHOHO~ A MOBILE POST, EH? It's a pic of the Count from Sesame Street. Lol.
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nice! yup mobile poster i feel like blinkin from men in tights
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http://www.glumbert.com/media/newmooninaminute
The only good thing to have come out of this "phenomenon".
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lol...
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lol, very true
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thank you
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mhm
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But if she called the cops, the cops would get eaten (as her daddy is a cop that is quite the inconvenience) and then he'd eat her >>
IT IS PITY LOVE
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;D amusing
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lol
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At least nobody talks about sparkly werewolves >.>;;
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At least nobody talks about sparkly werewolves >.>;;
If they did, I would eat them, right then and there.
I HAD A DREAM ABOUT WARE-ZOMBIES LAST NIGHT
IT WAS EFFED UP
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-won't even mention the dream I had-
Sparkly werewolves? yum. *0*
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BTW CatchxMe, I love your sig!
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Okay, I think that's enough from me, for now...
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Oh geez.... this made me laugh so hard. XD
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Alucard pwns Edward. Nuff said.
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I think it'd be pretty funny if someone decided to release another Blade movie same weekend as the next Twilight movie.
That'd be aweseom!!!
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