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[Robthe1st]

Is anyone going to see the new Twilight film call: New Moon?

To me, I think I might. What about your guys?

[Velvet D'Coolette]

Well, I haven't seen or read the Twilight saga but I already know from reviews, the grapevine and the odd video clip/passage I've seen that I'd hate it. Bella and Ed just aren't my kind of people, I'm afraid. I think any of the movies or books would make me angry; I don't like abuse being paraded as romance, the way it is in Twilight.

So I'll give it a miss, thanks.

[Morgan]

Generally I like movies and stories dealing with romance, but the first movie made me gag so, no thanks. I'll pass too.

[MistressAli]

I'll probably rent it as I did with the first one...having to sit amid the hoards of twi-hards scares me. I've read the books and they're ok to me, but definitely not worth even a quarter of the hype they get.

[Vlad Yvhv]

I hate vampires and romance... So I'm staying far away from the whole series in all forms.

[Morgan]

I dunno. Underworld had vampires and romance in it and I quite loved the movies. But not Twilight.

[John Roberts]

I prefer my Vampire romances with Slayers involved. And, from what little I have seen from the first movie (don't know anything about the books), I also prefer my Vampire romances written by someone who has a clue about the good melodramatics; not that crap.

[FreakyFilmFan4ever]

Is anyone going to see the new Twilight film call: New Moon?

To me, I think I might. What about your guys?

No thanks. I kinda want to keep my "Movie Manhood Card".

I mean, I can enjoy a film targeted towards women (a.k.a. chick flick) if it's good. Titanic was well written for the most part had displayed some good examples of cinematography, performances, character development, set-design, and even special effects.

The Twilight saga? Nope.

[Ratty Randnums]

Calling it a "saga" is hilarious. Oh marketing people, what won't you think up next.
I like my vampires evil, or at least to have their general populace evil.
And the idea of making abstinance romance figures out of reanimated corpses, who must feed on the blood of the living to stay alive, is frankly ridiculous.
Hopefully we've all seen this by now



And while it's painfully cheesy and strained even for me, when I saw this on the frontpage of youtube today it summed it up pretty well http://www.youtube.c...eature=featured
It'll be a sad day when Bela Lugosi is replaced by the guy who dies in that awful 4th Harry Potter movie.

PULL THE STRINGS!

Lugosi is still the man.

[MistressAli]

When I was in high school there was a book series called 'the Vampire Diaries' (which is now a tv show as well, though it's quite different from the source material) and the similarities between VD and Twilight are... well, kind of fishy. The author of VD also wrote another series that had some vampires, including special rules required for all supernatural creatures to not alert humans of their existence... which reminds me of the Volturi in Twilight. O.o
I've never considered vampires to be 'evil', humans only call them evil because they're the victims Vamps gotta eat!

[Anaesthesia]

And the idea of making abstinance romance figures out of reanimated corpses, who must feed on the blood of the living to stay alive, is frankly ridiculous.

Yeah, really. Never mind that part of the appeal vampires have had in modern media since Dracula is inherently sexual. Then again, Stephanie Meyer is a sheltered Mormon housewife, and most of the stuff she writes reflects her narrow view of the world where Volvos are sexy cars, vampire clans have Family Home Evenings with baseball and Milton Bradley games, and it's okay for a boy you've just met to break into your house and watch you sleep without your knowledge or consent as long as he turns out to be your soulmate. That's not even going into the werewolves' "imprinting" that comes into play in Breaking Dawn.

Let the Right One In did the vampire romance thing much, much better. It acknowledged that the romance was messed up and imperfect, and more importantly, the characters involved were genuinely likable.

[MistressAli]

One thing that amused me when I first read Twilight was the setting...Forks, Washington. That's where I was born
Not like that has anything to do with anything. But it's apparently some dinky little logging town that nobody would've even heard of.

it's okay for a boy you've just met to break into your house and watch you sleep without your knowledge or consent as long as he turns out to be your soulmate

But it's sooooo romantic!
The fact that she wasn't creeped out, not in the slightest...was weird. And boring. Hell, maybe one can get over someone spying on them as they sleep, just consider it a personal quirk. lol But really, an interesting relationship needs some fights, man! Real arguments and emotional falling-outs. Not this boring Bella 'oh Edward whatever you do is ok, I love you and I'm never -really- angry at you, ever.'

[Morgan]

Not this boring Bella 'oh Edward whatever you do is ok, I love you and I'm never -really- angry at you, ever.'

I think that's what made me gag about that movie. I mean no one likes arguments but it's just like...they were medicated or something, never arguing...I mean...wow... o_o

[ALIENwolve]

When I was in high school there was a book series called 'the Vampire Diaries' (which is now a tv show as well, though it's quite different from the source material) and the similarities between VD and Twilight are... well, kind of fishy. The author of VD also wrote another series that had some vampires, including special rules required for all supernatural creatures to not alert humans of their existence... which reminds me of the Volturi in Twilight. O.o
I've never considered vampires to be 'evil', humans only call them evil because they're the victims Vamps gotta eat!

Bah. You want real vampire diaries you watch "Interview with the Vampire." No tween shit in there.

[FreakyFilmFan4ever]

Calling it a "saga" is hilarious. Oh marketing people, what won't you think up next.
I like my vampires evil, or at least to have their general populace evil.
And the idea of making abstinance romance figures out of reanimated corpses, who must feed on the blood of the living to stay alive, is frankly ridiculous.
Hopefully we've all seen this by now

Yes. And it never gets old.

Twilight certainly feels more like a franchise than it does a saga. Although the term "saga" is generally used for a pre-planned series (Like LOTR, original Star Wars trilogy, ect), where as "franchise" is used for non-planned sequels (Jurassic Park, Spider-man, Ghostbusters ect.). Though Twilight fits the definition of "saga", the word seems to over glorify the series.

[Velvet D'Coolette]

Saga always sounds to me like an acronym for Sex And Games for the Aged.

Sorry, but.

[Morgan]

Saga always sounds to me like an acronym for Sex And Games for the Aged.

Sorry, but.

Hehe that gave me a chuckle.

[Velvet D'Coolette]

You're welcome

I can't really take credit, though. Not sure if you've ever heard of SAGA holidays, but they organise vacations for pensioners, hence the acronym I mentioned. I don't know what SAGA really stands for, but it's bound not to be as funny as Sex and Games for the Aged, so forgive me if I don't look it up.

[FreakyFilmFan4ever]

Saga always sounds to me like an acronym for Sex And Games for the Aged.

Sorry, but.

I guess in that sense, "saga" really does relate to Twilight; seeing as how middle-aged women are now sneaking out of stores with the cardboard cut-outs of Robert Pattinson.

[John Roberts]

I... went a watched the first Twilight movie the other night. Other than 'oh god, oh god why?', I have to say I don't get the appeal. Why does this crap have so many women wet between the legs? It's not even a decent romance movie. I'll go re-watch The Notebook or The Lake house, thank you very much. And as for the Vampires? Geez, what a pack of wusses.

Saw a lady wearing a t-shirt saying 'Buffy staked Edward' the next day. Went to give her a high-five, but... she looked at me weird and told me to fuck off.