I stand alone...twilight-the book please tell me I'm not alone! (could have spoilers)

[RetailWorkhorse]

Another movie review, this one from the one and only Mr. Cranky!

Okay, who wants to go with me to do that "Twilight Liver Destroyer Challenge"? I gets tha feeling I won't last 15 minutes, so I'll need someone to drive me home.

Or I can spend money on that new Keanu Reeves flick.

[AnqeiicDemise]

Oh! Oh! I DO!

Now we need designated wheel chair pushers.

[Evil Queen]

I dunno. It sounds like we would run out of booze before the movie even hits the halfway point.

And you guys know me, I keep a shitload of alcohol in the house.

Did I mention that Roommate R thought the movie was "Awesome"? Yeah, I forwarded him a PDF of the book. I doubt he's read it yet.

[RetailWorkhorse]

Did I mention that Roommate R thought the movie was "Awesome"? Yeah, I forwarded him a PDF of the book. I doubt he's read it yet.

Co-Worker N (he's back for the Christmas rush! YAY!) loved the movie, too. Hasn't read the books yet. I told him they were very flat.

[Evil Queen]

The SO and I are actually going to wait until Riff Tracks come out for it before we watch it. That way, we all can mock it as we're watching it.

I'll have a report in 2-3 months.

[Crow The Robot]

Behold the wisdom of Chester A. Bum:

http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/vid.../2741-twilight

A review of Twilight that hits every nail on the head.

People in Egypt know you're a vampire you don't hide it very well!

God that was hilarious.

[Shangri-laschild]

http://www.twilightguy.com/2008/06/1...nd-mrs-cullen/

Someone tearing apart the book
http://psa.blastmagazine.com/2008/08...in-a-good-way/

And the response to all the negative feedback because of tearing apart the book
http://www.journalfen.net/community/...059#t185828059

Writter's response and explanation on how to write a good book.
http://psa.blastmagazine.com/2008/08...and-a-promise/

[Rapscallion]

I'm trying to work out if there are any fans of the works involved here in the CS community. Anyone want to defend it? I'm not talking all-out fratching, but I can't believe that nobody's really said anything in its defence.

Rapscallion

[Kheldarson]

There's an anti-twilight group on Facebook. They tried to defend it. The question simply was, "Yes, we all hate it, but what can we find good about it?" They had nothing. The whole series is vapid.

[Evil Queen]

I'm trying to work out if there are any fans of the works involved here in the CS community. Anyone want to defend it? I'm not talking all-out fratching, but I can't believe that nobody's really said anything in its defence.

Rapscallion

Lupo liked the books. I keep telling her she needs to stop in and talk about it with us but she refuses.

I think the reason why no one will defend it now is a previous poster had come in saying the book was great, another said they didn't like it, and so a disagreement ensured -- it was weird, like a one sided flame that went nowhere. I can't remember the poster's name (the one that liked it) and I'm too lazy to look it up.

[Amina516]

So, I saw the movie and I actually liked it. So did DH.

So I am now debating buying the books to read, though I already know what happens ( I looked up their synopsis' b/c I couldnt stand not knowing what happened.)

So i might like them. I dont know yet.

[Evil Queen]

PM Me your e-mail and I'll send you a PDF.

[CaroPhoenix]

At least the males vampires aren't interchangeable with other authors' vampires. (*glares daggers at Laurell K. Hamilton and her Anne Rice-like males vampies).

[Shangri-laschild]

I'm trying to work out if there are any fans of the works involved here in the CS community. Anyone want to defend it? I'm not talking all-out fratching, but I can't believe that nobody's really said anything in its defence.

Rapscallion

I told EvilQueen that if you can turn off your brain, the way you do for those really dumb comedies, and if you can ignore the fact that tons of impressionable young girls are going to read these and be convinced that obsessive jealousy is actually romantic, it's not too bad of a book. Those are two big ifs though. I've only read the first one so far though. It really is best read with your brain turned off though.

Edit: Oh yeah,and this quote is going to have me giggling all day long from how odd it is

Well, Gran, yon might have noticed that my boyfriend glitters. It's just something he does in the sun. Don't worry about it…

Edit: So my sergeant's 13 year old daughter has been reading the books and she (my sergeant) and I were talking about the books and I said I'd send her some links about them. Recommendations on which would best describe them? I'm planning on sending Shinga's stuff (the synopsis of the chapters and the comics). Any other thoughts?

[depechemodefan]

I made $10 off of a Twilight book, more at the end.

I work at a library. I normally do reference work, but we had a shit load of trucks full of books that had holds on them. Takes 3 days for books to come from another library in the system to be put out for pick up. There were books on the trucks that have been there for 3 weeks. This is why I took time to get the books ready for pick up (note, it's a complicated process, so I won't explain it). I noticed Twilightitself has about 200+ holds on it (and we have 134 of the books, not counting the paperbacks). Wow, that is a lot, I thought.

Then I saw this book, The Twilight companion : the complete unauthorized guide to the series. Hey, I thought, it will be like cliff notes, and I don't have to read the series. It seems I knew more about the series than the author. She mostly talked about Vampires and Werewolves in mythology, and what is a modern teen to do with a vampire bf. This stuff I had to laugh about:

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Now, I don’t know may girls who leave home to live with fathers they don’t know just to give their remarried mothers space, but Bella is special. (Is the author being ironic?)

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Of course, who wants to climb corporate ladders? Personally, I’d much rather have love. This makes me (and possible you) different from feminist women who desire primarily to achieve their career goals. (OP note, it's a bit out of context, though I just had to add this).

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As you become more experienced with the daily six-hour beauty preparation, try dabbing a little blue on your lisp and face for that extra-drained look.


P37.

On the upside, your engagement ring will probably be many hundreds of years old and really cool looking.

So I got a paperback copy of Twilight (which some retard spilled coolaid on).
1) I think the author is trying to show a teen like she is really like. Self-absorbed. Actually, that's the only personality trait Bella has. Even I can remember classmates names.
2) Why the fuck didn't she tell the other vampires (Alice and Jacob) that the bad vampire had her mom? It's not like he could hear her once she hung up the phone. And didn't she want to use herself as bait before?
3) Why would Edward and the others decide to go to school? I suppose they have to have something to do, and it's best to be around people so people arn't just an abstract to them. But don't these vampires graduate h.s.? There's no university there (though who knows if there is a 2 year college), so what are they going to do? Take a job at McD's?
4) Ok, honestly, Bella is too absorbed on how pretty Edward is. Shut up. Though I suppose that is the point, that she can't help but be absorbed in him.
5) Ok, I do think it's hot how Edward sniffs her and goes all ga-ga. I don't know why, but, eh, maybe it's the 13 year old in me.

In general, it's not bad, but I think all the hype makes me want to criticize it. Maybe I should apply the Harry Potter defense: It gets kids to read.
I don't plan to read 2 or 3 (though I'm kind of interrested in Jacob the werewolf), but I need to read Breaking Dawn because Jacob becoming imprinted on the baby sounds worlds of bad fanfic.

Ok, how I made money off of Eclipse. The librarians read books for prizes in the Summer. Most of the time I read Buffy the Vampire Slayer books, but other books not vampire related. Though the Summer of '07 I did read a Laurie Hamilton's Anita Blake book (hated it) and a vampire romance book (Dead is the New Black). One of the co-workers who organizes the Summer Reading club for the librarians probably noticed I read a lot of vampire books. So in my goody sack was Lady and the Vamp and Eclipse. I read Lady and the Vamp (hated it) and just ignored Eclipse. Until I noticed there were 200+ holds on the book. So I decided to sell it on ebay and luckily I got $10 for it. Yeah!