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

[Shangri-laschild]

Gah....so I'm watching the movie online....I thought that maybe it would be better than the books. Nope. It leaves stuff out and meshes stuff weirdly and is just odd overall. Though I have to say, so far (I'm waiting for the second half to load right now), I like Charlie.

[XCashier]

There's going to be a Twilight convention! R. K. Milholland has something interesting to say about it under his comic...

[Evil Queen]

Holy Crap! $255 just to walk through the freaking front door?!

NOT including hotel stay, food, parking and they can't even guarantee that the Guest Speakers (The actors from the movies) will even be there?

There's a word for this...

[the_std]

And don't forget, if you're under 18, you have to be accompanied by a guardian 21 or older, who also has to pay the full con attendance fee. What age group is Twilight aimed at?

If this works, they will be making money hand over fist.

[alogram]

I LOVE THIS THREAD.

(see my avatar)

The thing that I just don't get is that even grown, seemingly well educated women like this crap!!

WHY?

[Evil Queen]

I scanned the forum they have, to see if anyone was surprised about the price tag. They seemed okay with it! How sick! Clearly these people are being handed the money from their parents so they can attend.

What happened to the "it's the economy" excuse?!

[persephone]

The thing that I just don't get is that even grown, seemingly well educated women like this crap!!

WHY?

Because it's fun, light, nothing reading that's easy to read and not a horrible story. Just cause you don't like it doesn't mean it's crap. It means you think it's crap and you are perfectly entitled to that opinion. But that doesn't mean everyone else has to agree with you.

Hi, my name is Persephone, I'm a college graduate, pretty smart if I do say so myself, adult woman and mother and I like the Twilight series. And I am NOT ashamed to admit it.

Again, like I said before, I don't think they're the end all / be all of the world, but I also don't think they should be burned in a fire. To each their own!

[Amina516]

Ok, so after I was emailed the Twilight PDF by EQ, I went ahead and read the rest of them.

Over all, I liked the series. They were quick reads and I actually got attached to the storyline and characters.

There were things that i feel would have been written better (the whole Renesmee thing with the imprinting slightly freaked/grossed me out.). I thought the final "battle" scene in Breaking Dawn could have been better, but I did enjoy it. so much so that I read it again. There is a good build up of suspense.

Count me in among the Twilight fans (Hi Persephone...LOL)

I cant imagine how theyre going to pull off the pregnancy/birth scene in a movie though...?

[cloudy.thoughts]

Twiglet has been so hyped over here (in the UK) that I'm seriously put off it. I'll probably watch it when it comes on TV, but I can get the thought of a popular Marmite snack out of my head. I some if some enterprising bod thinks to sell that at the door in place of popcorn.

(Twilights a vegetarian snack with a taste that polarises opinion - seems rather fitting.)

[SorryIsGoodEnough]

I frequent the TwilightSucks.com chatroom.

I would like to say that Breaking Dawn was the worst/best book. Because the best part of the WHOLE series is the imprinting thing.

It's not creepy. Smeyer managed to have a PERFECT ending where EVERYTHING will work out just fine.

Nonsense. But still, Jacob was the only good thing about that series.

[Amina516]

This fit perfectly here..: (webcomic)

http://www.punchanpie.net/cgi-bin/au...?date=20090105

I lol'd

[Mara-chan]

I hate twilight and I've never read/seen it.

First off, I had never heard about it until the movie came out and then all of a sudden everyone was posting "OMFG! I LOVE TWILIGHT!! I've been a fan for years!" Funny, you've NEVER mentioned it until it became popular.

From the synopsis I've read, it sounds like crap. And it sounds like another one of those J.K.Rowling-made-it-big-I-can-too-by-dumping-out-crap-pandering-to-lonely-teens-with-crappy-self-images books.

I really hate stuff that gets blown out of proportion like that. Usually, if it gets that way BEFORE I've gotten into it, I'll avoid it like the plague. Sometimes if it gets that way AFTER I've gotten into it, it may change my feelings on it. Examples:

Harry Potter: I was in it before it became HUGE (after 3rd book). I still watch the movies and read the books (I liked em), but the only thing I've bought as a 'collectable' were Lego sets.

Doctor Who: I was into it back in the 80's. The people who only just got into it since David Tennant and Christopher Eccleston and act like they know everything REALLY need to go back and watch some of the other TWENTY SIX seasons. He wasn't always a young, suave heartthrob, girls. He was a crotchety old bastard at times.

Anime: Cartoon network is killing off my fandom. The days of hoarding fansubs are over and no one appreciates a GOOD series anymore.

[XCashier]

Doctor Who: I was into it back in the 80's. The people who only just got into it since David Tennant and Christopher Eccleston and act like they know everything REALLY need to go back and watch some of the other TWENTY SIX seasons. He wasn't always a young, suave heartthrob, girls. He was a crotchety old bastard at times.

Yes! (Though he was a young, suave heartthrob in his fifth incarnation...well, a young heartthrob, not so much suave! ) I just got The Time Meddler, a First Doctor story, and it is really very good! No fancy special effects, just a clever and interesting story with very good characterization and performances. And the Doctor was a crotchety old geezer in this one, though he had some witty lines. Definitely a recommend.

:ahem: Sorry for the post. We return you to your regular Twilight bashing discussion.

[RetailWorkhorse]

Anime: Cartoon network is killing off my fandom. The days of hoarding fansubs are over and no one appreciates a GOOD series anymore.

Hold that thought, Mara-chan.

MINION! FETCH ME MY HAMMER!

*Attacks Cartoon Network*

GIVE. US. OUR. ANIME. NETWORK. YOU. CRAPPY. NETWORK!

*WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM!*

*Pant-pant-pant*

.....Okay, I'm done.

[Lace Neil Singer]

I LOVE THIS THREAD.

(see my avatar)

The thing that I just don't get is that even grown, seemingly well educated women like this crap!!

WHY?

Same reason why Mills & Boon books fly off the shelves; it's basically tat. They're the same thing really, cept with vampires tacked on.

And the imprinting thing IS creepy. Nessie is a baby, who will be sexually mature at age seven (I think) and Jacob imprinted her NOT for love, but to eventually have sex with her and impregnate her. Does that not suggest grooming and pedophilia to anyone else cept me?

(deep breath) WHY DIDN'T STEPHANIE PUT JACOB WITH LEAH, DAMMIT!

That was on behalf of the aforementioned ex-Twilight fan, who wanted that shipping so much.