The Twilight Saga

[carrier76]

Okay so I'm going to be forced to go see this, because Boyfriend is a vampire nut. And he keeps trying to convince me that I'll like it "because it's a love story!" Um, because I'm REALLY into love stories. What? Anyway, it's entering into Titanic territory for me....there is SO much promotion and yakking about it that I'm losing interest FAST. The whole thing is starting to annoy me and it's making me not want to see it AT ALL.

And I don't even know what it's about, really. Vampires and...?

[susyhomewrecker]

Does he know anything about the story besides romance and vampires? Because they're hardly vampires. They sparkle!

I know it shouldn't surprise me, but Ryan Secrest is totally a not-so-secret Twilight fan. They play his radio show in the afternoons here, and today he interviewed Robert Pattinson. And does dramatic readings from the books every day as he counts down to the release.

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Nov 20, 2008 18:37:20 GMT -4 carrier76 said:

Okay so I'm going to be forced to go see this, because Boyfriend is a vampire nut. And he keeps trying to convince me that I'll like it "because it's a love story!" Um, because I'm REALLY into love stories. What? Anyway, it's entering into Titanic territory for me....there is SO much promotion and yakking about it that I'm losing interest FAST. The whole thing is starting to annoy me and it's making me not want to see it AT ALL.

Titanic at least got all the crazy attention when and after it turned out to be the huge success that it was, not before the film's release. This one here is absolutely everywhere before it even hits theatres. And although I've now seen so many trailers and clips I still can't figure out if there's an actual plot or not. I know it's vampires and a boring girl but I'm not sure if there's going to be anything else .

[carrier76]

Does he know anything about the story besides romance and vampires? Because they're hardly vampires. They sparkle!

Wait...what? No he does not. Please explain. Because just by the word SPARKLE, I may actually be on board with this. ANd I may keep the "sparkle" fact to myself so he can sit through it and be like WTF? HA.

[susyhomewrecker]

Well, vampires in SMeyer's universe CAN go outside in the sunlight, but they rarely ever do--at least, not in public. When they stand in the sun, it reflects off of their "marble" skin (supposedly they are like statues or something, yeah I don't really know) and they sparkle.

So yes, no fangs, no sleeping in coffins, no driving stakes through hearts, not even an aversion to garlic. The Cullens have reflections! If your boyfriend is a vampire buff, I suspect he might be seriously confused.

[incognito]

Basically, they're vampires in name only.

I know that vampires don't exist IRL, so it can be a bit silly to fuss over what is or isn't a real vampire. But just doing away with every bit of vampire lore and mythology is stupid. I can do without the aversion to garlic or whatever, because I don't think that's a universal vampire trait. But no fangs (or even unusually sharp teeth)? WTF? The sparkling? Double-WTF? I think the only thing that Stephenie Meyer keeps intact is the craving for blood -- okay, and the fact that they live forever.

It'd be like me saying, "Okay, I'm writing Bigfoot into my story. Except he's not hairy. Or big. And he doesn't live in the woods. He's also really handsome!"

[Shanmac]

Not only do they not sleep in coffins, they don't sleep, period. How much would THAT sucks? You can live forever, but you can't get a couple hours' rest? And Bella's supposed to want to want that? Not buyin' it. Teenagers like to sleep too much. Or maybe I'm just projecting because I like to sleep too much.

Some of the mythology changes I can live with, because I tend to like vampire stories and different authors have different takes on it. But the sparkling? That shit's hilarious.

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I'll probably never see this movie in my life. I saw something on the local news where teenaged girls were squeeing and actually crying because they were going to get a glimpse of Robert Pattinson (who I'd never heard of). So out of curiousity I looked him up, and I'm like "Huh?" It's this pasty-faced, droopy-eyed, slack-jawed guy who's playing a vampire.

When, oh, when will the public get enough of vampires?

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It's this pasty-faced, droopy-eyed, slack-jawed guy who's playing a vampire.

I think he's one of those good-looking men who purporsely go out of their way to look bad. Why, I'm not sure.

Underneath the slovenly appearance I think he has nice cheekbones and good features.

[carrier76]

This movie sounds really annoying. I think I will hide the annoyance from Boyfriend and agree to go, since we've been doing a lot of CarrieR things lately anyway.

And then I will be able to hide my eye-rolling in the dark.