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Post by canuckcutie on Jan 25, 2009 22:19:05 GMT -4
They do have the whole "feed the clueless tourists to the vampires" sequence in NM - that should amp up the horror quotient.
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Post by kali on Jan 25, 2009 22:40:06 GMT -4
I am really wanting to see how they do the whole "Edward takes his shirt off and prepares to dazzle the crowd quite literally" because the whole scene is just so chock full of cheesy ridiculousness. I don't think it is possible to transfer that to the big screen without the LULZ. I know! It's so funny to me how the non-ironic fans of the books are seriously anticipating that scene. Of course, I thought it was funny how many people were disappointed with the sparkling in Twilight too. Is there anyway it WASN'T going to look stupid? It's a SPARKLING vampire! I felt like in Twilight if there was anyway they could've gotten away with it, they would've cut the sparkling entirely. I kind of feel bad for RPattz because there's no way death by sparkling won't be hilariously stupid.
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yournamehere
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Post by yournamehere on Jan 27, 2009 21:48:15 GMT -4
Because there are no other ways for vampires to die, apparently.
I mean seriously, 'death by sparkling' does. not. compute.
(I understand the why behind it, I just think it's just as bad as death by jellyfish*.)
Come on, people. Killing yourself shouldn't be so...stupid.
*'Seven Pounds' spoiler, for the unaware.
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Post by bitca on Jan 28, 2009 1:23:39 GMT -4
I don't know why I'm wasting my time defending this shit, but the reason he'd have DEATH BY SPARKLE is because he'd expose himself as a vampire and the Volturri would kill him. Fin!
I'm glad I didn't read Twilight before I saw the movie. I probably would have been disappointed with the sparkling, too. How hard would it have been to make his ass look like diamond dust? Shit, I was out in the snow the other day and thought, "They could have just recorded sun on the snow and superimposed it on his body. Losers."
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Post by susyhomewrecker on Jan 28, 2009 2:20:00 GMT -4
When I first read the book, I pictured it like the episode of Arrested Development where Tobias got a hold of the diamond cream George-Michael was planning on giving to Ann. (who?)
A million fucking diamonds!
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Eeyore
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Post by Eeyore on Jan 28, 2009 2:57:44 GMT -4
I'm sure SMeyer strained all three of her literary muscles to craft that sequence, but if you saw some random guy expose some sparkly skin in a town square, wouldn't you assume it was body paint and maybe look around for a photographer (especially since said random guy looks like a model)? How would the average mundane citizen know that sparkle = vampire = oh noes the myths are true!!11! = vampires everywhere are endangered by the knowledge!!
Plus, if the sparkling looked anything like it did in the movie, I doubt anyone would give him a second glance. So. Lame. I really hope they step things up for the sequels.
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yournamehere
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Post by yournamehere on Jan 28, 2009 6:59:14 GMT -4
I don't know why I'm wasting my time defending this shit, but the reason he'd have DEATH BY SPARKLE is because he'd expose himself as a vampire and the Volturri would kill him. Fin! Oh yeah, I got that. I'm just stuck on stupid ways to die. It's bad enough that Meyer is just so attached to her eleventy billion characters that she would kill a token every so often, that when the characters are in immediate peril (self-inflicted or otherwise), that the peril is about as effective, as you know, oral sex at Castle Anthrax. And about as serious.
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Post by bitca on Jan 28, 2009 12:13:51 GMT -4
Oh noes! I just had a post typed out and I totally closed the window before I posted it! Duhh. When I first read the book, I pictured it like the episode of Arrested Development where Tobias got a hold of the diamond cream George-Michael was planning on giving to Ann. (who?) THAT's what I was thinking! (Egg?) OK, I hate to admit this, but I thought that the reason behind Edward not being able to read Bella's mind was kind of cool. I liked her being a shield. Everyone else got to have some stupid ass kind of superpower, why not her? And as far as Mary Sues go, SMeyer kind of toned it down on that aspect. Bella could have been the BEST. VAMPIRE. EVAR! (I realize she was the best newbie vampire ever, but it's not like SMeyer gave her Japer's power + Alice's power + Edward's power, etc.) I was surprised that a lot of people were hating on that. I thought it was kind of inventive, considering where the series had been.
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Post by scarlet on Jan 28, 2009 13:06:15 GMT -4
They do have the whole "feed the clueless tourists to the vampires" sequence in NM. Perfect spot for a SMeyer cameo!
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Post by tamaradixon on Jan 28, 2009 23:26:57 GMT -4
They do have the whole "feed the clueless tourists to the vampires" sequence in NM. Perfect spot for a SMeyer cameo! That deserves a "Bwah" and then a "Hell ya"
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