Twilight Fad - I'm confused - Page 5

On November 24 2008 17:01 MYM.Testie wrote:
Haven't been outside in a while.
What's this? =O

On November 24 2008 13:43 KissBlade wrote:
It's basically a huge chick flick. Go if you have a girlfriend you want to win kudos points with. Also your girlfriend has to be somewhere the age of 14.

On November 24 2008 19:55 kefkalives wrote:



Jailbait, its sometimes worth it.

Anyways damnit this shit is becoming a fad just when i was considering dying my hair black and wearing eyeliner. FUCK YOU VAMPIRES FUCKING RUINING EVERYTHING FOR ME FUCK.

On November 24 2008 15:50 Raithed wrote:

guess your girlfriend is 13.

On November 24 2008 21:18 kefkalives wrote:
Sif. *nonconformist propaganda*

Besides, pirates are way more badass then vampires. why isnt piratism a fad?

On November 24 2008 09:38 brjdrb wrote:
i've read the whole series (at the behest of my chick friends) and it really sucks. especially the last book. the first 3 are bad enough to be funny, but the 4th is beyond belief

On November 24 2008 14:34 Orlandu wrote:


I agree with most of that, and also that the majority of the fans are younger girls, but I've personally met a LOT of girls on a couple of different college campuses that are pretty into it too, including my girlfriend who's almost 21. Though, a lot of those girls have been asian, and in my own personal experience asian girls tend to be a little bit more childish in certain aspects than girls from other races, so that may or may not have something to do with it, but I've definitely seen more than just older asian girls into it. I think the difference is that they don't get as excited as the younger girls about it and don't do any of that "dressing up" stuff that a lot of the younger ones do. At least from what I've seen.

I saw the movie without knowing anything about the story except that it was a romance with vampires, and I personally didn't think it was all that bad of a movie. It was definitely cheesy at parts, and clearly a chick flick, but it was fairly tolerable. The vampires definitely made it more enjoyable for me though.

On November 24 2008 16:26 vAltyR wrote:

Yeah, but let's face it; Geeks are more interesting than both of them combined. Robots make way better movies than vampires.

On November 24 2008 13:37 ShoCkeyy wrote:
OMG STOP MAKING FUN OF TWILIGHT. IT WAS AMAZING! I got pussy that night for taking my girlfriend to the 12 'o' clock premier. so yea it was a good movie just for that :D

On November 24 2008 19:02 grobo wrote:


Hahah

On November 25 2008 02:11 Haemonculus wrote:
My take on the phenomenon:

I'll admit I was confused when it exploded like this. I read the books when they came out, and I enjoyed them, but I had no idea it was so popular. I saw previews for the movie, and all of a sudden, this book that I didn't really think anyone else had read had become front page news everywhere. I was sort of shocked.

Think of it this way. It's a cheesy vampire romance novel. If you accept that going in, it can be enjoyable. I came up with a little analogy after dragging my boyfriend to go see it. He thought it was terrible, and described the movie as "softcore porn for 15 year old girls." Which I admitted was a pretty good description.

So I reminded him of some time he had dragged me to some crappy action movie. Now I love action movies. I love *good* action movies. You know, with a somewhat believable plot and likable characters and semi-realistic violence. The movie he dragged me to though, was abysmal. I found myself laughing at the stupidity, the retarded bad guys, the lead girl running through traffic in heels, etc etc. And so I argued with him, "why the hell did you want to see this horrible movie?" And it came down to "hot girls, explosions, guns, etc etc etc". Apparently that's a recipe for a decent action movie. And twilight is no different. "hot guys, vampires, romance, drama, etc etc", and you have a recipe for a movie that will at least attract a lot of viewers.

It's a guilty pleasure. It's not a deep book by any means, but it serves a purpose. To read about sappy vampire romance. Just think of it as another retarded action or horror movie that was so dumb you wanted to find whoever made it and have them euthanized. "Holy shit that was bad", you think to yourself, as it makes millions of dollars.

That being said, the movie sort of sucked, and violated my image of the twilight world. I really hope they do not make movies out of the rest of the series.

On November 25 2008 02:11 Haemonculus wrote:
My take on the phenomenon:

I'll admit I was confused when it exploded like this. I read the books when they came out, and I enjoyed them, but I had no idea it was so popular. I saw previews for the movie, and all of a sudden, this book that I didn't really think anyone else had read had become front page news everywhere. I was sort of shocked.

Think of it this way. It's a cheesy vampire romance novel. If you accept that going in, it can be enjoyable. I came up with a little analogy after dragging my boyfriend to go see it. He thought it was terrible, and described the movie as "softcore porn for 15 year old girls." Which I admitted was a pretty good description.

So I reminded him of some time he had dragged me to some crappy action movie. Now I love action movies. I love *good* action movies. You know, with a somewhat believable plot and likable characters and semi-realistic violence. The movie he dragged me to though, was abysmal. I found myself laughing at the stupidity, the retarded bad guys, the lead girl running through traffic in heels, etc etc. And so I argued with him, "why the hell did you want to see this horrible movie?" And it came down to "hot girls, explosions, guns, etc etc etc". Apparently that's a recipe for a decent action movie. And twilight is no different. "hot guys, vampires, romance, drama, etc etc", and you have a recipe for a movie that will at least attract a lot of viewers.

It's a guilty pleasure. It's not a deep book by any means, but it serves a purpose. To read about sappy vampire romance. Just think of it as another retarded action or horror movie that was so dumb you wanted to find whoever made it and have them euthanized. "Holy shit that was bad", you think to yourself, as it makes millions of dollars.

That being said, the movie sort of sucked, and violated my image of the twilight world. I really hope they do not make movies out of the rest of the series.

On November 25 2008 03:03 KlaCkoN wrote:


http://www.bokus.com/b/9781847248480.html

The best vampire story I have read ever, one of the better books in fact. Doesn't seem like the translation is finished yet but anyone who seriously enjoys vampires should get it when it is. It's really good.
Think they have made a movie out of it as well, but movie adaptions generally suck don't they =p.

And why feel guilty about brainless entertainment? After having spent a day proving some stupid wave relation I am quite often happy with brainless and I definatly don't feel bad ashamed about it

On November 25 2008 03:21 RivetHead wrote:


The movie came out in the States like a month or two ago. It is supposed to be really good, it got great reviews.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/lat_den_ratte_komma_in/