EDITORIAL: Kristina’s Thoughts On The TWILIGHT Epidemic
** (This editorial reveals spoilers for the entire Twilight series. You’ve been warned) 
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I have been trying my very hardest to ignore this plague sweeping the globe, but the problem has become so prominent that I cannot ignore it any longer. The Twilight infestation needs to be addressed. Now, if you’ve been reading any of my comments over at The Movie Blog, then you know my thoughts on this upcoming disaster. I cannot stand this garbage. I despise the books. I despises the screeching fans who blindly worship at the throne of Edward and Bella. I despise how the cinematographer has insisted upon using a blue filter for the entire film, if the trailer is any indication. But most of all, I despise the message that this sort of tripe sends.
I’m a feminist and proud of it. I’m not a bra-burner or a man-hater, but I am aware of media portrayals of females and how negative the vast majority of them are. When the Twilight disease first began to spread, I had no real problem with it. I found it to be quite amusing to watch how my female friends were going bananas over it. Then the plague hit home. My little sister became infected, and attempted to pass the disease on to me. I lost a bet with her and had to read the books, and to be honest, I was horrified at what I was reading. Not only do these books read like a tween’s first wet dream (odd since the author, Stephanie Meyer, is a grown woman), but the content was crap to say the least.
For you lucky few who have no clue about what these books or the upcoming epic fail of a film is about, lemme give you a brief overview of this garbage. Bella is a normal teen girl who falls madly in love with Edward, an immortal vampire. Not only can they not have sex without Edward potentially going berserk and killing her mid-coitus, she’s also got an enemy group of vamps gunning for her to get to Edward. This Bella chick is so determined to be with this guy that she’s willing to become a vampire. I have to say that the descriptions of Edward in the book literally made me laugh aloud: “skin like marble” that “sparkles” in the sunlight. Yeah, these vamps go out in the sun. Don’t ask why. He also has eyes like “liquid, golden topaz”. Liquid. Golden. Topaz. Tween wet dream, I told you!
It’s nothing that we haven’t seen before, but what really gets to me is how the characters in this book are portrayed, and how giddily young girls and even grown women respond to them. Let’s start with our heroine, Bella. She’s so weak that it is nauseating, frankly. She literally does nothing in these books except get attacked repeatedly, cry and whine over her boyfriend’s refusal to do her, jumps off a cliff because she hears his voice in her head when she’s in danger, get attacked again, and then experience one of the most traumatic birth scenes in the history of all literature. Rosemary’s Baby doesn’t have squat on this nightmare. This girl is somehow impregnated by Edward with some monster baby that breaks her ribs when it kicks in the womb. The book never explains how an undead guy can get a girl preggo, but I digress. She vomits, and I quote directly here, “fountains of blood” during her pregnancy. And then, that aforementioned birth scene where her beloved Edward rips her stomach open with his fangs in order to deliver the baby. Catch me, I”m swooning!
I’m tired of watching weak women running around who are in constant need of rescue. This is the same problem that I have with just about every action/superhero movie ever made, but this Twilight mess tries to make Bella’s constant broken bones to be some sort of romantic badge of honor. I do not want to watch the adventures of a spineless, idiotic girl willing to die to be with an abusive boyfriend just because he has sparkly skin. Yes, I said abusive. The character of Edward Cullen is possessive, jealous, and controlling, and the amount of teen girls who find this character to be a dreamboat seriously disturbs me. He repeatedly isolates Bella from her family and friends, declares that only he can defend her, threatens to KILL HIMSELF if he is separated from her, and even goes so far as to destroy her car at one point to keep her from seeing a male friend. I actually saw a commercial for the movie where Edward says to Bella, “YOU are my life now”. I didn’t swoon. I cringed. Does any of this sound romantic to anyone with half a brain? It’s not sweet. It’s unhealthy, disturbing, stalker behavior, and no, I’m not reading too much into these stories. That is what this shit is. Don’t get me started on Bella’s other male friend, Jacob the werewolf, who forces himself on Bella at one point in the series, and then decides to “imprint” himself on her newborn baby. Since, you know, if you can’t have the woman you want, laying claim on her newborn daughter is the next-best thing. Can you handle all this romance?! Can you?!
To be honest, I do not think that I could review the Twilight movie objectively. I already have such an intense bias against this property that a film that reportedly follows the first book to the letter isn’t going to change my negative feelings toward this series. It goes far deeper than just being annoyed by a bunch of screaming fans. This sort of stuff is insulting to me as a young woman, as a lover of good books and good films, and as a member of the human race, and I refuse to waste two hours of my life sitting through this. The horror begins this Thanksgiving, and I’m thankful that I’ll be too busy stuffing my face and shopping to set foot anywhere near a movie theater. Twilight is coming. God help us all.
51 Responses to “EDITORIAL: Kristina’s Thoughts On The TWILIGHT Epidemic”
I just got an email from a friend that the stars of Twilight are going to be doing a nationwide tour…of Hot Topic stores.
Good grief.
I guess I’m lucky I mostly hang out with scumbags of one form or another, as I wasn’t aware any of this shit that big.
Hopefully for every Twlight, there will be one Let the Right One In.
DAMNIT! you didnt say it kristina!!!!!!!!!!!!
well i read them and liked them.
not because of the romance but because of the fact that it has werewolfs and vampires fighting in it (to me thats awsome)
and the romance wasnt THAT bad..(it wasnt bad at all it was just that they liked each other..a little TOO MUCH, but i didnt find it disturbing)
but im the same guy that hates bladerunner, liked spiderman 3 and is looking forward to punisher war zone
Well, if I say it, it’s gonna get partially censored, but if it means that much to you…
**** TWILIGHT!
lmfao!
xD
Yeah, this film ain’t for me. It’s NEVER BACK DOWN with vampires if you ask me!
Hey… NEVER BACK DOWN FROM VAMPIRES!
There’s its new title right there!
You despise a lot of things don’t you? It is people like you who would set out to ruin someone’s life. That is your opinion, but you do not need to announce it. Frankly, most of us don’t want to listen to you. Get some culture in your life please. TWILIGHT ALL THE WAY.
Couple of things worth noting Twilighter:
1. Calling someone who doesn’t like Twilight as being someone without “culture” in their life, is a bit like saying someone who doesn’t like eating excrement is someone unappreciative of fine cusine!
2. Kris doesn’t “need to announce” her opinion? Ummm… yeah she does! That’s her job here on Stale Popcorn. Her opinion and how she voices it is why she got her position here!
3. She’s “out to ruin someone’s life”? Well… I can’t argue with you on that one. I’ve been trying to sleep with her for four years now. She’s a tease! And my life is ruined as a result, so thanks for calling her out!
4. We, here at Stale Popcorn, know that when we cast opinion on the likes of Dragon Ball, Twilight, Harry Potter and the like, that we are running the risk of igniting the nether regions of all you little spotty teenage virgins out there who come into the talkbacks – having never visited the site before – and wish death upon us. We saw off the Harry Potter fans, we’ve kicked the Dragon Ball addicts collective asses, and a bunch of vampire romance novel lovers doesn’t seem to hard an opponent it has to be said.
5. I think you may be a tool! Wait… nope, you are!
6. Don’t come into our “turf” and start hating on us. Do you see us turning up at your Twilight conventions, locking you all in and torching the building? No! Don’t get us wrong, we’d love to but unfortunately its a felony!
7. Opinions are like arseholes. Everyone has one. Invariably all of them stink!
8. Yours more then others!
9. I’d see a doctor!
10. And a psychiatrist!
WOW! I never thought I’d make it to ten!
Thanks for the defense Gazz, but this person did nothing but prove my point. Did she attempt to refute my statement? Nope. Just threw names around. I’ve presented an argument, Twilighter. Let’s hear yours.
Interesting read. I’ll be honest, the books have totally passed me by and the movie looks like a sub-par Lost Boys rip-off crossed with The Covenant so I wasn’t ever really interested in checking it out.
Only thing I will say – vampires moving around in sunlight isn’t a new thing. Bram Stoker originally had Dracula active during the day, he just didn’t have all of his powers. It was only later that the idea of sunlight being dangerous to them was created.
Oooooh, you know someone is being bitchy when they say something is “crossed with The Covenent”. That’s like a major insult! LOL!
“Yeah? Well, you’re movie’s crossed with The Covenent!”
Ouch!
Nobody would ever want to be in that position!
Farewell TWILIGHT!
I saw The Covenant with my little sister opening night because we wanted to get out of the house and hang out, plus that bit with the car exploding and then reforming looked pretty cool. I wasn’t expecting a masterpiece, but a half-decent movie would have been nice.
That movie was an absolute disaster on every level possible. The story was nonsensical and totally uninteresting. The special effects were laughable. The big fight at the end looked like the two guys were throwing big balls of semen at each other, and I am not even saying that to be raunchy. Several people walking out of the theater were commenting on that. The actors were all terrible, although the lead guy with the dark hair was admittedly a babe.
I get the feeling that a lot of people are going to be saying the same things about Twilight. I have watched the clips sent to me by my little sister, and every clip looks worst than the previous one. This film looks beyond awful, and I cannot wait to attempt to have a conversation with a Twilight fan about this movie.
Me: “It doesn’t look particularly good”
Them: “OMG wut it rulez OMG TWILIGHT Edward!!!!!!!”
I can respect someone liking something that I don’t like as long as they can defend it. Blindly loving something and getting downright nasty with people who disagree with you (much like Twilighter did above) is unexplainable and stupid, in my opinion. These teen girls worship this stuff, but when I ask them WHY they like it, they can offer no real explanation. At least my sister can argue about certain story points and even concede that there are some things that she doesn’t even like about the series. These other people act like insulting Twilight is akin to slapping their grandmothers or something.
“… and I am not even saying that to be raunchy…”
Yeah? Well, you should have thought about that before you aroused me young lady!
LOL! Oh, wait, young boys throwing balls of semen? Nope, no arousal! Pardon me!
I utterly agree with you regarding how people express their opinion. You’ve not gone down my throat (
) re my middling like of INDY 4 or my love for PINEAPPLE EXPRESS.
Tsch… virginal teens eh? :p
kristina
NO ruining peoples lifes!
GAZZ
“Tsch… virginal teens eh?”
edward IS a 100 year old virgin…
Behold Kristina-Galactus, Destroyer of Teenage Girls’ Vapid Worlds! Shudder in horror as she eats your world filled with cotton candy, acne, and gushing over properties like Twilight!
where do you come up with this stuff?!
sometimes i question you kristina
“OMG wut it rulez OMG TWILIGHT Edward!!!!!!!”
xD !!
I get that crap from my sister and my idiot friends who are obsessed with this shit.
Kick them in the stomach.
lol
This is like the funniest thing I have read in a while!
But to be honest…I think you are most definitely reading too much into this. This is just a novel about a teen girl,and the book is addicting and highly entertaining. You have to admit that it was since you were willing to read all FOUR BOOKs. Which are each like 300 pages long.
So who cares if the writing is not that good..and Bella (which i agree) is a poor excuse for a young woman dealing with love…but still it’s a creative story. It’s funny, sweet, and the vampires kick ass.
So come on…just cause you made all these good reasons about the story, it doesn’t mean you should bash out on the movie and encourage people to not go watch it. Your like comparing Edward and Jacob into abusive guys…Gosh their fictional! It’s not that serious.
And It’s just a movie..There are like a MILLION OTHER worst movies-out there. And many of us have to put up with that shit everyday. I mean “Highschool Musical 3?” please.
Let us Twilighters enjoy a nice movie..something a bit different from our crazy lives, and just let us see some of our favortie actors portray the characters we became infacuated with.
jeez.
However i think this blog was hilarious…
dude, you’re an idiot
I think I’m in love.
Finally someone who understands! When I first read Twilight a couple years ago, after having nothing else to read and I got it as a gift, I thought it was alright, not brilliant, but a decent waste of time.
As they progressed, I cringed more and more. The writing level decreased, the plot got even more painful and the characters… I can’t see why there are all these extreme fangirls! I don’t! I agree with your pointers. Edward is creepy, how romantic is it that a guy breaks into your room at night and watches you sleep? Yikes. And Bella… oh Bella, how do you live with yourself?
Anyways, thank you for posting this!
what’s up with the tracker vampire james?
“absolutely lethal”, “never seen anything like him in 300 years”
what the hell?
just like that. he got owned by inexperienced veggie vampies.
all he did was go to arizona, returned bella’s call, dance studio…vcr…blah blah blah…bite bella’s hand…GOT OWNED!
that was lethal?
and what’s up with all the boys going gaga over bella?
mike, eric, tyler, jacob, edward, james the lethal etc.
After I read half of the third book I started having the same opinion as you regarding Bella as a weak character, especially when she cant be without Edward for even a freaking a minute. I hated Edward and wanted her to be with Jacob, who apparently offered a healthier relationship and she could be independent. In fact the fourth book was crap so for me there are only 3. Nevertheless, as time passed by I realize I was looking at in the wrong way (except Breaking Dawn). So here are my reasons of why I love it and hope the movie will be good:
1. It is a fantasy, so everything is exaggerated. If you think about it Bella falls in love (ridiculously obssessed)with Edward for no good reason. I mean literally there is no explanation to why she feels that way instantly (with electric physical reactions)and way before she gets to know her.So from the beggining the story regarding the romantic aspect is not realistic at all so you cannot look at it as if you would look at normal relationships.
2. Bella is not as weak of a character you might think. I mean she follows what she feels in the most confident way possible, she is willing to risk everything for just one thing without even thinking. She is being chased by vampires many times and still stays with the damn guy, even when he tries to push her away. It might be stupid of her, but she is strong enough to do those things.
3. Edward (I can agree entirely with you regarding girls fainting for pattinson)is what we would all want in a guy. I am referring to a guy that is chivalrous, beautiful, intelligent, sensitive, respectfull, manly, sexy and caring. He is the ideal man that corresponds to Bella’s obssession and possesiveness.
4. With all this being said the point I am trying to make is that it is not a guide about relationships, it does not resemble reality,and it does not empower women. It is simply an idealization of love. A love that simply is and they have to give in to it I mean they literally cant live without each other and they need to feel like they are merged together. It may seem extreme but it is not fake, the desire to have it is not. They fight for it, try to leave it and cant, its like they HAVE to be together, because they have to. Wouldnt we all want something like that? Even a feminist woman, finding someone who gives in as much as we do, with no games, no second thoughts and no more what ifs.
For me, after some time this is what I got from the books. Certainly the fourth book is really disturbing, and the whole “Im pregnant at 18 with Rosemary’s baby and loving it” made me skip pages and pages of that book. For the shallow ones Pattinson is the most gorgeous man alive and Breaking Dawn was the best but I think many understand that it is a fantasy and being married to a possesive guy and having a baby monster is not a life goal.
I’m a feminist too, and while I agree the Bella character has some problems, you need to get your facts straight before you complain about something. Edward Cullen is not controlling and abusive, and he does not try to separate her from her family or friends. In the first place, she doesn’t have a lot of friends, and in the second place, the ones she does have are werewolves, the mortal enemy of her fiance.
Edward takes Bella to Florida to visit her mother. How is that trying to separate her from her family? How is that being abusive? He never hits her, he is not verbally abusive, either. He always tries to help her with her self esteem issues.
Edward is far more supportive of her than her supposed best friend, Jacob, who tells her he’d rather see her dead than with her fiance. He lost his best friend status when he said that, as far as I was concerned.
The reason Edward tampered with her engine, not destroyed her car, was to keep her alive. The vampire who was stalking her, Victoria, was just waiting for Bella to be in an area where Edward couldn’t protect her. When she tried to go to see Jacob she was putting her life in danger and of course Edward objected to that.
The Bella character is the one who makes stupid decisions, over and over, but don’t blame Edward for them. He wanted her to go to college, he wanted her to make something of her life. So if you want to be taken seriously, at least get your facts straight.
And they don’t have fangs, just very sharp teeth.
some haters want to increase their blog viewers.
Cici – this article has nothing to do with “wanting to increase blog viewers”. Kristina has an opinion on Twilight and, as a writer on this here blog, she has every right to air her views. That’s what part of blogging is all about – people’s opinions and the desire to share that with others.
If you don’t agree with her comments or opinions then that’s your right, just as it is her’s to air her opinions right here. As the owner and main administrator of the site I have no wish or even right to tell her what she can and can’t write about, and I wouldn’t want to as the whole point of blogging, as I have already said, is to share your opinion with others and to generate conversation.
Now, if we had been running around to other sites and posting links back here then I might be inclined to agree with you but as I am the owner of the site I know where people are visiting from and the direct links that people have been following to here have been posted on the internet by fans of Twilight, probably in outrage that Kristina doesn’t share their opinions on this book, so if you have to blame anyone blame the Twilight fans for their outrage at this article!
Personally, I find it very funny that an article lambasting the books and movie has actually generated so much consternation with fans of the book. Surely if it is as wonderful and pure as some people seem to think then the books and movie would be answer enough to this article?
Also, from what I have read, there are a great many of people who have read the books who agree with what Kristina has said. Surely that lends some weight to her opinions?
And another thing, as I have said a great many times before, everyone is entitled to their opinion. If everyone shared the same tastes then the World would be a very boring place indeed.
But, the long and the short of it is that, no, this article wasn’t written to increase readers of the site. That it seems to have had that effect is great, of course, but considering most of the visitors seem to be outraged Twilight fans I don’t think they’ll be sticking around to check out anything else on the site, do you?
Ok, not all of us are teens. I am a 23 year old married woman with 2 kids. I can understand that the books are not the best written or even close. I think that young girls are in love with the story because at first Bella is just a normal girl who is not fitting in even tho she seems to have friends. I don’t think Bella is weak, she is confused because this is the first time in her life where she is being taken care of rather then being the one taking care of others.
:s but also meyer was going by old myths and stories and that is how it was described. How weird would it be explaining that to nessie considering jacob can’t lie to her. “yeah i was so in love with your mom once apon a time before you were born. i so wanted to tap that!!!” lol 
Jacob is acting his age. He is infatuated with Bella and he feels comfortable with her. he is showing her that he is just as good as Edward if not better. I don’t agree with him forcing himself on her like that. but that is how S. Meyer thought jacob would act.
I have to agree on the imprinting of jacob and nessie…..weird
I must say also that I am not looking forward to the movie coming out but not because it looks bad. Because i work at a movie theater and all those screaming girls are going to be all over the place.
I think twilight is one of those books that polarises, you either love it or hate it. I understand all your points about Bella being a weak character and the storyline being well, you know exactly how you put it.
I know it is a brilliant piece of writing, but i would like to explain what i personally find appealing in twilight.
Bella to me has this constant personality that everybody feels at some point in their life, lack of self worth, and a general feeling of being unsure of a purpose, while Bella i agree is more ‘fragile’ then most of us, I can still connect to her character, as it seems as if life spirals quicking out of control.
Edwards ‘love’ may also seem excessive, but is that not just a continuation of the stories of fairytales, of course this is slightly deranged in real life, but many people still like to escape the reality of everyday life and think that the ultimate safe haven is out there, this is what i see Edward to represent
I think your comments are fair critisisms but to be fair, the fact that it is know number 2 in Angus and Robertson (australian booksellers) top 100 list, behind Harry Potter must be saying something.
For the same reason theres a trashy romance section in the bookstore there is a twilight section in teen and above readers bookshelves.
Sorry just got to edit
” I know it is not a brilliant piece of writing”, sorry was typing too quickly
I’d never heard of Twilight to tell the truth until I found out that Harry Potter film 6 was being put back till July so that the film Twlight could show in November, which really pissed me off, but I still didn’t really know what Twilight actually was. And didn’t have much curiosity either because, as an avid reader who was put aside children’s books and teenage fiction in favour of ‘real’ novels, I don’t have much interest in new supposedly great series. I was going to see the film because I do like vampires, but now because of your wonderfully written bashing of the book I don’t think I will. I think you have saved me from something truly aeful.
Thank you!
Interestingly, Louise, two of the best series of books that I have read in recent years are classed as “children’s” or “teenage fiction”. Bearing in mind that I am actually 31, that has to say something!
And if you were wondering, the books in question are Darren Shan’s The Saga Of Darren Shan and Philip Pullmans’ His Dark Materials series’.
Now, I wouldn’t class either of them as “teen” or “children’s” after reading them, but that’s where you’ll find them in the bookshops! Now we all know how The Golden Compass worked as a movie (I had the misfortune to see it recently and it truly is as dire as people had said) but I’m hoping the forthcoming movie adaption of The Saga of Darren Shan turns out good.
Maybe I’ll pick up Twilight if I ever see it in the library, simply to see if it’s as good or as bad as people say, but I am not in any rush to read it or see the movie.
Oh I love Darren Shan saga. But I only carry on reading that because I loved them as a ten year old. If I hadn’t read them back then, I would never be reading them now. And Philip Pullman’s books were okay, but I only read the first two, I almost bought the third one when it came out, but I felt that I wasn’t really all that interested in it.
I do still read children’s books and teenage books that I used to love as a child / teenager, but I don’t pick up new ones. That’s the only reason why I carried on reading the Harry Potter series.
Wyv, sir, that big long reply to Cici was just a regurgiation of every point that both myself and Kris have made in the same very talkback. By accentuating the counter-argument that has already been made, we’re attracking those types who think we’re “bear-baiting”, and giving fuel to their allegations, instead of maintaining a distant, intelligent stance in which we attract the likes of Leasie and Louise, as seen above. Which is the sort of people we should be “playing” with and encouraging to stick around and read other stuff (I hear THE INDISPENSIBLES is “very good”).
That’s my two pennies worth, anyway!
Now seriously, every ****er on the planet knows that the best book on the planet is SPOT GOES TO THE ZOO, the thrilling middle-entry ‘novel’ in the audacious trilogy that was SEE SPOT RUN and PUT SPOT DOWN, HE’S TOO OLD AND KEEPS SHITTING ON THE LIVING ROOM FLOOR!
End of, TWILIGHT fans be damned!
For the record, my favorite book of all time is Sadako And The Thousand Paper Cranes. I read it in elementary school and it’s the first and only book that moved me to tears.
My favourite book is… THIS TALKBACK!
im a twilight fan, i comprehend what meyer was trying to imply with the romance and i liked it. nothing wrong with liking twilight
but my favorite book was beowulf…or story…okay beowulf doesnt count (the movie was nothing like the story)
SIR GYEIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT! now thats a good ass story/book. (edgar alln poes black death masquarade is a close 3rd)
Teehee
The First Book Was OK!
The Second Book Was Just About Bearable…
It was so pushing it to try & make a series out of it.
even my sister (hoo is in love with every charater) admits that the last book was ****!
c’mon the plot…
not that vampires are realistic but honestly
the last book?
im sorry, it STINKS.
if you want to read something good with vampires in it try darren shan.
i read them wen i was 9 & still think they rock.
the vampire arent invincible & theyre not all disturbingly in love with eath other.
All to their own!
It’s a freakin’ movie!
Let the fans have their fun and the people who waste energy in hating avoid the cinema.
No one’s forcing you to go watch it!
Unless they’re like my sisters.
They forced me to go see HSM 3 with them.
I can’t imagine anything worse than that, but they loved it so I was happy it made THEM happy.
Tastes differ and if you think it may kill you to go see it…simple answer DONT SEE IT.
And if you hate it surely you should just be happy it makes other people happy?
What is your hate is someone else’s love.
Everyone should have their own opinion and voice it.
What shouldn’t happen is it turning into a “cyber fight”
Makes me chuckle how a simple review can cause so much fuss
& Twilight Fans, what the hell does it matter to you that someone dislikes it?
You know how much you like it so why on earth d’you care what someone thinks?
He seriously rips her stomach open?
I’m sorry, but WTF?
You speak the truth, amen.
I’m going to a “special” screening of this this week
And no, I’m not ****ing happy about it but, I’m in ‘their’ bad books as it is at the moment so I cannot afford to reject any more screenings as I won’t get listed for the good ones!
Please someone tell me that this ****er is under 90 minutes though? I don’t think I can sit through more than that!
I hate to tell you, but I heard it was over two hours long.
And yes Harlequin, he seriously does rip her goddamn stomach open.
Interestingly put…
Im actually a male thats read this book, and did find Edwards as a bit of a wife beater at times…
Way to say the unheard!
Well kristina I read these books and I love them the story line is good and its nice to have a book that teens don’t mind reading so stop hating on them if u don’t like it that’s one day but haven’t you ever that saying if u don’t have anything nice to say don’t say anything at all so jus chill out and give it a rest
And so a year has passed since your post was written, but it is the best thing about bad movies: they make for hilarious commentary. But Twilight is no laughing matter. Forget your epidemic. It’s a pandemic. It’s everywhere we turn. Celebrities are being asked whether they’re on “Team Edward” or “Team Jacob”. It has spawned a horrific train of vampire based fiction that is so far removed from vampire lore, it is laughable we even call them vampires. It is turning otherwise respectable people into rabid, incomprehensible piles of drool.
Some could defend the Twilight saga as a guilty pleasure. Transformers and High School Musical are guilty pleasures (not mine, but I’m sure they are somebody’s). Twilight is just plain guilty.
I wish you could hear me clapping.
keep it up!
I’m doing an editorial for the Twilight saga and I’ll admit from the beginning I was planning on mostly bashing the grotesque hype following mainly the movies but you’ve completely opened my eyes and inspired me.
I’ve read all four books and seen the first movie, and I completely agree Bella’s an emotional wreck, and Kristen Stewart is an even worse actress. At First the books seem harmless and just a ‘Guilty Pleasure’ but the fact that Tweens all over the world are reading this and getting in their heads that because it’s a 300 pager its ‘good literature’ is absolutely pathetic.
Whats more is comparing it to Romeo & Juliet, and other great works makes me cringe. I’m so glad there are more sane people out there.
okay, i agree that the hype has grown to a ridiculous level. however, i don’t believe that the constant bashing and over the top insults are needed. Stephanie Meyer wrote this book for tweens. By just reading the first few pages this is obvious. And is it really such a big deal that people like and enjoy something. Hype is annoying, that is true for anything. But why must we constantly tear something apart if people like it and it brings them happiness. Little girls are brought happiness by reading these books.
Are you really that cruel and heartless that you would want to destroy or tain someone’s happiness?
Cause if so, have fun with your cynical pointless life.
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