Twilight sucks (http://omg.yahoo.com/news/stephen-king-on-twilight-author-stephenie-meyer-can-t-write-worth-a-darn/18406?nc)
Good game, thanks. Someone had the balls to say it.
...I agree.
Stephanie Meyer can't write.
She has ruined the entire genre for me.
All hail the king baby! Well played!
LOL I still don't know what this Twilight stuff is all about. O_o I don't really care. Although I did think it was just something Hot Topic came up with to boost sales. ;>.>
Gotta agree that Twilight is not my favorite book. But to be completely honest I can't stand Stephen King either. In my mind Stephen King saying Twilight sucks is seriously the pot calling the kettle black.
However, if it gets people to read who cares? It's not like any one is actually going to get dumber for reading it, hopefully they'll just look for a better book to read next time.
I think if Katie McAlister wrote Twilight...it'd rock. XD I dunno. I was reccomended to read a book by her and I loved her style so much that I bought a few more and wasn't disapointed.
I'm not into the Vampire phase at all anymore. That, and a lot of it is usually directed at teens and tweens. I am sure it's not intended, becuase any vampire story can be picked up by anyone and enjoyed. It just seems Vampires catch the attention of mostly younger crowds. It's sort of cliche, and they either get uglier or more unbelievable.
But I haven't read Twilight, nor do I care too.(Although, if given the opportunity I may check it out) I am basing my assumption off every vampire book I have read and every movie I went to see. I used to read, study and watch documentories on that. I wanted to be a vampire XD And had fangs and everything. lol (mind you I was 12 then....XD)
Haha, man. I remember when I was 15 or so, found this book in Barnes and Nobel on display while it was still relatively new. And even then, I thought "Who reads this sh*t?" after reading through most of the first book.
Then the sequels kept popping up on the same display shelf, and every time we came to the store, I felt the compelling need to say to the person I'd be with at the time, "This series is such crap. Why is it always on display?"
... and as time went on, more sequels were released, and at this point it became "I hate this series."
Then it becomes a movie. I just scoffed and thought, "Seriously? Seriously?" without even being prepared to expect the aftermath of its marketed audience.
Growing old and bitter, I stop caring, and it becomes "F*ck it."
I was never really a huge fan of Stephen King's work, but he has a pretty good sense of humor in some, and plenty enjoyed some of the movie adaptions of the more far-fetched premises that'd normally take a tablespoon of salt to read. After reading this article, my reaction is simply...
"Haha. Nice."
I totally agree with you Jun. Even though I didn't see the movie or read the book, I had that 'wtf?' feeling. It seems to be one of those abominable trends/fads that catch you by suprise. Mostly becuase something pretty repetative with a cliche storyline can grow a massive fanbase. It sort of reminds me of Harry Potter. But I digress.
Aaaaaand cue the fangirl rage. :P
I haven't read it or seen it, but the only ones I know who have read it are teen/tween girls, and they've all seen the movie AND own all books, and ALL think that Edward Cullen is a human orgasm.
Hardly seems like heavy-hitting reading to me. If this took off, why couldn't Jumper have? Maybe they'll make a seq— never mind.
Would they be the same girls that orgasm over Ewan McGregor, the Frodo dude, and Legolas?
Like they would know what a real orgasm is... >.> Sorry I am poking fun. I think it's real dumb to obsess over things like that. But then, you can't really blame someone for having an intense attraction to something they like. It's just too weird for me. ;>.>
Never read the book version =P
I guess the movie was 'all right'.
Indeed, Vampires don't interest me. Like at all. They are used so much in D&D, a major pass time of mine, to the point of pointlessness. And Vampires that glow in Sunlight? WTF?
Now Lichs, those are cool. Imparticularly the 'Dry Lich's...
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And then theres 'Brain in a Jar's...
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And 'Cadaver Collector's
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Well, its Technically a construct, but it gathers up corpses and brings them back to there Necromancer masters, which is just as awesome.
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Yeah, I'm done Nerding out about D&D, carry on...
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Lulz, I completely went off Topic...
Just to add, I'm pretty sure there's almost just as much people who hate Twilight as those who love it.
And as for the mention of Jumper... dude, have you READ that book? With American parental mentality as is, if it became more well-known as a book amongst teens, some over-protective parent is going to read up until the part where the protagonist is gang banged by a bunch of trucker dudes and sue. Good book, though.
Like I said. Weird. Even for me.
Quote from: zoupzuop2 on February 04, 2009, 09:59:17 PM
Aaaaaand cue the fangirl rage. :P
I haven't read it or seen it, but the only ones I know who have read it are teen/tween girls, and they've all seen the movie AND own all books, and ALL think that Edward Cullen is a human orgasm.
Hardly seems like heavy-hitting reading to me. If this took off, why couldn't Jumper have? Maybe they'll make a seq— never mind.
like my niece...
I read the first two books only to trash talk them. I couldn't believe how many adjectives there were describing how wonderful/beautiful/etc. Edward was. And those alone took up 3/4 of the books. At least the Anita Blake series has action.
They push back Harry Potter to July 09 just for this Twilight because they don't want to be in competition @.@
I don't get the point of the story. Not only it's cheezy but the movie is like shittish ~_~
What kind of vampire sparkles and glitter in the sun.
Quote from: xXunyuuXx on February 05, 2009, 08:36:08 AM
They push back Harry Potter to July 09 just for this Twilight because they don't want to be in competition @.@
I don't get the point of the story. Not only it's cheezy but the movie is like shittish ~_~
What kind of vampire sparkles and glitter in the sun.
Pretty much, that ruined the whole genre and flow of vampire lore for the rest of us.
Quote from: Punkbuster on February 05, 2009, 02:54:55 AM
I read the first two books only to trash talk them. I couldn't believe how many adjectives there were describing how wonderful/beautiful/etc. Edward was. And those alone took up 3/4 of the books. At least the Anita Blake series has action.
Yea, it made you wanna throw up about how beautiful the dude was. A swift punch in his face would get rid of half of the book lengths.
I died soon after reading this book and now my ghost haunts these forums @.@
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BOOOO!
Quote from: Steve.Young on February 05, 2009, 08:51:31 AM
A swift punch in his face would get rid of half of the book lengths.
Hahahahahahahaha.
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So I was browsing F*** My Life (http://www.fmylife.com/), and saw that someone submitted this:
Today, my girlfriend dumped me proclaiming she wanted someone more like her "Edward". I asked her who Edward was. She held up a copy her "Twilight" book. She was talking about a fictional vampire. FML
Quote from: Jun-Watarase on February 05, 2009, 10:59:53 AM
Quote from: Steve.Young on February 05, 2009, 08:51:31 AM
A swift punch in his face would get rid of half of the book lengths.
Hahahahahahahaha.
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So I was browsing F*** My Life (http://www.fmylife.com/), and saw that someone submitted this:
Today, my girlfriend dumped me proclaiming she wanted someone more like her "Edward". I asked her who Edward was. She held up a copy her "Twilight" book. She was talking about a fictional vampire. FML
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How sad!
Quote from: xXunyuuXx on February 05, 2009, 05:03:23 PM
Quote from: Jun-Watarase on February 05, 2009, 10:59:53 AM
Quote from: Steve.Young on February 05, 2009, 08:51:31 AM
A swift punch in his face would get rid of half of the book lengths.
Hahahahahahahaha.
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So I was browsing F*** My Life (http://www.fmylife.com/), and saw that someone submitted this:
Today, my girlfriend dumped me proclaiming she wanted someone more like her "Edward". I asked her who Edward was. She held up a copy her "Twilight" book. She was talking about a fictional vampire. FML
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How sad!
On the other hand, it's probably better to get it overwith sooner than later. Can you imagine being in a relationship with someone who's constantly comparing you to said fictional vampire?
Quote from: Jun-Watarase on February 05, 2009, 10:59:53 AM
Quote from: Steve.Young on February 05, 2009, 08:51:31 AM
A swift punch in his face would get rid of half of the book lengths.
Hahahahahahahaha.
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So I was browsing F*** My Life (http://www.fmylife.com/), and saw that someone submitted this:
Today, my girlfriend dumped me proclaiming she wanted someone more like her "Edward". I asked her who Edward was. She held up a copy her "Twilight" book. She was talking about a fictional vampire. FML
Lulz
I am freak out by it as well.
Half my friends are obsessed with it. They are like "You should try it" or "Its a really breath taking story"
I said no thanks and they take it really personally @.@
One of them are so into Twilight, it's pretty disgusting what she says and do and photo shopping pictures of them >....<;;
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During one my classes, the topic of Twilight came up... Everyone liked it, except me...
I got evil glares just because I said I didn't plan on ever reading or watching the movie.
Quote from: Rei-Rei on February 06, 2009, 03:51:35 PM
During one my classes, the topic of Twilight came up... Everyone liked it, except me...
I got evil glares just because I said I didn't plan on ever reading or watching the movie.
I know how you feel!
D'8
That just shows peoples' maturity levels. It's OKAY to really like a book. It's NOT OKAY to stuff it down someones throat, or be rude becuase someone disagrees on opinion.
Also, it's insanely immature and pretty f'd up to compare someone to a fictional character.
QuoteAlso, it's insanely immature and pretty f'd up to compare someone to a fictional character.
Wow that sucks, considering I compare everyone I meet to Willy Wonka.
haha back at my VS all the new girls loooved twilight and one of my managers liked alot and she was a book fanatic D:
I was the only one who said I didnt like it x) lets say I didnt get along with the newbies because of that
that book is very poorly written, I mean its pure garbage I read the first two pages and I just couldnt continue...
and vampires dont F*cking sparkle
:T the fantards are really retarded I mean oh I say I dont like the book and then its all OMG HOW CAN YOU NOT LIKE EDWARD OMG HES SOOOO KAWAII STEPHANIE MEYER IS THE BEST AETSJGKSHG
x) they actually make narutards look a bit mature
I can't believe the hype. Honestly..
I don't know-- while I'm aware of the hype, and can easily see why it's irritating, I'm never really in the environment where other people will shove their fandom in my face and make it a problem for me, so there isn't much reason to actually care and be as passionately angry about it as a ton of people are. With the rabid fangirls, there's a ton of people just going around screaming "oh my god Twilight sucks" everywhere.
So, why are you guys hanging around these people? :|
If this is something you have to deal with at work, I feel truly sorry.
Actually, my nieces...relatives...she is also heavily into Jonas brothers and has this dream that she will one day marry nick. Being older and someone who has gone through this phase of his life (I still can't believe Jessica Alba is with some other dude...NOOOO) I know it is only a phase...but an annoying one at that.
Quote from: Kazuko on February 07, 2009, 12:40:41 AM
x) they actually make narutards look a bit mature
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I hope I never encounter a Twilight fan...
Quote from: Steve.Young on February 07, 2009, 11:10:05 AM
Actually, my nieces...relatives...she is also heavily into Jonas brothers and has this dream that she will one day marry nick. Being older and someone who has gone through this phase of his life (I still can't believe Jessica Alba is with some other dude...NOOOO) I know it is only a phase...but an annoying one at that.
Dude, Jonas Bros. rock, man. You don't know sh*t. Man.
Whatev.
$50 and I'll Tattoo Twilight related themes on people.
;D
So I went to Border's today.
Front of the store? All Twilight and its sequels, but what caught my attention was the HUGE DISPLAY... of merchandise. They're wearable replicas of their jewelry or something. Heh.
Quote from: Jun-Watarase on February 07, 2009, 10:57:14 PM
So I went to Border's today.
Front of the store? All Twilight and its sequels, but what caught my attention was the HUGE DISPLAY... of merchandise. They're wearable replicas of their jewelry or something. Heh.
I see those a lot in my school ~_~
Seeing girls wearing Twilight shirt with Edward and stuff. =_=
The boarders I go to has ton of deals and wall scroll.
Buy a book, get this and that for free.
Everyone is going crazy since the dvd is coming out @.@
Finally.
I saw this and thought of you all...enjoy.
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I feel bad for my friend's brother. He's in middle school, not too interested in Twilight but he tagged along with some friends to see the movie. Then he got slapped in the face for watching the movie without reading the books first. Poor kid has the dumbest friends.
Quote from: mDuo13 on February 16, 2009, 11:47:54 AM
I feel bad for my friend's brother. He's in middle school, not too interested in Twilight but he tagged along with some friends to see the movie. Then he got slapped in the face for watching the movie without reading the books first. Poor kid has the dumbest friends.
What the hell, that's terrible.
I read all the books and enjoyed them, but they are in no means great. They're cheesy romance novels target to teen girls. That's why I liked them. I can't see how so many people think they're these masterpieces. But whatever, different strokes for different folks. Personally I like Micheal Romkey's books about vampires.
The thing is, by itself... it isn't a terrible series. It's the hype and fandom that makes it terrible. The fact that it's put on a pedestal so high that it's considered a social faux-pas to have not read it and how people typically mindlessly become obsessed with it enough to push it unto others... is what makes it ridiculously irritating.
Stephanie Meyer isn't some sort of horrible person to have wrote this, claiming it to be the masterpiece of the century. She knows, for the most part, what it was intentionally written for... young teen-aged girls. It's not my cup of tea, but the demographic it was targeted enjoyed it. I just hate how people react to it, and how obnoxious the entire fandom is as a whole.
But aren't all fanboys and girls annoying? Lol. Except Star Wars fans, we'll kill ourselves off soon enough because we can't breed.
Is this topic only limited to "Twilight", or can we throw some other truths out on the field?
Quote from: BrightHeart76 on February 14, 2009, 09:24:08 PM
I saw this and thought of you all...enjoy.
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hey, HEY!! We're not Vampires, we're freaking Goth!!!
Quote from: rude32 on February 16, 2009, 11:21:08 PM
Quote from: BrightHeart76 on February 14, 2009, 09:24:08 PM
I saw this and thought of you all...enjoy.
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hey, HEY!! We're not Vampires, we're freaking Goth!!!
Yeah! We smoke cigarettes and drink coffee.
God help me and send reinforcments. My school is crawling with Twighlight fans EVERYWHERE and I can´t hold them back, one claims that Twilight is better than all the other vampire genre stuff. That pissed the hell outta me!
Beware Twilight and fanbase, I will burn all heretics! One of your own has insultaed Hellsing, now you must pay the price.
aw snap, my minutes at the cybercafe are almost up.
Quote from: JohnnyAR on February 18, 2009, 06:45:18 PM
God help me and send reinforcments. My school is crawling with Twighlight fans EVERYWHERE and I can´t hold them back, one claims that Twilight is better than all the other vampire genre stuff. That pissed the hell outta me!
Beware Twilight and fanbase, I will burn all heretics! One of your own has insultaed Hellsing, now you must pay the price.
aw snap, my minutes at the cybercafe are almost up.
If you want to get rid of them, burn down your local Hot Topic.
Quote from: rude32 on February 18, 2009, 10:45:44 PM
Quote from: JohnnyAR on February 18, 2009, 06:45:18 PM
God help me and send reinforcments. My school is crawling with Twighlight fans EVERYWHERE and I can´t hold them back, one claims that Twilight is better than all the other vampire genre stuff. That pissed the hell outta me!
Beware Twilight and fanbase, I will burn all heretics! One of your own has insultaed Hellsing, now you must pay the price.
aw snap, my minutes at the cybercafe are almost up.
If you want to get rid of them, burn down your local Hot Topic.
Winner. I can sleep easy tonight 8)
Quote from: Darth_Diclonius on February 16, 2009, 11:25:59 PM
Quote from: rude32 on February 16, 2009, 11:21:08 PM
Quote from: BrightHeart76 on February 14, 2009, 09:24:08 PM
I saw this and thought of you all...enjoy.
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hey, HEY!! We're not Vampires, we're freaking Goth!!!
Yeah! We smoke cigarettes and drink coffee.
South Park is so awesome.
Quote from: rude32 on February 18, 2009, 10:45:44 PM
Quote from: JohnnyAR on February 18, 2009, 06:45:18 PM
God help me and send reinforcments. My school is crawling with Twighlight fans EVERYWHERE and I can´t hold them back, one claims that Twilight is better than all the other vampire genre stuff. That pissed the hell outta me!
Beware Twilight and fanbase, I will burn all heretics! One of your own has insultaed Hellsing, now you must pay the price.
aw snap, my minutes at the cybercafe are almost up.
If you want to get rid of them, burn down your local Hot Topic.
Oi, the lot I´m dealing with aren´t Hot Topic goers...
Quote from: JohnnyAR on February 20, 2009, 12:34:48 PM
Quote from: rude32 on February 18, 2009, 10:45:44 PM
Quote from: JohnnyAR on February 18, 2009, 06:45:18 PM
God help me and send reinforcments. My school is crawling with Twighlight fans EVERYWHERE and I can´t hold them back, one claims that Twilight is better than all the other vampire genre stuff. That pissed the hell outta me!
Beware Twilight and fanbase, I will burn all heretics! One of your own has insultaed Hellsing, now you must pay the price.
aw snap, my minutes at the cybercafe are almost up.
If you want to get rid of them, burn down your local Hot Topic.
Oi, the lot I´m dealing with aren´t Hot Topic goers...
Then they are probably regular goth kids then.
Quote from: rude32 on February 20, 2009, 08:27:56 PM
Then they are probably regular goth kids then.
I dunno. I was pretty sure the Twilight fandom's demographic is pretty much the average teenager, rather than exclusively goths and emo kids. From what I remember from high school, a lot of goths are slightly elitist in what they like and participate in, and tend to push away general conformity for the sake of nonconforming, and anyone else would just be a poseur.
Quote from: Jun-Watarase on February 20, 2009, 08:49:06 PM
Quote from: rude32 on February 20, 2009, 08:27:56 PM
Then they are probably regular goth kids then.
I dunno. I was pretty sure the Twilight fandom's demographic is pretty much the average teenager, rather than exclusively goths and emo kids. From what I remember from high school, a lot of goths are slightly elitist in what they like and participate in, and tend to push away general conformity for the sake of nonconforming, and anyone else would just be a poseur.
Exactly, the fans at my school range from a variety of teens.
I actually got kicked in the balls by one of them.
Well, time to prepare!
Quote from: JohnnyAR on February 22, 2009, 07:15:14 AM
Quote from: Jun-Watarase on February 20, 2009, 08:49:06 PM
Quote from: rude32 on February 20, 2009, 08:27:56 PM
Then they are probably regular goth kids then.
I dunno. I was pretty sure the Twilight fandom's demographic is pretty much the average teenager, rather than exclusively goths and emo kids. From what I remember from high school, a lot of goths are slightly elitist in what they like and participate in, and tend to push away general conformity for the sake of nonconforming, and anyone else would just be a poseur.
Exactly, the fans at my school range from a variety of teens.
I actually got kicked in the balls by one of them.
Well, time to prepare!
I can't say the average teenager. The average teenager rarely reads if at all. There to busy trying to up there popularity, partying, and sometimes doing illegal things. Kinds try to rebel so hard.