Twilight: Eclipse

[Gurluas]

So I was finally able to see it, it was EPIC!
So many fight scenes and all.

I think Bella should choose Jacob because werewolves are better than vampires, what do you think, did you like it?

 

[Echo717]

are you trolling us?

 

[zeus9860]

Omfg?

 

[Dridmar]

It's obvious he's turned into a troll now.

 

[Monika's_BFFEx0256]

It's obvious he's turned into a troll now.

Dridje would know.

 

[Thothie]

 

[Monika's_BFFEx0256]

+1

 

[Gurluas]

Come on, Twilight is good, give it a chance

 

[FER]

I can allow Twilight the right to exist but nobody better tell me this is some AA literature that brought young people back into books, its a goddamn MTV highschool romance plot... with gay vampires (poor Vlad Tepes, he made a name for himself as a blood drinking, impaling tyrant only for vampires to turn into gay kids)

This is just Harry Potter with vampires, the same School romace story crap repacked with a different shape.

 

[Gurluas]

Harry Potter was dull, Twilight is different.

 

[FER]

Gay?

 

[Jelly]

I actually liked the Twilight movies, but it's probably just because it allows my imagination to substitute a love which I so dearly miss in my RL.

That might not have made any sense. I blame Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas for that (just watched it, and I can feel that either it is affecting me, or I'm pretending it is, and letting it take ctrl. I'm going to bed now, awesome movie btw. ^_^)

 

[Srgnt Rehab]

I think Gurluas could write the Lore to Twilight far better than the writer is doing it currently.

 

[Keldorn]

Meanwhile, next movie:

Bella has trouble choosing between Edward, Jacob, a Bludgeon, a Dogcat, and Iposatu.

They all have their charms, apparently.

 

[Echo717]

lets change the subject to that of my favorite book series, the codex of alera and the dresden files

discuss!

 

[Thothie]

lets change the subject to that of my favorite book series, the codex of alera and the dresden files

discuss!

Lady X and I have been listening to The Dresden Files as read by James Marsters. Brilliant stuff that is - true, nothing ground breaking - guilty pleasure, but very finely done.

I've not read the Twilight series, but from what I've heard from those who have and whose opinions I trust (or in some cases, don't trust, but know their lean) I suspect most of the fault lies in the movie's interpretation and presentation, rather than the writing. I *tried* to read one of the books, but sadly, I saw the movie first, and I just can't get those darned horrible actors and their poorly applied goth makeup out of my head - so once again, Hollywood kills an avenue of entertainment for me. Really, this is professional level makeup, designed for big screen presentation, and my old goth buddies put their makeup on better than that, when they were *drunk*. (I remember Lady A screaming, when we saw the first movie, "Dude, foundation *then* powder!"). Never mind the absolutely gods-awful acting, casting, editing, and directing.

Stephenie Meyer wrote another book I *did* like, however, called "The Host", that has nothing to do with sparklie vampires. Instead, it is "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" from the Body Snatcher's point of view. Was very interesting, flows quite elegantly, and, despite some awkward romance, isn't too cheesy. Rumor is it maybe made into a movie, I just hope to the gods the folks who did Twilight have nothing to do with it. It at least lets me know she *can* write, without the need to re-live the nightmare that is Twilight.

I heard they're going to make a movie out of World War Z too. We listened to an all-star cast audio-book rendition of that a year or two back - was brilliant - an entire new take on the whole zombie apocalypse paradigm. Hope they don't butcher it too badly. Apparently the screen play's been written up by J. Michael Straczynski (of "Babylon 5" fame) and is to star Brad Pitt, so the project sounds somewhat promising, though I know Inception+Zombies-Plot Holes is too much to hope for.

 

[FER]

I just think love stories are way too overrated and the true definition of love been mangled.
Sure the twilight book might be better than the movie but it sounds like those cliche romance books for lonely old women except its more aimed at teenage girls.

I guess the movie Bram Stoker's Darcula wasnt the second coming of Christ like this book because Dracula was a fugly old dude...

 

[J-M v2.5.5]

I heard this movie is about insecure kids so I didn't watch it.
(and I didn't read the thread either but I might do that just now)

 

[J-M v2.5.5]

By the way, not sure if any of you ever noticed this, but The Great Gatsby is such a fascinating book =D

 

[jon50559]

Oh man my English class RUINED The Great Gatsby for me. We kept reading it aloud in class and I just fell asleep every time, followed by damn study packets. So I basically got tons of 0's and missed out on an awesome book. *I seriously would've rather read it on my free time ffs *

 

[Freerad]

Sorry, Twilight fails, especially the movies. (In my opinion)

Movies scarred me for life. nuff' said, and never read any of the books.

 

[Sabre]

lets change the subject to that of my favorite book series, the codex of alera and the dresden files

discuss!

Lady X and I have been listening to The Dresden Files as read by James Marsters. Brilliant stuff that is - true, nothing ground breaking - guilty pleasure, but very finely done.

I've not read the Twilight series, but from what I've heard from those who have and whose opinions I trust (or in some cases, don't trust, but know their lean) I suspect most of the fault lies in the movie's interpretation and presentation, rather than the writing. I *tried* to read one of the books, but sadly, I saw the movie first, and I just can't get those darned horrible actors and their poorly applied goth makeup out of my head - so once again, Hollywood kills an avenue of entertainment for me. Really, this is professional level makeup, designed for big screen presentation, and my old goth buddies put their makeup on better than that, when they were *drunk*. (I remember Lady A screaming, when we saw the first movie, "Dude, foundation *then* powder!"). Never mind the absolutely gods-awful acting, casting, editing, and directing.

Stephenie Meyer wrote another book I *did* like, however, called "The Host", that has nothing to do with sparklie vampires. Instead, it is "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" from the Body Snatcher's point of view. Was very interesting, flows quite elegantly, and, despite some awkward romance, isn't too cheesy. Rumor is it maybe made into a movie, I just hope to the gods the folks who did Twilight have nothing to do with it. It at least lets me know she *can* write, without the need to re-live the nightmare that is Twilight.

I heard they're going to make a movie out of World War Z too. We listened to an all-star cast audio-book rendition of that a year or two back - was brilliant - an entire new take on the whole zombie apocalypse paradigm. Hope they don't butcher it too badly. Apparently the screen play's been written up by J. Michael Straczynski (of "Babylon 5" fame) and is to star Brad Pitt, so the project sounds somewhat promising, though I know Inception+Zombies-Plot Holes is too much to hope for.

I met Max Brooks earlier this week