needausername:

But I fail to see, how a book with Vampires AND werewolves in it can sound so bad, that I don't want to read it, even though it has vampires AND werewolves in it.

It's simple:
1. The vampires sparkle
2. The protagonist has no depth
3. The characters' personalities seem to change every time they show up.
4. The vampires sparkle
5. There's way too much exposition
6. The vampires sparkle
7. The vampires sparkle
8. The vampires sparkle
9. The vampires sparkle

Shiuz91:

L1250:

needausername:

But I fail to see, how a book with Vampires AND werewolves in it can sound so bad, that I don't want to read it, even though it has vampires AND werewolves in it.

It's simple:
1. The vampires sparkle
2. The protagonist has no depth
3. The characters' personalities seem to change every time they show up.
4. The vampires sparkle
5. There's way too much exposition
6. The vampires sparkle
7. The vampires sparkle
8. The vampires sparkle
9. The vampires sparkle

Sparkle and exposition?

(Clever I am not)

Shiuz91:
Ok am I the only person on the forum that has no problem with the whole sparkle thing?

Yes. And you'd better start having a problem.

darrinwright:
Where the young ladies go, so goes the money.

Look at the Pirates of the Caribbean sequels. Orlando Bloom and Johnny Depp in two unnecessary sequels? "Who the hell cares, they're HOT!!"

Maybe I'm a little ticked off still because it outperformed Superman Returns, but still. Girls. Girls Girls Girls Girls Girls - one guy - Girls Girls Girls.

Superman returns was SO bad...

And aside from that, aaaaaaaaargh this twilight thing is pissing me off, EVERY girl i know has started reading it and there are movie posters dotted all around the school, i can actually hear about 3 "squee"s every time i say that word in public.

Dice_Morgan:
This may sound like a dumb question but... what the hell does sparkle mean!? It sounds like some sort of fairy dust thing(please god let me be wrong!).

Yep, you got it.

needausername:

Shiuz91:

L1250:

needausername:

But I fail to see, how a book with Vampires AND werewolves in it can sound so bad, that I don't want to read it, even though it has vampires AND werewolves in it.

It's simple:
1. The vampires sparkle
2. The protagonist has no depth
3. The characters' personalities seem to change every time they show up.
4. The vampires sparkle
5. There's way too much exposition
6. The vampires sparkle
7. The vampires sparkle
8. The vampires sparkle
9. The vampires sparkle

Sparkle and exposition?

(Clever I am not)

Sparkle and too much exposition (it takes 126 pages in a book that's under 500 before the word "vampire" is even mentioned) and inconsistent characters and a protagonist with no depth. And some other things.

I saw the commercial and thought it was a bad TV movie.

It's like Harry Potter, I don't really understand what people like about it.

sv93:
All I've been hearing from girls, and some guys is "OMG I can't wait for the Twilight movie! I'm going to see it tonight." I just don't get it, I know people who bought all the books twice, one set to read and one set to look at, yeah I know. I heard a friend say she has to see the movie 4 times so it makes 100 million that way a sequal will be made and I just said "what the hell?" if every girl has a mentality like that its going to make like 500 million. There will obviously be a sequal because almost every girl is going to see it and 100 million is almost nothing for a movie, it took 7 million in on the midnight showings alone. So I have to think that it will definitely make more than 100 million. So what do you think? Why is everyone so obsessed? Do you have any funny Twilight related wtf stories to tell?

I blame the extra X chromosome.

I've got to ask, when did these books come out? when I was in high shcool (only graduated a couple months ago) I never even heard of the books, maybe they were just unpopular where I lived at the time.

Dice_Morgan:

L1250:

Dice_Morgan:
This may sound like a dumb question but... what the hell does sparkle mean!? It sounds like some sort of fairy dust thing(please god let me be wrong!).

Yep, you got it.

No, no, no, no ,no. That can't be true, how can something with vampires have sparkles in it? I have decided never ever to read this book, because of that.

That is an excellent choice and I strongly recommend that you do not change your mind.

Regardless of what it may or may not be. It is a vampire movie rated PG. C'mon might as well have Earnest P. Wherl, and those kids from High School Musical. Saddest thing in the world. You can't poop in my bowl and call it ice cream. Thisis not a moviewith a single vampire, they are all just misunderstood by their parents.

L1250:

Amnestic:
I'm tired of hearing about bloody Twilight.

How often do you hear about it? I have not been able to spend a single hour at school without hearing that word that has now become worse than screeching nails on a chalkboard for me. One hour without hearing "Twilight". That's all I'm asking for. One. Hour.

Twilight!

TheNecroswanson:
Teenagers and women dude, teenagers and women.

I came in here to say this.

LOL. You can actually see the freakin' wires in that movie still.

Although, I suppose that makes sense consider that the rest of the Twilight 'mythos' is so cheese-ball it should be served with crackers and wine. I am so tired of these increasingly pooncy vampires of late. Just when you thought they couldn't suck the life out of this cliche myth... someone proves me wrong. Never underestimate the power of teenage girls (and guys for that matter) with disposable income.

SirSchmoopy:

TheNecroswanson:
Teenagers and women dude, teenagers and women.

I came in here to say this.

Not so much "teenagers and women" as it is "teenage women". After all, what little girl doesn't like the notion that no matter how fugly she is, there is still a chance that she will be carried away by some strong, shiny, magic, hot dude?

Whatever. I'd still rather sit on a table saw while going down on a razor-blade then have my eyes and brain burned out by that failed abortion of a film.

I'm so glad I'm not a teenager anymore. Stuff like Twilight is why.

Dice_Morgan:
This may sound like a dumb question but... what the hell does sparkle mean!? It sounds like some sort of fairy dust thing(please god let me be wrong!).

You aren't. That's why people get upset.

Books with vampires that should have been made movies long before this one:

Agyar by Steven Brust - characters with depth.
Bloodsucking Fiends by Christopher Moore - an interesting, light-hearted romance, complete with classical vampires. A refreshing change from dark, dark, dark, and "I'm so internally conflicted for unexplained reasons that I poop bats".

Kill it with Fire and Holy Water, or BRING A CLERIC!!!

Hmmm... hold on to your keyboards, we're gonna try the other button...

Alright, a couple posts will appear out of place, but that's the lingering effect of the supercolliding-superthreader smashing things together.

It makes vampires lame, I really really really dislike that.
I can stand vamp's in sunlight, but only if explained in a way that isn't totaly batshit.

Hehehe bat, classic vampire joke.

The problem is Twilight thinks that just because you have some teeth, can fly and suck blood you are a vampire.

Sorry but you have to have a fucking cape, a badass castle and not look like a total pussy.

For reference:

THIS IS A VAMPIRE
http://cache.kotaku.com/images/2006/05/castlevania-wall.jpg

THIS IS A POTENTIALLY EMO HOMOSEXUAL WHO SUCKS BLOOD AND CAN FLY
http://www.slashfilm.com/wp/wp-content/images/twilight-backlot-21.jpg

Nothing against gays but I mean, come on right? come on. Thats just man candy, not a vampire.

Knight Templar:
It makes vampires lame, I really really really dislike that.
I can stand vamp's in sunlight, but only if explained in a way that isn't totaly batshit.

Hehehe bat, classic vampire joke.

Now, I gotta ask. If these Twilight things (I refuse to call them vampires) turned into bats, and then went into the sun, would the bats sparkle?

I have a few song idea's that could be use for when Blade, Alucard and members of the Belmont clan gear up to fight some proper vampires, battling through the hordes of vampires and a final free for all against Death, Camilla and of course Dracula and afterwards too.

Guys, have you seen the main vampire in that movie? Christ, the guy looks like a shaved caveman, dipped in bleach, and taught to repeat overly sensitive dialogue for the promise of a banana and modestly hot co-star cleavage

It's like Orlando Bloom split into two people and this guy got the bad half of the genes...although I can't say Bloom was much better off in the first place

and yeah, whats with the sparkle vampires? These guys are less blood suckers and more walking night lights. I kinda wish they'd just have their skin catch fire in the sun. Then at least it would be like "sappy romance, sappy romance, sappy romance, HEY THAT DUDE'S ON FIRE! KICK ASS!"

But, really, if I want an awesome romantic movie, I'll watch The Notebook. Best movie ever, I laughed the whole way through.

They need to scrap this Twilight movie and shift resources to a VtM - Bloodlines movie. Centuries old vampires should be wheeling and dealing, backstabbing each other for power like the blood hungry predators they are. Not sparkling and picking up jailbait then getting all whiny emo about it. There should be power plays and conspiracies with things this old and this entrenched.

I got dragged (quite literally by a pack of my "friends") to this movie earlier today, and at this point all I have to say is that it's merely okay. I'm going to assume that Stephenie Meyers has some sort of brilliant and engaging writing style that was lost in the transition between book to film, because I had a hard time actually getting pulled in. The characters lacked any kind of depth (again, maybe thanks to the transition?) and the story of "girl meets boy" didn't stand out too much even considering the vampire element thrown in.

The movie truly didn't start to get interesting until the closest thing to a real vampire showed up and started hunting down and trying to kill the main character. The short fight scene at the end isn't too memorable, but at least it's a welcomed change in pace. The, ahem, "sparkle" thing was kinda off-putting, but I can kinda understand that the author didn't want the main character's love interest just bursting into flames at any moment. That would have been entertaining, but also a bit of a mood (and franchise, don't forget franchise) killer.

I'm going to go buy Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines off of Steam to help detox myself of this. Good day to you all.

EDIT: A friend/fangirl has just informed me that an entire scene in the book/movie, including the "sparkle" thing was taken from a dream that the author had.

... I'll just let that last part sink in...

Vanguard1219:

EDIT: A friend/fangirl has just informed me that an entire scene in the book/movie, including the "sparkle" thing was taken from a dream that the author had.

... I'll just let that last part sink in...

I trust you are kidding about that crap coming from a dream she had.