Explain?

[hils]

What is this Twilight thing people keep talking about on my flist? All I've been able to determine is that the latest book is crap and that there is going to be a TV show (which also looks crap)

What's all the fuss about?

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[x-pixel-x.livejournal.com]

The big fuss is there is a big fuss. I get the distinct impression that someone is trying to catch Harry Potter's coattails. And I'm reading the book. So, er, yeah.

[hils.livejournal.com]

LOL! Is it good?

[ghosts.livejournal.com]

it's a book series that isn't crap, thank you very much, and it has a movie coming out, not a show.

[hils.livejournal.com]

Eh, I just saw the trailer. It looked cheap so I assumed it was a TV show

[elandrialore.livejournal.com]

I didn't know what it was either so I just spent an enjoyable couple of hours reading snarky recaps about it here (http://cleolinda.livejournal.com/2008/08/02/). It's of all the books, takes great pleasure in the cracktasticness of the books, and has the best possible term for a werewolf turning into a wolf: Fursploded. Seriously, I laughed so hard at that.

[hils.livejournal.com]

AHAHAHHA!!!! That is awesome!

[mysticmoonstorm.livejournal.com]

It's supposedly the next "Harry Potter" as far as being a wonderful teen/young adult book.
I just started it yesterday so will let you know if it's any good or not! :)

[caersidi.livejournal.com]

It can't really be the next Harry Potter as 'Breaking Dawn' was the last (I think - am just on Book 1).

However, it has generated media buzz and had things happen like embargos and midnight openings for first sales and parties and the like. Not just in the USA but in the UK too.

[phoebesmum.livejournal.com]

You are very welcome to my copy of the first book if you want it. Good god. There is really only one noteworthy thing about the series: it gave us sparkly vampires. No, truly. That's the real reason they avoid the sun, you know.

[hils.livejournal.com]

Uh, I'm thinking I'll pass on the book after all the negative comments I've just read. LOL!

So, vampires are sparkly? What?

[caersidi.livejournal.com]

I just started the first book and there is a 'Buffy'-like appeal to it - 16 year old high school student and a doomed love affair between her and a vampire.

The last book has generated a lot of fandom responses with some hating it.

I has become a phenomena on its own or with clever work by the publisher a la the Potter books with fans parting and queing at midnight for the first sales.

[hils.livejournal.com]

Hmm...the Buffy thing worked for me when I was 16 myself. Not sure I'd get a lot of enjoyment out of it now

[the-dala.livejournal.com]

OMG dude, it's SO bad. Epic bad. I read it mostly to be able to keep up with the wank, but I weep for the teenage girls who think Edward is a romantic hero.

[the-dala.livejournal.com]

And as for the HP comparison - it's popular, sure, but it doesn't have nearly as universal an appeal. Plus, Stephenie Meyers makes JKR look like Shakespeare.

[drusplace.livejournal.com]

I know. I'm inundated with Twilight icons everywhere. As you've already been told, a book series about a teenage vampire boy who is about near perfect as far as I can tell and a teenage girl. Unrequited love and all that. And his family don't eat people or something? And the movie might be ok. I saw the Trailer before Indiana and it wasn't bad. Of course this is all just what I've read mainly, since I hadn't heard of any of it until about a week ago.

[hils.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm so glad it's not just me not having heard of it. I thought I'd been living under a rock or something

[petzipellepingo.livejournal.com]

It's a series of books (the latest one just came out) and an upcoming movie . No tv series... yet...

[hils.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I saw the trailer and I thought it was a TV show

[tyffi.livejournal.com]

Have you read the Potter books? Remember the Harry/Ginny angsty romance?
Replace Harry with a sparkling vampire, and Ginny with a normal girl, cut off Voldemort and anything that looks like plot and decorate everything with sparkles.

That basically is the Twilight series. And, I only read the first book... well, parts of it... I had to giggle all the time (in the way you giggle about bad fanfic) and when I didn't giggle I skipped a few chapters, becasue they were so boring and so crappy - if I've had read further, I likely would have killed myself by laughing.

[hils.livejournal.com]

Hee! Yeah, someone else mentioned sparkles. I'm puzzled

It sounds bad though and I will be avoiding it methinks

[beach-baby3000.livejournal.com]

The twilight thing is because the books are awesome, way better then harry potter.

The latest book is suppose to be awesome, but everyone has their own opition so im not really going to say anything about because i haven't gotten to read it, so really i can't say anything about it.

There isn't going to be a show about it, just a movie based on the first book.

Its AWESOME thats why its a big thing.

[hils.livejournal.com]

Hehe! Most of my flist seems to disagree *g*

[selinamoonfire.livejournal.com]

I've read the first two. I didn't think Twilight was a great work of literature, but I admit, I kinda enjoyed it. Kind of a light read with angst that didn't make me go angsty. I won't say it's the usual high school drama because most books about teenage girls make me realize why I hated being a teenage girl.

The vampires? They made me roll my eyes. I think of the 'romantic' lead as Captain Cardboard. Some of the other characters were interesting. Since I did get annoyed over the girl ignoring her best guy friend in favor of Captain Cardboard, it must have been a decent book. If I didn't like the characters, I wouldn't care who ended up with the girl.

I'm not going to runa round in a Prom dress and sigh over Edward though. LOL

[hils.livejournal.com]

Hehe! It seems to be getting mostly negative responses from my flist so I don't think I'll bother reading them

[vichan.livejournal.com]

I've read the whole series, but I also have a HUGE weakness for young adult vampire novels. (The Vampire Diaires are far superior to Twilight, and also came 14 years before.)

Basically, Twilight is one of those books that's semi-worth worth one read. (Coming from me, that means the plot is interesting, but the writing style is crap. Much like The Da Vinci Code.)

On the other hand, though... I enjoyed the most recent book because the good moments are good, while the bad moments are laughably bad. Laughingly bad is better than wincingly bad, because then it's funny. :-)

[hils.livejournal.com]

Hehe! I actually enjoyed The Da Vinci Code *hides*

[bittermint.livejournal.com]

I read the first book last summer. It was so awful I didn't bother with the rest of them. In fact, I did what a lot of people are doing with the fourth book - I returned it to the bookstore and got my money back.

All I can say about the people who've stuck with the series thus far is, they must have a really strong gag reflex. ;)

[hils.livejournal.com]

LOL!

Yes, I am getting that impression

[chickadilly.livejournal.com]

I posted some rants about how much the latest book offended me here and here if you're curious. I don't think I've ever gotten so many comments on my posts before - most of which agree with me that the books are mysoginic and offensive.

Now granted I am bias since Harry Potter was really my first really big online fandom but still. The comparisons of this crap book series to HP makes my blood squirm. So do the Buffy comparisons - Buffy could kick those sparkly vampire's ass in about five seconds. All of them.

If you really want a laugh check out cleolinda's recaps - her 'sparkle motion' tag has them all. Highly recommended. :D

Having said all of that? I did actually enjoy the first book. I thought Meyer had a few cases of 'first writers syndrome' - especially with her characterizations but it all went down hill after the second book.

[hils.livejournal.com]

Hehe! A lot of people have been recommending those recaps. I shall have to take a look

[lexalicious70.livejournal.com]

I saw the preview for the movie when I saw the Dark Knight. It looked mega-cheesy and emo. Next!

Where's Spike when a girl needs a real vampire? ;)

[hils.livejournal.com]

Exactly! Give me Spike, or if you have to go for something a bit more poncy give me Jean-Claude from the Anita Blake series

[redeem147.livejournal.com]

TV show? I thought it was a movie that looks crap.

[hils.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it is a movie. I only saw the trailer and it looked so cheap I thought it was a TV show

[cinderella81.livejournal.com]

The books are actually pretty interesting. I'm excited about the movie ... but I don't go on and on ... I just enjoy them quietly :)

[hils.livejournal.com]

Hehe! Fair enough. You're not going to defriend me over this post are you? ;)

[cheerful-earl.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow, Twilight. Strong feelings about around that series. I for one can't figure out what the big fuss is. They're fun books, but I swear, that series has the most frakked up moral concepts since Smallville.

I'm completely sick of them, since I just ran a midnight release for the latest book. So tired of Twilight...

As for the latest book being crap... It ended pretty much exactly how I figured it would, and just upped the ante on the previous books with it's craziness and improbable events/endings.

[hils.livejournal.com]

Hee! Yeah, I'm getting that impression

[drbillbongo.livejournal.com]

Loads of people on my flist are putting up banners about not wanting to read any spoilers, which strongly reminds me of Harry Potter. Ergo, I'll stay away from it. ;)

[hils.livejournal.com]

Hehe! Sounds like you won't be missing much

[helioshyperion.livejournal.com]

I'll be your 100th post! *heee*

Twilight is still more than crap. I read an excerpt from the latest book last night along with Entertainment Weekly's review. Seriously, you could not use this book as toilet paper due to the amount of shit already in it.

[hils.livejournal.com]

Hee!

YAY for 100 comments!!!!

[mirawhisperwind.livejournal.com]

Im late on the action, but what I think is idna funny is that Robert Pattinson (cedric from HP) plays the main character and everyone keeps comparing it to HP


I havnt read it, but Im going to. If its bad I want to see what makes it bad, if its good i wanna see what makes it good. I need a break from my Anne Rice anyway.

[hils.livejournal.com]

Hehe!! I didn't realise Cedric was playing the main character. I thought he looked vaguely familiar when I was watching the trailer

[innae.livejournal.com]

so I finally get to the Twilight post, and it is so short, for so many posts...hmmmm, intriguing.

anyway, I haven't read the book(s) yet, but I understand they are entertaining -- not life changing, but fun to read. I will have to wait to give you more than that.

:-)

[hils.livejournal.com]

so I finally get to the Twilight post, and it is so short, for so many posts...hmmmm, intriguing.

That's what's so funny! I got defriended over that. All I did was ask a question