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Yes, and on top of that, they were RE-READING the Frickin book!, because they "needed to remember what was in it." HORRIBLE memories these girls have, because you didn't see a single guy wanting to re-read the book did you? Also so many girls only went to see the movie because they thought it was good, the movie almost burns my eyes, and they say "...OMG THAT WAS THE BEST MVIE EVER!!!"I really hate this series. Biggest blind-conformist fad in the ****ing world right now.
These books have been out for what... a couple years now? Give or take a few, no one read them until suddenly a movie was being made. Agh... pisses me off.
True. Plus Twilight makes the whole Vampire thing all wrong. They can't go into sunlight becuase they sparkle like diamonds. They can't have immortal baby sues becuase its the #1 sin. I mean common, what has the world gone to?!?!??!The premise of the book, though, is based around the idea that vampires can be attractive to women. This fails when women realize that her vampire boyfriend would want to eat her our while she's on her period, because it'd be like a feast for him
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Mary+SueWhat does "sues" mean? I have never heard that word used in any way like that ever.
But the point is that Meyer should have had a better reason for creating her vampires the way she did. Just because she's allowed to take liberties doesn't mean she necessarily should.To elaborate on what CK said, the whole mythology about vampires is subjective; since they're not real and just figments of someone's imagination. Who's to say that vampires can't go out in sunlight? Anne Rice? Everyone realizes these are her interpretation of them. I'm just pulling out a name; if her vampires actually go out in sunlight, just replace the name with someone else, I haven't read any vampire books. But, there's no law that says that if you have vampires they can't go in sunlight, they have to depend on human blood, or even that they can fly. Literary writers are free to intepret these characters as they please; there's no intellectual copyright on them.
Besides, if you read the fan fiction here, I don't see very many people arguing over the fact that Mario would cuss or that Link lives with Zelda.
We know this. Most people who dislike the book don't get mad at it for trying to reinvent the vampire, we get mad at it because Stephanie Meyer can't write.To elaborate on what CK said, the whole mythology about vampires is subjective; since they're not real and just figments of someone's imagination. Who's to say that vampires can't go out in sunlight? Anne Rice? Everyone realizes these are her interpretation of them. I'm just pulling out a name; if her vampires actually go out in sunlight, just replace the name with someone else, I haven't read any vampire books. But, there's no law that says that if you have vampires they can't go in sunlight, they have to depend on human blood, or even that they can fly. Literary writers are free to intepret these characters as they please; there's no intellectual copyright on them.
Vampires not being able to come out into the sun came mostly from the british, and the most accepted mythology about vampires is that they came out of their graves AT NIGHT (reason for them not liking the sun), the lack of sun is what kept them pale. And they became bloated and full of blood which is why they are depicted with blood dripping from their mouths, but that's a natural process of gasses expanding (bloating) and pushing blood out. They were also mischievous and caused havoc in the place of residence of their loved ones and or where they used to live. So really almost every vampire-if not EVERY-book, even Dracula is a different version of these myths.To elaborate on what CK said, the whole mythology about vampires is subjective; since they're not real and just figments of someone's imagination. Who's to say that vampires can't go out in sunlight? Anne Rice? Everyone realizes these are her interpretation of them. I'm just pulling out a name; if her vampires actually go out in sunlight, just replace the name with someone else, I haven't read any vampire books. But, there's no law that says that if you have vampires they can't go in sunlight, they have to depend on human blood, or even that they can fly. Literary writers are free to interpret these characters as they please; there's no intellectual copyright on them.
Besides, if you read the fan fiction here, I don't see very many people arguing over the fact that Mario would cuss or that Link lives with Zelda.
I'm pretty sure there's a throwaway quote about this in the book. Something to the effect of "Everything about me draws you to me. My face, my smell," etc. They used it in the movie. But yeah, I understand what you're saying.Vampires ARE supposed to be sexy. The vampire story is about eroticism, sexuality, and sensuality.
I thought the vampire from I Am Legend (the original story) couldn't go out in sunlight? I was under the impression that they were subject to the "usual" vampire tropes? I've never read the story, but I thought that the main character went around during the day, killing them in their coffins while they slept.hemightbegiant said:Also for Vampires that can go out in the sun, read "I Am Legend." Probably the best example.
He does that, but later versions of vampires develop some kind of immunity and revert basically back to "human-like" vampires. Unless you read, it's hard to explain. >_>I thought the vampire from I Am Legend (the original story) couldn't go out in sunlight? I was under the impression that they were subject to the "usual" vampire tropes? I've never read the story, but I thought that the main character went around during the day, killing them in their coffins while they slept.
They aren't later versions. They are "half" vampires. The infected, but still human.He does that, but later versions of vampires develop some kind of immunity and revert basically back to "human-like" vampires. Unless you read, it's hard to explain. >_>
That's the stupidest ****ing thing I've ever seenThey aren't later versions. They are "half" vampires. The infected, but still human.
I meant they showed up later.They aren't later versions. They are "half" vampires. The infected, but still human.
Like I said, it's hard to explain to people who haven't read, or worse, only seen the Will Smith movie.That's the stupidest ****ing thing I've ever seen
You mean where the guy is white and has fictional Weapons that are impossible in today's standards(.357 Magnum SMG wtf?)?Like I said, it's hard to explain to people who haven't read, or worse, only seen the Will Smith movie.
Twilight is, actually.That's the stupidest ****ing thing I've ever seen
I don't know about the rest of the books, but I think Twilight's cover makes perfect sense. It's the whole forbidden fruit thing.Plus I know we shouldn't judge a book by its cover but look at them. The pictures have no relationship to the title. What does a Apple have to do with Twilight. What does a Red and White rose have to do with the New moon, and what the hell does chess have to do with a Breaking Dawn? IT MAKES NO SENSE LIKE THE BOOK AND ITS FANS.
I'm glad we're on the same page here.This is ********. Good literature sits on the shelf and gets dusty year after year while random Joe Blows pump out steaming piles of **** like this every so often and people flock to it.
It's like the free market is on crack. Good products should garner success, not the other way around.
I don't see them making Midnight Sun (or any of it's possible sequels) into a movie. It's the same exact story as Twilight. Unless there's a significant amount of Edward-only sequences, there's no way they could justify re-releasing Twilight under a different title.sadly it is true, the only pro to these right now, is that Midnight Sun (twilight from Edward's view) actually seems better than Twilight itself, so really there are 7 more movies, so be prepared for 7 years of bad movies.
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