Beyond this little flaw your article was interesting and well written, so expand your portfolio and keep it up.

As to the not doing my homework, watching Sci-Fi or Vamp movies should never be considered homework, they’re too much fun for that. Instead I will simply kick over the Netflix queue and fix the glitch in my viewing portfolio.

Rock on.

People love the vampire Eli in “Let the Right One In”, even if she kills innocent people, including children, is filthy and obviously smells like dogshit. Then concider how far from a real vampire character they had to go with Edward in Twilight, to make us feel for him. Now these aspects really elucidates the differences between good and poor movie making.

I can see why the books are popular, but at the same time I wish they weren’t.

Having said that: “And then Buffy staked Edward. The end.”

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Just bought this for Comic Con! Weeeeeee!

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I devoured Meyer’s entire series and I did love it but—like I said in the forum discussion of her books—there were some serious flaws. But it was a great, fun story and when I read the book in public I don’t try and hide the cover. Okay, that’s a lie, I do hide the cover—but I’m not completely embarassed if someone happens to see it.

Anyone else familiar with J.R. Ward’s Black Dagger Brotherhood series? Now those books are pure mind-candy. Don’t read them. I have, and even though I’m consumed with shame, I can’t stop.

=P

Seriously though Twilight?!

I haven’t read Twilight, I’m thinking it’s too girlie and I’m a bit of a purist, so the daytime thing is an issue. I won’t say never tough. Am LOVING True Blood on HBO, an incredibly dark, crazy world created there.

I’m so excited to learn you love the vamps too Sean!

I’m also enjoying True Blood.

That’s an excellent question and the answer may indeed be my own way of looking at things. In my head, the difference is the one between an emotional love and lusty love. Both are valid and both types can be experienced in either category but the passionate category to me leans a little on the physical side of the street and the amorous is more about the relationship and how it works… if that makes any sense.

Both are fun but there is a little bit of a crow-bar separation in there for me.

@ Cressy – I’ll recommend a manga/anime series to you. It’s called Karin, or Chibi Vampire. If you haven’t come across it yet, check it out.

That is awesome, I’ll do that!

Though, I have to say, Twilight really isn’t one of the better stories in the genre. I read all the books and saw the 1st movie, just to see what it’s about. I agree that since it’s written for a teen audience, it depicts more extreme emotions and behaviors and a more fragmented sense of self. Teenagers all struggle with identity, I get it. I wasn’t an exception, either. But it could’ve been constructed better.

Just to be cliche, I do think the Harry Potter books do a better job at exploring child/adolescent psychology without dumbing everything down. It shows more respect for the complex thoughts and feelings a child/teenager can experience. Twilight feels like an extremely self-indulgent fantasy by the author to put herself into a romance that she so wanted but was never able to get. It wasn’t completely bad, of course. But I personally would like to read something that is less self-centered and has a stronger heroine.

Alright, I’ll stop with the Twilight rant that you probably haven’t heard over and over. Instead, I’ll recommend a manga/anime series to you. It’s called Karin, or Chibi Vampire. If you haven’t come across it yet, check it out. The premise is creative and hilarious, and it is cute enough to satisfy your “I’m-manly-enough-to-like-chick-flicks” side

Again, a wonderful post! Keep up the good work~

Depending on who you the movie is fairly true to the novels. At least the first movie was after seeing the movie and reading the book. We’ll see about the second.

1. Remember it’s written with heavy teenage angst in mind. It pulls the most on someone still trying to figure out how the whole ‘first love’ relationship thing works and it’s written in the first person from the perspective of a somewhat emotionally charged teenage girl.

2. Anytime you have a relationship with another being that considers you food it’s going to present issues which are going to come up from time to time. But I think that was the point of the series in general. It doesn’t matter who or what you are, love is love and it can be stronger than nature – especially in young hearts that don’t know any better. Think Romeo and Juliet… with fangs and a few wolves. (Not on the level of The Bard of course but the gist is still the same.)

But Twilight?!? Really?!? Out of all the romantic vampire books that’s the one you like?

That’s not romance, that’s a travesty. Even putting aside the terrible writing, the story’s terrible, the main character has no personality, and her relationship with the Edward is incredibly unhealthy.

Sorry, that must’ve been transfer from my girlfriend, who absolutely hates the books, but decided to read so she can be informed in her loathing.