Twilight.

[I_am_Geed]

Twilight is exactly like Harry Potter, its just a fad. While you all can run around acreaming and fantisizing this thing, by the time something new and popular comes around you'll be saying "Pfft. Forget Twilight!"

 

 

 

Overal, it gives unrealistic expectations of men. Thank God my girlfriend is against reading it.

 

 

 

Twilight gets a :thumbdown:

[anonymous1234]

Twilight is exactly like Harry Potter, its just a fad. While you all can run around acreaming and fantisizing this thing, by the time something new and popular comes around you'll be saying "Pfft. Forget Twilight!"

 

 

 

Overal, it gives unrealistic expectations of men. Thank God my girlfriend is against reading it.

 

 

 

Twilight gets a :thumbdown:

 

Except Harry Potter is FOREVER :pray:

[deloriagod]

Twilight is exactly like Harry Potter, its just a fad. While you all can run around acreaming and fantisizing this thing, by the time something new and popular comes around you'll be saying "Pfft. Forget Twilight!"

 

 

 

Overal, it gives unrealistic expectations of men. Thank God my girlfriend is against reading it.

 

 

 

Twilight gets a :thumbdown:

 

 

 

I will agree Harry Potter was a bit of a fad but it managed to last quite a while whereas Twilight is going to die off fast because it's just a love story. I didn't read the books but I don't think there should be a sequel at all. C'mon: boy and girl fell in love, girl got in trouble, boy rescues girl, they're both happy. It's been done so many times before and I know the end of the movie left off for a sequel but all I'm seeing happening is the other vampire comes after them, big chase scene with poor special effects, boy rescues girl again, they're both happy (again). I won't be going to the sequel because I'm not going crazy over some extremely pale guy with sparkly skin nor do I find the self-loathing lead female role to be anything near attractive. I take your thumbs down and give it 2 more :thumbdown: :thumbdown:

[Dreamtongirl]

Twilight is exactly like Harry Potter, its just a fad. While you all can run around acreaming and fantisizing this thing, by the time something new and popular comes around you'll be saying "Pfft. Forget Twilight!"

 

 

 

Overal, it gives unrealistic expectations of men. Thank God my girlfriend is against reading it.

 

 

 

Twilight gets a :thumbdown:

 

 

 

XD Chyeaaah. Not too un-realistic. Okay.. Very, actually. I'm thinking some boys over here should read it, :P Palmy boys suck in my opinion. (Kidding, if you're thinking pointing out how sad i'm being)

 

 

 

"I'm considered fairly smart, yet if I walked into a university lecture, you think I would be able to contend? No, I'm only 15. That is basically what I would compare this book to. It might look good compared to "first pieces of work" but when you compare it to serious books, which this is supposed to be if I understand correctly, then it is mediocre."

 

 

 

It is pretty good compared to some, yes. There are many other series or books that will completely own Twilight, i understand that, but i still like it. :

 

Huh, i haven't read Harry Potter, so i can't comment.

[Lenin64]

My mom and her friend saw the movie today. Both described it as "better than a sharp stick in the eye".

[Flyingjj]

I actually saw the movie today, and it really wasn't that bad. I'm very easy to please when it comes to movies though. I'm not sure if I would have understood the movie if I hadn't read the book, though, so that's a problem. I'm not exactly understanding what makes Edward so perfect I guess. He's the hero type, got it, not that hard to be there for your woman. The only expectaions that a guy can't reasonably meet are his "good looks" (I say that cause everyone has different tastes), superhuman strength (I mean, come on, it's a fantasy book), and sparkly skin(again, remember, fantasy book). Feel free to correct me(please do so nicely), but really, there is nothing extraordinary about Edward besides the fantasy elements. I know, personally, that he treats Bella almost exactly the way I plan on treating the woman I get married to, if she likes it so. As time goes by, I'm becoming more and more a fan of the series.

[Serpent Eye]

Out of the entire series, I only read Twilight. I loathed the book.

 

 

 

I have no plans to ever watch the film.

 

 

 

To me, the film looks like High School Musical, but with fangs. Hardly what I would call a quality vampire film.

 

 

 

And I don't think Harry Potter should be compared to Twilight... let alone called a fad. I bought my first Harry Potter book in 1999, and it is still my favorite book series. It turned me from someone with an overactive imagination into a reader. Despite sounding somewhat cheesy, Harry Potter has greatly affected my life.

 

 

 

The Twilight series doesn't even touch that, in my opinion.

[I_am_Geed]

Out of the entire series, I only read Twilight. I loathed the book.

 

 

 

I have no plans to ever watch the film.

 

 

 

To me, the film looks like High School Musical, but with fangs. Hardly what I would call a quality vampire film.

 

 

 

And I don't think Harry Potter should be compared to Twilight... let alone called a fad. I bought my first Harry Potter book in 1999, and it is still my favorite book series. It turned me from someone with an overactive imagination into a reader. Despite sounding somewhat cheesy, Harry Potter has greatly affected my life.

 

 

 

The Twilight series doesn't even touch that, in my opinion.

 

 

 

I would rather sit through all 3 High School Musical movies back to back then watch Twilight :lol:

[Flyingjj]

Out of the entire series, I only read Twilight. I loathed the book.

 

 

 

I have no plans to ever watch the film.

 

 

 

To me, the film looks like High School Musical, but with fangs. Hardly what I would call a quality vampire film.

 

 

 

And I don't think Harry Potter should be compared to Twilight... let alone called a fad. I bought my first Harry Potter book in 1999, and it is still my favorite book series. It turned me from someone with an overactive imagination into a reader. Despite sounding somewhat cheesy, Harry Potter has greatly affected my life.

 

 

 

The Twilight series doesn't even touch that, in my opinion.

 

 

 

I would rather sit through all 3 High School Musical movies back to back then watch Twilight :lol:

Too...Much...SINGING! Ahhh!!!! I'm almost willing to say that the Twilight movie was better than the book.

[anonymous1234]

Out of the entire series, I only read Twilight. I loathed the book.

 

 

 

I have no plans to ever watch the film.

 

 

 

To me, the film looks like High School Musical, but with fangs. Hardly what I would call a quality vampire film.

 

 

 

And I don't think Harry Potter should be compared to Twilight... let alone called a fad. I bought my first Harry Potter book in 1999, and it is still my favorite book series. It turned me from someone with an overactive imagination into a reader. Despite sounding somewhat cheesy, Harry Potter has greatly affected my life.

 

 

 

The Twilight series doesn't even touch that, in my opinion.

 

 

 

I would rather sit through all 3 High School Musical movies back to back then watch Twilight :lol:

 

I don't know about that, because at least with Twilight you can close your eyes and be pretty safe. With High school Musical, it bores into your skull

[Serpent Eye]

I don't know about that, because at least with Twilight you can close your eyes and be pretty safe. With High school Musical, it bores into your skull

 

 

 

Yeah :|

 

 

 

I had to screen a print of HSM3, and... I have nightmares about it still.

 

 

 

It's kind of like the evil slug creatures in the book series Animorphs.

[saif]

My friend says:

 

 

 

"What a nubby forum. XD Except, i'm not going to argue.. Apart from the fact that you guys obviously have far too much time on your hands to be trashing and finding dirt on a bestseller book. XP Go get a new hobbie or something, eh? Also, it's far better to have fan girls for Twilight than say, Justin Timberlake. Admit it. "

 

 

 

most people browse this forum while afk playing rs (fletching, cooking, fighting aggressive monsters)

 

so we're not really wasting oour tiem unless you consider wasting numerous hours playing a computer game wasting our time :D

[Dreamtongirl]

Lol i can't really talk, i used to play RS 24/7. :|

 

 

 

And ew, I'm absolutely positive that the movie will be better than ANY of the freaking *shudders* HSM movies. Uggggh.

[Wongtong]

Lol i can't really talk, i used to play RS 24/7. :|

 

 

 

And ew, I'm absolutely positive that the movie will be better than ANY of the freaking *shudders* HSM movies. Uggggh.

 

For some reason I can't come to a decision about whether or not HSM is worse than Twilight.

 

 

 

How about we go watch Twilight, and then watch HSM3 straight afterwards and see which one makes me throw up more. :twss:

[aquariusman]

You are a brave soul for taking on such a task.

[Dreamtongirl]

Lmao Becky, go hug a pole.

[ElkNight]

Lmao Becky, go hug a pole.

 

You told her. :lol:

[anonymous1234]

Lmao Becky, go hug a pole.

 

You told her. :lol:

 

Wongtong=Becky + Wong= Becky Wong? I know too much now :-#

[ElkNight]

Lmao Becky, go hug a pole.

 

You told her. :lol:

 

Wongtong=Becky + Wong= Becky Wong? I know too much now :-#

 

Wtf :lol:

[Dreamtongirl]

Lmao Becky, go hug a pole.

 

You told her. :lol:

 

Wongtong=Becky + Wong= Becky Wong? I know too much now :-#

 

Wtf :lol:

 

 

 

Sorry. XD Not a bad guesser though. Her name's actually Beckynub. Or WongtongNub. Lmfao, idk.

[Wongtong]

Lmao Becky, go hug a pole.

 

You told her. :lol:

 

Wongtong=Becky + Wong= Becky Wong? I know too much now :-#

 

Wtf :lol:

 

 

 

Sorry. XD Not a bad guesser though. Her name's actually Beckynub. Or WongtongNub. Lmfao, idk.

 

 

 

WTF :lol:

 

How did it get from Twilight to discussing who you think I am irl?

 

(Pft it's not even true, who is this Becky? -_-)

 

And shuddup Dreamtongirl, let's take this fight to the sidelines (PM) before you try to throw air at me again.

 

 

 

I found a goosebump card in my desk the other day, depicting what a true vampire is like.

 

Man, I swear this board has made me go from

 

Liking Twilight > Hesitant on Twilight > Hate Twilight > Want to burn all copies of book. :evil:

[Ouchy]

I can't figure out why Twilight is such a big hit here. Almost every girl I know is talking about it and reading it. But, if one of them wants to see the movie with me, then that's different :twss:

 

 

 

I suppose it's like Harry Potter in a way, just for girls.

 

 

 

~Ouchy

[tripsis]

I guess we're talking about both the movie and the book here, so I'll touch on both.

 

 

 

When I first heard about it, I thought it sounded like the dumbest book that ever existed. Love story.. vampires? Yeah right. I actually teased my sister for reading it. My sister wanted me to see the movie with her, so I did. I thought the previews looked lame and the whole running really fast thing was stupid. I saw the movie and I didn't think it was that great (which wasn't a surprise since books made into movies rarely are anything above mediocre), but I was mildly intrigued by the overall plot, so I gave the book series a try. I got through it in 4 days, and I actually liked it. Parts of it were annoying and not very well written, but I really liked a lot of the ideas. I thought that a big chunk of book one was unneeded and just "space fillers," the second book was pretty bad, and I really didn't like the idea of suddenly switching the perspectives in book four, but that's really the extent of my complaints. Sure it could have been a lot better, but I really don't think it's as terrible as everyone says it is. There are so many worse books out there (don't even get me started on "The Inheritance Cycle") that deserve the criticism that Twilight is getting instead.

[Nom]

(don't even get me started on "The Inheritance Cycle")

 

 

 

Seconded. Though when forced to choose between Inheritance and Twilight, it's a toughie. I would rather read Inheritance, though it does come out to be slightly the worse of the two, if only narrowly.

 

 

 

Also, stop comparing Twilight to Harry Potter. HP is not a fad, is 1000x better written than Twilight, Rowling > Meyer, and it will not pass into obscurity. The first book was published almost twelve years ago now.

[Wongtong]

I can't figure out why Twilight is such a big hit here. Almost every girl I know is talking about it and reading it. But, if one of them wants to see the movie with me, then that's different :twss:

 

 

 

I suppose it's like Harry Potter in a way, just for girls.

 

 

 

~Ouchy

 

Pretty sure they would be gawking at Edward and not focusing on you at all, sorry.