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12-05-2008, 10:00 AM
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#526
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: i live in the middle of nowhere north carolina
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Originally Posted by TurquoiseXx
I think the Twilight Series is good. It keeps me wondering what's going to happen next. I'm into different types of literature so I'll read almost anything. We are all individuals after all and we will like what we like. Period.
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I have read the entire Twilight series. Here is how I see it.
Bella- she is whiny, dependent, and annoying
Edward- basically the same, but he also is too damn protective
Jacob- was the only person I was okay with, but is still stupid for pining for Bella
They all annoy the fuck out of me. I'm glad I read the entire series so that I know the entire reason of why it mostly sucks.
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12-05-2008, 10:05 AM
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#527
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Earth.
Posts: 8,001
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Originally Posted by Man In Room 5
So who is paying for it then? The theater or the charity collecting the food? Either way they must be taking a loss. If they write it off on taxes as some sort of donation to charity then that write off doesn't go into her pocket. Who is paying her?
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The theatre is the one taking the loss, most likely.
It's definitely not her, though.
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12-05-2008, 10:10 AM
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#528
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: IL, USA
Posts: 754
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I haven't read any of them but I can tell you why it sucks.
Because it's a shallow superficial reworking of gothic/romantic vampire themes that have been over exploited for at least the last 100 years. And what makes it worse is she markets it to the average reader (ie: morons) who aren't even aware of that and they go on ranting about how good she is and think she's done something new. Lastly, she's allowed hordes of tween readers to declare themselves "goth" just because they read it, sympathized with the protagonist and instantly went out and shoplifted some black nail polish to announce their newly found goth status.
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12-05-2008, 10:21 AM
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#529
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Earth.
Posts: 8,001
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Originally Posted by Man In Room 5
I haven't read any of them but I can tell you why it sucks.
Because it's a shallow superficial reworking of gothic/romantic vampire themes that have been over exploited for at least the last 100 years. And what makes it worse is she markets it to the average reader (ie: morons) who aren't even aware of that and they go on ranting about how good she is and think she's done something new. Lastly, she's allowed hordes of tween readers to declare themselves "goth" just because they read it, sympathized with the protagonist and instantly went out and shoplifted some black nail polish to announce their newly found goth status.
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She also glorifies abusive relationships and women having no goals other than being with men.
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12-05-2008, 10:45 AM
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#530
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: Sugar Hill
Posts: 3,887
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My girlfriend is reading the series. She hates it, but her friends won't leave her alone till she's finished (they're nice, but not particularly sophisticated when it comes to literature). Apparently there's a single kiss that goes on for FOUR PAGES in book three.
Luckily, I bought her Neil Gaiman's "Graveyard Book" for her birthday. So that's taking the edge off.
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12-05-2008, 11:20 AM
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#531
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 48
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I tried reading the book, back when no one had heard of it, and gave up a couple of chapters in. Bella is very whiny and irritating, and Edward is essentially something like a Gary-Sue with fangs...
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12-05-2008, 11:20 AM
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#532
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Earth.
Posts: 8,001
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Are you sure she doesn't like it but isn't telling you?
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12-06-2008, 03:57 PM
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#533
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 20
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Originally Posted by JCC
FUCK YES
PREACH IT BROTHER JILLIAN
PREACH IT TO THE LORD
This piece of shit should be burnt. Every copy blown to fucking smithereens and then taped so that the fans of Twilight with their hand in their pants jerking off over the tepid romance have nothing to jerk over anymore. Fucking hate this book. I read the first chapter, that was enough for me, my friend kept going on about it like it was a goddamn masterpiece, vibrant and searing romance and all that bullshit. Ridiculously bad book.
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hell yeah I agree with you. This Twilight fad is pissing me off
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12-07-2008, 01:21 PM
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#534
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Get a CT scan and find out
Posts: 373
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Originally Posted by Godslayer Jillian
Fuck Twilight!!
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Not even if my dick was wrapped in a condom wrapped in another condom.
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12-08-2008, 06:45 PM
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#535
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: CA
Posts: 667
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Originally Posted by Underwater Ophelia
She also glorifies abusive relationships and women having no goals other than being with men.
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I guess that's the reason why is so popular ... I've never seen a popular book/film about any normal , decent strong female character without "her" man telling her what to do , how and when . Or without a famous father/relative ex-boyfriend being her shadow ...
Women can't be never exist alone or have reasons of her own .
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12-08-2008, 08:02 PM
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#536
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 28
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Today all of the girls in my Spanish III class started going on about how great Twilight is.
I actually walked out of the room.
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12-08-2008, 08:27 PM
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#537
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Namibia
Posts: 2,526
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Originally Posted by Sadist Sagittarius
Today all of the girls in my Spanish III class started going on about how great Twilight is.
I actually walked out of the room.
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You did the right thing.
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12-09-2008, 09:39 AM
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#538
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 48
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My friend's are all obsessed. The closer it gets to the moive release the more they're talking about it O.o
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12-09-2008, 09:44 AM
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#539
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Bangkok
Posts: 1,921
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Originally Posted by LiquidEcstasy
My friend's are all obsessed. The closer it gets to the moive release the more they're talking about it O.o
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Not only your friends.
I suffered that a lot, lately.
After they watched it, it's admiring time!, which is even worse.
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12-09-2008, 10:52 AM
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#540
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 48
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Oh dear god...
I think I shall become somewhat of a mole for the next few weeks and just try and hide in a hole so they can't rant about it to me.
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12-09-2008, 10:54 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Kentucky
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12-10-2008, 08:51 AM
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#542
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 48
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*Steals them for own evil anti-twilight purposes*
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12-12-2008, 10:52 AM
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#543
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Between Fascination and Fear
Posts: 1,116
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Almost everyone I know is obsessing over it.
Once, I was reading The Plague by Albert Camus, and this girl comes over to me and starts reading over my shoulder, then says "Oh, this is so boring, you should read Twilight." I swear I almost smacked her in the face.
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12-14-2008, 04:17 AM
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#544
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: Your mother.
Posts: 1,044
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Twilight is just....so.....emo.
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12-14-2008, 11:12 AM
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#545
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: California
Posts: 613
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Originally Posted by Necrophagist
Twilight is just....so.....emo.
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Most Redundant post ever.
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12-14-2008, 11:18 AM
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#546
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 89
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Ouch! I believe if I were to fuck Twilight.. Well, it's just not worth all the paper cuts, unless you like it rough.
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12-14-2008, 11:19 AM
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#547
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: NoVA
Posts: 5,290
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Originally Posted by ÇâlegaDominú
Ouch! I believe if I were to fuck Twilight.. Well, it's just not worth all the paper cuts, unless you like it rough.
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*chokes*
LMAO.
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12-14-2008, 11:38 AM
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#548
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 89
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UNLESS we are talking about the movie. You know those disc-box sleeves can be pretty tempting.
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12-14-2008, 11:48 AM
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#549
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: NoVA
Posts: 5,290
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How could a disc-box sleeve possibly compare with a banana peel?!
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12-14-2008, 11:50 AM
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#550
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 89
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a banana peel!?
Why have I not thought of such ingenius phallic rubb-ery?
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