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    Image of KittyKittyCat KittyKittyCat
    11/21/09

    In reply to Howling At New Moon: Midnight Screening Is Total Mayhem
    Yay for going home to West Texas where movies are $5! I'm totally paying money to see this shit. And making my boyfriend come with me!
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    Image of KittyKittyCat KittyKittyCat
    11/21/09

    @KittyKittyCat: Also, thank you Dodai for being able to describe my fascination with Twilight better than I ever good. The whole time I was reading them I just kept thinking "these are awful... MUST READ MORE" I'm convinced she laces the pages with something addictive.
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    Image of Snowbunny Snowbunny
    11/21/09

    @KittyKittyCat: I am Thankful for New Moon being released right around Thanksgiving so I can go home to my small town and watch it in cheap seclusion after stuffing myself with heavenly foods.
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    Image of OneTwoPunch OneTwoPunch
    11/21/09

    @KittyKittyCat: No way! I'm going to West Texas, too. Hmm, good idea. 'Course it's about an hour drive to the town with the Super Wal-Mart, but what the heck.
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    Image of prettycool prettycool
    11/20/09

    In reply to Howling At New Moon: Midnight Screening Is Total Mayhem
    I'm just pissed that some friends of mine went to see this last night completely wasted and didn't invite me.
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    Image of the glamwich the glamwich
    11/20/09

    @prettycool: in the theater my friends went to, some girl vommed because she was so blitzed.

    i guess she thought it was New Moon with Blue Moon.
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    Image of KATE! KATE!
    11/20/09

    @the glamwich: i vomited in the bathroom at the midnight showing of the last harry potter before the movie even started. when i went back to the theatre i couldnt find my friend so i started calling his name only to realize i was in the wrong theater. needless to say, the next morning i realized that i had to go watch the movie again because i didnt remember ANYTHING that happened.

    butterbeer will fuck your shit up. especially when its actually tequilia.
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    Image of tiredfairy tiredfairy
    11/20/09

    In reply to Howling At New Moon: Midnight Screening Is Total Mayhem
    I wonder if the reason so many girls identify with Bella, or want to, or relate to her is because of her passivity. Being a teenage girl is really difficult, and maybe they feel ignored and helpless. Lacking in agency, or even knowing what that really means. The things that Edward "loves" about her are all things you'd hopefully grow out of as you got older and found your place in the world.

    Such as: that particular kind of low-self esteem that looks like humility or lack of ego so some male character can say, all broody, "you just don't know how beautiful you are". It masquerades as an appealing/non-threatening trait. It's like nearly every story I've read by a certain type of 15 year old girl. Or romance novel. It's a trope that plays out again and again. Much like her physical weakness, dependency, etc. But all I can guess is that more girls and women maybe -feel- that way or relate to it somehow.

    Of course, there's also the fact that, whatever else, it's a story from Bella's perspective, and the female perspective has been fairly rare in mainstream film for awhile.

    I just...I wish it was a -better- perspective. One that wasn't so reliant on helplessness and victimization, or creepy tropes about "true love". Or was more self-aware of that. That's one of the reasons I love Buffy. The self-awareness. It knew when it was being overwrought, it knew how to self-critique, and it was far more complex.
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    Image of WaltzingMatilda WaltzingMatilda
    11/20/09

    In reply to Howling At New Moon: Midnight Screening Is Total Mayhem
    I will be patiently waiting until two weeks has passed before I dare venture into a theater.

    Then again, I did the same thing for the last movie and still ended up sitting behind crazed pre-pubescent girls that squealed every time Robert Pattinson came on screen. I almost rolled my eyes out of my head and kept saying to the Mr. - "this movie is truly terrible, but the experience of watching it like this may have made it worse."

    I mean, I get it... but ugh.
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    Image of cheshirecounty cheshirecounty
    11/20/09

    @WaltzingMatilda: I saw it Twilight two weeks after, and there was still an audible gasp from the audience of mostly thirteen year old girls when Robert Pattison came on the screen for the first time.
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    Image of maybeimamazed02 maybeimamazed02
    11/20/09

    In reply to Howling At New Moon: Midnight Screening Is Total Mayhem
    I always liked Bella and Jacob's relationship in the book (yes, I read them). He's decidedly imperfect toward her at times, but they seemed to have more of an intellectual connection than Bella and Edward.

    Hate Bella as a heroine. Always have. I write YA, and ever since I read Twilight I strive to make my female protagonists the opposite of Bella. That is to say articulate and active.

    Won't be seeing the movie, but probably will be buying the soundtrack. So many good artists on there--Twilight franchise, why must you force me to support you?
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    Image of Zombie Ms. Skittles Zombie Ms. Skittles
    11/20/09

    @maybeimamazed02: Seriously, is it possible to be "Team Edward" because you think Jacob deserves better?
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    Image of cheshirecounty cheshirecounty
    11/20/09

    @Zombie Ms. Skittles: Let's not forget, he's going to get the next best thing, Reneesme!
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    Image of Zombie Ms. Skittles Zombie Ms. Skittles
    11/20/09

    @cheshirecounty: I like to pretend like that doesn't happen. In my version, he's so heart broken he runs away to Texas and we meet and fall in love and have hot sexy sex.
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    Image of cheshirecounty cheshirecounty
    11/20/09

    @Zombie Ms. Skittles: I would also like to wipe that love story from my brain. The "imprinting" thing always strikes me as kind of ooky.
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    Image of meritxell: an erotic life meritxell: an erotic life
    11/20/09

    @cheshirecounty: The whole imprinting thing squicks me out to no end. So you can't be with Bella because of her immortal luv with the Sparkle Vamp? Here, try her half-human half-vamp fetus that's been eaten out of her womb by her husband! Cheers!
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    Image of limber limber
    11/20/09

    @cheshirecounty: The most hideous bit of that was she test-ran it in book 3, resulting in many reactions of "eeeurgh! Teenager with TODDLER?". I have no earthly idea why she'd double down on "best friend with infant daughter".

    Vom!
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    Image of the dodo, the cuckoo, and the nene the dodo, the cuckoo, and the nene
    11/20/09

    In reply to Howling At New Moon: Midnight Screening Is Total Mayhem
    "I found them hypnotic, yet frustrating: The writing wasn't great and the story dragged; yet I was always curious to know: What happens next?" Ahhh this is exactly how I felt, except that I trudged through all 4 books because I felt it was my duty as a teen librarian.
    I am Team Jacob. I was after reading the books, and I still am after viewing the clips. (I will never watch the movies though) Too bad we all know how it ends!
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    Image of salthegeek salthegeek
    11/20/09

    In reply to Howling At New Moon: Midnight Screening Is Total Mayhem
    Jacob and his chronic lack of shirt syndrome is making me feel really really inadequate. Damn you sexy wolf boy.
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    Image of SouthernSatine SouthernSatine
    11/20/09

    @salthegeek: If it makes you feel better, he makes me feel really inappropriate and creepy. Seeing as how he's only, like, 17.
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    Image of salthegeek salthegeek
    11/20/09

    @SouthernSatine: He's 17 and that ripped. Damn it!
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    Image of Zombie Ms. Skittles Zombie Ms. Skittles
    11/20/09

    @SouthernSatine: He turns 18 in February. If I can just induce blindness until February, I can stop being the creepy girl.
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    Image of dirtybee dirtybee
    11/20/09

    In reply to Howling At New Moon: Midnight Screening Is Total Mayhem
    I plan on getting very stoned before going to see this on Sunday at the Alamo Drafthouse.
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    Image of Sputnik_Sweetheart Sputnik_Sweetheart
    11/20/09

    In reply to Howling At New Moon: Midnight Screening Is Total Mayhem
    Bella gets a paper cut in front of a pack of vamps

    Is it a good idea to reference a classic vampire movie in your crappy vampire movie?
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    Image of BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit) BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit)
    11/20/09

    In reply to Howling At New Moon: Midnight Screening Is Total Mayhem
    Team Ripped Chest!
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    Image of Zombie Ms. Skittles Zombie Ms. Skittles
    11/20/09

    @BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit): Seriously, I'm thinking of going to Burger King and getting one of those "Team Jacob" water bottles. Not because I like Twilight or even BK, but I like water bottles, Taylor Lautner, and irony.
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    Image of TheUptightMidwesterner TheUptightMidwesterner
    11/20/09

    In reply to Howling At New Moon: Midnight Screening Is Total Mayhem
    The only thing I that justified this book's existence for me, is that Meyer captured the entire post-break-up melt down that Bella had almost perfectly.
    It has been a long time since I was dumped and I was feeling it all over again reading that part.
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    Image of la.donna.pietra la.donna.pietra
    11/20/09

    @TheUptightMidwesterner: She can't write for beans, but damn can she capture the exact moment Clint Burkhart kicked me to the curb. I cannot for the life of me figure out how she does it.
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    Image of Mayor Squeakerton Mayor Squeakerton
    11/20/09

    @TheUptightMidwesterner: That's what my sister said - "I love it because you're reminded of being in love in high school."

    Maybe no one remembers themselves as being in love in high school, but that's when I went through my "ugly" phase, involving The Who shirts, ripped jeans, flannel, and Birkenstocks (2002). My sister, on the other hand, opted for too-big men's dress pants exclusively from Goodwill, little graphic tees from Hot Topic/Alloy/Delia*s, paperclip necklaces, purple/burgundy hair, and 14 lbs of eyeliner (2001).

    I'm sorry, this is the set of feelings we WANT to revisit?
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    Image of la.donna.pietra la.donna.pietra
    11/20/09

    @Mayor Squeakerton: Oddly enough, when you're in your 30s, you do. It's very strange. 15-19 were hands-down the worst years of my life, and now I'm all nostalgic for aspects of them.

    1994 featured flannel, mom jeans, unironic wolf t-shirts, and Docs, for me. Also, Birkenstocks in summer.
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    Image of hortense hortense
    11/20/09

    In reply to Howling At New Moon: Midnight Screening Is Total Mayhem
    Dodai, do you think having a female director on the first film and a male director on the second film made a difference at all?
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    Image of Dodai Dodai
    11/20/09

    @hortense: It had a different feel, for sure; it seemed slightly less overwrought than the first movie. But I wouldn't say that's because a man directed it.
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    Image of Steve_Holt Steve_Holt
    11/20/09

    @hortense: Good question, Hortense!

    Along the same lines: did you notice much of a difference at all with the new director? I admit I watched the first movie and aside from the plot I thought that the movie was unwatchable because of the direction. I had seen Kristen Stewart before in a few other movies (Speak!!!!)and thought she was a pretty solid actress, same with RobPat, so I blamed the director. Also the poor writing. Thoughts?
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    Image of Zombie Ms. Skittles Zombie Ms. Skittles
    11/20/09

    In reply to Howling At New Moon: Midnight Screening Is Total Mayhem
    I knew I could count on you for a hard hitting investigative report about the merits of New Moon. I'm actually planning to go see the movie tomorrow afternoon with another girl primarily because I have nothing better to do and hey, werewolf!
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    Image of Kivrin Kivrin
    11/20/09

    In reply to Howling At New Moon: Midnight Screening Is Total Mayhem
    The paper cut scene made me guffaw the first time I saw the trailer. I haven't read the books, so I was like, "Really? That's the big drama the causes the breakup? REALLY?" Too. Effing. Funny.
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    Image of PennyFarthing PennyFarthing
    11/20/09

    @Kivrin: Sounds like a good enough excuse to me. Getting a paper cut shows weakness.
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    Image of Helen Valentine Helen Valentine
    11/20/09

    @PennyFarthing: I mean, someone like Martha Stewart would NEVER get a paper cut. It's a waste of time.
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    Image of SharonTaint SharonTaint
    11/20/09

    In reply to Howling At New Moon: Midnight Screening Is Total Mayhem
    I'd ask what fresh hell this was but unfortunately the hell is quite familiar at this point.
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    Image of madeofawesome madeofawesome
    11/20/09

    @SharonTaint: What stale hell is this?

    Hearted for the Dorothy Parker ref.
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