nurseV said:

No, it just blows.


There's plenty of great stuff out there directed at teenage girls. The Twilight series is not one of them. The Twilight series is utter fucking shit, for so many reasons.

And my ass, living in Vancouver, has to suffer over flash mobs of teenage girls with bad taste shitting themselves and squealing like injured dolphins whenever they see that twat Pattinson. It's happened to me twice now.

errant said:

Much as I love it, Buffy's not without it's problems. But at least the Buffyverse vamps fight, feed, and fuck instead of simpering and moaning and abstaining. What's the point in a fantasy vampire boyfriend if he's about as threatening as the kid behind the counter at McDonald's?

EmeraldSkies said:

The original was much scarier to me.

I never saw the original one. What made it scarier?

EmeraldSkies said:

Don't get me wrong, I liked the newer one, but the old one used sounds and effects that gave you chills. Sometimes the imagination can make things much scarier. That's why I hate gory movies.

You should check it out.

noimageatall said:

I'll do that.

Watching Candyman

meow85 said:

It's not only for teenagers. Every individual has different taste in all, so some adults will enjoy it whilst others will not. I enjoyed it because it introduced a new species of vampires and could appreciate it for that very reason.

PanthaGirl said:

I gave the series an honest try, but I just can't find anything to commend it. Sorry. The books and the movie are poorly written and the special effects in the movie are amateurish at best, the characters are flat and annoying, the leads have zero chemistry with each other, and the romantic aspect is both cloying and insulting and for such a ridiculously unhealthy dynamic is idealized in a very creepy, traditional gender role sort of way.

And the vampires? They may as well be toothless puppies. What's the point in fantasizing about a vampire that doesn't feed, fight, or fuck? At that point, why not just have Edward and his kin be regular guys and be done with it? They're vampires, but they don't do anything vampires do. Why bother?

Also, does Kristin Stewart have some sort of tooth deformity that makes her incapable of closing her mouth ever?

I know you like Twilight and that's cool for you, but man....I'm sorry. I just can't find a single likable thing about the series, and I tried. Lord, did I try.

meow85 said:

Like I said, to each their own. there is absolutely nothing traditional about it and I could appreciate that for a change. All the other traditions have been far exhausted and overdone that I find it boring nowadays, which includes Lestat.

meow85 said:

this was my problem with it as well. i got halfway through the first book and thought "this is just really crap writing." and put it down. and i couldn't get over that it was a complete rip of Buffy, except the protagonist had... like absolutely NOTHING interesting about her and what little personality she DID have was actually pretty unlikable.

and what new species of vampires is Twilight supposed to have introduced? how are they any different than the Buffyverse's angsty vampires-with-souls or Anne Rice's use of angsty vampires to tell tales of redemption?

everything that Twilight does has been done before and done better on screen and on the page. they're just re-telling it to people that need a ham-fisted version of it with little words to comprehend it.

PanthaGirl said:

When I said traditional, I was referring to the gender dynamic between Edward and Bella. I don't care for it.

errant said:

Co-sign your whole post.

Edward is a redux of Angel, who is a redux of Louis.

The notion of a vampire concerned with ethics and humanity was a novel and refreshing one when Anne Rice did it. (like her or no, she did bring that to the table) The trouble is, each successive generation of soulful vamp is more and more derivative of the last. Angel is bearable, but only just barely. At what point is it even worthwhile to write a character as a vampire if they're essentially just a mopey guy with sharp teeth?


Note: The series The Vampire Diaries follows in this mopey!Guy trend. If you've never seen it, it's essentially Twilight, but this time the hot high school heart throb vampire-who-isn't is a football star. No shit!

nurseV said:

Never heard of it

EmeraldSkies said:

It's great!! I tried to look into the mirror and say "Candyman" 5 times but I was too scared.

meow85 said:

I've been following the "Twilight" posts with interest. I haven't read or seen the movies. I absolutely love vampire books and movies, and the when I heard the concept, I was annoyed, so I never bothered.
Plus, that actor that plays Edward always looks like he needs to shower...


Anyway, I've been watching "Vampire Diaries"- mostly out of boredom. I was just about to jump in when I saw that you mentioned it. Stefan is kind of annoying; I like his brother Damon, who is the evil one. But overall, it's "Dawson's Creek" with fangs.



Anyone going to check out "The Vampire's Assistant"?
Is it supposed to be a comedy?

chocolate1 said:

The Vampire Diaries is quite a lot like Twilight in all the most ridiculous ways. Vampire-who-might-as-well--not-be-one, who can go out during the day and is inexplicably physically fit for a guy who died before modern medicine? Check. Smitten, but stupid, human female love interest? Check. "Evil" vampire? If by evil, you mean vamp who behaves like what he is, then check. All this fang-y goodness -in high school!

I'm not sure about The Vampire's Assistant. The promotion for it's been very uneven. I'm not sure if it's supposed to be comedy, satire, or a vampire flick that happens to be kind of funny.
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noimageatall said:

I probably would have been to. Kind of like that Mirrors movie,I avoid mirrors for a good 2 days after watching that.

chocolate1 said:

Don't judge Anne by the quality of those movies that she had little to do with!

thekidsgirl said:

At the very least, not by the quality of that dreadful Queen of the Damned adaptation. The whole thing was balls from start to finish.

thekidsgirl said:

Oh, I don't like her writing.... I still have the bookmark halfway in "Interview". I'd fall asleep every time I tried to read it.

chocolate1 said:

Armand is her best vampire book. IMO

Fright Night

and what's about Lesbian Vampire Killers http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1020885/ ? CRAZY!

sextonseven said:

NEVER AGAIN!!!!!

I'm getting Corpse Bride for Halloween movie night

http://www.bbc.co.uk/beinghuman/

this is the closest I would get to a horror/vampire

this is a horror/comedy/scarey tv programme involves Vampires warewovles and ghosts

chocolate1 said:

Okay, well I'll respect that, to each his own... but I don't like when people blame her for the movie train wreck that was Queen of The Damned

ZombieKitten said:

El orfanato was too scary for you.

Halloween weekend I plan on staying in and watching these Brazilian classics:


At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul (1964)
This Night I Will Possess Your Corpse (1967)

thekidsgirl said:

Oh no... that was all the actors.