Grendel
Bill S. Preston, Esq.
But ... why is all the rum gone?
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Post by Grendel on Dec 29, 2009 9:33:55 GMT -5
I was actually wondering something, and I didn't want to make a thread, but.... It's a world with vampires and werewolves, right? So, where are the monster hunters? I mean, if we have vampires going around a public area with werewolves, starting epic fights, don't you think we'd have some kind of Patrick Van Helsing or something going around trying to track them down? Would it be like a Frog Brother from Lost Boys, or go the route she already went, and make it another woman who wants Edward for herself. What about that? Maybe she'll attack that subject in another poorly written tome? ;D
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Post by Clarence "Showstealer" Mason on Dec 29, 2009 9:56:04 GMT -5
When I tried reading it to appease a ladyfriend as well, my biggest complaint was that when I turned the tables on her and asked her to tell me what it was about the books she found so good, the answers she gave really didn't make any sense to me. If the answer was simply "I'm a sucker for sappy romances with unrealistically beautiful sounding male leads", then fine, but don't try to convince me that Bella is some sort of "courageous" figure or that Edward was a deep character. It would be like me saying that the reason I like the movie The Last Dragon is because it's filled with complex characters and delves into serious philosophical issues, instead of the true reason, which is that I like it because "LEROOOOOOOY...WHO IS THE BAAAAAAADEEEEEEEST?!?!" Ah yes, The Last Dragon. Challenge yourself some time and watch that and then Black Belt Jones back to back. I dare ya ... ;D Anyway, this is all I have to contribute to this thread ... Damn you! I was going to use that! So since I have nothing else to say about the book other than it sucks I'll use this less funny one
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Post by hollywood on Dec 29, 2009 10:31:27 GMT -5
I was actually wondering something, and I didn't want to make a thread, but.... It's a world with vampires and werewolves, right? So, where are the monster hunters? I mean, if we have vampires going around a public area with werewolves, starting epic fights, don't you think we'd have some kind of Patrick Van Helsing or something going around trying to track them down? Would it be like a Frog Brother from Lost Boys, or go the route she already went, and make it another woman who wants Edward for herself. What about that? I got just the man for the job......
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Grendel
Bill S. Preston, Esq.
But ... why is all the rum gone?
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Post by Grendel on Dec 29, 2009 10:45:21 GMT -5
Ah yes, The Last Dragon. Challenge yourself some time and watch that and then Black Belt Jones back to back. I dare ya ... ;D Anyway, this is all I have to contribute to this thread ... Damn you! I was going to use that! So since I have nothing else to say about the book other than it sucks I'll use this less funny one You know, it's really too bad that I'm not tech savvy enough to put Buffy Summers in the same picture with Blade ...
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Post by Mehe is F'n hardcore. on Dec 29, 2009 11:05:25 GMT -5
I was actually wondering something, and I didn't want to make a thread, but.... It's a world with vampires and werewolves, right? So, where are the monster hunters? I mean, if we have vampires going around a public area with werewolves, starting epic fights, don't you think we'd have some kind of Patrick Van Helsing or something going around trying to track them down? Would it be like a Frog Brother from Lost Boys, or go the route she already went, and make it another woman who wants Edward for herself. What about that? I got just the man for the job...... This sounds like fanfiction just waiting to be born. Then optioned for a movie. Then it becomes the biggest blockbuster ever, and Stephenie Meyers cries herself to sleep.
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Post by hollywood on Dec 29, 2009 12:30:46 GMT -5
Sad news... My girlfriend says she'd like me to read the sequels after all.
At least she thinks I can still skip New Moon, tho. So there's that.
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Post by angryfan on Dec 29, 2009 12:43:54 GMT -5
Sad news... My girlfriend says she'd like me to read the sequels after all. At least she thinks I can still skip New Moon, tho. So there's that. Well, you could always say no and sae your sanity, but at least with book three you get some more info on an interesting character (Jasper, who it turns out is kinda a badass) although not as much as I would have liked. I normally don't post spoilers, but... {Spoiler}You ever played a video game where you know, even with slow parts, it's going to lead to something epic, some massive battle scene with just blood and guts and bodyparts everywhere? The kind of thing where you can say, "yeah, it dragged sometimes, and it was a chore at others, but my God, that ending made it all worthwile"? Yeah, the Twilight series is just like that, except the exact opposite. Build and build to a massive battle, complete with vamps from all over the world just itchin to whoop some ass. Some of them have God damn super powers even, like moving earth and gravity and what not, and there are these old Romanian dudes who are encouraging it so they can get their power back.
So it builds and builds, to the point where they all meet in the woods to throw down, and then...nothing. Not a damn thing, not a sausage, just "well, let's all go home now".
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Grendel
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Post by Grendel on Dec 29, 2009 14:12:02 GMT -5
Sad news... My girlfriend says she'd like me to read the sequels after all. At least she thinks I can still skip New Moon, tho. So there's that. Well, you could always say no and sae your sanity, but at least with book three you get some more info on an interesting character (Jasper, who it turns out is kinda a badass) although not as much as I would have liked. I normally don't post spoilers, but... {Spoiler}You ever played a video game where you know, even with slow parts, it's going to lead to something epic, some massive battle scene with just blood and guts and bodyparts everywhere? The kind of thing where you can say, "yeah, it dragged sometimes, and it was a chore at others, but my God, that ending made it all worthwile"? Yeah, the Twilight series is just like that, except the exact opposite. Build and build to a massive battle, complete with vamps from all over the world just itchin to whoop some ass. Some of them have God damn super powers even, like moving earth and gravity and what not, and there are these old Romanian dudes who are encouraging it so they can get their power back.
So it builds and builds, to the point where they all meet in the woods to throw down, and then...nothing. Not a damn thing, not a sausage, just "well, let's all go home now". To quote Homer J. Simpson, "Great merciful crap!!!"
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