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Goddess Joined: 30 Nov 2006 Posts: 1118 Location: denial

Anyone who has read? I saw these:

...and I now want to read them. XD

Very Old Dragon Joined: 29 Aug 2007 Posts: 693

Ahh Shinga...such an awesome awesome webcomic writer...

Anyways...Revan and I tried to read it. Couldn't get past the first chapter. The prose just made us wince...

Sexing? That's a word?

So, it is safe to assume that this is the new Harry Potter as far as the thirteen year-olds are concerned?

Goddess Joined: 30 Nov 2006 Posts: 1118 Location: denial

Oh, GAWD. I tried to read it. I really did. Kerrist, I couldn't get past the first 20pages!

@_____@

I try to make it a policy to only really comment on something after reading all of it.

In this case, I couldn't. I clawed through Goodkind when he was starting to become a flat-out raving Objectivist. I sobbed my way through GRRMartin's Red Wedding. I somehow endured the rather disappointing finale of Harry Potter.

But in this case, I just couldn't. Therefore, I won't bash it. Yet. This unfortunately, is not one of those cases where it's So Bad Its Good. At least as far as I've tried.

Very Old Dragon Joined: 29 Aug 2007 Posts: 693

>_> But it's not bad enough to be funny...and from what I've been told it's a guilty pleasure thing...like our Tagalog Romance booklets only...international and with a movie... @_@;; Oh dear...

Old Dragon Joined: 30 Aug 2007 Posts: 577

A good intro to Twilight for people who've never read it, and probably never will.

Goddess Joined: 30 Nov 2006 Posts: 1118 Location: denial

Seriously. What is the appeal of these books?

Very Old Dragon Joined: 29 Aug 2007 Posts: 693

It's a cheap romance. >.> Some people live for cheesy stuff like that.

Goddess Joined: 30 Nov 2006 Posts: 1118 Location: denial

setting themselves up for disappointment, huh?

Old Dragon Joined: 30 Aug 2007 Posts: 577

Ayup. I noticed that friends who are closeted romance novel fans loved Twilight - but my friend who IS a proud romance novel fan (like, she's a Nora Roberts fanclub member and stuff) hates the books. And let's not talk about what the Anne Rice fangirl thinks about this series.

I haven't read the book so I don't want to judge it. But there is one thing that I can judge the people who read it in the office. There is one thing in common to them who read the book in our office, most of them are the gullible type, stupid ones meaning those who do not use their logic or graduate from rich kid schools and those who cannot handle a true relationship on their own. Thus the audience say anything regarding the book? Twisted Evil

Very Old Dragon Joined: 29 Aug 2007 Posts: 693

Now for something truly horrible... >.>;;

Goddess Joined: 30 Nov 2006 Posts: 1118 Location: denial

Twilight!!!! Gahd, I am so gonna love Twilight!

Well, no. I love ABS-CBN, actually. Why?

Cuz they've just bought the rights and are making a Tagalog version, "Takipsilim".

HELL, YEAH!!!!!!!

WOOOHOOO!!!

AWESOME!!!!!!

I am adamantly voting FOR the Pinoy version!!!!

Why?

Let's see if ABS-CBN can make an insanely horrible series even more insanely HORRIBLE.

I mean, check out the script!

==

E: Disisyete.

B: Gaano katagal ka nang disisyete?

E: Sandali pa lang.

B: alam ko kung ano ka.

E: Sabihin mo, ng malakas.

B: Bampira.

E: Bakit di mo itanong sakin ang pinakabasikong tanong. Anong kinakain namin?

B: Hindi mo ako sasaktan.

E: Ikaw na ang buhay ko.

==

Check out the cast!

Rayver Cruz as Edward Cullen (who's Rayver Cruz?)
Shaina Magdayao as Isabella Swan
Valeen Montenegro as Alice Cullen
Gabby Concepcion as Dr. Carlisle Cullen
Luis Manzano as Emmett Cullen
Al Tantay as Charlie Swan
Yayo Aguila as Renee Dwyer
Fred Payawan as Jacob Black
Carlos Agassi as James
Chin Chin Gutierrez as Esme Cullen
Karylle as Rosalie Hale
Joross Gamboa as Jasper Hale
Jessy Mendiola as Jessica Stanley
Empress Schuck as Angela Weber
Brad Murdoch as Laurent
Nikki Bacolod as Victoria
Aaron Villaflor as Mike Newton

==

So, lets vote for them to MAKE the godfriggin' Tagalog version!

Check out the "LOVE". <---------------- click!

Very Old Dragon Joined: 29 Aug 2007 Posts: 693

http://twilightsucks.proboards81.com/index.cgi?board=fangirls&action=display&thread=5175&

Fangirls... >.o

Old Dragon Joined: 23 Mar 2007 Posts: 413 Location: Limbo

I hate bashing Twilight (because that means I have to think about that horrid piece of crap). I really wish I could rebutt that book like this.

My friend treats Twilight as her allowance for Fluff reading.

My own standards for Fluff reading is Richelle Mead's Succubus series aka Georgina Kincaid books.

Seen lotsa folk reading Twilight in coffee book shops; probably as a badge to prove that they can read English...snort! snort! snort!

Me thinks that succubi are more interesting fluff than vampires.

If you wanna watch or read a good vampire story, try Heavy Metal's Vampire Knight Requiem or even Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

The best succubi novel I've read is Mike Carey's the Devil You Know, Mike Carey is a comic book writer who has crime noir novels on the side.

Old Dragon Joined: 30 Aug 2007 Posts: 577

Stephen King takes down Twilight:

“Both Rowling and Meyer, they’re speaking directly to young people… The real difference is that Jo Rowling is a terrific writer and Stephenie Meyer can’t write worth a darn. She’s not very good.”

Meyer bow down to the king. Twisted Evil

ALL HAIL THE KING!!!!!