Comments on: Twilight: A New Hope

By: Evangeline Ollivierra-richards

Evangeline Ollivierra-richards — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:26:06 +0000

i read them all several times i read twlight the lease since i had the dvd. to each his own, this is just me i did nit fancy jacob much he sort of had an anger for all vampires even though were different however kellan or emment has a great body also,breaking dawn needs to split because the honeymoon bella's pregancy and her transformation then edward's and bella's child the other vamps so so much and also taylor will be a wolf alot in bd also his pack.i like when bella in breaking dawn said her name was bella cullen!

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:08:49 +0000

I am not smitten by Darth Vader but he's an easy iconic status among the male demographic to use as Edward's counterpart. This essay wasn't only an outlet for me to criticize Twilight, but to prove the disparities between the sexes when it comes to entertainment values. I'm certain women look at Star Wars, for example, and scoff at the inherent idiocy of some of its concepts just as men do the same with Twilight. I'm writing with that perspective in mind. My initial response to your comment was mostly based on the immaturity expressed in its banal attempt to claim Edward can kick Darth Vader's ass and that Batman is stupid etc… It sounded like any mindless retort based not on the efforts of the argument at hand. Now I see the irony in your response. I do not fault you for your attraction to Edward: I just don't understand it. I suppose that conflict of opinion is important to spur these sorts of debate. I appreciate your comment.

By: AK

AK — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:20:06 +0000

Btw, I haven't read any of the Twilight books and I'm not sure if I want to. The movie was good enough for me.

By: AK

AK — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:16:13 +0000

Ryan, I fail to understand your gripe. Just as you are obviously smitten with Darth Vader, I am smitten by Edward. Even with all his 'supposed' faults. I wouldn't have bothered with passing judgment on Darth had you not ended your article with that petty statement comparing the two. So ask yourself why you are being so petty.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:19:05 +0000

Honestly, I've tried reading this series but its literary style just did not encourage me to continue. I appreciate your argument, since it has been the most credible as of yet, but my time is more valuable than trudging through the miasma of a romantic encounter between a dullard and a senior citizen (I didn't even need a thesaurus to write that sentence). You're acting as if I'm writing a peer-reviewed scholarly article on the implications of veritas in Homer by judging its merits in the Brad Pitt/ Erica Bana mis-adaptation Troy. This is Twilight we're talking about: since I was basing my argument on its cinematic counterpart vis a vis Star Wars, I didn't think it necessary to attempt any further reading of Meyer's masturbatory Mormonism…and I can say that, as growing up in a Mormon household, I encountered its dogmatic inadequacies on the front line. But I was very right about one thing in my article: you Twi-hards justify your arguments not based on their actual content but on the ad hominen insults against the characteristics of the one you are attacking: I guess because I do not see the apparent charm in Meyer or Edward, I have masculine inadequacies. But I fear your argument is based only on the defensive proposition that because I do have a penis, and that I do critique a property deified by a majority fanbase of women, that I automatically conduct any discussion with an inherent sexism. Give me a break. Even I can look back on Star Wars and judge its faults without breaking a sweat. The fact you cannot about your precious Twilight serves the very purpose of my essay: Meyer has crafted a Quranic-masterpiece of which no literary or filmic analysis should be allowed so as not to disturb the elaborate genius of the authorial Oz behind the curtain. I guess Twilight, like Mormonism, is just another splintered religion where innocent, ignorant folk go to lose their souls.

By: Ihaveabrainandavagina

Ihaveabrainandavagina — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:47:46 +0000

I appreciate that you may not feel the need to read the books, but as a writer yourself surely you must understand that a primary source is actually a pivotal source to critical analyses. It is for this reason that you have shown your ignorance in this article. Rather than continually quoting your wife, you would have benefited from quoting the book and making your convoluted and at times nonsensical arguments more credible. That you hide behind the excuse of your genitalia for “the right amount of class to build immunity,” is a hyperbolic statement that degrades not only the entire female population, but also that of your fellow man. As you pointed out several times, Star Wars and other fan bases like it may be as prominently male as Twilight is female, but that does not segregate the sexes nor indicate the intelligence of the individuals who belong to that respective group. Rather than attempting, however so inadequately, to develop asinine and unsubstantiated arguments against a property of which you have only surface knowledge on, why don't you complete the necessary work and research required of a middle school literary analysis project and come back to the table when you have substance to offer to the table of debate that is deeper than the apparently endless pit that represents your issues with your own masculine inadequacies. By the way, if you're going to degrade the entire female sex by claiming superior intelligence, you should possibly look for more meaningful words conducive to proving your intelligence than 'penis.' Though it's obvious you know how to use a thesaurus.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:36:04 +0000

Natalie, the only bottom line surrounding this mysterious draw to the Picasso-rendered Pattinson is the red in the bottom line of indoor tanning studios–due to this new infatuation with pallid, soapstone coated effeminate vampires, men the world over are sealing themselves in hyperbaric chambers in an effort to de-pigment themselves. Pattinson seems like a nice guy, but a George Clooney he is not. I've been told, time and time again, and with the logic of the bemused, that it is the role that makes Pattinson sexy. If this seems practical at all, then by the stretch of a Twi-hard's imagination, put Danny Devito in that brooding, sparkling skin and we'll see how much you women fawn over that hunk of man!

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:28:47 +0000

Just as I suspected. Twilight, and that insufferable Edward, are above reproach…

By: AK

AK — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 05:15:42 +0000

And as a woman who I think that Edward can kill whiny freak Darth Vader with just an icy glance. Also Dark Knight was an insufferable movie and I can't believe it got away with a PG-13 rating. Star Wars is stupid. Batman is even stupider.

By: Addam Hardy

Addam Hardy — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 03:25:54 +0000

Breathe and emit what sex? There is no sex. There is a religious
agenda disguised as a tortured inability to have sex permeating
throughout the entire film in it's misunderstood and horribly executed
hidden mormon rhetoric. I'd enjoy it much better if they had sex
already.