Twilight (book series) - Page 12

Snowflake · 11-19-2008, 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

i hope so. I think it was Sallah who famously said to Indy and Marion "I am already missing you."

Amen Brother, Amen.

Betty · 11-19-2008, 05:09 PM

Awwww - now take your mushy mush off my sexy vampire thread!

Or at least pretend to have some vampireness while you ask him out!

innerSpaceman · 11-19-2008, 05:11 PM

Oh please, if I could get him addicted to having his blood (or whatever) sucked by me so that he'd stay, I'd do it.

Not Afraid · 11-19-2008, 06:15 PM

The movie may be un-sexy but the characters in the books are FULL of sexiness. Personally, I think it would be shooting yourself in the foot - er, penis - if you saw the movie before reading the book.

innerSpaceman · 11-20-2008, 08:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Not Afraid

Personally, I think it would be shooting yourself in the foot - er, penis - if you saw the movie before reading the book.

If it's an enjoyable book, usually quite the opposite is true.

If you've liked a book and then see the movie, which is almost ALWAYS not as good ... you usually end up not liking the movie. At least that's what usually happens with me.

Whereas if you've never read the book, you might like the movie ... and then love the book when you experience the better version second instead of first.

The downside is you tend to "picture" the characters as the movie actors ... but I think it's a small price to pay.

Not Afraid · 11-20-2008, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

If it's an enjoyable book, usually quite the opposite is true.

If you've liked a book and then see the movie, which is almost ALWAYS not as good ... you usually end up not liking the movie. At least that's what usually happens with me.

Whereas if you've never read the book, you might like the movie ... and then love the book when you experience the better version second instead of first.

The downside is you tend to "picture" the characters as the movie actors ... but I think it's a small price to pay.

There is no actor on earth who could be as hot as Edward is in my imagination. If I saw the film first, I would have deprived myself of total, unbelievable, inhuman sexy - and I wouldn't have wanted to miss that.

I've always had a preference for reading a good story over watching one. My own imagination is usually much better at creating visuals from the text than any cast and crew ever could. If I see a film based on a book first, it takes away from the wonderful imaginary experience when I do read the book and makes the readling a lot less enjoyable.

Betty · 11-20-2008, 08:19 AM

Yay! 17 hours left to go.

blueerica · 11-20-2008, 08:26 AM

So maybe it's best to go in with little expectation (my favorite way to view any film) and just relax.

Chernabog · 11-20-2008, 09:16 AM

I bought it and read the first chapter of the book, which was boring, and then realized that I would be donating to the Mormon Church by purchasing the book, so I'm going to return it to Target and not see the movie. Yeah yeah, it's a drop in the bucket, and Robert Pattinson IS hot, but Roger Ebert's Review kinda clinched it for me. Oh well! Maybe I'll just check the book out from the LA Public Library and not feel so bad

Betty · 11-20-2008, 09:40 AM

Well crap. In my birthday-twilight madness I apparently forgot I'm upgrading quickbooks tomorrow morning. And I can't reschedule as too many other people have changed their schedules to accomodate the downtime.

So - I'll be home at what - 2:30 or 3am then getting up at 4:30! Oh what fun!

11-19-2008, 05:09 PM	#2
Betty Kicking up my heels! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: The Silver State Posts: 3,783	Awwww - now take your mushy mush off my sexy vampire thread! Or at least pretend to have some vampireness while you ask him out! __________________ Nee Stell Thue
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innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Oh please, if I could get him addicted to having his blood (or whatever) sucked by me so that he'd stay, I'd do it.
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11-19-2008, 06:15 PM	#4
Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	The movie may be un-sexy but the characters in the books are FULL of sexiness. Personally, I think it would be shooting yourself in the foot - er, penis - if you saw the movie before reading the book.
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Betty Kicking up my heels! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: The Silver State Posts: 3,783	Yay! 17 hours left to go. __________________ Nee Stell Thue
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blueerica Nueve Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 6,497	So maybe it's best to go in with little expectation (my favorite way to view any film) and just relax. __________________ Tomorrow is the day for you and me
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Chernabog Biophage Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: The Moon Posts: 2,679	I bought it and read the first chapter of the book, which was boring, and then realized that I would be donating to the Mormon Church by purchasing the book, so I'm going to return it to Target and not see the movie. Yeah yeah, it's a drop in the bucket, and Robert Pattinson IS hot, but Roger Ebert's Review kinda clinched it for me. Oh well! Maybe I'll just check the book out from the LA Public Library and not feel so bad __________________ And they say back then our universe Was a coal black egg Until the god inside Burst out and from its shattered shell He made what became the world we know ~ Bjork (Cosmogony)
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11-20-2008, 09:40 AM	#10
Betty Kicking up my heels! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: The Silver State Posts: 3,783	Well crap. In my birthday-twilight madness I apparently forgot I'm upgrading quickbooks tomorrow morning. And I can't reschedule as too many other people have changed their schedules to accomodate the downtime. So - I'll be home at what - 2:30 or 3am then getting up at 4:30! Oh what fun! __________________ Nee Stell Thue
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