This is not The Haters Club You're Looking For discussion
Twilight
Oh Jini, just when I start to think you might be alright.......
I know! It just doesn't go with the other books I ordered. I maintain I got distracted and clicked it into the cart by mistake. Either that or maybe I convinced myself that I needed to read it like I needed to read The DaVinci code - to see what all the fuss was about.
Now what will happen if you wind up loving Twilight? Imagine the level of self loathing then!
OhGodOhGodOhGodOhGodOhGod...Lifetime Movie Shower....OhGodOhGodOhGodOhGodOhGod
Okay Jini,Your story checks out. You have some decent books in there, and you also hated Cell, which definitely weighs in your favor. Pull it together, chica.
Can I just say that I also orderd The Walking Dead #9, and Ductagami? Does that cancel out Twilight?
You're going to hate yourself more when you order New Moon. Those books were like literary Pringles for me. Once I popped, I couldn't stop...
Does that cancel out Twilight?Not sure about that.
I'm currently waiting for Walking Dead # 8 to come in at the library.
Only The Penetrator can cancel twilight!
...gazing into the loop.....I'm guessing The Penetrator is to THC as Buck Gentry is to me: The most ridiculous piece of fiction you could ever find?
Yes. Greg reviewed it here:
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
and here:
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
And Alfonso here:
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/....
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
and here:
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
And Alfonso here:
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/....
How dare you!!!! To speak smack of The Penetrator!!! Ridicoulus you call him!!! Ha! Just read this review http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24... and recognize! (i wanted to add the English sentence enhancer AKA the word Bitch but I don’t know you well enough for that) Tambo, nice!!!
Oh, pardon me. I didn't mean ridiculous. I meant righteous. Mixing up my adjectives. Bad Jini.(And beeyotch would have been just fine.)
I prefer my action heroes to be more cliche.......
I was like "7 new messages in the Twilight thread"?!?! I gotta check this out. Now it makes sense.
I only mean that Amanda learned me how to post pictures to Goodreads, and this seemed like one of the least objectionable pictures I have. I'm such a noob. And I hate that Twilight is scarily addicting so far. Aaarrrggghhh!
Jini, you're not making me feel any better. I'm in a very strange situation, where I know for a fact I will shortly face humiliation. My book discussion group, damn us forever, decided to let each member choose a book and lead the discussion of it. One, a PE teacher for tweens, picked TWILIGHT because it's such a huge "sociological phenomenon," which I guess it is. I know it's badly written, and I know it's adolescent girl pornography, yet I have this funny feeling I won't just be reading it for insights into today's culture, but will on some level be going, "Oooooooh, Edward's so dreamy." Damn damn damn damn damn damn damn damn damn damn damn sonofabitch damn. I am planning a cleansing fast and have already booked a high colonic.
Unfortunately, that PE teacher is right. That's why I read The DaVinci Code. It was stupid, and a freaking FICTION, so I couldn't understand why people were buying into it as being fact. I have yet to make any decisions about Twilight, but now I sort of want to see the movie to see how closely it follows the book since there's so much internalized with Bella, I can't see it being more than a 20 minute flick. I feel dirty.
As well you should, woman, I am certain of it.
I wouldn't find Edward dreamy. NO WAY!
How do you know, Sara? You haven't read it. You might want to marry him. I didn't exactly find him dreamy. Especially not in the first couple books. I found him over-protective and controlling and I found Bella to be a bit of a twit. But they story is just irresistible!! I spent the whole time thinking how dumb and predictable it was, but I was loving every minute of it like a guilty pleasure. And by the 4th book I wasn't even thinking it was dumb and predictable anymore. I have to say I don't think the writing is AWFUL! (Maybe that's just me trying to rationalize liking it. I also adore Kraft Macaroni and Cheese.) It's no great work of fiction but if you can write a story that makes people obsessively read it, even people who go into it thinking they will hate it, you've got something going for you. Right? Plus it was interesting to me to watch the author's wacky Mormon values being played out in a love affair between a human and a vampire. (are Bella's ratty sweat pants a metaphor for the Mormon undergarments? Is Edwards family like a Mormon family-with high moral standards keeping them from participating in acts the other vampires find commonplace? Are the Volteri a metaphor for the Vatican?)
I like Kraft Macaroni and Cheese, too. I get it. I just don't find book characters dreamy, except for this one orphaned criminal with Tourette's Syndrome. I saw the movie on the flight home from visiting Alfonso. I know the entire plot because of my students obssessing and talking about them constantly. I bought Edward candy hearts and handed them out at recess every day, pretending they were a message from Edward to them. My sister feels a Twilight-shaped hole in her soul and desperately wants more, more, more of those books. I just know that it's not for me, though. I just KNOW.
Can't you look at a book or a movie and know you'd hate it? I think I can.
Can't you look at a book or a movie and know you'd hate it? I think I can.
no, I can't do that. I mean I can, and I do, but I'm sometimes wrong. I really thought I would hate Forrest Gump.
Yeah, I sometimes can't tell, but I'm usually pretty good. I thought I would like both Pineapple Express and The Hangover, and I hated both.
I can't really think of a book character I've found "dreamy" (other than Mr. Darcy). Movies work better on me. Kevin Costner's character in Tin Cup!
Gretch - can you explain the whole Mr. Darcy thing? I just don't understand his appeal.
Of course, Rusty. I'm such a cliché.
Wait, that question was for Gretchen. Tambo, is Gretchen one of your dupes? Or are you one of her dupes? Or..........but....is she.....I'm so confused.
Rusty, you haven't seen Tin Cup!? Or are you asking about Darcy? Either way, no, not a bad boy with a heart o' gold. I think I hate bad boys.
Never seen Tin Cup. Costner has been boring since Field of Dreams, and the only golf movie that ever caught my attention was Happy Gilmore.
Mr. Darcy is dreamy because he so completely adores Elizabeth for being outspoken, indifferent, intelligent and a smart-ass in a time when those are not considered positive attributes in a woman. Also because he pines for her. I love that.
Wait, those are considered positive attributes in a woman now?
At lest this conversation has strayed away from the twilight thing.
ha ha Rusty! I guess you're right, except for intelligent. Men like that, right? Anyway...I guess that's why Darcy is such a timeless dreamboat!
ha ha Rusty! I guess you're right, except for intelligent. Men like that, right?Short answer yes, long answer no.
Oh Shit! Here comes my wife. Gotta go.
I thought you meant me, Rusty, because I said I fell for the orphaned criminal with Tourette's Syndrome (from Motherless Brooklyn). He IS a bad boy with a heart of gold, as Darcy and Tin Cup guy are not. That's why I was confused.
I liked Tin Cup! He was great in it.
I liked Tin Cup! He was great in it.
Jini wrote: "Here's the antidote to Twilight.Buffy vs. Edward "
OMG! AWESOME!!!!!! Buffy kicks ass!!!! I loved the part when she says: what are you 12? HAHAHAHAHHAHA!
Fuck Sarah Michelle GelLAR with her stupid wrongly pronounced name.
WAIT!!!! What??? Dude, don’t you dare to speak ill of Buffy!!!!! She kicks ass!!!!!!! what I find funny is how the description of the video talks a lot of shit about pro-feminist and how creepy the stuff in twilight is… well funny thing, they using material from the episodes where spike started to court Buffy… and she said all those horrible things to him, but guess what? He did got to nail buffy, and Edward too gets freaking Bella…. So idk! p.s. I had a really weird dream with you last night Gretchen!!!!
Dude… my dreams are really REALLY I MEAN REALLY FUCK UP! So don’t judge please…:I was walking in barefood in the city compleaning on how dirty it is… when I saw “bola de carne” (from one of Karen’s reviews), singing and I recognized it (it was a dream ok! This shit is not supposed to make sense!!!) then you came from behind me a hug me and gave me a kiss (on the cheek) (the one in my face nick!) and off we went to roam the city…. Then you took me to a weird area where some gay mexican mariachis prostitutes dudes were offering their good services… I told you it wasn’t funny and you decided to pay a bunch of them to try to kiss me…. IT WAS HORRIBLE! For some reason I was screaming I don’t have a problem with y’all being gay but don’t fucking touch me!!! there I said it!
Can I change my answer in the survey to say that Alfonso's dream is officially my favorite quote from a book review? (So what if it's not a book review?)
You have full permission to thunk me on the noggin.