The big Breaking Dawn re-read...

"Like a junkie with a limited supply, the day of reckoning was coming for me. The more hits I took now, the harder it would be when my supply ran out."


Dear Stephenie,

My supply will soon run out. Again. How many times can I re-read the Twilight series? (OK, don't answer that.) Please, oh please, won't you go to your quiet place and start writing something Twilight-related again? Whether you finish Midnight Sun... or continue where Breaking Dawn left off... or start a kick-ass prequel of Carlisle's turning or Edward's life before being turned... it's all good. All of it. You have lifetimes of material to work with. So please, for the love of all that's holy, work with it.

You most sincere and humble (addict) servant,
Carol

A Few Good Twihards

So I went out with some of my Twilight buds last night. Jen L, Shannon C, Jen M. Great women - who are just as over-the-top as me where Twilight is concerned. (Well, maybe not Jen L. She wouldn't take pictures of yellow Porsche's in parking lots.) Oh and note to self - COSMOS ARE THE DEVIL. But what's funny is that we feel like we have to whisper in the parking lot at school - or go out at night - to discuss Twilight. Because Twilight mania is going on everywhere - yet still a somewhat underground thing. And I have become a major supplier. A Twilight go-to girl, if you will. I feel like Jack Nicholson in "A Few Good Men", doing a dirty job that I love - in secret. My existence - while grotesque and incomprehensible to you - saves lives. The lives of women who just need an escape from kids or work. So I chat up Twilight or write a blog or buy the books for my friends and family, just to spread the word. And here's the bottom line. YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH. You don't want the truth because deep down in places you don't talk about at parties, you WANT me on that wall. You NEED me on that wall. Yup. I deal Twilight. And I like it. PS - Guess who grew up in my little area of the Jersey shore? If you guessed Jack Nicholson, you are correct. He came back a few years ago to go to his 50th high school reunion. Once a local, always a local.

Eclipse Trailer

Oooh dang. Pretty darn good.

Happy Birthday, Rob!

Of all days for a Twilight blog owner's internet connection to go on the fritz, Robert Pattinson's birthday should NOT be one of them. (Cablevision sucks in ways internet providers should not suck.) So - sorry I'm a bit late in getting to the big webby party... but I wanted to throw a big HAPPY BIRTHDAY out there to our favorite vegan vampire. Now get out there and party (preferably in front of lots of camera phones) so I'll have something to blog about tomorrow!

Awesome New Moon Trailer

Here's a new fan-made New Moon trailer. Honest to god, it made me cry. I am so sad over Jacob right now (maybe because I'm early on in my reread of Breaking Dawn) and this just drove a knife right through my heart. I am BEYOND STOKED for this movie (insert nervous laughter here).

Oh SNAP!

Dear Jessica,

Ditching our scripts is inexcusable and you couldn't be any more fired. No need to return to the set. We will be replacing you very soon with someone who actually gives a shit about our movies.

Love,
Summit Entertainment.
PS - That dress in Twilight made you look a hooch. Just sayin'.

Damn, boyfriend!

I am 39-and-holding - and this guy is barely legal - and I'm pretty sure I could be arrested for some of the thoughts that go through my brain when he's looking so damn Edwardesque. Imagine waiting for someone at the airport - and all the sudden this gets off the plane. I think the screaming in my head would drown out the gate announcement about whoever I was picking up, rendering me completely useless. But I would pretend I wasn't even looking at him, because that's what I always do when I have the occasional celeb run-in. (C'mon, Andrew Shue still counts, doesn't he?!) One good thing in this scenario is that my Edward would never wear this black-on-black ensem. Nor the hood. Nor the Keds. So I feel a little better. Check out more shots at Gossip Girls.

Twilight is soooo beneath me, dahhhling!

You have to read this. It's not the blog post, but the comments. They're deliciously fun to read. I swear, dissing Twilight is the new black. And you can quote me on that.

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day! And clean up this mess... NOW!

That's impolite...

"I would have pressed the issue, but then Jacob honked his horn - two quick, impatient honks." "That's impolite", Edward growled.

You know - I couldn't figure out why it bothered me so much that they made Edward honk in the movie when he picked Bella up for school the first time. THIS is why! It just wasn't Edward. In Twilight, didn't Bella walk outside to drive to school, and Edward was just standing there in front of his car? It was typical of Edward to just... appear. That kindof MADE that scene in the book, actually. There was no call, no advanced warning. And he was making a huge statement in doing so. I felt like the honking in the movie was too boring and... human - for lack of a better word.

They better not be messing with New Moon too much. Having him honk is something totally small - but out of character. I fear what they could do to the next three films.

This makes me giggle.

Twittering New Moon

Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in. I was about to quit Twitter after a very small amount of time being on it. But I am now following "Aro", "Caius" and some Summit Entertainment dude from Utah. It's really weird. I think I feel dirty. But I just can't look away. Not when I'm getting delicious set updates from New Moon. It's just too tempting!

My New Moon Playlist

My New Moon Playlist is growing. Stay tuned for more.

So Stalkeriffic

Oh my god so cute. Brooke Shields met Rob. P. on a plane ride from Vancouver last week. I should be so lucky. LOOK at him. I love it when he looks like Edward. (I have to throw him props since I bust on the poor kid every other day for his usual hair. NOT in these photos.) PS - look at how scared he looks, not knowing what's waiting for him around the corner. Poor guy. The most stalked man on the planet right now. Thanks to laineygossip.com for the info. Another great site for Twilight dirtage.

NJ TwiTour???

OK am I the only dolt who didn't know about an August Twilight convention in NJ (THE SIP, no less!) with the actors who play Emmett, Alice, Jasper, Charlie, Mike (giggle) and holymotherofgodonhigh CARLISLE?!?

Remember how I said I'm too into the books to be phased by any of these actors? If that is true, then why am I kindof totally wanting to go to this?!

Hey Rowan girls... what do you think?!

30 Days of Whoops!

OK so today we're seeing some backtracking by David Slade ("30 Days of Night" director who will be directing "Eclipse") after some negative Twilight Twittering he did back when Twilight was out in theaters. Below are the original comments (thanks Slashfilm.com) and the major backtracking email he sent to twilightlexicon.com (awesome site, btw, check it out). 

I have to weigh in and say I couldn't care less about these comments. Let me tell you a little story about a girl named Carol who had zero desire of reading a silly little teen series named Twilight. When I first heard about it, I was all entrenched in Vampire Bill's shizz (from True Blood) and thought I was sooo above a teen novel. This is probably why I am so adamant about the fact that Stephenie Meyer didn't write Twilight to be a teen novel... but I digress. At any rate - he knew nothing about Twilight when he ripped on it and c'mon - it was being positioned as a teen series - thus a teen film. I totally ripped on the commercials when it was in theaters! And now look at me! Obsessed Twilight freak who discusses the semantics of Esme's glass wall addition with Shannon in the school parking lot! (And for the record, Mr. Slade's comments were pretty damn funny - to the point where I'll bet Stephenie Meyer and the cast would laugh about them). So survey says: whatevs!

And PS - as I've said before - if you haven't seen 30 Days of Night - run, don't walk, to your nearest Blockbuster and rent it. The suspense in that movie will knock your socks off. I cannot WAIT for this version of Eclipse. WORD.

From Twilightlexicon.com (we'll call this, simply, "the backtracking"):

“Dear Laura and Lori

I would be grateful if you could distribute this statement to the fans of Twilight:I would like to address some statements that I made regarding Twilight.

When I made these comments, I had neither seen the film nor read the books. I was promoting a comedy short film that I had made for Xbox and every pop culture subject was seen as a possible comedy target. I was being silly and none of the statements were from the heart.

Of course, I have since seen the movie and read the books and was quickly consumed with the rich storytelling and the beautifully honest characters that Stephenie Meyer created.

I would like to reassure everyone involved that I am invested in making the best film that I am humanly capable of, and that I am acutely aware of the power of the original books we serve.

Please be rest assured this statement is absolutely from the heart.

yours sincerely

DAVID SLADE”

From slashfilm.com (the original comments):

…and so yesterday we were trying to find a movie to see and we’d seen all the good ones, you know, and there was nothing really coming out this weekend that we really fancied at all and having directed a vampire film and really gone for something completely different to the kind of romantic, you know, repressed hormone teen vampire movie we really weren’t interested in seeing Twilight but a lot of people said lets go so I wrote -

“Twilight drunk? No, not even drunk. Twilight on acid? No, not even on acid? Twilight at gun point? Just shoot me.”

[That’s like] a poem in a way [...] at this point excites me even though people think I’m a really violent and unpleasant person I actually do have this romantic violent side to me. Maybe I should have seen Twilight.

Will the real Edward Cullen please stand up?

So last night I'm Googling something having nothing to do with Twilight (can you imagine?) And I stumble upon this PR blog entry from July of 2008 regarding up-and-comers in the acting world. And what I REALLY find interesting isn't that the author's FIRST pick is Robert Pattinson. No Sir. What I REALLY find interesting is that her SECOND pick is Henry Cavill. Not only the Hottie McHottie who plays Charles Brandon on the Tudors - but STEPHENIE MEYER'S alleged original pick to play none other than EDWARD CULLEN in Twilight. (Her Edwardy brain muse, if you will.) Unfortunately Henry Cavill was just a few years too old to play Edward. But it's interesting to me that this person thought of him right after Robert Pattinson for general acting goodness. And make sure to click the photos; the one of Rob. P. is absolutely adorable and probably a few years old, before he and his hair got all Muppety on us. Word.

A County of "Noooo"?

So the latest is that Justin Guarini wants this song to be part of the New Moon soundtrack. He wrote it with two songwriters from Nashville. I don't know how to describe this song well, so you need to go listen to it, yourself, on perezhilton.com or youtube for that matter. But Perez has some tremendous reader comments after the song, if you're in the mood for a giggle.

I... I... Hmmm. This isn't going to be easy. But I'll try. There is something I like about the song. The intro... and the music in between verses. But the singing is wrong. NO OFFENSE to Justin Guarini because I dig him and he's from Philly so I've got all the love for him. It's not that I don't like his singing - just not the way he's singing on this song. It's like... too... Top Gun/Kenny Loggins or something. And it's too country. Whereas the music - in spots - is not. It's just not working - at least not for the New Moon soundtrack. And PS - "I can't touch you with my fingertips"? No. Uh uh. No No No.

Oh god - it gets worse. I did a search for Justin Guarini so I could double check - and came across his official website, where he isn't begging, but asking - strongly. And it's sad, because he's better than that. Way better.

The Big Eclipse Reread

OK so I'm now rereading Eclipse and getting to that point where I need to talk about it. Kindof amusing, seeing as that's what made me start this blog in the first place.

First of all - sigh - Edward sings Bella to sleep. I don't think I appreciated that as much the first time around. It's so sweet. I'm always saying single guys should read the Twilight series so they'll know exactly what women want in a man. But come on. Writing lullabies and singing them them to you in the middle of the night? That - shit - don't - happen (said like Chris Rock).

So now I'm reading the part when Bella and the Cullens know someone was in Bella's room - and they're all being protective of her (gag) - and Edward is sitting on her couch while she's talking to Jacob on the phone. And he reaches his hand out for the phone. And he talks to Jacob. And they get along. It's really a turning point and again, I didn't appreciate it the first time around. Seeing as I sobbed like a baby when Edward called Jacob "my brother - my son" at the end of Breaking Dawn, you'd think I would have. I am such a pile of mush at the thought of Edward and Jacob being friends. Choke me in the shallow water before I get too deep, please.

*My thanks to stepeniemeyer.com for the graphic.

Whoa. Just... Whoa.

I have just come to the conclusion that pretty much any Stabbing Westward song ever written would be good in New Moon. Seriously. They're all full of angst and bitter, loathing feelings about oneself because someone left them or they can't be with the one they love. It's uncanny. "What Do I Have To Do"? Ugh. Totally Jacob's theme song. "Save Yourself" - Jacob to Bella when he becomes a werewolf. "Haunting Me" - HELLO? MCFLY? Every friggin time Bella hallucinates Edward.

Look at the cover of their fourth album - "Stabbing Westward". That could be Bella suffering, in a parallel universe. (A very dark, parallel universe where she clearly let's Alice do her makeup, but a parallel universe none the same.)

And look at the red font and the symbol in it. Holy crap. So Twilight. I LOVE IT. (And I have to mention that "Save Yourself" is a little explicit - ie - he floats the "F" biscuit. Just thought you might want to know.)