Controversy: Twilight

I'm sorry that this video is so freaking long. I had a lot to say. It was 20 minutes of raw footage, so you really should be thanking me.

Thanks to Ann and Janet for discussing this with me.

Ann:
http://www.youtube.com/user/AbsolutelyAnn
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The beginning of this video is a blatant rip off of this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzdWIx_xwm0

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[CCGilthoniel]

I -still- come back to this now and then when I need to re-fuel my hope that there are still some sane people in this world. (Actually, whenever I see/hear someone fangasming over Twilight, but still.)

I realize the video is old, and I'm sure you could make a better one now, but either way the points are -still- just as valid.

Seriously makes me want to take some kind of literary analysis class with a big finalizing essay project just so I could argue the same thing (and finish some VLPA).

[JustMargaret]

@CCGilthoniel You're right, I really could make a better one now. I've thought about it, but I'm not sure if I have the same passion against Twilight that I did back in the day. I'm just sick of it now, and I don't want to contribute to its fame and discussion.

[MrShredder67]

REAL werewolves cant control when they transform. they only turn on a full moon. Vampires can turn into bats and perish the instant they are in light. also, they can fly. stop calling twilight a vampire/werewolf movie because they arent

[JustMargaret]

@MrShredder67 First of all, there's no such thing as real vampires or real werewolves. So I think it's totally within SMeyer's right to call them vampires and werewolves-- it's her world. What I object to is how she heard the complaints of people like you, who pointed out that her werewolves don't match the conventional description of the fictional creature, and then CORRECTED herself in the last book, calling them "shape-shifters". She should have been consistent and supported her work.

[brentkillian]

I have never seen the books or watched the movies and I promised myself that I would never do either. Main reason is how SM portrays vampires Joss Whedon did a million times better with Buffy and Angel

[JustMargaret]

@brentkillian Freaking YEAH! I mean, in my eyes Joss Whedon can do no wrong anyway, but seriously. SMeyer's vampires suck. It's so disheartening.

[jconradi2345]

dear twilight fans: roasteddd

[JustMargaret]

@soyfungus The numbers, in my opinion, speak more about young girls and how they think than it does to the books themselves. I think one of the reasons the books are so tragically popular is that Bella has no personality, so girls are able to insert themselves into her character and read the book that way. Whether SM did that on purpose, or because she just can't write a decent character is another issue.

And it's not about physical! He is MENTALLY 100 years older than her. That. Is. Gross.

[sledgehockeyg1rl]

Thank you! I hate twilight because o all these things and if some guy gave me a quote from Edward I'd either 1) laugh at them or 2) Give them a WTF look and turn around and walk away, far, far away.

[JustMargaret]

@RobynasaursRex Thank you! I've thought about re-making this video because I think I could do it better now, and it's such a popular one, especially for how old it is.

[somelostideas]

I think if Stephanie Meyer would have actually researched things and thought out the books, Twilight could have been better. They seem too much like rough drafts of potentially better books.

Also: If they got rid of the pedophilia-ridden relationship (Bella & Edward; Jacob & Rennesme [spelling?])

[gandalf587]

Margaret, you rock, and i'm totally gonna make myself a 'I love JustMargaret' t-shirt.

[ginnyvideo]

an also: it's called infatuation

[ginnyvideo]

techically, unitl bella turned 18, edward was a pedo, so you win :)

and i now know why my interest in twilight waned after i read it: it's not a good series.

i do maintain this though: the first book was the best, and is actually okay to read. she should have stopped after that, because it bcomes like a fanfiction after that.