One Mary Sue is much like another

[veronica_rich]

You know, if you're a fan of a "forbidden couple" in your own favorite fandom, I would think the very last thing you would want to do is point and laugh and make fun of teenage girls who love the lead couple in "Twilight."

And anyone who wants to go to the movie to do nothing but point and laugh? Wait a couple of months until it's at the dollar theater. Better yet, wait to rent the DVD. Or buy the book and scream with laughter at home. Let the girls go get their fun out of it first - they're not paying $10 to listen to your "witticisms" and cutting remarks about their taste or relative intelligence. It's an escape - it may not be Chaucer, but it's what they enjoy. I don't believe I would enjoy the books or the movie based on what I've read, but I wouldn't shell out my own money to deliberately ruin somebody else's theatrical experience.

I'm just saying.

Comments

[roguedemon.livejournal.com]

Honestly, I love vampires, I can understand the fascination. I can understand the romantic fascination too -- I was into the Buffyverse. The problem I have is that the writing is sooooo bad. And Bella (that is her name, right?) is a horrible character, she sets feminism back as further than Sarah Palin, as near as I can figure from reading descriptions of the books and excerpts. I mean, is this what women as obsessed with now? And of course, the Vampire is the the cheesiest character that ever cheesed. Characters that are that perfect make me throw up a little in my mouth. Seriously, Meyers must have the maturity/fantasy life of a ten-year-old.

The movie sounds like it might be kind of fun to watch on a rainy Sunday when it turns up on Basic Cable, a few years from now. It sounds like they managed to largely sweep aside the epic fail of Meyer's writing.

It's actually disappointing to me that there's this cool new thing out, and it's so lame.

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

Yep. I wish it was something I could enjoy. I don't think it looks very good. But, I won't go and ruin somebody else's paid experience - as you point out and as I said elsewhere, that's what cable's for. *G*