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

[kahva.livejournal.com]

{Nods} From what I know of the books, they're not something I'm going to enjoy - vampires are NOT SPARKLY IN THE SUNLIGHT, durn it all!! Unless, as was suggested by someone a few months ago, they put on body glitter and crashed a Twilight convention. But, I do have a handful of friends who like the books, so for me it's like Harry Potter - doesn't do anything for me, but if others like it, good for them. I'm not going to make fun of them liking the books, and I'm not going to try and ruin anyone's movie going fun on purpose. I've got better things to do with my $8-10 dollars, like putting gas in my car, getting groceries, feeding my cats.

I'm starting to feel sorry for the few I know who like the books, because some of the reviews for the movie don't sound very promising. I think one said that the actors playing the vampires didn't look like attractive, potentially lethal beings, but actors who had simply fallen into a lot of pancake makeup. Sounds to me like the movie is going to be yet another case of fans saying, "The book(s) was(were) MUCH better," when they leave the theatre.

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

You know, there will be plenty of people who like this movie. Just as there are plenty of people who like Harlequin romances. (And I know for a fact some of the people who think "Twilight" is shit also like romance novels. Hell, I've liked a few and I don't think good things about "Twilight" just from what I've read.) If I saw someone reading a romance novel on their lunch break in a restaurant or something, I wouldn't stop to point and laugh at them. That's pretty much what this is.