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io9.com - 11/23/2008

Twilight Makes for the Best Fanwank Ever [Twilight]

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Yesterday's release of Twilight made certain that your weekend will be filled with the sound of screaming tweeny fangirl hordes, an auditory experience that the movie's lead actor Robert Pattinson described as "terrifying ... like the sound you hear at the gates of hell." It would be easy to ...

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io9.com - 11/21/2008

Twilight's Hidden Morality Plays [Rant]

— io9.com — When will mainstream media stop claiming there's a "positive" message in the Twilight books that inspired the... eponymous teen-bait movie? The Twilight book series is many things, but empowering it is not. The more you examine author Stephenie Meyer's themes, the more obvious it becomes that her ... (more) Twilight's Hidden Morality Plays [Rant]

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nymag.com - 11/21/2008

28 Reasons That ‘Twilight’ the Movie Is Better Than ‘Twilight’ the Book ...

— nymag.com — We're sure plenty of superfans of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series will complain loudly about the movie adaptation... of the first book, Twilight , after they leave tonight's midnight screenings. They won't like the casting, or they'll be upset the ... (more) 28 Reasons That ‘Twilight’ the Movie Is ...

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darkfantasy.org - 11/26/2008

Ten Things You Should Know About Twilight

— darkfantasy.org — 1. No, that is not a siren going off every ten minutes. That’s just the audience squealing.... Unless your audience goes through simultaneous puberty during the kissing scene and their jeans catch fire, in which case it might actually be the fire alarm. Listen for exit instructions. (more) Ten Things You Should Know About Twilight

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• EmilyBlips

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  Hahaha, I love all the reactions to this stuff. I don't even need to experience any of it! All the blog posts are enough.

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Sunday Link-A-Mania
SFX — ... in the US yesterday and while it's been enormously popular with the dedicated fans, io9 rounds up responses from those less convinced about the phenomenon. Here on SFX we won't mock other people's fandom (much) but the comments from Twilight star Robert Pattinson about the attendees' screams ("like the sound you hear at the gates of hell"), about the character he plays ("he's the most ridiculous person") and about the original author Meyer ("completely mad") gave us some amusement. Click here to visit io9 . Don't forget, folks, that we have an interview with Pattinson himself ...

The lulzing: Twilight in Fifteen Minutes
Club Jade — Cleolinda, whose Twilight-for-the-lulz obsession has fed all our urges to know more about the not-quite-Harry-Potter event of the year, has come through with Twilight in Fifteen Minutes. Since we’re on the topic, the movie made an estimated $70.5 million opening night, and the sequel was promptly greenlit. Poor Robert Pattinson - there’s no escape for him now.