People will say I'm crazy when I say that, like Daniel Radcliffe, this obsession over Twilight is starting to annoy me. Oh wait, no, it IS driving me mad. Not the movie per se but all these people who suddenly will forego their nightly fantasies of rockstars & Texas ranchers, Gap models & Wentworth Millers and Piolo Pascuals of this world and trade 'em with..sniff..vampires.
Its not happening here yet as the materials are not available but I can almost see now the walls of girls ages 6 to 60 to be covered with, what else.. sniff... vampires.
No thanks to Stephenie Meyer. The gothic romance that had been associated with vampires for decades was, in 2 hrs and 1 minute, turned into a PG-13 teen romance.Never have I seen a vampire movie that's rated PG-13. And I've seen plenty. Mmmm, I think Van Helsing was a PG13 though. Ok, saved for that one. But the rest were mostly rated R.
I've been so into vampires since I saw a direct-to-video vampire film Subspecies (Bloodstone) in 1991. I was 10 years old then. It was my very first vampire movie and the also the first time that I witnessed a vampire going against its nature and falling in love with a human. I was instantly smitten. I think vampires are very passionate, intense, hypnotic. Well, they're designed that way as Edward Cullen said. And I've been drawn into their web for more than a decade now. In fact, I get out of my way to watch every fanged movie out there, even the foreign ones with sub-titles. And I would sometimes even dream that I'm a vampire, and it would feel so real. creepy. yes, it is. And I'm pretty sure its freaking my roomies out.It doesn't help that I'm a nocturnal person, and that I'm cold-blooded. Not in the I'm-an-axe-murderer-I'm- pals-with-Freddy-Kruger sort of way. It's just that my skin would sometimes feel cold to the touch (hhahaha! am hearing a resounding "Owwsss! at this point). More like clammy, you'd say. But really, I' not pulling anyone's legs off. And a normal temp for everyone is already a fever for me. In short, Im a vampirella in waiting.. or a woman waiting to be
turned into one.
And now, because of the movie, everyone's falling in line giddy with a dream of being turned by their vampire prince. sniff sniff.. so much rivals, not even a possibility of one vampire existing.
Okay, so i was just feeling jealous which is really, really lame. But I can't help it. And that's why the cyberspace really comes in handy for venting purposes, lol! There were only a few of us with that dream before, and now half the world has gotten rid of garlic in their kitchen to up their chances of being turned.. Not that I mind cos I do more than that.. Ive started prowling in the dead of night garbed in a 16th century night gown, avoiding the sun to get super-pale Vampir-esque skin, and... oh, drinking artificial blood.harhar! am not kidding.
But yes, I was kidding. That was downright ghoulish. The fact is I really, really loved the movie, the characters, everything. I loved the Cullens. And I'm grateful for Meyer for highlighting yet another trait of the vampires, that of being fiercely loyal. Not one family has made such an
impression on me since, the Addams Family.Vampires have always been creatures of the dark, enigmatic and full of Old World glamour. To live with them is to give up the light of day though, and everything we've always known about living. It'd be anything but normal. But then the Cullens came along, and that changed. Suddenly, it's not going to be such a drastic, heavy change anymore. And maybe that's why I both love and hate Meyer for writing Twilight. She has perfectly brought to life my ideal vampire. He's no longer the brooding and sexy, yet sulking creature. He laughs, he hold hands, a real sensitive, tender man... I could go on and on. On the one end though, she brought him out there for everyone to ogle at.. which sucks big time.
Its not happening here yet as the materials are not available but I can almost see now the walls of girls ages 6 to 60 to be covered with, what else.. sniff... vampires.
No thanks to Stephenie Meyer. The gothic romance that had been associated with vampires for decades was, in 2 hrs and 1 minute, turned into a PG-13 teen romance.Never have I seen a vampire movie that's rated PG-13. And I've seen plenty. Mmmm, I think Van Helsing was a PG13 though. Ok, saved for that one. But the rest were mostly rated R.
I've been so into vampires since I saw a direct-to-video vampire film Subspecies (Bloodstone) in 1991. I was 10 years old then. It was my very first vampire movie and the also the first time that I witnessed a vampire going against its nature and falling in love with a human. I was instantly smitten. I think vampires are very passionate, intense, hypnotic. Well, they're designed that way as Edward Cullen said. And I've been drawn into their web for more than a decade now. In fact, I get out of my way to watch every fanged movie out there, even the foreign ones with sub-titles. And I would sometimes even dream that I'm a vampire, and it would feel so real. creepy. yes, it is. And I'm pretty sure its freaking my roomies out.It doesn't help that I'm a nocturnal person, and that I'm cold-blooded. Not in the I'm-an-axe-murderer-I'm- pals-with-Freddy-Kruger sort of way. It's just that my skin would sometimes feel cold to the touch (hhahaha! am hearing a resounding "Owwsss! at this point). More like clammy, you'd say. But really, I' not pulling anyone's legs off. And a normal temp for everyone is already a fever for me. In short, Im a vampirella in waiting.. or a woman waiting to be
turned into one.
And now, because of the movie, everyone's falling in line giddy with a dream of being turned by their vampire prince. sniff sniff.. so much rivals, not even a possibility of one vampire existing.
Okay, so i was just feeling jealous which is really, really lame. But I can't help it. And that's why the cyberspace really comes in handy for venting purposes, lol! There were only a few of us with that dream before, and now half the world has gotten rid of garlic in their kitchen to up their chances of being turned.. Not that I mind cos I do more than that.. Ive started prowling in the dead of night garbed in a 16th century night gown, avoiding the sun to get super-pale Vampir-esque skin, and... oh, drinking artificial blood.harhar! am not kidding.
But yes, I was kidding. That was downright ghoulish. The fact is I really, really loved the movie, the characters, everything. I loved the Cullens. And I'm grateful for Meyer for highlighting yet another trait of the vampires, that of being fiercely loyal. Not one family has made such an
impression on me since, the Addams Family.Vampires have always been creatures of the dark, enigmatic and full of Old World glamour. To live with them is to give up the light of day though, and everything we've always known about living. It'd be anything but normal. But then the Cullens came along, and that changed. Suddenly, it's not going to be such a drastic, heavy change anymore. And maybe that's why I both love and hate Meyer for writing Twilight. She has perfectly brought to life my ideal vampire. He's no longer the brooding and sexy, yet sulking creature. He laughs, he hold hands, a real sensitive, tender man... I could go on and on. On the one end though, she brought him out there for everyone to ogle at.. which sucks big time.
With thanks to flickerbitches at http://www.flickr.com/photos/30458455@N03/2854651408/ for the pic.
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