Any TWILIGHT fans out there??!!

**jennielynn1970** · 03-25-2008, 10:31 AM

I just had someone ask me about my siggy, and I had to laugh. I have been so obsessed with this series, it's not even funny.

I have the first three books in the series, and have read them all, and am rereading them as well because I know there must be things I missed on the first read through.

I cannot wait for the last installation to come out on August 2nd!!! I've been looking for advance reader copies all over the web and at bookshops here, but to no avail. There are none to be had.

I'm just amazed the Twilight was Stephanie Meyers' first book, it's just so well written, and so engaging. I never thought I'd be in to vampires and werewolves, but dang, she tells such a great story!!

You can read more about it here, and also read the 1st chapters of each book (or hear the audio versions of the first chapters) on the following link:
TWILIGHT SERIES

**Argranade** · 03-25-2008, 10:37 AM

My best friend is CRAZY! over Twilight.

It's not even funny, she starts sobbing when she thinks of Edward lol.

When I told her there was clips of them filming on youtube it was NUTS.

I have never read the book but I look forward to the movie.

**jennielynn1970** · 03-25-2008, 10:50 AM

Ohh... you HAVE to read the book!!!!!

I'm a firm believe in "Don't judge a book by it's movie". They've destroyed so many amazing novels that way.

**Suki Wingy** · 03-25-2008, 07:38 PM

Yup. lol.

You can see by my sig too.

'cept I feel SO BAD for poor, poor Jake.

I actually finished Eclipse for the second time today. I need to post pics of the little Jacob and Edward cupcake plushies I knitted.

Here's what I wrote about it in my LJ
http://slytherinquoll.livejournal.com/3926.html

And some stuff I made during study hall one day:

**sammy101** · 03-25-2008, 08:24 PM

Yes I absolutely love the Twilight series! I've been thinking about starting a thread on PT but I kept on forgetting.

I can't wait for Breaking Dawn in August. I'm so anxious and I wish they could get it out earlier. If you haven't read it yet, I warn you though, once you start reading you can't stop,lol.
I'm excited for the movie. Seems like their sticking to the book except for a few things. But if you haven't read Twilight and plan to see the movie, I would highly recommend you read the book.
Do you know of all the forums for Twilight?

I am Team Edward.

**Karen** · 03-25-2008, 08:42 PM

I like the series as well, I think it is a unique 'take" on the vampire genre.

**jennielynn1970** · 03-25-2008, 09:03 PM

Yup. lol.

You can see by my sig too.

'cept I feel SO BAD for poor, poor Jake.

OMG... me too!! I mean, I love Edward, and was so taken with him in the first book, and was absolutely torn in the 2nd book, but then Jake... sigh... I keep picturing him in my mind, and how he put up with Bella and her love for Edward.

I'm not totally thrilled with the casting choices. I just did not picture them that way. Edward, I pictured paler, taller, and more "beautiful" by the way she always described him. Rosalie, definitely NOT... she's supposed to be stunning, and the actress playing her is pretty, but not a knock out. I could go on and on... lol. I guess that's why I'm not fond of films made from novels, because you can see so much more in your mind. Also, not happy that MTV is producing it.

I keep searching everywhere for Advance Readers' Copies, but there just aren't any out there. I had found what I thought was an ARC on ebay, but then the guy changed his listing and said it was only advance orders... grrrrrr.

I'm doing homebound instruction with a student from my school, and while I can't get her to do much school work, I did give her a library copy of Twilight, and she read the whole thing within about 3 days. She was so hooked, she was driving her mom crazy for books 2 & 3, so I ended up getting them for her at Barnes and Noble since she was just so motivated. She finished them both within a weekend! Just seeing her enthusiastic was worth it! We've already made plans to go to see the movie together and critique it, lol.

**sammy101** · 03-25-2008, 09:43 PM

Originally Posted by jenn_librarian

I'm not totally thrilled with the casting choices. I just did not picture them that way. Edward, I pictured paler, taller, and more "beautiful" by the way she always described him. Rosalie, definitely NOT... she's supposed to be stunning, and the actress playing her is pretty, but not a knock out. I could go on and on... lol. I guess that's why I'm not fond of films made from novels, because you can see so much more in your mind. Also, not happy that MTV is producing it.

Actually Catherine Hardwicke is the director and Summit Entertainment is producing it.

Go look under "In-production"
http://www.summit-ent.com/

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1099212/

I don't know if you know of Twilight Lexicon? But it is definitely one of the best sites that is updated daily. Also has a pretty good forum.
http://www.twilightlexiconblog.com/

From what I heard, MTV was going to totally butcher the movie so Stephenie said no.
Anyways, I love Robert as Edward. He took a while to grow on me but I really do like him now with all the recent pictures. I like most of the cast but I think the only one I am REALLY disappointed with is Rosalie (Nikki Reed). Nikki is pretty but no where near how I pictured Rose.

**jenfer** · 03-25-2008, 11:04 PM

:raise hands:

I loooooooooooove it. <33333333333

**wolf_Q** · 03-25-2008, 11:22 PM

Don't hate me, but...I've read the 3 books, and I wasn't that impressed. My mom is a Jr. High Librarian so she brought them home for me to read because of how popular they are. They were ok, I found them pretty cheesy, but interesting enough to read the rest of the books. I thought the concept of the werewolves was cool, that they turned into a giant wolf, not some weird half wolf/half man creature. I didn't know there was another book coming out, I'll read it because I can't start a series and not finish it.

**Karen** · 03-25-2008, 11:29 PM

We won't hate you, Amy! Maybe it is best if you read it like I did - before I knew anything about it. Having no preconceptions is often the best way to approach something. I didn;t know anything about it, never mind that it was popular.

As with any book I like, I dread them making a movie out of it. They never cast people very well, as they always go for "pretty" or "popular" over the way the characters are really supposed to look, and the way they are described in the books. I'm not even gonna go look at the site for the movie now, because I am sure it will just annoy me. And I cannot imagine them doing the vamps or werewolves justice without looking cheesy.

And if they do not cast real Native Americans from the NorthWest in the roles, I'm gonna be sooooo annoyed! Dying someone's hair black and painting them tan does not count. At all. Ever.

**sammy101** · 03-26-2008, 02:47 PM

Originally Posted by Karen

And if they do not cast real Native Americans from the NorthWest in the roles, I'm gonna be sooooo annoyed! Dying someone's hair black and painting them tan does not count. At all. Ever.

They casted an Native American for Sam Uley. His name's Solomon Trimble. He's on myspace so if you search his name he will come up. They could have done much better with Jake.
I'm pretty content with the cast. I really like Bella, Edward, Emmett & Carlisle. And it made me really happy that they are trying to cast Native Americans, even though Jake isn't going to be an legit NA in the movie. I'm not going to judge until I actually see it but so far it looks like its going to be pretty good. I just hope people will actually read the book and not base it just on the movie.

Jake & Edward both have there pros and cons but I hope she goes with Edward. I'm really not sure what's going to happen in the 4th book, there are SO many things that could happen..it's making me really anxious to read it! lol

What do you guys think of Twilight being written in Edwards POV?

**Suki Wingy** · 03-26-2008, 06:44 PM

Who'd they cast as Jake???
Someone told me it was that kid from Sharkboy and Lava girl but I thought it was a rumour. I was really dissapointed anyway because my little sister has played that movie SO MANY times I could never see the actor as anyone but that dorky little "Sharkboy"

**jennielynn1970** · 03-26-2008, 09:28 PM

Originally Posted by sammy101

What do you guys think of Twilight being written in Edwards POV?

I heard about that too, and I think it would be interesting to see things from his point of view.

I don't remember Sam Uley having that large of a part in Twilight... he was a larger part in New Moon and Eclipse. I wonder if they are combining the books to make the movie??? Maybe they wrote about that already and I just wasn't paying attention.

I'm kinda ticked at Jacob not being a true Native American. When they first described him, I was picturing "Wind in his Hair" from that Dances w/ Wolves movie, lol. I lusted after him for ages!