Comments on: Twilight Saga News

By: Yvonne

Yvonne — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:18:06 +0000

I loved Sarah Jaffe’s article! I’m a college lit instructor and a Twilight fan, and no, there’s no conflict of interest. For so long, literary heroines have either misbehaved and died (Wuthering Heights, Clarissa) or behaved themselves and happily married (Jane Eyre, Pamela). How refreshing that we can now find books in which the heroine is the one who wants sex, has concerns about marriage, and in the end gets her way. Yes, she also sacrifices herself for others’ happiness at times. Talk to any working mother and see whether that’s a foreign feminine concept? People who criticize the Twilight series as “unhealthy” are also treating its readers as children, unable to make our own choices or differentiate between fantasy and reality. Let’s not take that silently.

By: vle

vle — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:15:57 +0000

oh i loved the article ALOT!
and i know EXACTLY what the writer means!!!!

the day after Twilight came out this girl in class was saying

“oh have you seen Twilight”?
“well i havent seen it but my cousin saw it and he said it was HORRIBLE”…

then she goes on to say all this CRAP!
oh he said the acting was HORRIBLE
he said the stunts were BAD

(it was a low budget film was it not? plus i dont think they were that bad, i liked them)

and all the while im thinking how can a person be so ignorant and critize when they have NO CLUE WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT??????

i mean i guess she was just letting her cousin’s opinions get to her or something (like the article said)

oh well people are people and if they choose to waste their time getting all mad about how everyone loves twilight then why not let them

By: Shannon

Shannon — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:57:06 +0000

I am very pleased that The Host is doing so well. In my opinion The Host was better than Twilight, and I wasn’t sure if it was going to do well when it first came out. I knew that some people would read it just because SM wrote it, but I didn’t know if after that it would still do well. I am still absolutely in love with Twilight, but I just love The Host more, and it truly makes me happy that it is doing so well. This way we know that SM is not limited to writing stories about Vampires.

By: Edwardbitespillow

Edwardbitespillow — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:14:36 +0000

i agree with you summer….whenever i read the Twilight series im in a happy world and i want to stay there…yes i know the story is fictional, but thats my escape place

By: jazjade

jazjade — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 04:35:40 +0000

It’s great to watch Stephanie’s books continue to ride the top of the best-seller lists. I am glad so many want to share Bella’s story. It’s almost a cultural compulsion!

By: kate

kate — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 01:41:44 +0000

There’s nothing I hate more than a bunch of bitter feminists blogging the Twilight-is-the-anti-Christ message… it’s so old. Get over yourselves. No one made you read the books, so move on already.

And if nothing has been announced yet about the New Moon casting, that means there hasn’t been any reliable information released…. we’ll know soon enough.

By: Adrielle

Adrielle — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 01:17:45 +0000

Congrats to SM again. The twilight saga is still at the top.

By: Summer

Summer — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 01:06:59 +0000

Ok, this is weird.

It means that, depending on one’s perceptions, Twilight MAY or MAY NOT be feminist or sexist or whatever? Did that sum up everything?

Because I don’t understand any of these…

To me, it’s a series that can let me escape into. I truly enjoy the books.

I do agree on what the person said though. Don’t judge something when you didn’t even read them in the 1st place.
It’s a case of sour grapes, I think.

If you don’t like it or think its ideas clashed with yours, then don’t read it, but at the same time, don’t judge or whine about it too.

Had enough of all these self-proclaimed critics.

By: Amber Pederson

Amber Pederson — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 01:03:00 +0000

I think the wiki article is full of crap. I like Ricky, but there’s been NO news about casting. That’s just a random rumor, in my opinion.

By: Edwardbitespillow

Edwardbitespillow — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 01:01:59 +0000

yea im with you Amy….can someone post anything about Taylor playing Jacob