A Twilight Saga Fansite
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YouTube took the video down as it was too long. Sorry….
UPDATE 9:50 PM
We will split the video and post it here. Look for it late tomorrow as we are not near a computer to do it right now.
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We’ll edit this entry to add others as they pop up. Pulling them in from various sources.
First one via Twilight Britney Fan
Pel attended the New Moon Press Conference with Kallie of Twilight Seires Theories and Kimmy of His Golden Eyes. We got to the designated spot (which was kept an uber secret) at about 8:00. Once our press credentials and names on the list were confirmed, we managed to get in and to get a seat in the second row. The first row was reserved from photographers only. Everyone from fansites, to Rotten Tomatoes, to Boarders Media, you name it was there.
They established a few ground rules to start (which comes into play later) they were basically: front row photographers only, no flash during the discussion panel but photo op before and after, and limit questions to the movie New Moon itself not their personal lives or other projects.
So, as we were waiting, Pel saw Steve AKA “Capone” from Ain’t It Cool News. Pel had met Steve back in Chicago at the Flashback Weekend convention and they swapped this year vs. last year Twilight Saga Comic Con stories. One of the things Steve and Pel both agreed on is that Twilight is now a bigtime, mainstream studio franchise. The press set up was way different. Last year it was more like trying to get people to cover it, this year it’s who made the list. Pel said, “Well, it’s graduated from being ‘The Little Indie Movie That Could’.
Eventually Kristen, Tayor, and Rob came in about 20 seconds of space in between them. What was really funny is the cameras zoomed in on Tayor and Kristen right away. It took them a second to realize Rob was about 10 feet away and because of how Taylor and Kristen were initially standing there wasn’t room for Rob to stand next to them. Rob looked on amused that no one seemed to realize right away that he was there (don’t worry in about 10 seconds the media caught on) and then Taylor and Kristen looked like “Where’s Rob?” realized the problem and nudged over.
After that the panel discussion began. Rob seemed truly jet lagged but managed a couple of funny one liners like when asked by an LA TV Station “What question did he never want to be asked again?” He responded, “I don’t know, what is it like to kiss Taylor Lautner.” The room cracked up but Taylor didn’t hear the answer at first because he was saying something to Kristen. He had this hillarious “hmm obviously I missed something” look on his face and then just went to the million dollar smile and everyone cracked up again. The same question was then posed to Tayor and Kristen.
Taylor said that he really doesn’t ever want to be asked to growl again. A lot of fans ask him to growl when they meet him and he really doesn’t enjoy growling on command.
Kristen thought about it and said, ‘There nothing really, you could ask me anything.” (Mind you she clearly meant regarding the movie filming.)
So then they announce two more questions and the last question goes to a guy goes to every press conference dressed in a bad brown 1970’s suit, his tie pulled down,shirt untucked, avaitor sunglasses, and a retro-mustache that rivaled Billy Burke’s. With all the media in the room they somehow gave a question to this guy and it was the last question. This is a guy whose website is focused on satire, edgy stuff that pokes fun at the entertainment business. Nothing wrong with that, not like it pretends to be anything other than that. We don’t really know what the team was thinking when they gave him a question, it’s kind of like assuming the rep from the Howard Stern show would ask a legit question.
So what does he ask…words to the effect of “You guys have such great on screen chemistry. Anything going on off screen? The reaction was predicable the entire rest of the press lets out groans, explicative, eye rollage. Taylor, Kristen, and Rob looked at him like he had lost his mind. Fortunately they let someone else ask a final question.
Pel is editing the footage and should have it up shortly as well as some behind the scenes items.
We have tickets that get us into the preview and we’ll be tweeting what we see. Follow along below!
CNN has an article up on the Twilight fan experience. They quoted various people at the Creation Entertainment Twilight Tour stop in Atlanta from fans, to the costume replica designer John Henson, to us.
” The fans are fervent enough that “Twilight” conventions will likely go on for years, Joffs said, “A woman picks up the book, expects it to be nothing much, kind of rolls her eyes, and then they get completely sucked in. It’s something about that book, something about the way Stephanie Myers(sic) wrote the books. I can’t see it dying down anytime soon.”
The article is basically good, but there are a couple of inaccuracies, for example this didn’t happen as they lock the building at night, we admit we are crazy fans, but we haven’t held any sit-ins. “Followers of the teen vampire romance also earned a reputation last year for claiming seats at Comic-Con — the huge San Diego-based sci-fi, fantasy and comic book convention — a day in advance and then not moving a muscle.”
And this part we giggled at, Lori wasn’t driven to Twilight because of her divorce, that was a coincidence that happened two and half years into running the site (45 minutes of questions waxing eloquent about female driven media and they quote they last comment when asked in passing “what do you do for a living”)….sometime you just have to laugh, you never know what reporters will pick up on.
Shakira is the latest celebrity to announce that she likes Twilight and it has inspired her.
Look For brand new content to hit this site between 10:00 and 11:00 Pacific Time today!
The New Moon Movie official Site!
Believe it or not today there is both a New Moon and an Eclipse! Anyone celebrating uniquely?
We’ve heard from one Lexiconer who is going to be eating an apple at Twilight. No word yet if she has anything planned yet for the breaking of tomorrow’s dawn. 🙂
We have two more chapter summaries this evening for you to enjoy and comment on.
First up is Chapter 23: Memories provided for us by Una. To discuss Bella’s control and her initial interaction with Renesmee, hop over to the message boards and let us know what you think.
We also have Chapter 24: Surprise provided for us by Oleander. Again, visit the message boards to talk about the cottage and Edward and Bella’s relationship now that she has been transformed.
So if you are an adult and going to be in the New York City area on 8/1/09, Pel is going to be a part of a panel discussion at the iconic New York City Public Library. (Yes, that library with the big stone lions in front.) The other panelist of note is Melissa Anelli of Harry Potter The Leaky Cauldron and Harry, A History fame.
We will be discussing online fan life. Please note the event is intended for adults:
“The Children’s Literary Café at the new Children’s Center at 42nd Street is pleased to announce our event on Saturday, August 1st at 2:00 p.m. Come through the main doors to the information desk and ask for directions to the auditorium:
The fan phenomenon. It’s about bringing your love of literature out into the open where you can celebrate it with a community of like-minded people. Since the advent of the internet, fans have never been able to meet and gather with more ease.
The Children’s Literary Café is a monthly gathering of adults who are fans of children’s literature. Professionals, librarians, authors, illustrators, publishers, booksellers, teachers, and anyone else interested in the field are welcome to attend our meetings. The Literary Café provides free Advanced Readers galleys, a rotating series of talks with professionals in the field, and great conversation. This program is for adults only.”
Pel is excited to be joining in the discussion and to be meeting Melissa Anelli since she was and is a Harry Potter fan.
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