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Post by Mister Buch on Jan 21, 2010 1:23:12 GMT 1
Okay, now Twilight has gone too far! And to sum up my feelings, Keanu Reeves: (I'm serious - I really hate this cover!)
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Post by Mr. Glow on Jan 21, 2010 2:04:27 GMT 1
Who do they think they are, putting their stamp on books, Richard and Judy?
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Post by Tillian Panthesis on Jan 21, 2010 4:04:02 GMT 1
Well, marketing whoring at it's 'finest'. More so than BioWare and EA tactics with the DLC and all that jazz in the late.
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Post by Hodster on Jan 21, 2010 4:16:17 GMT 1
I'm speechless honestly.... The sad thing is this will make many twilight fans buy and read this book....
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Post by Knightfall on Jan 21, 2010 4:30:04 GMT 1
So, did you fire your gun into the air and go "Aahhhhh"?
I'm thinking about it.
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Post by Cali on Jan 21, 2010 4:58:06 GMT 1
I feel like doing what that Buddhist monk did in Hanoi back in the sixties.
This has to be the worst marketing stunt ever pulled.
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Post by Tillian Panthesis on Jan 21, 2010 13:10:56 GMT 1
Sounds like some marketing team has stolen "The worse marketing campaign of the decade" off from BioWare's marketing team. (Hello SubZero's empathsis this, Bitch! trailer).
Anyways, does anyone think this marketing thing sounded too tacky?
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Post by Mister Buch on Jan 21, 2010 20:09:28 GMT 1
This goes way beyond tacky.
Also - the Richard & Judy comment was hilarious.
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Post by Zarsthor on Jan 22, 2010 2:14:32 GMT 1
Love how it looked like the guy was shooting at the "Edward and Bella's favourite book" thing.
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Post by Lily Ariel Linders on Apr 29, 2012 12:47:20 GMT 1
Ok... not sure if what I am about to say is really appropriate for this particular thread but this is the only place I could put this without sullying any discussions of non-Twilight good books... so here goes. I had a good giggle when I saw this picture, because I could so picture Taylor Lautner diabolically twirling a pencil-thin 'stache while menacingly saying "I've got your daughter! Muahahaha!" Though, even when reading the books I did have a moment or fifty of squick for the whole "Bella/Edward's newborn daughter is mentally super-powerful and grows / ages super-fast and is soulmated to Jacob Black? WTF That's so unbelievably icky! He's 17 or 18 years old when she is born, and while age was never a factor in my opinion as long as both parties were over the legal age, she's a baby!! And she's supposed to see him as a protective brother figure until she's old enough to be his lover! And SMeyer writes in the books about the whole "werewolf imprinting" thing as "How can she resist that level of devotion?" Oh, I can answer that - ask anyone who's ever had a stalker! *shakes head* Sorry all, I find myself ranting about the oddities of Twilight again... Edit: One other thing about the rapidly-ageing little girl - when she is physically old enough / developed enough to be Jacob's girlfriend rather than little sister, she has aged faster physically than mentally - emotionally, she's still a 7 year old girl in her mind, but a 17 year old (or older) in body. ICK!!! *need brain bleach)
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Post by Warhammer Gorvar on Apr 29, 2012 15:23:51 GMT 1
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Post by Tillian Panthesis on Apr 29, 2012 16:01:37 GMT 1
Long hair, bogan looking, creepy sideways glance... unfortunate implications indeed.
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Post by Warhammer Gorvar on Apr 29, 2012 21:57:01 GMT 1
Wuthering Heights is shite anyway....
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Post by Battlechantress on Apr 30, 2012 23:27:49 GMT 1
One also has to note that not only does the improbable child age rapidly, but she never has to actually go to school and interact with... well, other children. She just somehow learns what she supposedly needs to know (which, let's face it, probably does *not* involve calculus, world history, Monty Python, decent English literature, or even basic physics. Because girls with overbearing asshole boyfriends shouldn't think for themselves). Between that and the pedophiliac child grooming that creepy werewolf guy does, it's a wonder more parents aren't worried that their daughters want to emulate Bella-- right down to the abusive older "boyfriends".
And don't even get me started on the "Fifty Shades of Gray" crap. The other two titles in the trilogy make my skin crawl.
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Post by Lily Ariel Linders on May 1, 2012 1:49:16 GMT 1
Is it bad that I am almost sort of in a way tempted to read the "Fifty Shades" books just for the purpose of trying to see what all the hype is about? I mean, the character names alone say it all - Anastasia Steele - that's a Mary Sue name if I ever saw one!! But - I feel this twisted twisted urge to read it... someone please save me... *whimpers in fear of the book*
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