what do you see in him again?

[kar3ning]

We went to see New Moon this afternoon. Lord help me.

It was cheese-tastic. You can visit thefreak to read the blow by hilarious blow, but suffice it to say, there was much laughter, we were loudly shushed by some Twi-hards, and when wolf boy took his shirt off, I think 100 women ovulated all at once

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[yrcomplacency]

and when wolf boy took his shirt off, I think 100 women ovulated all at once.

This line made me GUFFAW aloud. I love you.

But I must add - the target audience isn't old enough to ovulate. Their moms all did though.

[nebris]

this

related

~M~

[mithras]

One of my 50+ year old female coworkers has a giant poster of Edward outside her cubicle. (I only know it's Edward because his name is on it.)

She loves the series; but I think she may fall into the "too old to ovulate" category.

And now my brain is trying to kill me for thinking about that.

[yrcomplacency]

unfortunately that's not always true, I'm a Sophomore in high school, my sister is a sophomore in high school, her friends. You get the point..Anyway my school is still ringing with New Moon this and New moon that.

SERIOUSLY

[anonymous]

There really isnt anything wrong with the serious. People take this as abuse because they dont know how to actually like something like it or refuse to admit it. All it is is a tale of teenage love. PERIOD. so come on people its fiction so forget about. If you love it great. If you hate it okay, dont complain about it all you keep doing it bringing up something you dont like. Its as SIMPLE as that. END OF STATEMENT.

Re: SERIOUSLY

[kar3ning]

BZZZT. Wrong answer.

I'm going to cut and paste from the followup I posted, since you haven't got that far yet:

Like, DUH! It’s fiction! Well, no shit, Sherlock. But like someone else said (probably more eloquently than I did ), just because something is fictional, doesn’t mean you’re immune to its influence. Lord of the Rings made fantasy cool again, after the genre had been dead for years. Brokeback Mountain spawned a lot a gay cowboy jokes, but it also got a lot of people considering what it's actually like to live as a gay person. If you wanna go lowbrow, consider this.. The “church” of Scientology has had detractors for years, but it wasn’t until the “Trapped in the Closet” episode of South Park that they became an international laughingstock

Re: SERIOUSLY

[kendobunny]

How to take something like this? Teenagers in love often do make mistakes, like yelling, being controlling, or being callous. That's when the partner who is on the receiving end of the inappropriate behavior says 'Stop that, or I'm leaving'. That's why I love 'Beauty and the Beast' as an adult. The Beast seems to honestly have no idea just how bad his behavior is, and when Belle tells him, he improves. One chance. If he had yelled at her again, you can bet your sweet bippy she would have been out of there like a shot and he would have no one to blame but himself

[far_east_coast]

I fully concur with the point about suitable role modeling for youth. Unfortunately I see it reinforced in some many of the mass marketing hollywood tripe. That same tripe happens to be the main bulk of the American cinema that is exported.

Really?

[far_east_coast]

Suitable role modeling in literature read by high school and middle school students...like Holden Caufield? Ethan Frome? Rhett Butler? Romeo? Are there actually ANY examples of young people modeling their behavior off of these characters from these hugely influential texts? Are there any examples of girls entering in to abusive relationships with boys because of the Twilight series? Give young women a little credit. There are a lot of elements in the books that have appeal and even meet needs in women, young and not-so-young, but putting Edward into an abuser box is not part of it

Re: Really?

[far_east_coast]

Although I agree that we should give young women a little more credit, I find it interesting that you bring up Holden Caufield as an example of how people don't model their behavior after texts. Ever heard of Michael David Chapman

Re: Really?

[far_east_coast]

Correction: Mark David Chapman. Apologies.

yep

[daarxxx]

tell it true. :)

[forestcats]

Excellent original critique! This mindset in girls often starts quite early at Disneyland. Beauty & The Beast, the message is that only by your suffering and being kind to an asshat can the prince come out. It is all your fault he isn't a prince.

Cinderella, you have to meet expectations far above your own self to be acceptable even worthy of dancing with the prince. Suffering is a good thing.

Little Mermaid Ariel you have to completely change who you are because you aren't worthy. You have to throw away your life.

Snow White you are not responsible because someone evil is to blame. Only a fantasy character can save you. If it isn't Mr. Perfect who will overlook all YOUR flaws...

Even Jasmine the Arabian princess who seems so free spirited falls for flash.

[j3nzie]

I am sorry, as a Disney fan I have a different take on a couple of these

[nemogbr]

From what I remember the Aladdin and Mulan stories may be the best ones in the matters of being role models for young girls.

As you said Jasmine liked the poor Aladdin and was not impressed with the prince.

Mulan was brave and showed girls what it was like to be in a man's world. What she lacked in brawn, she made up for it with her brains. As someone mentioned she was also not too buxom....you don't need big breasts to save China...lol

She managed to get up that pole and retrieve the arrow, before anyone else.

[j3nzie]

Mulan is my favorite Disney female cartoon lead. I adore how strong she is: I had written this in addition to the above about Mulan - but it was two many characters for one comment so I cut out the Mulan part. You might appreciate it though