Stick an "I Twilight" Pin On Me too, I'm Converted.

Okay so remember what I said about probably ending up a fan of Twilight along with everyone else if I ended up reading the book. Well I ended up reading all four and even those twelve chapters of Midnight Sun that will sadly never be finished. What a surprise. I was hooked. I'm glad I saw the movie first before reading the book however because if I saw it after reading it I would have been even more disappointed with the movie. I just thought that Kristen Stewart was not believable as Bella. She doesn't seem fragile to me at all and like one of my co-workers said, she looks like she's a part of the "in" crowd. Robert Pattinson was actually pretty decent as Edward. He's got that bemused and brooding look down pat. I'm a little curious though about the fourth book. If they actually end up doing a movie on Breaking Dawn will they go as far as they did during the birth because that's just a bit creepy to actually show the birth scene. My imagination did well on its own and it makes me wonder what parent actually knows what their kids' been reading. I've seen kids as young as six read the Twilight books and I find myself surprised that they can get away with reading the fourth one. The first three aren't bad, its the fourth one with the description of what Nesse did to mommy when she was handed over to her. Now if they put that in the movie I have a feeling it won't be a PG13 rating anymore. I liked the books very much. They were entertaining..well except maybe for the second book which drags and I actually skimmed through most of the middle hoping for it to get interesting again. I found that without the vampires in it the story was actually dull. In the end I'm really hoping that one day Stephanie Meyers will finish Midnight Sun when her mind clears up all the background noise of all the fans and the critics because I really believe that Edwards story should be told. Frankly his head is very interesting. He is a crack up. If you have yet to read those twelve chapters you should go to Stephanie Meyers website and read it.

Pretty Sparkly Boy In Love With His Din Din

Yes I have noticed the hype of this little movie called Twilight that came from a book that at one brief time drew my attention. I put down the book at the time and bought a book about Russian history if I remember correctly. I always planned on maybe reading the book but never actually did. Now with the movie out and I have been sucked into the hype I am even more tempted to read the book. My friend and I decided to see the movie. She has read the book but has been ill from all the sap that is apparently in the book. The guy in the movie obviously so hot enough that she disregarded her fear of up-chucking from sap overdose. Since I haven't read it yet she prepared me by having me read this funny faux script: http://movies.msn.com/movies/galleryfeature/lost-twilight-script/?photoidx=1 . So there we were at an evening showing to Twilight with tweens and teens and the poor parents who came to chaperon them. Some were decked out in their Twilight gear and as my buddy sneered at the lameness of it all, I had to acknowledge that I did the same with the Pirates of the Caribbean (uh, hello! Johnny Depp on a t-shirt...when is that ever bad?) and of course my favorite scifi of all time STAR WARS! (in fact I have four or five shirts). She shook her head at me and I fully admitted to my geekness ( hey! I find no shame in that, I wear it like a bright red cape and tights) We were getting a little antsy because of our exhaustion from a long long week of work and we were hoping the movie would start already not for the anticipation for the actual film like all the girls around us but just because the sooner it started the sooner we could go home (man when did we get so old). Through the previews some girls were lightly demanding Twilight to come on. I was thinking ...dude get a grip you'll see the movie soon. As the movie started we could hear the girls in the theater ooh in excitement. We couldn't help but snicker at their reactions. I mean true I did that whenever I saw the Star Wars, Lord of the Rings and Bourne movies and I almost shed a tear when Iron Man came on the screen but that was because I'm full on geek. They were oohing because of the hot vampire guy. (ok even though the boy is a few years younger than me I can't help but admit he is extremely delectable...oh wait that's what the character should be thinking) If you read the Lost Script you will understand why I had to bite back a laugh or two when the scenes of his flaring nostrils came on. Damn that shit was funny as hell. I was like...are you for real, seriously? I was trying so hard not to laugh so much but it was practically a losing battle and the laughs just kept coming. With Bella's and Edward's awkward moments, the dorky friends, the classic awkward "I don't know how to deal with a daughter" dad, that Jasper kid looking like he's got a major stick up his ass(not because of the attitude but because he really looks uncomfortable) and the sparklies (it's like ooh you're so pretty I want to wear you like diamonds). There is one scene however where I almost lost my control entirely. It was the make out session and I couldn't help having scenes from the Hulk come into mind. Think "I can't get excited cuz I might get angry" and see Edward struggle with "I can't get excited cuz I might eat you". Reminded me of the funny line with Bruce Banner with the guy and saying hungry instead of angry. Boy that would be fitting for Edward. I had to calm my ass down for the fear that I might piss off an angry herd of raging hormonal teenage girls by offending their fiendish romantic feelings for the movie. I don't remember ever being that obsessed about a romantic story; scifi yes very much so. In fact in high school while almost the whole female population was obsessing over Leonardo DiCaprio and a little movie called Titanic that they cried and gushed over, I laughed when Leo sank to the bottom of the cold dark ocean. Hey I have my sap moments but I do have my limits and while my friend gets nauseous I turn it into a comedy. In the end I enjoyed the movie and I'll most likely be seen reading all the books, getting obsessed and oohing with the rest of them or then again it'll be great for laughs.

NEW FALL SEASON TRYING TO KEEP AWAY FROM NEW SHOWS

Okay so I think ya'll have figured out my unhealthy obsession with television. This season I have made sure to keep away from pilot season as much as possible. I already have my old favorites to contend with and I'm just glad some of it has lessened with cancellations and series finales and such. However one show has made it to my new list of shows but only because its from BBC. I have gotten hooked on the new show Primeval which is cool. It's like part Jurassic Park, Stargate and Sliders all at once. The characters are cool and Conner is your classic adorable geek while Steve is your hot sexy hero man and with Abbey being the turkey to Connors and Steve's ham and Swiss sandwich its just about perfect. I have managed to stay away from Fringe being that it is from J.J. Abrams I would probably end up hooked to that show since that is what happened with the others he's created. I checked out the first episode of the new 90210 though out of curiosity. I'm just glad that it sucked so bad I'm not at all interested in watching it ever again despite the fact that there is a hot dude playing one of the teachers. For one the promise that this isn't a try at being anything like the original went out the window as soon as two siblings, a brother and sister duo (ahem Brenda and Brendan anybody) coming from some hicks ville town moves into the upper class neighborhood. Oh sure they made a change by making the son adopted and of another race ( South of Nowhere did that already and better) but that's pretty much it. They both try to play these innocent and naive adolescents but frankly fail in like less than an hour. Oh and the brother just so happens to join the journalism class. Give me a break. Sure 90210 of our generation was still a tad bit campy to be taken too seriously and the drama was played out over and over again. But it was one of the first of its kind and at the time was on the edge with talking about things that teenagers do actually deal with. That's why it was at least a tad bit relatable. Kids however do not find themselves in the conundrum of should they or shouldn't they fly off with their boyfriend of two seconds and his private jet to have lunch in another city that is by car five hours away. Seriously how many teenagers do you know with that kind of problem. Not even having the two original characters Brenda and Kelly plus the lovable Peach Pit and its owner Nat helped make this show any better. It just made me miss the good old days of the real 90210 crew. Some things were just meant to stay in syndication and DVD. This show is one of them. Another new show called Privileged which is also in CW was okay. I missed the pilot but I saw the second episode because I was bored and busy eating a scoop of ice cream. I was just done watching The Ruby in the Smoke in Masterpiece Mysteries and thought why not watch that just to see it since I liked Joanna Garcia when she played the daughter in Reba. Well I didn't get much out of the episode except for the fact that Michael Cassidy was there whom I've always liked since he was in the O.C. and Hidden Palms, and the guy who plays the next door neighbor was cute. The privileged sisters however are obnoxious especially the eldest. Frankly how Joanna's character manages not to knock those pretty little teeth in is beyond me. Oh and the "woe is me" act of Joanna's little sister is a pain. I don't blame her one bit for pretending they aren't related. Other than that it's an okay show that will probably only last maybe a little less than a season. At least its better than the nu90210. Anywho that's it for now time to finish this off before my computer's broadband craps out on me again. Next time I might not be so lucky as to having the autosave work in my favor.

ATWT Dragging out

I know that soaps are used to doing things to story lines that create a dramatic effect but seriously one of the most annoying things they do is drag out one to ridiculous extremes. Like for instance the storyline with Ethan stuck in the pit. Seriously...it took two days for them to get the kid out and only after Paul goes in the pit to try and save him. Come on! Lily's rich, her mother's rich and not one of them thought to fly in the proper equipment and rescue team to save him until more than a day later. Dude that would have my first thought and if they couldn't do that they could have gone outside of the box and used that big digger to go over the pit with a rigged rope to have someone go down there and save him. Let's not even mention the part where the kid has only a few bruises and scratches after falling down a pit that was deep enough to get Holden injured when he was only part way down the hole. I know kids can be resilient but that's just pushing it. Anyway that's my peeve for the day.