Twilight Alert!

So I don't know if all the Twilighters are keeping up with the drama surrounding the New Moon movie, but here it is in a nutshell:

*Director Catherine Harwick out, Chris Weitz in

*Production being pushed up to very SOON so they can release New Moon in late 2009

*Jacob casting being revisited... I have to agree that Taylor Lautner is sort of a babyface, and probably can't keep up with the physical changes in the Jacob character. So I think I can live with this casting choice... but Prince Caspian as Aro?? I always though Aro was older...but I can handle the man candy Ben Barnes would bring to the screen - although he's got to be made up so he's all papery, whispy white skinned...

A Post Just for My Brother

...mostly because I think he's the only one who will get what I'm talking about.

We were watching the Today Show yesterday morning, and the Twilight peeps (well, Edward & Bella) were on...so naturally the Plaza was full of screaming teenage girls (STGs, yes I need the acronym).

Steve's shaking his head, can't figure out what has made this guy so popular (Rob Pattison, that is)...I explain its just this movie.

Then he goes on to ponder if these STGs will go on to become "Woo girls."

I just laughed :)

And that's all I got.

Twilight Primer

For all y'all who aren't quite into this Twilight business, and want to know what the fuss is about, MSNBC has put together a fairly decent primer...at least enough to give you an idea... I don't think it's enough to make you pull the trigger to go see the movie if you have no other reason to go (ie, tweener daughters), but it's a start.

And the madness begins!

The Twilight premiere was held last night in Westwood (by the UCLA campus). I was listening to some of the red carpet interviews being done by KIIS-FM on my way home, and it sounded like insanity (just so you know, insanity is hundreds of screaming teenage girls). You couldn't have paid me to be done in that area last night - parking is so horribly limited, street lights are funky, etc. Unless of course, I had somehow managed to score premiere tix...then I would have endured the madness!

There's a chance we may go catch a Saturday matinee - Shannon thinks her flight doesn't leave until late @ night, so we may try to catch it then.

But I do have to confess...Rob Pattison isn't exactly how I pictured Edward. I get Kristen Stewart as Bella, but not Rob. I just don't think he's that good looking... And he didn't fit with my mental picture of Cedric Diggory in the HP movies either...thought Cedric would be black (at least, in my mind). So I'm still iffy on Rob...we shall see!

Weekend Winners #3: Twilight Fan Pack

So have I mentioned that I like these Twilight books?

I kept seeing this nonsense being posted up about these Twilight books on the blogs of women I knew were in their 30s & 40s... and also knew they were books for teenagers... and thought, seriously? Fortunately, I have a Kindle, and downloaded a sample from Twilight. I got about 5 pages in (there are usually 1-2 chapters in the free sample downloads), gave up and bought the 1st book, and pretty much didn't do anything for about 4 days straight while I plowed thru all 4 books. Then I read the released version of Twilight from Edward's point of view from Stephenie Meyer's website. Then a couple of weeks later, I re-read all 4 books again. And have been hopelessly devoted to all sorts of news about the movie. And I'm disappointed I most likely won't be in line @ the movie theater opening weekend, as I'm being a good friend, and waiting til there's a group of girlfriends all available to go watch together, 2 weeks after opening weekend. So yeah, you could say I'm a fan...

That's why I would be a happy recipient of this week's Weekend Winners contest...

Twilight Widget

You can find your Twilight movie countdown widgets here. :)

I'm weak...

...can't stop reading the spoiled Midnight Sun...reading the version released from Stephanie Meyer's website.

Twilight is over...

...actually, I was done reading Twilight on Saturday. So now I'm a more fun person now that I've stopped being sucked into young adult books about vampires & werewolves (which I apparently can't say properly in my Nebraska accent...).

But I'm super excited to see the movie, so I need to get someone to read the books so they can be excited with me! :)

So in looking at the Wiki for the Twilight books, I discover that there is supposed to be complementary book written called Midnight Sun. However, part of it has been leaked on the internet, and it appears to have killed Stephanie Meyer's motivation. This makes me really sad. Based on the first chapter, which she released on her website, I think it will be a really good read... Boo!