The Twilight Saga: New Moon
This week the theaters will be packed with young (and some not so young) women anxiously awaiting the opening of The Twilight Saga: New Moon. Author Stephenie Meyer’s series of books (Twilight 
The vampires I remember were pasty-faced old men who slept in coffins and wore capes. Remember Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Van Helsing? They actually hunted and killed vampires, but now we have an emergence of romantic, sexy neck biters. Vampires who are no longer confined to the darkness, much less sleeping in a coffin filled with soil from Transylvania. All the old vampire rules are broken. What’s that about?
Gen-Y Vampires
Ian Somerhalder, star of Vampire Diaries
When did vampires become the tragic romantic hero? How did they become these undead hotties that are taking over Hollywood? We can probably blame Anne Rice and her book Interview with the Vampire
I am not ashamed to admit that I am very easily frightened and gladly leave the horror movies to my blogging buddies. So I asked them: What’s the big deal with vampires and are you going to see New Moon?
Andi Fisher-Misadventures With Andi
I am not a huge fan of vampires; I resisted reading Twilight for a long time because of that fact. But once I did bite the bullet, I was head-over-heels in love with the story. I think it is the romance that appeals to women, particularly older women. We are far enough away from our first love to remember it fondly; as we age we tend to forget or skip over the awkwardness of the time, and just remember the good parts.
And all women universally search for their soul mates, whether they believe there is only one or several. As a person who believes you have multiple soul mates, I am fascinated with how Stephanie Meyer plays with the Jacob character. It begins in New Moon, but actually comes to a head in Eclipse which is actually my favorite of all the books. Love, drama, a love-triangle, angst, life-ending risk – these are not present in day-to-day life (for the most part) and so we soak them up vicariously through the books.
I don’t watch other vampire series or read other books, but I have seen quite a few of the movies, being a movie nut. One thing I can say about what usually appeals about a vampire is that they are nearly always romantic. Particularly when they are “old-school” vampires from Eastern Europe, their manners are impeccable, they are chivalrous and entrancing. What’s not to love…until the bite?!
Katrina Hill-Action Flick Chick
“I’m tired of seeing male vampires rescuing helpless females. I want to see the role reversed and see an empowered female vampire kicking ass and helping poor defenseless guys…but not sleeping with them unless they are worthy.”
Read the Action Flick Chick’s review of New Moon (spoiler alert)
Twilight Paradies
Zen Bitch warns you that she is in a sparkle-free vampire zone!
I’m an old school lover of vamps and the abominations that Stephanie Meyer has Jonas-ed into our popular culture are NOT vampires! Bloody hell, her Cullen vamps are basically pale superheroes on a restrictive diet!! The only consequence of being a vampire in her world is that they must be emo, whiny-er than Louis, supernatural creatures that hate themselves enough to enroll back into high school.
What do you think of this vampire obsession? Are you a Twilight fan?
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Vampires are HOT!…
but I dont see how anyone can call the twilight saga as having anything to do with vampires…The overwhelming popularity it has gained for itself just doesnt seem right..It isnt bad as long as you dont get offended by how the vampires are portrayed as complete wimps.. otherwise its a good trashy romance novel for the young girls..
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Being able to resist the hyped Twilight saga for almost a year I finally decided to see what all the fuss was about, it ended with me buying all the books and excited to see the next movie. I like the twilight saga, I like the story though I am as a vampire lover not satisfied with her version of vampires. I can agree with most things, but disagree with most as well.
I think woman are attracted to the “vampire world” because of the fact that they are mysterious and a bit more animalistic, therefore more appealing. At least I know that’s why I’m interested in vampires. There’s not many guys who gives that feeling, since today boys and girls should be equal but there’s a limit to HOW equal we should be. It’s not meant for the man to become the woman and the other way around in a relationship, I know that if I have a man by my side I sure don’t want to feel as if he’s the woman and I’m the man.
I’ve read all the Twilight, True Blood (Sookie Stackhouse), House of Night, and Vampire Diaries series….probably has something to do with trying to live in a fantasy world??
I studied this my first year of University. The Vampire represents the hyper-sexual male – the way that sexuality is portrayed has changed a lot of the years so that Bela Lugosi has little in common with the appearance and bearing of Robert Pattinson, but the signs are there. A powerful physical presence, combined with protective/territorial instincts, and tortured soul are all hallmarks.
In the end, the vampire always manage to edge out the regular dudes, and that’s what makes them a monster.
Wondering what the flipside is for the ladies? The hyper-maternal female. Like Rebecca DeMornay in The Hand That Rocks the Cradle. All dressed in white, siphoning the mother’s power, seducing the husband, and in the end making off with the child…
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Hello, vampires are HOT!!! Males and females
I blame Buffy. But I really wanted to be Spike back in my youth, he was so COOL! On that note, I hate Twilight.
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I saw The Twilight Saga: New Moon and honestly I don’t see what all the hub-ub is about. I saw the original Twilight and was confused… and now I’m even more confused. It’s not the greatest thing ever, but it’s not bad either. However, I was making fun of them, especially the second one, as I was watching.
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I don’t like horror films either! I have never even heard of Vampire Diaries before, but Mr. Somerhalder is absolutely gorgeous, still I am attracted to the books, the movie is secondary, so I probably will never see Vampire Diaries or True Blood, etc. Thanks for allowing my participation!
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I love horror movies, but for some reason i don’t like vampire-theme flicks. It either looks grossly unbelievable or horrifying. They look like humans until they’re caught in the moonlight? that gets to me somehow. it often just looks silly to me actually.
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