I love twilight anti-fans; I have had great fun reading flamewars between people snarkily eviscerating the books, and people who think they are ZOMg teh bestest books EVAR. :D
Most recently, the poor actor cast as the sparkly vampire has stopped even vaguely pretending that he doesn't find the franchise horrendous and more than slightly creepy.
Teenage girls lap it up for the same reason they lap up nearly identical Mary Sue fanfiction written by their peers on the internet. It's emotional porn. Reviewing it like a normal book is a little like criticising mainstream porn movies for having poor plotting, bad acting and a lack of characterisation. But at least people who watch crappy porn don't passionately claim that it's awesome moviemaking.
Now, if mainstream comic book publishers stopped wringing their hands and debating "what girls like" for five minutes, and looked at what is right in front of them, they could make a killing. Mary Sue + Vampires = epic profits for ever. ;)
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Most recently, the poor actor cast as the sparkly vampire has stopped even vaguely pretending that he doesn't find the franchise horrendous and more than slightly creepy.
Teenage girls lap it up for the same reason they lap up nearly identical Mary Sue fanfiction written by their peers on the internet. It's emotional porn. Reviewing it like a normal book is a little like criticising mainstream porn movies for having poor plotting, bad acting and a lack of characterisation. But at least people who watch crappy porn don't passionately claim that it's awesome moviemaking.
Now, if mainstream comic book publishers stopped wringing their hands and debating "what girls like" for five minutes, and looked at what is right in front of them, they could make a killing. Mary Sue + Vampires = epic profits for ever. ;)