Comments on: Browser, 8/22: Van Damme’s art film?; Meyer’s Twilight vampires; Loudon Wainwright III; Jolie Holland; Terrence Malick in Iceland; signs of the apocalypse

By: elrambo

elrambo — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 03:28:42 +0000

Everything I’ve read about the Twilight series, including Dalfonzo’s review, makes me marvel at their astounding success, which I fear says nothing very encouraging about the books’ fans.

By: chessncoffee

chessncoffee — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:29:19 +0000

There’s a little bit of hope concerning the teenage girl Twilight obsession: the final book in the series was hated by many. Maybe it will lead fans to reassess their opinion of the series, if it’s really as bad as Gina Dalfanzo made it out to be.

By: gaith

gaith — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:18:48 +0000

Good grief. I have an extremely low opinion of the National Review, but the concerns in that article seem entirely justified. I find Potter’s morality problematic enough (the wizards assault innocent victims’ brains and memories for their own selfish aims), but this sounds downright repugnant.

By: thomwade

thomwade — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:53:15 +0000

I liked Mean Girls…but I think it works best as a stand alone. Sounds like a direct to video with a no name cast.