Twilight Opposing Views

Posted in Celebrity, Pop Culture on 23. Nov, 2009

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Today’s article covers the ever controversial topic of the month for man vs woman… TWILIGHT!

What the hell is this thing about? Why do men hate it and women love it? Lets take a look at what the Opposing View on Twilight is all about.

hesaidHe Said:

Okay this has to be the most retarded crazy fad since teenage girls made Titanic one of the highest grossing movies of all time. What the hell are these girls (and grown women!) freaking out about? Why is our society okay with these young impressionable girls LUSTING over “bad boys” that clearly are not what a parent would want for their kids?

I mean seriously, I have come to realize that no one knows how to obsess like a teenage girl. It reminds me of when my cat goes into heat. They become some other kind of of creature that I no longer recognize. We had the unfortunate lot to have our daughter’s 11th birthday fall very near the release of the Twilight New Moon movie. My wife and my daughters took advantage and planned an all girl Twilight movie and sleepover party to celebrate her 11th birthday. After driving these psycho creatures to the movie (they ceased existing as their own individual entities for about 12 hours and became some kind of obsessive wolf worshiping hive mind) I decided that on behalf of all men I was going to score one for the rest of us. That’s right the rest of us. Those of us that recognize Twilight is a piece of shit hack story that has been turned into a poorly written, badly acted, and highly uneven crapfest of a movie series.

man-hates-twilightI drove my hive mind pack of ab hungry pre-teens in heat beast to this movie with my vampire fangs left over from Halloween in full effect. Not only that but I covered myself in my wife’s glitter lotion so that I would be sure to “sparkle” when I stepped into the sunlight. Top that off with a big fat sign on taped to the front and back of my chest that read “Team Bella” and some black sharpy drawn on abs that I could flash randomly at people, and you have some justice!

Some times you have to show people just how retarded they have allowed themselves to become. I mean when this teenage kid takes off his shirt for the first time I looked around and thought that some soccer moms were legit orgasmic with glee. I’m sorry but no matter how a big a geek a teenage boy is about Lord of the Rings or Star Trek, you don’t see them having mass orgasm to a jail bait punk kid in unison!

Now that I have seen first hand the raving lunacy of not only young girls, but grown ass married women, I think the world owes Star Trek fans everywhere a huge apology. I encourage all men everywhere to do your part and embarass as many of these hive minded orgasm seeking psycho stalker creatures we call females as possible!

shesaidSHE SAID:

This past weekend my husband and I took 10 little girls to go see Twilight Saga New Moon. The girls had been looking forward to seeing this for about 6 months or so and I’m not ashamed to say that I am a grown woman that was just as excited.

About 2 years ago (before Twilight was a phenomenon) a co-worker handed me the first Twilight book. I have to admit, I had my doubts since it wasn’t the type of book I would have chosen for myself. The first few chapters were kind of blah since the main character Bella has no personality what so ever, but once the super gorgeous vampire (my image of Edward was not Robert Pattinson) falls for the boring mousy new girl, you start rooting for her. I quickly finished the story and moved on to the second one, New Moon. I think that book was even more boring than the first… but I kept reading it anyway. Why? Well because I just HAD to know who Bella chooses.

twilight-madnessI’m not at all surprised that it is a huge hit. The 2 guys, who are mystical and beautiful, fighting over a not so unique girl is probably every girls dream. Even though I think it’s silly how crazy these girls get over the actors, I still peek at my daughter’s magazines and watch all the “inside” shows on “E!”

It’s kind of weird, I’m not sure what exactly draws me in, the bad writing, the boring plot or the fact that the girl is clearly choosing the wrong guy, but I enjoy being part of it. I can’t wait until Eclipse comes out.

Go team Jacob!

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    we should always ask for a feedback and it is the negative feed back
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  • she was right!
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  • Opposing Views ha scoperto la classifica dei dieci attori di Hollywood che baciano meglio e Robert Pattinson (Edward) è all'ottovo posto.
  • Being a 21 year old female I have to say Twilight is the most ridiculous thing out there. Not to mention how crazy women/girls get obsessed with it. It is a poor movie, with poor actors. Nothing more. The moral of the story is what exactly?! A girls choice between necrophelia and beastality!? Its what it boils down to. I would never let my child watch this, no matter how popular it is. There is even a website dedicated to this movie which is called mylifeistwilight.com and I have read 1 passage and called it quits. Women and girls seem to think these characters exist and are real. THEY ARE NOT! No respectable Vampire is going to glitter. End of story! Want a good vampire movie/book?! Go read bram strokers dracula or Anne rice. Now that is writing.
  • I love twilight too and I'm a male.
    I love Bella Swan...
  • Great blog idea! Men and Women will see things completely differently til the end of time. I personally enjoyed the man's point of view as I could relate. When we were that teenage boy at the soccer field we were so nieve that we didn't even realize what was going on. I have two beautiful little girls and stay nervous about them growing up for this very reason. I have subscribed to your highly interesting blog.
  • Thanks for the comment and your thoughts. It's a dad's job to worry about their little girls. Sounds like your girls are lucky to have a dad like you looking out for them.
  • Thank you! Yeah it is a dad's job, but they are going to think I'm an asshole when they are teenagers and I won't let them stay out til 2am "all of the other parents let their kids stay out that late!", "well honey, I guess you are not those other kids are you?" (I can see into the future on this one!)
  • Bon
    First do not compare a book over 100 pages to good night moon, that's just as ridiculous as the girls who obsess over these movies. Second, who really cares what people like and what they don't. If all the hype is annoying you, sorry, but that's America for you. We are aloud to like what we want and talk as much as we want about it. We all have our own opinions and are aloud to like a slightly less masculine vampires if we want.
    Stop putting down everyone that likes the books and movies. We're just having fun.
  • beard
    to be quite frank, twilight in any shape or form is absolute drivel. i can see it being appealing to teenage girls, but anyone i talk to who has any taste in books agrees. this is probably insulting to the women who are aware of the horrible abortion that is the twilight series.
  • troll
    the twilight movie is stupid, and has no plot at all. The main reason is for this is teenagers. Teenagers like myself, are very shortsighted and don't understand anything George bushis also way better than Obama, I mean he was the greatest president of all time.
  • Brandon
    @Lily

    Amen to that! At least Captain Hammer/Captain Mal's a much better actor/character than half these fairy twilight glowing abominations.
  • Megan
    Yes, the women have twilight mania in their heads, but it doesn't mean this kind of rabid obsession doesn't befall on men. I personally don't care for the series, but I would like to point out that men are also prone to this mass hysteria. Example? Otaku guys aka fanboys of female anime characters.
  • Awesome?!
  • Chance
    For every one saying that it's just good that the kids are reading, well they're reading one book. And a book that is about on the same level as Goodnight Moon in interest and difficulty.

    Just another fad that makes it OK for girls to be whores. That's why all of you like it.
  • @Mark's Titanic comment... Tianic was a POS movie designed to get panties wet. The only historically accurate part of that movie was the ship going down. You really think the quartet guys played as the ship went down and then thanked one another?

    Get real.

    New Moon is garbage. These vampires are lame and inconsistent. The movies fail to mention IMPORTANT information from the book... like that Jacob isn't a werewolf, he's a shape changer that turns into a wolf. I listened to about 13 little girls debate this topic waiting for my tickets.

    Look, I gave it a shot and it sucked.
  • another man
    I still don't understand why someone would be attracted to a guy that spends his time brooding over how tough his life is. I'm not just talking about this latest fad, in general women seem to think skinny, effeminate and emotionally weak men are sexy. Before you say it isn't true, it is just the emo kids, I present Johnny Depp. Wouldn't you want a man that can emotionally bond with you as an equal or is the mothering instint just too overpowering?

    I mean a little bit of brooding is ok if you have just seen your entire family brutly murdered in front of you using a weedwhacker but 2 centries of crying into your tippy cup over the fact that you glitter in the F#$%ing sunlight while having the rather impressive benifits of been imortal, super strong, super fast and an impressive dresser, is just a bit silly. Wouldn't you grow a certain level of adult experience and understanding in those centuries of cattle bothering?
  • What about guys who like Twilight? (I swear there are guys who like Twilight. wtf)
  • Mark
    Uh, if you can't distinguish between the Twilight fad and the success of Titanic, you're immediately unqualified to judge anything. Titanic was an Oscar award winning epic that was historically accurate, vast, and compelling. The effects were top notch and the story/writing were both excellent.

    Twilight is a teeny-bopper piece of trash.

    Please don't compare the two.
  • Janice
    I think the article is hilarious! Its the same kind of arguments my boyfriend & I have! Dont get me wrong I dont lust over these kids or anything.... but the story is kind of cute. Its no cheesier than the other sappy chick flicks out there. The books may be poorly written but it has gotten a lot girls reading more.

    I enjoyed reading this article.... cant wait to see their next "opposing view"
  • Ashley
    Is Stephenie Meyer an Austen, a Bronte, or a Mitchell? Of course not. However,she has managed to create a new sort of vampire mythology, (albeit a bit heavy on the adverbs) and to inspire people of all ages to actually read a damned book. No mean feat, considering that the average American has a hard time spelling the word "book."
  • Lily
    I have to say that I read the books before they were mainstream and have seen the movies because I like to see how they adapt them from the books. Honestly though, I don't understand the crazy obsessiveness of people. There are many better vampire books which you could be crazy about, like the Anita Blake series which I might add also has werewolves, (not to mention were-leopards, were-rats, were-hyenas etc.) and a strong protagonist.
    If they really need to obsess over someone, they should obsess over a real man like Nathan Fillion.
  • Stucco
    Under the "she said", there is a lovely Freudian slip- "peak" (like perhaps "climax") instead of "peek" (as in "to look at"). Heh.
  • A Female
    Not all girls like Twilight.

    This was stupid.
  • Suspicious
    Thats weird..."He" says 'pre-tean' instead of 'pre-teen', and "She" says 'peak' instead of 'peek'.
  • Matthew
    "I still peak at my daughter’s magazines"

    I truly hope this is a typo
  • hahaha
    Hah so she admits its a POS movie/book yet still likes it ? wow.
  • actually male
    Mark... are you serious?
  • Jeff Sampson
    So summing up, female point of view: I like it and I dont know why. Male point of view: its poorly written, poorly acted and is based around a hack story of girls lusting after the badboy.

    I think I know who won the debate here
  • Carl
    @Mark :
    The "not so unique" part refers to her personnality
  • Kelly
    I agree with what "she said". 100%, but it is really absurd how these girls are going ape shit over a sparkly fictional character.
    Go team Jacob! (;
  • Celia
    I am a 25 years female woman, I use to like titanic because the efects and leonardo dicaprio.

    But I think twilight is for 14 old girls or women who can accept they are adults now.
    The kind of women who believe men change and the bad boy is going to become a nice guy just because you love him.
    I don't like twilight, it made no sense to me.
    I grow up thinking Dracula and the Werewolf were evil monsters.
    Sorry but I don't like pale emo boys I prefer to be seduce by the old and charming Count Dracula and saved by the hot Van Helsing played by Hugh Hackman.
    Also I love the new sensitive James Bond.
    Seriously, What was wrong with the elegant end evil count?
    Next twilight bella fall for Frankestein monster and the Mummy both played by sexy teen boys.
    Don´t worry she end becoming Igor wife.
  • iHateTwilight
    "It’s kind of weird, I’m not sure what exactly draws me in, the bad writing, the boring plot or the fact that the girl is clearly choosing the wrong guy..."

    Uhh, let me guess...is it the sparkly-glowy, infinitely brooding emo vamp that got you hooked? If this is what the future generation of woman want, we as a country are FUCKED.
  • The Twilight franchise is blatantly teaching the young women of America bad morals and obviously augmenting thier ideas of romance, men, and love beyond anything truely realistic in this world. In the end, this franchise is nothing more than a sham to bilk the pockets of America's underage youth by selling them sex. And we wonder why women are getting pregnant young and in larger numbers year over year.
  • CureForIgnorance
    I'm sorry, what the hell are you talking about? Anybody who has actually looked at the books would know that they PROMOTE morality; Edward and Bella don't have sex until they are married and on their honeymoon, despite the pressure to do so beforehand. Do some research before posting your ignorant views and looking like an idiot.
  • Scared for you
    other morals of the book include attempted suicide after the boyfriend leaves. That's it's okay for the boyfriend to be manipulating and to prevent the girl from seeing her friends by disabling her car. Also when bella was sexually forced upon by jacob she hit him. An appropreate response which was then devoided after a confrontation between bella, her father, jacob and edward. To which they ignore the addmittace of the forced affection by paying attention to the injured hand, which downplays, in the book the father shrugs off the fact his daughter was forced upon by saying. "boys will be boys".  Great morals, I haven't touched on the rest.
  • John Woods
    Wow that is way cool dude.

    RT
  • Mark
    "fighting over a not so unique girl "

    Uh, but isn't she very unique? I saw the first one (darn you ex-gf), and Ed said he liked her because she smelled different and he couldn't read her mind. The only reason he liked her was an accident of genetics.
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