Comments on: Wait? Vampires are supposed to sparkle now?

By: kidstuff

kidstuff — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:30:23 +0000

sunlight sensitivity does not come from folklore, but inspired it. Lupus. Look it up. Blood conditions, coughing up blood, malaise, psychosis, fever- a bit like Lucy in Dracula. This could be the basis of both vampires and werewolves (Lupine).

By: kidstuff

kidstuff — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:13:40 +0000

Stating the obvious is not a WIN, it’s a ZING, and by no means is it EPIC. Hitting a home run is a WIN, hitting a grand slam is EPIC.
Or, to keep it topical, turning one person into a vamp is a win. Turning a Marine squadron to help you rule L.A. (or B.C. where the sparklers hang out) would be considered EPIC.

By: Fran-Kaii.

Fran-Kaii. — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:28:54 +0000

Tbh, I really enjoyed twilight. No it’s not as good as some other movies/books. But at leat Smeyer put a different spin on things. It gets boring reading the same sort of thing over and over again. Oh and the guys are fiiiine in the movie. (;

Buffy & Angel were amazing! David Boreanaz is like completely stunnin’! Best vampire ever in my opinion. (:

By: imii

imii — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:14:03 +0000

my favourite line is when willow comes back after bieng all ‘total destruction of the earth’ phaze and the gnarl when xander says
‘ great we’ll all be killed by some nasty boulders’ or somink like that and spike says
‘ theres a cave….. im insane. whats his excuse!!!’

By: imii

imii — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:02:14 +0000

he had the ring on. but as soon as it was gone he did catch fire.
i like in the 5th season when buffy dies, i cry every time i see it. but i think that person was right when they siad you shouldnt mess too much with the legend of the vampire or it just takes all the mystery and exitement out

By: imii

imii — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:57:50 +0000

i agree,
spike is like the best & james marsters playes him really well.
he’s just got that ‘bad boy’ thing going.
but the only reason he could go out in the sun was BECAUSE

By: imii

imii — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:51:59 +0000

he lookes so fiiiiine as Angel!!!

By: gingeeeee

gingeeeee — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:01:35 +0000

OMG YES LOL
pangs!
i love that episode
^_________^
i love spike
they shouldntve made buffy end.
it should still be happening plz

By: Wheadonesque Twihard

Wheadonesque Twihard — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 12:15:58 +0000

Look I am obbessed with vampires, you have no idea!!! I am of course a fan of WHEADONESQUE Vampires (i.e. Buffy/Angel), and honestly I see a lot of similarities between ANGEL and EDWARD, the whole “Im in love with the one person who gets me they just happen to be human” thing. Most of you are right about the vampire sparkly thing, kinda made me angry too… hell I avoided the books and movies for this reason. Then I gave in and read them… Twilight is pretty decent, plus for all of you so pissy about the whole badass vampire thing… Almost all these vampire movies/lore have at least one bad vamp gone good. The twilight vampires sparkle yes… but other then the CULLENS…. they all EAT PEOPLE!!!!! SO lay off… Steph Meyer took her own spin on things…. PLUS YEAH ANGEL COULD SO KICK EDWARDS ASS!!!

By: Vlad

Vlad — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 05:56:27 +0000

Most Vampires I’ve seen Walk in the Day Light and MostDon’t Drink Blood.

By: Vlad

Vlad — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 05:47:34 +0000

Most Vampires I’ve seen walk in the Day Light and Most don’t Drink Blood! I Gaurentee.

By: Chuck

Chuck — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 05:32:12 +0000

I was hooked on codiene. Disabled Vet who served in the middle east. What can I do besides NA and ratonal recovery?

By: TeeHee

TeeHee — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 04:00:21 +0000

the only thing bad about the twilight vamps is their stereotypical personalities and the sparkle thing……otherwise, it’s not a bad book series

By: RandomChick

RandomChick — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:54:01 +0000

yeah, i thought he looked like he was sweating profusely as well. in any case it was done very badly.

By: gruchi

gruchi — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 02:13:11 +0000

maby ur a mutant *smile/laugh*

By: gruchi

gruchi — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 02:01:35 +0000

thats because in the version buffy the vampire slayer vamps have to fight for there lifes because of the slayer insted of being on top of the food chain but so true

By: gruchi

gruchi — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 01:56:51 +0000

hey same here *smile*

By: gruchi

gruchi — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 01:49:48 +0000

yea but im sorry everybody in my family likes spike but me total angle fan! i personally think spikes gay because he was controled by a chip but other than that yea hes an awsome vampire.

By: gruchi

gruchi — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 01:43:28 +0000

yea but the last season was crazy why ruin the one vampire slayer yea i know i did like faith but i never really did finish the last season 7
but when i first saw this i couldnt stop from busting out laughing
hahaha and it still gets me im so tiered of my friends talking about twilight when i think of vampires i see bad asses but they see a prissy gay sparkly vegaterian with fangs who thinks hes a bad ass i mean come on! i hate twilight!!! Buffy the vampire slayer RULEs you totaly get the image!!!!

By: Gorgifus

Gorgifus — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:08:58 +0000

I was thinking more like bugs had infested his skin and were crawling around…

By: Chiyuki

Chiyuki — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:24:49 +0000

*applause* Many valid points there, and I agree on all counts! (Especially on the recommendation of /Sunshine/. Love that book. Love all of Robin McKinley’s books.)

By: JustSomeEnglishTeacher

JustSomeEnglishTeacher — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 18:36:18 +0000

I never was a fan of these, but when the movie came out and my students became obsessed, I gave it a go. Meh. Compared to some of the other crap people are feeding teenagers, it really wasn’t that awful. It’s the sort of thing I can read in the tub and finish before the water gets cold. And it managed to do what George Bush and billions of dollars of education funding couldn’t: make abstinence cool. If you want a recent vampire-based book that holds its own, try Robin McKinley’s /Sunshine/. Blows /Twilight/ out of the water and surpasses the other vampire books I’ve read, simply because this vampire doesn’t have a soul, or a microchip implanted in his head, or is just a whiny emo (*cough* Louis *cough*), or a self-proclaimed veggie. Con is a killer, and when he’s not using the human protagonist as a weapon to defeat their mutual enemy, yeah, he actually goes hunting and kills people.
As for the complaint that Meyer screwed around too much with the mythos, that is a time-honored tradition of acclaimed authors everywhere. A basilisk, by the way, is either a three-foot high half-dragon, half-bird with a snake’s tail and teeth, hatched by a cockerel from a toad egg, or a small snake, no more than 12 inches in length with deadly poison, a lethal gaze, and fear of weasels. How terrifying, though, would it have been for daring Harry to chase around a what surely would have looked like an escapee from a Muppet convention through the Chamber of Secrets? If we intend to decry all authors who’ve mutilated traditional folklore, Mistress Rowling should be the first on the list.

By: WastingTime

WastingTime — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 13:41:18 +0000

No, no no no no. Vampires do not break and enter. Vampires must be invited in.

By: dustin

dustin — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:11:48 +0000

i sparkle in the daylight…its been like this for about two years and i dont know why

By: dustin

dustin — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:10:52 +0000

i sparkle in the daylight…its been like this for years and…i dont know why

By: dustin

dustin — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:08:26 +0000

i sparkle in the daylight and i have no idea why

By: iMetalhead

iMetalhead — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 03:08:43 +0000

Bahahahahahahaha. I lol’d

By: Mel

Mel — Sat, 23 May 2009 09:32:05 +0000

Anyone who knows anything about Twilight knows that stuff. It’s not hard to understand. It’s pretty simplistic in it’s crappy plot.

Seriously, our understanding of it is NOT the reason we hate it.

By: Mel

Mel — Sat, 23 May 2009 09:26:37 +0000

You obviously haven’t read much about Vampires, then. >:\

Why don’t you read more then 1 vampire series before you comment on Vampires.

Try Dracula. Or Lynsay Sands series of Vampire Romance. Or try playing the Legacy of Kain games. Or read the Hellsing manga. Or read up on ancient Slavic Vampire myths. Or try Varney the Vampire. Or…you know…ANYTHING but Twilight.

By: Mel

Mel — Sat, 23 May 2009 09:11:56 +0000

Actually, the original Dracula was able to go in the daylight. And ancient Slavic legends had cases where sunlight didn’t effect them at all, so That’s about the ONLY thing Twilight might have gotten a little bit right.

Everything else is just fail, though. :\ at LEAST give them FANGS if you’re going to call them Vampires! FAIL, Smeyer, FAIL!

By: Mel

Mel — Sat, 23 May 2009 09:08:54 +0000

HELL! YES!

And by proxy – TEAM DRACULA FOREVER! We’ll see if the Twihards can figure out how they fit together.

By: Mel

Mel — Sat, 23 May 2009 09:06:23 +0000

Seriously, me, too. The Lost Boys is one of my favorite Vampire movies, and I do not remember them being glittery at all.

If they DID, it was probably just meant to be make-up in that whacky 80’s style people dressed up in back then. They were NOT meant to be sparkly-happy-loveable at ALL…

By: DeathWyrmNexus

DeathWyrmNexus — Mon, 18 May 2009 22:13:33 +0000

That is what I am wanting to know as I don’t recall any of them bleeding glitter. :/

By: Liz

Liz — Mon, 18 May 2009 22:04:20 +0000

in 1 of the shows he plays in he is a vampire

By: Illyria

Illyria — Fri, 15 May 2009 17:27:54 +0000

Angel IS more badass than Edward – he fights for the world, stopped many apocalypses (“It turns out I suddenly find myself needing to know the plural of apocalypse.”) and never gives up – and hey, ever seen the 2. season of ATS?
Also, Angel is occasionally whining, but at least he gets off his ass and does something!

And hello, the biggest bad-ass must still be Angelus – ever noticed whenever his name is mentioned, everyone’s face is full of fear and terror?
And uuuh – Edward killed people. Big whoop. Vampires are supposed to do that, moron. (Edward, not any of you)
…
I think everyone sees my point.

By: paws4thot

paws4thot — Fri, 15 May 2009 15:04:47 +0000

Well, if you’re not a Goth or an Emo, give one of her books a read.

By: princessaimeemae

princessaimeemae — Fri, 15 May 2009 14:32:00 +0000

Two words. Anne. Rice. Give her books a read,
you won’t be sorry you did

By: Kimi

Kimi — Fri, 01 May 2009 03:51:55 +0000

the best is the first and the REAL. Vlad the Impaler of… romania? look him up. a true no sparkles. the character Dracula is based off him and thats where this all started right?

By: Kimi

Kimi — Fri, 01 May 2009 03:50:08 +0000

Team Alucard Forever!!!

By: Critic

Critic — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:07:15 +0000

I was thinking more furry…

By: gingeeeeeee

gingeeeeeee — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:52:23 +0000

in season four of buffy, spike has the gem of amara + walks out in sunlight + him + buffy fight loads, + he doesnt die
spike is loads better than angel.
i miss buffy :’(

By: Beth

Beth — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:41:12 +0000

Sueishly? Really Kat, what does that mean? It’s not a word in my language.

By: Chiyuki

Chiyuki — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 02:35:31 +0000

Angel = Angsty, guilt-ridden vampire; subsists on animal blood; is in love with a mortal and concerned about what will happen if he acts on that love (i.e. losing his soul)
Edward = Angsty, guilt-ridden vampire; subsists on animal blood; is in love with a mortal and concerned about what will happen if he acts on that love (i.e. taking her life)

They aren’t as different as you all seem to think. Angel, “badass”? I think not.

Anyway, the fact that Twilight vampires shimmer in the sunlight is just how Meyer chose to address the myth. I’m not saying it’s perfect, but I appreciate an author who tries to reinvent a stereotype. The only quality REQUIRED of vampires is the reliance on blood for survival, really. I’ve seen stories where blood-drinking was optional, and vampires could survive on human food. Isn’t that a more horrifying idea than a vampire who can come out during the day?

By: Gothicfairie

Gothicfairie — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:39:12 +0000

Twilight is basically a Mills and Boons book using (Note the word.) HORROR characters and trying to pass it off as an original piece of literature. The book is repeatitive and full of grammatical mistakes. All her characters lack originality and there is no proper development. The fact that it was even published at all is a miracle.

By: Mana

Mana — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 01:22:03 +0000

*Drools obscenely then laments lack of self control*

By: Amanda

Amanda — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 03:07:29 +0000

… The only vampire that should be aloud to ’sparkle’ is Drusilla if Ms. Edith told her that the corpses around her needed glitter. And in my opinion, the ‘vampires’ from the Twilight series are not Vampires, they are fangless pansies who could be beat by Harmony. -.-

By: tulona

tulona — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 13:09:38 +0000

twilight was a horrible book and a worse movie. I think people need to be made aware of how bad twilight is before they read the book or watch the movie. I wish i was.

By: Nassedoh

Nassedoh — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:30:10 +0000

Actually it seems to me that you might have read it… but truly never got it… The Twilight series calls upon a family of vampires that’s different from the rest, that decide a different path for themselves and that is not different from other vampire stories in the past, take for example Lestat, Louie… They all made choices regarding what they wanted to do or to be and not taking into account what the rest of the vampires did… Angel is another case (taking into account the gipsy course that gave him his soul back) of a non hillikng vampire…
And regarding the fact about the sparkling thing, remember that in the book Edward tells Bella that the fire is not fatal to vampires, it makes them a little weak for being unable to see clearly because of it’s brightness. And the sparkling effect on their skin was actually the cause in the past that led people to start the myth that they bursted into flames when directly exposed to sunlight, just a matter of perception… And talking about perception, I agree that in the movie it might not be the best special effect to picture the whole thing, but remember that the movie and the story are told from Bella’s perspective, I mean she’s in love with the guy and that’s the way she pictured the whole thing, she saw him beautiful and that’s what you guys should understand before going around trashing good movies and stories for other people that haven’t got the chance to read ‘em o watch ‘em…

By: phantom

phantom — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 21:26:49 +0000

^most common Anti stereotype #3

some of us actually did read it, barfed after the second paragraph, burned it, then tried to save the world before the disease spread. Using intellectual debate, a good literature analysis, and an all round use of common sense, the Antis try to spread the gift of good literature and non-faggy vampires.

How could we do this if we didn’t have any damned clue what the book was about? Where did all of our facts and arguments come from if we didn’t first read it and then debate it?

By: phantom

phantom — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 21:19:41 +0000

then you are a very, very sad person. I weep for you :/