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It's Star Wars all over again for me. Anytime anyone says they legitimately liked Twilight, I just shake my head in pity.

Posted by David (aka David) Nov 19 '09, 13:53

There is so much great gothic cinema. Why settle for this?

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The difference there is that Star Wars was loved by critics, fans and general moviegoers. Twilight is only liked by the loyal fanbase. -- nm - Inigo Nov 19, 14:00 26
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  - The first trilogy. Specifically, Star Wars and Empire. -- nm - Inigo Nov 19, 14:03 12
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      - I watched the first one very objectively recently for my AFI project. - Callisto Nov 19, 14:09 7
        
        Star Wars introduced us to a whole new world (of special effects). - Spawn Nov 19, 14:17
        
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        It depends. I mean, I like Revenge of the Sith and he hates it. - Callisto Nov 19, 14:15 4
        
        (And I really do think Empire Strikes Back is great.) -- nm - Callisto Nov 19, 14:15 3
        
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        I think it's a little overrated *but* I think that it is also a super important set of films historically and to deny that is silly. - Callisto Nov 19, 14:23 1
        
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      - And now you are getting to the heart of why I would never be his. -- nm - Spawn Nov 19, 14:06
      - It's the reason DLC is a meme -- nm - Roger More Nov 19, 14:05 1
        
        Ironically, this is something I like about Twilight. It's demonstrating what I've always said about Star Wars proving it's better to be lucky thangood - David Nov 19, 14:08
- They're both mediocre products whose popularity vastly exceeds what the quality merits. -- nm - David Nov 19, 14:01 11
  - Except it's hard to find an all time top 100 list from a major listing that doesn't have the original Star Wars in that list. - Inigo Nov 19, 14:05 10
    - You should brace for the same thing to happen to Twilight down the line. People drive lists. - David Nov 19, 14:13 8
      - Twlight has a 5.9 rating on IMDB. It didn't get nominated for Best Picture. It won't have re-releases. - Inigo Nov 19, 14:18 3
        
        fwiw, at least one local theater is showing "twilight" right now. - b. Nov 19, 14:25
        
        It was an nothing film budget that earned $380 million worldwide. If you don't think that's a blockbuster...well, you're being silly. - David Nov 19, 14:25
        
        To be clear, I'm taling about the movies. The books are a totally separate class. -- nm - Inigo Nov 19, 14:21
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        As much as I wish it would, Twilight isn't going away. One out of every nine books sold the first half of this year was for this franchise. -- nm - David Nov 19, 14:18 2
        
        wow, i didn't know that. -- nm - Andie Nov 19, 14:19 1
        
        When I was researching for New Moon about four months ago is when I started ranting about it here. - David Nov 19, 14:26
    - I will. Ho-Ho! -- nm - Retired Summit Entertainment Mogul Nov 19, 14:11
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I was one of those people who camped out overnight for tickets to Episode 1. It was pretty terrible, but I wouldn't trade it for anything. -- nm - Qale Nov 19, 13:56
"Why settle for THIS? This ... pablum!" -- nm - Beryllium Nov 19, 13:55

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It's Star Wars all over again for me. Anytime anyone says they legitimately liked Twilight, I just shake my head in pity.

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