And God is she bland… That applies to most the characters though.

Personally, I couldn’t care less about Twlight. I’m appauled at the weekend gross. However, I’m not appauled because its Twilight, I’m appauled because its a bad movie. It’s a bad movie that made HUGE box office and guarantees we’ll more more crap films.

Before you ask, I’m just as appauled at Transformers I and II. Another pair of crap films that ensure that quality films are ignored. (Did Moon, The Hurt Locker and Brothers Bloom make in their entire run what either Transformers or Twlight made in one day? I doubt it.)

If folks go to the theater, great. I couldn’t care less what films are made as long as those films are good. Can Hollywood make good films for girls/women? I think so. The Devil Wears Prada, 500 Days Of Summer and God knows The Princess Bride all fall into the “Chick Flick” catagory and all of them are great films. I don’t recall anyone screaming they would not cover those films for any reason and I’ll bet that if the Princess Bride were remade (Heaven help us if that ever happens. I’m just making an anology so roll with it please.) that it would be a hit at Comic Con. No one would be screaming about all the fan girls who would turn out for that panel, would they?

And God is she bland… That applies to most the characters though.

I don’t think Twilight would affect the way most girls think or would mislead them. I am guessing they are all watching it just for fun/entertainment. No one believes everything they see in a movie … if they do, they are just stupid.

That doesn’t “hurt” them, exactly. It’s just a ridiculous, but common, sentiment.

Oh and you know what teenage girls will date lots of different guys and have different emotionally dependent relationships with their boyfriends despite this book. It's been happening for ages and will continue to happen with or without reading Twilight. It's part of growing up. Bella isn't the strongest person, but she does have a mind of her own and she does stick up for herself. I don't recommend her as a role model, but she does represent the insecurities and emotional angst many teenage girls experience.

What I think this is more akin to is Transformers 2, for females. It's thoughtless, garbage entertainment made solely to entertain. And that's FINE, by all means, be entertained. Except people LIVE for this shit, and act crazy about it, and take life lessons they shouldn't. And you're exactly right, that isn't really Twilight's fault, it has every right to exist and be made. It's that people watch Twilight and see more in it than there actually is.

Indiana Jones and Star Wars and Star Trek are movies about Good vs. Evil, the morals are crystal clear and universally true. Twilight tries to deal with emotions of the human heart and comes out with this perversion of what love is and should be. But again, it should be made and watched for entertainment purposes, it just saddens me that something so thoughtless could be so wildly beloved.

The dollar votes have been cast, however, and it's going to make a lot of money. I just hope people recognize what they're watching. As to webpage coverage, every blog should cover it, because this is huge news. And fanboys shouldn't bash it because a lot of people are going to see it, but because of what people have turned it into.

There are a number of themes and messages played out in the novel and on-screen that are potentially damaging to a young mind. Lines like “You're exactly my brand of heroin” aren't catered to the 9-14 age group, as a for-instance. The hollow main character, Bella Swan (yeah, her name means Beautiful Swan), shows signs of neediness and masochism. The “love” she's involved in is based on co-dependency to the point that when Edward leaves, she tries to kill herself by jumping off a cliff. Twilight isn't as clean and innocent as you make it out to be.

But by all means, give it the attention it deserve, just take it upon yourselves to give it educated coverage.