Twilight Empire Edition

Robward on the cover of Australia/NZ's Empire magazine.
Must get hands on copy. We'll see. Borders should have it I think.

Halloween...

So what did everone get up to for Halloween? Me...I was home cramming studying for my Film exam after working all day..so suckie. But I guess NZers, as a nation, don't celebrate Halloween like the Americans do...would be cool if we did! We still have the increasing numbers of trick or treaters amongst the kids and the odd Halloween party, but nothing too major. That'll be my goal for next year...have a full blown Halloween party. No dressing up as Twilight characters. It's not that there's anything wrong with it if you're that way inclined, but I just think that the characters aren't costumy enough for it that's all.

Enough of my ranting...
Asheley Greene just looks absolutely AMAZING. Kellan too...but maybe lose the cape? then I'd be drooling all over my keyboard.

anyway you can check out the rest: Radar Online

Edward Undies???

okay... this takes the cake on merch gone pervy.

it's this part of the merch that is creepy:

Seriously...Edward's lips on your crotch?? I'm sorry but that just takes your Twilight obsession way too far. It's just creepy. Must turn some people on though right? hehe

Source: CocoPerez and TWITARDED

NZ Herald: Rob the Boy in the Bubble

An NZ Herald article on our man Rob...

The Twilight juggernaut is propelling the 23-year-old British actor to the heights of mega stardom and, having previously only played minor roles, most notably as Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, he is making the most of it.


The small independent movie, Remember Me, was able to go ahead as the result of his casting and Pattinson is now in Unbound Captives, a western set in 1859, where the world's sexiest youngster gets to act alongside the "Sexiest Man Alive", Hugh Jackman.


"The Twilight fans are so devoted, even fanatical, that I'm now able to do so many films," Pattinson says. "The economy is just so bad at the moment. I don't care if they think I'm right for the part or not. I can get their movie made, which is great."


The trim actor says what has happened to him has been "pure luck." After all, handsome Henry Cavill, who made a dashing impression in TV's The Tudors as Henry's friend, the Duke of Suffolk, had been Twilight author Stephanie Meyer's original choice to play Edward Cullen, the lovelorn vampire who falls in love with the human Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart).


But Cavill was too old by the time the blockbuster movie went ahead and Pattinson won the role instead. "I never set out to achieve anything, certainly not fame like this," he admits. "I still have to deal with how to actually make my life work."


The obvious comparison regarding his ascent to stardom is with Daniel Radcliffe who, even if he gets his gear off on stage, will forever be known as Harry Potter. Like his fellow Briton, Pattinson has gone against the puerile grain of Twilight to appear in gay sex scenes for his portrayal of the Spanish painter Salvador Dali in Little Ashes.


Pattinson hopes his Twilight role will leave him without the typecasting that Radcliffe will surely face. "I worked on Harry Potter for 11 months and I couldn't imagine doing that for all those years. I don't know how those guys have stayed sane. I would go completely crazy, hardly being able to do anything else for so long."


Pattinson was contracted to do the four Twilight movies and once Eclipse wraps up in Vancouver, only Breaking Dawn remains to be filmed. "They were all filmed quickly and painlessly," he says.

Read the rest here: [link]

New Moon Spoiler

UPDATE: yep the clip has now been removed. hopefully you got to see it while it was up :) if not...3 more weeks til New Moon comes out!!

I probably really shouldn't post this...
although seeing as it's not official and pretty much an illegal bootleg there's a good chance it'll probably be taken off youtube soon anyway

Anyway...do not watch if you don't want it to spoil the movie! I kinda regret watching this now...you know curiosity killed the cat and all. Not saying that it's a bad scene! Just that I promised myself that I wouldn't watch any more spoilers before I saw the official movie. Bad self control!!
it's the whole break up scene from New Moon. The quality is not great, think camera recording at the cinema.

[link]

Yep pretty much how it happens in the book.
I imagined how Bella would say "you don't want me" slightly differently though. I always thought it would be on the brink of tears and like "you...don't...want...me...?" heh but that's just me and minor detailing

Bella's Lullaby

I'm sorry ~ is anyone else like me: I don't like Bella's Lullaby in Twilight.
I just think it's not right, it's so cinematic. And I mean yeah it is made for cinema....but...it falls short of what I expected. And almost a year on from hearing it in the movie, I still can't get it. It just does not work for me.
Maybe cause I fell in love with Yiruma's The River Folows in You first?
I wish, WISH they would change the current Bella's Lullaby. Anything but the current Carter Burwell orchestra version....Don't get me wrong, I like the Carter Burwell version too (with just piano), but it just doesn't tug on the heart strings like Yiruma's does....I just can't imagine it for Breaking Dawn.

In case you don't know which one(s) I'm talking about...
Yiruma's:

Carter Burwell's (official version):

/end rant.

Twilight and/or/vs Vampire Knight

By BunnyCupCakes

Was just thinking when I came across this - those of you who read manga or watch anime should've heard of Vampire Knight...right? I started reading it earlier this year and it's pretty good, I don't like it as much as Twilight though IMO - You know whatever floats your boat and all. I didn't realise the whole Twilight vs Vampire Knight discussion was in full flight. Seems like if you don't like Twilight, you just don't like it haha.

Edward sparkles, so what?! I dunno, some people focus on the little things. Like Bella being a bit needy. Lets just say that needy is meant to be romantic. LOL.

So back to Vampire Knight...if you don't know, it's a story about a human, Yuuki, who is in love with her saviour vampire, Kaname (your typical vampire that does not sparkle). Well that's how it starts out anyway...it's still incomplete (FYI mangas are serialised). It's set at Cross Academy where day class means class for humans and night class is for vampires.

For Twilight, I'm just a fan of the love story, characters and the friendships. I've never been big on the whole vampire thing. Same goes for Vampire Knight. I just think Kaname and Zero are smexy. LOL. Something about the manga drawings is so lustful (*giggles by herself in front of laptop*)

wanna check it out? I like the manga so much better than the anime...the anime, like the Twilight movie, tries too hard to be comedic I think. You can google "Vampire Knight and Twilight" and you'll find a bit on that discussion.

You can read the manga: Onemanga

Watch the anime: Vampire Knight Episode

And why not head on over to MyAnime and have/start a discussion? - yes I am pimping this forum, what can I say...I just love small communities, I just hate those massive forums where everythings is just so impersonal, I just feel more comfortable when there's fewer XP

The Vamp Trend.

I think it was a couple months back, a local NZ magazine ran an article about the vampire trend taking over - from Twilight to Karen Walker to True Blood...
Well anyway I've scanned it in - even though I've been really behind and haven't actually read it properly myself LOL...shall we read it together?

Vampires....

hmm...first post in a while. I don't even have any excuses so I'm not gunna even bother coming up with any!

Interesting 'doco' (is it a doco? i dunno) on tv the other night here in NZ...
20/20 had a segment about vampires living in New Zealand. Yes lil ol NZ.
One guy sleeps in a coffin and has porcelain capped fangs and another girl needs warm human blood as her energy source.

Interesting is the word alright. Anyways, can't embed the vid so will have to head on over to tvnz on demand to stream it (hopefully it works outside of NZ?)
And hey they even have some bits on Twilight in there :o)

Banners

sorry about the no-posts guys - been a bit under the weather so haven't had the energy to post all the updates :(

But just quickly popping in to mention that it's Twilight banner week on Contest.co.nz this week - ending this friday(nz time)
There's a new banner up everyday - I will get actually pics posted tonight - I'm at uni and they've disabled the right click function so I can't save pics. How maddening!

this page has all the past ones: Contest - twilight logos

Enjoy! and thanks Jo for doing this for the Twilight Nuts =D

Twilight Merchandise

We all know how Hot Topic always has all the hot new Twilight merch, but anyone else noticed they haven't got many new products? Well Reel Collectibles has just updated their site with new Twilight items that they will getting in soon! You can now pre-order a whole collection of Twilight jewellery, bags, lunch boxes...shoe laces! haha, where will the merch end? well it's safe to say we'll only be getting more New Moon themed items in the upcoming months =)
Reel Collectibles ships within NZ as well as internationally! How awesome is that?

Mary Hart ET Interview

Mary Hart from ET gets interviewed - some interesting bits from Twilight/New Moon you might want to check out!

[via NewMoonMovie]

Stephenie Meyer Reflects on Twilight

The Courier-Mail have an interview with Stephenie Meyer herself as the movie DVD is literally about to be released in Australia.
She had this to say about her vamps:

"For me, a vampire was just an embodiment of that person who's in a bad place and who's told, 'You can't be anything more than what you are'.

"And then the vampire says, 'I'm not going to be what I am, I'm going to be what I want to be'. I love that. My life has been pretty easy, but you see people who overcome enormous odds. And this was a fantasy metaphor for that kind of person."

I personally liked that part :)
you can read the rest of the interview here: The Courier-Mail

Deadbolt give their take on New Moon cast

Deadbolt's Larson Hill gives a run down on who has been cast in New Moon. He dubs the original cast of Twilight as the "Sophomores" and the additional cast to New Moon as the "Freshmen".
check out the article here: Deadbolt

Mutemath Spotlight vid

does not feature the cast of Twilight, but still a very cool vid to check out. Interesting and quirky I say! You know their song Spotlight from the school carpark scene with Edward and his spanking cool sunnies...

MUTEMATH - Spotlight

it's also on their MySpace

Twilight cast in Australia...

well Kellan, Edi and Ashley will be in for a signing anyway aparently!

I know this is a *tad* bit old news, and it's 1.30 in the morning here meaning I really should be asleep...but I just noticed on the Gifts for the Geek website that other than advertising about the Kellan and Edi in store appearance and autograph signing, they also have another banner which advertises Kellan and Ashley at a Twilight Prom on the 24th April in Sydney and the 25th April in Melbourne.

cool or what? I can't help but be happy for my fellow Twilighters across the ditch for some strange strange reason lol. But yeah I wish I could go -- maybe time to visit some rellies in OZ =P

To tell you the truth, it was Supernatural that caught my attention *blush* I'm a sucker for Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki! lol -- they'll be in Sydney April 18th-19th (2 days away?!)

New Moon cast and 100 Monkeys show....

100 Monkeys had a show last night in Vancouver and almost all of the New Moon (I'm used to saying Twilight, so that's an adjustment) cast were there. Lucky for those who attended. I'm really hating the fact that I live in NZ and nothing ever happens here :( sure we get the beautiful scenery and Lord of the Rings, but I want 100 Monkeys and Twilight dammit!

let me just take a minute to appreciate what I have here...


okay, better. now back to New Moon and 100 Monkeys.
Vancity Allie was lucky enough to be at the 100 Monkeys show in Vancouver where she got to mingle with the New Moon cast...I'm still jealous, but also I'm glad everyone had such a good time =)







she had this to say:

"I can’t even begin to tell you how nice the cast was. They asked for us to wait to take photos until mainly after the show because they didn’t want to take the spotlight from Jackson’s band, and they were incredibly kind, classy, and friendly. And they mostly hung out in the crowd all night, just enjoying the show like everyone else. Mindblowing! Kudos, Twilight cast. You really are a one-of-a-kind group. Thanks for putting up with us fans!"

oh and on why Kellan has a scarf around his face looking all goofy (adorable :p)

"Meanwhile, Kellan hangs out with us and takes some photos, and does some really funny stuff. Wish I could have gotten a video of him. He’s pretty much exactly what I imagined Emmett to be. He’s silly, goofy… he used his scarf to make a ninja outfit and tried to scare different groups of girls. It was hilarious."

MTV awards: Nominate Twilight!

The 2009 MTV Movie Awards are coming up, and fans have the power to vote for nominees!

"The most exciting detail of all: We want your help choosing the winners! We're opening up nominee voting from April 13-20. You'll choose your favorites from a huge pool of the year's biggest stars, deciding who goes on to the next round. Then, from May 4-18, you'll vote to decide which of those nominees goes home with MTV's famous Golden Popcorn! Do you understand what that means? Not only do you pick the winners of the 2009 MTV Movie Awards, but, for the first time ever, you also pick the nominees! Are you a billionaire? Is your last name Spelling? If not, you have never come this close to completely owning a show in your whole life!"

Vote for Twilight as a nominee in these categories:

Best Movie: Twilight
Best Female Performance: Kristen Stewart
Best Male Performance: Robert Pattinson
Breakthrough Female Performance: Kristen Stewart
Breakthrough Male Performance: Both Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner are nominated
Best Villain: Cam Gigandent
Best Kiss: Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart
Best Fight: Robert Pattinson and Cam Gigandet

Votes are only good til April 20th, so get voting!!

we're goin to Jackson....

lol okay that was a Walk the Line moment right there. I'm sorry haha.

So Amanda Bell from The Examiner had the pleasure of interviewing Jackson about his life, music and Twilight - lucky lady!

She had this to say:

About his start in the entertainment industry, I asked Jackson, “You got your earliest start with Pickwick Players doing musical theatre, right? What was it about that group that got you interested in joining them?” Jackson answered, “Pickwick Players at ole’ MCT in Midland, Texas, was my rough beginnings.” Says he, “my parents made me join the program because I wasn’t making friends at school when our family moved to Midland, and my sister had joined the group. I started off as a tech-guy, building sets and running sound and the lighting boards . . . then I noticed the guys on stage were [the ones] getting all the girls, so . . . there you go.” Apparently, then, Jackson’s earliest start in the acting world was inspired by his love of the ladies.

About the film, I asked Jackson Rathbone, “In New Moon, your character is supposed to take a bigger bite (pun intended) into the series, with Jasper showing his more thirsty side. How are you preparing yourself for these scenes?” Jackson replied, “for that pun, you should be ‘pun’ished . . . I haven’t had a drink in 35 days.” Clever fellow, he is.

Okay, cute pun aside, I love this dude. He's so charasmatic! He makes a perfect Jasper in my opinion, they got it perfectly right with that :D

Caius has been cast!

British actor Jamie Campbell-Bower has revealed he will play Volturi leader Caius in The Twilight Saga: New Moon.

The 20-year-old, who has appeared in RockNRolla and Sweeney Todd, told the BBC news website that taking part in the vampire series was "very exciting".

"You're the first people I've told" he said. "Shooting has already started, and I'm going over in June."

The film, due for release in November, is the second adaptation from author Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series.

The role of Caius is key to the plot of New Moon. He forms part of the triumvirate leading the Italian based coven of vampires called the Volturi.

The second book in the series sees the gang become a threat to lovers Bella and Edward.

I may be a newbie at this, but it does seem to me like they've up-played Caius' role above the rest of the Volturi. It's Aro that is more of the leader if ever there was one. The trio (Aro, Caius and Marcus) make up the Volturi leaders, but this report kind of makes it seem like Caius is the head honcho in Italy. I have to disagree. Aro is the most leader-ish one. I wanna know who's been cast as Aro!

Link: BBC News