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Dept. of Pointing and Jeering
Friday, 21 August 2026 04:03 pmThirteen-Plus Years Too Late
One of the movie series I actively avoided in the early oughts was the Twilight Saga. (For that matter, it was one of the book series I also swerved to avoid.) I've been learning why that was a good idea - and also why the movies are so enjoyable to make brutal fun of. Sparkly vampires! Hunky werewolves! The biggest Mary Sue to ever Mary Sue! What's not to eyeroll about?*
One of the things we do over on the Couch Discord is to watch movies; some to love for the first time, some to love again - and some to ... well, not hate-watch, more to snicker-watch.
And yes, the Twilight Saga has been what we've watched every couple of Fridays over the last couple of months. The official title of this exercise is "Drunk Twilight," on the basis of knowing one has to be in an altered state of mind to watch the thing and not gouge one's own eyes out.
I'm about to hit the Twitch Stream to watch "Twilight; Breaking Dawn, Part One" and I know it's going to be ridiculously painful fun.
To the movie!
* How did Kristin Stewart end up being such a good actor after having to plough through dreck like this?
One of the movie series I actively avoided in the early oughts was the Twilight Saga. (For that matter, it was one of the book series I also swerved to avoid.) I've been learning why that was a good idea - and also why the movies are so enjoyable to make brutal fun of. Sparkly vampires! Hunky werewolves! The biggest Mary Sue to ever Mary Sue! What's not to eyeroll about?*
One of the things we do over on the Couch Discord is to watch movies; some to love for the first time, some to love again - and some to ... well, not hate-watch, more to snicker-watch.
And yes, the Twilight Saga has been what we've watched every couple of Fridays over the last couple of months. The official title of this exercise is "Drunk Twilight," on the basis of knowing one has to be in an altered state of mind to watch the thing and not gouge one's own eyes out.
I'm about to hit the Twitch Stream to watch "Twilight; Breaking Dawn, Part One" and I know it's going to be ridiculously painful fun.
To the movie!
* How did Kristin Stewart end up being such a good actor after having to plough through dreck like this?
