Eclipse Director, Making Fun Of Twilight ?

[angelfish]

…and so yesterday we were trying to find a movie to see and we’d seen all the good ones, you know, and there was nothing really coming out this weekend that we really fancied at all and having directed a vampire film and really gone for something completely different to the kind of romantic, you know, repressed hormone teen vampire movie we really weren’t interested in seeing Twilight but a lot of people said lets go so I wrote -

 

“Twilight drunk? No, not even drunk. Twilight on acid? No, not even on acid? Twilight at gun point? Just shoot me.â€

 

[That’s like] a poem in a way [...] at this point excites me even though people think I’m a really violent and unpleasant person I actually do have this romantic violent side to me. Maybe I should have seen Twilight.

 

 

 

 

I want a new director, anyone agree ?

I hope he clears this up and lets everyone know he didn't mean it...or sure enough he won't be directing Eclipse.

[elena]

maybe he just gets a rush from causing an uproar haha

mebs an attention seeker?

[CompletelyCullenized]

...Funny, that's what I thought about 30 days of Night

[supajulz]

TBH i dont really care if he is a fan or not.

he is a great director and has worked with some big stars in hollywood so knows how to get the best out of the actors.

i want Chris to do a better job than Catherine and subsequently i want David to do a better job than chris.

 

on the surface, i can see why a teenage vampire flick wouldnt sound appealing to a 30/40 year old male. i know a few people who thought it sounded lame then when they saw it enjoyed it.

[CharmedOne]

Well...he's spoken back now - apparantly sent a personal email to the girls at Twilight Lexicon website and sounds like he's trying to get back in the fans good books....

 

Dear Laura and Lori

 

I would be grateful if you could distribute this statement to the fans of Twilight:I would like to address some statements that I made regarding Twilight.

 

When I made these comments, I had neither seen the film nor read the books. I was promoting a comedy short film that I had made for Xbox and every pop culture subject was seen as a possible comedy target. I was being silly and none of the statements were from the heart.

 

Of course, I have since seen the movie and read the books and was quickly consumed with the rich storytelling and the beautifully honest characters that Stephenie Meyer created.

 

I would like to reassure everyone involved that I am invested in making the best film that I am humanly capable of, and that I am acutely aware of the power of the original books we serve.

 

Please be rest assured this statement is absolutely from the heart.

 

yours sincerely

 

DAVID SLADE

 

So....no worries huh?!

xC