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    Please Stop Telling Teen Girls Vampires Are Bad for Them

    Will The Nu-Vampire Trend Please Die? Tonight?

    Don't Try to Tell Us Vampires Are the New Gays
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    Image of skahammer skahammer
    11/11/09

    In reply to Please Stop Telling Teen Girls Vampires Are Bad for Them
    If "fang bangers" is original with you, Mr. Moylan, then I suggest you deserve an afternoon off to enjoy an expertly mixed cocktail of your choice. Well done. #vampires
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    Image of Marjorie Burns Marjorie Burns
    11/10/09

    In reply to Please Stop Telling Teen Girls Vampires Are Bad for Them

    Oh, I dunno. I think the vampire craze has at least a little element of creepiness: #vampires
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    DahlELama promoted this comment Marjorie Burns was starred Marjorie Burns was unstarred
    Image of DahlELama DahlELama
    11/10/09

    @Marjorie Burns: Ew ew ew!

    So, uh, where does one get one of those? #vampires
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    Image of Cogito Ergo Bibo Cogito Ergo Bibo
    11/10/09

    @DahlELama: Um. Yeah. For a...friend. #vampires
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    Image of Marjorie Burns Marjorie Burns
    11/10/09

    @DahlELama: Cafepress. Wish I could have submitted it to Regretsy. #vampires
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    Image of misslinda misslinda
    11/10/09

    In reply to Please Stop Telling Teen Girls Vampires Are Bad for Them
    Was the PR agency hired by the tanning industry lobbyists? #vampires
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    Image of drunkexpatwriter drunkexpatwriter
    11/10/09

    In reply to Please Stop Telling Teen Girls Vampires Are Bad for Them
    If my female friends are any indication most girls in high school or college fall in love with at least one gay dude - whether it's a point in history where vampires are cool or not. #vampires
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    Image of Spirit Fingers Spirit Fingers
    11/10/09

    In reply to Please Stop Telling Teen Girls Vampires Are Bad for Them
    While I don't condone Twilight (due to epic lameness, abominable cheesiness, and blatant overuse of werewolf CGI.) It's harmless for young girls in terms of weight issues. If your teen is making high decibel sounds and looking dreamily at Pattinson, how is this any different than teens of the past loving James Dean, David Cassidy, Johnny Depp or Zac Effron? It isn't. It's what they do. Nothing about Twilight gives the impression that young girls shouldn't eat. And judging from my latest mall excursion, they will flock to FYE for the latest Pattinson pillowcase while eating a sugar slathered Auntie Anne’s pretzel or slurping a sprinkle-laden confection from Coldstone Creamery. So, uh, no worries there. #vampires
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    Image of intime intime
    11/10/09

    In reply to Please Stop Telling Teen Girls Vampires Are Bad for Them
    Vampires represent sex. The fist bite is the loss of innocence - and then you become obsessed and have to do it again and again and again....

    That's why teenagers find them so interesting. #vampires
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    Image of Lazy Line Painter Jane Lazy Line Painter Jane
    11/10/09

    In reply to Please Stop Telling Teen Girls Vampires Are Bad for Them

    I work for a small jewelry company [www.bittersweetsny.com] and we've been doing vampire teeth rings for years, but since Twilight came out, they've been selling so well. I hope this vampire craze lasts for a hundred years! I have dreams of being a millionaire. #vampires
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    Image of Mrs. Beeton Mrs. Beeton
    11/10/09

    In reply to Please Stop Telling Teen Girls Vampires Are Bad for Them
    Because of the epidemic of absentee fathers, girls need vampires around to teach them that sexy violence and sexy possessiveness are so so sexy. It's just science. #vampires
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    Image of Lincolnsbeard33 Lincolnsbeard33
    11/10/09

    In reply to Please Stop Telling Teen Girls Vampires Are Bad for Them
    the problem with vampire stories like Twilight and even Buffy is they never address the fact that the vampire is committing pedophilia and the girl is committing necrophilia. #vampires
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    Image of senatormayer senatormayer
    11/10/09

    @Lincolnsbeard33: I think they made a few jokes about that in either Buffy or Angel. #vampires
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    Image of DahlELama DahlELama
    11/10/09

    In reply to Please Stop Telling Teen Girls Vampires Are Bad for Them
    I guess once it was obvious that no one was going to be emulating the snoozefestiest threesome of all time, they needed to invent something new that was destroying the youth of America. Frankly, I think they should just appreciate that this could keep teens from getting too much sun. Vampires--the next great step in skin cancer prevention! #vampires
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    Image of hamburgerhotdog hamburgerhotdog
    11/10/09

    In reply to Please Stop Telling Teen Girls Vampires Are Bad for Them
    I was boning dudes who suck way before this stupid craze and look how I turned out.

    Oh. #vampires
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    Image of donopolis donopolis
    11/10/09

    @hamburgerhotdog: Thanks for making me spill my drink. #vampires
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    Image of Mount_Prion Mount_Prion
    11/02/09

    In reply to Will The Nu-Vampire Trend Please Die? Tonight?
    Said it before, and I'll say it again. Let the Right One In.

    Again:

    Let the Right One In. #vampires
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    Image of snugbug snugbug
    11/02/09

    @Mount_Prion: I love you. So much so that now I will have to bite you.

    PS: Maybe it sinks it better if we say it in the original Swedish? Låt den Rätte Komma in! Pronounced, "Lott den RE-tte KO-mma in." Funny how Swedish is so similar to English.
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    Edited by snugbug at 11/02/09 1:23 PM snugbug was starred snugbug was unstarred
    Image of Mount_Prion Mount_Prion
    11/02/09

    @snugbug: Yeah, isn't "help me" basically phonetically "haelp meh"? That's what it sounds like when homegirl's under the bridge. #vampires
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    Image of snugbug snugbug
    11/02/09

    @Mount_Prion: "Hjälp mig" in writ and yes, it phonetically sounds quite similar to "help me." Except the Swedes "sugar-coat" most of the consonants in speech. They come across all soft and not explosive, as in German or English. German is the harshest and sharpest of all Germanic languages in prononciation--by comparison, English and all the rest sound stoned-mellow. #languagedork #vampires
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    11/02/09

    In reply to Will The Nu-Vampire Trend Please Die? Tonight?
    Twilight isn't a cause but it is a symptom. By and large, I agree with this article. Basically, it's been a slow decline since The Lost Boys. Look at what we're left with:

    The Underworld franchise: Vampires wear vinyl and werewolves wear Carhartt jackets. Also, you can put ultraviolet rays in a bullet.

    The Blade franchise: Vampires can go out during the day if they put on sunblock.

    The Lestat franchise: Vampires like velvet and ruffles and are terribly overwrought.

    The Twilight franchise: Vampires sparkle and want to hold hands.

    Step 1 is getting rid of the "blood bag" cliche.

    What the genre needs is an abandonment of science and a return to religious/supernatural sources. Instead of vampirism being caused by viruses or bacteria or vampires being vulnerable to UV rays and immune to the Cross, go back to the old superstitious ways. Instead of overplaying the sex metaphor, play up the thinly-veiled cannibalistic aspect.

    Basically, play up the monstrousness, the rape, the evil, and the fact that, ultimately, vampires are the living dead.
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    Edited by OMG! Ponies! at 11/02/09 11:13 AM OMG! Ponies! was starred OMG! Ponies! was unstarred
    Image of johnny_carsick johnny_carsick
    11/02/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: it wasn't great, but chan-wook park's "thirst" was a bit of a welcome kick to the vampire ass in the monster/rape/evil/cannibal side of things. also just bizarre as all fuck. #vampires
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    Image of saralapua saralapua
    11/01/09

    In reply to Will The Nu-Vampire Trend Please Die? Tonight?
    I agree that vampire mania needs to go away and it will because that what happens with fads that have a ridiculous crescendo like this one. But your post is seriously wound up, Foster. It's just pop culture. Relax.
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    Foster Kamer promoted this comment Edited by saralapua at 11/01/09 4:34 PM saralapua was starred saralapua was unstarred
    Image of Foster Kamer Foster Kamer
    11/01/09

    @saralapua: If you're going to get irrationally angry over something, shouldn't it be something fun? #vampires
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    Image of saralapua saralapua
    11/02/09

    @Foster Kamer: Fair enough. This vampire craze has brought it out in all of us. But this too shall pass. Hopefully very soon. #vampires
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    Image of snugbug snugbug
    11/01/09

    In reply to Will The Nu-Vampire Trend Please Die? Tonight?
    I think this post angered the Transylvanian-born Hungarian IT team because suddenly not only are the early comments dissolving into the ether but the video links don't work no more either. Stop being so sensitive, Magyars! #vampires
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