'New Moon' Rising

By Michael Adams

Published: April 16, 2009

If the spring seems a little hotter than usual, it’s probably because of the fever millions of fans are running now that “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” has finally gone before the cameras in Vancouver.

The flames were fanned by ET Online on Thursday releasing a teaser for the exclusive interviews and set footage they'll be screening on "Entertainment Tonight" April 23..

That the 30-second promo featured -- OMG! -- Robert Pattinson himself promising director Chris Weitz’s adaptation of Stephenie Meyer’s second novel will “live up to the hype” no doubt made a lot of hungry hearts skip a beat.

That is, of course, primarily among members of “Team Edward."

Those “Twilight” fans who’d rather see Taylor Lautner’s character get Kristen Stewart’s Bella -- the massed ranks of “Team Jacob” -- were probably booing and hissing at their TV sets and cracking jokes about Pattinson’s on-set stinkiness, as was widely reported a few weeks back.

Now that filming’s under way, and the countdown well and truly on to the Nov. 20 release, expect every such appearance, utterance, set photo and news item to generate Talmudic-level scrutiny and unprecedented cyber-chatter.

In the physical world, expect to see a lot more T-shirts proclaiming “Team Jacob” or “Team Edward” on the street.

And don’t be surprised if some of the gals (and the occasional Twi-guy, as relatively rare male members of the species are known) are also wearing replica Bella bracelets (“On one side a Genuine Swarovski Crystal represents the beautiful cold and hard Edward. On the other side a ‘custom cast’ copper wolf charm represents the wild side of Jacob”) or even munching on Twilight Forbidden Fruits Candy Hearts (“All the cool blood-sucking teen vampires are doing it … chomping on these fruity candy hearts instead of mortal human necks!”)

To the non “Fanpire,” this might all seem a little bewildering, but as someone who grew up obsessed with collecting every “Star Wars” action figure, I can understand where they’re coming from.

To get an idea of the depth of passion fans feel for the series, you only have to check any of the dozens of official and unofficial sites dedicated to the books, the movies and the stars.

But as an indicator of how large the fanbase has become, see the proIMDB’s “Moviemeter," which ranks titles by how often their information is accessed by the 57 million users who visit the site per month.

Updated weekly, the top movie rising from the 3 billion monthly page views is usually a current box-office champ (this week it’s “Fast & Furious”), but “Twilight” and “New Moon” occupy the number two and three spots no matter what.

So, right now, more people are searching out “Twilight," even a year after release, or “New Moon," six months before it opens, than are finding details on the upcoming “Star Trek," “Transformers," “X-Men," “Angels & Demons," “Terminator” or “Harry Potter” movies.

With that in mind, I went onto the message boards to ask a few fans what they thought about the “Twilight” and “New Moon” movies.

First off, I asked them how many times they’d seen “Twilight” at the cinemas.

Of the eight I corresponded with, not one had paid to see Catherine Hardwicke’s flick fewer than three times. The average was six.

When we emailed, all but one had bought the DVD, with two respondents having bought both the two- and three-disc sets.

Many had devoured the movie again two or three times in the first week of its release, soaked in the commentary, pored over the special features.

But as much as they enjoyed it, these fans, most of whom visit the IMDB message boards several times a day, had their criticisms, albeit fairly minor ones.

“The only thing about the movie I would change would be the fact that it had that ‘blue’ affect in the color,” says a member who calls herself sKinSpaRkLer and who lost count of how many times she saw the movie at the cinemas before she lined up to buy the DVD at midnight a few weeks back.

“I wish they would have shown the playful side of their relationship more, instead of throwing in a bunch of random scenes full of intense stares,” a fan named Emmy said of the Bella-Edward relationship. “My favorite scene in the movie occurs when Bella is washing her truck and Edward is leaping around on top of it, joking about her nervousness towards meeting his family. He seems to actually have a personality there, and facial expressions!”

“Generally, I liked the casting,” she continued. “But I probably would have given Kristen Stewart a little more direction -- less blinking and stuttering, for starters. My favorite casting is probably Ashley Greene as Alice and Jackson Rathbone as Jasper. They are the only members of the Cullen family that I look at and see the characters before the actors.”

Eryn, of South Carolina, is so into the book that, for a bit of fun, she texted the entire novel to a pen pal in Alaska that she has never met -- a process that took 6000 messages. She’s now 100 pages into texting "New Moon."

I’m not sure where this fits in with the whole intellectual copyright debate, but it’s a level of fandom I’ve not encountered before.

Anyway, Eryn is extremely erudite in her opinions of the books and films.

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This prompted me to read the book Twilight (in about a day) as it filled in many of the questions the movie left burning - and have devoured reading & re-reading the remaining novels. I really hope the following movies bring fans some relief and closure to visualizing these wonderful stories. I also really give the author kudos in keeping the stories "clean" - as our world's style of instant gratification seems to be the exception rather than the norm. Edward and the entire Cullen family's manners and morals bring a fresh view of how anticipation can be utterly intoxicating!

LOVED the entire casting - especially Alice & Esme! I'd love to have them as friends! I hope the following movies keep the story true and let us feel that otherworld passion and connection between Edward & Bella - and the entire cast of characters. (I didn't realize how badly I needed this kind of reminder in my boring-day-to-day life of how complete a love can be!).
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April 18, 2009, 8:44PM
Dawgfan2 Says

I totally agree about the relationship being rushed! and the team jacob people need to read the WHOLE series because the ending will tell you everything! Also i am a little peeved that they wasted precious time that could have been used better on the "bad" vampires being troublesome in forks, by killing charlie's friend. And where is Jasper's talent in twilight? there was no reason to exclude it!

April 17, 2009, 2:54PM
XTYN Says

I too, lost track on how many times I've watched the movie and read the saga since I started being obsessed by twilight. I agree 100% that books like the Twilight Saga needs to be longer and more detailed, at least close enough to the books. The first movie was a disappointment, although, at least now I have images in my imagination whenever I read the books. So that part, I can say that I enjoyed the movie.
I hope though that the director, producer, and screenwriter will get ideas from the Lord of the Rings movie. That sequel did a wonderful job at the movies, especially the 3rd movie, and them too, was very detailed in the book. Hopefully, Twilight's producers will spend more money and more effects on the Breaking Dawn. Please don't disappoint the fans!

April 17, 2009, 1:07PM
RESE Says

I am the penpal in Alaska :) It was quite a feat getting all those messages but also a lot of fun.

I have to agree with Eryn about the casting of Michael Sheen. But I'm withholding judgement until I see him in the movie. I personally loved the idea of Dakota Fanning as Jane from the moment I first heard she was being considered. I also agree that Twilight felt very rushed. There were also parts of the script I found particularly bad. Bella's joke during gym for example. I hope they step it up for New Moon. Even with all the faults it was great to see my favorite book come to life on screen.

April 17, 2009, 10:22AM
Leslie Says

I am neither a tween, teen, or Mom, but a senior Twilight fan(atic). Upon the umpteenth viewing of Twilight (I seriously have lost track how many times), I have finally concluded that despite my enthusiasm for the cast and most especially Rob as Edward, the cinematography and music, the screenplay is really terrible. I know Stephenie OK'd the script over others, but much of the dialogue starting with Bella's first words in the voiceover at the beginning, to why she moved to Forks, to Charlie's utterances, and the banter among the high school kids, etc., at best sounds disingenious and at worst makes absolutely no sense. I also agree that the development of the relationship between Bella & Edward did feel rushed and could have used more of the passion between them that is in the book. Having said this, I look forward to New Moon, with great anticipation and fingers crossed, along with a few million other Twi-Hards.

April 17, 2009, 8:28AM
Trista Giese Says

Ok, so first off, I completely agree about the Jasper and Alice comment! Hands Down my 2 favorite characters brought to life! The one thing I really want to see is the more physical side of E & B's relationship! Not in a over the top way, I just feel that they really missed the sensual side of the relationship for us older fanpires! (25+) And is anyone else excited about Dakota fanning as Jane? This will be another very exciting character to life I'm excited to see!

April 16, 2009, 11:05PM
DARLENE Says

WELL IM NOT ON ANY OF THE TEAMS PER SAY BUT I WANTED TO LET YA KNOW ITS NOT JUST TEENS OUT HERE IM 47 AND MY DAUGHTER GOT ME HOOKED ON TWILIGHT, NOW ALL THEY NEED TO DO IS BRING OUT THE BLACK DAGGER BROTHERHOOD SERIES FOR US MOMS LOL PLZ