Talk:Twilight (novel series)

Influences

I can see how New Moon is based on Romeo and Juliet given the very close plot similarity, but, honestly, what is the relation if any between Eclipse and Wuthering Heights ? Edward doesn't remind me of Edgar and Jacob is nothing like Heathcliff.187.34.79.73 (talk) 13:11, 22 July 2011 (UTC)

Has anyone asked Meyers if the name "Cullens" is based on a word play on "Collins" from the Dark Shadows 60s/70s drama (or more specifically Barnabas Collins)? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.27.3.104 (talk) 15:29, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

Wuthering Heights is a major influence on the book and there are a few references to it and a few things are loosely based on it but the books themselves are not based on it. Nor are the characters. There are also references to Romeo and Juliet and some things are also loosely based upon it but also not much. Stephenie Meyer has said these things in numerous interviews and has even had a few things on it on her website but I'm pretty sure they're gone now. Sazza21 (talk) 02:02, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

Continuity errors in the film.

as an example, at the end of the film when in hospital Bella has nasal prong oxygen which shifts between being over her eyes, then over her cheeks and then back over her eyes when with Edward.

More are surely present and might be added. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.178.243.219 (talk) 11:22, 13 September 2011 (UTC)

Those are called movie mistakes. They are in every movie ever made. If you look hard enough, you can see multiple of them in any and every film. That is in now way relevant to this article. Sazza21 (talk) 01:55, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

a teenage girl will try to win the heart of a vampire or werewolf.

Twilight is a series where a teenage girl has to choose the heart of a vampire or a muscular werewolf. this series started by Stephanie Meyer. there is the books Twilight,Twilight saga:new moon,Twilight saga:Eclpise, and Twilight saga breaking dawn. the main characters are Isabelle Swan, Edward Cullen, and Jacob Black.--98.92.59.192 (talk) 00:11, 20 September 2011 (UTC) 98.92.59.192 (talk) 00:11, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

All of that is already in the article, except written properly and in an encyclopedic tone--Jac16888 ^Talk 00:16, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

Real quotes by Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner & Robert Pattinson from huge Interview Ebook

For all fans and journalists who are interested in quotes from interviews conducted from 2008 to 2011 I want to refer to this e-book:

http://www.amazon.com/Pattinson-Kristen-Stewart-Lautner-ebook/dp/B0068QD1M4/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1321881276&sr=8-1-fkmr0

Influence of creation of Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy

An interesting fact, too substantial to omit, is that the Twilight series provided the basis for the record-breaking 'Fifty Shades' series of erotic fiction. It it well and widely documented that the latter series developed from Twightlight 'fan fiction', which speculatively developed the two leading Twilight characters. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.159.108.14 (talk) 08:18, 20 August 2012 (UTC)

Stephenie Meyer's was going to add to the series by writing another novel, from the character Edward Cullen's point of view.

Rename

I think the article should be renamed The Twilight Saga, because that is the official name of the series. Charles Essie (talk) 22:03, 10 March 2013 (UTC)

Too much criticism

I think there is too much coverage of the criticism of Twilight in this article and not enough coverage of the positive reviews. Lev Grossman gave Meyers more substantial praise:

The way she manages the reader's curiosity, maintaining tension and controlling the flow of information, is simply virtuosic. She creates a compulsion in the reader that is not unvampiric. Read more: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1734838,00.html#ixzz2P8tbEFrq

...and Fresh Air book critic Maureen Corrigan praised the first novel for expressing "female longing." There is so much feminist criticism of Twilight in this article that one would think there is no possible feminist take on the books that is positive. I think a nuanced feminist appreciation of Twilight is quite possible. The section on positive reception quickly turns to a discussion of its popularity despite (it is implied) mediocre merit. It would be better to see the saga as an ink blot of where we are as a culture re: sex and gender, with Meyers as the medium who dreamed up an effective metaphor. If the article weren't locked I would add Grossman's praise of Meyers' story telling abilities and perhaps track down the citation to add Corrigan's praise as well. 76.254.21.120 (talk) 18:29, 31 March 2013 (UTC)