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    Image of Mary Ratliff Mary Ratliff
    11/30/09

    In reply to Fans Come Down On New Moon's 22 (And Counting) Mistakes
    I'm trying to decide if I feel sorry for the script supervisor on this set. On the one hand, I know what it's like to say "You know, I think her hair was different when we did the wide shot..." and have everybody go "Oh, who cares? If we're doing our jobs nobody is going to notice!*" and "Well, nobody picks up on that stuff except nerds on the internet."**

    On the other hand, it's entirely possible she slept through the entire filming or didn't even try since they rushed through it so much, in which case it is her fault.

    Although to be fair, some of those are other people not doing their job (camera operators should be checking for their own reflections, or just generally knowing where they'd show up, you can't see that stuff on the monitor). And I wonder why the editor let some of it stay. Sure, you don't edit too much with continuity in mind, but with huge mistakes it takes you out of the story and that's not editing for emotional content either.

    *The prevailing sentiment I've run into is that if the movie is good and the acting is right, then everybody is going to be too engrossed to notice mistakes. That's a little bit true, and a lot false.

    **I haven't managed to explain to anybody yet that "some nerds on the internet" aren't just five guys in a garage, but a heck of a lot of people who would like to make sure as many thousands of viewers are aware of your films every misstep.
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    Image of TrueCrime TrueCrime
    11/30/09

    In reply to Fans Come Down On New Moon's 22 (And Counting) Mistakes
    Mistake #1 -- Removing the lens cap.
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    Image of Bill-Lee Bill-Lee
    12/01/09

    @TrueCrime: No, that was mistake 3. Mistake 1 was when a publisher decided to print the books. Mistake 2 was when a studio decided to option this rubbish.
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    Edited by Bill-Lee at 12/01/09 12:17 AM Bill-Lee was starred Bill-Lee was unstarred
    Image of Howard Blair Howard Blair
    12/01/09

    @Bill-Lee: If you hate the books so much, why did you read the article?
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    Bill-Lee promoted this comment Howard Blair was starred Howard Blair was unstarred
    Image of Bill-Lee Bill-Lee
    12/01/09

    @Howard Blair: It's not just that I hate them, it's that I find them morally repugnant.
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    Image of Lassus Lassus
    11/30/09

    In reply to Fans Come Down On New Moon's 22 (And Counting) Mistakes
    HA HA HA HA HA HA I hope Twilight becomes bigger than Harry Potter, Spiderman, and Derek Jeter put together, just to torture all you grumps.
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    Image of Asbestos_Underwear Asbestos_Underwear
    11/30/09

    In reply to Fans Come Down On New Moon's 22 (And Counting) Mistakes
    Good thing nobody found it odd what this series did to vampires.
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    Image of EndangeredRed EndangeredRed
    11/30/09

    In reply to Fans Come Down On New Moon's 22 (And Counting) Mistakes
    Ok. I sort of hate that I know this, but in the books, the wolves tie their shorts to their legs by a bungee cord or something. If they happen to phase unexpectedly, well they are just SOL and naked when they phase back.
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    Meredith Woerner promoted this comment EndangeredRed was starred EndangeredRed was unstarred
    Image of Meredith Woerner Meredith Woerner
    11/30/09

    @EndangeredRed: I do Not remember this! Where is this!??
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    Image of EndangeredRed EndangeredRed
    11/30/09

    @Meredith Woerner: I think it is in Eclipse. Bella asks Jacob about it and realizes what the strap around his ankle is for. Also there is a part in Breaking Dawn where he explodes his shorts and has to borrow vampire clothes. I just read them, so it is fresh in my memory.
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    Image of van_line van_line
    11/30/09

    @EndangeredRed:
    " ...he explodes his shorts"

    i am not a werewolf but that happened to me once in jr. high.
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    Meredith Woerner promoted this comment van_line was starred van_line was unstarred
    Image of jermom jermom
    11/30/09

    @EndangeredRed: i find the phrase "explodes his shorts" to be extremely hilarious. Thanks!
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    Meredith Woerner promoted this comment jermom was starred jermom was unstarred
    Image of Meredith Woerner Meredith Woerner
    11/30/09

    @EndangeredRed: I'm going to go find that now. Huh I have no memory of that. THANKS!
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    Meredith Woerner was starred Meredith Woerner was unstarred
    Image of goldfarb goldfarb
    11/30/09

    In reply to Fans Come Down On New Moon's 22 (And Counting) Mistakes
    "...one of the biggest films of all time..." in this case means 'biggest opening weekend'
    and New Moon also had the biggest second weekend drop of the year -70.2%
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    Image of JennaW JennaW
    11/30/09

    @goldfarb: AND this is non-corrected comparative dollars which means it is meaningless hyperbole.

    Biggest opening? Biggest film? Not in Real Dollars, it ain't.
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    Image of Jeriba Jeriba
    11/30/09

    In reply to Fans Come Down On New Moon's 22 (And Counting) Mistakes
    That's stupid. Everyone knows cameramen in vampire movies don't have reflections.
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    Meredith Woerner promoted this comment Jeriba was starred Jeriba was unstarred
    Image of J_Frank_Parnell J_Frank_Parnell
    11/30/09

    @Jeriba: You just made my day.
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    Image of FrankN.Stein FrankN.Stein
    11/30/09

    In reply to Fans Come Down On New Moon's 22 (And Counting) Mistakes
    I can explain the shorts - he borrowed them from Hulk!
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    Meredith Woerner promoted this comment Edited by FrankN.Stein at 11/30/09 12:22 PM FrankN.Stein was starred FrankN.Stein was unstarred
    Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo
    11/30/09

    In reply to Fans Come Down On New Moon's 22 (And Counting) Mistakes
    I've never read or scene any of "Twilight" but as a typical internet hater, here are a few more:

    The writing sucks. It is guilty of thesaurus rape and the characters are one dimensional (on a good day).
    Nothing ever actually happens.
    The message that sex will kill you is unhealthy.
    The message that all a woman is good for is finding the right man and bearing his children is worse.
    Bella Swan is a name so stupid calling it trite would be a compliment.
    The actress who plays Bella looks nauseous in every clip I have ever been unable to avoid.
    Vampires, if they existed, would not sparkle.
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    Image of You Cannot Untoast You Cannot Untoast
    11/30/09

    @Dr Emilio Lizardo: I like your brand of typical internet hate, and would like to see more.
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    atrus123 promoted this comment You Cannot Untoast was starred You Cannot Untoast was unstarred
    Image of Kitradu Kitradu
    11/30/09

    @Dr Emilio Lizardo: No, vampires sparkle, but you would need a high-speed camera to catch it...they sparkle for the barest amount of time before their skin bursts into flames from contact with sunlight.
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    tetracycloide promoted this comment Kitradu was starred Kitradu was unstarred
    Image of Bhockzer Bhockzer
    11/30/09

    @Dr Emilio Lizardo: Vampires, if they existed, would not sparkle. They would, in fact, very much want to eat you. And not in the good way ladies.
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    atrus123 promoted this comment Bhockzer was starred Bhockzer was unstarred
    Image of atrus123 atrus123
    11/30/09

    @Dr Emilio Lizardo: I think this article sums up the "thesaurus rape" nicely:

    [www.cracked.com]
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    Image of TemporalSword TemporalSword
    11/30/09

    @Dr Emilio Lizardo: The sad part is, we know so much about it despite having never read word one nor seen scene one of any of it.
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    11/30/09

    @Kitradu: Love it.
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    crashedpc - Haifisch was starred crashedpc - Haifisch was unstarred
    Image of jajbowler jajbowler
    11/30/09

    @Dr Emilio Lizardo: "Nothing ever actually happens."

    Agreed. It was the same f'ing conversation the whole movie.

    "I like you, but I can't be with you."
    "But I want to be with you."
    "No, it's too dangerous, and you're too pure/nice/soul-having/ignorant/etc..."

    And then one of the "characters" would go all Harry & the Hendersons on her and leave her in the woods.

    roll credits.
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    Image of sean98125 sean98125
    11/30/09

    @jajbowler: The Architect: What are you saying?
    The Nurse: Leave her... come back to Montana with me.
    The Architect: I could no sooner run away from her than myself.
    The Nurse: I'm not asking you to run, I'm asking you to face reality!
    The Architect: Whose reality, yours or mine?
    The Nurse: My reality AND yours, that's whose!
    The Architect: What are you saying?
    The Nurse: Leave her! Come back to Montana with me!
    The Architect: I could no sooner run away from her than myself!
    The Nurse: I'm not asking you to run, I'm asking you to face reality!
    The Architect: Whose reality, yours or mine?
    The Nurse: My reality AND yours, that's whose!
    The Architect: What are you saying?
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    atrus123 promoted this comment sean98125 was starred sean98125 was unstarred
    Image of redqueen redqueen
    11/30/09

    @atrus123: Wow. I will actually admit to enjoying Twilight, but that is hilarious. Especially "and then she wasn't in the book anymore." Haha.

    Come, Twi-haters, let us bond in our enjoyment of parody.
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    Image of ManchuCandidate ManchuCandidate
    11/30/09

    In reply to Fans Come Down On New Moon's 22 (And Counting) Mistakes
    Isn't the whole Twilight thing a big mistake?
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    Image of smithereen smithereen
    11/30/09

    @ManchuCandidate: Dammit, you stole my joke!!!!!!!!!!!
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    Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip! promoted this comment smithereen was starred smithereen was unstarred
    Image of Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip! Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip!
    11/30/09

    @ManchuCandidate:
    Yes, yes it is.
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    Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip! was starred Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip! was unstarred
    Image of fudgenuts002 fudgenuts002
    11/30/09

    @ManchuCandidate: Seconded. You beat me to the punch.

    Also: "First, the impossibility that is Jacob's transformation to a dog 4 times his size, where does this extra matter go or come from!"

    Seriously, are you arguing the fact that a man magically transforming into a dog is acceptable, but if the dog is too big it isn't? *facepalm*
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    Meredith Woerner approved this comment fudgenuts002 was starred fudgenuts002 was unstarred
    Image of Dresan Dresan
    11/30/09

    @smithereen: It's more like humanity's joke now, son.
    It belongs to the world, like the moon...

    A New Moon...

    *walks off into the night*
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    Edited by Dresan at 11/30/09 1:29 PM Dresan was starred Dresan was unstarred
    Image of Meredith Woerner Meredith Woerner
    11/30/09

    @fudgenuts002: it's fun. you remember fun no?
     Reply
    Meredith Woerner was starred Meredith Woerner was unstarred
    Image of MsFeasance MsFeasance
    11/21/09

    In reply to The 30 Most Disturbing Twilight Products
    "Who doesn't want to spend hours cross stitching abs on your sweat shit? Well now you can. "
    Typo of the DAY.

    Although, I have to admit, I remember there being many "Heart of the Ocean" rings out there back when Titanic came out, it's just that places like Etsy and Artfire and Cafepress didn't exist to make it easy to market them to the masses.
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    Edited by MsFeasance at 11/21/09 3:07 PM MsFeasance was starred MsFeasance was unstarred
    Image of TheGreenRanger TheGreenRanger
    11/21/09

    In reply to Vampires Versus Werewolves: The Dance Off
    They can dance if they want to...
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    Image of Bill-Lee Bill-Lee
    11/21/09

    In reply to The 30 Most Disturbing Twilight Products
    So when Stephenie Meyer's agent came to her with the contracts, she didn't actually read them, did she?
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    Bill-Lee was starred Bill-Lee was unstarred
    Image of evildead1971 evildead1971
    11/21/09

    In reply to Vampires Versus Werewolves: The Dance Off
    teen wolf 1 had his own theme song
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    Image of Eldritch Eldritch
    11/20/09

    In reply to Vampires Versus Werewolves: The Dance Off
    Vampires have David Bowie. No one can beat David Bowie.
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    Vulcan Has No Moon promoted this comment Eldritch was starred Eldritch was unstarred
    Image of Vulcan Has No Moon Vulcan Has No Moon
    11/21/09

    @Eldritch: Vampires also have Lauren Hutton and George Hamilton. Poor, werewolves. They're just outclassed on the dance floor.
     Reply
    Edited by Vulcan Has No Moon at 11/21/09 10:48 AM Vulcan Has No Moon was starred Vulcan Has No Moon was unstarred
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