Breaking Dawn Part 1 Full Movie Poster... Meh

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So, obviously this isn't a million miles away from the wider version of the poster we saw released at Comic Con 2011 but I remain underwhelmed.

Now, let's not get started on the hair again (or the fact that Bella's dress is woefully non-tailored - Alice would never allow such gaping!) but the whole composition is just so... lacking.

I'm sorry Bill, I have every confidence that Breaking Dawn will be everything we fans want it to be on the big screen, but... I can't help but long for Catherine's original Twilight poster.

As basic as her tools may have been by comparison at the beginning of this franchise, that poster still holds such romance and danger and yearning!

This one just seems to be ticking boxes *sigh* just me?

Via ROBsessed

- Lorabell

"Sparkles For Blood" Campaign At Comic-Con

I am a little offended by the "Sparkles for Blood" promotion that IDW Publishing is running a Comic-Con this year!

According to IGN Comics, you can trade in any Twilight Saga novel or comic for an upgrade - IGN states:

Fans that bring any copy of a Twilight novel or comic to IDW's booth (#2643)
will get a free copy of the 30 Days of Night graphic novel. Dubbed "Sparkles for
Blood," the promotion is meant to spark interest in the recently announced 30
Days of Night ongoing series, debuting from IDW in October.

"Real horror fans have watched vampires systematically turned into wimpy fodder for years now. It's time to fight back" said Niles. "I'm happy to be working with IDW on the Sparkles for Blood event. Hopefully, working together we can put an end to
this nightmare."

"Recently, vampires in pop culture have started to swing back to the romanticized vamps of other literature and films before 30 Days of Night," said IDW chief creative officer, Chris Ryall. "In some cases, they're even being treated more as chaste immortal teenagers than as the murderous creatures that they are. 'Sparkles for Blood' will remind everyone that vampires are creatures of the night, not of the twilight."

Are y'all just as "WTForks" as I am? I like my vamps sparkly. K? Thanks!

--Ashes

P.S. I highly doubt that Twilight Saga readers are going to trade their books in! Even if they wanted to read!

Original Forks High School Landmark Demolished

After I was lucky enough to pilgrimage to Forks last October I post about how the original Forks High School was at risk of demolition...

Sadly, today the Seattle Times reports:

A popular spot for 'Twilight' fans to have their pictures taken in Forks is gone.

The facade of Forks High School came down this month as the building is being demolished to make way for a new school.

The Peninsula Daily News reports a campaign to raise $287,000 to save the 86-year-old facade raised only a few thousand dollars. It was one site in the Olympic Peninsula town visited by fans of the teen vampire-romance books and movies.

A terra cotta cornerstone and lintel reading "Quillayute High School" will be preserved in the new school.

Everyone thought there was a time capsule in the old cornerstone. All they found was a badly deteriorated copy of a 1925 weekly newspaper.

- Lorabell :(