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Capone and a couple hundred of his closest friends say 'Hi' to the cast of NEW MOON at Comic-Con!!!
Hey, everyone. Capone in San Diego here.
It's NEW MOON on Thursday (that was a great Duran Duran song, wasn't it?). Anyway, I was one of about eight million journalists lucky enough to attend the pre-panel NEW MOON press conference this morning, featuring Kristin Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Taylor Lautner. There was a lot less screaming than the usual TWILIGHT-related events, which doesn't mean the questions were any better.
There's not any real news from this event, but there were an ass-ton of photos taken, including the ones below. Perhaps the one thing they revealed that I hadn't heard before was that, since Edward (Pattinson) is absent from large sections of this book, the filmmakers decided to feature him as a hallucination to Bella (in the book, I guess, she only hears his voice).
So those of you concerned that Pattinson and his hair would be absent from NEW MOON have nothing to worry about. I'll give you a few highlights from the press conference. One of the funniest aspects to the press conference was watching the geek press operating side-by-side with "Access Hollywoods," "Extras," and "E! Entertainments" of the world. (Yes, Ben Lyons was there being dumb and handsome.) The geek press had questions about the film; the others were chomping at the bit to ask personal questions. It was all fairly inane, but I was there to take a hit for the team. You're welcome.
The highlight for me was getting a close-up look at Kristen Stewart's Joan Jett haircut.
I think it looks kind of great, actually. And, yes, she frequently tugged, swept, and otherwise manhandled her hair throughout the event Pattinson's answer were pretty generic and not particularly revealing. I was most impressed by Taylor Lautner, who is clearly aware how lucky he is to not have gotten kicked off the franchise.
Of course we've seen images and footage, but compared to how he looked at last year's TWILIGHT panel, he's a different person entirely--boy to man in one year. He also just seemed more prepared for encounters with the press than the other two. His answers were articulate, thought out without seeming overly prepared or scripted, and he just didn't seem dizzy (you know what I mean).
Here are a few verbal highlights from the NEW MOON press conference (by the way all photos on this trip for my stories were taken by my old friend and constant antagonist, who has chosen to got by the name Ness. Enjoy, if you dare!
Taylor Lautner: I think last year's Comic-Con was a big eye-opener for us, and it's awesome to be coming back and seeing all our fans again. I do think the Jacob character changes a lot since TWILIGHT, both emotionally and physically.
When I was filming TWILIGHT, knew that Jacob's character changed a lot, so if wanted to continue portraying him correctly, I had a lot of work ahead of myself. So as soon as I finished shooting TWILIGHT, I started hitting the gym, got a personal trainer, started eating a lot of food--good food, of course, proteins, good carbs, cut the sugars. It was a lot of work, but it was definitely worth it.
None of us saw this coming, and it's definitely been a ride for all of us. But it's awesome because this is an opportunity to thank all our fans for everything they've done for us and TWILIGHT. We're so thankful, and it's awesome that we get to see them all a year later with the same, or definitely more amount of passion and dedication. I'm a little nervous, but it's really exciting.
I think everything is kind of crazy about this franchise. That's why we love it, and that's why he fans do as well. There's definitely a lot of fans that separate into teams [Jacob vs. Edward]. Sometimes it gets me a little nervous because I'm trying to live up the fans' expectations, and I want to represent Team Jacob in the right way [laughs]. I don't want to disappoint them, which is why I've worked so hard to not only mentally and emotionally, but also physically change for this role as well, because this guy [Pattinson] is some pretty good competition.
I'm excited there are werewolves involved now, because the werewolves step up the action. There's double the action in this movie than their was before. And then there's also a different dynamic. Now it's not just this romance between a girl and a vampire; it's the beginning of a love triangle. It's exciting.
Robert Pattinson: I'd like to think I haven't changed that much [in the year since the last film was released]. But when I walk down the street, I look down more. There's something wrong with my neck [laughs]. It's been extraordinary, and things seem to keep building, building in terms of the magnitude of this franchise. Comic-Con last year was the eye opener, and it's only gotten bigger and bigger, which is an interesting thing to deal with.
I live an almost identical life [than I did before TWILIGHT], apart from being recognized, which isn't the worst thing in the world. I never did anything normal before this, and now I just get other people to do it for me [laughs].
It wasn't just the director that made this one different. We kind of knew what kind of animal we were dealing with more, and I was much more of a supporting role. I started three weeks after we started shooting. A lot of my first scenes were apparition scenes, involving maybe one word of dialogue. It was actually one of the most relaxing jobs I've ever done. It was great for me; all the pressure was on Taylor.
Kristin Stewart: I wouldn't say [preparing for this film compared to TWILIGHT] was more difficult than the other. This is definitely a more severely emotional movie. This movie isn't a discovery or about falling in love; it's an intense emotion but this is like the low. There are high points too, so she's a manic depressive. To have a character who is able to pull her out of that, I think is a hefty feat, and I think [Taylor] he pulled it off. She's more mature, she's older, and more to deal with. There's more to think about.
There have only been a couple of images from the movie released so far, and they've been received really well. I'm really excited for people to see some of [the new footage]. It's a little overwhelming to have all these people here, but I guess it's a good thing.
The apparitions of Edward are how [Bella] remembers him, not necessarily how he actually is. That's what this movie is about, that empty, dark place where Edward is absent.
A couple hours after the press conference, came the big panel, which once again featured an enthusiastic audience or underage fans, who seems slightly more behaved than last year. At least this year, the fans stopped screaming enough to let the panel members answer questions. Also on stage this year were co-star Ashely Greene (Alice Cullen) and director Chris Weitz. But more importantly, the energetic crowd were treated to two extended clips of NEW MOON, including a very boring sequence involving Jacob teaching Bella how to ride a motorcycle, punctuated only be Taylor taking off his shirt at the end and showing off his enviable six pack. The second clip was far more interesting, and it involved Bella in Rome running through the photogenic, ancient buildings looking for Edward, who is slowly stripping off his own clothes, in what feels (and certainly looks) like a suicide attempt. It's a much better-paced sequence than I've seen from this franchise as yet, and while it didn't make me any more interested in seeing the film, it did make me realize that Weitz was probably the absolute right director for this movie.
Anyway, that's enough NEW MOON/TWILIGHT stuff for the day, week, month, until November. More soon from Comic-Con…
-- Capone
capone@aintitcoolmail.com
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Honestly...
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Jul 24, 2009 1:09:53 PM CDT
Ugh. When did Minor Threat become a fashion statement?
by billypilgrimisunstuck
She's hot though.
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...was how the screenwriters added a sort of self-aware, self-depricating humor to the characters that wasn't present amidst all the angsty navel-gazing in the books. I just hope that's present this time around. It really made the movie a funnier, more endearing production than the poorly-written-self-insert-fantasy-of-a-novel could've hoped to be.
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...."FUCK YOU!! FUCK ALL OF YOU!!! TWINKLING FUCKING VAMPIRES???? FUCK YOU YOU EMO FUCKS!!! FUCK!!!! I HATE YOU ALL, I SPIT ON YOUR TWEENIE SATISFYING DEMOGRAPHIC WRANGLING MOVIE ATTEMPTS TO FOREVER NEUTER HORROR, AND INDOCTRINATE THE YOUNGER GENERATION INTO DEMANDING HORROR THAT HAS NO HORROR BUT HAS PLENTY OF FUCKING SPARKLES AND MOODY LOOKS INSTEAD OF ACTUAL ACTING AND CHARACTERISATION AND STORYLINES!! FUCK YOU ALL!!!" Did you say any of that, Cap? If not, you just weren't doing your job, frankly.
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Just wait until the "Twilight Graphic Novel" drops. ugh. No doubt it'll be one of the best selling (if not THE BEST selling) graphic novel of all time. Guaranteed. And that's sad
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yay another twilight movie to ignore and never watch
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..just as bored and apathetic as the people in this talkback..
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It's like those fucking Che Guevara t shirts. Oh yeah and fuck Twilight.
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For Rifftrax to take this one on. Rifftrax for the first one was one of the funniest I've seen.
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Limp-wristed cocksuckers!
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It's true. Yes the books are over and the movies will eventually all be over as well. But their releasing a graphic novel and a 'special edition' of the books. Then she'll release all of the books again from Edwards perspective and they'll film all of those. It's going to drag itself out until we all go insane and cry ourselves to death. I really feel sorry Capone had to go through this.
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This guy is reading all the Twilight books, and blogging about them. It's better, and faster than reading the real books...funnier too.
http://tiny.cc/iA7jq
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But for all their inane ubiquity, "who cares?" is all I can say after seeing the enormity of this post. Is anyone at AICN actually interested in more than one photo of these people? No, I think that's just the tween twats flipping through ... whatever emo rag is getting published these days. Is anyone at AICN actually going to read all those "highlights" you posted? I sure hope not.
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I mean I know she's doing the movie and all but she walking around like she IS her, wearing her hair, clothes, and makeup. fuck off Stewart. You wish you were that cool. You're the star of shitty tween romance series.
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I was supposed to also say , but it seems that it interpreted it as real HMTL tag and it just disappeared,
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Try this instead:
http://community.sparknotes.com/index.php/2009/07/23/blogging-new-moon-part-3/ -
Jul 24, 2009 1:31:53 PM CDT
Pedo Bears were in full force on that day my friend
by trannyformers_apologist
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..type of film..let them have their fun..i get your point though..they should at least have a Baker/Bottin type transformation for the werewolves and a little throat tearing action (ala Blade 2) from the vampires wouldnt hurt..
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That girl looks like an extra out of AMERICAN GANGSTER.
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it's time to start rooting for the H1N1 virus. This country needs a herd-thinning. Badly.
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straight up.I want a whole talkback(again) dedicated to what a worthless scumbag he is.
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then he speaks, and thats when shit goes downhill.He acts like he's a 40 year old vet!
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will be the first to kill themself? I think its a toss between Kristin Stewart or Robert Pattinson
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stupid fuckin movie
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Not their Fiction list. So basically it's the same audience as "The Babysitters Club." Sure, there are tons of children's books that become huge all-ages properties (Harry Potter), but Twilight is only appealing to those tweener girls of all ages. Realize it for what it is...it's not a real vampire story, it's just female teeniebopper fantasy. There's a reason men stay as far away from this as they do Sex and the City.
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Jul 24, 2009 1:56:40 PM CDT
And in 20 years, they will all guest star in sitcoms...
by derlanghaarige
...as a caricature of themself, who thinks that they are really vampires or so. Or every second line they say is a Twilight related pun.
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is her new film she's shooting in-between the Twilight movies.
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seriously
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Seriously. Seems inevitable, doesn't it? You could control Bella in some sort of mini-game where you stare at yourself in the mirror lovingly.
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Read my post again. This doesn't explain why she's walking around as the character while not shooting the film.
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...I cannot go along with the idea of ignoring this series and letting those who like it alone. They must be exposed and punished, at least verbally, for their unutterably low standards. And frankly, when I was a teen, a teen horror was still a horror, at the end of the day. FFS, Critters, Monster Squad, Gremlins et al were all made for teens back in the day but they had genuine horror at their core. And those are just a few examples, I'm sure we could back and forth all afternoon on other titles. I'm just of the opinion that watering down genre's simply to appeal to more and more of an audience, like the dippy mares who lap up this Twilight shit, is merely doing a disservice to all. Horror fans lose out as the success of this shit will inevitably lead to other horror franchises being watered down. It's all a knock on effect - look at how the rerelease of the great Near Dark is being handled. The cover looks like twinkling vampires are about to gay each other all over the place. Now, while I may laugh at the thought of some Twilight-loving fuck picking up that reissue of Near Dark, suckered in by the cover and being gradually more fucked up mentally by the film as it unspooled before their eyes, I do find the idea of marketing great films like that as a sub-par teenie shitpile knock-off very offensive. And I certainly find the idea of more and more actual sub-Twilight teenie 'horror' shitfests offensive. Twilight is the devil, folks. Buffy the fucking Vampire Slayer, cursed be it's fucking name, opened the door for more teen-moody 'vampire with soul' emo suckfests, and Twilight just brazenly strode through, bringing nothing but shit in it's wake. This sort of thing cannot - nay, MUST not be tolerated.
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At least they're not 20-30 yr old men running around the convention talking about which TOYS they can't wait to buy. In other words, they are, by and large, age appropriate.
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If they called the Twilight vampires "Twilight Creatures," I know nobody would complain. Geez.
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excellent point. no shit.
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Jul 24, 2009 3:35:25 PM CDT
Twilight is THE BEST IMAGINING OF VAMPIRES EVER PUT ONSCREEN!
by turketron_2
You're all amateurs and haters if you don't agraedcvvvnxxc;lxch;vna;vjkfnafdn fnsd a;nnkl; nl;ds FUCK I CAN'T EVEN JOKE ABOUT THIS SHIT. FFFFFFUUUUCCCCK!!!! FRRAAAAGAGGEEEE AAAGGHGHGGHAGHGHGA
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Jul 24, 2009 4:20:40 PM CDT
Kristen is gorgeous, though lumbered with a crap character
by performingmonkey
I don't know what happens over the Twilight series but I'm assuming Bella carries on being, well, shit. She's not exactly a good role model for girls the world over... Fuck I don't know, maybe I'm just pissed off because girls are now into the whole Edward vampire thing and I'm about as far away from that as it's possible to be!! Fuck Twilight for making me feel insecure!
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Or actually for the TB when it is released. My pile of white goodness is getting bigger and bigger...
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I think you're anger is somewhat misplaced. You're upset because Stephanie Meyer essentially propagated an essentially kiddie version of vampire folklore. And while I can see why you'd be upset with that, your vitriolic hatred of Twilight seems. . .irrational. After all, what Meyer did with vampire folklore is no different than the countless retcons that plague comics. And the solution for this Twilight mess--like the solution for comics--is simple. Ignore it.
For example, I love Batman. I read any comic on him voraciously. So I pick up things I hear are good, like Miller (DKR), Loeb/Sale. And if I hear that Morrison fucked up with RIP/Final Crisis, I stay away.
What bothers me about Twilight is partially, as you mentioned, the flagrant reduction of standards. Both literary and otherwise. Because while the books are entertaining in their own way--much like a mindless, fluff-filled Michael Bay debacle--they remain simplistic and cliched and stupid. And even worse, the movie is just terrible. Terrible. Even the presence of Kristen Stewart (who happens to be incredibly hot and dripping with young, sensual seduction) was powerless in saving that trainwreck of a movie. So when people say they like Twilight, I cringe, because I know their standards aren't as high as, say, someone who enjoyed Let The Right One In.
My other issue of Twilight happens to be the fanaticism that it inspires in women of all ages. Fanaticism in any way, shape, or form--be it religious, geek-inspired, or idealism driven--is scary. And like with all fanatics, these Twilight fans have lost their sense of judgment and reason, and become stark raving mad. It's scary and pitiful. -
Yeah... she's shooting a Joan Jett biopic... The Runaways.
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You even spend most of your post addressing the reasons to hate the thing, points I agree with completely. I have no issue with the books, after all, I don't read them and therefore they have no blowback on me. These movies however, whether I watch them or not, will effect me. For one thing, I have to see pictures of that unibrowed Pattinson motherfucker plastered all over the place. I have to put up with - as you pointed out - the general lowering of standards that are following it like stink on a turd. Plus, I have to put up with younger members of the team at work quoting lines from the fucking film at every opportunity. People, I will add, who haven't read the books - so no films = no annoyance for me, personally. On top of that, having had to sit through the first film with the missus, I went through considerable physical pain due to having to pour ajax into my eyes and scrub with wire wool for 5 hours afterwards. So I have grounds for personal and very deeply felt anger towards the movie franchise of this tweenie twinkling vampire abomination. And PixarsSUP, yes she is sporting a mullet. Just not on her head.
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..I guess you have to have to be a 10 year old fat ugly girl, to buy into any of this crap.
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Then why is the single most shit-stained-cock gay thing I have seen all day hosted here?
If its not Nosferatu, its not a vampire film.
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Now I know what str8 nerds felt like waiting for the Olsen twins to become legal.
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in her life. POSEUR!
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Jul 25, 2009 3:09:55 AM CDT
The star of the movie was just at a press conference?
by lockesbrokenleg
DOUCHE!! DOUCHE!!!
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...then why does he still have two chins?
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You ever notice this? She's always pushing it behind her ears. She even does it on film, and there it is in these picture. Gets on my nerves!
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The film series and Lyons can get in a car and drive off a cliff. Both worthless but yet still around. I wouldn't mind Twilight if the movie didn't suck ass. I hate when horrible movies are taken in by the masses and loved(TF2) it makes me sick. Lyons just generally makes me sick.
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... ask me if you'd like me to take your place covering the TWILIGHT stuff. I'll ask Taylor Lautner all the deep, probing questions you're afraid to ask. Deal?
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SING THE TRUTH, BROTHER! NO KIDDING!
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Just tell me the next time, I'll take the hit for you, really!
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That is all.
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Ok, here's the thing... all you guys that are hating on Twilight and it's fans... don't you realize that's it's franchise that's bringing more GIRLS to geekdom? I'm a girl who's always been a geek, but the past two years, there have been more females at Con than any other year! I would think that for the guy geek world, this would be a GOOD thing!
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She was only ever going to release the first book from Edward's perspective, and that may not ever happen because she got pissed about a leak and put it on hold indefinitely. And she has no plans to ever do the other books from his perspective.
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But I tried reading their comments, while I recognized the words my brain translated it to blah blah blah subconsciously. Good brain.
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Jul 26, 2009 11:14:56 PM CDT
Kristen Stewart hits the same acting note over and over again
by redmond
You know, the self conscious, I'm too cool to be here, why are you looking at me vibe. Does anyone else touch their hair as much as she does?
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Poor Capone, having to take a Twilight/New Moon panel w/this audience of ours...he deserves an ice pack for his ass...
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I TOLD him I'd do it for him next time!
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Even though every red blooded male would have slipped her the salami in "Into the Wild", she comes off every bit as blaze and annoying as you described.
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discovered this site, my movie news was the Entertainment Tonight bullshit clogged with useless gossip, celeb-dating, etc., when I would have rather heard from the writers and directors about their new movies. For all of AICN's hyperbolic "geekgasms", the bizarrely misanthropic, nihilistic outlook of 84% of the talkbackers (that percentage is precise, I've done the research), and the occasional worthless link to some viral campaign horseshit, this site does provide a lot of interesting news about the type of movie minutiae that none of my friends, read normal people, care about. Props to AICN. (That having been said, why did Capone waste his time on the Twilight panel?)
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