Archives for 2009

Time Magazine: Twilight The Journey and the Appeal

“Beatlemania is the comparison that everybody makes, but Twilight is more like the Beatles in reverse. Beatlemania was a reaction to the buttoned-down, sexually repressed pop culture of the 1950s. Twilight is a reaction to the reaction — it’s a retreat from the hedonistic hookup culture that the sexual revolution begot. Nobody hooks up in Twilight. Meyer put sex back underground, transmuted it back into yearning, where it became, paradoxically, exponentially more powerful. “For me, the appeal of the vampire is safe sexuality,” says Melissa Rosenberg, who has written the screenplays for all the Twilight movies. “It’s the ultimate romantic ideal. You have the allure of the danger. And yet there’s only so far you can go.”

See the whole article (which includes a quote from Alphie!) on Time.

USA Today Covers New Moon

There are some gorgeous pictures. You may want to buy this issue tomorrow.  Some sample quotes:

Chris Wietz:
“Edward does make a stupid mistake by leaving Bella (in New Moon), and that allows Jacob in,” says director Chris Weitz. “You can understand why Bella starts to develop feelings for him. He’s the right man at a frightening time for her, and his devotion is touching. Even die-hard Edward people will understand.”

Taylor Lautner:
“We all get along great and we’re in this together,” says Taylor Lautner. “Rob (Pattinson) did a terrific job of bringing Edward alive. I just hope fans believe I did the same for Jacob.”

See more on USA Today.

MTV: Kristen Stewart New Moon Intensity

Extra Quizzes the Volturi and the Cullens

Hollywood Scoop Interview Bonanza

Hollywood Scoop interviews:

The Volturi

Robert Pattinson

Kristen Stewart

Taylor Lautner

Tour Italy Courtesy of Hot Topic!

This just in from Hot Topic!

“Hello to all the Twilight fans!

We have some exciting news for you, we’ve launched an awesome New Moon Sweepstakes at www.hottopic.com/passportsweeps

The grand prize is a trip for two to Italy to visit the filming locations and $1000 spending money! Each day for the next ten days we’ll be giving out new clues to fill in your passport.  Stay tuned for some great daily sweepstakes as well.
Come check it out and spread the word!


Also check out the merchandise!

Hit Fix Talks To The Cullens

New Moon Red Carpet Streams Live on MySpace

 

Twilight fans have the opportunity to be part of The Twilight Saga: New Moon red carpet premiere via a live webcast powered by Ustream from Los Angeles on Monday, Nov. 16 starting at 5:30p PT/8:30p ET. The stream is viewable at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/new-moon-premiere-on-myspace

Ustream is the Internet’s leading live broadcasting platform. Red carpet arrivals will begin at 6p PT/9p ET. Anya Marina, singer of “Satellite Heart” on the New Moon soundtrack, will co-host the broadcast along with the winner of MySpace’s Red Carpet Correspondent contest.

Watch, embed, and chat during the live webcast at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/new-moon-premiere-on-myspace

The Lexicon will embed the MySpace feed on our page for this event.

MySpace Twilight Saga: New Moon Red Carpet Live Stream

FearNet: Daniel Cudmore Interview

Jen Yamato of FearNet is back with yet another great interview:

FEARnet: What’s it been like to jump into this huge Twilight phenomenon?

Daniel Cudmore: It’s been great! It’s such a big film. On the first film, they did such a good job of identifying what Stephenie Meyer had written, and you come into New Moon knowing that you already have this great audience from the books and a great audience from the first film. New Moon compared to the book has so much more action – you’re bringing in the werewolves, you’re bringing in the Volturi, so now you have a new audience of males that can watch this and really enjoy it. You step into this great film and it’s just fun to play a cool character and just enjoy yourself with it.

You’ve mentioned before that you originally auditioned for a different part than Felix. What part was it?

It was one of the guys outside the bar who try to pick up Bella, one of the bikers.”

See the rest on FearNet

Win Tickets to the Lexicon’s Utah Movie Event!

give awayThere is still time to get tickets to our movie event going on in Utah. We’ve even hooked up with Give Away Today to have them help us give away two tickets to the event. They are having a New Moon themed day where they are giving away all kinds of New Moon prizes.  If you’re interested in trying to win the tickets to our event, visit their blog and follow the instructions.  The contest is only open today.  But as always, if you want to guarantee yourself a seat, you can email us at [email protected] for reservations. Check out our movie page for all the information on the event.  Good luck!