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11. I like King detest Twilight, but in "It" a ten year old girl

Sun Sep 22, 2013, 12:25 AM

Sep 2013

has sex with the other six boys in the Loser's Club and that act is magic that binds them together after they stop It the first time.

Granted, I thought that it made sense in the story, but calling Twilight Tweenage Porn, though accurate, is a bit of the Pot calling the Kettle Black. (Though It was very much written for an adult audience while Twilight is written for the Tween and Teen market.)

I read the first of the Twilight Books and found it demeaning to women and boring. (Saw the movie with my wife, on Television, and didn't care for it.) I thought the movie was worse. Haven't tried "the Hunger Games" because the first chapter didn't grab me when I read it in the book store. I didn't bother to see the movie.

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Stephen King slams Twilight franchise as 'tweenage porn' [View all] steve2470 Sep 2013 OP

I love Stephen King but really don't care what he thinks about Twilight or Hunger Games or any other liberal_at_heart Sep 2013 #1

I'm guessing you like one of those he criticized tkmorris Sep 2013 #7

Stephen King himself often recycles his own plots. A group of people are cut off liberal_at_heart Sep 2013 #8

Under the Dome (both book and series) exboyfil Sep 2013 #30

Tower is the best series ever but yeah.. the very end.. well.... dionysus Sep 2013 #41

The Anubis Gate is the greatest time travel novel ever imho frylock Sep 2013 #14

Replay. bravenak Sep 2013 #37

Seconded. haele Sep 2013 #40

Well, he did more than I would, in actually reading those books quinnox Sep 2013 #2

I'm a visual person so I watch more movies than read books. I watched Twilight and Hunger Games. liberal_at_heart Sep 2013 #3

We all have different tastes quinnox Sep 2013 #9

Hunger Games ripped off Battle Royale frylock Sep 2013 #15

okay. Doesn't bother me. I still enjoyed it. Maybe people who like the Hunger Games will go read liberal_at_heart Sep 2013 #16

battle royale comes in novel, film, or manga.. frylock Sep 2013 #18

Twilight doesn't even deserve to be called 'pretender'. X_Digger Sep 2013 #4

sometimes the villains are more interesting because they are more complex. liberal_at_heart Sep 2013 #6

Well, no, they were as one-dimensional as the heroes.. X_Digger Sep 2013 #10

yeah character development was definitely lacking. liberal_at_heart Sep 2013 #13

the hunger games was pretty good but the last book kind of dragged JI7 Sep 2013 #5

I like King detest Twilight, but in "It" a ten year old girl Agnosticsherbet Sep 2013 #11

I agree with that. Aristus Sep 2013 #48

I have a guilty pleasure for "The Stand" longship Sep 2013 #12

i think that "Christine" was my fav.. frylock Sep 2013 #17

Bachman books exboyfil Sep 2013 #43

The Stand is probably my favorite post-apocalyptic works of all time NuclearDem Sep 2013 #46

I re-read the stand about once a year. X_Digger Sep 2013 #49

I don't read it that often MuseRider Sep 2013 #51

I think "The Stand" was one of his best novels. RebelOne Sep 2013 #59

I'm happy to see kids reading A Little Weird Sep 2013 #19

I wasn't sure if my autistic son would ever become a reader. He would only read liberal_at_heart Sep 2013 #20

That's great! A Little Weird Sep 2013 #21

Yes, he did write the Percy Jackson series. liberal_at_heart Sep 2013 #22

I went and read the whole article. ladyVet Sep 2013 #23

+1 to all you said. Union Scribe Sep 2013 #24

King's written plenty of garbage, too. LuvNewcastle Sep 2013 #25

Twilight and Hunger Games are schlocky. HappyMe Sep 2013 #26

Lestat alone would eat all the Twilight vampires for breakfast. LuvNewcastle Sep 2013 #27

Hell yeah, it would be hilarious. HappyMe Sep 2013 #28

But Anne Rice's later work is very Twilight-ey. Loved LeStat and the rest, but the recent Squinch Sep 2013 #39

I haven't read any of her more recent books. HappyMe Sep 2013 #50

I think Blackwood Farm was the last one I read. X_Digger Sep 2013 #53

She dropped the jesus-y stuff, and then tried to go back to Squinch Sep 2013 #57

Shame, really. X_Digger Sep 2013 #58

Neither Library of Congress nor Amazon class "Twilight" as horror Android3.14 Sep 2013 #29

It shouldn't be. It's a Romance. LuvNewcastle Sep 2013 #31

The last B&N I went to had a shelf marked "supernatural teen romance" Recursion Sep 2013 #44

Different tastes and all... pipi_k Sep 2013 #32

Children should definitely not be encouraged to admire, or kiss, either vampires or republicans. Zorra Sep 2013 #33

Says the author who wrote an extended scene of a bunch of 12-year-olds having sex. Brickbat Sep 2013 #34

Great point. I guess that was porn for pedophiles. LuvNewcastle Sep 2013 #36

If he could go back in time and excise that exboyfil Sep 2013 #42

I totally agree. It makes such little sense. Brickbat Sep 2013 #45

This message was self-deleted by its author seaglass Sep 2013 #56

I read all of the books he spoke of. bravenak Sep 2013 #35

Stephen King's books are popular, but as a critic, he sucks. closeupready Sep 2013 #38

I didn't really care for Twilight. NuclearDem Sep 2013 #47

King knows his shit. PeteSelman Sep 2013 #52

I don't know much about porn...the only gay porn movie I ever saw... joeybee12 Sep 2013 #54

somthing that i am surpised gets under the radar DonCoquixote Sep 2013 #55