Twilight Newborns

In episode 6, the Twilight Newborns compare Edward Cullen to  Jim Halpert of NBC’s The Office and discuss New Moon taglines.

Intro

* An offering to Chris Weitz from The Newborns  of an experimental soundtrack for New Moon.

Twilight News

* Catherine Hardwicke’s Twilight: Director’s Notebook out March 17 (See Amazon)

* New Moon teaser trailer on Blu-ray (See The HD Room)

* New Moon the Movie: Production filming in Volterra in May (See Variety)

* Stephen King on Stephenie Meyer (See E! Online)

Newborn News

* Edward’s bedroom wall update

* Poll update: What crazy thing would you do to hear Edward’s voice?

* Fan of the Week: Sia (via email)

Meat of the Discussion: Edward Cullen versus Jim Halpert from NBC’s The Office

* Funny man vs. serious man

* Working man vs. leisure man

* Choosing ‘everyday’ women in Pam and Bella

* Read more about The Office at NBC’s website

Newborns’ New Moon the Movie Taglines

Renasty Award

* Bella’s Womb o’ Felt

Website of the Week

* cullenhouse.blogspot.com (Miller Tree Inn Bed & Breakfast, aka “The Cullen House” in Forks, WA)

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In episode 5, the Twilight Newborns discuss whether Edward Cullen is an abusive boyfriend.

Intro by Common Sense Media (See their post on how to talk to kids about Twilight)

Twilight News

* DVD decisions

* The rebirth of the old story about Stephenie Meyer not writing Midnight Sun (Duh! See SF Chronicle)

* Who we wouldn’t want to be cast in New Moon (Sorry Lauren Conrad and Chef Gordon Ramsey!)

* New Moon soundtrack speculation (See E! Online)

* Twilight Soundtrack breaking records (See Yahoo! Music) (Note: See our post listing Twilight movie songs in order they play in the movie)

* Thoughts about the delay of Stephenie Meyer’s The Twilight Saga: The Official Guide (See Amazon)

* Rumors that Robert Pattinson might be cast in the upcoming movie, Ohio (See LA Times)

Newborn News

* Twilight Newborns Website now listed on twilighttopsites.com. (Review us!)

* Fan of the week: TwilighterNews on Twitter (http://twitter.com/TwilighterNews)

* The makings of a Newborn army

* Poll update

Meat of the discussion: Is Edward Cullen an abusive boyfriend?

Questionaire from loveisrespect.org

Does your boyfriend/girlfriend:

Look at you or act in ways that scare you?

Act jealous or possessive?

Put you down or criticize you?

Try to control where you go, what you wear or what you do?

Text or IM you excessively?

Blame you for the hurtful things they say and do?

Threaten to kill or hurt you or themselves if you leave them?

Try to stop you from seeing or talking to friends and family?

Try to force you to have sex before you’re ready?

Do they hit, slap, push or kick you?

Source: loveisrespect.org

Merch Girl: Twilight items on eBay

* Socks, sheets, t-shirts, ironic wall clocks and more

Word Association Game Part 2

Website of the Week

* twilightheaded.com

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In episode 4, the Twilight Newborns discuss Teen Drama Bella and her high school misery.

Twilight News

* Twilight’s Oscar snub

* Rumors of Dakota Fanning cast as Jane in New Moon

* Hot Topic DVD release party on March 21 and its merchandise

Newborn News

* Facebook Fan page

* iTunes—Twilight Newborns listed as new and notable

* Twilight Newborns meet The Soup’s Joel McHale

* Poll update

* Fan of the week: Chris via email

Meat of the Discussion: Teen Drama Bella

* Can we trust Bella’s perspective?

* Series written in first person of (mostly) Bella

* Stephenie Meyer’s quote: “don’t ever let anyone tell you that high school is supposed to be fun. High school is to be endured. College is fun.)” (Read full quote here)

* Thoughts on Twilight series written as Adult versus Young Adult

* What does Bella do for fun?

* Use of high school as a setting

The Boyfriend update

Plea of the Week

* Why did Stephenie Meyer choose the surname Cullen?

Word association game

Website of the Week

* laurensbite.blogspot.com

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In episode three, we focus on Twilight sketches on The Soup and the Cullens’ materialism.

Twilight News

* Rumors debunked of casting of Leah Clearwater and naming of an Eclipse director

* Twilight perfume hubbub

* Thoughts about Catherine Hardwick being replaced

* The aging of the actors

* MuthMath performing “Spotlight” on The Tonight Show

Newborns News

* Poll update

* Fan of the week: Twilighter76

* The newborns going to watch Joel McHale from E! The Soup (http://www.eonline.com/thesoup)

The Meat of the Discussion: The Cullens’ materialistic side

* Alice’s not allowing the Cullens to wear clothes twice

* What the Cullens would do if lost their wealth

* Why do they get all flashy in Forks?

* Donation habits

Edward’s bedroom update

* No progress on our mission of finding out what’s on Edward’s walls in the movie

* Use of beds by vampires

Bella & Edward’s relationship

* Question brought up by Twilight Series Theories (http://www.twilightseriestheories.com): Thoughts on Edward’s lack of truthfulness with Bella compared to Jacob.

The Boyfriend update

Twilight website of the week

* twitter.com/edcullen

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In this episode, we continue the discussion about Bella and Edward’s relationship, focusing on the Bella’s dazzle reaction and Edward’s proposal.

NEWS

Twilight DVD release announcement (March 21, 2009), Taylor Lautner confirmed as Jacob Black for New Moon, Iron & Wine on The Tonight Show (week of Jan. 3, 2009)

BOOK DISCUSSION (SPOILERS)

Bella & Edward’s relationship

1. Is Bella really in love with Edward or is it a physical reaction to the dazzling?

2. What does Bella bring to the relationship? What does Edward?

3. Engagement scene of Bella & Edward

4. Importance of equality in a relationship and how it is part of Bella & Edward’s. Is equality better displayed in the Twilight Series compared to another chick flick, Sex and the City?

MOVIE DISCUSSION

1. Update on number of times we’ve seen Twilight

2. Things we noticed this time (University at Port Angeles, Carlisle’s cross, Cullen’s uniforms for baseball scene)

3. Best scene for Robert Pattinson

FOR FUN

Top Ten Strategies to get your boyfriend to see Twilight (as promised in episode 1)

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Here is Twilight Newborns’ very first podcast with Christen, Melissa and our sidekick, Déjeuner.

In this episode, we discuss:

* How we become fans of Twilight

* Movie review and comparison to the books

* Movie soundtrack

* Theories on what is on Edward’s bedroom wall

* Cullens’ New Year resolutions

* This week’s favorite Twilight-related website: http://www.stepheniemeyer.com.

We were very excited to record this inaugural podcast, and we hope to get better and better. All we have to say is we do know what state Forks is located! We were just nervous.

BTW, there are story SPOILERS in our ‘cast and there always will be, since we want to be free about the Twilight series as a whole.

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