So imagine that friend of yours who was bashing on the Twilight series, and then weeks later the movie comes out and you bump into that friend standing in line to see the film? Whoops.
Now imagine you are a director and you bash on the Twilight film saying you would sooner be shot in the head than go see Twilight. Then later it is announced that same director was now directing a Twilight movie? Whoops.
This is essentially what happened with David Slade. He was recorded on a radio show offering up some negative speculation on Twilight, and now he is signed on to direct its third chapter.
/Film transcribes the radio interview quoting Slade:
…and so yesterday we were trying to find a movie to see and we’d seen all the good ones, you know, and there was nothing really coming out this weekend that we really fancied at all and having directed a vampire film and really gone for something completely different to the kind of romantic, you know, repressed hormone teen vampire movie we really weren’t interested in seeing Twilight but a lot of people said lets go so I wrote –
“Twilight drunk? No, not even drunk. Twilight on acid? No, not even on acid? Twilight at gun point? Just shoot me.”
[That’s like] a poem in a way […] at this point excites me even though people think I’m a really violent and unpleasant person I actually do have this romantic violent side to me. Maybe I should have seen Twilight.
It’s not a dooming statement, and he does preface it as saying he wasn’t interested since he already directed a vampire teen romance so it sounds like he is just joking around. Also this recording was dug up from long before Slade was considered or offered the job to direct Twilight’s third film Eclipse. It makes me wonder why he chose to take the job, or if his personal feelings about the franchise ever came into consideration when he was offered the job. Is this just a paycheque?
This was recorded around the time Twilight first was released, and perhaps since then he has changed his opinion on the matter. Who knows?
I think Slade is a good fit for the franchise, and I hope he has found some sort of appreciation of it. If a director or actor is just not into what they are doing, the final product is often affected, so with any luck for Twilight Fans, Slade has since come around.
/Film also has the audio clip online at their site for those who want to hear it.
I don’t know who this guy is, I don’t know what he does,…but I fucking love him now.
He is the Director of the THIRD Twilight movie. And if you read the post you would have seen that he doesn’t really hate it, he was just poking fun.
And he is also going to be ensuring that we have lots of Twilight movies in the future so you have ever opportunity to blindly fling your feces around.
Calm down Rodney. It was just a joke
GET THAT DOUCHE BAG OFF THE MOVIE NOOOWWW!!!!!!!!
DAMNIT!
Really? You’re going to jump on the bandwagon with the crying girls? He didn’t say it in a malicious way, listen to the interview, it’s in the 2nd half. It doesn’t surprise me if the movie Twilight didn’t interest him and he doesn’t need to love Twilight to direct Eclipse.
III personally think that if the director doesnt like the movie then get him the fuck out of there
Its a romance, if he doesnt like it then…wtf
If David Goyer said that a Flash movie would be stupid and that Flash is a stupid character and then the next day hes the director for the Flash movie…people wouldnt be comfortable with this guy
I dont know, he sounds like another twilight-hate bandwagon douche
But know this, I only know as much as ive read here…maybe you actually heard it and heard some sarcasm i cant read here…so i dont know. but from what i can read here Im kind aupset this guys directing it, sorry.
And its cool if people like him, I mean hes going to do it anyways so…im hoping he does a good job.
I just think its better if the director likes the movie hes producing, he doesnt have to be a fan…but he cant say “i would rather get shot then watch that movie”
If you hate water and youre a lifesaver, then youre going to suck at it and people will die
Eclipse is my favorite of the 4 so, im kinda concerned, hope it goes well
=]
It will be freakin ironic if Eclipse turns out to be the best movie of this franchise.
It probably will
Its the best book (imo)
The whole matter has definitely been blow out of porpotion which seems to be common happenings around the web.
Eclipse is my favorite book as well and in my opinion Slade is good fit for the book. Eclipse has a lot of action, the newborn vamps, Rose’s and Jasper’s horror stories of how they became vampires (I hope they include them both!) and the big showdown, so hell yeah, with the horror aspects of book three Slade may have seen something that inspired him.
He’s doin’ it for the dough.
I really don’t think his personal opinions on the series have anything to do with it, it’s the money. If someone asked me to direct Twilight, no matter how much I despise the series, I’d do it.
He could do anything he want with the movie anyway, we all know it’s going to make 100 million dollars anyway.
I don’t think that’s true at all. He can’t do whatever he wants. He’s going to have to stay true to the book and if he doesn’t like the source material, it will show and make a poor movie.
I personally don’t care about Twilight but I don’t want the series ruined for the people who do care. That’s the kind of selfless individual I am ;)
My God, can you imagine what the fans are saying about this right now? I’m too scared to hop over to a fansite and find out for myself.
LoL, I would suggest staying away because 98% of the reactions are over the top hysterical and not in the funny way. Unless you enjoy the tortured comments of the fandom.
Attempting to stay on topic…keeping with the comedy… With all the rumors of Twilight fans attacking people, he may be held at gunpoint.
I find the comment entertaining.
Brendon over at /film is just stirring up trouble with the Twihards! hehe j/k.
Honestly, I just don’t care about this comment. I’ve bashed on Twilight and I am a fan of the books. The movie was not a very good movie, it had its moments, so on the whole I was entertained.
So what if David Slade made this joke? I’ve listened to the interview and he wasn’t being malicious. Perhaps there is something in the Eclipse screenplay he feels he can do something with or maybe it’s a paycheck. I don’t think it’s a big deal, he has a job to do and he’ll do it. It’s not as if Chris Weitz was a Twilight fan when he signed on for New Moon, but he did pander to the females by writing that letter.
The twitards are now whining online with this bit of an interview piece, comments made months before the Eclipse job came around, so I’m hoping he makes a good film and they can all swallow their overreacting whines.
I have no interest in seeing twilight. David Slade isn’t all that impressive in my eyes anyways. Hard candy and 30 days of night were both lousy films. He’s probably just directing this in order to have a bankable film under his belt to maybe push for something he wants to do in the future, some directors do that. Anyways, not hating on twilight but I’m just more occupied with other things I’d rather see at the moment, so twilight is at the bottom of the pile.
I would rather be shot than watch Twilight, I have not seen it and will never see it, it pussifies vampires to the point of absurdity.
Interesting that you have never seen it, and never will, but you are suddenly an authority on how it “pussyfies vampires”
You can’t make that assertion when you just admitted you have not seen it, nor will you.
I have heard enough about it from people who have seen the movie and read the book as well as things I have read about it on this and other websites to know that it pussifies vampires, I never claimed to be an “authority” but everything I have heard or read about it tells me all I need to know.
Chris, then you might want to read it. The Cullens are pacifists who choose to live differently than other vampires (They don’t eat people) but when push comes to shove they rip apart a bad vampire limb from limg… literally.
You are just jumping to conclusions.
I recommend not reading the series unless you find the idea of a 100+ year old vampire watching a teenage girl sleep attractive. But if you really have to, see the movie. It’s ridiculously better than the book, which is saying something.
@phahanormal
The movie is so in close parallel to the book its disturbing. Reading the book is difficult after seeing the movie because the scenes are spelled out for you on the page.
How can you say the movie is that much better than the book, but still try to bash the franchise?
Are you a lemming twilight basher, or a closet fan. Or both?
“which is saying something.”
Rodney you really have to learn to read the whole comment. Yes, the Twilight movie was bad, but not an atrocity like the book. It actually attempted to have an actual story instead of just “edward is sexy edward is sexy edward is HOLY CRAP EVIL VAMPIRES!!11!1 edward is sexy”. It made the other characters more than just generic bit part players (although that was probably only because I could see their faces), and as much as I’d hate to admit it, it did have some enjoyable moments. The book had none of that.
So no Rodney, I’m not a “lemming twilight basher” or a closet fanmosexual.
:“since he already directed a vampire teen romance”
Strange, I didn’t know that about 30 Days Of Night. Learn something new everyday, I ‘spose. I hope that wasn’t an error on Rodney’s part.
Oh, just ‘joking around’ didn’t see the last part. Nevermind.
So why is this an issue, then, if he’s kidding?