Stephenie Meyer ripped off Charlaine Harris (?)
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Twilight vs. True Blood: the epic battle begins! Don't you just hate when the twilight fanboys/girls swear up and down that twilight was an original idea that came to her in a dream in 2003? I mean, come on, seriously? Don't piss down my back and tell me it's raining. There's the 'special' girl has to choose between the tall, dark and handsome vampire who loves humans and has waited for her since 'the war' and a the other guy who turns into a mangy mutt. Then tall, dark and handsome has to ask his romantic rival, the mutt, to watch over his girl for him while he's gone, even though he knows that it thinks about her when it 'grooms' itself. Am I right or am I right?
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Alright. You people are just no fun at all today. I'm moving on.0
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Think you might want to check the date of L. J Smith's books. ;D0
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lol, you tried :laugh:0
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I'm a Twilight fan...but I have never had the chance to see True Blood or know anything about it. Did it come out first? Isn't it a tv series? was it a book first?0
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who ****ing cares. its a book?0
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Laurell K Hamilton's Anita Blake Vampire Hunter books started around 1993.0
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I mean, aren't there only 7 original story plots anyway? The art is making the story new and enjoyable, even though we've heard it before. That being said, I've never read any of Stefanie Meyer's books or seen the movies. I started reading the first one and was bored by her writing style. They're in my "eventually will read to see what the big deal is" queue anyway. Right ahead of 50 shades. I like Charlaine Harris though.0
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I mean, aren't there only 7 original story plots anyway? The art is making the story new and enjoyable, even though we've heard it before. That being said, I've never read any of Stefanie Meyer's books or seen the movies. I started reading the first one and was bored by her writing style. They're in my "eventually will read to see what the big deal is" queue anyway. Right ahead of 50 shades. I like Charlaine Harris though.0
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I'm a Charlaine Harris fan. Just the books. Don't watch the shows. Twilight is drivel. Laurel K Hamilton has way more complicated plots, and is like 40% sex.
Summary:
Charlaine Harris: Good vampire books.
Laurel K Hamilton: Decent vampire books -- can get confusing, always something dramatic happening, gratuitous sex.
Twlight: *kitten*.0 -
I prefer the True Blood books over the show. The books have a certain... sweetness? charm? that's missing from the books. And Sookie isn't so dumb and whiny.
The Twilight books were kind of like finding your diary from high school, back when you thought you were really deep and mature. Yet I kept reading them. Couldn't look away from the train wreck.
I'm on book 9 of the Anita Blake books. I like the crime and gore and drama and mystery. So far, they're not all sexed up but I've heard that changes and they get pretty boring after a while.
And on the "7 original plots" topic.... four of my all time favorite stories are the same exact story retold. Harry Potter, Star Wars, Wizard of Oz and Lord of the Rings. Orphaned child who never though he/she was special, raised by an uncle or uncle and aunt , who destroys an evil overlord.0 -
I have to add that Charlaine Harris' books are nothing like the Twilight series. I've read the first few of Twilight and it's like comparing apples to oranges which could be why no one is biting on this one. Twilight was written for teens, I mean who would believe that a vampire hundreds of years old would intentionally sit down in a classroom and repeat high school over and over for like 50 or more times? I know that would be my idea of hell. I don't mind being a teacher, but you're an immortal and at this point you probably have memorized every textbook ever made. Why would you do this? Common! No one in their right mind would not notice that you look a whole lot like a previous generation. Worse yet, they live in a technological age...no way would they get away with it for long.
As for the True Blood book series, the tv show that's based off her series is so far off the actual book series that book fans don't even compare the two. I've been watching it and have read them all. Basically, if you've seen the tv series, you have not read the series. They are NOTHING alike. The producer/writers/directors have taken the entire series in a different direction; in other words, the character names are the same but it's so far off that you won't recognize it. The book series was definitely written for adults. It's more like a science fiction / romance novel series. The main character is not a teen so it's appealing to an older audience.
They are nothing alike.0 -
I have to add that Charlaine Harris' books are nothing like the Twilight series. I've read the first few of Twilight and it's like comparing apples to oranges which could be why no one is biting on this one. Twilight was written for teens, I mean who would believe that a vampire hundreds of years old would intentionally sit down in a classroom and repeat high school over and over for like 50 or more times? I know that would be my idea of hell. I don't mind being a teacher, but you're an immortal and at this point you probably have memorized every textbook ever made. Why would you do this? Common! No one in their right mind would not notice that you look a whole lot like a previous generation. Worse yet, they live in a technological age...no way would they get away with it for long.
As for the True Blood book series, the tv show that's based off her series is so far off the actual book series that book fans don't even compare the two. I've been watching it and have read them all. Basically, if you've seen the tv series, you have not read the series. They are NOTHING alike. The producer/writers/directors have taken the entire series in a different direction; in other words, the character names are the same but it's so far off that you won't recognize it. The book series was definitely written for adults. It's more like a science fiction / romance novel series. The main character is not a teen so it's appealing to an older audience.
They are nothing alike.
Another question to add... I noticed there aren't a whole lot of adult vampires in the Twilight series. Does vampire love count as far as statutory rape laws are concerned?0 -
I prefer the True Blood books over the show. The books have a certain... sweetness? charm? that's missing from the books. And Sookie isn't so dumb and whiny.
The Twilight books were kind of like finding your diary from high school, back when you thought you were really deep and mature. Yet I kept reading them. Couldn't look away from the train wreck.
I'm on book 9 of the Anita Blake books. I like the crime and gore and drama and mystery. So far, they're not all sexed up but I've heard that changes and they get pretty boring after a while.
And on the "7 original plots" topic.... four of my all time favorite stories are the same exact story retold. Harry Potter, Star Wars, Wizard of Oz and Lord of the Rings. Orphaned child who never though he/she was special, raised by an uncle or uncle and aunt , who destroys an evil overlord.
I think I picked up the Anita Blake series on book 12? A friend just gave me one of the books randomly. But yea it gets very over-sexed. I got bored and stopped with her series, and I don't even remember on which book.0 -
Another question to add... I noticed there aren't a whole lot of adult vampires in the Twilight series. Does vampire love count as far as statutory rape laws are concerned?
I suspect if you go by dates...it would be like dating your great, great, great, great, great, grandfather whose had a brain transplant into his clone. LOL. As for why they are mostly young - I'd never really noticed that one.0
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