On one hand, keeping ppl the hell away from Sprawl- Mart is not a bad thing: we have given enough money to China, the Walton family, and schadenfreude- driven stock traders who profit from those who are too (* insert adjective here *) to know better than to throw money at the Beast of Bentonville. Enough already. Spend it locally (so that the state, county, and municipality will see some benefit) or keep it in your pocket.

On the other hand, there is a wrong way to win and this would be one example.

Was _Twilight_ even any good? The public relations offensive was fairly intense -- did the product actually deliver? (I'm guessing no, partly because the stylized lowercase 'l' in the word 'Twilight' reminded me too much of Kathleen Turner's "Is that a Pershing or a Cruise?" response to the sextoy brandished by Anthony Perkins in Ken Russell's _Crimes of Passion_ for me to take it seriously.)

ASDA is damn classy compaired to Wal-Mart. If that were possible.

...if it not only fucks up WalMart's shit, but that of the Twilight marketing machine too, I say text away.

"Insert conspiracy theory here about how we need to create and name a suitable enemy to justify our current political trends."

We already have that. They are a world-wide gang, and the biggest threat to personal liberty that mankind has ever faced. They are called "politicians".

My ex got me to read that book (well, the entire series) and goodness me, as a Terry Pratchett fan, reading twilight made me want to go to the dentist and have my teeth pulled out, without anesthetic to dull the pain of such poorly written twaddle.

I'm packing due to a move so can't quote the opening line, but it was something like "i got on the 9:45 plane, my carry on was a pullover"

It all boils down to a typical vampire love story, about an underage teenager who wants to shag a 100 year old vampire, but her best friend turns out to be a werewolf who falls in love with her, until she has the vampires baby which the werewolf then falls in love with (and her writing is so predictable, I knew the wolf would fall for the baby just as soon as I figured she was pregnant, how anyone can read this, I'd rather read nu labour propaganda!)

People who queue up at Wallmart to get the movie (which by the account of my ex is crap) deserve to be shot for not buying quality books (my ex couldn't get her head around a Discworld novel, probably one of the reason she is now my ex!)

Ah, that's the Reg I know and love

Saw it on a long plane trip. Thought it was a bit crap. But then Madagascar II wasn't great, although I liked Quantum of Solace. It was a long trip, made longer by Twilight. Although the trolley D's were quite pretty. Sure I watched 4 films actually - can't remember the 4th one, so presumably that was worse than Twilight.

I just wonder who this went on...

David's ex: you should read that book. David: no, not interested. David's ex: read that book! David: I really do not want to read it. David's ex: read it or you'll never get [insert whatever you like] again!

That explains a lot. After all, she's your ex by now. Then again, why did you read it?

Puzzled, EA

Well, in a moment of pure honesty I will tell you. I wanted something for me and my ex to be able to discuss, as she couldn't get her head around the genius that is Pratchett, I had to dumb down to her level and read the trash that is twilight.

I mean, I was reading Asimov and A.C. Clarke when I was 8, I even started to read Clive Barker novels before I was a teenager (primary school we did a short story on UFO's, I think I was the only person in that school, other than teachers who would write the word electromagnetic interference). Sure, I may not have understood half of what I was reading, but I enjoyed it :)

Conversation was more along the lines of "so, what books do you like?" - "twilight, you remind me of Edward" - ".... ok, I'll read it!", Nation by Terry Pratchett is the best book I've read in a long time!