Peter Sciretta over at /Film has a really interesting piece on the Twilight phenomenon invading Comic-Con. Apparently the tweens, their moms and dads caused quite the stir last year, and due to poor scheduling at this year's show, the crowds could potentially screw things up for the Avatar and Tron 2 panels.
I get Twilight. I really, really do. It's not my thing - but I get it. The girl behind the counter at my local Shell station is a huuuuuuuge Stephanie Meyer fan, and her pestering got me to sit down with the first novel. Stephen King she ain't - but I can see the appeal of the story to girls and women alike. I watched the flick on-demand with my wife, and she practically went sex-feral while staring at the television screen. That was great for me after the movie, but during it? Not so much. I didn't find the movie painful to sit through, but at the same time, if I'd never seen it, I wouldn't be missing much. I'm definitely not the target audience.
So me and Twilight? We're cool - but then again, I'm just sitting here, kicking it in the backwoods of North Carolina - NOT going to Comic-Con (dammit). I don't have to worry about the lines at the convention, because I'm gonna be watching the liveblogs, feeds and streams from the comfort of my office. If I traveled 3000 miles (and believe me, people here do) to see a 3-D Avatar presentation and found out I couldn't get in because some coven of babysitters camped out and took my seat? I'd probably fuckin' flip.
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