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So apparently, there’s this obscure movie opening on Friday. Something about a Moon and a closeted vampire, a weightlifting werewolf and a mopey girl? OK.  Fine. You know it, we know it, and unless you’re pop-culture idiot, you know it. Twilight: New Moon is here. Never the kind to shy away from hit-whoring (we’re still up and coming after all– tell a friend!), we’ve got something to say about it.

As a dude, the whole Twilight phenomenon has passed me by. I’d imagine that’s kind of due to a lack of inboard/outboard baby hosting utilities–  the goods with which most of the Twilight fan contingent come naturally equipped. In fact, I hadn’t even heard of brooding teenage vampire love until it exploded out of the closet this last summer via the latest entry Breaking Dawn– despite the series having been fawned over–while naturally sulking and listening to Muse with shades drawn– since 2005.

Now, with Twilight’s unexpected and rabid popularity having reached a High School Musical pitch and the first movie installment perfectly capitalizing on it with an expectation slapping $70 million opening weekend and its sequel, New Moon hoping to one-up, there’s been an undercurrent of outcry amongst the male geek contingent. “Twilight’s diluting our genre! They’re killing our vampires!”

Uh… no.

Continue reading ‘Hey Geeks- Twilight Ain’t Heavy, She’s Your Sister’