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Most men get a lot of flack from their wives about the obsession with fantasy sports. "League of Dorks" or "Fake Football" or "Dumb League" are some of the terms that are thrown around as epithets towards the fantasy football addicts' obsession.
And the women have a point. It is, in a way, dorky. And it is fake. I happen to love it and I think it's a painfully fun annual tradition. But I think the women take it to a whole other level of dorky fantasy fakeness when it comes to the vampires and werewolves of the Twilight series.
I mean the word 'yummy' used to describe food. Now it describes a werewolf. I find that funny.
And there were probably quite a few vampire widowers this weekend given that New Moon raked in a buck-forty this weekend. Good for third on the all-time list of opening weekend revenues.
So honest question here: who has the dorkier obsession? Or is this an apple-orange comparision altogether?
(Note: I intentionally kept the picture small so that our site doesn't get overloaded with gawkers.)
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All right, let me put on one of my dork hats. (Ahem!)
In times of economic trouble or in war, cinema specifically and pop culture generally often do well when focusing on darker themes. Hence, the rebirth of zombie movies and post-apocalyptic movies this decade.
The last big stretch of this type of movie was in the 70s when there were a ton of movies like The Poseidon Adventure, Omega Man, etc. It coincided with the post-Vietnam disillusionment.
Anyway, it's by no means a rule since movies like that crop up all the time, but they tend to do particularly well when things are a bit gloomy.
Granted, the Twilight series isn't exactly gloomy, but the darker, vampire-ish side is.
Both are dorky!!
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