Mon., Mar. 23 2009 @ 3:52PM
Teen book-turned-movie
Twilight came out on DVD at the stroke of midnight Saturday morning. Although Unreal refers to
Twilight as "
awesomely bad teeny bopper trash," its fans and their parents might best be described as fang-wearing, cape-donning,
utterly endearing geek-azoids.
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| Parents of the Year. |
As with any sci-fi / fantasy genre, some of the most dedicated fans are well outside the targeted demo. Hoping to find a few 30 or 40-somethings mingling among the crowd at the
Creve Coeur Borders late Friday night, I instead came across a variety of families and just one dude (right) with a remote resemblance to
The Simpson's Comic Book Guy.
In the pantheon of nerd fiction,
Twilight fans fall squarely beneath Harry Potter but above the fans of
Laurell K. Hamilton's works -- also about vampires but with clearly more adult content. (
Star Trek fans rest assured. Your spot on the throne remains safe.)
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| Blaylock, far left, the first in line to buy the Twilight DVD. |
About 60 people snaked their way through the ropes at Borders on Saturday. The first in line,
Caitlin Blaylock,
a 15-year-old freshman at Pattonville High School, won the coveted spot
for correctly answering a trivia question regarding a slight difference
between the book (
penned by Stephanie Meyer) and the adapted movie version.
The
DVD packaging literally sparkles -- just like the vampires in the movie
-- and the artistic and marketing genius continues with the
trading-card inserts included with each film.
View more photos from Border's below and click
here to check-out the wild DVD release in Meyer's hometown of Phoenix.
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