Blogging Twilight

I have this strange fascination with things that people get obsessed with which I could care less about. I first noticed this when I watched the documentary "King of Kong" which chronicles the attempts of two people to set the world record in Donkey Kong. Since then I've gone out of my way to try and understand the culture which surrounds strange nitch groups. Why do people get obsessed with Live Action Role Playing for example? What about the intense fantasy football players? How about people who run marathons? Why is Hannah Montana so popular? What is the draw?

Enter Twilight.

I have often decried Twilight as literary drivel, but I've only read a few pages of the series. I know full well that I'm NOT the target audience of these books, but good literature is good literature. I'm not the target market for Pride and Prejudice or Little Women either, but I love those books. Be that as it may, the Twilight Phenomenon is everywhere and I want to understand it.

Hence Forth, I will read the books, watch the movies, and try to understand what it is about Twilight that makes so many people (women) go nuts about it. Here I will chronicle my findings and opinions about it.

Heaven help me.

No.. that's not fair. If I'm going to do this, I have to be fair. I have to erase my prejudices about the book and try and go in fresh. When I study religion I always make it a point to understand it first from the religion's point of view. That way I can separate myself from my own original ideas about life and see something from another point of view. It's not always lovely, but i think I can do it from a rational standpoint.

That's what I'm going to do with Twilight. I'm going to look at it from the point of view that I already like it. We'll see how it goes.

If this little experiment works well I'll try my hand at other things as well, like marathon running or Hannah Montana. We'll see.

I'll make my first post tomorrow.