I forgot to add: the inter-racial romance was in Narnia, or rather in a Narnia book "Horse and His boy" the story of the lost Archenland prince and the Calormen princess that run away to Archenland together. They end up getting married and their son is the greatest King of Archenland.

Telmar really wasn't a dark skinned country: Caspian and his son Rillian (a.k.a. Hamlet) was as blonde as they come. (At least according to Phillipa Boylen's illustrations).

There were good Calormen and lots of evil White people (the White Witch being one, and just about every Telmarine born before Caspian). Lewis also wrote a happily-ever-after inter-racial romance in the 50s: something that a lot of Big Name writers have troubles getting right in the 21st century.

What need do a Christian apologist from Belfast [....] have for lady hobbits in [his] stories?

I feel like sideeffectofteamocil: the big appeal of Twilight is that it is a non-Mills&Boon, non-Halequin-Romance, non-Fabio-on-the-cover-boddice rippper book about romance. With a little action thrown in for variety. Unlike most genre books that are about action/thriller/mystery with a little romance thrown in for…

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lololol! I just said more or less the same thing in my comment. :)

Well considering that his Star Trek movie ripped off... sorry, paid homage, to the Star Wars films a lot... It's no wonder Abrams declined. He's already directing a Star Wars movie.

1, When does he do so?

Perhaps Alice sees Bella's future because it is intertwined with the futures of those that she can see? Bella was not immune to Alice's foresight when she was a human and that didn't change when she became a vampire. Who are the other people taking a more active role in solving her problems? The only person in the…

Found this recently and I remembered our conversation.

Your idea is brilliant. I wish one day you'll have an opportunity to make it a reality.

Nor I have heard much criticism about the Vampire Diaries and the romance between the two brothers and a girl who looks exactly like their former girlfriend, a vampire who sired them. Cue all the creepy Oedipal narratives, right? *birds chirping* None. Also you would think the fact that Damon Salvatore is a serial…

I thought we were talking about Melissa's interview. You know, the one where she talks about how misogynistic the anti-Twilight bandwagon essentially is. You know, the article just above you where she says, "We've seen more than our fair share of bad action movies, bad movies geared toward men or 13-year old boys.…

Last time I checked the Hangover didn't have any alien robots. Or humanoid fantasy characters for that matter.

OK, first of all I had no idea you were male so kindly... take off that chip on your shoulder.

Well, regardless of whether you think Twilight is completely without positives and Buffy is completely without negatives**, the point I was making is that Twilight is singled out for ridicule because of a sexual double standard. Men may not make films about men in relationship to [wo]men (typo, I guess) but they do…

That we've seen on screen? Caroline Forbes and Andie Starr (in Season 2/3).

Yes, he is. A fact that the show and his fans and io9 likes to forget.

And that (the poor quality, the misogyny, etc) are all very true. But that's also true of all the other movies that come out, targeted at boys with silly dialogue and disturbing themes. The point Melissa makes and that I have always agreed with is that there is an inherent contempt for things that women like by the…