Ray wakes up to TWILIGHT'S 2nd trailer

It has been interesting to watch the development of the upcoming film adaptation of the Twilight series of novels by Stephenie Meyer. As Matt accurately described in an earlier article about the teaser trailer, this series appears to be the next Harry Potter craze. Somehow, though, I managed to know nothing about the vast legions of fans of this series ... I suppose it's because I am not a sixteen year old girl. Whatever. At least the kids are still reading books.

The first teaser trailer left with with a bit of the shrugs. To me, it looked like LOST BOYS 3: COREY HAIM IS A DRUG ADDICT. It definitely had a silly, teeny-bopper feel about it, and a remarkable lack of energy considering the pedigree. The first trailer definitely suffered from the lack of visuals, which could not have been far along at the time of production. A new, longer teaser has surfaced, and some of the problems of the first one have been addressed. There is an urgency here sorely lacking in the initial offering, and the dramatic weight of the situation is given more heft. I still can't get past the dinky appearance of the film; is the whole thing really just one big teen-angst bitch-fest with vampirism as the hook? As an adult white male who is unfamiliar with the story, I suppose I am not the target audience. If you love the books, let us know what you think of this new trailer: