With The Hunger Games poised to pick up the young-chick-lit-for-adults mantle from Twilight when the movie hits today, it’s time for Stephenie Meyer to ride her sparkly horse of abstinence off into the sunset, right? WRONG. Stephenie Meyer ain’t goin nowhere, son. The Host, Meyer’s 2008 novel written while editing Eclipse (the second to last Twilight book), is also the subject of a film adaptation coming next year. And if Meyer’s writing isn’t your bag, it’s being directed by Andrew Niccol of In Time, which I heard was great (*armpit fart*). It’s hard to tell much about it from the teaser below, but I gather that the theme is, uh… eyeballs. (This might be the least teasing teaser ever).
Amazon book description:
Melanie Stryder refuses to fade away. The earth has been invaded by a species that take over the minds of human hosts while leaving their bodies intact. Wanderer, the invading “soul” who has been given Melanie’s body, didn’t expect to find its former tenant refusing to relinquish possession of her mind.
As Melanie fills Wanderer’s thoughts with visions of Jared, a human who still lives in hiding, Wanderer begins to yearn for a man she’s never met. Reluctant allies, Wanderer and Melanie set off to search for the man they both love.
Featuring one of the most unusual love triangles in literature, THE HOST is a riveting and unforgettable novel about the persistence of love and the essence of what it means to be human.
Man, does that sound sh*tty and boring (too blunt?). Though it’s disappointing that Stephenie Meyer toned down her character names a bit. I miss that heady combination of white trash and middle school fairytale, like Prince Jacksin T. Billionaire, and Colt Q. Hercules.
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So, if the girl and the guy do it while the girl is still possessed or body-snatched or whatever, is it technically a 3-way?
Discuss.
Nah, it’s more like the cuckolded husband who films it.
Yep, that sounds about right.
That old chestnut, a move known as the ‘Bakula’.
Sidenote: Would it be gay to want to bone a girl
becauseeven though you knew she was actually Dr. Sam Beckett? I’m asking for a friend.Wanderer, the invading “soul” who has been given Melanie’s body, didn’t expect to find its former tenant refusing to relinquish possession of her mind. As Melanie fills Wanderer’s thoughts with visions of Jared, a human who still lives in hiding, Wanderer begins to yearn for a man she’s never met. Reluctant allies, Wanderer and Melanie set off to search for the man they both love.
The last thing this bitch’s fans need is encouragement to embrace bi-polar behavior while stalking men who are hiding from them because they believe it to be ‘true love’.
bi-polar isn’t quite right as that is a disorder that makes your emotions fluctuate not your personality… well ms meyer probably has no idea about the distinction either so you might be right.
FUCK YOU HAMMER. DON’T TELL ME MY SHIT. YOU KNOW WHY YOU SUCK? BECAUSE YOU THINK YOU ARE SOOOOO MUCH BETTER THAN EVERYONE. WELL I’M SORRY YOUR HIGHNESS, WE CAN’T ALL BE PERFECT. NOT EVERYONE FINISHED COMMUNITY COLLEGE, YOU SELF-SATISFIED FUCK.
I’m sorry, dude. I don’t know what’s gotten into me lately. Thanks for correcting my joke. We could all use a little more thought and compassion. Again, thank you.
I’m just surprised to learn that the Twilight books were edited. That’s like me putting a bowtie on my dump before I flush it down the toilet.
Maybe “ADD MORE SPARKLE” counts as editing.
So basically Meyer watched “Adaptation,” loved the idea of “The 3,” and changed just enough to make it sound like her idea?
She’s a terrible writer. I don’t say that lightly, either. I (unfortunately) read the first Twilight book to see what the fuss was about.* The story is pretty bad, but the actual writing style is awful.
*Really, it was so I could attract teenage girls. Oh, like that’s the most desperate thing anyone’s ever done. Why, hello Chris Hansen…
She named the alien “Wanderer” really? Mother fuck this lady.
This better spawn some hilariously sad sex toy merchandise. You know, for Filmdrunk’s sake.
Awesome idea. Felt vaginas all around!
I see some of you have already had your vaginas felt…
In order to remain pure, Melanie only hosts in her butt.
This is the only time that having the Alien turn out to be her father would actually improve the movie.
“Because of Wanderer’s possession, Melanie’s irises looked liked she smoked crack through her butthole. They looked so much like she smoked crack through her butthole it was scary.”
Hostess Twinks
“Featuring one of the most unusual love triangles in literature.” I really don’t think this could be labeled as “literature”.
You bastards let a clever Twihard troll me in the RPatz thread yesterday. You’re dead to me. More importantly, I’m dead to me.
Does the alien enter her mind through a tiny door located on the floor of a building that is whimsically only half the height of a normal office space?
I’m interested if the movie is a giant compilation of stock footage like the trailer is. I’m mostly looking forward to Women Who Drink Water By Pouring It On Their Heads, Babies In Spaghetti Sauce and Two Bros Looking At A PowerPoint Presentation.
I like how it got green-lit just because of the author. This book is HORRIBLE! Says my younger brother and our mother.
What bothers me the most is not the horrible movie or book, whatever we already know this bitch can’t write a decent book is not surprise the movie will suck, what really made me mad is that they ripped off the Tron soundtrack made by daft punk, this is the confrmation that some man just want to see the world burn
I ask because I’m curious, not trolling; even if this turns out to be an amazing movie, will anyone give it a chance? Or has the internet culture effectively decided that anything remotely connected to Twilight has to be hated on principle?
The latter, I think. – Although not so much hatred as a very deep-rooted skepticism that will be difficult to overcome. From what I hear, this is noticeably better than Twilight, but that’s not really saying much; the twitards may flock to see it, but I’d expect most everyone else to give it a wide berth.