I haven’t seen Twilight, but from what I can tell the film only has one memorable scene. That’s the way the Twilight parodists make it seem, anyway. Everything from the puppet parody to this new Christmas version (see below) recreates this scene, in which Bella acknowledges that Edward is a vampire and then the couple flies through the woods. It’s getting to the point where the parodies are losing their edge if only because of the familiarity. The one thing that could possibly be more tired is if someone parodied the bullet-time scene from The Matrix within a parody of Twilight.
But it’s mid-December, and tis the season for humorous movie-related Christmas videos on YouTube (like “Rambo Bells”). Twilight fans already got their Christmas wish with the announcement that Twilight: New Moon will be out before Thanksgiving next year, but this is a little stocking stuffer (for that Edward-face stocking pictured, available from Amazon). And if those little goths like the idea of Santa being a vampire (how is this not the concept of another Christmas horror flick?), they can buy an unrelated Santa Vampire t-shirt here. Oh nevermind, they’re not going to have enough cash for unrelated items when there’s so much real Twilight Christmas crap to buy.
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It’s probably a good thing I’m not head of Summit Entertainment, because I’d replace departed Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke with “SpookyDan,” a YouTube user who shot a three-minute remake of the first movie using puppets. Fans of Twilight probably wouldn’t appreciate having Robert Pattinson replace with a silent, plush version of Edward Cullen, although their ability to project their fantasy of the vampire heartthrob onto anyone or anything (Pattinson himself admits he needed to be a blank canvas) is probably powerful enough to get over the switcheroo.
Having not seen or read Twilight, I can’t say if this video is a faithful or sufficient representation of the story, but I’m going to admit that it’s good enough for me. But then, I’ll watch anything in which puppets replace human characters. Yes, even The Muppet Christmas Carol (actually, especially The Muppet Christmas Carol). As far as parody goes, I’d have loved to see Count von Count from Sesame Street make an appearance (I know I’ve seen Count puppets in toy stores). Judging by the dedication in the credits, though, I don’t think this is meant to be as much of a joke as it is intended to pay tribute.
Check out the sparkling puppet Edward after the jump.
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