Twilight [Again]

Oh duh!! How can I forget the heap load of Twilight news this past week!! Firstly, the new book cover art for the fourth installment of the twilight saga - Breaking Dawn - was released!! Faint* The cover displays two chess pieces. I did some chess symbolism research and found some interesting links/facts. Chess in Europe became one of the seven probates of the middle age knight, and popular fantasy built on chess romances and epic poems were related by the minstrels to entertain their Lords. Chess is also a symbolic meaning to the last act of life, sparing no one - 'the final battle' - so in a sense, you can relate this to the final chapter/book to Bella's story. Furthermore, you take a good look, the chess pieces are arranged in a manner that is what professionals call the 'promotion'. It is an almost impossible move and very rare. It happens when the pawn gets up to 8th rank and can become bishop, knight or in this case, a queen. You can guess what this shows. Bella undergoes transformation. Yaay!! I've also caught hint of color symbolism. I took a class the semester before where we discussed about colors and what they mean. In some cultures red is a sign of life - so think of the pawn as Bella, full of life and blood. The pawn is positioned that is in check to the queen thus taking over that new life which explains the white, or death of Bella (No blood and immortality). So that was my take on it... There are a bunch of interpretations, I like this one more.
Later on that week, MTV hosted their 2008 Movie Awards - and along with it came the first exclusive clip from the Twilight movie. Fangirls were screaming around the world. I on the other hand didn't. I don't know why. I was very excited and full on ready to tackle the consequences of indoor screaming, but I didn't react. I was still very excited - I watched it like 20 times, but not my with my usual fangirlish behavior. I don't know whats wrong. On the other hand, I must say that Kristen Stewart is an amazing actor. I was in absolute awe watching her preform. On that note, I also watched the preshow interviews. I really got the sense that RPattz (now Spunk Ransom) has a very sarcastic personality. But don't get me wrong, I love sarcasm. It was just interesting to figure out.