Twilight (the movie)
I have a confession to make: I've been listening to the soundtrack all week.
Now that we've finished reading Twilight and Midnight Sun, it's time to talk about the crown jewel of the franchise: the movie! This film launched several acting careers and catapulted the series into unimaginable popularity, and is also responsible for an unbelievable amount of s...
2022-10-05 14:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostTwilight/Midnight Sun epilogues (which are really chapters)
We did it! We made it all the way through the first Twilight novel and its companion, and we have over two hours of discussion about what a weird ending it all has. First, though, we touch briefly on the (developing; I'm sure we'll be back on this soon) story about Jo inserting herself into a library's Twitter controversy. Then i...
2022-09-28 14:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostTwilight chapter 'An Impasse'/Midnight Sun chapters 'Chores', 'Three Conversations', 'Inevitability'
We've got a mystery on our hands! We open this week's episode with a discussion of the theory circulating on book blogs that a newly released novel--teased as being written under a pseudonym by a "New York Times bestselling author"--might be an undercover Meyer novel. After that, we have a...
2022-09-21 14:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostTwilight chapter 'The Angel'/Midnight Sun chapter 'Blood'
Our chapters were very, very short this week, and we got a little rowdy. We chat about current events (respectfully), character birthdays that happen to fall on unfortunate dates (respectfully), Edward's horny blood drinking (respectfully), and much more!
2022-09-14 14:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostTwilight chapters 'Phone Call' and 'Hide-and-Seek'/Midnight Sun chapter 'Race'
On this week's episode we've got an exciting follow-up to last episode's amazing K-pop-related discovery, but first we have to catch up with the thousand page monstrosity that's been analyzed in more detail since last week. Then we have some really fun--dare we say, good?!--chapters of Twilight and Midnight Sun...
2022-09-08 14:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostTwilight chapter 'Impatience'/Midnight Sun chapter 'Ambush'
We've got big news this week--literally, as early reviews have revealed that Jo's new book clocks in at over one thousand pages (Twilight talk starts at 30 mins in if you fancy skipping this). We've also got two wildly different chapters to discuss: one that is moody, plaintive, and mysterious, and one that might well be the funn...
2022-08-31 14:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostHey all! I just wanted to give everyone an update on where we're at with show planning, since we've recently moved the recording schedule and still haven't had the bandwidth to do bonus stuff.
Our lives have been very busy recently, but with our Twilight/Midnight Sun adventure ending in the weeks ahead, we're thinking about what's ahead. We don't have any concrete plans to share yet...
2022-08-24 14:02:00 +0000 UTC View PostTwilight/Midnight Sun chapter 'Goodbyes'
The classic Song of Throne and Games button gets a workout this week as we discuss dudes' heads exploding on the new one of those shows, along with the rumor that a Wizarding World HBO show is in the works (again). We've also got quite a chapter to discuss: one with a brisk, thrilling pace that falls apart the instant we prod at any of its ridiculo...
2022-08-24 14:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostTwilight/Midnight Sun chapters 'The Hunt'
We ease into our new evening schedule with a check-in on the Peacock Box before discussing a truly electrifying chapter of our vampire romance novel(s). 75% of the way through the book, conflict is here! ...In the form of some French guys we've never heard of. How will Edward mind-read his way out of this one, and can he earn any boyfriend points ...
2022-08-17 14:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostTwilight/Midnight Sun chapter 'The Game'
The Money Fandom is out of control this week and we check in with the aftermath of the latest round of WB/Discovery news and lament how close we might have come to Fantastic Beasts meeting a dark fate. Then we have a packed chapter to discuss: Billy is making veiled threats! Bella isn't understanding them! Edward is running really fast next to the ...
2022-08-10 14:01:04 +0000 UTC View PostTwilight/Midnight Sun chapter: Carlisle
It's another no news week so far for us (knock on wood) so we spend our time at the anchor's desk goofing off and talking about private planes, Star Trek: Voyager, pricing errors, and movie lengths. Our chapters this week were incredibly short (Twilight's was 10 pages!) and maybe the most pointless content in both Twilight and Midnight Sun ...
2022-08-03 14:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostBella visits the Vampire Family.
After a recent run of Shriekcast After Dark recordings, we record a little earlier to beat the heat! We chat about morning television and blockbuster adventure movies based on YA movies before moving on to discuss our chapters. Edward has decided it's time to introduce Bella to his family, but how will she react to his giant windows and chessboards? <...
2022-07-25 14:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostTwilight chapter 14/Midnight Sun chapter 18
We convene a Late Recording to deliver a rowdy episode about a rowdy pair of chapters! Bella has invited Edward into her house, but what's going to happen when there's only one bed!? It turns out that they won't, naturally, but things will get incredibly weird, between Edward admitting that he has been watching Bella sleep and Charlie e...
2022-07-20 14:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Twilight chapter 13/Midnight Sun chapter 17
We've had a week (knock on wood) with precious little Potter or Twilight news, so we start this week's episode with another Maximum Ride check-in as a sort of Common-Room-Lite treat! Then we're off to the meadow to discuss Confessions, which is perhaps the origin of a huge amount of the popular criticism of Twilight from the mid 2000s. ...
2022-07-11 14:01:04 +0000 UTC View Post
It's a big one this week! After catching up with some updates on last week's news stories and checking in with Maximum Ride, we have four (!!!) chapters of Twilight and Midnight Sun combined to get to. Not much is happening, but there's a lot going on, not least of which is Edward's wardrobe. We've got so much Twilight content, in fact, that we have to take a little detour for our thir...
2022-07-04 14:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Twilight chapter 11/Midnight Sun chapters 12-13
Here we are! Safe from the heat with a late night recording, we cover the surprisingly ample amount of news from the past week and dig through a combined three (!) chapters of Vampire Content! This week, Edward and Bella have long, deep conversations about soda, Linkin Park, and much much more--all while watching movies in class and dodging ...
2022-06-29 14:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
Well, here we are. After actual years of filming delays, author controversies, and a theatrical release we didn't feel like spending money on, we've finally watched the third and hopefully final entry in the Fantastic Beasts series. Thankfully, for as predictably awful as it is, it's awful in some very unpredictable ways--and per tradition, we h...
2022-06-20 14:01:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Twilight chapter 11/Midnight Sun chapter 12
Well, well, well! The money fandom is in shambles as two franchises race to the bottom of the box office. This week's chapters are the closest together these two books have been yet, so we have a fun time analyzing both characters' contributions to a very, very long conversation they have with each other about who loves the other more. Which one...
2022-06-06 14:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Twilight chapter 10/Midnight Sun chapter 11 (Theory)
Well, the new Fantastic Beasts movie is on HBO Max now, so I guess we have to watch it... soon. This week, however, we have a strange pairing of Twilight chapters set almost entirely in a car going 80-100mph. We chat about Bella's confession, how enigmatic Edward truly is (and how Midnight Sun fiddles with that perception), vampire murd...
2022-05-30 14:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Twilight & Midnight Sun joint chapter (Port Angeles)
Well, well, well! Harry Potter is back in the news thanks to a maddeningly vague line in a Wall Street Journal profile of the new Warner/Discovery media boss. Since we can't glean anything of substance from that, we dig a little deeper by examining a recently published poll comparing the franchise to other current blockbuster tent-p...
2022-05-23 14:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Twilight chapter 8/Midnight Sun chapter 9.
This week features Bella storming off to her room to listen to Linkin Park (really!), getting so mad at Mansfield Park she slams her book shut, and Edward using vampire telepathy to read peoples' horny thoughts--and that's the easy stuff. There's also a pair of new evil vampires that Edward is worried might attack Bella, but not that worried? Oh,...
2022-05-16 14:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Twilight chapter 6/Midnight Sun chapter 7
We're back with another pair of split chapters this week! Bella is off to the beach with her school friends and learns some disturbing facts about the Cullens; Edward, meanwhile, is at home with his weird family composing tunes and hunting mountain lions. We've got lots to discuss, and it's a real range: from prose and chess rules all the way to r...
2022-05-11 00:33:19 +0000 UTC View PostHey gang! I mentioned this on twitter but just wanted to make sure to give everyone a heads up--we had to move things around this week and recorded this evening instead of our current usual Sunday. I'll be editing the episode tomorrow, and I'll get it up as soon as I can! I'd like to thank everyone for their patience.
I'd also like to thank everyone for their patience with common ro...
2022-05-10 04:08:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Twilight chapter 5/Midnight Sun chapter 5
We're back! After a week's break, it's time to check back in with the money fandom again, now that the new Fantastic Beasts has been in theaters for nearly a month. More importantly, we've got a new pair of Twilight/Midnight Sun chapters to discuss! This week we see some of the most recognizable moments and traits of the series on display; for bet...
2022-05-02 14:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Twilight Chapter 4/Midnight Sun Chapters 4-5.
We check in once more with the money fandom to see how Fantastic Beast's U.S. box offices numbers look before diving into a triple (!) helping of vampire drama. This week, Bella is free from the hospital and already back to gruffly monologuing about everything that bothers her--and this week, it's boys; both boys who aren't Edward, but perhaps...
2022-04-18 14:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Twilight Chapter 3/Midnight Sun Chapter 3
The money fandom is dying! We tally up Fantastic Beast 3's international box office numbers. How is it faring in the Season of Morbius? Speaking of vampires, we have some juicy character stuff to explore this week. How long will Edward's roguish charms and gatekeep-gaslight-girlboss vampire secret hiding routine stay charming, and how long can Bel...
2022-04-11 14:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Twilight Chapter 2; Midnight Sun Chapter 2
After a brief check-in with the advent calendar of bad PR events marring the countdown to the new Fantastic Beasts film release, we head back to Forks WA to hear more of Bella's adventures! This week... well, not much actually happens, but there's a lot to talk about! Meanwhile, Edward is in Alaska whipping his car around corners and ord...
2022-04-04 14:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
This week's episode is a fun surprise. :)
2022-03-28 14:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
It's a big news week for the Shriekcast!
We've got a loooong discussion of the State of Play gameplay reveal for HP Skyrim (or, from the looks of things, HP Fable) this week to make up for the fact that we are now free agents when it comes to reading! We have a lot to discuss, from our gut reactions to the game in a vacuum and the precarious, exhausting position it has forced itself...
2022-03-21 14:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
We're back in the Common Room! This time, we're here to chat about John Grisham's novel "Sooley", where he takes you to the basketball court instead of a court of law (the marketing REALLY likes this aspect of it). We check in with how Goodreads reviewers felt about this change of scenery, and then read one of the darkest and most bizarre Imagines from the collection yet--have you ever wondered...
2022-03-21 02:48:26 +0000 UTC View Post