Twilight Fan Rips Universal – The Wolfman is a Cheap Twilight Ripoff

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Seems that a Twihard fangirl named Kayla Patterson sent fan mail to Universal regarding their take on The Wolfman asking how they could produce such a crappy imitation clearly ripped off from the pages of Twilight.

Even worse that they would be so ignorant as to write a plot line suggesting a silver bullet could kill a werewolf… and what’s up with those halfbreed monster werewolves huh? Jacob Black was so much better.

Enjoy a selection of this “fan mail” as Get the Big Picture quotes:

To whom this may concern:

This movie was a complete waste and I feel that it offends ALL Twilight Fans around the world, that including myself. For one, it was a COMPLETE remaking of the Wolf Pack from the Twilight Saga: New Moon. It gives the werewolves a bad name and makes them look like some deformed mutation of a rabid dog. I actually started to like werewolves after seeing Jacob Black and all his awesomeness on the big screen at the movies. That was until I saw your crappy remake of what you call to be a “were wolf”. I don’t see how you live with yourself for making it the way you did. If I made this movie, I would be ashamed to even admit that I owned it.

How can a werewolf be killed with a silver bullet? Better yet, have you saw the transformation of the man that is “supposed” to be the wolf? He sits in some chair and his entire body turns in to some mutated freak. If you would watch the transformation of Jacob Black, (Taylor Lautner) he doesn’t come close to looking as fake, cheap and or mutated as the wolf man.

You tell me, who looks to be the better werewolf. Your stupid Wolf Movie didn’t even make the top Movie for the charts; Valentines Day WITH TAYLOR Lautner! Get that this is MY opinion and I felt I wanted to express it because I saw that your email was on your site. I wanted to let you know this is what i thought of the wolf man that sucks.

Wow. I love stupid Teenagers.

I don’t defend the quality of Twilight, but I don’t think it is as embarassingly bad as some want to think it is. I don’t insist you have to be a fan, but I still see some redeeming qualities even as I recognize how wont appeal to everyone. It connects with a REAL version of an irrationally emotional teenage girl, and a fresh look at the traditional archetypes of mythical creatures.

But this is a prime example of the irrational ignorance that breeds Twilight such a rabid following. Its downright comical reading the fan hatemail claiming that Twilight was the origin of Werewolf stories, and how The Wolfman was clearly ripping it off.

Kind of like how True Blood and Vamprie Diaries ripped off Twilight as well. (They did ride the vampire fame, but they both predate Twilight)

I love the irony that Twilight often is criticized for “getting vampires and werewolves wrong” while this fan holds Twilight as the standard by which other werewolves will be judged.

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  2. And the real kick in the pants here is that in the dang books, they flat-out state that Jacob and his fluffy puppy buddies aren’t REAL Werewolves. If you look at the one section where they have a history story time in one of those books, they clearly state that the tribe is “spirit warriors” who could astral project out of their bodies, and through interesting circumstances, become strongly allied with wolves.

    So the “turns into giant puffy dog shape” thing is a mere coincidence. The dang books themselves state that they’re not weres; they’re just a tribe of spiritually-gifted individuals who have become strongly allied with wolves.

  3. Seriously? There was mythology about were-creatures and how they were bloodthirsty beasts that took the shape of a man long before any movies or books were written…Just as there were legends about vampires in certain cultures before Bram stoker wrote Dracula. Granted they had different names, but still…just…wow…

    …epic fail…

    (end rant)

    1. It’s been happening for over a decade now. Blame it on lack of parenting or the watered down school system. But kids growing up in the last 15 years have know concept of the past. And they don’t want to know and don’t care about it. Watch them interview people on the street and ask basic questions a sixth grader should know. Jay Leno and Jeff Foxworthy make a living embarrassing these people on national television. I should have known this was coming when over a decade ago a teenage girl was quoted in a record store with the following quote.
      “Look, Paul McCartney was in a band before Wings”

  7. True Blood and Vampire Dairies were both book series too dating back to the 90’s where as Twilight was written in the 2000’s

    If you actually read them instead of just comparing what movie came out first, you’ll see how many ideas Stephanie Meyer stole from both the Authors.

    Frankly im happy True Blood and Vampire Diaries were made. They are both great show’s and out do Twilight.

    As for this stupid excuse for a teenager. You are retarded. I really hope someone beats the stupid out of you some day.

    1. Still the fact remains that despite Twilight borrowing from those series, they BOTH would never have been created into TV series if it was not for Twilight.

      Each of them were pitched and failed to get a TV deal in the 90s, even with the success of Buffy. It wasn’t until Twilight hit it so big that these authors were approached for deals.

      So in a way, these shows have at least that much to thank Twilight for.

    1. Indeed, the incomparable Lon Chaney Jr.

      Perhaps the teens of today should be introduced to some of the classics so they can see where all of these characters originated.

  9. You know I have to ask who is more ignorant here…that little teen who wrote a letter or you fools who are seriously pissed about it. For Real People!?! Someone mentioned hitting her…others bashing her completely. Damn you morons, she is a TEENAGER. She is not ignorant or a failure of her generation. She is simply a fan of a damn popular series. It isn’t that difficult to not know the whole official mythos of werewolves and vampires and where they came from, how to kill them, or whether or not they should sparkle or be fluffy! Obviously she isn’t a nerd like the rest of us who have seen every werewolf/vampire movie to date. All I am saying is that that letter is hilarious and we should be happy that someone even has the balls, or ovaries…ahem, to write a major company a letter like that and mean it. Man, I am still laughing!!!

  10. So I’m not really sure of the purpose of this post…You say you have some admiration of Twilight because it has a fresh take on mythology but then you just slander ONE teenager who is ignorant. Ok…. And….

      1. That I wasn’t really sure what I was supposed to take away from the post. You weren’t really making a statement. You were saying, “Hey I like certain things about twilight but not others.”

        I like some flavors of icecream but not others…

  11. i am a twilight fan but to say this was a rip of new moon you would have to be brain dead iv read the books and think that they r ok films not bad but could be better the same can b said for wolfman the first make was better and any way if they wore half the twilight fan that they clam to be they would know that that the wolf pack were not werewolf but shapeshifters and yes i know my speiling sucks

  12. Sadly this girl represents a good number of ill informed teens. I’ve read their craziness all over fan sites. It’s pretty disheartening at times. It’s even taken some of the joy I had during my Twilight fangirl period. I always recognized the flaws, but I enjoyed the story as did my daughter. It gave us something fun to share together until we grew bored and moved on to the next thing.

    I must say I’m even more grateful to have an intelligent level headed teenager.

  14. This is just embarrassing. Twilight has made all these tweens think they are the originals of vampire and werewolf lore. For god sake, these guys are supposed to be beautiful and hunky like taylor (no acting) lautner. Angers the hell out of me to see tools like this write stuff that they think is justifiable because they watch “movies”. F-off

  16. This stupid ignorant kid and all like her are one of the many reasons I despise Twilight. It took vampires and werewolves, and made them hip and cool. It’s awesome to be a vampire, its cool to be a werewolf. Vampires and werewolves are MONSTERS plain and simple. It is a curse to be them, it’s not fun hip or cool. But these movies convince these kids that it is.

    As much as you can blame the kids or their parents you can blame these movies for destroying the mythology of these creatures. I know Rodney says it’s a “different” take on them (and i do not disparage those who like it), yea it is, and a really bad one, and see what happens as a result, because you know there are more idiotic kids who think the same way as this one. Idiocracy seems to have been not too far off the mark now huh?

    1. You do realize that you are doing the same thing as she is.

      You despise it because it is “wrong” with the creatures of mythos? Why is it not ok to explore a fantasy film where it IS ok to be a Werewolf or a Vampire. If you read the books you would see that is one of the themes that runs through all the books. Not every vampire wants to be one. As Bella faces the decision to become a Vampire, there are vamps that are ok with it, and others who are completely against it.

      And your second paragraph is a complete contradiction to the first. You despise Twilight because of its ignorant fans and that they “destroy” the mythology of those creatures. But then say you don’t disparage those who like it?

      The irony is that its the same people saying there is no originality left in Hollywood, but if you change something to make an original fresh look at it, now it’s “wrong”

      It doesn’t destroy the mythology. Its fiction, and like all fiction its not real. Just like the not real thing it was inspired by.

      I think Twilight does a fine job introducing a world of mythology that is not the easy storybook monster route. But because at its heart its a teen emo romance, it loses that broader appeal.

      Withches and warlocks are not supposed to be “cool” either. Dark practitioners of satanic magicks and all…. but Harry Potter did just fine with it.

      1. Ok Rodney let me clarify. What i do not disparage is people like yourself, who enjoy the “fresh” take on the whole vampire thing, you enjoy it for what it is, flaws and all.

        What I do despise is the people who hail this as the be all end all, the very thing that defines vampires and werewolves. The ignorant ones who think that everything pales in comparison to Twilight. Ok, I know what you are gonna say, I am doing the same thing, I am being ignorant and that I should give Twilight a chance. Perhaps I should, perhaps I am being unfair because I have not seen either film, but I can’t. Everything I have seen, everything I have heard from people who have seen the movies and read the books, nothing about it appeals to me. If I saw anything that was even remotely appealing to me in these movies, i’d give them a chance, but to this point I have not.

        I totally understand your take on it, you admit to its flaws but still enjoy it, you are more open minded about it than I am. It’s the ones who refuse to accept that long before Twilight there were vampires and werewolves that defined what they were, those are the ones that I cant stand.

        I can at the very least acknowledge the fact that I am an older guy who just cant handle the mythology of these creatures being changed so radically. I know I am being stubborn, at least I can admit that though…LOL

  18. Are they serious? They must be joking

    The Wolfman was the original Werewolf to hit the big screen…silver screen to be precise. He was part of that original cast of universal monsters along with Dracula, Frankenstein (and his bride) and the Creature from the Black Lagoon

  19. I love how she thinks that Del Toro in Wolf-mode looks like a “deformed mutation of a rabid dog”.I really don’t need to say more, but if she’s going to compare the Wolfman to the adorable fluffy puppies that Jake and co. turn into…

  20. Not all that surprising that someone (a younger kid) would do this. That being said, I’m not going to sit here and rip on her; but simply point out my favorite quote:

    “I actually started to like werewolves after seeing Jacob Black and all his awesomeness on the big screen at the movies.”

    1.) The use of both “big screen” and “at the movies” in the same statement
    2.) Jacob Black = awesomeness
    3.) At one point she didn’t like werewolves (side note: this actually would infer that werewolves existed prior to Twilight, giving her an adequate chance to change her opinion toward them).
    4.) She now “likes” werewolves (just funny to me)

  24. Haven’t seen any Twighlights but going off the trailers dont those kids like turn into actual wolves and not wolfmen?

    please somebody rent her the ol’ Abbot and Costello werewolf, dracula and mummy videocasettes.

    Those were Awesome!

  25. She.. I… Stupid… F*ck!
    Her plain stupidity has confounded me beyond words.
    It’s her opinion that the werewolf in Twilight looks better than the the Wolfman (and as much as that pisses me off, I’ll allow it), but to claim that Twilight was the original werewolf story just sends me into a seizure!
    Sorry I don’t share your comedic outlook on the stupidity of teenagers these days. I’m on the disappointed and angry side.

    1. Yea I agree. It’s just fuckin annoying and irritating and makes me want to slap her upside the head. These people will be running the world one day. Can you imagine how the movie “Idiocracy” comes in to play here?

  28. Well, she doesn’t claim that Universal ripped werewolves from Twilight. In fact, she states that she only started liking werewolves because of Twilight. She simply thinks that the Universal werewolf looks fake and cheap.

    That said, Wolfman sucked. The transformation scene was badass, and the effects were pretty cool. The acting was average, though. And the “original” werewolf looked like Smigel/Gollum. And the pacing was just awful…

  31. That girl is so frigin stupid. This new wolfman is a what remake of the original wolfman that what came out in the early 40’s or 50’s. So if that is the case how is this wolfman a rip off of twilight. Wouldn’t concerning wolfmen be a rip off of the original wolfman. I understand people that are passionate about stuff like star wars, star trek, and other stuff, but this girl IS WAY beyond passionate. I think she is alittle delusional. And should come back home to reality.

  33. my problem with the youth of today is that they dont want to admit that most of there styles they like are from a different era…..when i was a teen we embraced the past. Even when i first started listening to rap in 1993 i still had love for early rap. When i first started watching martial arts it was inevitable to fall in love will bruce lee. Which makes me laugh at this twit commenting shit like

    “For one, it was a COMPLETE remaking of the Wolf Pack from the Twilight Saga: New Moon. It gives the werewolves a bad name and makes them look like some deformed mutation of a rabid dog.”

    so much fail in that whole paragraph, but then this is the killer

    “How can a werewolf be killed with a silver bullet? ”

    the problem i have with this ranting freak is that she didnt check the source material…..fuck this bitch

    1. I would like to believe it’s fake as well. However, I’ve spoken to several kids who won’t see a black and white film because b&w = boring. For one of them, I asked what he thought about watching Schindler’s List and his reply was, “No I haven’t seen it nor its remake”.

      My point is, I’ll believe that a kid would write something as ignorant as the Twilight rant because I’ve witnessed that level of ignorance in person.

      1. There was a teenage girl who wrote a letter in this exact vein to the Australian radio show (Hamish and Andy) after they made fun of Twilight, where she said that vampires don’t turn into bats in the day, they *sparkle*, etc.

        I loved the alternative aspects of vampirism presented in Twilight (eg- vegetarianism), but to ignore the more traditional stuff, or to be completely ignorant of it is just sad.

  36. That shit is hilarious! If I knew that chick I would nominate her for class president! Without a single curse word, nasty joke, or inappropriate comment she laid the smack down!!! I love it! Sure she borders on crazy/psycho I will cut your balls off if you speak ill of TL fanaticism, but her level of fandom is no worse than you rejects that dress up and worship Star Wars or Star Trek!!!

  37. You know, during High School is when I developed an interest in the vampire genre as well (go figure). But my obsession with modern novels did not prevent me from reading Bram Stoker or being aware of Bela Lugosi and Universal’s 1931 classic “Dracula.”

    I fear and weep for the future of humanity.

    1. When the good H’wood people finally get around to that Creature From The Black Lagoon update, humanity will rise again!

      No vampires!
      No werewolves!
      No walking zombie dead!
      No Jigsaw Killer /Jigsaw Killer apprentice!
      The kidz won’t know WTF to do!
      They will all lose their shit!

      The Gill-Man cometh!

      **crosses fingers**

      oh, that’s right. someone will say they ripped off Hellboy’s Abe.
      nevermind.

      :(

      Go get ’em Triffids!!!

      1. Problem is that a remake of ‘The Creature’ would star Taylor Lautner, have a sappy love story theme devoid of chemistry between the actors, and have an emo soundtrack…..and it will be number one for 4 weeks straight causing letters like the one posted above.

  38. WOW! Thank God my parents were somewhat movie lovers and I learned what was Classic and what was quality early on. I remember a big book that had like the best or most important movies of that decade. kinda like “1001 movies you must see before you die” kinda stuff. I think its important for this stuff, as well as history of music to be , if not taught in schools or art/music classes so kids can get educated and respect the art form for it is. and not be so shut-off from the history and origins of cinema.

    That and maybee Del Toro could of had more shots of him with his shirt off…HA HA

    Theese Crazy Kids now-a-days! GEEEEEESH!

  39. Wow….that’s all I can say. I am no lover of Twilight, have no desire to see it probably never will, and I understand things have rabid followings but this is just flat out dumb.

    The sad part is MANY teenagers these days are so ignorant to things of the past, they are not “cool”. They have no idea where things come from, how things originate, and sadly, they don’t care. You try to present them with how things came to be and they don’t want to hear it. What they like is better than anything that came before it and that’s it they don’t want to hear another word about it. Criticize what they like and they will just flip out. Try to get them to embrace the past of cinema, and they don’t care, its all “for old people”.

    This is precisely why I make a conscious effort to show my kids movies that I grew up with and guess what? They love them. They appreciate the things that I love while at the same time loving what they are growing up with.

    Some parents are so disconnected from their children, and then wonder why when the kids become teenagers the kids want nothing to do with them. I’m not saying that kids are like this strictly because of their parents but it sure is a big reason why so many kids are the way they are these days. Parenting is not easy, and it seems a lot of parents do as little as possible.

    1. I agree with you! I’ve always showed my kid movies I grew up and continue to show her movies from the past. I do the same thing with books and music. In return I take an active interest in things she wants to share with me. Being a parents is more than ordering a kid around it’s about being a part of their lives. Sure sometimes my kid will ditch me for a weekend with her friends, but I’d be worried if she didn’t!

    1. No sweeping generalizations there huh?

      All children’s programming looks retarded once you are not 3 anymore. What do you expect them to show them? Dramatic interpretations of Shakespeare?

      This ONE teenager is obviously misinformed, and clearly didn’t do her homework, but your assumption that the Teletubbies did this is hardly valid.

      3. I’m sorry Rodney but you are so very very VERY wrong here. If you look back at Nickelodeon in the 90’s and look at it today, there is a HUGE difference. Even the Disney channel was better. We had “Pete and Pete,” “All That” (before it was completely brainless), “Are You Afraid of The Dark” (a show they would never air today for fear of scaring young kids, god forbid).

        The teenagers of today’s generation were and still are subject to shows like the Teletubbies and Yo Gabba Gabba (fuckin retarded show that treats kids like they’re mindless morons).

        Show’s in my day, yes they were childish but they had some substance. My childhood was one where the tv wasn’t afraid to scare the shit out of a little kid and one that wasn’t afraid to cover more complex material. Today they present a show as something for an 8 year old when it’s really for a 3 year old.

        Anyways, this dumb tween who wrote that ridiculous hate mail is a result of the above. boom! I’m done.

      4. I love how you continually attack me calling me wrong then rant to prove me right.

        You compare Nick shows of the early 90s to what? The examples you give are aimed at a young tween audience. Teletubbies are aimed at TODDLERS.

        Jesus, do you even think before you type?

        Yeah youre done.

      5. teletubbies was aired in the morning during the same time slot of shows that kids around 7 to 10 would watch. soooooo? yea no thats why im not “done” as you say. I know I’m right. And I honestly feel no need to formulate my comment perfectly seeing as this is a comment board about a tween rant on a movie website. Why does it matter how i write when I prove you wrong? You’re still wrong.

        You’re much older than me so you wouldn’t even have the slightest idea (even IF you have kids) of what age group Teletubbies was aimed at. All I know is that I use to get up in the morning and watch specific cartoons that had actual plots (however basic they may have been) and then they replaced two of my shows with the fuckin Teletubbies. The shows I was watching prior to that, were definitely not for toddlers. Nothing in that time slot was. So what in the hell were they doing replacing an “action packed” cartoon with that disgusting child degrading show? They were trying to aim it at the age group watching TV at those times. yeeea….duhhh (however childish that tag line may sound)

      6. You can ‘know youre right’ all you want. They also aired Soap Operas at that time of day too, so by your logic THOSE were aimed at kids?

        Teletubbies is aimed at TODDLERS, no matter what you say, you cannont compare the intelligence of that series to shows aimed at 10-13 year olds. There is no comparison.

        At that developmental stage, teletubbies are PERFECT for toddlers. Repetition, bright colours and very simple patterns. It isn’t meant to entertain anyone who can put a sentence together.

        I DO have kids, and even without them I could tell that teletubbies is aimed at children BECAUSE I CAN READ “Teletubbies is a BBC BAFTA-winning children’s television series, primarily aimed at pre-school viewers, produced from 1997 to 2001 by Ragdoll Productions.” So even the creators of that show knew it would have declining appeal outside of the age of 3.

        Are you REALLY that ignorant? Seriously? Do you think before you type this nonsense?

        Your whole basis for target audience is that your plot oriented cartoons were replaced with children’s programming?

        It wasn’t marketed to you. They chose to market that timeslot to a different demographic.

        I find it ironic that you insist teletubbies made people stupid then you make a retarded statement like “teletubbies are marketed to teens”. I think you have to stop drinking the drano.

        You really are done. But you will find some other ridiculous nugget of mental deficiency to offer in defense I am sure.

  43. kind of like how all those idiotic mainstream Anime fans think that “Legend of the Galactic Heroes” Ripped off “Code Geass” But the last time I check “LOTGH” ran from ’88 to ’97!!! And Code Geass came out in ’06!!!

    I swear kids nowadays dont pay attention in High School anymore. Well, Neither did I, but I still was smart enough to research something before I spat bullshit out of my mouth.

      2. OMG I HATE ANIME!

        but i have my own fanboyism that i will not speak about! that way i can hide my nerdom and live free to grind to lvl 85 and eat cheese sammies while coughing and cleaning my cpu screen in months to come!

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