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NOTE: The post below is purely based on my opinion. I rarely ever (or maybe never) write opinionated blog posts but because the subject of this has been labelled “big” and there have been many debates and whatnot, I just feel the need to rant. You can choose to agree with everything or agree with absolutely nothing, but remember that this is just my personal opinion. And if you’re going to leave a comment, please no inappropriate language (or subtle inappropriate language) or it will be deleted.

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Whoever leaked it out that DT would turn into Forks High School for a week, what the hell were you thinking? But whatevs, right? It’s been leaked out onto the Vancouver Sun and just about every Twilight fan site there is. Watcha gonna do about it.

Since this is all out into the public now and the “Untitled Sports Movie” is now “New Moon”, I feel that there’s no point in keeping things a secret myself. After all, they already filmed the cafeteria scene(s) today which caused the shutdown of the entire cafeteria and turned that hallway into a dreaded traffic jam. And they just had to leave a wonderful crack in the doors for those 5 ginormous wires which in turn led to the halted traffic.

Now, don’t get me wrong. I find it cool that a big blockbuster film chose my school to be their high school. For once I’m actually proud of going to DT, but give me a break.

First of all, these dudes have got to learn to scheme better. If you’re gonna lie to the entire school and tell them that some untitled sports movie is gonna be here filming next week, why hand out a release form to the art students that says “New Moon” all over it? And what’s the point of telling them, “If anyone asks, tell them it’s an untitled sports movie.” Yeah well, this is most likely what happened:

A: “Hey, guess what? We got this release form thing from art for that movie they’re filming here next week. And the teacher said, ‘If anyone asks, tell them it’s an untitled sports movie.’”
B: “Oh, sweet! I just have to tell everyone else!”

Score! All of DT now knows. Don’t they know that teenagers love to gossip?

And did it ever occur to anyone that they said “Untitled Sports Movie” for a reason? Although I have to say, they probably knew that we would figure it out eventually, and the “Untitled Sports Movie” was probably just a way of prolonging the secret.

But what makes this situation worse? DT students telling students from other schools who then leak it out to total outside people. I had Googled a search last week to see if there were any leaks that filming would take place at DT and indeed there was one on Twilight Lexicon. Some girl from DT leaked it out, which sparked an insane “debate” if you will about how it’s great and how it’s stupid. Then, last night, I Googled the exact same thing and what do you know, some “insider” goes babbling to the Vancouver Sun about how DT is the new Forks High School. Of course, by morning, almost 20 results came up on Google with basically the same article the Sun had about “FILM CREWS AT DAVID THOMPSON SECONDARY”.

Dude, if you’re gonna leak it out, why not leak it out after it’s over? That way you can brag about how everyone else missed the big trucks and tents and trailers parked outside and how you got to see the foyer and cafeteria all dressed up. But of course, everyone wants to be the first to know and to let it be known that you were the first to know to everyone, right?

Then, there are the other inconveniences and problems that occurred at school. (Don’t think that just because some big shot movie’s being filmed at DT means that the students have it so good.) Our cafeteria got closed down today because of filming. They covered up our beautiful murals in the foyer which supposedly will wreck the murals after the wallpaper’s torn off. And they apparently took power from a class with guest speakers the other day. Oh I’m sure the guest speakers were so pleased with us.

Now, don’t go thinking that I hate the fact that Spunk Ransom and Kristen Stewart and all the rest of them are at my school. I don’t. This is probably a great opportunity for DT to perhaps get more students enrolled and maybe open up future filming possibilities. The thing I hate the most is the fact that some people are that insanely obsessed that they’ll go to a filming location and stand there for so bloody long for what, catching a glimpse of someone?

And if you think I’d rather not have outside people know anything so DT people can have the stars to themselves or whatever, think again. We have classes to go to. I mean, I was “fortunate” that today was the day that I have like 2 spares, so I walked around checking out the filming area, but really, there’s nothing to see after 5 minutes. Okay, so New Moon decided to film at DT. That’s great, but if they were filming in some other school I would not skip class and trek there for some famous people I probably wouldn’t get to meet.

I like the Twilight series to a certain extent, but what happens when people discover new filming locations? They flock there like mad shoppers on Boxing Day. I did not want crazy fan girls at my school trying to get a glimpse of Spunk Ransom or Taylor Lautner, but what do you know. There they are, walking around INSIDE my school acting like they belong. If we’re not even allowed to go into other schools when we have Pro D Days and whatnot, what makes them think that they can just waltz into this school just because they’re filming a movie here? There could be a real intruder for all we know and no one would call out the bloody Code Red. Of course, there are the moms with their teenage daughters and friends and the 30-somethings who stand outside of the cafeteria on the lawn for hours upon hours hoping to see someone famous.

Do they have nothing better to do than to stand outside where they’re filming for hours on end hoping to see cast members who if they are even remotely visible will have crew hold out umbrellas to avoid being seen by exactly THEM? That’s exactly what seemed to happen after school as I was passing by the outside of the cafeteria. A cast member (perhaps Spunk Ransom or other) tried to make his way into the cafeteria with an umbrella held out to the side so he wouldn’t be seen. I mean, give it a rest.

Alright, so whatever happened to privacy around here? Actors may be famous, but they’re still people. Just like you’d probably like some privacy every once in a while, so would they. What’s the real point of meeting them? They’ll “know” you for 2 seconds, write down your name for the autograph as if you are the nobody that you are, give you a hug, take a photo, and move on to the next person. Let’s face it. Celebrities only like you, the fans, because you’re the ones that give them their paycheque. They jumble you up as a group; they don’t look at you as an individual. They don’t give a rat’s arse about you otherwise. Then, when you become the crazy diehard stalker fan, you’re just another person who can’t give them their privacy and has to stalk them everywhere they go which is why they avoid you too.

There’s a reason why famous people and us nobodies don’t live in the same world.

Well, everything’s got its pros and cons, right? In any case, for those Twihards out there who just won’t give it up and who don’t live anywhere near Vancouver but long to see something, anything New Moon related, I snapped a whole whack of pictures from last week to today. If you wish to use them for your own blog or what have you, please ask, don’t steal. Remember, everything’s copyrighted.

Oh, and I did happen to see Stephenie Meyer today at lunch.

Enjoy your virtual “tour”.

Hm… Untitled Sports Movie, right?

The crew wallpapering the foyer mural… parts of that mural now is just wrecked from the wallpaper.

Here comes the salad bar…

The trees outside the cafeteria… the day before filming.

Now everything’s blocked.

That’s the outside of the staff lounge, which they’re using as a classroom.

One of the displays in the foyer. Forks Spartans.

Another display in the foyer.

I’m gonna guess that those are extras having fun in our tennis courts.

That’s actually a parking lot.

This is artwork from DT students themselves (thus the release form).

Continuous wallpapering in the foyer. It’s the big chunk where the guy in the white is standing which has to be re-done. Elsewhere has damage as well.

And there you go. Good-bye DT, hello Forks High School…

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