Borders is promoting their midnight release parties with a video that is filmed from the set of the New Moon movie photoshoots where the cast looks to be wearing some really wicked contact lenses. We can’t embed it here, so head on over to the bottom of this page at Borders and check it out. UPDATE: Video Added [thanks TwiCrack!]

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The Seattle Public Library is getting its young visitors involved in a creative way , hosting a debate where students debate the merits of each book.

“There is so much buzz around these two series. At Team Read, it’s our goal to get students excited about reading, and we wanted to host an event that celebrated how much students love these books,” states Bill Eisele, program developer for Team Read.

4TNZ has some arguments that the students might use–

Reasons for Paleness–Twilight: Because they’re undead, Harry Potter: Because they’re British

Leading Ladies–Twilight: Smart, bookish Bella, Harry Potter: Smart, bookish Hermoine

For the record, I’m Team Switzerland for this battle, too. See more arguments over at 4TNZ, and read all about the showdown at the Seattle Times.

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The New Moon crew appears to be filming near a Vancouver Tofino beach–and it just might be for the cliff diving sequence. We already know the cliff diving sequence will be spliced together with CGI, but this looks like a good backdrop to me! LaineyGossip has this to say—

Taylor Lautner and Kristen Stewart were in Tofino, British Columbia yesterday – where Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds were married but not at that resort – shooting around South Beach and the Wickaninnish Inn. More of that is happening today. Rachelle Lefevre is said to be around too. Cliff diving, near drowning, and rescue…or something.

[thanks for the tip,Twilight Treasury and TwiCrack!]

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For Wolf Cub Friday this week, we bring you two wolf cub pups that seem eager to get into some cowboy boots! [Source]

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Here are four reviews of the Twilight HD Blu-Ray edition. Overall, everyone seems very impresssed with how it looks, and any squabbles are directed at the movie itself. Interestingly, it’s possible to watch the 54-minute “The Adventure Begins” documentary special feature on top of the main film using Blu-Ray.

The HD Room:

Summit’s well-rounded Blu-ray package for Twilight begins with a slick slipcover sleeve and ends with a varied selection of bonus features, some of which are presented in high definition. In-between is the feature film presented in its original 2.4:1 aspect ratio with AVC MPEG-4 encoding at 1080p resolution. The transfer performs remarkably well considering the high degree of filtering and color-timing tinkering employed to achieve the washed-out gray and blue color palette that persists throughout most of the film. Underneath all the processing and filtering, Twilight’s image remains crisp, detailed and natural looking – even more so when the story switches to Arizona in the third act to remind viewers there is sun in this world.

Home Cinema Choice:

Whatever its other flaws, the one area where this Blu-ray is bound to satisfy fans is with its generous helping of bonus features. Exclusive to this hi-def release [note: I'm pretty sure this is on the DVD bonus disc -NMM] is a feature called The Adventure Begins: The Journey from the Page to Screen. While the title makes it sounds like a bog-standard featurette about adapting the novel for the screen, it’s actually a Profile 1.1 feature providing access to around 55mins of behind-the-scenes video content while watching the film. Rather thoughtfully, all of the PiP material can be viewed separately via the Special Features menu, meaning those without Profile 1.1 players won’t have to miss out.

KATU:

Twilight hits home video on both DVD and Blu-ray. The Blu-ray comes in a single disc edition and it’s fairly impressive. Mastered in 1080p, the movie looks great despite its heavy use of blue and gray tones (the movie is called Twilight after all). Despite its Olympic Peninsula location, filmmakers shot the movie in the Columbia River Gorge and around the Portland area. It’s a striking setting for a vampire film and our local area looks very nice in high definition. Be on the lookout for wonderful gorge vistas and beauty shots of Multnomah Falls. Twilight also comes with a number of bonus features tailor-made for fans of the book series.

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Here is a picture of the entire wolf pack from New Moon, together at last. A talented fan named Randi made this stunning manipulation that gives us a taste to come from the epicenter of hotness known as the New Moon wolf pack. Howl yeah! Pictured clockwise from lower left are:

• Alex Meraz as Paul
• Tinsel Korey as Emily Young
• Chaske Spencer as Sam Uley
• Taylor Lautner as Jacob Black
• Tyson Houseman as Quil Ateara
• Bronson Pelletier as Jared
• Kiowa Gordon as Embry Call

Check out the high resolution version at Randi’s DevianatArt page. [thanks for the correction on the name TwiLex and Randi!]

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4TNZ has scored an advance copy of the Twilight DVD, and highlights some of the hilarious commentary that is in store for you from Robert Pattinson. Among the zingers, you’ll hear him say–

• “Never trust a guy who plucks his eyebrows.”
• “I have so many inexplicable facial expressions in this movie.”
• “I’d love to be able to fit in a box. Like one of those people who fit into small boxes. I’d love it.”
• [Scene where Edward shows off his sparkly body]: “I’m sorry, Bella. I’m just like a sweaty guy.”

Check out the rest of the funny lines at 4TNZ. (“Unsuitable for the young” cover photo from Robsessed)

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For today only, Amazon has a pretty awesome deal on the score to Twilight–it’s only $5 for an MP3 version that works on iPods or any other MP3 player. Thanks for letting us know, Lisa!

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Kiowa Gordon is most likely the actor that will be playing Embry Call in New Moon. When we showed you the New Moon wolf pack cast list earlier this week, the picture used for Kiowa Gordon was found after we did some super-sleuthing to discover his Myspace page.

The virtual unknown from Cave Creek, Arizona–also home to Stephenie Meyer–has since updated his status on Myspace to the revealing  ”Is in Vancouver living it up!” and Tinsel Korey–rumored to play Emily in the New Moon movie– has left a comment on his page that says “Enjoying the sun? ” [thanks, Team Taycob ]

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