As Twilight’s TV remake prepares for production, there is no better time to look back on Edward Cullen’s legacy and see how the show can improve the franchise’s protagonist. Edward Cullen is almost as divisive as Twilight, the franchise that spawned him. According to some fans, Twilight’s brooding romantic antihero is a formative crush, a Byronic vampire with a well-hidden heart of gold, and a well-meaning figure who is unfairly maligned even among the franchise’s own fandom. According to others, Twilight’s Wuthering Heights-inspired love interest is a possessive, controlling monster, and his version of vampirism is terminally cringe.
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Fortunately, Twilight’s TV remake is set to adapt Midnight Sun, Twilight author Stephanie Meyers’ retelling of the original novel Twilight from Edward’s perspective. Although Midnight Sun barely changes Twilight’s plot, the decision to foreground Edward’s perspective means that the novel offers more insight into the character’s inner world. Edward is less of a mystery in Midnight Sun, so the novel’s TV adaptation can iron out some issues that even his defenders have conceded in recent years. Among these are serious problems, like his stalking, and more harmless issues, like Edward barely possessing a sense of humor.
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Edward Should Be Less Obsessive And Possessive In Twilight’s Remake
Edward’s Most Infamous Quality Hasn’t Aged Well
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The most controversial aspect of Edward’s Twilight characterization is his possessive attitude toward Bella, something that comes up again and again throughout the novel saga. Although this was downplayed in the movie adaptations of the books, many of Edward’s problematic antics remain present to some extent or another. Whether Edward is restricting Bella from spending time with Jacob in Eclipse, admonishing her for staying out late in Twilight, following her car and tracking her activities in numerous books, or even getting his family to kidnap her so that she can’t meet with Jacob again, Edward is undeniably a possessive, obsessive love interest.
What makes this such a problem is not merely Edward’s possessive attitude itself, but the way that it is excused and romanticized within the world of the series. Since Edward is a vampire and Bella is a human, at least until Breaking Dawn, his actions can be rationalized by arguing that Edward is simply keeping Bella out of harm’s way. This justification works for some of the above instances, but there is no denying that Edward keeps information from Bella unnecessarily and disempowers her as a result. He never views her as his equal, thus justifying his possessiveness.
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Edward Needs To Grow And Change More In Twilight’s TV Remake
A Longer Runtime Offers Ample Chances For More Introspection
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While Twilight’s TV remake must change Edward to ensure that he remains a compelling protagonist for more contemporary audiences, the show’s longer runtime should make this easy. Edward needs more character growth in Midnight Sun’s adaptation, since the original movie series focused almost entirely on Bella and her growth. Bella’s changing personality was central to the Twilight books so it made sense for the movie to center her, but this made Edward feel comparatively flat and one-dimensional. An entire series told from his perspective should do a lot to redress this imbalance, making Edward easier to root for in the process.
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Edward Should Be More Mature In Twilight’s TV Remake
Edward’s Advanced Age Makes His Immaturity Inadvertently Funny
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Although Edward famously admits that he has been a 17-year-old for a very long time, this doesn’t make it any less funny when the perpetual teenager keeps acting like one. Twilight’s TV remake needs to make Edward more mature, since his pettiness has an unfortunate tendency to make the self-serious character inadvertently funny. There are countless moments when Edward scowls in disapproval sd Bella laughs at Jacob’s jokes or broods for days over problems that could have easily been solved with a littl communication, and this childish immaturity makes it hard to take the teen vampire’s plight seriously.
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Twilight’s TV Remake Needs To Make Edward A Classic Vampire
The Cullen Family’s Bloodless Vampirism Never Rang True
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In the original novels, Meyers reveals that Twilight’s Cullen family are “Vegetarian” vampires, meaning the Cullens live off the blood of animals instead of humans. This absurd twist allows Edward to be a vampire without really harming anyone, save for a few cartoonishly evil characters who he defeats throughout the series. This flattens all the moral ambiguity out of the vampire myth and makes the franchise’s monsters seem laughably harmless, so Midnight Sun’s TV show should diverge from the source material and make Edward a real vampire. This twist would change the franchise’s canon, but the alteration would be worth it.
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Twilight’s TV Remake Should Explore Edward’s Backstory More
Edward’s Tragic Origins Make Him Surprisingly Sympathetic
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Speaking of alternations to Twilight’s canon, Midnight Sun’s TV adaptation needs to focus on Edward’s Twilight backstory more. Born in 1901, Edward grew up in relative comfort until the 1918 influenza outbreak claimed the lives of his parents. Edward was turned into a vampire by Carlisle Cullen to save his life, and Edward’s tragic Twilight backstory left him trapped as a teenager for eternity thanks to a promise Carlisle made his mother. Although Edward survived, this traumatic origin story shaped his outlook on life, and Midnight Sun needs to explore the ramifications of this further in its Twilight retelling.
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Twilight’s Remake Edward Desperately Needs A Sense Of Humor
Twilight’s Original Antihero Was Laughably Self-Serious
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Perhaps the most obvious change that Midnight Sun needs to make is one that can be applied to the entire Twilight franchise but can be leveled at Edward in particular. Twilight’s Edward Cullen is often dour and humorless, so much so that even Bella admits it is a surprise when he cracks a joke or laughs. This might make him a perfect love interest for the angsty teen, but it makes for a deathly dull protagonist. Edward Cullen needs to lighten up and develop a sense of humor in Twilight’s TV remake, something that could make him much more compelling.
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Edward Needs To Be Honest With Bella In The Remake
New Moon’s Entire Story Could Have Been Avoided Via Communication
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Admittedly, Bella’s character should be different in Twilight’s TV remake too. That said, some of the saga’s subplots can’t be left at the feet of its somewhat inert, inactive heroine. Although Bella’s lack of agency has been criticized ad nauseam, New Moon’s storyline could have been avoided entirely if Edward had been honest with Bella. Edward’s inability to tackle hard conversations almost costs him his life in this sequel and, after Midnight Sun’s TV remake finishes the story of the original movie, the series must fix this by finally getting Edward to simply talk through his feelings with Bella.
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Twilight’s New Edward Should Bury His Beef With Jacob
Edward and Jacob’s Rivalry Became A Meme For Good Reason
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If there’s one thing even the most casual reader or viewer can remember about the Twilight saga, it is the infamous Team Jacob versus Team Edward fan wars. Edward and Jacob were not just two different suitors vying for Bella’s hand. The duo represented two types of love interests, the mysterious, dark stranger and the comforting, friendly local. Jacob and Edward’s beef was arguably the Twilight saga’s most memorable conflict, so Midnight Sun‘s retelling of the story should subvert the audience’s expectations by burying this feud entirely. Edward getting along well with Jacob would make the entire plot less predictable.
It is hard to deny that Edward is a fairly predictable love interest.
Furthermore, Edward dropping his jealous dislike of Jacob would make him a more affable character in general and would leave longtime fans intrigued by this new interpretation of the character. It is hard to deny that Edward is a fairly predictable love interest and his standoffish attitude toward Jacob only makes this issue worse as the saga progresses. If Edward didn’t see Jacob as a threat, his attempts to stop Bella from spending time with him would come across as genuinely well-meaning. Of course, this would mean telling Bella about the werewolves, which would necessitate another big Edward change.
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Edward Needs To Respect Bella’s Agency In Twilight’s Remake
Edward Failed To Respect Bella’s Boundaries
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Edward constantly transgressed Bella’s boundaries in Twilight and its sequels and the main excuse for this was his attempts to keep her safe in the world of vampires and werewolves. Twilight’s werewolves and the saga’s version of vampires all differ from their usual depictions, but none of them are threatening enough to justify Edward’s terrible habit of ignoring Bella’s agency in any plan. Edward treats Bella as something that needs to be protected instead of someone who needs to be informed, and Midnight Sun’s TV remake should change this with a more respectful, less dismissive version of the character.
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Edward Shouldn’t Sparkle In Twilight’s Remake
Twilight’s Most Infamous Vampire Lore Change Should Be Dropped
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Most of the changes outlined above are ones that need to happen to make Edward’s personality more palatable. Midnight Sun was designed to give viewers more insight into the mind of Edward Cullen so, since Twilight’s TV remake intends to revisit his story, the show should try to make Edward a more likable, human figure than his cold movie counterpart. However, there is one infamous element of the Twilight movies and books that the series needs to change even though it does nothing to make Edward more agreeable. Twilight’s TV remake must undo the franchise’s sparkling vampires.
Edward can’t sparkle in Twilight’s TV remake if the show’s creators want viewers to have any chance of taking the show seriously. While a lot of Twilight’s story hasn’t aged well, the sparkling vampires were unpopular even when the series debuted. Midnight Sun still needs to find a way for the Cullens to attend school during the day, so it is fine if Edward doesn’t burst into flames upon contact with daylight. However, the revised version of Edward Cullen can’t be another sparkly vampire or the show will feel unintentionally hilarious, since this Twilight character detail never worked.
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Twilight
PG-13
RomanceFantasyDrama
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Director
Catherine Hardwicke
Release Date
November 21, 2008
Writers
Melissa Rosenberg
Cast
Robert Pattinson
, Ashley Greene
, Peter Facinelli
, Rachelle Lefevre
, Elizabeth Reaser
, Kristen Stewart
, Nikki Reed
, Jackson Rathbone
, Cam Gigandet
, Kellan Lutz
, Taylor Lautner
, Anna Kendrick
, Billy Burke
Runtime
121 minutes
Franchise(s)
The Twilight Saga
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