How To Solve the Problem of "Twilight" and "Gossip Girl" — Bring Them Together in a Mash-Up
OK, from the looks of things *New Moon* has no problems. Chapter 2 in *The Twilight Saga* took in a gigunda $140 million this weekend. That’s the third best weekend opening of all time, following *The Dark Knight* and *Spider-Man 3*. But here’s the thing: *New Moon* won approval from only 29 percent of the nation’s critics. So defend the movie all you want, but even Twi-hards know these film versions of Stephenie Meyer’s novels could be way better.
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And look what’s happening to *Gossip Girl*, once the primo guilty pleasure on the tube. But once the class graduated from high school and dispersed all over Manhattan, the show lost its focus. Based on the book series of the same name by Cecily von Ziegesar, *Gossip Girl* debuted on the CW in 2007 with 3.5 million viewers. Recent episodes have sunk below the 2 million level. OMFG!
What to do? My idea is to have the Cullen family of vampires move to the Upper East Side and shake up Blair Waldorf (Leighton Meester) and true love Chuck Bass, a bad boy for the time capsule as played by Ed Westwick.