Eclipse Premiere: Twilight Fans Create Tent City Waiting For Premiere

Thousands of obsessed Twlight fans have literally set up camp in Downtown LA as they wait for the premiere of Eclipse, the newest movie of the series. KTLA reports:

Hundreds of movie fans began lining up Monday, creating a tent city outside the Nokia Plaza for Thursday's premiere of "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse."

Aproximately 9,000 wristbands are being handed out to the movie fans. According to Nokia officials, wristbands must be worn until the premiere is over. Any wristband that has been tampered with or removed will not be considered valid.

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[Aitch5]

05:48 PM on 06/28/2010

Did anyone ask these people where they used the toilet? I am just truly curious!

[jparso3]

07:54 PM on 06/23/2010

crazy = waiting in line to see a movie

craaaaaaaaaaazy = waiting in to see people who are going to see a movie.

[sweatyy]

02:36 PM on 06/23/2010

Girls in tents? Half of the work is already done for Phillip Craig Garrido.

[Travis Peters]

02:34 PM on 06/23/2010

Special Report, L.A. -- "Homeless Tent City Residents Oppose Twihard 'Tent City' Transients" http://bit.ly/aI83Vl

[Nicc0]

12:58 PM on 06/23/2010

You know I did this for Star Wars. Never realized how stupid it was until now.

[jparso3]

07:55 PM on 06/23/2010

Please tell us your experience

[FerrellGummitt]

09:59 AM on 06/23/2010

Look kids, stay home and volunteer at a homeless shelter on that night, help your parents out around the house or help organize the next Tea Party event in your town.

Do something useful and productive, not waiting in line for another stupid, hollywood pretty boy vampire flick.

Besides, it will be at Redbox by September.

[JulieShelbyLiberal]

03:46 PM on 06/23/2010

Organize the next Tea Party? What does that have to do with volunteering at a homeless shelter or helping your parents out? It is a racist, right wing political organization invented by Fox News. The Twilight Saga is Entertainment. Camping out for a movie that will be out for months is not something I would do but who is to say what someone else's idea of having fun.

[Joye]

06:22 AM on 06/23/2010

I was a Beatles die hard fan 'back in the day.' But never camped out for days; like these people do... Like for premier for "Hard Day's Night" or "Help." Different generation. that is for sure..

[ochowalo8]

09:15 PM on 06/22/2010

how come we never had this when i was in high school?...

was stuck in backstreet boys and n'sync that time... LOL

[Bruckley]

08:07 PM on 06/22/2010

It's interesting how all of those people are below 5 on the attractiveness scale. Wonder if there's a correlation or if that's just random chance.

[hey0there]

01:14 AM on 06/23/2010

On huffpo they seem to pick out the most 'diverse' pics in the bunch

[paintitblack]

06:20 PM on 06/22/2010

And I couldn't help but feel bad for the poor 45-year old schlub I saw on the morning news, who had flown out from Florida to visit extended family... only to be dragged downtown to camp out in a tent with pre-teen girls. Oy.

[Bruckley]

08:07 PM on 06/22/2010

I wouldn't mind that so much.

[paintitblack]

06:18 PM on 06/22/2010

Yeah, maybe I was an odd teenager, but I never participated in this kind of stuff... no boy band obsessions, no sobbing/fainting/screaming at concerts, no idol worship. Weird stuff.

[LMPE]

04:12 PM on 06/22/2010

I can't think of anything that would prompt me to camp out somewhere like that.

[TeeSC]

05:51 PM on 06/22/2010

You're either not 16 yet or you've forgotten what it was like when you were. :-)))

[LMPE]

06:03 PM on 06/22/2010

I have not forgotten what it was like when I was 16. Like I said, no event ever prompted me to camp out.

[ChangeurMind]

02:46 PM on 06/22/2010

I'm surprised LAPD hasn't gone down there and beaten everyone to death on "suspicion."

[shineon23]

03:31 PM on 06/22/2010

or the blanket offense "disorderly conduct".
If any of them fought back, then the cop could use the blanket defense, "I thought my life was in danger"

[ChangeurMind]

02:44 PM on 06/22/2010

The Dungeon and Dragons crowd. We didn't pay much attention to them in high school. Looking at the crowd, its mostly homely, overweight, awkward pubescent goofs... surely they need something to "bond" and "identify" with.

[Sup Dooder]

04:55 PM on 06/22/2010

Only difference is that this time they're girls.

[jparso3]

07:56 PM on 06/23/2010

The only difference the Dungeon and Dragons crowd is your boss and has loads of money.

[boomcat44]

02:42 PM on 06/22/2010

I've never camped out for a movie, or a concert, or anything else in my whole life, which is on the downhill side of 50.
Am I missing something here?