Laura from The Lex summed up the dozens of responses they got on their post, “Would You Want a Twilight TV Show.”
In general, 25% of the fans said they wouldn’t be interested in a television series, no matter what. The other 75% had concerns about the possible series’ direction and quality, much of which boiled down to whether Stephenie Meyer was actually on board, or not.
Culled from the dozens of comments are two of note, below. Most fans don’t want to see a reboot of Bella’s story, but would like to see more stories from within the Twilight milieu.
Don’t put this in the TV series, fans say
On the other hand, those who wanted a backstory approach had some pretty persuasive arguments. Given the information that came out in the recently released The Twilight Saga: The Official Illustrated Guide there is more than enough untouched material.
One notable fan named Elizabeth actually came up with a unique idea. “It would be nice if they used the other “satellite” stories in the Twilight Universe. The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner would make an excellent TV show and I, for one, would love to see Freaky Fred.”
Elizabeth then continued by supporting the idea of using the material from the Official Illustrated Guide. She stated, “…an episode (or series of episodes) could be made using the back stories of the characters from the Official Illustrated Guide (Benjamin and Tia would be awesome to see). I’d love to see Emmett and the Bear, and even more so, Alice’s story fleshed out on screen.”
A fan named Joshua continued with this vision pointing out that delving into the future might not be an avenue that Stephenie Meyer would want to take. He stated, “In reality the best bet for a TV series would be focusing on events that occurred before the Twilight books because it is safe. Stephenie would be very reluctant to hand the “future” of her series to other people, and the TV series could directly conflict with her vision for her existing characters, whereas there is enough material in the backstories that Lionsgate/ Summit could make dozens of episodes without touching the core story. I don’t think any of us would like them to mess with the core story, more than they already have.”