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Project Cloverfield a.k.a The JJ Abrams trailer before Transformers starts.
Alright, so I go into Transformers thinking it was going to be a kick ass movie (which it was) and so I get there 30 minutes early to avoid the huge crowd.
The previews start up, and there is a new Adam Sandler movie where everyone laughed and that was about it. Then it cuts to a movie where the camera is nothing more than a home video camera capturing a going away party for some guy. Everyone is having a good time, drinking, laughing, telling the camera they'll miss the guy. Then something like an earthquake hits, shaking the entire building and forcing the lights to go dim. The earthquake stops and everyone is going "What the hell was that? Let's go see if any is alright up on the roof." It was a big party. So on the rooftop it seems everyone's alright, but the entire city is blacked out, and someone says that their friend should have left a day early. Then there it is, a roar, and the camera shifts to the left to see the middle of Manhattan go up in explosion. Everyone starts screaming and running, the camera cutting out as they run down the stairs. Outside everyone is running towards and past the camera man and from above an object comes flying towards him, landing right behind him and skidding, it's the statue of liberties head, and then the monsterous roar sounds off again. No title after that, just says "J.J. Abrams" and then 1-28-2008 From the roar I'm banking it's a giant monster movie, of course, but insted of it being big budget, it's all shot through people with video cameras. Needless to say with the set up of the trailer, it got my adrenaline going, which very few movies do that. I'd love to know more about this movie, but I guess no one even knew it was being made before it was shown before Transformers. Any ideas of what it could be? I was personally hoping for another Godzilla :tpg: |
Ain't It Cool News broke the story on Cloverfield a few weeks ago and according to them it is a giant monster movie with the creature being called "The Parasite" for now.
Other than that and the director being the guy who did The Pallbearer there isn't really much else known about the project. |
I can't stand the "amateur home video" style. I can deal with 2 minute videos on youtube but over an hour of it... no, it makes me dizzy and nauseous. The image will always be unclear and the camera will be constantly shaking. It makes me think Blair Witch Project, I never seen it but I've seen the commercials.
[RANT] A bitch running around screaming and all you see is the floor. Then they film themselves with boogers oozing out their nose. Snort that shit back in or blow your freaking nose, I don't wanna see your snot! |
If you're going to make a big monster movie, it needs to be big budget.
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Well, from the trailer they didn't cut costs on special effects, just camera work. I jouhou on the handheld issue though. Looks like crap.
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Right now we don't even know if that how the whole movie will be or just that one part of it. I am going to have to see that movie when it comes out.
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Appearantly, rumors say, is that the whole movie is going to be shot with hand held cameras, from different civillians caught up in the matter.
Problem with Blair Witch is that th acting in it was god damn horrible, and unbelievable. you don't see anything in it but a god damn ear cut off, and some guy standing in the corner before some bitch gets knocked out. Hype is why anyone went and saw that movie, and it was a peice of shit. This, however, actually shows you what's going on around them, and if you thought any of the camera was too shakey excluding them running down the stairs, well, never play a FPS as long as you live. |
I'm very interested in this movie. I don't mind the handheld camera and I gathered from the trailer that it'll probably be done from the persective of the average citizen bringing it down to a more personal level.
I really loved how the trailer opened up. I thought it was going to be some lame love type story or something and then BAM it comes out of no where with an 'earthquake' and an explosion. Definitely grabbed my attention. |
Haha, when I saw that trailer during the Previews, that was just one big WTF for me. The movie seemed like a pass at first, but once the explosions and quakes happend it got so exciting. Then they ended it without title or look at what the monster/creature/giant is.
Could this possibly be a new Godzilla movie? Cause some of the things kinda hint at that possibly (eg. the guy going to Japan, roars, fire, explosions, people saying it's something big, the monster itself big enough to toss the head of the Statue of Liberty). |
I like the handheld camera view. It makes it all look real. I know if I saw an actual video of some giant fucking monster tearing up a city, I'd be scared shitless. If the whole movie is like this, I bet it's gonna be awesome. I'm willing to forget Blair Witch and give it a chance.
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Oh this! When I saw the trailer, my first thought was "Eww, what's this?" Then it was *BOOM* headshot, and I was stunned. I got pretty cised and excited too, but I didn't know how much was actually unknown about this film until I saw some news articles just today regarding an increase in "JJ Abrams" queries on Google and stuff. So yeah, it's not gonna be out for a while, but I'm pretty stoked for it.
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Had to remember what this was called (because I thought it was the title of the film you know, for simultaneous date in the film gimmick or something)
Actually, I didn't know what the hell was fucking shit up (theater is kinda shitty). It will seem intereting enough to see when it comes out |
I saw the trailer and I have to say this looks awesome. Reading what people said about it, I thought this was an attempt to be a low budget hand-held flick (aka: Blair Witch bullshit) and those are always awful.
Fortunately it looked really awesome. I can't wait until this film comes out. Sure, the camera work might be a little annoying and make me nautious but that's what will make or break this film. I just hope this doesn't become a trend. I can already see all the battery died, ran out of film, found a new battery and or film four hours later after all the exciting stuff happened bullshit coming from a mile away, but maybe they'll prove me wrong (hopefully). |
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Damn, they're turning this into some wicked online game to find out what this movie is all about.
http://www.ethanhaaswasright.com/ http://www.1-18-08.com/ solutions to puzzles from ethanhaaswasright.com can be found here http://fallingsky.blogs.com/falling_...overfield.html and.. http://thebraxcave.com/2007/07/05/so...aas-was-right/ Spoiler:
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Ok, now that I've finally seen the trailer I can comment properly. This movie looks awesome. Before seeing the trailer, I was worried about poor lighting but they did a pretty good job in the trailers. I just hope my eyes can handle shaking picture on the big screen.
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Am I the only one that thinks this is going to be a spinoff movie for Lost or something? I know it's not going to be, but it would be awesome.
I love how J.J. Abrams pretty much uses the same material but presents it in interesting new ways. Well, I'm looking forward to it. |
I hope this is something to do with Chtulu.
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Matchmoving the special effects with the shaky camera is crazy.
Here's an article that talks about some casting as well as filming locations. |
Okay I don't knwo what the fuck it is about this movie, and what it's doing, but it's freaking me the fuck out.
www.1-18-08.com There are two things in that website that has to be noted. I put it in spoilers for those that want to find them for themselves. The two pictures definately have some weird shit going on in them. Spoiler:
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I actually never had a problem with Blair Witch. I've always been about delayed gratification, so all the scare tactics without the monster was what made me enjoy the whole experience. Hell, I even liked the horrible sequel, to a certain extent. And I liked the acting as far as it was authentic. People who just behaved how they thought folks would in that situation, instead of trying too hard and making artifice out of acting. Needless to say I'll be at this one on day one. I'm torn whether I should try to research it going in or just go in cold and let it all be a surprise, though. |
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I'd bend over and take it from the first person who makes a decent Cthulhu movie.
Interesting to see where this is going. I've always considered Davey Jones as the prelude to a Cthulhu-flick, so I got my hopes up. |
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But the dragging pictures on the site is cool. I just fling them around and put the girls on the bottom left and the guy is on the top right so it looks like the girls are admiring his downing skills..... |
The idea seems pretty cool....to mess up your mind like that. The monster being a cluthlu doesn't seems a bad idea at all.
Anyways, here's what Grail was talking about (The two women): Spoiler:
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I didn't photoshoped the pics, I found them in: http://ethanhaasthoughts.blogspot.com/ |
Teaser is officially up at apple.com
http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/11808/ Also, JJ Abrams say that the Ethan Haas site has nothing to do with the movie.. whaaa... source then again.. He could be lying to us. |
The mystery has been cracked (not by me)
http://www.slusho.jp/index.html Not even joking. Check this screenshot from about halfway into the trailer, after the news report: http://victor645.googlepages.com/slusho.jpg |
Just watched the trailer again. No big deal, but I discovered an Xbox 360 on the desk on the left at the 0:45 mark. ;-)
Mystery cracked: THIS IS EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 2017 - THE MOVIE |
edit: nevemrind..
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A Giant WORM? OH come on... that's the lamest possible giant monster next to Baby Godzilla.
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LOL. That's what I thought, but it was a joke.
Some a still referring it to "The Parasite". However, still nothing confirmed. |
Oh I see the edit now. Well still I was definetly drawn in when there was that explosion. It looked at first like some lame romance or 'road-trip' movie, but then I was starting to think through the commercial of what it could be about.
Heroes, Lost, Godzilla and even the generic "giant earthquake" movie all went through my mind. Can't wait to see more. The rumors about it being related to Ctuhulu has me pretty interested. |
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Am I missing something as well regarding a giant worm? |
I thought at first this was suppose to be D-War which also seems like a cool monster movie but the story is just a little bleh ~_~
This movie looks interesting so I hope they release a full trailer soon since there hasn't been any good monster movies since The Host. |
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I'm guessing the movie is about a drink with a secret ingredient that fucks things up and makes things really big |
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God I hope Cthulu is in this movie.
PLEASE let Cthulu be in this movie and not some stupid fucking worm. |
CTHULHU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*Swoooooons*:cthulhu::tpg: (sorry, it's been a while since I've been here, and I only just noticed the cthulhu emoticon... couldn't resist... cthulhu demanded it, and I dare not question :eagletear: ) |
New picture is up at http://www.1-18-08.com/
four people, huge bright light behind them...can't see anything with the picture yet, but go at it people! |
Ok, a lot of people have been dissecting the blogs and whatnot that have popped up around this film. Lots of morse code, sandscrit, things of that nature have popped up. Lovecraft does have some influence in at least the viral marketing of this film, though that doesn't mean this is going to be a film about Cthulhu (though things such as "Only 8-1-07 matters to our cause..." do point towards the case of a Cthulhu connection in some manner (the date being one of the Dates worked out by people with too much time on their hands as a very likely time that Cthulhu would awaken)). There is also talk of J.J. Abrams letting something slip about a seamonster, though if it was said, it was very quickly removed from the interview.
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First thing I thought was Half-Life, although I doubt that's true. Alien invasion of earth or the Seven Hour Wars told through film? And first person footage would fit a very Half-Life style. Maybe it's just me.
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A forth picture is up at 1-18-08.com Seems that there is a military man escorting people out of the area or something, the picture is slightly blurred.
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According to my cousin, a lot of people think that it might be a Voltron movie. Apparently they get that from a line in the trailer right before the Statue of Liberty's head is thrown; a guy shouting "It's a lion! It's moving!"
He also pointed out how the destruction is very reminiscent of Lavos. Huge dome-shaped explosion, fireballs falling from the sky, etc. He doesn't think it's a Chrono Trigger movie, of course, but he thought it was kinda funny. |
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That, and already they have debunked several theories, even Cthuhlu since they said the monster is completely original, and organic. On top of that, a different company owns the rights to Voltron, so that's out. |
Dammit, it's not going to be Cthulu? :/
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So, if we take the fact that Cthuhlu is indeed an almighty creature of destruction, bringing the end of the world with it, one would think that there would be no survivors in the world period. Then again, Cthuhlu probably has never taken on Hilary Clinton either. |
Well, he did awake in 1925, at 47° 9' S, 126° 43' W without the world coming to an end, so he might have continued his slumber.
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All I can say is that I'm seeing this the first day it comes out, no matter what it is. The hype they're building around this movie is really, really, really creepy. It makes me tingle a little bit inside. I just really wish it was a Cthulu movie where everyone in the world dies at the end, but I doubt that's going to be the case. Still, I remain hopeful. Quote:
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Sorry, but I'm not going to fall for the hype. Clever marketing, yes, but in the end, it WILL be the monster invasion edition of Blair Witch. But actually, I don't think there's any real proof that the movie will be in "handycam" vision at all...they could have just used that concept to create an amusing trailer.
In any case, I'd much rather wait for something like AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS, who Del Toro is supposedly doing after Hellboy 2. |
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I'm not sure why people keep comparing this to Blair Witch, from what i seen on the trailer the thing looks to be pretty high-quality as far as hand-held cameras go. I really doubt it's going to be ANYTHING like Blair Witch in terms of cinematography, which caused massive headaches.
Also the trailer freaked me out, I hate it when they seriously hype up a huge secret plot/monster, and leaving you wanting answers. They better do a damn good job, I really hate to be disapointed in this situation. :D |
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For some reason the monster's scream reminded me of the "Bloop"...
But then again that might only be because I had something about this being a Cthullhu movie... I haven't watched Lost, so is it possible that this is a Lost-movie? For a second there I thought of a Metal Gear Solid movie, with the "monster" being Arsenal... Would somewhat fit Abrams portfolio with Alias and M:I 3. Whatever it is, they got a pretty neat marketing campaign going. As to the Year Zero theory, I don't think so... Trent's remark was probably just metaphorical in being about "a movie not yet made...". |
Did anyone see the new poster? This is one of the three:
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Just saw the preview to this, at first I thought it was gonna be a lame love/chick flick or something. Looks really cool
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New trailer appeared before Beowulf.
It's on Youtube (it's a shitty recorded version, kinda loud) YouTube - 1.18.08 cloverfield trailer (2) Paramount's been taking these down left and right. The film is actually called... Cloverfield The embedding has been disabled. :( |
Just got back from Beowulf and saw the trailer. It was alright definitely didn't have the same impact as the first. Then again they showed nothing of the beast, so I guess that could be why.
Officially titled "Cloverfield", heh don't really see why you needed to tag it dagget as your link gave the away the title too. |
Well it had been "fan subbed" Project: Cloverfield for ages, I just tagged it incase someone had a stick up their ass saying it was a spoiler. :P
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Well, I guess it's hard to push another hype-inducing trailer like the first one after, well, the first one.
I'd hate them to unveil the beast in a trailer. Way too many trailers out there giving away everything (Golden Compass, Beowulf, I'm looking at you!) so you basically don't need to go watch the movie if you were lucky and got the trailer before some other film... Still appears interesting enough for a "monster movie" though. |
What if they don't even show the monster at all? Wouldn't that be a huge disappointment. HAHAH. But this reminds me of American Godzilla (GINO). Everyone was so hyped to see how he looked since he wasn't shown in the trailers but a lot of people were disappointed. But this is a bit different, there's no name for the monster so there's no way for anyone to anticipate what kind of monster it'll be.
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Just like the Rabbit's Foot in M:I 3. |
Hey guys, just thought I'd come in here and tell you that the second trailer has been released on several websites in a higher resolution.
Go watch it some time you pause the screen at 1:29. I'll wait until some of you do it before I start discussing it. |
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Is it just me, or are there several humans in the trailer that looks... odd? I mean, like they have extra parts or scales or something attached to them?
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I swear on the new trailer I can see something and it looks like the monster...
But I can't really tell because I don't have my glasses for the next couple weeks. :( It's right near the end of the trailer where the bridge is going up in the sky. In the back near the middle of the screen I THINK I see something. I'm not sure of the exact time stamp because my player doesn't show it. Upon further squinting I see that it may just be a piece of the bridge but ah who knows. |
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It's there. Briefly. In part. I want it to be Cthulhu THIS MUCH. |
Me too.
If only because I'll get to tell all my friends "See I told you bad ass this monster is!" Honestly though... that monster doesn't look much like I would imagine Cthulhu looking... as a matter of fact, it looks sort of like a lizard. If this is a Godzilla movie I think I would CRY. |
It's actually FFX the movie. Big seamonster with scales? Sin.
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http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/9...4220714qe3.jpg Regardless, I'm pretty sure this will be a day-one-see for me. I love the notion of the unknown making its way into movies again. Too many fucking movies have to make the payoff blatant and ridiculous because it leaves nothing to the imagination. I imagine if the monster does make an appearance in the film, it will be with a specific purpose in mind, rather than just for the sake of pleasing the audience. |
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Go and watch the trailer again, and when it gets to around 1:10 to 1:20 mark, as the soldiers are running by, in the background there is a screen, where it seems two men are dragging a screaming woman...and just before it cuts out, her abdomen like, expands as if something is bursting from it. At least that's what the shadow looks like. Yeah, Skexis got the picture right, just not at the right part. The second one. |
The military guy with his face blurred out says something like "There's nothing we can do for her now," and it seemed like he was talking about the woman who was chained to the wall nearby.
http://img161.imageshack.us/img161/7...4222119aw2.jpg It's possible the monster will have parasite children or minions, which would make sense for the underground subway chase. My gut is telling me that it's just a trick of the light, though, and the film will be used to talk about the way the military reacts to an unknown invading force. (Quarantine, by choice or by force!) |
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You know, I haven't thought of this film until yesterday (I saw the preview at Transformers and must've forgot about it :eagletear:) but they're are a lot of peculiar things in this film's marketing, especially the Slusho! site. Oddly enough, even though other sites like "Evan Haas was Right" were immediately shot debunked by JJ Abrams, Slusho! remains active. Add that to the fact that the main character (Evan) is wearing a Slusho! shirt in the trailer, and the site being registered just one day before the Transformers premier, it does serve as a definite reference point.
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What does all this mean? I have no idea! But one thing's for sure, if Slusho! *is* involved at all, and not just a marketing ploy, the creature is most likely water-based. Giant crab, a turtle, some aquatic primordial reptile, whatever. |
I don't know if you guys know this but you can watch the first five minutes of the movie here.
Also, this image has been cleaned up a bit and here's what became of it: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...5850829105.gif It definitely looks like some sort of Godzilla-esque creature going there. |
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I really hope it will not be Godzilla, I think it would be lame to have all that hype and mystery only to end up being "Godzilla 2 the movie" >.>
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This movie looks like it's gonna be the shit. It great to see that the whole thing is indeed filmed amateur-style and it wasn't just the trailer. It really makes it all seem real. With this and Dark Knight right around the corner, 2008's shaping up to be a great year for movies.
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Dude that 5 minute widget is fucking crazy. Crazier than shit.
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So any fear that it's Godzilla is blown out the window. It's been stated several times taht this monster is supposed to be original, nothing from lore or any other movies...so it should be intersting to see what exactly it is. It does seem quite reptillian, that is for sure. |
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I want to see this movie to friggin bad. I wet my pants when I saw the trailer at Beowulf.
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So this movie is the Stuff 2? That little animated gif is very blurry and there really isn't anything there to indicate wings. For all we know it could be a carapace of some sort. Either way I kind of hope that they don't show too much of the monster as it was pretty freaky watching that clip not knowing what was going on. How much do you want to bet that some people will be crying 9/11 once this movie comes out? |
I downloaded a hd version of the PSN network. Looks really good. So far me a few friends started to criticize it already. Calling it a prequel to I am Legend XD. I was legend Well? It does =/.
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It's actually Rampage, the movie adaptation.
Sorry guys, didn't mean to spoil it for you. |
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Aw man, I think Divest is right. The connections are there... Kinda wish I had known that, as it takes away the suspense now, especially if it does turn out to be fact.
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[QUOTE=Hantei;552481][*]Slusho's a drink that turned people into monsters in the game. In the trailer we see the girl changing/mutating
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It's in the new one, well not that new, that was shown during the previews to Beowulf. It's mentioned in my previous post on this page quoting Skexis' post.
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First, we KNEW it was Godzilla, we just didn't get an idea of how it would be until the movie came out. The marketing, if you might remember, was focused on how big it was in real life (Such as hoisting up a picture of its eye however many stories high in NYC), where as in this movie, we don't even have any conclusive idea of WHAT it is. Only things we know so far for sure: 1. Its big 2. Its Powerful 3. Its Alive (:tpg:) I am really looking forward to this next month. While I really hope it would be Cthulhu, its probably not going to be based on anything in existing media, as J.J.Abrams did say he wanted something original. I wanna know more secrets and tidbits, but at the same time, I kinda wanna go into the movie not knowing anything else. |
Now that I think about it, it's just going to be a live action, CG Barney episode.
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it looks like a giant mutated frog because of the legs.
I liked the movie The Host because it brought the monster genre into the new times sorta speak so I can't wait to see this movie especially because of the concept of the video camera |
I don't know, I watched the five minute reel and my eyes were hurting from all the shaky camera motions. One thing I liked is how it's still kind of filmed like they're filming a normal movie at times. It just kind of seemed like the dude behind the camera was barely there.
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LOL I don't know why, but that GIF reminded me of this ol' scene :tpg:
As for the actual movie, I'm hyped for it. Monster movies need to make a comeback ever since they "retired" Godzilla. Perhaps Cloverfield goes beyond the monster as well, with people being "infected" by a certain disease or virus (ala the shadow "monster pops out of woman" scene)? Can't wait. And its coming out in Australia the same time US does :D! |
I found an image online that's supposedly the Cloverfield monster.
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...se/monster.jpg How trustworthy are the sources? Not very but it's a neat picture never the less. ALSO: Cloverfield confirmed to be a PG-13 movie. *sigh* |
So it's a stupid whale/penguin hybrid. How is this supposed to be scary.
I'll be in Chinatown eating a bowl of noodles while this idiot invades. |
Invades in a PG-13 style, mind you.
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I thought the trailer was very intriguing and loved the camera style. Everything seemed to combine to give it a much more mysterious, frightened, and urgent feel than other monster movies, a stronger feeling that you're actually there in the city with this whatever it is lurking around. I don't usually get hyped for what looks like a monster flick, but I can't wait for this one.
And I don't think that can be the monster. It's been a few months since I've seen it, but I think someone in the trailer said the monster looked like a lion. |
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I've been following the discussion on Unfiction, and it seems like there's some connection between Slusho! (a japanese energy drink), something drilled out of the seabed (Sea bed Nector, I think it's called) and the monster. However, I don't think we'll get comprehensive explanation in the movie...
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Yeah we covered that a couple pages back.
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I was pretty excited for this movie when the internet theorized it was a Cthulu flick.
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I hate to say it, but all of the movies based of Lovecraft stuff...have been utterly fucking terrible. Prove me wrong. |
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I know Christopher Lee was in one, but dunno if it's any good. EDIT Shitty thing is, I can think of several movies based on Lovecraft stories, but none of them share the same ambience/mood. |
Yeah, that picture was pretty bad ass. I actually liked that monster just because of how err... realistic it is? I mean, it's not something unfathomable altogether. It's just a huge mutated fucking whale who's attacking all these weird looking parasites and strange looking mounds of stone.
FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD *CHOMP* |
Now that you mention it, the whole thing ALSO looked like a mutated Whale.
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Are you guys that desperate to put a face onto the monster that you'll actually start believing that it looks like something that it isn't?
I mean, burn me at the stake if it does happen to be a giant, mutated whale, but seriously people...look at the .gif on the last page. That thing is way too vertical and slender to even be considered a whale... The shoulderblades on it's back, perhaps wings or whatnot...it isn't no whale. I'm as psyched to find out what this beast is as much as the next person in this thread...but you know what, ten to one odds say that we won't even SEE the damn thing in it's full glory at all in the film. Perhaps a face, or a tail, or a leg...but never the whole thing. |
Now who's with me that we actually won't see the monster in a clear shot AT ALL in the movie? :D
I mean... He did it with Lost just as well... *_* |
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Alright so this is coming out in 10 days. Who else is excited as heck?
Does anyone know if they're going to be releasing it at midnight? |
OH, I can't believe I forgot it was January =o
I've been following this movie intently for a while now, up until they officially named the movie Cloverfield. I can't wait. |
Wait, sorry, it's coming out in 16 days, which is more than two weeks away. *sigh*
For some reason I tricked myself into believing it was coming out on the 12th. =/ |
I'm still anticipating this movie but the hairs on the back of my neck are suggesting that it's going to have a great build up but a horrible climax. I certainly hope that my instinct is wrong and that it turns out great all around.
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Wow, its so close now. I can hardly wait!
As an added bonus, there's going to be a teaser trailer for the new Star Trek movie that's going to be shown exclusively before Cloverfield. Source: Star Trek Teaser Trailer Debuting with Cloverfield Quote:
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Opening day for me! Teaser and damn fine looking movie. What a damn good way to start 2008.
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Damn right!
I'll be very interested to see the ST teaser. I have no idea what the new vision will look like at all, having only seen one blurred pic of Kirk and the two teaser posters. |
Is this the one filmed with the home camera? I saw it yesterday before I Am Legend (probably due to a later UK release date). I was very very impressed by it, I love films that have that sense of realism whilst still being formalistic.
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Yeah, this is definitely one of those movies. The camera seems realistic but at the same time it's still steady enough to where you don't get a headache.
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And it's grainy enough to make special effects not look like shit either. Can't wait to see this.
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Wish I hadn't moved.. was planning on seeing this with Willow way back in July when we saw Harry Potter. :| It's still looking interesting each and every time I see a spot on TV.
As far as the ST trailer goes, it seems cool that they're releasing the trailer with this movie instead of before Indy 4... however, I'd be more excited for it if Lucas/Speilberg would already release the damn Indy 4 trailer instead of crying about how everyone hates the movie already. |
I think the Cloverfield monster has pretty much been revealed. I really hope this isn't it but it looks like the monster from the trailer.
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Christ, I didn't realise it was coming out so early. Is it a global release date or do us in ol' Blighty have to wait longer to see it?
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Whereas the thing above seems like a hunchback of sorts, the beast in the .gif was more upright, meaning the head I believe was held up higher than what its back would be. Still, awesome image :tpg: Edit: Now that I think about it, the image leads me to believe that the creature would have a HELL of a time throwing anything with the way it's arms are structured. Just my two cents though >.> so who knows. |
Yeah, I posted the cleaned up image. ;___;
I don't know where to get it from to repost it but eh. I figured that was the reason it looked like the monster. |
Have any of you seen the new image at 1-18-08.com and the new videos that have come out in 3 different languages?
It all involves some oil drilling structure out in the atlantic becoming totally and completely destroyed/submerged under the water, and the footage is of it's destruction. At the end of the english news report it shows footage from a bunch of people inside a lifeboat getting away from the collapsing rig...and as soon as the entire thing falls underwater, a few seconds later, several HUGE peices of debris shoot up out of the water and easily fly 100-200 feet into the air. This beasite is big, this beastie is powerful, and from that image you linked Divest, it seems kinda too rhinoish ;____; |
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It's Lavos. Why are we even still discussing this?
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Cloverfield Monster Revealed? NOPE! | /Film Concept art from a video game the designer is working on and posted up on his portfolio. |
Thank God.
I really didn't want it spoiled for me, you know? |
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Oh man, as the day gets closer I'm freaking DYING to see this movie. I'm definitely going to be there at midnight when this whole thing releases because by god this movie has to be good.
I read the site about the possible Cloverfield monster, Grawl, and he even says, he suspects it looks pretty close to that. That might not be it, but I would go so far as to say, we probably wouldn't even be able to tell the difference. I just wish the monster wasn't a reptile. ;___; I really wish it was that huge sin looking thing. |
There's talk at my work about everyone going as a group on Friday to see the movie, so I might do that :3: If I do, I'll be sure to post a spoiler-free quick review on how the movie was for the thread.
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8 DAYS GUYS. 8 DAYS.
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I'll just grab the screener.
Based on the conditions of my theater's sound set-up, it'll probably sound better on my stereo monitors. |
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This is just going to be an overall good day for me considering I'm going on a double date to see this movie. I swear I'm going to be like a child in line. Our theatre is usually packed too, which usually means a funner time. I won't feel like a jack ass when I start cheering, for example. |
They prescreened Cloverfield on my campus tonight. It was more or less a secret, and even then about twice as many people showed up as the auditorium would hold.
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It isn't a particular concern of mine, but thank you very much for using spoiler tags.
So you are telling me that the monster is essentially one of those things from War of the Worlds, but with the Predator's head and a really long tongue? I'll wait for the screener. |
Hmm, and I thought the monster was the biggest part of the secret. Thanks for spillin the beans!
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You know, with a closely kept movie such as this one...I'd be surprised if Abrams actually ALLOWED screeners to be seen.
That's just my thought on that whole spoiler issue above. |
Hm. I'm not sure if I even believe the spoilers dude but assuming it is true, Megalith needs to shut the fuck up or use spoiler tags.
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Dr. Uzuki edited that post and put spoiler tags in for the tard. As to why he didn't edit Megalith's post in the same manor is beyond me, but that's why Megalith didn't use spoilers. |
Oh okay. My mistake, I wasn't aware of that.
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Also, to further discredit the spoiler guy above and megalith (even though he was just posing a question), the newest clip out on television of Cloverfield is only about nine seconds long.
Seven seconds into it you hear the monster roaring, the military shooting at it, and a large ammount of smoke. It is VERY possible, if you loop that short segment again and again like I did, to see that the monster has a very, VERY huge arms, and several tentacles on it's body someplace. So it still is up in the air about what it -could- be. And shame on you Divest. You should know that it wouldn't be a tripod or anything like that from that .gif you posted :P The monster is BULKY. |
Sorry about not using spoiler tags, I haven't been on these or any other forums in a while and I'm just getting back into the swing of things. I kinda forgot spoiler tags even existed. So, here goes a further explaination:
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So there. It's definitely, definitely, definitely worth seeing on the big screen. Unless you have an ultra-high quality screener and a kick-ass home theater, the impact of the movie will probably be lost on you. Also, people seem to think I'm bullshitting them, but the movie has screened in a ton of cities already, starting on the 10th. My school gets advance screenings pretty frequently, and it screened at a bunch of colleges around the country, but I guess they requested it not be widely publicized. I only knew it was coming to my school because a friend was managing the event. Also, you're likely not going to see any leaks anytime soon, since security was insane. We all got swept by metal detectors and everyone's cellphones were confiscated, regardless of whether or not they had cameras on them (we got tickets to reclaim them after the show). There were security guards in the show, too, and it looked like they had nightvision goggles. It was pretty weird. |
This should be a concept picture of the thing:
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I hate to say this, and what really bothers me is that I don't think STILL the concept art or super paco's discription can be right on par with each other.
I mean...ugh...it just doens't seem right, especially from that .gif that we've all seen. it DOESN'T. |
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Damn that's stupid.
Isn't that one of those monsters you encounter in a Final Fantasy game, and you kill in one hit? |
Christ Megalith, you're useless. Get the fuck out of the thread, seriously.
Also, in regards to the latest concept art, I agree with Grail. I don't think that's the monster at all. Especially with the way the claws are shaped. That just doesn't look like it could launch a head across the city. I just... Pretty much the same thing Grail said. The animated image just doesn't match up with the latest pictures. I can't wait to see what the monster really looks like. Also, I'm not going to see the midnight screening due to having work early the next day so I'm not going to come back in this thread for a good day or so (Thursday-until I see it). I don't trust people enough to use spoiler tags. Even if they did I wouldn't trust myself enough to NOT open them. Edit: Why does that monster have a ballsack on its left cheek? |
It's not a ballsack. If reports are correct, those bags deflate and inflate as the creature breathes. Cool, I think.
And here's a picture drawn by someone who claims to've seen the movie. Click me, if you really want to.... |
Hmm.
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See, that's what I'm saying. I no longer believe any of these pictures anymore. None of these are even remotely close to each other.
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The first picture I posted was a concept drawing.
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I'm not defending the drawings or stuff, mind you. Perhaps playing the Devil's Advocate a bit, but nothing else. I actually believe these pictures, and if they are wrong... Well, then the movie gets more enjoyable for me. |
Actually, the more I think about it, the more I believe SuperPaco. =(
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This is it, gentlemen. A picture of the monster's head, taken with a mobile phone in a New Zealandish cinema.
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that thing looks like, well, Swamp Thing :( I hope this is a joke. |
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TRYING SO HARD NOT TO LOOK
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Don't do eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet! |
I won't! I only have one more day.
Tomorrow I'm avoiding this thread altogether and NOT OPENING ANY PMs FROM ANYBODY. |
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Or, or or or or or.... I could just fucking wait for the movie to come out already. :\ |
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I have a feeling that UK residents will have no fun at all watching this. Fucking internet. |
Oh man, I am SO tempted to go straight to the theater from work, but I'll probably go tomorrow night. I guess I'll try and post on my reactions (Spoiler free if possible, or not, depending...) after I see the movie.
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I agree with you 100% dusk.
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So all in all, I think it was just a very excellent made .gif capitalizing on the hype of what a few random drawings were. I still firmly believe THAT is not the monster, too many errors in the .gif. Edit: Oh and for something that is suppose to be that HUGE that .gif makes it look pretty Spoiler:
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I would be there at midnight no questions asked if I didn't have to be at work 4 hours after the movie ended. :( Tomorrow is definitely going to be worth it though. This is going to be the first movie I've ever seen on an IMAX screen. |
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I don't care about spoilers anymore. I don't have anyone to watch the movie with and I won't even have time to watch it. :( |
I thought it was kind of funny that just a couple weeks after opening, Cloverfield pretty much died.
I know I pretty much lost a lot of interest once I saw the actual movie. It was a kick ass movie for sure but now that the mystery and hype is over, it's exposed for what it is: just an entertaining, very well made, cleverly marketed movie... with a SEQUEL coming out. Christ, can't they ever leave well enough alone? |
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