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That Untitled JJ Abrams Trailer before Transformers... Is it a tease for something unbelievably cool?
Hey folks, Harry here... For those of you that saw this new trailer and are confused and trying to figure out what it is... Let's catch you up.
That BAD ROBOT produced trailer that touts J.J. Abrams name and has a cute moment with the Statue of Liberty... well, that's the start of what promises to be a very unique marketing campaign. What's the title of the film? Well, the cover name is CLOVERFIELD, but that is not the title of the film. In fact there is no title for the film - and I wouldn't put it past JJ to release a film with no title.
Now What Is The Film About?
That's been tightly underwraps too. However, I've been hit with a tidbit that has me very curious. Here's one of several emails I've received about this project...
Hey Harry,
I'm sure you are already on top of this, but if you're not, google "Ethan Haas". There are two new viral sites for the new JJ Abrams project, and some of the names thrown around on the sites, including Mezin, Alhazred, and references to a "Mad" prophet lead me (and several bloggers) to believe this project has something to do with Lovecraft's Old Ones.
Please jump all over this one and let us know what the hell is going on! A JJ Abrams Lovecraft project would be unreal!!!
Aaron
Well - doing that leads you to this painfully annoying site: EthanHaasWasRight.Com
At this stage - it's a rumor. Is JJ playing with Cthulhu? Is this film about the ancients returning to tear our world asunder? Is it really going to be captured entirely through hand held cameras operated by us mere ants? OR - is that just the marketing push?
Here's a link to the latest story that Moriarty posted upon all this: Mori's Filth - Could be very fun. We'll see.
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glad u made a TB for this
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Just like MI3 was. Yawn.
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Leprechaun 2! It's so obvious!
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I like the concept.
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EthanHaaswasright.com EthanHaaswaswrong.blogspot.com and 1-18-08.com
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But looks cool
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...what the...
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You know the hand-held camerawork is bad when the Michael Bay film that follows looks like a Best Cinematography Oscar lock by comparison.
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Hurry, Guillermo, you gotta make your Mountains of Madness movie now!
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It really is. My pathetic "alternative rock" radio station here in Houston was talking about the trailer at 630am this morning. further, they had the trailer on their website. the site for the trailer they link to is www.thegaminglife.netNow, from what I can gather, the movie is shot completely with a handcam and yes its very blair witch. also, the movie is titled "para-site" which I got from various sites. finally, it's a monster invasion movie, which I think is dumb. if lady liberty is gonna go down I want some nutty muslims to blow her up. not a monster from another dimension. or something.
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but I guarantee within a few months I'll grow tired of it. The Harvey Dent Too site was genius but that was partially cos A)Im dieing to see Dark Knight and B)it suited the character of the Joker to pull a prank like that. But now it'll get trendy and every film with a decent budget will be taking up tinternet space with a viral marketing site that gets less and less clever. Sorry to sound pessimistic but , hey, Im a pessismist. And yeah, dont really get why people love JJ (hated Alias-although for various reasons many of which had nowt to do with the actual show-havent gotten into LOSTnad forgot MI3 the second it ended) but the only project Id be interested in is this Dark Tower thing which will probabaly not happen.
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It will open your email box, with a letter set to go to van@ethanhaaswasright.com with a subject "I'm one of you... help me!" Whatever email you send, you will get an auto-reply with the following: If you're receiving this auto-response message it means that I've gone into hiding. You should be careful now, too. They're likely to start coming after all of us in an attempt to keep the balance of power in their favor. But remember, as our numbers increase as a group, the weaker they'll become.
As you recruit new people to our cause, you might need to share this message as guidance for how to navigate the 5 locks to the key code...
1) The first lock will test your memory. Follow the trail of light and sound, but be careful -- one wrong move will send you back to the beginning.
2) For the second lock, you may need to look to the stars. They will help you find HAAS who will lead your way.
3) The third lock will require you to extinguish all lights but one. Only with one light remaining will you be able to proceed.
4) The fourth lock will let you move all 4 pieces through the control of one. However, unless the three key pieces are simultaneously placed into position, you will not be granted access.
5) The fifth lock will be the toughest. Seek help again from the stars to reveal your key and the message that you must decode. The two working together will open the way.
Good luck.
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. . . and Transformers still had to be mentioned in the title.
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the more I read about this project the more it has me interested, it could be brillent or could be a flush, but nonetheless it's a different take on Lovecrafrt (if that's the case) and a concept we haven't seen explored (handheld) since BWP. And really, does this surprise anyone, I'm acutally surprised we haven't seen anything earlier in this concept. However I hope that if they go BWP style and create a whole "mythology" around it, that they learn from the mistakes of the BWP and avoid spoiling the myth.
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...is a puzzle game.
Click on the star in the upper left of the screen and it will give you an e-mail address and a subject line. Just e-mail it and it will auto-reply some cryptic stuff about puzzles.
The first is you need to recreate the pattern that happens when you first load the site. And after that you get a choppy video, I'm about to view it. Great game, Abrams.
Good luck folks.
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was the title for the scrapped second sequel to Chinatown, for which the plot was eventually worked in to Who Framed Roger Rabbit. I wonder if that can give us any clues as to what this is...
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If they continue down the path the trailer set, I'll be there opening day.
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A video of a character named Van will play, telling us basically that we need to recruit more people, and that we only have until August 1st to prepare.
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Get going on the Escape from L.A. remake already.
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to exist on the same temporal plane. Whereas, "Well, I didn't hate it, but shit, that was a lot of unnecessary buildup," are forever linked like binary stars.
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including hidden messages...
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I'll repost my last TB in Vern's Transformers TB: "JJ LOVES Stephen King...and King LOVES H.P. Lovecraft. Any big King fan who knows about the author's inspirations will know of his affection for Cthulhu and the Elder Gods and all that...and if JJ is as big a King fan as me (he may be an even bigger one) then he's got some love for Lovecraft too. We can only hope, because if it's Godzilla I'll throw up through my nose."
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http://jayisgames.com/archives/2007/07/ethan_haas_was_right.php
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Although it might be Lovecraft-esque. The quick title card at the end of the teaser says "Written by Drew Goddard." If it was based on something written by Lovecraft, Lovecraft's name would have to be credited, probably with "based on ____ by H.P Lovecraft." In that case, Goddard would have gotten a "Screenplay by" credit. "Written by" means "story & screenplay by" which leads me to think this is an original concept.
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you guys are sooo late with news these days....this was the best site around, now its just mediocre at best. bookmark deleted >
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Meaning, is there still a legal claim to using him as a character? Or can anybody put him in a story now, same as Dracula or some other classic creatures?
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thought i give it a try
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http://www.1-18-08.com/ Isn't this the name and site for the film?
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or maybe REBA.
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Went to than haas was right website. Checked out the page's source. Got this from it.... "...war came, no longer from the elemental nor from the star's rain of fire. The world was again remade, and the glow was as the coming of the sun upon the Earth. The children of the gods were again too few, scattered and divided and among them walked the ancients and those whose thoughts were not as to the towers and the marvels, but to the End and the destruction of the Earth and to the fires from which nothing could escape."
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and "Kids".
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Thought I was onto something for a moment (CLOVERFIELD = LOVECRAFT ID) but then I remembered how to spell. To the drawing board! Again!
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Im curios to see what happens when u solve all the puzzles. Can someone tell me which symbols go where.
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You illiterate... degenerate... abusing... etc
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at the moment. I thought it was Godzilla.
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The trailer look like an extended coke commercial. You know the road trip one.
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i'm puzzled.
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the head of the statue? teaser makes it look like it gets ripped of due to the explosion downtown...as far as i know the statue statue is a wee bit further away! or did the monster took it cause it thought it was a doll? and whats up with all those secrets? hmmm...as said: TOO PUZZLELY
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pops up as a talk back name.
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will check for any significance
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Cthulhu_and_R%27lyeh.jpg
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theres another one
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AICN is way behind the curve on this one. The puzzle site is creepy as hell, and takes too long to load, but essentially you get videos from this Ben/Van character upon every playthrough. They all read almost the same, like some kind of underground recruitment video. After the final one plays (talking about August 1st, 2007), they ask for your name and e-mail. Probley to be put on some promotional e-mail listing. Cute marketing, and here is hoping the actual product is worthwhile.
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Man and we thought it was for a new Godzilla movie.
Funny that so many others thought so too.
Damn those alien, critter things that roar like Godzilla.
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Sony owns the rights to Godzilla, not Paramount. Universal owns the rights to The Host Remake, not Paramount (and will take place in the American Northwest, not New York) and is only in the script stages at this point. Paramount DOES own the rights to Voltron (notice the hints to Japan, the Voltron figure in the Lost Finale, the reports that it will take place in Manhatten) BUT that doesn't begin filming until February 2008. AICN themselves reported that the monster was being referred to as "The Parasite". Looks like an original production, which rips-off some H.P. Lovecraft Cthulu lore for good measure.
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"Cthulu, I'd like you to meet Godzilla. Godzilla, meet Cthulu."WOW. The return of Cthulu captured only on home video cameras?! The Great Old One would be so pissed.
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"AICN themselves reported that the monster was being referred to as "The Parasite"." - It's a bit early for the Paris Hilton biopic, isn't it? (boom-tish, eyethangyew)
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...if this turns out not to be a real film. If it turns out to be Lovecrafian, I will be extremely pleased. Fingers crossed.
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Perhaps that is when THE STARS ARE RIGHT.
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to destroy the world. Or, perhaps it's another Kryptonic island come to murder our world's sole savior, Superman? Eh, I'm just rambling cuz it's Friday...
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http://thebraxcave.com/2007/07/05/solution-for-ethan-haas-was-right/
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This is from Imdb: "http://www.1-18-08.com/. The site is owned by Paramount Pictures (although the DNS registration data suggests that it is owned by the Freemasons and administered by an "Albert Pike"). If you google Pike, all kinda foolishness comes up.
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and you get a key for the symbols in the puzzle. The symbol on the left is "A", and the symbol on the right is "Z" (it says so underneigth).
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Swear to Gar, as the trailer was unfolding I thought it was the most clever HULK trailer ever, especially when something appeared to leap around destroying things. You know treating the green guy like the unstoppable force of destruction he is from the regular joe's point of view...and that point of view is "scared shitless." That'd be a great HULK movie. Also, RATATOUILLE slaps TRANSFORMERS around like a red-headed step-child...creatively. Too bad the money will do the talking.
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-25. What does that mean?
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I've seen folks add up the dimensions on the 1-18-08.com site picture to come up with a date of 10/31 (halloween). No kidding. These games make people go a little kuku in the koko puffs. Anyone remember all the fun A.I. games back in 2001? Nothing has come close to topping that campaign. Those phone calls and fax messages were creepy to the power of two.
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We really need a Cthulhu movie..
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Why do you think these Ethan Haas websites have anything to do with the JJ Abrams project? I don't see anything on either of them that has anything to do with what we saw in the Cloverleaf trailer or site.Is this going to be like that Rorschach nonsense?
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MacGuffins that were never actually explained. It's like Abrams is making (intentionally) some sort of mock-movie: "See, I made a movie/tv show that was entertaining and cool but had no actual plot! HA HA HA!" Having said that, however, I dig LOST, partly because I love the big build-up. Lovecraft was great at the big build-up too. This movie, however, looks like just another Godzilla but with shaky cameras, not Lovecraftian at all. There's some links to some short Lovecraft-inspired stories I wrote on my rather pitiful myspace page, http://tinyurl.com/3yhop4
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I didn't see this mentioned in the Talkbacks, but maybe I just missed it.Ethan Haas was a character in a recently-canceled sitcom called The Class, and at least one actress from this show has a role in the Cloverfield project.Now, I never watched the show, so I don't know who the hell Haas was, and the Wikipedia entry on the show which claims the Ethan Haas character was a prophet fortelling the coming of Cthulu is probably just a prank, but there's probably some kind of connection. Ethan Haas isn't a particularly common name.
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The 1-18-08 pirated trailers were taken down by Paramount Pictures yesterday on YouTube. When the videos from EthanHassWasRight.com were posted on YouTube yesterday, guess who ordered them down? Paramount Pictures. I don't think Bad Robot was counting on THAT little giveaway.
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A reporter on the news says there are reports of "loud roars," then in the street a moment later a man yells: "I saw it, it's a lion!" Did anyone else catch that???
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Nothing beat the advertising geniuses behind the wonderful work of art known as... "Cry Wolf".
I am quite jealous of puzzle breakers. I'm to slow minded. I'd figure it out just in time for the opening of the remake. -
You're right! Lovecraft hyped up his own writing... In his own writing! Nearly every other sentence in Call of the Cthulu was there to hype up the next. Got a little old after awhile, but I could see why people enjoy it. You can only doubt for so long that this beast is The End All Be All after the author has hammered that notion into your head for the entire duration.
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This all seems reminiscent of the campaign for The Dark Knight and the Nine Inch nails album "Year Zero", all run by 42 Entertainment.
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Yes, many people heard that, so the Voltron rumors began to fly. However, many other claim the main said "It's alive!", and I include myself in that group. Works into the whole 'Parasite' monster angle.
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". He is also known as something of a prophet predicting the coming end times when Cthulu will again walk the earth"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Class
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Not today at least. ;)
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Voltron. I just read the script review on www.latinoreview.com. In the script, alien robots take over the earth in 24 hours. The movie starts off in NYC, so to me, it makes sense. Obviously this is only a guess. Did they give a name to any of the characters in the trailer? If so, you might be able to match up some names with Voltron characters. Check out the script review and see what you think. I think it is very very possible, but then again, I'm not a gambling man except for the lottery.
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Man, I really need to get back to work.
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... Until February 2008, well after 1-18-08. Now, again, Paramount DOES own the rights, and it makes sense to put in front of Transformers, and 1-18-08 might not even be a real release date. However, the tone of this thing isn't quite screaming Voltron to anyone, even if reports are that it does take place in Manhattan (and if Japan is mentioned in the trailer). Not a bad theory, but it seems... Off.
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Isn't it always?
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I'm hoping this is just a sequel to the Day After Tomorrow (insert inevitable "The Day After the Day After Tomorrow/2 Days From Now" joke here)
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meh, It should have been set in the ghetto...that would have been more interesting.
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http://www.latinoreview.com/scriptreview.php?id=65
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I was just going through reading everyones comments when I saw something about a Voltron movie being made so I dug around to find the script review on Latino Review. After reading it, I figured it made just as much sense for it to be Voltron as any of the other possibilites mentioned. I have never heard of that Cthulu thing before. I don't have a clue about production schedules and such, so it is merely speculation on my part.
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http://tinyurl.com/av5hy
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Meesa thinks blood is gonna runin!
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someone screams, "it's huge, it's alive", not "it's a lion."
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Jul 06, 2007 11:52:09 AM CDT
van@ethanhaaswasright.com - I clicked on the star!
by paulthespecialist
I clicked around and got this address:
van@ethanhaaswasright.com
I emailed it and got this response:
"If you're receiving this auto-response message it means that I've gone into hiding. You should be careful now, too. They're likely to start coming after all of us in an attempt to keep the balance of power in their favor. But remember, as our numbers increase as a group, the weaker they'll become.
As you recruit new people to our cause, you might need to share this message as guidance for how to navigate the 5 locks to the key code...
1) The first lock will test your memory. Follow the trail of light and sound, but be careful -- one wrong move will send you back to the beginning.
2) For the second lock, you may need to look to the stars. They will help you find HAAS who will lead your way.
3) The third lock will require you to extinguish all lights but one. Only with one light remaining will you be able to proceed.
4) The fourth lock will let you move all 4 pieces through the control of one. However, unless the three key pieces are simultaneously placed into position, you will not be granted access.
5) The fifth lock will be the toughest. Seek help again from the stars to reveal your key and the message that you must decode. The two working together will open the way.
Good luck.
Van
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Putting down my $5 bet...
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Ethan is here to steal your baby
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He said "it's a horse!'. He is refering to Horse Face Sarah Jessica Parker. This just part of the viral marketing for the "Sex and the City" movie.
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is that something obvioulsy this big is able to be kept under wrapss (no set reports, script reviews etc..) they obvioulsy filmed it in a mojor city. At first I thought it was a Gin ad!
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I don't want to go see Transformers, but I'm dying to see the Cloverfield teaser.
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you just opened a wound in me soo old and sooooo deep that I just had a nervous breakdown. THE FUCKING SNOOKS!!!!!!! Zou will burn in hell for that....ps the teaser looks badassed
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I'm theorizing that film may be *LOOSELY* based on "Move Under Ground", which basically involves a story featuring Jack Kerouac vs Cthulhu.
I believe this through relational logic:
"Move Under Ground" is about Jack Kerouac who wrote a novel called...wait for it..."The Dharma Bums".
And if that's wrong, it definitely deals w Lovecraft's cthulhu and/or necronomicon.
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Clear as day.
I wonder if the released two different voice overs.
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Did they think it was dead? Or a robot?I kind of thought it sounded like he said, "It's a lie," but it was hard to tell. The version I saw was so low-quality that you couldn't even see the Statue of Liberty head.
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that this movie is being released in studios' Dump Season? If the filmmakers can't even get high hopes from the people footing the bill, then I won't let myself get too excited. (Okay, I have a flicker of hope, but I also had hopes that Smokin' Aces -- another January release -- would be fun.)
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My name is Gerald Webber. I live in New York City. In June of last year, our city was ravaged by a monster that no one knows nothing about. All I heard were peircing screams while I hid in my Manhattan office, waiting for the rampage to end.
After the carnage ended, I tried to find news about the "monster" and the attack. But I didn't find a single newspaper article, or T.V report. There was nothing on the internet. I later found out that the Government went for broke and did everything they could to conceal what happened. I got to hand it to them, they sure know how to cover up news especailly something of this magnitude.
One night, I awoke to find a syringe *****ded in my skull. I asked my Girlfriend to remove it. She gingerly removed it. There was very little blood. I took the syringe to a friend of mine who is a biologist. He looked it over and told me that there were traces of UO126 in the syringe. U0126 is used to wipe out people's memory. I asked him and my girlfriend if this had anything to do with the monster attack. They then looked at me and said, "What monster attack?" Apparently, they had already been exposed to the UO126 and their memory of the incident was wiped clean.
I am the only person who knows what really happened. And I am here to tell all of you to not be duped -- this is not a movie, but a documentary of that day. I know, because I am apart of this documentary and I am using footage from a digital camcorder that I found in a nearby stormdrain of that incident to help sell this "movie."
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If it was just another version of Godzilla then I think the man-on-the-street POV would get tiresome (and migraine inducing) after a while. Adding Lovecraft's mythos would provide an element of complexity and mystery to the story development.
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That looks like something worth Amazon-ing...
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ok ..so the Ethan Haas site/puzzle is interesting....but I am not seeing where there is a connection between it and the trailer.. I saw the 1-8-08 site and the odd creature between the two girls kinda freaks my shit.. but where is the Ethan Haas connection? anyone??
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It's blocked at work so I cant check. Sounds interested.
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You shouldn't have!!
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After sending the email to van@ethanhaaswasright.com, and following his instructions, I have defeated the 1st lock. After completing this the screen changed and a blurry figure appeared and talked about how he believes the prophecy to be real and that many people will die unless I get people to join and prove themselves, but we only have until August 1st to do so. The second lock is much more difficult so far...
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C'mon, man.
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But just Google and there's some other sites that have got crummy versions of it...I was lucky enough to see it in the theater. Just wish I'd left immediately after. ;)
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Wouldnt that be something? I guess Spielberg better make that JURASSIC 4 quickly otherwise we're all gonna be dinosaured-fatigued especially after KING KONG's CGI island's excesses.
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means there are 5 keys, like in Voltron. The whole prophesy thing is in the script review. The attack we see obliterates everything in 24 hours, so I don't think this will be a handy cam movie if I am right about this being Voltron. After NYC and the rest of the world is beaten, we catch up 5 years later and I am guessing with one of the guys from the trailer.
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A thousand thx Sur
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Voltron will end up being Transformerish, not Blair Witchish. Cthulhu is just the kind of creature that would be uber-creepy when captured with someone's home video camera. And that plays along with Lovecraft, who always found that the creatures were so much more scarier in the shadows, where we only caught fleeting glimpses. Camcorders make perfect sense along those lines, the way the filmer will jerk around when someone yells "Look over there!" or somesuch. This is sounding better and better...
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Jul 06, 2007 12:27:47 PM CDT
AICN might be late reporting the viral campaign, but...
by total geekazoid
This WAS the first site to report the existence of the "Cloverfield" trailer. So while they certainly have more competition these days, and get scooped a lot more than they used to, they do pull one out of the hat every now and then.
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genius!!
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One of the blogs I was looking at laaaaaaate last night had a guy talking about the song playing in the teaser. I guess it's a song by Wolfmother...anyone recognize it? The guy is a fan of the band, and he said when he looked at the lyrics in the cd liner, there is a bit about a FIELD OF CLOVERS. He also said that the liner art depicts a giant lizard of some kind.
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I'm betting that just the trailer or very beginning of the movie will be done with the camcorder style. What is this Cthulhu everyone keeps mentioning??? I've never heard of it or Lovecraft?
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That exact same story is on the IMDB boards...
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perhaps? I would much rather an OLD ONES film, but I highly doubt that will fly
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More talk from the shadowy guy about how time is running out and it's almost too late and to help. It's not Voltron people.... it's most certainly Cthulhu. It's my girlfriends favorite Lovecraft story and she is saying that it REAKS of it
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if you google "Mezin", the name of the "guy" blogging on the Ethanwaswrong site, you will get some hits about ancient bird goddesses. "Mezin" has also responded to bloggers discussing this movie on other sites, always with the same kind of cryptic "you're all fools to believe this..." rhetoric.
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They're not late, they've been talking about this project for weeks, maybe even a month. Get a clue.I'd guess this film will in fact be about something by Lovecraft. The fact that a character can be heard saying "it's a lion" makes my head hurt. It's not Voltron and we ALL know it.
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A guy named Nick Mamatas wrote the book "Move Under Ground" and its an awesome read. Like I said, the book has Kerouac & Cthulu in it as well as a huge showdown in NYC.
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at least not yet. =)
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If you're Joe Blow out in the street, and all of the sudden you see some major destruction go down, and you catch a glimpse of something massive and moving, you're gonna do a double-take - when you realize that you're right, it IS moving and you see more and more, you might just yell "It's ALIVE!" If it was a giant lion, I think you'd still yell "it's ALIVE." If it was a giant kangaroo, you'd yell "it's ALIVE" and not "It's a KANGAROO!"
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just sayin... some jackass just asked who Cthulu was a few posts up. Another one of you fuckers seems to be convinced it's a Voltron movie, even though Paramount doesn't own the rights. And one of you fucksticks is talking about Snorks. I fucking give up.
Want clues? read "Move Under Ground." Can't say I didn't tell you...
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I'm gonna read that right after Johnny Appleseed vs. The Wolfman, "How You Like Dem Apples?"
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I swear the movie will come out in January before some of you fuckheads realize how absolutely bat-shit crazy you are for suggesting that ANYONE would say "It's a Lion" after witnessing that fireball. Jebus.
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but this better turn out to be something decent. If not, they have a HUGE TB flame attack waiting.
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Apparently the cameraman needed one for his Corona...
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I didn't realize Cthulhu was such common knowledge. I looked it up so I could be more enlightened as you already are, and I still have never heard of it. And I am also sorry I don't spend my days going through "viral ads" to become an expert. I'm speculating Voltron from what people posted from the viral ads and from what I read about the Voltron plot. It is called speculation.
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Meh. The coolest that character has ever been was in that one Justice League episode where Superman, Wonderwoman, Hawkgirl, Aquaman, Dr. Fate, and Solomon Grundy fought him and his minions. And that was a meh episode in an otherwise outstanding season.
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http://www.cthulhuthemovie.com/
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AICN has talked about who is directing, and the title, but nothing about the websites or trailer which have been known about since June 30th, a week ago.
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Hee hee. I think something popped out of my anus after reading that.
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That definitely takes away from the Cthulhu theory.
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Cthulhu is not a well-known monster when compared to the likes of Dracula, Frankenstein's Monster, the Wolfman or whomever, BUT he is without a doubt the largest cult monster out there, and his fans are rabid to the point of foam on the mouth and bite you on the leg. Lovecraft was a horror/scifi author from the early 20th century, and he inspired a great number of famous authors, such as Robert Bloch of Conan fame, and scare-meister Emeritus Mr. Stephen King himself, who has written several short stories pulled directly from what we call the "Cthulhu Mythos." Don't feel bad about not knowing who we're talking about - sometimes us fans forget that not everyone knows everything about our favorite critter. But it's definitely worth your time to find out more.
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If this was a Voltron movie, or some other huge franchise blockbuster, they certainly wouldn't be rolling it out in January. And they also certainly wouldn't be giving it the shaky-cam Blair Witch treatment. Rule of thumb: if you're remaking a cherished cartoon series, you damn well better put the camera in a tripod and hold it still. Look at those two "Ethan was Right/Wrong" blogs and you'll get a pretty good idea where they're going with this: Cthulu. The elder god of destruction. Good times.
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Having seen transformers twice, I've come to the conclusion that Optimus Prime carries that movie on his big red and blue shoulders. He takes what would otherwise have been a nigh-unwatchable mess and makes it into an okay action film, even a pretty damn good one in spurts. (And those spurts correspond precisely to the moments when Prime is either onscreen or on the soundtrack.)
Since the end of that movie indicates that the autobots will be off having wacky adventures on earth until some more Decepticons show up in part two, I think Optimus Prime should spend the next couple of years wandering into other people's action/genre movies, lending a helping hand to whoever the good guys are. Prime would instantly make any movie he's in earn a full extra star. Between Transformers (1986) and Transformers (2007), you all know this to be true. -
for anyone who loves HP like I do check out the band The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets, they are all Lovecraftian lyrics
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I will do a little bit more digging around about this Cthulhu now since it seems to be pretty popular. Interested in finding out a little more.
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What season of Justice League was that? Did they call him Cthulhu or was it Cthulhu-lite?
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is DEFINITELY what the guy says. I've seen the preview twice in the theatre, now, and he says "It's alive."
On a side note, yeah, I've seen Transformers twice. I liked it and I liked the original G1 and I liked the original animated film. I'm 29 and grew up with Transformers. And I had a good time with the movie. Attack at will.
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Lord help us
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that just slashed my dreams of Cthulhu
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Very nice. And whoever mentioned the Cry Wolf game earlier in the TB, good call. That game was fucking great.
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An earth-rattling explosion takes place near by. You think, "terrorists or natural phenomenon." You run up and see some monster. You say "It's a monster." You see a giant robotic lion you say "It's a lion". You never say "It's alive!" unless you've been trying to kill it all day and you think you won and then you find out you haven't won at all.
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but what if it looked like a rock at first then unraveled to be the destroyer of galaxies, you might scream "It's alive!"
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Filmmakers are preying on my natural curiosity...I love crazy shit like this.
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. . . will be spawned in this Talk Back alone?
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which leads me to believe it may be Lovecraft based
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So I was going by other references mentioned. I saw the trailer and was as perplexed as anyone else. Someone mentioned Voltron on an early post so I looked up the script review. It could match from what I read. Voltron is not going to be like the cartoon, it is going to be in a post apocolyptic world. As far as it being released in January, perhaps there are already too many summer blockbusters lined up already for next year so this is a better fit. I don't run a studio, so I am just making an educated guess from what I have seen until I am told otherwise.
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Well if it was, he would tear shit up. Whoever said Cthulhu, that seems to feel right. Could they have moved this up in production?
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Oh, and shut up Skeleton Party. A lion makes no fucking sense. It's not Voltron.
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You run up, the rock unravels into the destroyer of galaxies. Your eyes widen. You yell, "IT IS NOT A ROCK! AND UNLESS I MISS MY GUESS, IT IS GOING TO DESTROY US ALL!"
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heh, I crack myself up sometimes...
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CTHULHU IN NAME ONLY - My god, Tori Spelling is in it! Don't tease people here!
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Clash of the Titans 2: Electric Boogaloo.
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Low budge filmakers now have affordable gear to make projects at their hearts desire. It's an amazing time to be a filmmaker right now. An independant studio could make a wonderful epic alien invasion film if they wanted to.
Or they can make that Tori Spelling hoohoo's film.
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if you saw what you thought was a meteor strike, or perhaps a natural, yet non-organic disaster, or maybe a nuke attack, and then when you approached ground zero saw some huge, living, unidentifiable mass shabling around and shooting fireballs at stuff, you would never, EVER say anything like "It's alive"? I mean, you're literally insane with fright at this moment, y'know? I don't know that if you were running for your life from some huge, unknown creature that you would have the presence of mind to stop and describe exactly what you saw. I know I wouldn't. And if he DID say "It's a lion," why didn't he say, "It's some kind of huge lion" or "It's a giant fucking robot lion shooting fire out of it's mouth" or whatever? Why just "It's a lion"? If you wanted to warn me, I don't think that would do the trick. If I'm blocks away from a lion, why would I run away like a nut? Why wouldn't I just go inside where the lion couldn't get me?
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Jul 06, 2007 1:05:14 PM CDT
I, for one, am looking forward to saying "Lovecraftian"
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I haven't used that silly word since 8th grade english literature class.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, but what I want to know is for those of us whose copies of Transformers didn't come with the fucking Cloverfield trailer, when will this sucker be online? Anyone know anything about that?
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Rickey gets testy from time to time, and tends to lash out and curse. Didn't mean anything by it. Hey, who knows? Perhaps it WILL be a huge lion strolling around in downtown NYC. Don't be afraid, he's just looking for a nosh!
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But if you run up to ground zero and some weird oozing glob starting shooting fireballs and I ran up to you and yelled "It's alive!" would that really help you either? I'd say "It's moving this way!"
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Fuck Voltron BTW.
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Skeleton Party - 2 things. 1) If it is a big ass non-robot lion terrorizing NYC ... that would just be stupid. It's not Godzilla, it's a lion! 2) Didn't people already say Voltron isn't being produced yet? What the fuck?
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"It's Alive!!!" or "It's a Lion!!!" both are making me crack up at work.
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It's KUH-THOOL-HU. Rolls right off the tongue!
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are Khlûl'hloo" or Kathooloo - whatever feels right, my friend.
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..."Call of Cthulhu" on soundtrack for upcoming Abrams movie. Or maybe I'm just MAKING THIS SHIT UP! Saw TF, saw the trailer. The phrase spoken is "It's alive!" For those who heard something else, consult your local hearing aid store for assistance.
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Point taken. The fact of the matter is, something like "It's coming this way" or "Just get the fuck out of here" would be better than describing it in any way. That said, while I would LOVE to see a kickass Voltron flick, I just don't get that vibe from this. And I definitely heard "It's alive". I was listening very hard the second time just so I could try to make out what was being said.
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IT IS NOT A ROCK! AND UNLESS I MISS MY GUESS, IT IS GOING TO DESTROY US ALL. I doubt anyone would ever say that in the heat of panic. Unless they are very wooden people.
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I work for JJ Abrams, so I'm getting a kick out of these replies...
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I'm starting to lean toward "it's alive." I watched it again, and that kind of makes sense in the context.A girl asks, "What is it? Is it coming this way?" And the guy says, "I saw it, it's alive, it's huge!" I think the point is that the only discriptive terms he can think of for what he saw are "alive" and "huge."
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then just tell us WTF it is
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had gotten off the island. Oh well, one can dream,
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Till he gets his head cut off on video tape, that is.
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I didn't speculate Voltron because of that line. There wouldn't be a robot lion at this point of the trailer if it turned out to be that movie. Whatever it is, can't the shit in the fan in places other than NYC? What about Evansville, Indiana or some other place?
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..It would make sense someone shouting "It's alive" at a cloud of smoke emerging from large explosions as people would generally assume it was part of the aftermath of the destruction, not the cause. Once someone realised it was indeed the "monster" then shouting it's alive seems plausible....we can dream...
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Justice League Season 2, NOT Justice League Unlimited Season 2. Hear is a link to the boxed set containing the episode: tinyurl.com/27dwxk
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... there are several monsters in this movie, but the reeeeally big one is a frog-like monster. They even nicknamed it "Squishy". I'm completely serious.
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The whole "I work for _________, so I'm getting a kick out of these replies..." is an internet meme. Sorry, man. I wanna know as bad as anyone else. Again, I'm leaning toward a Cthulu rip-off at the moment.
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Preesh.
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Considering whatever it is, tore the head off the Statue of Liberty head and threw it into the city, this thing must be coming from the ocean. But what is also interesating... the thing was shooting fireballs, some hitting buildings. The fireballs were coming from a source really fucking high up in the air. This fucker's tall.
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turn up anything interesting on Ethan Haas, Van Mantra, Mezin, or any of the other names? Albert Pike looked like it got some cool hits, but I don't have time to sift through them all right now.
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My bet is on "It's a Lion-O!" It's the Thundercats movie, people!
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Source? LOL. Still, the wording on the blogspot page makes it sound like there could be more than one monster. The thought did cross my mind.
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"It's-a Lion-O", pronounced similar to "It's-a me, Mario!"
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Gol-goroth: Appears as a gigantic, black, toad-like creature with an impossibly malevolent glare.
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I've had it with these motherfucking lions in this motherfucking city------Neville Flynn is back....
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There are some actual real people with the Ethan Haas name, I'm sure they are going to be getting all kinds of fun questions these next few days. The Albert Pike stuff is downright fascinating, but I still wonder if it is connected (beyond some man who registered the domain).
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Please please please include Dagon in the mix!
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The Cthulhu Mythos is ripe with all sorts of creatures - Cthulhu had lots of different minions, some that can fly. Wouldn't THAT be another level of awesome to see Mi-Go from Yuggoth flying through the city, squishing the populace!
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just go to the link and follow the instructions
http://www.360Elite4free.com/index.php?ref=3922129
i guess you have to choose a thing to join (i suggest the free-trial for stamps.com) and get 10 others to join too
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from what I glanced at, appears to have predicted three world wars before the first had even been fought. Seems like a Cagliostro-esque figure that is shrouded in a bit of lore but did, like Cagliostro, absolutely exist.
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He's like the biggest Lovecraft dork on this site - where you at, man?
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http://www.360Elite4free.com/index.php?ref=3922129
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there, that one
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in case no one's checked it. here are some more theories. you can skip the first one since most of you already know about that one.
Well This was Taken from Ethanhaaswasright.com's HTML source.
"...war came, no longer from the elemental nor from the star's rain of fire. The world was again remade, and the glow was as the coming of the sun upon the Earth. The children of the gods were again too few, scattered and divided and among them walked the ancients and those whose thoughts were not as to the towers and the marvels, but to the End and the destruction of the Earth and to the fires from which nothing could escape."
and this is a quote from one the blog's(ethanhaaswaswrong.blogspot.com) Comments "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn"
The above quote translates to "In his house at R'lyeh, dead Cthulhu awaits dreaming."
Cthulhu is a fictional monster created by H.P. Lovecraft. R'lyeh is the underwater city that Cthulhu resides in that rises up to the surface in the story Call of Cthulhu (1928).
Those meteorites seen in the trailer could possibly be the offspring of Cthulhu called Cthulhi. Because they are referred to as star-spawn.
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I'll throw my hat in and mention how it was pronounced in that one Justice League episode: "ICK-THULE-HUE" I have no idea if that "right" or not.
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I for one hope it's a movie about the 12th imam who's come back from occlusion to wipe the world clean of infidels!And speaking of the 12th imam, how come this site isn't reporting the news that Olive Stone offered Ahmadinejad the chance to star in his very own biopic directed by none other than Stone himself? And yet despite being part of the resistance movement in the US Stone is still from the Great Satan and was therefore turned down? And here I thought AICN was about cool news!
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Remember everyone, ol' squid head already visited NYC, only to get a beatdown by the Ghostbusters on Coney Island. A very surreal episode of the cartoon (on youtube, google video) to be sure.
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I've also heard "KETH-OO-LOO".
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Giant fire-breathing Ann Coulter destroys New York. You read it here first.
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pretty awesome little flick
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waring gods thing that the blog discusses also made me think of Ragnarok. I also, by the way, thought of Q: The Winged Serpent...not as this was so much a remake, but perhaps a new Quetzalcoatl flick of some kind. The hits that Mezin brought up about idols of flying goddesses seemed to back that up.
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The Crab-people rising up from the underground in a joint aliance with the Mole-men to finally overtake mankind. Supposedly, Patrick Swazey and Gilbert Godfried semi-star as a couple of wisecracking former war vet's out to save the U.S.
Or, maybe I've been watching too many cartoons.And maybe I'm just bored.
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do we know for sure that Paramount doesn't have the rights to Godzilla? I mean, Toho was onviously not impressed with the Emmerich version, as Godzilla: Final Wars has the "real" Godzilla kicking the shit out of the US version.
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But liberal sensors on this site dubbed it out.
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But more, I remember how the guy that does the voice of Venkman also does the voice of Garfield...
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That's the way I heard it pronounced by a "Lovecraftian" scholar (is he that big in literature already?)
BTW, aren't there a couple of Lovecraftian movies in the pipeline? I saw previews for CTHULHU (cthulhuthemovie.com). Looks indy and stars Tori Spelling. Released later in 2007, I think.
Also, Guillermo Del Toro (as I think has been mentioned) is set to direct AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS soon after finishing HELLBOY 2. That story is more like KING KONG than Lovecraft's other works.
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RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!
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Is the blogspot page actually part of this? It seems more like a shitbox tshirt company trying to piggyback off the actual Cloverfield viral marketing. And why does the date, 1-18-08, have to be the opening date of the movie? Maybe that's the date the shitstorm hits NYC. It doesn't make sense for a movie of this scale to be released that soon in the middle of the worst time for movie profits. Much more likely to be released in the summer.
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Who was Venkman in the movies did the voice of Garfield in the two movies! The Plot Thickens!
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Pretty crude and lewd - I couldn't tell what to make of that link, or how it made it onto the blog page.
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Also Priapism is retarded.
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The Cloverfield project IS ambitious (reports of overturned oil tanks and such), but is keeping to a $30 million budget. So a January release isn't TOO out of the question.
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They say that these sources are reliable and that the movie was made for $30 million, which would explain the January release. They also mention a few cast members. http://tinyurl.com/26949c
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Voltron is the good guy and would make no sense at all for to go around ripping the head off a statue of liberty and shooting fireballs around.
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They are so ghetto in the poster. The tagline ought to be, "The end of Jason Lee's career"
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there is a message in the same language as the one on the game site. Someone over there used the alphabet key in the second game to translate it. It reads: "Are they attempting to scare us into belief?
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Go read this script review http://www.latinoreview.com/scriptreview.php?id=65 . It wouldnt be Voltron destroying NYC, but some alien things. If it is a $30 million budget I will have to retract my Voltron guess.
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to 01-18-08?
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Voltron predates both Transformers and Power Rangers, and yes it has a fanbase. If you don't like it you can suck a bag of dicks. (thank you Louis C.K.!)
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that could be pretty cool
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There is NO WAY they would release a Voltron movie in the middle of January. Although this would be a really crazy and out there way of filming Voltron, don't you think?
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I used to be SOO into these games (A.I., Lost, etc). But I'm really burned out on it. Now I just want a press release, a blog post, and a downloadable trailer.
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Inhumanoids! Inhumanoids! ARRRGH!
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You are dooming us to a life of Alvin and Hip-hopmunks! Anyways, Joblo.com has more info on the casting and just how secret this baby is (no script even provided to actors until they signed on). Voltron this ain't folks.
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if it's trying to be true. Miskatonic U baby
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"Be sure to drink your Ovaltine"
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I like the sound of that. A little faded color will look better on screen than something bright and colorful and new and shiny.
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Inhumanoids was an animated series based on a Hasbro toy property in 1986. In the tradition of other Hasbro properties such as Transformers, G.I. Joe and Visionaries, the show was produced by Sunbow and Marvel Productions with MCA Television Enterprises. Unusual in that it was named for the villains of the series, Inhumanoids tells the story of the scientist-hero group, Earth Corps, as they battle a trio of subterranean monsters called the Inhumanoids with the aid of elemental beings, the Mutores.
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http://tinyurl.com/2gjj4e Still has cam footage of the trailer.
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funny how they didnt mention this trailer when they were bashing the Transformers movie
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Oh Fudge!
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He hasn't done anything really cool or exceptional yet.
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http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/07/05/cloverfield-casting-development-and-shooting-details-revealed/
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I knew it
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most of you have fallen right into J.J.'s hands. A talkback this long for a movie you know almost nothing about? It's only smart marketing at this point. The actual movie has an untested director and Drew Godard (who didn't exactly impress me with his "Alias" episodes). It might be good, but it also might suck. Why don't we reserve judgment until we see a real preview and a plot summary. Or is that too much to ask, fanboy?
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Ghostbusters 3
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Lighten up, man...We're all having fun speculating - it's not like we've already bought tickets from Fandango.
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Yeah, I'm loving all the speculation, but I was laughing my ass off when the Statue of Liberty head got thrown to the ground. Laughing AT the movie. So, so, so, cheesy.
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A 500-foot tall, radioactive Tony Blair rises out of the sea to cause bay-hem in New York City.
Why? Because Bush vetoed Blair's nomination for President of the World Bank.
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Is a Sony project I would KILL many times over to have made. Correctly. No less than a $100 million budget. Old & new blood. Alas, we will have shitty Men in Black 3 before that happens, sure as shit.
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This just occurred to me. How about one of the New York Public Library lions come to life perhaps?
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Or bad as MI3?
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Last night I e-mailed "Mezin" from blogspot via the e-mail link there. I just got this response: "do not be fooled by HAAS or his follower Van,
his website is only foolish puzzles and parlor tricks, we are the truth
his gods are our brothers, they will soon be here
our forces are already at work shutting his website down
August 1 will reveal the truth"
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So all of this speculation is based on a anonymous e-mail to Chubsy stating that these blogs are linked to the project?
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...from a marketing standpoint. I hope there's a legitimate reason for the lack of a title, like maybe it's connected to some older franchise in need of reinvention. But it's more likely it's just for the sake of mystery in the ad campaign. But it makes it seem like the movie is going to have a surprising title, yet if and when it gets the title, it'll probably just get a reaction of, "Okay, well that's the title then."
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... Because MI3 was fun as hell. /opinion
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got it right...the answer to the 5th puzzle.
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each symbol on the "globe" = an alphabet symbol accessed by running your mouse over the blue star on the right.
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I'm the guy that sent the e-mail to Chubsy that is quoted above. I did some searching last night after I saw a story on comingsoon.net. The blog and game site are related to the movie since Paramount ordered the videos from the game site to be removed from youtube. Several other sites have confirmed that they are related. Also, I'll have you know that I am a professional assclown, sir. I am available for weddings and bar mitzvahs.
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Seriously let michael bay give this potential POS a name and cast Martin lawrence.
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It's clear to me that with all the mayhem and hubub going on around him, the actor forgot what he's supposed to say. He's not saying "It's a lion/lime/alive" at all he's simply asking for someone to feed him his dialog.
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The Breck Shampoo girl John Edwards is giving a speech here. I would love to send in a professional assclown to show the amateur how is done.
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I hope you're kidding. AICN had the first reports of this trailer. go google the word "they're", and then get back to us, jackass.and I can see how people would hear "it's a lion" in the trailer, but you CAN'T be serious...it's obviously "it's alive", and it just sounds a little like "lion". why would you go to the trouble of this whole viral marketing thing, only to have a character in the teaser trailer give away a HUGE spoiler about the nature of the monster?that makes no sense. it's alive. please stop with the lions.and Lovecraft was still a huge biggot.
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"I saw it in the light, it's huge". But I agree it sounds more like. "I saw it, it's alive, it's huge."
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Do you you also do Corporate outings? A good AssClown is hard to find these days.
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http://ethanhaaswaswrongiswrongaboutme.blogspot.com/
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He's says it's the best one so far. YEA!
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"I don't think they're giving you enough information, dad."
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That is not dead which can eternal lie,
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Actually, I am semi-retired. Sadly, the world of professional assclowning is not what it used to be. For starters, there are countless amateurs around, all of whom are willing to work for free. On top of that, there are professional assclowns crossing the border from Mexico every day, and they are willing to do the work of American assclowns, but for much less money. This has caused many of the top pro assclowns to move onto other things...most notably politics (Mitt Romney, Barack Obama, Ralph Nader, the entire Bush administration...all formerly high-level pros on the assclown circuit), Hollywood (John Travolta, Peter Hyams, virtually everyone at 20th Century Fox), and "journalism" (O'Reilly, Larry King, Tucker Carlson, et al.).
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"I'm a bad little boy."
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That AICN HAS to talk about even though there's NOTHING to report. It's only like, the THIRD TIME in a week or so we've heard about no talent Abrams and his movie with a fake name. This is fucking cool news? At least wait until something happens first.
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SkeletonParty was Right: It IS a Lion! Why Didn't We Listen?
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Ok, probably not, but it could be, right? Considering what transpires at the end of the novel? And yes, we all know Zak Snyder is directing it, but did this trailer say this movie is directed by JJ? or is it just from Bad Robot? And for some reason the 1/18 release date seems about right for Watchmen - it CAN'T be a big summer movie without major overhauls to the story, falling in the Daredevil/Ghost Rider early-year comic book slot might be it's best bet.
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If you are uniformed as to what Cthulhu is, there's always http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cthulhu or http://hplovecraft.com. Frankly, I don't think JJ is worthy, as a producer, writer or director. (Also, to clarify, Robert Bloch wrote Psycho and many excellent horror stories, and was a young fan and correspondent with Lovecraft, he did not write Conan. The latter was a creation of Robert E. Howard, who published many stories in Weird Tales and other pulp magazines, and also corresponded with Lovecraft on occasion.)
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The Madman from the Sudan is back in the ECW!!!! Oh MY GOD!!
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it throws the head into the building and it crashes down onto the street. So it was either carrying it around and then tossed it or it tossed it from where the statue was. Pretty cool though. Nice roar.
It sounds mutated whatever it is.
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J. J. Abrams shows potential, so who knows. So far his principal trademarks have been speed and tension and ambiguous MacGuffins, though. Anything Lovecraftian needs to be slower and all about the atmosphere and the build up. Lovecraft did a great job of starting you off in a realistic setting and getting gradually more fantastic and unreal as he went along. This slow transition made you feel the horror and the insanity all the more when the big, mind-blowing reveal came at the end. Of course, a movie needs to be more structurally complex than this, but it should still preserve the atmosphere and the build-up, and the Armegeddhon-ish shaky-cam fest that was the trailer doesn't inspire confidence. Then again, LOST is one big build up to what is hopefully a mind-blowing reveal, so who knows?
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Jul 06, 2007 3:29:56 PM CDT
Even if I saw a dreaded Chalupa rising from the streets
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I'd still yell "It's a Lion!" just to get people running to safety without too much panic.
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http://tinyurl.com/3crvu3
Jason Ritter's character in "The Class" was Ethan Haas.
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I think that would be the coolest thing in the world, to release a movie without a title! The trailer was absolutely amazing. I have no f*ckin' idea what this movie is about, but dammit, I'm seeing it!
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What the fuck are you talking about? That sort of made up stuff only comes form the minds of far-gone schizophrenics. Are you referencing some documentary about photography I'm not familiar with? Otherwise, wtf.
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By being an annoying kid.
Abrams, on every project he's ever done: "I'm holding a small box in my hand. The Box is not special, but INSIDE the Box there is something special. And it's really really cool. And I'm NOT going to tell you what it is! You can guess what it is, but you won't be anywhere close, because you aren't as cool or Smart as me."
Audience: Goddammit Abrams, what do you have in the Box!
Abrams: Come back in 2 months, and I'll give you a clue.
Audience: It's been 2 months, what's the clue!?
Abrams: The color of the thing inside the Box: it's sort of like a shade of Blue, but I wouldn't exactly call it "Blue." the plot thickens, doesn't it? Come back in three more months, I'll give you another clue.
Audience: WHAT THE HELL is that box!?!?
Abrams: Here's your next clue: The thing inside the box makes a sound. Sort of.
Audience: MOTHERFUCKER!!!!
Abrams: In one more month, I'll open the Box.
Audience: You'd better open that box, asshole!
Abrams: and so I will. (He opens Box.)
Audience: Now give it too me so I can see inside!
Abrams: Sure... in two weeks.
Audience: please... Please... show me what's inside the box.
Abrams: Okay. Prepare to be blown away by my cleverness! (hands over box.)
Audience: Wait. What the-? There's nothing in this box! You said there was something inside this box that was sort-of blue and sort-of made a noise!
Abrams: Ah, but isn't there? The inside of the box is a shade of blue. and if you tap the inside of the box, you hear a noise. See how cool and clever I am?
Audience: Dude, go fuck yourself.
Abrams: Okay. So I guess that means you don't want to know what cool thing is in my briefcase and how it relates to something from your childhood?
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wrote the same thing on IMDB. Part of the viral marketing?
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intro for the film... Sort of sets up a post apocalyptic world. I'm betting most of the film will take place AFTER the fact, with survivors of WHATEVER THE FUCK is happening in that trailer trying to live in a dangerous new world.
In any case, the trailer was the ONLY good trailer in front of transformers, and it totally piqued my interest.
ALSO, the shakey cam definitely was dizzying at first (though it got better), I can't imagine they'd do the whole movie like that... Again. And stop with the blair witch comparisons, the only thing the two films have in common is shakey cam. -
The line in the trailer is "I've seen it! It's a Line and it's Huge!" and its spoken in reference to the Transformers lines. Get it? The whole trailer is just a promotion for the movie you're ALREADY SEEING!!! GENIUS!!!
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Looks like Voyage of the Dawn Treader will be drasticly different than the book.
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Doesn´t take away from his genius.
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and all things holy, I command you to listen...this is no Lovecraftian Chalupa nor a Giant Girl! I will be vindicated!
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Uh... no.You're ALMOST correct, except you forgot the part where the box is the craziest, out-of-left-field box you've ever seen, and you actually believe that it contains something awesome. That's what separates Abrams-- he makes you want to look in the box.
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It got bigger! Actually, it sounds exactly like "a lion", but OBVIOUSLY it's more likely to be "alive".The correct spelling is "bigot".I love the Abrams hate in here. Not that I don't agree with some of the criticism, but damn you could do a lot worse. And though he didn't have anything to do with it, LOST is the best show on television again. This is known.
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I'm a projectionist and have seen this trailer far too many times. The man says, "I saw it in the light. It's huge."
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'It's a flyin...' as in 'plate of spaghetti'. AKA God. The Apocalypse begins on 1/18/08
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Are you privy to any knowledge you can tell us?
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This guy has a great sense of humor!
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Hey, those well versed in Lovecraft prose...can you give me what you think would be the best book or compilation of his work to start with? I looked at a compilation of his probably when I was 15, but didn't buy it. I'd like something that gives something of an overview of his work/style. Thanks.
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I was quoting BadMrWonka anyway, hehe.
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"Source?" What am I? A reporter? I heard things, okay? Also, Hollywood Reporter had a story on it today, gave a partial cast list. But the "Squishy" thing, and the part about many monsters was something I heard. Where'd I hear this? Where do you hear anything? Ears... I suppose.
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Buy "The Best of H.P. Lovecraft: Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre".
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A.A. Milne was
Therefore this is the Winnie the Pooh disaster movie we all have been waiting for.
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Abrams is a great producer for the following reasons: His work always has the perfect cast, great sound/music, great lighting/cinematography, and he actually uses the writers that fanboys love and all of Hollywood ignores. So fuck you Abrams haters, of all the stupid faggy bandwagons you could jump on, the 'I hate a producer for no particular reason even though he's made tons of great stuff' is just about the faggiest.
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Most of the Lovecraft stories I've read are written first person byt someone that has no idea what is going on. Making a movie with teh Cthulu mythos from that perspective could be really amazing to see. Keep it intimate so the viewer is as in the dark as the characters.
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on second viewing that roar was definately Eore.
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June 21st: http://www.aintitcool.com/node/33104 I've only been following this here, I haven't even seen the trailer, but I've known everything that's been going on. Just because you didn't read an article doesnt mean it wasn't reported.
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The "monster" is Cy-Kill. Hollywood just can't resist jumping on a cash cow.
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I'd love to see a Pooh that big.
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He feeds off of the French!!!
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GoBots vs. The Rock Lords movie?
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Is that Donny Wahlberg in the video after you complete the first puzzle on the site?
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are round stone vessels hitting the earth. The Cthulhus are inside these round vessels. Ethanwaswrong.com website puzzles shows them- if you make it past the first stage. you have to open the stone vessel and inside is a Cthulhu embro and then if you open that a guy tries to tell you things but the video is way too fucked up to understand shit. So at least the explosions are explained. A bunch of Cthulhu's come raining down from the sky in these stone egg vessels. The blog spot does indeed contain refferenace to Cthulhu as well. Wikiped re-lists some of the same poem bullshit when reading up on the beast.
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i dont know if anyone posted this yet but i wikied it and the charcter info said
The great war of the gods will come upon the earth; the fires and terror of their rule will return for a time, but the children of the gods may be thus prepared, themselves aware and powerful…they may stand along side the gods not as equals, but as allies, feared and ready.
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When you put it all together, the basic elements makes sense. Having the movie take place by "camcorder view" obviously keeps the budget down and gives the film a unique feel and certainly a unique marketing hook. At the same time, if the final film (as its been rumored) is a compilation of different camcorder footage, of different people running around, having multiple monsters also would make sense since it then "breaks things up" from becoming too focused on any one person or even one occurence -- in other words, you can have things going batshit crazy all over Manhattan to keep things moving along and keep things lively.And last but not least, doing it camcorder style certainly means you can stretch the $30 million really far, simply because even when you DO want to showcase a monster or a big special effects moment, now you won't need them to be A-level, primo ILM effects shots. The "bad" camcorder look and shakey effect will continually allow you to get away with lower ended effects (that is, lesser rendered). Best example I can think of off the top of my head that sort of did the same thing: Emmerich/Devlin's GODZILLA where they purposefully chose to make it rain all the time as a so-called story point, when the truth is they simply wanted to use rain as a covering tool which allowed the SFX crew to do lesser rendering work.
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the second ball is not beatable without a clue.
aww, it put a cookie in my browser so that I always get to the second one....i guess I don't have to go backwards. but there are 3 sliders. Here's a message I got -
"...war came, no longer from the elemental nor from the star's rain of fire. The world was again remade, and the glow was as the coming of the sun upon the Earth. The children of the gods were again too few, scattered and divided and among them walked the ancients and those whose thoughts were not as to the towers and the marvels, but to the End and the destruction of the Earth and to the fires from which nothing could escape." Maybe Gears of War the movie? -
ImpluseCaper, you said "And if anyone comes out talking shit about Abrams - they need to shut the fuck up until they read his Superman script. Which is one of the finest scripts I have ever read. The movie would have been too damn good. It would have destroyed any other comic movie ever made."Well, I will say this. I never read the script per se, but I read enough review of it. And I remember when Moriarity shitted all over it -- which frankly was a review I didn't completely agree with. In fact, I think Mori went overboard on that one. In hindsight, some of the concepts JJ wanted to introduce and much of his revamping would have actually been cool to see.Hell, let's be honest: compared to the utter crapfest and snoozer that Singer shitted out (and managed to waste a STAGGERING $200 million on), now I REALLY wish they had gone with the proposed Abrams trilogy instead since it actually had some daring ideas behind it, while the Singer version -- particularly the whole "Lois has a kid now" angle -- were flat out suck-tacular.
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Obviously it is Lavos emerging from his slumber. If you freeze frame on frame #1203, you can clearly see Magus in the background!!!...on a semi-more-serious note, I'm guessing it will be some Lovecraftian style flick, staring something that is an Old God but yet not an Old God for legal reasons (See: Hellboy!). On a side note, there is a MMORPG in development that is basically a Lovecraft themed MMO in modern times. The teaser poster was awesome...it's this huge Shub/C'Thulu looking beast admist the ruins of New York, with some dude standing before it.
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I really, really do, but honestly, I don't think it is. It still looks like an interesting, fun monster movie and I want to see it. The Lovecraft mythos are awesome and I would love to see Cthulu, the Dunwich Horror, and The Lurker in the Threshold given the Hollywood treatment by someone other than Stuart Gordon. I like Stuart Gordon, but he's really had quite the monopoly over the years.
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Celebrating 30 years of Star Wars there was a feature on Stephen king and the current in development script adaptations of his books like the now defuct cell movie, from a buick 8 and lastly it mentioned that JJ abrams was attempting to write a three part movie version of Stephen Kings Maganum opus Dark Tower. Which runs for at least 8 books and was published in conjunction with the Green Mile, which itself was published in serial form(ie mini books).
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so it's NOT a lion, Lovecraft is both a bigot AND a biggot (the biggest kind of bigot), and Transformers sucked. but if you want to read it straight from his mouth, here it is...
“I’m very active on this one, as I plan to be on all Bad Robot projects. The only things I’ve been involved with which I haven’t really had any creative role were What About Brian and Six Degrees — both shows that existed before Bad Robot really opened for business (meaning, when I put my team together),” Abrams said while on vacation in Maine. “Cloverfield is an idea that I had over a year ago, which I sold to Paramount. The point-of-view thing (Handicam) is the whole movie. Scenes from the trailer are in the film. I got a really talented guy (Drew Goddard) to write (we’ve worked together on Alias and, presently, Lost), and Matt Reeves to direct (we co-created Felicity and he’s pretty damn genius-level).”
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Remembered the name. It's "The Secret World". Google that name under images and the 1st image that pops up is the teaser poster. If you poke around you can find other groovy concept artwork.
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...but then again, Superman Returns turned out to be a steaming pile of dog shit.
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Ethan Hass was a character in Kevin Brockmeier's "A Brief History of the Dead". Ethan Hass, the virologist, drank not in the bars but from a small metal flask that he carried on his belt like a Boy Scout canteen. He had been watching the developments in his field for thirty years before he died, reading the journals and listening to the gossip at the conventions, and it sometimes seemed to him that every government, every interest group, every faction in the world was casting around for the same thing, a perfect virus, one that followed every imaginable vector, that would spread through the population like the expanding ring of a raindrop in a puddle. It was clear to him now that somebody had finally succeeded in manufacturing it. But how on earth had it been introduced? He couldn’t figure it out. The reports from the recently dead were too few, and they were never precise enough. One day, he locked himself in the bathroom of the High Street Art Museum and began to cry, insistently, sobbing out something about the air and the water and the food supply. A security guard was summoned. “Calm down, guy. There’s plenty of air and water for you out here. How about you just open the door for us?” The guard used his slowest, most soothing voice, but Ethan only shouted “Everybody! Everything!” and turned on the faucets of the sinks, one by one. He would not say anything else, and when the guard forced the door open a few minutes later he was gone.
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Even if you did a few hours ago... the site now has two pictures isntead of one - this one has some guy pouring a drink into Rob's mouth.
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caused people to ignore the fact that what I wrote in parentheses was actually VERBATIM what Abrams said today about Cloverfield. putting to rest about 90% of the ridiculous theories people have posted in this talkback...and the trailer CLEARLY says, "Opening 1/18/08", why are there conspiracies about what the date means?
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It's a bit too intense/scary in tone for that. Plus those promotional sites... since when was there ever Sanskrit hieroglyphics in Voltron or Godzilla?
I'm guessing it's just a new, more "personal" take on the giant monster movie, sort of like Spielberg's War Of The Worlds was to alien invasion flicks, only obviously taken a bit further with the cinema verite style.
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That's all.
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http://ethanhaaswaswrongiswrongaboutme.blogspot.com/..."iamnotethanhaas said...
Shiva will protect us again, as he has always done in past Maha Yugas. He will swallow the poison of our evils, turning his throat blue. From then on, throughout all the other successive Kali Yugas, Brahm, through his Shiva and Vishnu aspect, will send out sons in the flesh who will die on their crosses to reassure us that we will always be redeemable." There has been talk of Hindu stuff on other blogs...and the language on all the sites is Sanskrit...
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They are so proud to be, a super-future family! http://youtube.com/watch?v=UbNHR1jM4Ac
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What other giant robot lion has the power to throw Miss Liberty's head that far?
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http://kaliyugatheory.blogspot.com/
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Anything blanketed in this much secrecy and riddled with such over the top promotional propaganda can only amount to one thing: a TURD of a movie. Remember the pre-pub for Independence Day? Same thing.
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Saw the great Trans Movie. Awesome I thought. Anyways, that wild trailer brought back memories. The Stature of Liberty's head. It might be the same as Escape From New York. Remember? Just a thought. D
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Fun.
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I honestly can't think of anything more terrifying.Maybe, a giant duck with a machine gun.
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Just watch. The monster is the devil.
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I always wanted to read Lovecraft, now seems like a good time to start. Which book/books should one start with, perhaps with this Cthulu character.
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Consider the Shadow over Innsmouth as a starting point. Probably my favorite Lovecraft. Anyone know if this trailer is online anywhere?
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Jul 06, 2007 8:24:07 PM CDT
Reminds me of that Godzilla teaser...
by wimps pimps psychos and sexfiends
...with people celebrating New Year's Eve in Times Square. Then roar of Godzilla and the Ball smashing into the crowd. Had high hopes for Godzilla based on that trailer and look how that turned out. This is bound to disappoint. The speculation will be much better than the actual movie. $30 million doesn't buy a whole lot of Cthulu, Voltron or whatever the fuck this turns out to be.
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Actually there are alot of good reads, and Shadow Over Innsmouth is one of the best, so I would suggest getting a copy of a volume that contains that and other short stories.The only problem buying Lovecraft books is that many of them contain the same stories, so you will really want to make sure you don't buy a book that you half-way already own.
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Youtube.
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Thanks. I should have thought of that! Looks like I'm the real dumb guy!
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It's already been removied from Youtube at Paramount's demand. Not sure why they'd have a problem with someone broadcasting an ad for their movie for free. Guess I'll have to wait until I see TF tomorrow.
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It's been on there since Sun/Mon, but then I knew it couldn't last (like young-love).
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I hope this isnt a remake or anything like that. I hope its something new and those websites are for something else.
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Hell yeah, Pooh coming down hard on all those mofoes that don't that don't have enought honey for him.And then a giant Eeeor (I don't know how to spell that fucking depressive donkey's name) lays the smack down, lets say on, the Knicks.
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just to pull more people into Transformers.
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Thanks. This looks intriguing, to say the least.
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They know what they're dealing with , and don't go the easy "teen" way...it doesn't matter if the picture is grainy, if you see something nasty going on...,you'll get the idea anyway...This kind of film making is bold and new, but in the right hands it can be very effective! I just hope they try to get the most out of this one while they can...if it indeed is successful, it'll be mimiced to death...
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Then leave immediately before Transformers starts.
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Seriously!
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Snakes on the Motherfuckin Enterprise! Just do it J.J. ya bell.
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The same guy who voices Optimus Prime, voices Eeyore
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All that's taking place in the danger room.
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lovecraft is the fuckin best.
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It was in this talkback! But I can't find that link in here anymore! It's gone! Someone posted it and now they're gone! Removed! Erased! Vanished! So thank me later, cuz here it is: "http://www.the gaminglife.net/". Remember to take out the space.
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You took a fun and loose talkback back into the Here comes the left-wing moonbat nonsense. At least this time it took over 300 posts before some asshole got their anti-american, pro-muslim (and all their hate crime killings) unrequested viewpoint into a talkback about a giant monster produced by the guy who created Lost. Nice work, Dick Face!!
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really.
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this has GOT to be a cover for a different project; doesn't trek cannon feature some sort of ww3 scenario (if i remember my next gen correctly) in the 21st or 22nd century?
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But want to start:
The suggestions already given are good. I'd like to add, though, that the Penguin Classics series currently has three Lovecraft anthologies (THE CALL OF CTHULHU, THE THING ON THE DOORSTEP, and THE DREAMS IN THE WITCH HOUSE, all of which contain the title stories and more) that are all quite affordable and extensively annotated by noted Lovecraft scholar S.T. Joshi, who has done more work on HPL than most people do on anything. The first of the three anthologies (CALL) is the best place to start, including as it does "The Call of Cthulhu," "Herbert West: Reanimator," "Dagon" and "Nyarlathotep," among many others. Check 'em out on Amazon.
The day all three arrived at my door was a happy one. 1300 pages of annotated HPL is a nice way to spend a few weeks.
Those less inclined to purchase books can just go here: http://tinyurl.com/e3ocd
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The self-referential apocalyptic vibe in popular culture these days is truly the work of Fate, or the cunning of history, or both. Either way, from a postmodern perspective, it is truly ironic. But, thanks to Pandora, and the gods, we still have hope...
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hmmm hope its a good story, seeing as how the "old ones" drove everyone crazy and were unstoppable. Otherwise, you can just call it "Rise of the Gimmick". Great trailer, though.
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HAHAHAHAHA no seriously, LOST is the best show on television and Heroes is poorly written tripe with an ungodly-bad ending. If you think otherwise, your taste sucks and so do you.
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Maybe, the reason for the whole Apocalypse thing, is that it has always been around.Especially, when you consider that for the last 25 years, people have been waiting for some shit to happen around the year 2000 a.d... And then nothing happend, so now we got fuckin Mel Gibson to blame for people looking into the Mayan calender, and all this post 2001 shit.
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every civilization, especially those that are peaking, has believed that the end is nigh. read more books.
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I don't watch this on television, I wait till a whole season is one DVD and watch it within a week or two.You think having the cliffhangers are hard to mangage watching weekly, imagine having to wait almost a year to see how it ends up going.I do this b/c I'm not able to follow it weekly.
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(sings to the tune of the Transformers theme...) "Mi-chael Bay! Jacks off in your eyes!"
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I think that's the punch-line to a Star Trek joke, so I mean to say I meant "manage".
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and nowhere have i heard he took pervert pictures. ha ha! and his bigoted ideas were the common thought of most white people alive back then.
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Cthulhu sleeps under water, not freakin New York!
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get what i have. the definitive h.p. lovecraft collection.
all his tales released by arkham house are in 3 omnibus hardback volumes, "the dunwich horror and others", "at the mountains of madness and other novels" and "dagon and other macabre tales".
there are two other books in this series that are needed for completists, "the horror in the museum" (featuring stories ghost written by h.p.l. but it's all him), and "miscellaneous writings" featuring fragments and unfinished tales.
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ya lookied mahn. still Hollywood Reporter is ...uh..reporting that Michael Stahl-David (”The Black Donnellys”), Odet Jasmin, Mike Vogel (”Supercross”) and Lizzy Kaplan (”The Class”)are in the cast of the untitled JJ movie.
Coincidently, Mike Stahl (the spare from the 'Black Dons' who rcvd the wop beat down) has been in NYC filming a Docu POV type movie called 'The Project'..hmmm.
as to the spoilering: bloopwatch.org
maybe..couple of gothy wicca harryesque type nerdy kids already took it and made a utuby some time ago:
http://tinyurl.com/29mrmo
maybe JJ stole that too..hmmm.
"Some day the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new dark age." H.P. Lovecraft, "The Call of Cthulhu" -
That gave me goosebumps, especially after reading about Cthulu, and spending a bit of my time tonight solving the 5 puzzles on the Haas site. Cool find man.
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I think that is just her hair, not a creature. Although I can see how it looks like a creature face.
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Check out the wiki description of the movie "War of the Gargantuas" on wikipedia which as we all know is the absolute truth on everything. But here's why this is interesting-- if you check the recently changed history for this page the following line was just deleted a couple hours ago:
"A big budget hollywood re-creation is planned to be released January 2008. Directed by JJ Abrams."
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!!its Cthulhu pissing on John John Turturro!!....... a cool trailer, and we all know what that means: a crappy movie.
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..I'm going to be pissed. I'm all excited now. Hopefully the viral campaign isn't backfiring on them and raising expectations too high. Hell, how is this movie going to amount to how excited we all are by the mystery of it all?
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alien alphabet on the Ethan Was Right site?
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Check it out, some strange new shit.
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Maybe it's a John Titor ripoff?
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but I sure love anything Lovecraft-inspired.
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Memory game with it.
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Jul 07, 2007 12:55:12 AM CDT
"A.I." was worse than "ultraviolet" or "battlefield ear
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Ok, I havn't read it but acording to wiki it's 'written in a documentary style, with three independent narratives linked together by the device of a narrator discovering notes left by a deceased relative.' So what better way to do that than in a film adaptation that have different home video footage of an event and piecing together what was actually happening? Whatever it is I'm hooked and can't wait. I'll be waiting for august 1st to see what changes to that site they are gonna make. Hopefully sometime soon we will be able to download that teaser in HD coz in australia, at least in the cinemas i went to, we don't have that showing before transformers. :(
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this is the silver surfer spinoff movie where galactus comes to earth in his giant purple suit and wrecks new york by first killing the fantastic four and emo spiderman
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Why not?
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what's funny is that I REALLY didn't like A.I. in fact, I'd be hard pressed to find 2 movies that I can be positive I hated more than it...and you found them...
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Lovecraft is still a bigot. if you don't care, have fun at the next Mel Gibson movie...
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I hope my "code" was worth it. I guess I'll find out August 1st. LOL...
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Rodney King's back, bitches!
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ethanhaas.org, it just has some wierd characters at the end, can't make out what they are tho
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I smell Brian Yuzna's hand in this. Is he making Spanish horror movies still?
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"This giant multi-talented star who died too soon will destroy us all!!"This one looks interesting, although I am avoiding all the viral internets malarkey. This J J Abrams is a talented guy, but he likes the chain jerking a little too much, I think.
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it's him! oh god. adbkhs, nneieik!
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I keep coming back until someone REMEMBERS seeing Richie!
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Cabrones
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In the fulness of time, when the change was to take place, and the earth-born race had all perished, and every soul had completed its proper cycle of births and been sown in the earth her appointed number of times, the pilot of the universe let the helm go, and retired to his place of view; and then Fate and innate desire reversed the motion of the world. Then also all the inferior deities who share the rule of the supreme power, being informed of what was happening, let go the parts of the world which were under their control. And the world turning round with a sudden shock, being impelled in an opposite direction from beginning to end, was shaken by a mighty earthquake, which wrought a new destruction of all manner of animals. Afterwards, when sufficient time had elapsed, the tumult and confusion and earthquake ceased, and the universal creature, once more at peace, attained to a calm, and settled down into his own orderly and accustomed course, having the charge and rule of himself and of all the creatures which are contained in him, and executing, as far as he remembered them, the instructions of his Father and Creator, more precisely at first, but afterwords with less exactness. The reason of the falling off was the admixture of matter in him; this was inherent in the primal nature, which was full of disorder, until attaining to the present order. From God, the constructor, the world received all that is good in him, but from a previous state came elements of evil and unrighteousness, which, thence derived, first of all passed into the world, and were then transmitted to the animals. While the world was aided by the pilot in nurturing the animals, the evil was small, and great the good which he produced, but after the separation, when the world was let go, at first all proceeded well enough; but, as time went on, there was more and more forgetting, and the old discord again held sway and burst forth in full glory; and at last small was the good, and great was the admixture of evil, and there was a danger of universal ruin to the world, and to the things contained in him. Wherefore God, the orderer of all, in his tender care, seeing that the world was in great straits, and fearing that all might be dissolved in the storm and disappear in infinite chaos, again seated himself at the helm; and bringing back the elements which had fallen into dissolution and disorder to the motion which had prevailed under his dispensation, he set them in order and restored them, and made the world imperishable and immortal. And this is the whole tale, of which the first part will suffice to illustrate the nature of the king. For when the world turned towards the present cycle of generation, the age of man again stood still, and a change opposite to the previous one was the result. The small creatures which had almost disappeared grew in and stature, and the newly-born children of the earth became grey and died and sank into the earth again. All things changed, imitating and following the condition of the universe, and of necessity agreeing with that in their mode of conception and generation and nurture; for no animal was any longer allowed to come into being in the earth through the agency of other creative beings, but as the world was ordained to be the lord of his own progress, in like manner the parts were ordained to grow and generate and give nourishment, as far as they could, of themselves, impelled by a similar movement. And so we have arrived at the real end of this discourse; for although there might be much to tell of the lower animals, and of the condition out of which they changed and of the causes of the change, about men there is not much, and that little is more to the purpose. Deprived of the care of God, who had possessed and tended them, they were left helpless and defenceless, and were torn in pieces by the beasts, who were naturally fierce and had now grown wild. And in the first ages they were still without skill or resource; the food which once grew spontaneously had failed, and as yet they knew not how to procure it, because they had never felt the pressure of necessity. For all these reasons they were in a great strait; wherefore also the gifts spoken of in the old tradition were imparted to man by the gods, together with so much teaching and education as was indispensable; fire was given to them by Prometheus, the arts by Hephaestus and his fellow-worker, Athene, seeds and plants by others. From these is derived all that has helped to frame human life; since the care of the Gods, as I was saying, had now failed men, and they had to order their course of life for themselves, and were their own masters, just like the universal creature whom they imitate and follow, ever changing, as he changes, and ever living and growing, at one time in one manner, and at another time in another.
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Only one word more concerning the desire to teach the world what it ought to be. For such a purpose philosophy at least always comes too late. Philosophy, as the thought of the world, does not appear until reality has completed its formative process, and made itself ready. History thus corroborates the teaching of the conception that only in the maturity of reality does the ideal appear as counterpart to the real, apprehends the real world in its substance, and shapes it into an intellectual kingdom. When philosophy paints its grey in grey, one form of life has become old, and by means of grey it cannot be rejuvenated, but only known. The owl of Minerva, takes its flight only when the shades of night are gathering.
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http://xbox360.ign.com/objects/948/948689.html
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http://movies.ign.com/articles/801/801929p1.html
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Damn good marketing, even if the film turns out a failure, it was a good time solving the puzzles.
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As much as I'd love to see a Cthulu movie, I also think there's a good chance it's either the Area 51: Blacksite movie, or based around the same concpets as a book called The Ahriman Gate. Google them both up, & you'll see what I mean.
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http://www.myspace.com/ethanhaaswasright
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whatthe hell was all o' that?
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...is Martin Lawrence gonna be in this, or what? You missed that bit out.
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if you guyz want to see the accuracy of the shithead theories posted here, go to the Lost talkbacks and look at the idiotic crap such as "Locke didn't really blow up the Submarine."
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Oh Harry, you big piece of dough. You know "unique" doesn't require an adverb like "very". Unique already means, "existing as the only one or as the sole example". Sorry, this English flub is common and drives me insane. It's very unique that way.
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Mediocre movie me thinks. I mean seriously. Will it be that exciting if everything is shot on a digital hand held? Oh, well. At least it's something different.
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It IS something different, thank God! Say what you will about J.J., but the man has done a lot of stuff "outside the box" and made it work for the mainstream. After this summer, I SO need something different to see at the theater.
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ethanhaas-is-a-duechebag.blogspot.com or ethanhaas-sucks-dick.com? Maybe some more clues there.
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The women in this don't seem scary or evil.
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We my friend are an army of 2. I hat e it when morons do that as well. It's so unique to actually see someone use it properly. ;)
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It's not Atlantis. And stop cut-and -pasting Plato.
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It isn't Voltron. Can't be, it wouldn't make much sense. If a Transformers movie can be made with this much hype and advertising so would a Voltron movie. Plus, it's been said a few times Voltron isn't even in production yet. Cthulu? Lovecraft? Now that would be something!! But i doubt it. Although there is a lot going for that direction, i think it's just a ripoff/unknowing connection. The Haas site and the blog definitely suggests this has a sorta mythological angle to it. Could be multiple monsters, and it's definitely not Godzilla although I woulda loved a Chrono Trigger movie!!
So long story short, it's something "original"...and considering that it only cost 30 mil...my hopes are mixed. It looks really cool, but if it's all through camcorder one has to ask, how much would a bunch of people keep filming? I for one woulda turned the shit off and ran for safety, why film anything? With Blair witch it at least made sense it was actually them documenting... Anyways only time will tell what this is and how it's filmed. -
Hey, I've been away for awhile, is the Lost TB still going? Does anyone have the link if it is?
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On the MySpace page there is a Lovecraft quote from "Polaris": "Six and twenty thousand years
Have revolv'd, and I return
To the spot where now I burn, etc." Wow. It's easy to write like Lovecraft. "The eldrich colony of preternatural somnambulists writhed in its dionysian fuge." Maybe I can be Lovecraft's Christopher Tolkein! -
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/32774
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Kind of a forgettable novel (and I love pulp stories) but H.P Lovecraft is in it a little bit and it's worth reading the book just for that. Lovecraft was, if not a visionary, an incredibly influential writer but his work wasn't appreciated until after his death. Sure he was a bit of a racsit bastard but so were most people back then. I've heard people dismiss him because of this but it's pretty stupid. I'd urge anyone who doesn't know who he is to check out At The Mountains of Madness and and The Call of Cthulu absolutely terrifying bits of fiction that give you the creeps long after you've read them.
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I like the idea with a camcorder viewpoint during a giant robot/creature attack. With insane special effects.
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because of the wonderful things he does
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A Cthulhu movie done entirely in handheld Blair Witch style? I'm fucking shaking at the sheer idea of it. SHAKING. Jesus fucking christ, this could be the move awesome movie of all time.
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But I'd never quibble with total fucking destruction.
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I think others have posted this idea, but to reiterate -
Would Cthulhu be cooler than Voltron? Would Godzilla be more thrilling than the second coming?
This could be anything from a version of the old ones, to a giant alien robot to a seriously pissed Jesus and His Angels, but if it definitely was any of them then wouldn't that sorta defeat the entire point of the way the movie (or at least the trailer) is shot?
If it is truly Lovecraft, then a lot of the mystery will be drained away because that Mythos is pretty well mapped out. I was thinking about the trailer while watching TRANSFORMERS and when the robots are fighting in downtown Los Angeles, I thought "what if I was down there while this was happening?" Unlike the retarded principle characters who are unbelievably lucky enough to have all the explanations fall into their hands, I'd have no freakin' idea what the hell was happening and I probably never would.
If we really get any clear explanation what's going on before the movie is even released then it will simply play against the effect of seeing this sort of thing from the POV of someone experiencing it. On top of that, even if this is a completely original idea separate from any pre-existing property but similar to all of them, I can't see how realistically some random dude with a hand-held video camera is going to be able to figure out the details while he's running in a panic away from some giant inhuman creature.
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I doubt most of the non-geek film goers know what Cthulhu is.
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I doubt most of the world know what the fuck Cthulhu is....
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When the Old Ones return!
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I clicked on both stars. What now? I'm about ready to start a boycott against this shit!
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Jul 07, 2007 3:00:31 PM CDT
Ex Oblivione, by Lovecraft... whole text of short story
by daddylonghead
When the last days were upon me, and the ugly trifles of existence began to drive me to madness like the small drops of water that torturers let fall ceaselessly upon one spot of their victims body, I loved the irradiate refuge of sleep. In my dreams I found a little of the beauty I had vainly sought in life, and wandered through old gardens and enchanted woods.
Once when the wind was soft and scented I heard the south calling, and sailed endlessly and languorously under strange stars.
Once when the gentle rain fell I glided in a barge down a sunless stream under the earth till I reached another world of purple twilight, iridescent arbours, and undying roses.
And once I walked through a golden valley that led to shadowy groves and ruins, and ended in a mighty wall green with antique vines, and pierced by a little gate of bronze.
Many times I walked through that valley, and longer and longer would I pause in the spectral half-light where the giant trees squirmed and twisted grotesquely, and the grey ground stretched damply from trunk to trunk, sometimes disclosing the mould-stained stones of buried temples. And always the goal of my fancies was the mighty vine-grown wall with the little gate of bronze therein.
After awhile, as the days of waking became less and less bearable from their greyness and sameness, I would often drift in opiate peace through the valley and the shadowy groves, and wonder how I might seize them for my eternal dwelling-place, so that I need no more crawl back to a dull world stript of interest and new colours. And as I looked upon the little gate in the mighty wall, I felt that beyond it lay a dream-country from which, once it was entered, there would be no return.
So each night in sleep I strove to find the hidden latch of the gate in the ivied antique wall, though it was exceedingly well hidden. And I would tell myself that the realm beyond the wall was not more lasting merely, but more lovely and radiant as well.
Then one night in the dream-city of Zakarion I found a yellowed papyrus filled with the thoughts of dream-sages who dwelt of old in that city, and who were too wise ever to be born in the waking world. Therein were written many things concerning the world of dream, and among them was lore of a golden valley and a sacred grove with temples, and a high wall pierced by a little bronze gate. When I saw this lore, I knew that it touched on the scenes I had haunted, and I therefore read long in the yellowed papyrus.
Some of the dream-sages wrote gorgeously of the wonders beyond the irrepassable gate, but others told of horror and disappointment. I knew not which to believe, yet longed more and more to cross forever into the unknown land; for doubt and secrecy are the lure of lures, and no new horror can be more terrible than the daily torture of the commonplace. So when I learned of the drug which would unlock the gate and drive me through, I resolved to take it when next I awaked.
Last night I swallowed the drug and floated dreamily into the golden valley and the shadowy groves; and when I came this time to the antique wall, I saw that the small gate of bronze was ajar. From beyond came a glow that weirdly lit the giant twisted trees and the tops of the buried temples, and I drifted on songfully, expectant of the glories of the land from whence I should never return.
But as the gate swung wider and the sorcery of the drug and the dream pushed me through, I knew that all sights and glories were at an end; for in that new realm was neither land nor sea, but only the white void of unpeopled and illimitable space. So, happier than I had ever dared hope to be, I dissolved again into that native infinity of crystal oblivion from which the daemon Life had called me for one brief and desolate hour. -
and tell me the man wasn't a fucking genius
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You can get a perfect cam with direct sound of Lindsay Lohan movies out on the street a week before release but after 6 days you can't get a decent copy of this trailer? I say 'good day' to you piracy, I say 'good day'.
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At least it has the video on it from Ethanhaaswasright.com on it. Worth the visit alone.
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blew my mind....and ruined my day. Anyway, I think it would kick a tremendous amount of ass if this cam-movie actually *never* showed the monster directly. Only what people would see, vague shapes through smolder and dust clouds, explosions, a giant foot or two, hopefully stepping on a deer, and one brief, blurry money shot of something to close and large to really figure out as a camera looks up, then is dropped.
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Worked on this damn puzzle for a couple of hours only to get to the fourth one and have it kick my ass. So I cheated. Here you go. http://tinyurl.com/28vp44
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My favorite Lovecraft story is "Nyarlahotep" - also very short and almost a prose poem in a way. One of the first of his "Old Ones" stories, I think. Since most of his stories are technically in public domain, I think they are pretty easy to find on the Internet.
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You can do something cool with that picture of the two girls on the 1-18-08 site. When I right-clicked on the picture and clicked "Play", another set of pictures popped up. If you line them up side by side, it makes one face. It looks like the same girl, only split in half. Oh, and fuck Michael Bay.
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And I want to HEAR someone call Cthulhu by name - I always thought that John Carpenter wussed out by making IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS, the most Lovecraftian movie ever (TWO if you count THE THING) and not once mentioning anything from the Mythos. Cthulhu-Lite will not do!
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"Oh MY"
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Yes I am new here, one thing that crossed my mind is that it may be a promotional film set to come out on 01-18-08. What I mean is it could be just a film setting up Hype/Storyline for a Bigger production movie. I know Transformers had the a comic/novel realeased before the movie to bring everyone up to speed on what happened before the movie. This may be a short pre-quel for a film. Just a thought
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Hey, it worked for Pete Venkman. One Ghostbuster, a rollercoaster and a positron glider vs Great Cthulhu. The groundskeeper prevails!
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The ethanhaaswasright myspace page listed on this forum (?) has that crazy lettering on the very top of it, in red. If your transcribe the lettering, the words you get are CTHULHU FHTAGN. Just thought everyone might want to see that. I cannot speak for the credibility of the page though. I personally do believe it to be the real deal.
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The cult is noted for chanting its horrid phrase or ritual: "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn", which translates as "In his house at R'lyeh dead Cthulhu waits dreaming."[12] This is often shortened to "Cthulhu fhtagn", which might possibly mean "Cthulhu waits", "Cthulhu dreams".[13], or "Cthulhu waits dreaming" [14
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J.J. whatever this is,
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http://tinyurl.com/22ztsb
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and go to a testicle ranch...see if they can help you with your problem.
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am i alone in thinking that is a devil between the two girls' heads in the photo on 1-18-08.com?
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In some of the Mythos stories that weren't written by H.P. Lovecraft, Cthulhu is described as having a lion's body and an octopus's head.
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http://tinyurl.com/6hf7
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I haven't really been into Godzilla since I was in junior high, but as the color films progressed beyond the original Gojira and intermingled with Mothra and Rodan and all those crazy monsters, didn't a kind of Disney-fied version of the Cthulhu Mythos grow up around all the Toho monsters? Those two tiny Mothra girls, for example. Could it be possible that all this apparently "Lovecraftian" hoodoo that may or may not be connected with Cloverfield is harkening to the same sort of psuedo-scientific, pseudo-mystical stuff that surrounded the Toho monsters?
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Would there be any interest in this at all? I actually found this whole thing more interesting until I actually saw the preview...
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There's no question that Cloverfield is Godzilla - I'd bet Harry's life on that very distinct one of a kind Godzilla scream in the teaser!
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The angle is that Godzilla comes to fight the Elder Ones... I don't think that is going to happen, but that would be something that no-one has done before. It's like the the by-product of Man's Atomic Age vs. the Gods (monsters) of Old.Or, maybe this ties in the Dark Tower universe to the Lost universe, and maybe anyone could come up with the most outlandish idea for this and we'll still have to wait to see what it is really.
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अरे थेय अत्तेम्प्तिंग तो सकारे उस इन्तो बेलिएफ?
Maybe this has already been answered.
On the Ethan Haas was wrong blog, what alphabet is this? When I enter it by random characters, it takes me to Nepalese or Hindi sites. Is it one of those languages?
एथान हास वुड त्रय तो स्ट्राइक फार इन्तो थे हेअर्ट्स ऑफ़ में। दो नॉट बे शकेन ब्य थे राम्ब्लिंग्स ऑफ़ आ मद मन मय ब्रोठेर्स ऎंड सिस्टर्स। वी अरे अल सफे:
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Makes my attempts feeble.
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It references W.B. Yeats poem "The Second Coming," wherein the devil attacks the world. He looks like a lion with the face of a man.
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"I'd bet Harry's life on that very distinct one of a kind Godzilla scream in the teaser!"
You mean the one that sounds NOTHING like Godzilla? Ok, sure.
Sigh.
This isn't Godzilla. This isn't (groan) Voltron. This isn't Astroboy. This isn't Lost. This isn't Big Momma's House 3. This isn't Call of Cthulhu (although the mythology seems closely related to the mythos)
This is a new mythology, a new franchise. Why people insist that it's the same old same old, I don't know.
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http://tinyurl.com/2bucmd
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I think you have something with the Big Momma's House 3 idea.It makes sense, see, we know (kinda) that a "parasite" of some kind is involved. So, it must mean that Martin Lawrence Big Momma character is involved, I'll explain.I think it couples with my Godzilla meets Cthulhu meets Lost meets Dark Tower idea. The plot somehow has Lawrence's character involved, where the makeup he's wearing wields itself to his body, and makes him grow to epic proportions. This is, of course, when Godzilla shows up to fight Cthulhu, only to find that Rolland (the Gunslinger) has jumped thru a thinny at that time to fight, someone, then Locke is shown, getting on a plane....You know what, I think you were right, this is most likely something on its own accord, and not related (directly) to anything else. That the budget isn't big enough.
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would truly be scary...not.
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Who says this has to be a movie trailer? Could be one hell of a way to kick off interest in the next season of LOST.
For the record... Alive
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I agree with the guy who says that the girls on the 1-18-08 are the same girl. I took a snapshot and matched them up. Sure as shooting same crying girl.
Also, the devil is clearly seen between them.
And, the cute plush Cthulhu someone mentioned is really really cute. I'll order one when they become available.
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"Parasite" could be the monster's cover name just like "Cloverfield" is the movie's cover name.
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Whatchu gonna do when the end of the world comes for you, brother!"(That's for all you AICN Old Schoolers out there.)
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Lots of goodies in that one tonight...
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I was able to match up the photos on the 1-18-08 site and agree that it the 2 girls are actually the same girl, and the light hitting her hair does seem to form a classic devil's face with a pointy goatee. But when I go to the Ethan Haas was right site, I don't see the star you're supposed to click on. Unless those blue dots in the middle of the screen are stars, in which case I clicked on all of them and nothing happened. Has the site already been deactivated or what?
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Yeah, I just saw that a few minutes ago. I deserve to have my eyes burned out for reading those spoilers.DAMN.
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http://thecinemattic.com/?p= 240
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Serves me right.
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http://tinyurl.com/2j9xr
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The stars are working for me tonight.
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But it's easy to be fooled. If you do line the two pictures up, look at the eyebrows - different shapes. Plus, the skin tone is darker on one girl. They do line up nicely though...
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Anyone notice this? In the picture where they are pressumably partying, there is a face. Its on the right hand side, about halfway down. At first glance it looks normal, but if you look closer, you will see it is not attached to any sort of body what so ever.The face it self is very demonic looking. There is no way that face would be in that possition without seeing a trace of the body. very weird. The arm that is right next to it clearly belongs to mr. shot taker.
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The eyebrows match. The picture matches. Look, I matched it up for you.
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But after looking at that picture, see for example how the eye on the right is rounder than the eye on the left...but you know what, anything is possible. Eye of the beholder and all that.
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Getting two people to match up like that in one photograph would be against all odds.
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What would be the underlying message that creating a picture like that would convey? It's got me stumped.
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That face freaked me out for some reason. But are we looking to deeply into all this?
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and you remember taking this picture at the party.
Seeing her split in half with the devil between her ears would freak you out badly.
It may be a sign that supernatural things screw around with natural things in unexpected ways.
Stephen King seems to do this type of quirky thing, like the blind albino bumblebees in the Dark Tower.
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I know. It really freaked me out too. Its very unnatural. I think there is something more to it.
I dont think we are looking too deeply at all. I think that is how this was designed to be treated.
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'Cause the Cthulhee Loolie be watchin' dem! At first, it definitely looked like the same girl but after staring at it for a while (oh dear sweet baby Jesus, I really have too much time on my hands), the eyes don't seem to match up anymore. Or maybe they do. Damn you, J.J. Abrams. I want my life back.
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but I swear. from start to finish this is the funniest talkback of all time
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Jul 08, 2007 12:32:47 AM CDT
I've posted this at YouTube but nobody gave a shit
by the artist fka vesuvio
Has anyone seen the january 18 page at Wikipedia? I know any fucker can post anything there, but where's the moderators, if it's something unauthorized? This ARG is cool and I hope we get (finally) an original horror movie at 1-18-08, although, something tells me we shouldn't discard the possibility of this having nothing to do with movies at all. Maybe its just some new Lost shit (after all, the series takes place in 2004, who knows what kinda of fucking force those guys unleashed by leaving the island 'four years ago')
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I have looked at it again and definitely think it's the same girl. One side of her face is darker, but I think it's just due to shadow/less light on that side. And the eye looks different, but I think it's just her makeup running. The nose matches perfectly and the lips and teeth also match. Who knows what it means. On another note, I still can't do anything with the EthanHaas site. All I get is a black screen with a grey and blue button thing in the middle. There are blue dots almost all the way around it. Are those the "stars" or is there something else that I'm not seeing on my screen? I've double clicked on all the dots and nothing happened. Was this all just hype to get people to see Transformers, like when I actually paid to see Meet Joe Black for the Star Wars preview.
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except the GO-BOTS are so low budget that none of them can actually be shown in robot form in the film, so it's all just people yelling about the GO-BOTS crushing manhattan.
Although you do get to see the GO-BOTS in vehicle form, with a green screen behind them to make it look like they're driving through Times Square.
The studio reasoning was, "Well, Transformers was completely retarded and people still bought tickets to that; why not roll out a 100,000 dollar GO-BOTS cheapie? Obviously America will pay to watch anything." JJ Abrams isn't actually involved, he just signed his name on the project in exchange for guaranteed funding for a different movie. -
Jul 08, 2007 12:44:55 AM CDT
Sideshow Collectibles to sell INVISIBLE PREDATOR model
by daddylonghead
Yes, now you can buy the Predator with his INVISIBILITY CLOAK in effect!!!! For $60 they send you an empty box and a certificate of authenticity. Hurry up, it's a limited edition.
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What would be the fucking point? Come on guys this is retarded.
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could be a clue of some kind. don't take it personally.
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Jul 08, 2007 12:56:24 AM CDT
I heard the guy yell, "IT'S IRON, LIKE A LION IN ZION!"
by daddylonghead
distinctly heard that. This is going to be the Bob Marley biopic, where Marley beheads the statue of liberty as a statement against Babylon, and causes an irie ites-quake.
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I don't know why I care, but can someone tell me how the Ethan haas site works. Am I supposed to see a five pointed star or are the blue dots stars? I feel like this is a lot of hype and in the end will be a MASSIVE let down, like Blair Witch/Star Wars prequels, but I am interested to find out more. Could someone help me out?
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Ethan Haas was right solutions.
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http://tinyurl.com/28vp44
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Since e-mailing "Van Mantra" via the e-mail on the ethanhaasswasright.com site, I have received a few responses from Van himself. Here is the latest e-mail:"sorry my response has taken so long, I have to keep moving,
I can't stay in one place for very long. There are forces here on earth and beyond
that are trying to stop us from spreading the truth.
If you are receiving this message it means I've gone off the grid, for now. Once I can establish a secure safe connection you will here from me again.
You're taking a big risk contacting me but I understand why you are, I would rather face
the future with my eyes open than closed.
View the source to see past the puzzles and tricks, there are answers beneath
If the puzzles I've left you are too tricky trust HAAS for the second key, it will
unlock the door to more answers.
I'll be at this address for as long as I can, I hope I hear from you again.
good luck to all of us............". I also e-mailed "Mezin" from the ethanwaswrong blog, and posted HIS reply in the thread above. I don't know if this movie is going to suck or what...but this shit is fun.
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I just got one from VM that says "It's worse than I thought, the Mezin have found my location and hacked into my phone."
cool.
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have also been going out to some of the people who tried calling the number that is listed as Van's on his registration for the site. A few people on some of the other blogs/threads elsewhere have posted the text. Similar stuff to all this. Also, here is the e-mail from Mezin that I got, for those who don't want to sift through all the posts above:"do not be fooled by HAAS or his follower Van,
his website is only foolish puzzles and parlor tricks, we are the truth
his gods are our brothers, they will soon be here
our forces are already at work shutting his website down
August 1 will reveal the truth"
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And by "this", I don't mean the annoying marketing ploy all you losers are participating in, I mean the interior organs of the 2-inch-long cockroach I am dissecting on my desk.
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WHEN I LINED UP THE CANS OF PORK & BEANS IT SENT ME A TEXT MESSAGE... STAY TUNED
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I can't imagine how many people are going to be let down by this, even if it is cool to most.
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PORKANDBEANS!
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HPL and company never intended to copyright the Cthulhu Mythos. It was their playground. August Derleth tried to enforce copyright on the Cthulhu Mythos and managed to harass writers for a long time with claims that his publishing company, Arkham House, owned the rights to "Cthulhu." It's more complicated than I could recite here, but suffice to say, August Derleth also managed to preserve and promote HPL (albeit in a self-serving way).
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that it's a film about conspiracy stuff, the supernatural, & sci-fi (even though most sci fi stuff is actually a reality of sorts, nowadays).
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Yes that looks like some "Devil" type art between the girls and could be from a painting behind them on the wall? And one TB'r here said this could not be HPL because no crazy women were in it but in that second photo that sure looks like a crazy woman on the right. Freaky stuff...
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Dark Tower related, I would now have to say that I'm now completely skeptical as to what in the hell this thing is about.All that I can gather is that is something about a thing that is big, and it is not a happy-feel-good movie, shot with (supposedly) hand-held cams the whole way thru. That would add to the whole "It Is Real" vibe, i.e. the viral campaign.I just want someone to give me a pic to the monster, and that's what they are holding back on us, that's it...
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http://tinyurl.com/2kcgy7
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says. "It's gonna be a hell of a night." Or sumpin to that effect. I would think that indicates the entire scope of the movie will be overnight.
(Reading that now seems painfully obvious, but somehow I think we are overlooking that line.)
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I say something like "kutlu".
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As soon as the Holy One, blessed be He, took me to serve the throne of glory, the wheels of the chariot, and all the needs of the Shekhinah , at once my flesh was changed into flame, my tendons into a fire of glowing heat, my bones to glowing juniper coals, my eyelids to radiance of lightning bolts, my eyeballs to torches of fire, the hair of my head to glowing heat and flame, all my limbs to wings of burning fire, and my bodily frame to scorching fire. On my right were hewers of fiery flames, on my left torches were burning. There blew around me wind, storm, and tempest, and the noise of earthquake upon earthquake was in front of me and behind me.
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Lovecraft transcribed the pronunciation of Cthulhu as "Khlûl'hloo" or "Kathooloo" S. T. Joshi points out, however, that Lovecraft gave several differing pronunciations on different occasions. According to Lovecraft, however, this is merely the closest that the human vocal apparatus can come to reproducing the syllables of an alien language.
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Now the giants, who have been born of spirit and of flesh, shall be called upon earth evil spirits, and on earth shall be their habitation. Evil spirits shall proceed from their flesh, because they were created from above; from the holy Watchers was their beginning and primary foundation. Evil spirits shall they be upon earth, and the spirits of the wicked shall they be called. The habitation of the spirits of heaven shall be in heaven; but upon earth shall be the habitation of terrestrial spirits, who are born on earth. The spirits of the giants shall be like clouds, which shall oppress, corrupt, fall, content, and bruise upon earth. They shall cause lamentation. No food shall they eat; and they shall be thirsty; they shall be concealed, and shall not rise up against the sons of men, and against women; for they come forth during the days of slaughter and destruction. And as to the death of the giants, wheresoever their spirits depart from their bodies, let their flesh, that which is perishable, be without judgment. Thus shall they perish, until the day of the great consummation of the great world. A destruction shall take place of the Watchers and the impious.
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http://tinyurl.com/q7aru
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The Old Ones were, the Old Ones are and the Old Ones shall be. From the dark stars They came ere man was born, unseen and loathsome They descended to primal earth. Beneath the oceans They brooded while ages past, till seas gave up the land, whereupon They swarmed forth in Their multitudes and darkness ruled the Earth. At the frozen Poles They raised mighty cities, and upon high places the temples of Those whome nature owns not and the Gods have cursed. Great Cthulhuis Their brother, the shaggoths Their slaves. The Dholes do homage unto Them in the nighted vale of Pnoth and Gugs sing Their praises beneath the peaks of ancient Throk. Beyond the Gate dwell now the Old Ones; not in the spaces known unto men but in the angles betwixt them. Outside Earth's plane They linger and ever awaite the time of Their return; for the Earth has known Them and shall know Them in time yet to come. And the Old Ones hold foul and formless Azathoth for Their Master and Abide with Him in the black cavern at the centre of all infinity, where he gnaws ravenously in ultimate chaos amid the mad beating of hidden drums, the tuneless piping of hideous flutes and the ceaseless bellowing of blind idiot gods that shamble and gesture aimlessly for ever. The soul of Azathoth dwelleth in Yog-sothoth and He shall beckon unto the Old Ones when the stars mark the time of Their coming; for Yog-sothoth is the Gate through which Those of the Void will re-enter. Yog-sothoth knowest the mazes of of time, for all time is one unto Him. He knowest where the Old Ones came forth in time along long past and where They shall come forth again when the cycle returneth. After day cometh night; man's day shall pass, and They shall rule where They once ruled. As foulness you shall know them and Their accursedness shall stain the Earth.
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in firefox when you click "view source" and look through the page, there are some interesting text sections.
"war came, no longer from the elemental nor from the star's rain of fire. The world was again remade, and the glow was as the coming of the sun upon the Earth. The children of the gods were again too few, scattered and divided and among them walked the ancients and those whose thoughts were not as to the towers and the marvels, but to the End and the destruction of the Earth and to the fires from which nothing could escape." -
was right about somethings and wrong about others...
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for having too many instances of the letter "A" in his made-up name.
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but the teaser does make the movie look fun. Almost like a suspenseful Godzilla or something, rather than just another cheesy giant monster costumed dude stomping a city. I'll wait until I see a full trailer before I decide on whether or not to see this one though.
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thanks very much
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You can find that message before flash player loads the puzzle game. If you didn't have flash it would be clearly written on the front page. So it isn't something hidden in the source, just something you wouldn't notice if you blink.
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preview and preview analysis is online at youtube, dotn know how long itll be up though...just search Clovefield
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found via comments on youtube
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to shill for their little game website that's prominently linked...I call bullshit...
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I just found this video, do you think it's related? I don't know what to think any more!
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I definitely see a connection.
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You're gonna pay for that one.
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... I asked a "friend" of mine a rather odd Anglo-Aegyptian named Neal Arthur Hotep who seems strangely knoeledgeable about these things...
He just gave me a look of utter contempt and said "Your meager human orifices are incapable of expressing the glorious name in any way remotely approaching the grand cosmic harmony of the blessed syllables... do not even attempt it... you will do nothing but insult the Great one with your unworthy flatulence..." I must say, I was a bit put out. I've always been quite fond of my orifices, if not actually proud of their prowess... Nevertheless I believe Great Chthulhu himself answered this question when young Travis of Duluth asked him directly: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DsgZ4JXXB8 mind you fill the gaps to link to the clip! -
... that's the silliest typo I've ever commited... I may have to actually use the word this way...
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... the people in the trailer are doing the wrong thing... when Great Cthulhu does arise from his watery sleep do not scream and run away... your only "hope" is to run directly TOWARDS Cthulhu, right into his welcoming mouth... here is an informative tract that may help you: http://www.geocities.com/tribhis/cthulhutract.html Once again fill any gaps. Oh yes, damn you, Wonka. (Wonka can do magic!)
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Jul 08, 2007 3:05:29 PM CDT
The trailer was the only piece of tension in the cinema
by howaboutanicecupofgofuckyourself
I watched it with my girl and her 8 year old son and that trailer was the only time during nearly 3 hours that he seemed to genuinely wonder what was happening to characters on the big screen. Transformers was a massive fucking dissapointment to me, I felt like they were not only insulting my intelligence but the intelligence of kids too. Probably one of the most racist blockbusters i've ever seen as well, all the black characters were noisy cliches and the 'black' transformer was killed mid-cliche. Sad thing is, it was so chaotic and overworked, half the audience didn;t even realise he'd been ripped in half. Prime walking around with his robot guts in half like he'd just picked up a turd just made me laugh out loud at the sheer awfulness of it all. So many poor scenes. The robots hiding in the fucking garden for what felt like 8 hours while the main human character rambled incessantly in a monotone trying to be funny. I really wanted to tell him to shut the fuck up and give the robots the glasses so I could get the fuck out of the cinema and get a beer. Jesus it was awful. My girlfriend was pissed too, saying "Spielberg has lost the plot, he used to be cool now he's making shit like that."
Course, she didnt realise that it was Bay that directed until I corrected her, but i'm pretty sure she;s not the only person that thought it was a Spielberg film. Just him being associated with this Bay turd is probably messing up his rep by the day.
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... the only connection between "Ethan Haas" and "cloverfield"? They took down both postings of the trailer and clips from the Ethan Haas websites... So its pretty clear Paramount is behind the Ethan Haas thing... but is there any other direct link to verify that the puzzle-games are in reference to the "cloverfield" film?
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The Ethan Haas was right site is definitely one they setup, just from the sleek look of it you can tell, however Ethan Haas was wrong i'm not sure what to think. It could just as easily be a quick fan who set it all up after going through Ethan Haas was right...apart from that, that link you gave to the comic geocities didnt work ;( as in it worked...and half the pictures loaded...so i pressed refresh and it was gone.
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... played by Jason Ritter... Van Mantra is a type of shoe... Mezin a Kurdish word meaning "great"... But the name given as the "owner" of the 1-18-08.com site, which IS clearly about the trailer is Albert Pike. Pike was a real historical figure... one who is brought up in a lot of "New World Order" conspiracy theories... he was a Mason, a Klansman and also alledgedly an Illuminatus and a Satanist. Supposedly he predicted three world wars to bring about the New World Order... the first to bring down the Czar and establish Communism in Russia... the second to pit Communism against Fascism - with the result of a State of Israel being established... and the third to pit Zionism against Islam - with the result of the elimination of Religion and the establishment of the New Global Regime... Some more whacko conspiracy types (like David Icke) believe that the Illuminati behind this conspiracy are an evil race of alien lizards! Finally, those who delve into Freemasons/Knights Templar/Illuminati conspiracies often find the mysterious date of January 17 popping up again and again. Only one day off...
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To Paramount and J.J.
XFUCKXOYOUXO!
FROM CONCERN PRUDS.
PLEASE SHOW US A TRAILER. 1 -
http://www.geocities.com/neverclan/c/cthulhu.html fill gaps as usual...
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Yet again, all this would suggest it isnt Cthulhu, and something "new"...or well "new" using pre-existing conspiracy theories and stuff to make a new mythos. Hell something tells me there's a fat chance we'll never see all this Ethan Haas stuff in the final movie even...and it is only part of the advertising/ARG stuff. Or that it plays a bacjground role but not in play with the main characters of the movie. In the sense that the real entusiasts will have a wider scope of the mythos but it wont be forcefed on the average viewer.
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one question though...Cthulhu = one giant ass creature right? why New York?im just saying theoretically here, doesnt really matter...but just saying if through the works there'd actually be a reason in em to explain that?
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... its at 47degrees9'S, 123degrees43'W which puts it roughly 2500 miles west of Chile. Interestingly enough, in 1997 the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration recorded a mysterious underwater sound near this location... ....more fun can be found at this fascinating site: www.bloopwatch.org
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...maybe Gozer told Cthulhu what a great time he had there and so the Big Guy decided he had to go see it for himself!
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"Wait for a sign from Gozer the Traveller; he will come in one of the pre-chosen forms. During the rectification of the Vuldronaii, the Traveller came as a large and moving Torb. Then, during the third reconciliation of the last of the Meketrex Supplicants, they chose a new form for him - - that of a Giant Sloar! Many Shubs and Zuuls knew what it was to be roasted in the depths of the Sloar that day I can tell you!"
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http://www.movieweb.com/news/81/20981.php
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lol xD as far as the Gozer telling Cthulhu how fun NY was, it brings back to my initial thought to why Cthulhu would attack NY. Tonsa people, can wipe out many at once...and they're densely packed in Manhattan. But then again! Tokyo is the most populated city on the globe and Godzilla would surely recommend that for the great soul density wouldn't he? =D And for the record i still dont think it's Cthulhu (in cloverfield/parasite that is), but it would be cool if it was!
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...it doesn't mean it has to be Volton... it could mean... Thunder... ...Thunder... THUNDERCATS HO!!!!!!!!!!! ...feel the magic, hear the roar...
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anyone who originally considered it likely that they were making a $30 million Voltron movie with all handheld camcorders is not firing all their brain cyllinders...
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this is my first post from a long-time lurker so if you could please don't rape me with bad responses....and if you are so outraged or stupified by what i have to say and feel the need to rape me anyway i just request that you please be kind and use some lube....
anyway...I know that it may be a little far-fetched (and possibly already discussed) but back in March of '07 Trent Reznor was saying he was currently talking to "A-List" people about possibly expanding on and adapting his concept album "Year Zero" into some sort of serial feature film (specificly, a pair of films) or a television series. Being as trent has expressed an interest in "Lost" (in which Cloverfield's J.J. Abrams, Drew Goddard are involved....duh) in several interviews as of late I can't see it being completely impossible for this to be some sort of "Year Zero" movie. I also find it odd that Abrams secretly signed onto this movie the previous February (meerly one month before the aforementioned Trent interview). In an interview on You Tube Trent stated that he had written out a synopsis of his concept and wrote the songs according to the views of different poeple living in this alternate-future. Also, Year Zero had a similar ADR game to promote it's release that has the same feel as the content on the ethanwasright site as well as the trailer.
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pretty sure cuz yesterday i was on wikipedia and i searched cloverfield and i clicked the date jan 18 and i found the year 2008 on it and it said there could have been more time it had a footnote on it so i followed it and it directed me to a character from the cthulhu story so im sure it has something to do with cthulhu
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At this point anything is possible, but I highly doubt that this has anything to do with NIN.I just don't see how a film about a (possibly) giant monster, could have anything to do with an America ran by religious extremist... But, then again, what if Cthulhu converts to Christianity and starts eating everyone that opposes his new philosophy.
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...You just explained Dick Cheney!
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...I had just seen it at Perez Hilton's site... weird minds think alike? (I mean that in a good way of course)
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Dick Cheney look scary enough. Did you see the Prez-press conference where Cheney is just hiding in the shadows, between some shrubbery/trees, that was kinda creepy.And Cheney doesn't eat his foes, he most likely sends them to secret prisons, or just shoots them in the face.
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... even when there are no trees or shrubbery there to cast any... brrrr... I just scared myself... I'm gonna have nightmares now...
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... then Cheney, Bush, the Clintons, Tony Blair, the British Royal Family, Hell - just about every former American President (except, maybe, Jimmy Carter) are all hideous evil shapeshifting Lizards from the planet Draco...
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...at least that's what I heard. I don't know about the lion or the It's alive.
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"Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!"
He took his vorpal sword in hand:
Long time the manxome foe he sought—
So rested he by the Tumtum tree,
And stood awhile in thought.
And, as in uffish thought he stood,
The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
And burbled as it came!
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I think this might indicate that this involves the Winter Olympics and LSD.January is a very cold month, people are partying, I'm just saying...
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A new email response from the "ethanhaaswasright.com" web site is:
from: Van Mantra
subject: ------------- they found me
It's worse than I thought, the Mezin have found my location and hacked into my phone.
I need to go off the grid until I can find a safe location to transmit.
If you need help finding the answers you seek, trust HAAS for the second key, it will unlock the mysteries.
Beyond that, look for other believers.
We are growing stronger everyday, there are many out there that have found the path.
Search and you will find the keys to unlock the puzzles.
-- Van
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I see that you had already posted some info about the new autoresponder message.
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That Calls for Cthulhu video was hilarious. Now I am compelled to watch all of them...
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And now I think maybe that guy didn't say "lion".
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I think this is your answer folks.
http://tinyurl.com/2tcnbl
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When said monster lands on earth, promised not to hurt anyone or cause any damage.. then the guy sees the aforementioned devastation and realizes that the monster was "a lie'n"
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I never gonna fogive you... up, for this.I'm still blown away by the idea the guy mighta said "Loin". Maybe... it's part of a giant pig.
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I....I'm really hurt.
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worse than wonka's link for "Walk it out, Fosse"...
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Why? Why would you do that? I thought we were all friends here. Don't sucker punch me with 80's tweener pop. Good God man! Even Cthulhu wouldn't do that. Would He?
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But i WILL NOT BE SORRY for doing to you what I KNOW you will do to others.
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I love that song! Thanks for the awesome find! It just made me want to see this movie even MORE! Oh hellz yeah.
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Jul 09, 2007 2:00:49 AM CDT
"http://www.thegaminglife.net/" just got Rick-Rolled!!!
by l.h.puttgrass
Shit! Paramount just Rick-Rolled their website. This is now where the trailer was: "Sorry everyone - the Corporate Suits at paramount have made me take the trailer down. Sorry to disappoint everyone. I had it up for as long as I could, but that’s the way it goes." Their copy of the trailer had the best sound of all the versions I've seen so far. Clear and in sync. Again. SHIT!!!
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It's in the 4 van movie. I wonder if the parasite has trouble counting backwards. Hmmm, interesting.
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wtf??? is there a point???
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For the love of Zombie Baby Motherfucking Jesus, I never fucking understand when a movie studio, says "NO" to free god damn advertising. The trailer helps generate interest in the film, interest in the film=money, BIG BROTHER IS FUCKING STUPID
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and pay $8 to see TINO and keep you gripped for the 30 sec trailer...what a boat load of cunts.
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haha i feel obliged to watch more xD that ep was awesome ;D and i'm still doubting it's Cthulhu, cause blimey hell Cthulhu deserves more attention and recognisation than being top secret hush hush and 30 mil. Ahh well we'll see what happens my money's still on it being an 'original' premise.
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...in a weirdly personal way... IKAMONO is a Japanese word that means "fake" but it also can mean "squid-thing"... and January 18 just happens to be my birthday... erm, fhtagn?
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I mean, if you put it in front of Transformers thats pretty "high profile" so why not just leave it up for everyone to disect? Unless you're afraid its going to suck balls as bad as the LOST finale did....can anyone say "January Release Date"?
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It's here:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6632106530694809056
It's so clear that even people too cheap to watch Transformers in a theater and will only watch the trailer online can hear:
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What the fuck do you think this is about? Scared people in Manhattan?The Statue of Liberty's head gets ripped off and gets thrown? It's obviously Osama Bin Laden on the attack again. That multi-millionaire's found the technology to make himself 150ft tall.
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if they are releasing it in January. Whatever it is, it is a unique idea, lets just hope that it does not suck. An Old One- Cthulhu or not would be great if they do it right.
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http://1-18-08.livejournal.com/
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They don't seem to know that Paramount asked to take down BOTH the Cloverfield trailer AND the Ethan Haas videos; plus, the trailer is just a hotlink to the Google trailer that hjrogers gave a link to.
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I hate gimicks, cool trailer but it is so gimmicky ive been turned off. also jj abrams or whatever his name is can suck it. Isnt this the same leap micheal bay took, commercials to tv to movies that look like commercials and tv....sux...
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Love that film.
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I heard as a response to 98's piece of shit godzilla, the studios have turned gamera into a faggy cgi character that runs away from everything too, and he was banging the statue of liberty when our story joins him.....
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Heres some savvy marketing for you....you just saw the only interesting seqeunce in the the film...Ha!!!!!!
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I do not know why everyone is going crazy over this. It looks really lame. Godzilla 3D will blow this imposter away as usual. It is an american movie and we (us lamo americans) cant seem to get a big lizard movie right can we ? just look at Gino 98'! Thank God for Toho for creating the King !! How much monster are we going to actual see for 30 million ? It doesn't seem like much. remember the Balir witch project, not even a shot of the witch !!! Any Godzilla movie from 54-2004 made by Toho will be be better than this pile of crap !!
JJ abrams need to visit the Zoo so he can have monkey crapolla poo thrown at him.
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Film News for all you geeks. Finally, the prequel to "Swim Fan" is being made! "Swim Fan; Back Stroke" will take place three years before the first Swim Fan. Jason Biggs takes over the lead role! Director Tim Story says "We know there are legions of Swim Fans out with many questions about the Swim Fan Mythos that have yet to be answered. This film is part of a planned trilogy, we hope o get all those things cleared up and provide a lot os suspense and terror for the Swim Fanatics!!
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When checking out the pics at http://www.1-18-08.com/ I noticed something that is between the two female faces, that looks like a gargoyle? I didn't see this mentioned before and it probably doesn't mean anything, but check it out. All these clues and such has probably got me seeing stuff. Sign of good marketing.
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Someone should damned well make it.
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http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/11808/
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ya think. Hear the call....
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http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/11808/
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Just messin' - it's pretty sweet on there, isn't it?
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That trailer is great. Finally in HD. Fuck YouTube.
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It’s not Godzilla. Would a lizard really have any reason for knocking the head off of the Statue of Liberty? It doesn’t even move for chrissakes! No, I don’t think it was simply blown off by the explosion.
It’s not Voltron. Anyone who thinks this is retarded. Just because the preview appeared before The Transformers does not mean it’s a robot movie. Just how dense can people be?
It’s not from the Bible or the Book of Revelation. Although the Bible is filled with complex metaphors of destruction, the viral sites seem to indicate something far more astral than theological.
Okay, now the thought everyone is having: You think it has something to do with Cthulhu, don’t you? Yep, or something amazingly similar.
Cthulhu rises out of the sea. Where is NYC located? Yep, alongside the sea.
Okay, now everyone is thinking how lame that its New York (again), but is it really that lame? Who honestly cares if any of the cities in CA get attacked or FL or the Carolinas or anywhere else in the world? NYC has been vulnerable since 9/11 and this only amps the fear everyone already has: that it will happen again and bigger. Except this time, it’s not people, it’s an ancient from before man walked the Earth. I think that’s pretty sweet myself.
Next, why the statue of Liberty? What does the statue represent? Duh! Liberty and freedom. What does Cthulhu’s coming represent? The end of Liberty and Order and the beginning of enslavement and chaos. In this mythos, mankind is the parasite, mankind is a mistake. The first thing a sleeping god is going to do when he wakes up is clean house and there is no better way to start then to rip off the head of the object humans hold up as a monument to thier own enlightenment.
The camcorders are perfect for this. Why? No one can look upon Cthulhu without going insane. He’s a god that attacks both physically and physchologically. His mere presence drives you mad. The camcorder view can only heighten this sense of claustrophobia at being in the path of such a destructive force. And for the Blair Witch haters, go read a book…not everything needs to be shown for it to work on the big screen. Didn’t Santa teach you anything? How sad.
And please note, if there is a movie being made on the story by HP Lovecraft (i.e. Call of Cthulhu), I can assure you it will not conflict with this story. HP’s story has nothing to do with the awakening of Cthulhu, only the underground cult one detective hits upon during an investigation. I don’t believe HP has done any stories about what it would be like if such a creature awakened.
The preview looked awesome and the info surrounding it is just as compelling. I can’t wait to see what this film is about, be it about The Thing That Should Not Be (no, not Voldemort…that’s He Who Must Not Be Named) or not. Finally, I think the whole idea about an apocalyptic event like this occurring at the same time someone is having a going away party is a great metaphor for today too. Everyone party like its 01/18/08...
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Y'know when I first saw the trailer I knew I heard the sound the creature makes somewhere before.Its from the Scooby Doo 1969 theme song.You can hear it when that ghost diver rises up from the water.I'm surprised noone else noticed this.The vid is on youtube.
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Because if that head at the end of the trailer is supposed to be the Statue of Liberty, whatever threw it also shrank it first.
I think that this points to another "Ghostbusters," because:
1. It takes place in NYC.
2. The thrown head of the Statue of Liberty is shrunken in size.
3. Rick Moranis was in the two "Ghostbusters" movies and "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids."
Take note that the logic above is similar to other weak arguments.
I don't know much about "Cthulhu," but I seriously doubt it is that unless it's a comedy. I find it hard to believe that they would expect anyone to be frightened by a giant squid monster. Even Captain Nemo could kick its ass.
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Honestly, is anyone ever scared by anything they see at the movies, be it Cthulhu, Jaws, or Hostel 500? The important thing is that a film be enjoyable and so far this one has and we don't even know what its called yet.
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Its got to be Godzilla, they gave us clues. They tell the guy good luck in Japan. Key word, "Japan" where godzilla is from. They also yell out that its huge and its alive. more clues. And of course it was in New York. Where they supposably killed him.
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Lovecraft used to date many of his letters 200 years prior to when he was actually writing them. 1-18-08 could work out to 1-1808...and the movie comes out in 1-2008!
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I'm at the fourth puzzle and i really need help solving it... it's drinving me nuts... it took me a hundred tries just to pass the third puzzle... if anybody is reading this and is at the fourth puzzle please respond... PLEASE!!!
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is kind of tricky. From the start point, use your arrow keys to go up, left, down, left, right, up, right, up, left, left.
Now the tricky part. You have to hold down the key for each move for a specific amount of time. Listen to the background hum on each move. When the hum stops, release the key.
That should get you through the puzzle. The fifth puzzle is even worse. Let me know if you need help. -
Jul 10, 2007 11:05:42 AM CDT
Here's the new Cloverfield trailer - MONSTER REVEALED!
by gizmogremlins
NOTE: THIS IS A JOKE. In this trailer mashup, we see who the monster truly is. On 1-18-08, who you gonna call?
http://www.iklipz.com/MovieDetail.aspx?MovieID=6cf0fcfb-3b1b-4168-a1bf-16834dac865d -
I lined the pics up and she looks liek the same person to me, too. What's more interesting is ever since I did, the tow pictures have been moving independently. At first I thought it was just me bumping my table, but I walked away and they're still creeping slowly across the screen. Anyone else having this effect?
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Damn my non-typing fingers.
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