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Wanna Know A Little More About CLOVERFIELD?! Like, Say, Who’s Directing It?!

first by narky	Jul 1st, 2007 06:35:57 PM
i cannot wait for this. drew godard and matt reeves have made so many awesome hours of tv. plus drew goddard learned from the best: joss whedon.
Been awhile since a good B movie came out... by The Dum Guy	Jul 1st, 2007 06:40:19 PM
I wonder what kind of monster this is going to be.
Actually, what i really wanna know is this... by Snake-eyes	Jul 1st, 2007 06:45:43 PM
Where is your Transformers review Mori? :P ahem Putting my impatience aside for a moment though, Cloverfield does sound quite promising, let's hope it delivers.
DREW GODDARD!!!!! by Ashok0	Jul 1st, 2007 06:46:15 PM
I love this guy.
David Schwimmer and Gwenyth Paltrow by Bluereader	Jul 1st, 2007 06:54:27 PM
Two of the whinest people on the planet - The Pallbearer - the corpse was the lucky one in that movie.
Wow this IS really going to suck. by Darksider	Jul 1st, 2007 06:54:43 PM
Because the Pallbearer and Felicity were like, the shit.
Dark Territory by TheSplinter	Jul 1st, 2007 07:00:51 PM
'Nuff said. I am there, man.
Clover by Cobbio	Jul 1st, 2007 07:12:45 PM
This could be good, I suppose, but I never liked "Felicity," even though it was JJ Abrams' breakout party. I don't really care about the visuals of this film, because hand-held visuals with piss-poor characters equals piss-poor film. Give us something interesting from a character standpoint. Drew Goddard is a smart writer, and I'm encouraged by his involvement. The hype seems to be overshadowing the substance of this film right now. Could be good, could totally suck. I'm hoping it's the former.
The Parasite by classyfredblassy	Jul 1st, 2007 07:19:16 PM
Finally a remake of the classic 3-d film from 1982, Parasite! Demi Moore's first film role, and the first futuristic horror films. Praise the Gods! Maybe now I can finally get to see my Deadly Spawn and Metal Storm remakes done, if Tim Story is too busy. Maybe David Fury could write them!
I heard the title is actually by classyfredblassy	Jul 1st, 2007 07:20:19 PM
Conversations with Dead Parasites, if you wanna know.
It's official-- this movie will be fucking terrible by PotSmokinAlien	Jul 1st, 2007 07:24:29 PM
the fucking PALLBEARER? well whatever, it's JJ abrams so it will be directed-by-committee bullshit no matter who is the 'director' in name
or the other title was by classyfredblassy	Jul 1st, 2007 07:25:19 PM
Lies My Parasite Told Me.....
Dammit by Bagheera	Jul 1st, 2007 07:28:39 PM
I really didn't want to see Transformers. Perhaps I can make this a pop in, pop out deal and just get the previews while I'm on the way to some other movie.
The Host by FreeKill	Jul 1st, 2007 07:40:03 PM
Hopefully this movie is more along the lines of something like "The Host" and not along the lines of say, evolution.
Bagheera I popped in/out of Dreamcatcher for Animatrix by Ashok0	Jul 1st, 2007 07:40:08 PM
hehe
Under Siege 2? by BadMrWonka	Jul 1st, 2007 07:43:17 PM
it's gotta be good, right? sigh...
I've never heard an audience react ... by Uga	Jul 1st, 2007 07:44:52 PM
to a trailer as loudly as they did this one. One of the best I've ever seen. Of course, I am holding out hopes that it's all a big ruse and tied into the fourth season of "Lost."
Drew Goddard wrote the Buffy ep that pissed.. by glodene	Jul 1st, 2007 07:46:54 PM
off the bible thumpers a while back - "Dirty Girls". Caleb was a bad mofo.
I kind of like the working title. by LoneGun	Jul 1st, 2007 07:53:35 PM
It gives nothing away. Part of what's appealed to me about this whole project so far is the secrecy surrounding it. The tidbits that AICN have revealed sound awsome. But I don't think I want to know much more. Not really familiar with this director's work. I was hoping JJ himself might direct it.
This is an exciting movie! by Womb2dooM	Jul 1st, 2007 07:56:48 PM
I like innovative. Innovate away, Mr. Reeves!
The Pallbearer by newc0253	Jul 1st, 2007 08:19:24 PM
got mixed reviews when it was first released so i was surprised when i saw this film and liked it much more than i was expecting to. Great cinematography too. btw, Drew Goddard is the man.
Under Siege 2: Dark Territory by zooch	Jul 1st, 2007 08:36:31 PM
Vern will be all over this!
uga by jedimindflayer	Jul 1st, 2007 09:06:43 PM
don't worry; in about 9-12 months, we'll see what super-secret nugget this bullshit is hiding. monster movie my ass.
You mean Cloverfield isn't the real title? by Bass Bastardson	Jul 1st, 2007 09:15:54 PM
For some reason I was really starting to like that name. Don't ask me why. I wish I hadn't read anything about this. I really would have liked to have had this teaser completely take me by surprise. Oh well, that just what I get for being a nosy nerd, i guess.
Drew Godard AND Bryan Burk!? by Zarles	Jul 1st, 2007 10:17:12 PM
Dude, my ass is in a seat for this fucker. Start movie NOW!
Now it makes sense why a big monster movie by CreasyBear	Jul 1st, 2007 10:36:09 PM
directed by up-and-comer J.J. Abrams is being dumped out in January: Abrams isn't even directing. Excitement killed. (I wonder if filmmakers cry a little inside when the studio tells them about a January release date. "But hold on, it'll be a good movie, sir! Maybe not a May, but definitely a March! A February at least!")
This movie will so NOT suck by zillabeast	Jul 1st, 2007 11:27:02 PM
And all these snobby haters will eat CROWWWWWWWWWWW
I'm still not sure about the home video style. by DerLanghaarige	Jul 2nd, 2007 03:02:13 AM
Stuff like this can be annoying pretty quick. But that doesn'T mean that I don't wanna watch it. :)
LOST by skintandminted	Jul 2nd, 2007 04:02:29 AM
Fuuuuuck! Imagine if it is LOST related. That would be awesome - and EXACTLY the kind of thing they would do. Last year we had the LOST EXPERIENCE. This year- nothing, so far. What if CLOVERFIELD is somehow part of the LOST story. That would be SO cool!
Why would they shout you down, by Tourist	Jul 2nd, 2007 04:07:45 AM
Since all your doing is relentlessly shilling their product.
Host remake? by Spartacus Hughs	Jul 2nd, 2007 05:21:03 AM
.
Wow, a film I haven't heard of and still don't care... by Stalin vs Predator	Jul 2nd, 2007 08:04:44 AM
That studio certainly does a great job promoting it. Three thumbs up!
skintandminted, that would be the best thing ever by darth-chinaski	Jul 2nd, 2007 03:50:27 PM
the smoke monster in lost could have followed jack off the island, but we all know that ain't gonna happen.
This Internet Hype reminds me of... by superorange567	Jul 3rd, 2007 08:57:44 AM
Snakes on a Plane. There gonna let computer geeks look it up on the internet and build a big fanbase. Then again, look how SOAP did.
Found this fake plot funny... by superorange567	Jul 3rd, 2007 09:02:58 AM
Only 1 night after the trailer is released and we have fake plots. I found this off Wikipedia, I couldn't resist sharing: "Cloverfield is the working title of the new J.J. Abrams produced film concerning a creature called "The Parasite". The Parasite was created due to the rampant rise in pre-marital sex and loss of morals in New York. It feeds upon the city, 'purifying' it. Several characters with digital cameras capture the fall of America's Babylon as they try to escape. Unknown to them, a homosexual character is in their midst and puts the entire group in danger as the Parasite is drawn to his immorality and must satisfy it's uncontrollable urge to destroy it." On the Total BS scale of 1-10, that plot's a 50.
...LAVOS... kind of Crazy... but somehow... by tropikan blaze	Jul 3rd, 2007 09:17:11 PM
...LAVOS...The Parasite...The scream...The Fire On The Sky...Modern Era... Some how, even though it`s not likely...After the explosion and the falling debris, I was sitting and watching amaze, surprised like a little child, about, how it somehow, for some reason, LAVOS was the first thing that came across my mind. For those of you that don`t know, It`z from a classic game called "Chrono Trigger" from the SNES, way back. Just my two cents of what I thing would be an excellent possibility. Call me crazy, who knows...But by the character design...probably not likely.
Beautiful! by Cronus	Jul 5th, 2007 01:58:41 AM
I see a trailer like this, and I imagine a giant mecha-turtle ripping New York City to shreds. It's been thirty years...about time Spectra got their long-awaited revenge! HaHaHaHa!!!!
This looks so godlike by messi	Jul 5th, 2007 08:30:14 AM
looks awesome, the fact it comes out of nowhere. big monsters rule. I wish it was a godzilla movie.
This movie is going to RULE THE WEELD!!!!!!!!!! by batzilla	Jul 5th, 2007 10:08:35 AM
Oh man...when I saw this trailer before watching the piece of shit Transformers I was completely blown away! Then, of course, came the God awful Michael Bay crap. The Cloverfield trailer saved the experience and was worth the price of admission. Michael Bay is an asshole and I hope that motherfucker gets dropped in a vat of acid. I hate him. He is a fucking punk.
1 Aug 2008...in the old european.. by MacFaux	Jul 6th, 2007 12:30:30 AM
..or rather have ya considered, Mori, that it assumed that the daying conventions follow inculcated conventions of the US(month/day/year). What if the trailer is dated Mil /UK / Euro / Asia..as in (day/ month/ year). 1 Aug 2008. hmmm, would give more time to complete if rumours of no principal photography yet. And, coincidently, 1 Aug 2008 just happens to be a Total Solar Eclipse of the Midnight Sun variety. info: http://tinyurl.com/33bwpx ..grasping. flippin JJ.
Just found this... by fedor	Jul 6th, 2007 09:21:21 AM
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."
Cloverfield, more then meets they eye...autobo.. by uhitmeintheear	Jul 6th, 2007 10:04:08 AM
The trailer for "Cloverfield" was fricking sweet. That's all I got.
Remake of the Host? by Flip63Hole	Jul 6th, 2007 12:00:50 PM
Could be...
MacFaux by Savage Lucy	Jul 6th, 2007 02:12:25 PM
How do you get 18 equaling August? Did the old Europeans have 6 other months we don't know about?
Cronus... by Grendy	Jul 6th, 2007 03:43:46 PM
Spectra?!... That my man, was an awesome-search-my-mental-rolod ex-for the reference moment! Made me crack up. I loved that trailer, it made me both want to look it up, and also, just wait and see what's revealed next. I think I'll wait. And, I don't care, I had a good time at Transformers.
ps... ROLODEX by Grendy	Jul 6th, 2007 03:45:02 PM
it was spelled right, but then it got spaced weird when I posted. Kooky.
rumor says its Voltron by mdbecks7	Jul 6th, 2007 08:50:25 PM
rumor says its Voltron
I heard it was the Thundercats... by vettebro	Jul 6th, 2007 09:53:50 PM
Hooooooooooooo!
If you listen carefully... by vettebro	Jul 6th, 2007 09:55:49 PM
You can hear Lion-O roaring in the background. The Thundercats never liked New York.
Rolodex by Cronus	Jul 6th, 2007 11:41:51 PM
Now that I think of it, I'm not so sure Battle of the Planets would be JJ Abram's style. More likely this is a John Christopher/White Mountains trilogy sort of thing, with the tripods and all.
weird email by whoisthismuaddib	Jul 6th, 2007 11:56:26 PM
has anyone gotten the ethanhaaswasright email and been able to figure anything out from there?
Tripods. I haven't read those books in ages. by superninja	Jul 7th, 2007 12:38:49 AM
Hope it's cool whatever it is. I like the idea of a giant monster movie shot with the 'cam.
New site revealed by buddabooshiaebay	Jul 7th, 2007 02:34:19 AM
Check out http://www.TheParasiteMovie.co m
Way to break the story Mori by smackfu	Jul 7th, 2007 02:58:22 PM
Your ability to sleuth out information that has been common knowledge on about a thousand movie sites for the past 4 days never ceases to astound me. Since the trailer came out it has been vitually impossible to seach for the trailer without getting 2 things: a 'video has been removed by Youtube' error over and over again, and all the info you think you just scooped.
Smackfu... by TheRealMoriarty	Jul 8th, 2007 06:06:19 AM
... way to miss the point. http://tinyurl.com/37dnyr Read that story. Read what's in it. Read the date. Everyone else's reporting simply repeated AS FACT things that I broke on the 25th of June. No one else anywhere printed that before us. Period.
This is stupid by Cronus	Jul 9th, 2007 05:12:44 PM
While taking a shower a few minutes ago, I came up with something creative and insightful to post regarding the Cloverfield trailer. Then I realized how stupid all this is. I mean, think about it; by participating in this board, all we're doing is building hype for the film when the studio should be doing it themselves. I'm not getting paid for this, and neither are any of you. Furthermore, I'm sick and tired of all this "let's shift the cost to the consumer" BS that's becoming so standard in our economy. I say let Paramount bear their own marketing costs, and stop wasting our valuable time. P.S. The Statue of Liberty head looks fake!

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