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That Nutty JJ Abrams Teaser That Ran Before TRANSFORMERS?? Looks Awesome In Glorious QuickTime...

first? by RockLobster800	Jul 9th, 2007 03:09:48 PM
?
Second! by MetaFreePhorAll	Jul 9th, 2007 03:10:23 PM
Bitches!
Third....... by TheBoomKing	Jul 9th, 2007 03:11:04 PM
Boom for sale!
ALLLLLL RIIIIIGHT.... by RockLobster800	Jul 9th, 2007 03:11:32 PM
this would be a more impressive trailer where it for The Banles Story part two-Tokyo Drift starring Brian Blessed. Sorry wron talkback...
Best Teaser Ever by MetaFreePhorAll	Jul 9th, 2007 03:11:45 PM
They don't get much better than this. Or more cryptic. And the fire-beast is actually Cthughu or something. It's all on Wikipedia and Rotten Tomatoes.
FOURTH by Sabowan	Jul 9th, 2007 03:12:01 PM
Guh...so close to my premiere "FIRST" ever, but not close enough...trailer is sweet though.
fancy by Bouncy X	Jul 9th, 2007 03:13:16 PM
i saw this with the transformers as well, being in canada i didnt think we'd have it but we did.....poor NY, they get attacked/destroyed in so many movies.....hollywood's whipping boy.
Seventh! by YO MOM'S GOAT	Jul 9th, 2007 03:13:23 PM
Best ever biatches. Looks awesome.
Great Teaser by TheBoomKing	Jul 9th, 2007 03:13:26 PM
I hope that things just get better the more we see and that the end can live up to the hype.
Looks canny good... by LordPorkington	Jul 9th, 2007 03:13:51 PM
I suppose we can assume it'll be okay purely based on the fact that J.J. is attached. By the way Mark, I should be back at work tomorrow if you're reading this :-)
awesome by Trooperof3	Jul 9th, 2007 03:14:13 PM
scared it might turn a bit war of the worldish but this trailer totally ROCKED!!!
I am so addicted to this movie... by beastie	Jul 9th, 2007 03:15:06 PM
...I can't stop reading about this project. I keep looking at the "conspiracy theories" and analyzations of this trailer and the website and can't figure anything out.
actually in all fairness by RockLobster800	Jul 9th, 2007 03:16:34 PM
tis a cool trailer-you've ot me interestd JJ.....
Totally overrated. by El Scorcho	Jul 9th, 2007 03:18:36 PM
It's alright, I guess, the but this excess hype/praise is a little ridiculous. And, seriously, do you think they'd release a trailer without a title? The title is most likely 1-18-08, yet no one seems to be able to figure it out.
The cynic in me by gboybama	Jul 9th, 2007 03:22:11 PM
would like to point out that Abrams has just amped up the "monster" vibe from LOST. I see him sitting in a room, brainstorming with various yes-men and coming out with, "Hey, scary, distant monster sounds are pretty cool. Let's do that again." I kid of course. Looks awesome.
Yuppies Roasting by iwontwin	Jul 9th, 2007 03:23:57 PM
DUDE!
wiki says by YO MOM'S GOAT	Jul 9th, 2007 03:24:08 PM
it could be Voltron... any chance?
Say 'Cheese'! by KenobiFan	Jul 9th, 2007 03:24:13 PM
Referencig the new pic to appear on teh 01-18-08 site, the person on the far right of the second picture (time stamped: 12:01) is distinctly yellow in color (look how it contrasts with the other people in the pic). Not only that, but the mouth does not seem right, as if it's misaligned with the rest of the face. And finally, its looking right at you. Freaky!
They'll probably just keep adding picks to by kikuchiyoboy	Jul 9th, 2007 03:24:55 PM
introduce characters. That's probably why it movies. Like flipping through someones scraps. Pretty neat.
Agreed, overrated by jimmy_009	Jul 9th, 2007 03:27:57 PM
The only reason it got people talking was the lack of a title. The rest of the teaser has no impact whatsoever. Seriously, the Chrysler building blowing up? The head of the Statue of Liberty? That might have been cool pre-Independence Day or any of the countless destruction of landmarks movies that followed. I hope it ends up being much cooler than that.
I saw it. It's a lion. It's huge. by ComandrTaco	Jul 9th, 2007 03:28:57 PM
So it's about a giant lion...hmmm.
It looks dumb by mastes360	Jul 9th, 2007 03:31:22 PM
Seriously the teaser is too dumb looking and god only knows why its causing so much fuss on the internet. Its like they are trying to make it cool as they know that they only have a monster movie on there hands.
Ethan Haas is fat by glancingblow	Jul 9th, 2007 03:31:44 PM
and here is why: http://www.theweeklydonut.org/ index.php/2007/07/06/ethan-haa s-ate-honey-dips/
Does this mean the title.. by Bagheera	Jul 9th, 2007 03:32:45 PM
is officially '1-18-08?' Sounds like they couldn't come up with anything interesting more than trying to be cryptic, if you ask me. Stick with 'Cloverfield'
Right On! by Prague23	Jul 9th, 2007 03:33:43 PM
I love the style of LOST but am frustrated by it's pace. But the moments that are intense, like the pilot, are very well done. A movie like this coming out in early January when the studios dump their shit that are made to fulfill contracts and suck, is going to be a bright, shiny becon in that winter fallout. I hope Star Trek comes up next for Abrams because in my opinion, so far, he can do no wrong and what he does is at least silver if not always gold.
Yeah by mastes360	Jul 9th, 2007 03:34:02 PM
The monster is not invisible as some people have said, you can clearly hear someone say that they saw it and it was huge.
I'm only watching the trailers and the movie . . . by Nice Marmot	Jul 9th, 2007 03:34:54 PM
. . . just like I only watch Lost. Fuck puzzles and hidden hints on the internet and books I'm supposed to buy.
anyone else seen the Dark Knigh teaser poster by RockLobster800	Jul 9th, 2007 03:35:09 PM
on Fil. ick? Im hopin its not leit cos its a bit crappy....
dark KnighT and Film.ick by RockLobster800	Jul 9th, 2007 03:36:06 PM
excuse me...
There was an audible GROAN... by Mr. Nice Gaius	Jul 9th, 2007 03:37:16 PM
...in the theater I was in when this played. Someone actually yelled out, "That will suck!" afterwards (to which there was a smattering of applause). I was less than impressed. Now, I don't know about you guys, but watching the Statue of Liberty getting kicked around again seems like old hat. What is it with NYC and why have we seen this 100x before? As of right now, I think the only people stoked on this are the Cthulu Mythos fans and those getting a kick out of the online marketing campaign (which is starting to sound more and more like the LOST Experience...).
It's "A.I." all over again!!! by godoffireinhell	Jul 9th, 2007 03:37:20 PM
I fucking hate this marketing campaign already! It's going to get me pumped for a badass Lovecraftian apocalyptic monster movie. Then it will disappoint in brutal, crushing ways. But this time I won't let the "mystery" and the hype get to me. I will not. Must. Resist.
Giant Lions??? by MrJJonz	Jul 9th, 2007 03:39:12 PM
Brilliant. This is the film I have been waiting for. I can't get enough of giant lions. Hell, they have been haunting my dreams for many years now and at last JJ is making a film about them. Remember kids . . giant lions rule
What the hell is Cthulu?. by mastes360	Jul 9th, 2007 03:41:56 PM
???
Direct Download Link by isxia	Jul 9th, 2007 03:43:16 PM
Has any one managed to save this to their PC on the hard drive. You cant download this trailer like the rest. Anyone got a direct download link please????
Hmmmmnnn... by ProfHeff	Jul 9th, 2007 03:43:58 PM
Is it me or does the growl sound like Godzilla.....
Wouldn't it be better?.... by jimmy_009	Jul 9th, 2007 03:44:11 PM
...to NOT do these cryptic, annoying, time wasting, viral ad campaigns? I mean, you better damn well hope your movie lives up to the fake excitement you're generating, because more likely than not you're just going to piss people the hell off and most will hate your movie (or not even see it). Didn't we learn anything from Snakes on a Plane? or A.I.? Or the Aqua Teen Hunger Force debacle. Fuck, just put out a good trailer. You don't have to trick everyone if you actually make a good movie.
I completely understand that by GeneralJackCosmo	Jul 9th, 2007 03:45:43 PM
I completely understand that people are stoked for a Voltron movie (assuming it ends up being good, of course...), but I really can't understand how people think the guy's saying "It's a lion". Plain as day, he says "It's alive". Turn it up. Watch it again. "It's alive". I never thought for a second it sounded like "It's a lion". That wouldn't even make sense...and besides, Paramount is NOT the studio that's doing Voltron. I obviously can't say what it IS for sure, but I think that we can say with 100% certainty that it is NOT Voltron.
JANUARY??? by Forrest75	Jul 9th, 2007 03:46:16 PM
I would agree that 1-18-08 is a possible title and NOT a release date. Those photos on the site are "taken" on 1-18-08. Plus that is a SUCK-FEST of a release date for ANY movie, let alone one with this kind of marketing campaign. They gave us the title.
Not international... by lukasman	Jul 9th, 2007 03:46:41 PM
Hey, say Transformers here in Uruguay last Saturday, and surprise surprise, no trailer for Cloverfield attached to it...SHIT I wasnt expecting it actually, but was hoping for a nice surprise. Aaaanyway, LOVED Transformers! Amazing action liked I´ve never seen before, Shia actually made me laugh several times, and Megan, just insanely beautiful.
I think it's all a drug induced hallucination... by warpspasm	Jul 9th, 2007 03:48:15 PM
our main character drops something at the party-whay else would we see it from his POV?
This movie should be called HYPE MACHINE by MontyPigeon	Jul 9th, 2007 03:48:56 PM
The trailer itself is better than the whole of Hostel 2 though. Nice to see someone talented being hyped in the industry isntead of a hack.
Ok, ok.....what the hell is Voltron ? lol by mastes360	Jul 9th, 2007 03:50:14 PM
I now get who Cthulhu is, its that stupid looking Octopus head monster. I now whish i had not googled that....sigh.
A Drew Goddard Script!!!! by fatsackowind	Jul 9th, 2007 03:51:39 PM
This is gonna be great!
Seems to me like Gears of War... by Flim_	Jul 9th, 2007 03:53:38 PM
...though I seriously doubt it.
Cloverfield: The Return of Davy Jones! by mastes360	Jul 9th, 2007 03:58:28 PM
God i hope this has nothing to do with that dumb Davy Jones lookalike Cthulhu, if it is then combined with the fully handheld cam look, you can count me out.
Gus Van Rant by mastes360	Jul 9th, 2007 04:02:05 PM
Thankyou for your helpful and informative answer. Yes i have looked up who Voltron is and it looks like some Transformer rip off, eith way i hope that this film has nothing to do with either.
Brilliant by Evil Hobbit	Jul 9th, 2007 04:05:16 PM
Brilliant
Download link by isxia	Jul 9th, 2007 04:05:39 PM
Anyone got thr direct downlaod link plzzzzzz?
GeneralJackCosmo by ComandrTaco	Jul 9th, 2007 04:07:39 PM
Sounds like lion to me. I have a pretty sweet sound system. Listened a few times now. Sounds like he says lion.
I hope... by jimmy rabbitte	Jul 9th, 2007 04:08:36 PM
...it ends up being something more substantial than that silly smoke-monster on 'Lost.' As far as trailers go, this one does its' job really well. We know there will be explosions, destruction and a decapitated Statue of Liberty; but we don't what what will be doing any of that. However, even the best of these kinds of movies have only so many paths they can take to get to the end of their story. I'm just hoping it doesn't suck as hard as Cruise's 'War of the Worlds.'
The direct link, if anyone wants it... by V'Shael	Jul 9th, 2007 04:12:33 PM
http://images.apple.com/movies /paramount/1-18-08/1-18-08-tsr _h640w.mov Come on people... don't you know how to get a direct link anymore? Sheesh!
Or... by jimmy rabbitte	Jul 9th, 2007 04:15:38 PM
the same direct link in TinyURL form. Now you won't have to delete any pain-in-the-ass spaces. http://tinyurl.com/3a5k9b
GIMMIE GIMMIE GIMMIE, GIMMIE SOME MO' ! by Pound Sand	Jul 9th, 2007 04:17:34 PM
My "want to see," meter is pegged on this one already.
Yeah... by jimmy rabbitte	Jul 9th, 2007 04:17:39 PM
nevermind... damned link was no good anyway...
It looks cool...but I am not by lionbiu	Jul 9th, 2007 04:18:25 PM
It looks cool...but I am not being bought by the hype. I would rather just wait until the movie arrives...and I am sure that is not the release date, its the name of the film.
Don't see the greatness....... by DECKERS	Jul 9th, 2007 04:18:34 PM
It looks like War Of The Worlds meets Lost via Blair Witch shakycam, but can't make the liknk below or yours V'Shael.
It's a lion by Veni Vidi Vici	Jul 9th, 2007 04:19:48 PM
that's what the guy says, it's as clear as day.
I almost robbed that place myself. by Gobias Ind.	Jul 9th, 2007 04:20:01 PM
Does anybody remember the theatrical teaser for 'The Minus Man'? This is the first trailer to shake me like this since then.
It's alive by Veni Vidi Vici	Jul 9th, 2007 04:21:50 PM
thats what the guy says, it's as clear as day.
Budgie smuggler by hesh monster	Jul 9th, 2007 04:24:07 PM
is right he says "its alive" not "its a lion". I think this has such promise, yet I do get a sort of Godzila feel to the hype train that they have going and look at how that turned out.
'I saw it, it's ALIVE, its by lionbiu	Jul 9th, 2007 04:24:33 PM
'I saw it, it's ALIVE, its huge' It's as clear as day
If that's the title... by jimmy rabbitte	Jul 9th, 2007 04:25:00 PM
then why does the slide say "in theaters" above the date? It could be the title; but it also looks an awful lot like they're saying it's the release date as well.
It HAS to be the release date by Eaglet1138	Jul 9th, 2007 04:26:46 PM
1-18-08 may be the title as well, but it has to be the release date, otherwise Paramount is going to have a horrible time informing people of the ACTUAL release date. It'll be 'Friday Night Lights' all over again, people looking for it on Friday, when it actually airs on Tuesdays. My prediction is that there will be no title on the film print itself, but it will be called '1-18-08' in press materials, reviews, and on the eventual DVD cover. It's an interesting idea, and one to which I'm really warming.
1-18-08 as the title instead of the release date? by CreasyBear	Jul 9th, 2007 04:27:24 PM
Crafty. That would explain a lot. So this will be a December movie up against I Am Legend, another NYC-destructionfest? Surely they're not going to release this movie after the eponymous date, like next summer, which would make it seem like old news.
URL not working? Try this. by V'Shael	Jul 9th, 2007 04:27:37 PM
Here's the Hi Def one. http://images.apple.com/movies /paramount/1-18-08/1-18-08-tsr _h720p.mov But bear in mind that this talk back software (piece of crap that it is) inserts spaces into URL's. Delete those, and it works fine. I've downloaded the trailers. And he clearly says "It's alive" not "It's a lion"
So little to judge this by by Yack Backer	Jul 9th, 2007 04:27:58 PM
I will say that I appreciate the unconventional marketing approach. However, I think it's a bit too "cute" in its execution.
I saw it, It's Alvin by Veni Vidi Vici	Jul 9th, 2007 04:28:07 PM
Alvin and the Chipmunks movie, perhaps? the explosions are just part of their live show.
Meh by harrys_site_sucks	Jul 9th, 2007 04:28:13 PM
I've seen better CGI on South Park. That Statue of Liberty Head sucked ass.
"I saw it. It's alive, by DeCypher44	Jul 9th, 2007 04:28:34 PM
it's huge!"
Rob knows a lot of really good-looking chicks. by CreasyBear	Jul 9th, 2007 04:29:29 PM
Pity they all get crushed by rolling statue anatomy from a Giant Lion Monster.
ComandrTaco by GeneralJackCosmo	Jul 9th, 2007 04:30:51 PM
I will concede that unless we find this trailer somewhere with captioning/subtitles, there is a CHANCE the guy says "lion". However, there is no chance it is Voltron related since it's a different studio, etc. So if he DOES say "lion"...this movie is going to be really fucking weird.
I saw it.It's Alive! It's huge! - The John Holmes Story by V'Shael	Jul 9th, 2007 04:30:53 PM
The 18 is for 18 inch cock. For obvious reasons, this is a pet project of J.J. Abrams, and has been for some time.
IT'S ALLAH by Mr_X	Jul 9th, 2007 04:31:15 PM
he's back to kick liberty in the nuts. she sure has a small head.
I'm getting a Lovecraft vibe... by Cadillac Jones	Jul 9th, 2007 04:32:45 PM
...and I hope to holy hell it's a fucking bad-ass looking, Stan Winston-designed Cthulhu kicking ass and taking names in all his giant squidily glory! Probably not - but I can dream...
also, regarding the budget... by GeneralJackCosmo	Jul 9th, 2007 04:35:11 PM
30 million bucks should be plenty. Assuming this movie is all shot cinema verite/mockumentary style, they are probably using something along the lines of the Canon XL1S (or whatever the current equivalent is...been out of the loop a while...). That will be relatively inexpensive. Plus, this movie has no big name actors, no big name writers, and no big name director. Even factoring in the cost of paying the crew, securing locations, taxes, permits, etc., I bet you could easily shoot all the live action footage for under 5 million. That leaves 25 million for CGI...and that's not too shabby. There are a lot of Asian films with some pretty good CGI (The Host, Returner, et al.), and I bet they didn't have a 25 million effects budget.
El Scorcho - interesting title theory by SkeletonParty	Jul 9th, 2007 04:35:36 PM
You think the title might actually be 1-18-08. Very original conclusion. except for the fact that I've read that theory from about forty different sources. Or maybe "In Theaters" is the title and "1-18-08" is the subtitle!! lame
off topic by hesh monster	Jul 9th, 2007 04:35:46 PM
at 24 seconds in the dude has the same wine holder as I do, that is all!
It's a LION... V O L T R O N ! ! ! by Squashua	Jul 9th, 2007 04:35:52 PM
I'll form the head! VOLTRON! YES! :P
Ethan Haas is connected offcially? by crackerfarmboy	Jul 9th, 2007 04:36:49 PM
Have we ever gotten any official confirmation that Ethan Haas was right/wrong is related to this film? The site was fun as shit but hopefully is about this flick. Oh and this trailer fucking rocks! Exactly what a trailer should be!
rob btw by Mr_X	Jul 9th, 2007 04:39:26 PM
has a lot of nice looking lady friends. hook me up bro if your heading to tokyo
Could it be? by BillyPilgrim	Jul 9th, 2007 04:41:17 PM
The arrival of the Covenant? I would laugh my ass off if it ended up being a "MAN IN SUIT!!!" movie.
Actually in this movie A-Rod buys a bazooka by Quin the Eskimo	Jul 9th, 2007 04:43:15 PM
and goes huntin' for Steinbrenner after poor contract negotiations.
Why must "lion" = Voltron? by PROF IKAMONO	Jul 9th, 2007 04:43:25 PM
as I said before on the other TB: Thunder... ...Thunder... THUNDERCATS HO!!!!!!!!! ...feel the magic, hear the roar...
GeneralJackCosmo by ComandrTaco	Jul 9th, 2007 04:43:47 PM
I agree it is not Voltron. I don't remember much of the old cartoon. However, destroying New York City was definately not part of it. Starting to think he is saying Alive and not lion.
I'm surprised how soon it took Hollywood to decide by CreasyBear	Jul 9th, 2007 04:43:51 PM
that America is ready to see NYC get the shit blown out of it again. I figured they would at least use some other major city for awhile longer. I vote to see a Giant Lion attacking Miami. Or maybe Tulsa.
warwick davis is the Leprechaun in 4leafed cloverfield by Mr_X	Jul 9th, 2007 04:43:59 PM
got nuthin'
It's Lion-o by Mr_X	Jul 9th, 2007 04:44:47 PM
thundercats ho!
I am getting a Godzilla vibe by lionbiu	Jul 9th, 2007 04:46:06 PM
I am getting a Godzilla vibe that I don't like...I do hope it lives up to all this hype. Being released in January will not do this film any favours...at all.
...if IT spit the Statue of Liberty's head across NY... by PROF IKAMONO	Jul 9th, 2007 04:50:19 PM
... then IT can't be Great Cthulhu after all... ...we all know that Cthulhu swallows... (your soul!)
Hey, I wonder if 1.18.08 is the TITLE!!! by symphy	Jul 9th, 2007 04:51:39 PM
Anyone think of that??? ;) :)
It's the Escape from New York Poster!!!! by platy	Jul 9th, 2007 04:54:06 PM
And it's come to life, I think the roar is the sound of "The Duke"
1-18 is my birthday by triplefive	Jul 9th, 2007 04:56:25 PM
so this is, by default, my favorite movie ever. and they havent even shot it yet. geniuses. Kevin Costner and I will be there opening day.
Its alive and its huge makes sense? by sith-vol	Jul 9th, 2007 04:57:43 PM
I'm sorry but Iplayed it back about 20 times "I saw it...its a lion and its huge."
CreasyBear: I second the destruction of Tulsa! by Some Dude	Jul 9th, 2007 05:07:30 PM
It would be so sweet to see a giant monster destroy Oral Roberts University.
Lost reference.... by fakestevejobs	Jul 9th, 2007 05:07:44 PM
Lost fans should know that the sum of the "numbers (4 8 15 16 23 42) is 108.... The LOST Experience sri lanka video explained that these numbers ultimately had to do with the end of mankind... 108 = 1/08?? I think it's LOST related.
Yeah... by jimmy rabbitte	Jul 9th, 2007 05:10:21 PM
... the guy running by in the street definitely says, "Its a lion. It's huge." ... That's what he says... we'll see what it actually ends up being. Like I said earlier, it better be more substantial than some dumb cloud of smoke like we get on 'Lost.'
I AM GODZILLA! YOU ARE JAPAN! by Acne Scarface	Jul 9th, 2007 05:12:55 PM

Now that's a preview. by rbatty024	Jul 9th, 2007 05:13:47 PM
So many previews show you the entire fucking movie. After seeing most previews my interest wanes because I've just seen clips of the film from beginning to end.
I wish it was a giant lion by slappy jones	Jul 9th, 2007 05:14:12 PM
and the date may well be the title but it will also be the release date. there is no way they will market a film with a date like that and then release it on another date. that would be fucking stupid.....but I love this teaser....I love the secrecy behind it all. some of you miserable fucks would complain about anything huh. I am not saying it is the greatest trailer ever but jesus at least they are trying to do something kind of outside of the norm....
doesn't impress anyone anymore by bamboogrove	Jul 9th, 2007 05:14:31 PM
this might have been cool 10 years ago, but after ID4, Godzilla, Matrix, Star Wars, Transformers, LOTR, Harry Potter, Armageddon, Day after Tomorrow and Twister, it's just tired. Nobody gasped or anything after this trailer. Didn't even giggle or groan. It's just tired. Nobody wants to see NY get destroyed again.
The Host? by Zengar	Jul 9th, 2007 05:15:18 PM
Anyone else think that this is a remake of the host?
"Its a lion. It's huge." IT'S ASLAN by Gorgomel	Jul 9th, 2007 05:15:21 PM
Price Caspian anyone?
What a sad time for film by Maximusprime	Jul 9th, 2007 05:15:27 PM
Not because of this movie or it's marketing (which I quite enjoy) but because we all assume this movie is based on something else. We are so used to Hollywood regurgitating movies based on comics, old TV shows, novels, or video games that the idea that "Cloverfiled" is an original concept is unthinkable.
Dammit..... by DeCypher44	Jul 9th, 2007 05:15:30 PM
Alive! Alive! Alive!
It's Alf by Veni Vidi Vici	Jul 9th, 2007 05:18:31 PM
hide the cats!
sith-vol by GeneralJackCosmo	Jul 9th, 2007 05:18:34 PM
Pictuire this: You witness what you think is a meteor striking the Earth. As you approach ground zero, you realize it isn't a meteor at all, but in fact some sort of enormous, unidentifiable animal/creature. You are now scared shitless...scared to the point of insanity...and as you run screaming through the city you manage to blurt out "It's alive! It's huge!" as a warning to the other people who are just standing around gawking at the destruction heading their way. That makes perfect sense to me. More sense, I would say, than a giant lion that breathes fire or whatever, since we have already established that this is in no way Voltron related. As has already been discussed in another tb, it would make more sense for the guy to scream "It's a giant fucking lion!" if it is, in fact, a giant fucking lion. Besides, over on the imdb forums, some dude slowed the audio down and filtered out the background noise, and the word "alive" is unmistakeable. At the slower speed, you can clearly hear the "v"...and that there is no "n". He's not saying "lion" guys.
I really can't figure out by SkeletonParty	Jul 9th, 2007 05:18:47 PM
what this movie is a remake of. or, from which film this new film derives its ideas (I should say.)
Ethan Haas hates my macbook pro by BadMrWonka	Jul 9th, 2007 05:18:59 PM
I just get a message about mime something or other, and I can't play the trailer. and since I never saw it in the theatres (pay for Transformers? fuck off...free screening on the Paramount lot? ok, fine.), I've only seen a grainy ass crappy camcorder version of the trailer. which WAS ENOUGH to hear that NO ONE says anything ABOUT A FUCKING LION! PLEASE drop this, there are audio analyses on youtube, if you really must have proof. think of it this way: if it WAS a lion (which is ludicrous), would you have some random guy give it away in a teaser trailer, while the rest of the film was shrouded in secrecy? anyone who thinks this is a) a lion, b) Voltron, or c) both, is not firing all of their brain cyllinders...
Zengar by GeneralJackCosmo	Jul 9th, 2007 05:20:08 PM
No for sure, but only because that's at another studio, just like Voltron.
Bet not be no smoke monster, dat' fo' damn sho' by glodene	Jul 9th, 2007 05:21:30 PM
Bet not be no John Holmes either, besides everybody knows dat Shane Diesel aka "Blackzilla" got da biggest WEAPON FO' AZZ DESTRUCTION.
gamera by atomic_robo_kid	Jul 9th, 2007 05:22:33 PM
most likely not, but i can dream, right?
why the fuck can't I see the trailer? by BadMrWonka	Jul 9th, 2007 05:22:58 PM
I have a "mime" in my computer? what the sam hell is going on? a mime type? fuck me...I have a brand new macbook pro, I spend 5 hours a day editing in HD on final cut, but I Can't see a fucking QT file from AN APPLE SITE??!
At 32 seconds a photo with BLANK FACE and at by Mace Tofu	Jul 9th, 2007 05:23:08 PM
48 seconds in a fraternity paddle with AKM on it- ARKAM? At 30 seconds a plate of shrimp-old ones? OK knock yourselves out now Cthulhu cultist.
GeneralJackCosmo - I've changed my opinion. by SkeletonParty	Jul 9th, 2007 05:23:18 PM
I originally thought the guy said "lion" when I heard it in the theaters. I'll admit that it sounded strange, but the whole teaser is a bit surreal. After having listened to it about a billion times on my super duper headphones, I've concluded that I hear him say "I saw it. It's alive! It's huge!"
Now THAT is a fucking trailer... by redtom	Jul 9th, 2007 05:24:56 PM
...and the best thing I've seen all summer... I'm saving this one til last, no spoilers, no teasers, no nothin. See you on 1-18-08.
Cthulhu gotta eat! by El_Pollo_Diablo	Jul 9th, 2007 05:25:00 PM
I'm just sayin'.
Pussy of destruction by SwampDonkey	Jul 9th, 2007 05:27:55 PM
Film title, no lie.
godzilla by rodneyfaile	Jul 9th, 2007 05:28:04 PM
if this isnt a godzilla movie, then this guy need to make a godzilla movie! this trailler was better than the transformers movie.
the chick with the big tits.. by fried samurai	Jul 9th, 2007 05:30:11 PM
..is the only reason I watched this trailer more than once.You fags can argue all you want whether the dude says Alive or Lion
O.K. O.K. by jimmy rabbitte	Jul 9th, 2007 05:32:58 PM
I admit it... I went back and listened a little closer. It's kind of tough to catch with all the yelling, bells ringing and car alarms, but it's very obviously "alive" not "a lion." Actually I'm glad... the image of a giant lion attacking New York wasn't working for me. It seemed like a "what would happen if Evan Almighty moved into a house on Elm Street?"
Holy Fuck by Iamagoodguy	Jul 9th, 2007 05:33:12 PM
That looks fucking awesome.
Ashok0 by jimmy rabbitte	Jul 9th, 2007 05:34:30 PM
I've never watched one episode of Heroes cock-breath.
is it really alive? by malakori	Jul 9th, 2007 05:35:00 PM
sounds like something from the depths of despair, here's hoping it's a good lovecraftian movie.
500 ft tall Burt Lahr .... me likey! by SkeletonParty	Jul 9th, 2007 05:36:50 PM
"What puts the ape in apricot?" "Courage!" Burt punches a hole in nearby building. "Now where's Rob? Lemme attim, lemme attim!"
title AND release date by malcolm_mccallum	Jul 9th, 2007 05:36:50 PM
Its no coincidence that they are destroying New York and giving it a date as the title. Its aliens doing 9-11. There's absolutely nothing lovecraftian about this mess except maybe the indescribable horror. For lovecraftian horror, you don't start with monsters tearing a city apart, you start with oddities in the corner of your mind and build to a realization that the universe is not what you thought it was.
wanna see some (gunshot) giant lion with wings? by Gorgomel	Jul 9th, 2007 05:37:44 PM
then watch 'LATITUDE ZERO' by the great Inoshiro Honda! Man in suit rulez ya all!
It's Clifford the Big Red Dog. by Dingbatty	Jul 9th, 2007 05:37:52 PM
There is interest in super canines because of Underdog. Up next...Hong Kong Phooey, directed by Zhang Yimou.
It's a lion? by rev_skarekroe	Jul 9th, 2007 05:37:54 PM
"And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority." So there you go. That could work. Except that the guy doesn't say "It's a lion".
anyone who still thinks it's "lion"... by StovetopStuffin'	Jul 9th, 2007 05:39:08 PM
listen to it with headphones. Hate to burst all your bubbles, but he says "alive" not "a lion". Jesus Christ, open your ears!
Ye gods by Kragmose	Jul 9th, 2007 05:42:06 PM
That was an awesome teaser. Do not fuck with Cthulhu.
Woman's voice by finfangfoom	Jul 9th, 2007 05:42:47 PM
Did anyone else notice a woman's voice right before the lights went out? Definitely seems like that woman's voice in the hypnotizing tape in lost. You know, when you play it backwards?
What's strange is.... by SkeletonParty	Jul 9th, 2007 05:43:02 PM
now I know the guy says "alive", but I think the meant "lion."
Mace Tofu beat me to the AKM paddle mention; by team america	Jul 9th, 2007 05:43:54 PM
glad to see I'm not the only one pouring over every frame of this trailer. There's no doubt about it -- if you've been following all of the (admittedly minimal) ARG info thus far, then it's clear as day that this is going to be the Cthulhu Mythos film we've all been waiting for. I, for one, could not be any. More. Fucking. STOKED.
Why would this be a remake of the HOST???? by StovetopStuffin'	Jul 9th, 2007 05:45:26 PM
The only people who would think that would have to be people who never saw The Host. This looks nothing like that movie, whatsoever. I know people only think that cause they think Monster>Godzilla>modernized>Th e Host>shitty hollywood remaking another asian movie us roundeyes. But it ain't The Host. I hope it's something amazing, that's all.
Gabbo Gabbo Gabbo!!! by areynol2	Jul 9th, 2007 05:46:51 PM
Does this remind anybody else of the Simpsons episode "Krusty gets Kancelled."
The Godzilla Witch Project by Giftoflight	Jul 9th, 2007 05:47:30 PM
Can we please have our movies in 3rd person, please? I hope it's good though.
all the clues are in the trailer by SkeletonParty	Jul 9th, 2007 05:47:37 PM
First words of the trailer: "Quiet, he's coming." Last words, "My God!" Hmmmmm?
License plate near the end reads ABZ-3293. by team america	Jul 9th, 2007 05:48:01 PM
A reference to the mad Arab himself...? Ok, maybe that one is a bit more of a stretch. But still! Also, we've got to get this cleared up before the film comes out, since I'm seeing this mistake all over the place: It's CthulHu. Two Hs, people. His name varies a lot, but not once have we ever officially seen it spelled as "Cthulu".
Godzilla from Japan! by Sword23	Jul 9th, 2007 05:48:39 PM
No more arguing, it's godzilla again.
It's Godzilla II by mistergreen	Jul 9th, 2007 05:48:51 PM
geeez
I wonder if by DeCypher44	Jul 9th, 2007 05:49:48 PM
JJ will send anything more about this project to Comic Con?!?!
ethanhaaswasright.com/ by side_swipe	Jul 9th, 2007 05:50:45 PM
has anyone figured out the code yet? if you click on the star to the far right it will give you a cryptic alphabet. the symbols on the sphere spell something out. so far I only got "LIFE" first post BTW
Cthulhu Cthulhu Cthulhu Cthulhu by Kragmose	Jul 9th, 2007 05:51:09 PM
Gotta memorize the name. Cthulhu Cthulhu Cthulhu Cthulhu Cthulhu Cthulhu etc
Can anyone make out the sign near the Statue's head... by team america	Jul 9th, 2007 05:51:17 PM
...near the end? The graffiti on the back looks to say "DEAD" on the top, though I'm not sure what the second word would be. By the way, why is everyone assuming that that's the Statue of Liberty whose head we see making its way onto the pavement at the end? Are there any smaller scale versions of the statue anywhere in the city?
jimmy_009 by jfp2007	Jul 9th, 2007 05:51:42 PM
You and your ilk are overrated. You'd label the 2nd coming of Christ as overrated if it occurred. The teaser is not being talked about because lack of a title. It's being talked about because of the fucking mystery behind it. We want to know what this movie is and if what we're being shown is the movie or just trailer setup. Go overrate my cock, so when I come for you in the showers it won't hurt as much.
The fact that Rob is going to Japan.... by Flipao	Jul 9th, 2007 05:56:30 PM
is certainly a nice touch.
Teaser by SUPERJIM	Jul 9th, 2007 05:57:39 PM
Looks good. Statue head, looks shit. I am waiting for someone to take a studio to court for a refund from a shit movie, I wonder if it would stick? Like, if you went to a restaurant and the food was shit, you would be entitled to a refund. Or if you bought a pair of shoes and someone had curled one into them when you got them home, you could get a refund. You know what I mean?
Awesome five minute concept ... by No Respectable Gentleman	Jul 9th, 2007 05:58:16 PM
... which unfortunately will become an increasingly dreary ninety-minute movie following hot young things hiding in cellars from monstrous creature.
WeinerPenis by jfp2007	Jul 9th, 2007 06:01:12 PM
You misspelled wiener you fucking whiner.
DID ANYONE ELSE HEAR THIS? by timmer33	Jul 9th, 2007 06:02:59 PM
During the news report, the reporter says that people have reported hearing "loud roaring." Later, down on the street, a man can be heard saying, "I saw it! It's a lion!" or something like it. Can anyone confirm that??????
still wish I could SEE the trailer by BadMrWonka	Jul 9th, 2007 06:03:25 PM
what the fuck is a mime type? I have a poker tournament in 2 hours and I want to see it properly before I go...
SUPERJIM by jfp2007	Jul 9th, 2007 06:04:02 PM
That statue head looks real. Go to hell.
timmer33 by BadMrWonka	Jul 9th, 2007 06:05:26 PM
no, but I can confirm that not only have you not read this talkback, you're also one of the 10% of the viewing audience that is mentally challenged enough to think that the guy is saying, "lion". can you reconfirm with me that both of these things are true? to recap: haven't read anything, posting out of your ass, mentally handicapped. just mash the keyboard with your elbows to respond.
Crabman... by DS9Sisko	Jul 9th, 2007 06:06:45 PM
The person says at the 1:21 mark, "I saw it! It's alive! It's huge!"....turn down the bass on your computer or however you think you are hearing "lion".....it's indisputably "alive" that is the word that is used, not "lion"...even when I saw it at the theater, it was CLEARLY the word "alive."
This is starting to look dumb as all hell!! by jojo-pimp	Jul 9th, 2007 06:08:06 PM
ok...the commercial was alright, and the idea of this movie having no title at first was kinda interesting...but now its like...im not gonna get excited one bit about this movie if its all gonna be hand held cameras. screw that. Its probably gonna be nothing more than a "blair witch" style giant monster movie where you will never see the creature clearly
how cool would it be? by jccalhoun	Jul 9th, 2007 06:08:23 PM
How cool would it be if it turned out that this was a trailer for Star Trek? Something totally unexpected that doesn't look like any other Star Trek movie could work.
Is Ethan Haas related to Lukas Haas? by Dingbatty	Jul 9th, 2007 06:09:34 PM
Does this also have something to do with large-eared Amish? A Cthulhu movie would work better set in the 20's and 30's, and minus Lovecraft's racism.
The stars are right! by Mighty_Messenger	Jul 9th, 2007 06:13:57 PM
Well..It sure looks like it my fellow believers ;-)
Right... by D_T	Jul 9th, 2007 06:14:11 PM
People boo'ed and hissed at this trailer? Ummm, sure they did. I love the exotic stories to support a person's own dislike for a director/actor/trailer.
Live action Overfiend set in New York? by MisterE	Jul 9th, 2007 06:16:14 PM
Maybe this is live action Overfiend, starring Keanu Reeves with a magic shotgun that shoots tentacles?
He's not saying lions... by jfp2007	Jul 9th, 2007 06:16:20 PM
Some of you must have a lot of cerumen in your ear and are impacted. He clearly says "It's alive!" and not "It's a lion!" Go to the doctor and get your ears cleaned out.
Also in the trailer are many twisty items by Mace Tofu	Jul 9th, 2007 06:17:48 PM
Twisty lamps, twisty plants, twisty art...the old ones return. I saw this again in a theater and he said ALIVE not LION. GIANT LION FUNNY, going on about all night, not funny.
sheesh by timmer33	Jul 9th, 2007 06:18:23 PM
I just went back and read the talkback (for the first time). I am not claiming it to be about Voltron, but it sounded clear as day when I saw it in theaters that the guy says LION. Refer to the last talkback about this project; tons of people there also thought the man said "Lion." Above this post at least seven people claim he said LION. At the very least, JJ and company could have made that line a bit clearer. I doubt he wants people to think Cloverfield is about a giant lion attacking NYC. I got a kick out of the above comments though. You guys made me really laugh. A lot. Imagine people leaving that theatre after seeing the teaser and thinking that there was a disaster movie coming about a giant lion that attacks NYC.
BadMrWonka by jfp2007	Jul 9th, 2007 06:18:25 PM
It requires Quicktime. Just click "No" when that MIME shit pops up. For all you Quicktime haters, download Quicktime Alternative 1.81. It's based on the latest version of QT but doesn't have the bloat or intrusiveness of the official program. It will no longer be supported thanks to Apple, but it's much faster than the real deal. There's also a Real Alternative.
A live action OVERFIEND would be PG-13 by Mace Tofu	Jul 9th, 2007 06:20:44 PM
not NC-17 like it should be. Who would want to see that shit?
Plus now that I think about it I think they did make by Mace Tofu	Jul 9th, 2007 06:25:08 PM
some DTV Live action Overfiend movies in Japan...TENTACLE PORN I think they were.
timmer33 by BadMrWonka	Jul 9th, 2007 06:25:16 PM
thank you for confirming both of my previous theories about you: hadn't read the TB mentally handicapped giant fireball breathing lion terrorizes new york...sounds plausible to you? eat your tapioca...
The Reason for No Title by gonzo observer	Jul 9th, 2007 06:25:41 PM
Since "Cthulhu" is not the most popular thing in pop culture or the easiest word to pronounce, the marketing team found it best to just show the release date.
So be good....For Goodness Sake by Knight Of Frunkis	Jul 9th, 2007 06:25:42 PM
OHHHHHHHHHHHH somebody's comin
Is the reveal as exciting as a bunch of black smoke? by Riley Martin	Jul 9th, 2007 06:26:03 PM
Thanks for THAT one, JJ.
Creature by Butterbelly1701	Jul 9th, 2007 06:26:19 PM
Has anybody else spotted that little gremlin type creature between the two girls heads in the closeup photo? I dunno, maybe it's just a gargoyle...
jfp by BadMrWonka	Jul 9th, 2007 06:26:26 PM
when I click on the video, it says, "The page “Apple - Trailers - 01-18-08 - Large” has content of MIME type “video/quicktime”. Because you don’t have a plug-in installed for this MIME type, this content can’t be displayed." but I have the latest version of QT installed...wtf?
excellent teaser - but as for the title.... by ian216a	Jul 9th, 2007 06:26:37 PM
.. Could it just be Cthulhu? The working title Coverfield sounds a little bit similar, but not similar enough to tip people off before the Cthulhu relationship was revealed. What would be a cool name.
What I have found in the trailer by Veni Vidi Vici	Jul 9th, 2007 06:30:57 PM
Apple Cinema Screen, XBOX 360, AKM paddle, Green skate deck, collection of various baseball hats, spelling of CRACK with spray paint on roof wall, 2004 ace written on wall by the roof door, "Has anyone seen Jenson is uttered after leaving building, ABZ - 3293 on liscense plate.
Butterbelly1701 by finfangfoom	Jul 9th, 2007 06:31:05 PM
I still say that there is no monster behind them, and that its just their hair all mixed up. The light is, well, i light. Plus, if the monster is behind them, why would they be looking the other direction in fear?
Brian Yuzna has a movie called "Cthulhu" coming out, by team america	Jul 9th, 2007 06:31:38 PM
so it's doubtful that the title of this one would simply be "Cthulhu" as well. That one looks pretty terrible, by the way.
J.J. Abrams = M. Night Shamalamadingdong by Thick McRunFast	Jul 9th, 2007 06:32:36 PM
You'd think the American public would be hip to dopey convoluted mystery by now, but apparently not.
Some People are dumb as fuck... by V'Shael	Jul 9th, 2007 06:33:54 PM
It's a Lion? What to do about Mime types? Can't get a fucking hyperlink to work? How do some of you turn these computers on without electricuting yourselves to death?
HINTS... by StuntmanSnakeMacReady	Jul 9th, 2007 06:34:28 PM
I think quint said some names that were popping around some of the viral sites were "Mad Prophet" and "Alhazred". "Alhazred" was the "Mad Arab" who wrote the Necornomicon in Lovecraft's stories. Plus seeing the Statue of Liberty come flying into the street, also makes me think this huge creature is come from the ocean. Cthulhu resides in the deep ocean. Just some thoughts. If it's true I am totally up for a good Lovecraft movie. First post by the way...
Imdb message boards for this by Butterbelly1701	Jul 9th, 2007 06:36:33 PM
check em out...
My Bad by StuntmanSnakeMacReady	Jul 9th, 2007 06:36:58 PM
it was an eail to Harry from a guy named Aaron that mentioned the names "Alhazred" and "Mad Prophet".
For the "It's a lion" people.... by DS9Sisko	Jul 9th, 2007 06:37:02 PM
Do they give you a special discount on all that dope you're smoking? I mean, do you buy that meth at a "special" Costco or Sam's Club or something? LOL
aha... by AllieJamison	Jul 9th, 2007 06:37:50 PM
I confess that after all the buzz this was almost a bit...not really disappointing but...not as shocking as I had thought it would be. Still...even without feeling the direct impact that would hit you watching stuff like that unprepared, it clearly has a lot of intriguing stuff to get excited about.
finfangfoom by Butterbelly1701	Jul 9th, 2007 06:43:17 PM
It could be one of the "little ones" or it could just be a clue..
I know what the monster is... by Veni Vidi Vici	Jul 9th, 2007 06:45:23 PM
and why the city is being destroyed. the monster in the movie is the band Yellowcard: http://tinyurl.com/3753nh these guys must be powerful indeed, i mean how else does a shit band like this become popular?
revelations? by rotten666	Jul 9th, 2007 06:45:29 PM
Giant fire breathing lions? Maybe Abrams is doing a take on the apocalypse. And that would sure tickle my balls. Either way, it's a pretty cool trailer, and I feel bad for the cynical hip kids that don't like it. Later fuckers!
I saw it! It's Snakes On A Plane hype - it's HUGE!!! by Womb2dooM	Jul 9th, 2007 06:46:02 PM
It looks damn fine. DAMN fine! I just hope it doesn't suffer from the same over hyping of SNOAP... Not too many movies can live up to that kind of intense hype. FYI - I watched that "lion" moment intensely over and over and I'm 97% sure he says: "I saw it. It's alive it's huge!" Also, I read from a spy at http://www.trailerspy.com/2007 /07/08/a-trailerspy-exclusive- comments-from-a-cloverfield-1- 18-08-insider/ that Mr Reeves said the first explosion is a foot coming down on the tower. It is my opinion that something that big would indeed surprise people that it isn't a devastating object or machine but, in fact, alive.
That looks by King_Knut	Jul 9th, 2007 06:46:35 PM
fucking awesome.
01-18-08 = 09/11/01 by Thick McRunFast	Jul 9th, 2007 06:46:47 PM
Hey, New York blowing up in a massive fireball. That's not tacky or anything. Looks like Star Trek is going to be put to bed for good, if Alias, Lost, MI-3 and this are any indication of the vast amount of overhyped crap Abrams is capable of.
V'Shael by BadMrWonka	Jul 9th, 2007 06:46:56 PM
please don't lump me in with asshats like filegumbo who STILL believe the guy is saying "lion" (look on youtube for extremely nerdy audio breakdowns PROVING it's "alive"). if mime types are such an easy fix, why have I never seen this message before, and why can't someone just say, "oh just do xyz, and it'll be fixed?"
Mystery of the red car's missing wheels? by podoboo	Jul 9th, 2007 06:48:00 PM
When the Statue of Liberty head hits the pavement?
Drew Goddard wrote it. by Barry Egan	Jul 9th, 2007 06:49:21 PM
Buffy/Lost fans should be in line.
PLEASE DEAR GOD by mordiceius	Jul 9th, 2007 06:51:51 PM
let this be a Cthulhu movie. I would personally suck JJ Abrams's dick for that.
oh goody i love the Blair Witch series by captainCAPSLOCK	Jul 9th, 2007 06:52:07 PM
glad to see they're getting back to the home video style end sarcasm and for crying out loud when i saw this trailer it was 'ALIVE' ... not 'LION'. with such a low budget how are they gonna afford rendering those CG giant lion fur dynamics lulz
JimCurry by BadMrWonka	Jul 9th, 2007 06:52:38 PM
you can call me all the names you want. I'm new to the mac world, and I've never had any trouble viewing any video on any website with my macbook pro. then a message pops up I've never seen, referencing something I've never heard of, and I have to be mentally handicapped to be a little thrown by it? sigh...we can compare CV's if you want, but I don't really care to.
1-18-08 by diehard045	Jul 9th, 2007 06:55:41 PM
Go to ththat website, the one with the pictures. The times on each photo. 12:01 12:36 12:01 signifies a NEW DAY. 12:36 = Matthew 12:36
If Crabman32 is right... by Johnno	Jul 9th, 2007 06:56:06 PM
Then the concept could be really fucking cool! I'm scared already! Kinda like how just the thought of hell's existence in Event Horizon gives you chills...
Ok, so back to this are we. by indyit	Jul 9th, 2007 06:56:18 PM
No lion, no voltron. Only discrepancy i have is whether the guy says "he saw it" or "i saw it"...guess im the only one unsure on that one. but he says 'ALIVE'. And i must say the explosion effects are all cool, but the statue of liberty head was incredibly poorly textured. I did not see that in the pirate filmed ones but it's clear as day in HD. I hope they make the video quality worse again or something so it isnt that ugly! Plus i keep getting pestered by what i think is a wonky proportion of the head when it's being flinged. It seems to hit a building quite far away and looks small but then falls from that builing really huge and rolls on the street right by the camera, wtf?? ANYWAYS: movie's something new or possibly Cthulhu but i doubt it. (I've said this quite a few times now). January is indeed the dump month where no good movie comes out, but this movie has been created with this January date lingering since early on it seems, so we can't say it sucks just cause of the January release cause this date seems to be predecided reegardless quality (i might be wrong.) I'm sorta excited about this movie, it looks like something which could be really cool, but i'm not fully convinced, count me skeptical but still aching to see what developments this has (as is evident by my frequent visiting and posting.)
Chicks are like Voltron by Kanossssss	Jul 9th, 2007 06:56:26 PM
The more you hook up the better it gets. Okay I stole that line.
Butterbelly1701 by finfangfoom	Jul 9th, 2007 06:56:34 PM
Good Point, expecially because we know virtually nothing about this film. Still, if there are clues in those pictures, i dont see them, yet.
here's one answer I got about the mime shit... by BadMrWonka	Jul 9th, 2007 06:57:15 PM
"My guess is that you will need either WMP or Flip4Mac (which is on the Micorsoft site) to view the video. And even then it may or may not work. When you install WMP it will install a browser plugin. WMP is no longer being updated by Microsoft for Mac, however. Instead you are supposed to use Flip4Mac´s plugin that will let you play Windows Media files in Quicktime." yeah, that's awesome...I'll jsut wait for it to get on youtube, and JimCurry can have more pudding...
I saw it, it's ALIVE it's HUGE!!! by Briannicus	Jul 9th, 2007 07:00:22 PM
So, to the people who are having serious hearing problems, he definitely says ALIVE, trust me, there'll be nothing about Lions in this movie.
BadMrWonka, by team america	Jul 9th, 2007 07:01:46 PM
couple of people have posted direct links to the trailers -- do those work for you? I would just try to download it and watch it locally.
filegumbo and all you other "lion" guys... by GeneralJackCosmo	Jul 9th, 2007 07:02:23 PM
...I'm not going to insult anyone or anything like that, but the fact of the matter is you are just WRONG. You are incorrect. He does not say "lion". Period. Listen to the audio breakdowns on IMDB or YouTube by folks who have even more free time than all of us, and I assure you that the "v" in the word "alive" is unmistakeable and that there is absolutely no "n" sound in the word. People on IMDB have it set to to run slow and with minimal background noise. He absolutely, 100% says "alive". Not lion.
The time of each photo are clues by diehard045	Jul 9th, 2007 07:03:24 PM
J.M. McClane
Where are the haters? by Logan_1973	Jul 9th, 2007 07:04:05 PM
No hating just yet. I guess we'll have wait and see what the designs of the creatures look like before the bitchfest begins. Hopefully they won't have lips to piss off the masses.
Is that an EYE between the two chicks??? by diehard045	Jul 9th, 2007 07:04:24 PM
J.M. McClane
When I told my wife how jazzed the trailer got me ... by Samuel Steamer	Jul 9th, 2007 07:06:01 PM
She said...Wait JJ Abrams made a great trailer for a movie that isn't done yet? Now he just needs to figure out what the movie is about. Pretty funny but I am still excited about this film. Looks great so far.
Cthulhu by malcolm_mccallum	Jul 9th, 2007 07:08:11 PM
Cthulhu is the Dreaming Dead God beneath the sea. His entrance would not be heralded by meteorites and fire. Instead the waters would rise and everyone would go insane...or something. Tis not cthuloid.
Personally, I love the GIANT FUCKING LION tangent. by CreasyBear	Jul 9th, 2007 07:08:20 PM
It's great how talkbackers can misunderstand a single word and create an entire mythology (with references and citations, no less) to make it seem plausible. I hate myself for loving this site.
CLUES by diehard045	Jul 9th, 2007 07:08:24 PM
Make a duplicate of the photo of the 2 chicks. The webite allows for you to creat duplicates on the palate. If you invert one of the pics (of the girls) and line it up - YOU CLEARLY HAVE AN EYEBALL
Logan we already know how the creature is going to look by team america	Jul 9th, 2007 07:08:25 PM
more or less, anyhow: http://www.daoine-sidhe.org/ga leries/img/Bob%20Eggleton/Cthu lhu.jpg
Malcolm_McCallum... by team america	Jul 9th, 2007 07:10:16 PM
Are you familiar with the original story? Sure, R'lyeh's rising was heralded by the more psychically attuned lapsing into a delirious state, but that didn't exactly disrupt the going-ons of the general populace, now did it?
Alive by Cylinder	Jul 9th, 2007 07:11:35 PM
Yeah, it's "alive". Admittedly, I thought I heard "Lion" when I wasn't listening very closely. When I watched again, it was "alive". And just using common sense.. if this was a Voltron movie, you'd know it by now. Especially with it coming out in Jan.
Times.... by burkazoid2005	Jul 9th, 2007 07:12:05 PM
Did anyone notice the times so far? The pictures on 1-18-08.com show 12:01AM and 12:36AM. In the trailer, the time displayed on the tv next to the newscaster shows 12:23AM. And...as much as I want to say it's not a lion, it sound like "it's a lion" to me.
For sure end times apocalyptic horror ... by mr dark	Jul 9th, 2007 07:14:37 PM
I think the Crabman 32 may be on to something here but not a giant fucking lion... Maybe Tony the Tiger eating fucking people and roaring There Great!! But the numbers thing and the psalms numbers could hold a clue...as for the two floating pictures on the official site.. They seem to be floating as though in a darkroom tray.. I don't know if that means anything though..
JimCurry by BadMrWonka	Jul 9th, 2007 07:14:40 PM
I got the reference, but you were saying it in response to the mime problem, right? I hardly think the brain donors that still are hearing "lion" are on the same page. at any rate, I guess this whole fiasco is over. team america is right, I'm jsut going to find somewhere to download it. but for now? poker time at the Bicycle. los angeles traffic for 30 minutes, then glorious air conditioned poker...so sweet
Actually the time... by Veni Vidi Vici	Jul 9th, 2007 07:16:23 PM
on the tv newscast is 12:32 AM
Bring on the GIANT LION film by MontyPigeon	Jul 9th, 2007 07:18:05 PM
Even put him in Lost as the person who runs Dharma, was responsible for the plane crash and created the Island. And the oscar goes to.... THE GIANT LION! (Applause). "I would like to thank the people at MGM for employing my brother without him I would have played Cthulhu"
Imagine this. by Cylinder	Jul 9th, 2007 07:19:58 PM
It's an original monster movie.
ok more BS to the fire by Knight Of Frunkis	Jul 9th, 2007 07:20:00 PM
www.myspace.com/ethanhaaswasri ght connect you to more craptacular demonic lettering. Sounds very Biblical or necronomicon like
I see a huge continuity problem by SkeletonParty	Jul 9th, 2007 07:21:09 PM
The even takes place at around 12:30 am NY time. The news broadcast is at 12:36 am. The kids run down to the street and the now infamous "lion alive" line happens. In the trailer at 00:01:29 the beautiful girl with the heart pendant is out in the street looking up. This is just a few seconds after the news broadcast. I believe that is the same girl in the photograph pictured crying at 12:36 on the 1-18-08 website. how can she be crying with mascara running down her face at the same time she is in the street trying to figure out what is happening?
Cylinder by malcolm_mccallum	Jul 9th, 2007 07:22:50 PM
An original monster movie? Hello!? Hollywood.
Oh, wait, I guess she had four minutes to break down. by SkeletonParty	Jul 9th, 2007 07:24:17 PM
oops.
Clock Times by Veni Vidi Vici	Jul 9th, 2007 07:27:03 PM
12:00 the party begins 12:01 party photo 12:32 the news report 12:36 photo of the girls 12:40 Conan O'Brien starts
I still don't see the guy dressed as a lion, yelling... by SkeletonParty	Jul 9th, 2007 07:27:21 PM
"I'm alive!"
filegumbo by GeneralJackCosmo	Jul 9th, 2007 07:28:49 PM
I definitely heard the roar of a large something at least three times in the teaser: Once when the gang is still inside the apartment, once when they are on the roof, and once before the SOL head comes flying at the crowd. Now, I don't know where the sound effect itself actually came from, but I definitely cannot guess as to what kind of animal/creature it is supposed to be. As for this being an official Cthulhu movie...well, I'n sure it is NOT. However, as all the prophesies of Ethan Haas discussed on the viral ARG sites have a VERY Lovecraftian tone, I would not be surprised if this movie was "inspired by" (i.e. ripped of from) the work of HPL.
Nitpick on the Statue of Liberty head. by Ozy	Jul 9th, 2007 07:29:15 PM
First it probably wouldn't be that intact after being hurled into a building and landing on the ground and second the entire exterior of the Statue is copper so how is it sparking on the road.
CTHULU DANCE (To the tune of "Safety Dance") by Mr. Nice Gaius	Jul 9th, 2007 07:32:24 PM
C, c, c, c T, t, t, t H, h, h, h U, u, u, u L, l, l, l U, u, u, u CTHULU!!! We can dance like Cthulu We can answer to his call Watch him kick Lady Liberty's head down the road like a soccer ball Say, we can dance like Cthulu Live it up while the livin's good Cause once he awakens, the world starts shakin' and there goes the neighborhood Say, we can dance, we can dance Great Old Ones are in control We can dance, we can dance Hear them callin' the call We can dance, we can dance Terror makes you go in a trance We can dance, we can dance Everybody's shitting their p-a-a-nts The Cthulu Dance The Cthulu Dance Yeah! The Cthulu Dance It's the CTHULU DANCE!!!
Gaius, by team america	Jul 9th, 2007 07:32:48 PM
*Cthulhu
Ozy, maybe the road itself is sparking by SkeletonParty	Jul 9th, 2007 07:33:12 PM
from a giant hot head dragging on it.
It's alive by Mighty_Messenger	Jul 9th, 2007 07:33:54 PM
Hmm, this actually seems like an odd thing to say if you have just seen some monster og Godlike thing. Imo it would be more apropriate to say that if you saw a skyscraper come alive or some other thing that is clearly a dead thing.. Does this make any sense. Btw. I would really love this to be a Cthulhu movie, but I'm preparing to be dissapointed (not that I don't wanna see something original). Anyway, if this turns out to be a Godzilla kind-of-film with Cthulhu I would probably blow up the cinema in pure dissapointment ;-)
They're clearly saying... by D_T	Jul 9th, 2007 07:35:05 PM
It's a LIAR! Calling JJ on his BS from inside his own movie? Self-denigration gone mad! Interesting the people seemed like they were reacting in surprise that is WAS alive (like it had been inert for some time?) Did someone post something about Mothra somewhere? More giant robots? Given how similar movies tend to come out in batches, it's very possible this is giant monster(s) vs. giant robot (Gigantor, Voltron, Funky Mo Z, Ultra-Dingus, etc.) ~D_T
SkeletonParty, by indyit	Jul 9th, 2007 07:35:23 PM
great job! haha, and seriously i know in a movie like this the devil's in the details when its this mysterious and stuff, but continuity problems occur to the best of movies and im sure this will be no different!
"Ozy, maybe the road itself is sparking" by GeneralJackCosmo	Jul 9th, 2007 07:35:38 PM
Or, maybe this is a teaser for Spaceballs 2, and that's the Mega-Maid head.
If we're lucky this will be a remake... by SkeletonParty	Jul 9th, 2007 07:37:16 PM
of something totally original! That would be as close to original as we could possibly hope for. That would be unusually very unique and different.
Oh man... by Mr. Nice Gaius	Jul 9th, 2007 07:37:46 PM
...I can't believe I left out an "H". DAMN IT!!! Thanks for catching it, team america.
Who Gives a fuck about the Lion/Huge? by Babu86	Jul 9th, 2007 07:44:00 PM
Did anyone have people in their theaters think the movie was called 'Bad Robot'? I was about ready to start smacking people when I heard these crazy allegations.
1-18-08 is official title? by wadi77	Jul 9th, 2007 07:44:33 PM

Mr. Nice Gaius by D_T	Jul 9th, 2007 07:44:45 PM
The missing H doesn't diminish the effort - very nice :^) I was just in a thread about 80's music on another MB, good timing.
Robot vs whatever movie by Mighty_Messenger	Jul 9th, 2007 07:45:42 PM
D_T Has a good point about concept movies like Transformers coming out in batches. But we already know that this film has apocalyptic overtones (almost biblical), and something very big. The last thing i can imagine this film being about, is Giant robots vs demons/gods etc. If it turns out that way i will laough my ass out royally and sew it back on so i can do it again..
If this really is based on Lovecraft by Bob of the Shire	Jul 9th, 2007 07:47:15 PM
then best movie ever confirmed 100% supreme no cherinji awesoma powa!
Fools. It's the BILL BRASKEY STORY. by Sir Loin	Jul 9th, 2007 07:47:21 PM
As in, "To Biiiilllll Braaaaskey!" from SNL. Legend says he's HUGE, ya know!
Mighty_Messenger by D_T	Jul 9th, 2007 07:48:49 PM
When you reach down to fetch your missing ass, don't accidently pick up mine by mistake :^) I'll be laughing right there with you!
CTHULU DANCE (To the tune of "Safety Dance") REDUX by Mr. Nice Gaius	Jul 9th, 2007 07:50:11 PM
C, c, c, c T, t, t, t H, h, h, h U, u, u, u L, l, l, l H, h, h, h U, u, u, u CTHULHU!!! We can dance like Cthulhu We can answer to his call Watch him kick Lady Liberty's head down the road like a soccer ball Say, we can dance like Cthulhu Live it up while the livin's good Cause once he awakens, the world starts shakin' and there goes the neighborhood Say, we can dance, we can dance Great Old Ones are in control We can dance, we can dance Hear them callin' the call We can dance, we can dance Terror makes you go in a trance We can dance, we can dance Everybody's shitting their p-a-a-nts The Cthulhu Dance The Cthulhu Dance Yeah! The Cthulhu Dance It's the CTHULHU DANCE!!!
Yeah, don't get me wrong, by team america	Jul 9th, 2007 07:50:36 PM
that was one of the best things I've read in this thread, Gaius.
to the people dissing this...come on!! by RockLobster800	Jul 9th, 2007 07:51:06 PM
Im not a JJ fan, and in all fairness it might turn out to be an average monster flick but c'mon this trailer kicks ass. I couldnt give a toss about Cloverfield two days ago but this actually made me go "oooooh, what the fuck?". and its fairly original (although in the likely event the entire flicks filmed like this it would be a lttle too Blair Witch ....or its superior predecessor The Last Broadcast-but it wont be ). But dont diss a teaser-it did its job....it teased. Wait for the film to come out before you pour on the scorn....
Babu86 by GeneralJackCosmo	Jul 9th, 2007 07:51:35 PM
Absolutely. The guy sitting behind me leaned over and told his kid that "Bad Robot" was the name of the movie. He was so matter-of-fact about it that I fucking laughed out loud. My girlfriend knew I was laughing at the guy (because, A: She watches Lost, and, B: Is not retarded) and elbowed me to shut up so I wouldn't end up fighting this clown. Later, during Transformers, in the scene where Sam's mom accuses him of masturbating, the guy's kid asked REALLY loud, "What's that?".
D_T by Mighty_Messenger	Jul 9th, 2007 07:52:21 PM
Well, I got a pretty large ass so I should think that I would recognice it. If not not we can just swap our asses when we laugh em off again :D
ok dumb question by Knight Of Frunkis	Jul 9th, 2007 07:53:38 PM
Where did the "Cloverfield" name come from?
It's Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty! by Johnno	Jul 9th, 2007 07:54:40 PM
What you saw was Arsenal Gear crashing into NY. The Statue of Liberty got it's head chopped off and those roaring sounds are Rays. It's the game footage Hideo Kojima cut out when 9/11 happened. And now that I have you attention you should all petition Konami to release that footage... and the PS3 has dropped in price by $100 in North America for those of you that care...
Coming from the ocean by IronSpidey	Jul 9th, 2007 07:57:15 PM
Just a thought... If we presume the monster is near the huge explosion, then that means it went to the statue AFTER that. Therefore, to have started out in the ocean it would have had to come out, cause the explosion, and then go back in to get to the statue.
Tribal Arm Band! by REDD	Jul 9th, 2007 07:59:37 PM
Tribal Arm Band! Tribal Arm Band! Tribal Arm Band! Tribal Arm Band! Tribal Arm Band!
1-18-08 website by Mal Carne	Jul 9th, 2007 07:59:46 PM
The photos move becuase you can click and drag them around the screen. Not that doing so gives us any new clues or anything, but it does make it feel a bit more like you're handling photos, and lets us try to analyze the durned things some more. Of course, if I had the actual photos I'd flip them over to see if something was written on the back, but...
Its the statue of liberty that comes to life by fried samurai	Jul 9th, 2007 08:01:56 PM
Why would someone say "Its alive" It would have to be something that is most likely inanimate to cause that reaction.So I think the staue comes to life,gets pissed,stomps everything in sight.Then in a fit of rage she rips off her head and throws it at a group of people.
Finally, a properly done Lovecraft movie? by Jopapa	Jul 9th, 2007 08:02:30 PM
And relating to the Cthulhu Mythos even??? I'd shit myself. The growling noises deinfately sounded like they could've been from something aquatic. Be awesome if that fireball is the city of R'lyeh rising from the deep. Doubt that (especially if JJ wanted to be accurate to Lovecraft's writings), but damn it'd be cool.
It's "Red Dawn II" by Kanossssss	Jul 9th, 2007 08:03:24 PM
Sri Lanka uses the Lion motif. Makes no sense whatsoever...
fried samurai by Mighty_Messenger	Jul 9th, 2007 08:03:38 PM
LoL that would be a fucking memorable movie :D
This is how you sell a movie!! by hoorayforeric	Jul 9th, 2007 08:04:43 PM
My interest is there...I want to see this NOW!! I don't need a title...I don't need stars...this teaser alone makes me want to go out and see this movie!! This is how hollywood gets smart...spark the curiosity early...get people talking and talking and talking...and this will be the biggest movie ever to open on 1-18!!
supercowbell by RockLobster800	Jul 9th, 2007 08:05:04 PM
the Chipmunks poster has only been out a week-it'll be another few weeks before AICN gets the exclusive scoop. Does anyone else hink the monster might be a pissed off Warwick Davis retaliatin from the Sex And The City talkback?
it's.... by Zebtron A. Rama	Jul 9th, 2007 08:06:12 PM
WAAAAAAAAAALLLLTT. (totally wicked teaser)
Actually, failing a Cthulhu movie, by team america	Jul 9th, 2007 08:08:23 PM
I would totally love to see the Statue of Liberty come to life, tear her own head off, and rampage through New York City.
"It's a LIMON!!!" by Bass Bastardson	Jul 9th, 2007 08:11:40 PM
Clearly this is a sprite advertisement.
"It's A Lime, It's Huge!" by B0D	Jul 9th, 2007 08:13:20 PM
Poor Rob, getting stalked by giant monsters all the time. At least he'll be safe in Tokyo...
Attack of the..... by closeencounter	Jul 9th, 2007 08:14:45 PM
Giant Mechanical Dinosaur from the Jungle!!!! Oh wait, that's been done..damn.....
You know what would be really badass? by Clabog592	Jul 9th, 2007 08:16:33 PM
If like this wed. they release another preview similar to this (still filmed by camcorder) but have it take place soemwhere else in the world. Like the coming of all the Old Ones. That way it wont just seem like another NYC destruction movie.
the 1-18-08 website by gonzo observer	Jul 9th, 2007 08:17:05 PM
When you first open the site, the troll looking thing between the crying girls is hidden behind the other photo. That image is the only thing thats covered. If that image is recognizable in anyway to anyone, it could lead to what this is about. Also, once you move the photo's by clicking and dragging them around. They begin to slowly move on their own. Small movements each time. Perhaps if you wait 35 minutes (the time between when the photos were taken) they will be in position to reveal a greater clue.
I honestly doubt its Voltron by RockLobster800	Jul 9th, 2007 08:18:44 PM
I think JJ has a little more interity to release something that similar to the Transformers this soon after Transformers...and if it is a Cthulhu flick I hope they call it "Cthulhu strikes" or something just so everyone will avoid sayin the title cos no one can pronounce it.
What I heard was "it's a lion". by Walterego	Jul 9th, 2007 08:22:32 PM
That was my first impression, and I know better than to second guess it.
Drew Goddard Wrote It by Birdys Piano Teacher	Jul 9th, 2007 08:23:02 PM
Nice to see the Buffy alum doing okay.
Dharma Initiative by JeffreyDJ	Jul 9th, 2007 08:25:06 PM
It's all a ploy by the Dharma Initiative to see how we'd react in the absence of any real information.
It's a liger! by PROF IKAMONO	Jul 9th, 2007 08:27:18 PM
...it's pretty much my favorite animal... it's like half lion and half tiger... bred for it's skills in magic...
Fuck it. I just bought an Xbox360 Elite and a PS3 by AllPowerfulWizardOfOz	Jul 9th, 2007 08:27:18 PM
no war for me. I got the Wii, XBOX360, PS3 AND a stand alone HD-DVD player. I am officially out of the format and games war. Enjoy your pissing matches. And btw this movie has me excited. Just to stay on topic.
This trailer is proof that most people are suckers. by lost.rules	Jul 9th, 2007 08:28:25 PM
GABBO! GABBO! GABBO!
JANUARY BIRTHS CAN GO F*CK THEMSELVES. THE MONTH OF... by tibbr08	Jul 9th, 2007 08:29:52 PM
NOVEMBER IS WHEN THIS MOVIE SHOULD BE RELEASED! J.J DON'T MAKE ME PULL YOUR FINGER!
Speaking of best trailer ever - GET SMART online NOW! by Womb2dooM	Jul 9th, 2007 08:29:55 PM
Yay - http://movies.msn.com/movies/m ovie.aspx?m=2082700
sad thing is by RockLobster800	Jul 9th, 2007 08:30:44 PM
the whole camcorder teaser gives the impression that the film might be striving for a bit of realism yet Rob is still a cliched hollywood hunky bastard...
lost.rules by RockLobster800	Jul 9th, 2007 08:33:31 PM
this movie seems to be about some uy. some guy named "lion".
Theres a hint in the Trailer, where the shooting was !! by Kajisan	Jul 9th, 2007 08:35:36 PM
- At 1:32 before the Head of the Statue crashed the building, you can read 401 on a great board. Its this Building: http://www.nyc-architecture.co m/GV/GV053-401BROADWAYBLDG.htm - At 1:31 we can read the subtitle thats called Broadway. Ok ladies, we have a street where the shooting was, now we need somebody in NY who knows when the shooting was exacly ;) and from which building the trailer starts with the party. Maybe Cloverfield is a Name of something like a restaurant or a name of somebody who lives there. greetings, KJ
Clabog592 by Mighty_Messenger	Jul 9th, 2007 08:36:50 PM
I hear you, that would fucking rock! Funny I have just begun reading the Masks of Nyarlathotep campaign, in that book the cultists of the Old Ones are attemting to open a cosmic gate by detonating a special nuclear kind of bomb, so the old ones can return to planet earth through the gate, and awaken those of The Old Ones that dwell in the earth.
I'm just gonna wait for the movie for the answers. by kikuchiyoboy	Jul 9th, 2007 08:37:46 PM
=)
"I don't think they're giving you enough information." by lost.rules	Jul 9th, 2007 08:38:21 PM
It's not a Lost tie in. And the pictures on 1-18-08 are of the same woman, split in two. Why? I don't know. Van's messages didn't help me much. Is Ethan Haas was wrong.com owned by Paramount?
SWIMFAN prequel! by TheBloop	Jul 9th, 2007 08:39:39 PM
The monster is the pyscho swim fan chick in a giant robot suite in "Swim Fan; BackStroke Blues" coming from Tim Story, starring Jason Biggs.
Could be about the Cthulhu mythos by evangelion80	Jul 9th, 2007 08:39:47 PM
In the preview when they first go down to the street, a guy running by can clearly be heard saying "it looked like a big lion" now read this from wikipedia Pamael A large deity. Shown as a man with a lion's head, also having many long tenticles from his back. Mortal enemy of the Elder Gods. About 35 feet tall. Uses black magic to command shadows. Could also manipulate his form to become nothing more than a shadow. Often shown in texts and the like as a cicle sitting within a inverted equilateral triangle with no top. Worshipped by a small Egyptian cult. His worship ended when rome arrived in egypt. For any one not familiar with the stories, the Eldar Gods are the good guys, and the ancient ones are the bad guys. Hopefully that's what this movie will be about. A battle for the world with the Cthulhu mythos involved.
All your R'lyeh are belong to Cthulhu! by Dataset	Jul 9th, 2007 08:40:14 PM
IA! IA! The Classics Awaken!
and also by evangelion80	Jul 9th, 2007 08:43:02 PM
Cthulhu looks like a giant man with tentacles coming from his face. Think of Davey jones from pirates of the Caribbean. But like 100 feet tall. At least tim story isn't behind this so he hopefully won't be turned into a space cloud
half the fun is in the speculation by RockLobster800	Jul 9th, 2007 08:43:10 PM
it'll mean the flick is a dissappointment in comparison buts its good craic gettin there-bit like Spidey 3...the build uo to that-what a ride...
here is why that trailer FAILED by Mogwai Democracy	Jul 9th, 2007 08:43:50 PM
the thing is presented all shaky & informal like it was shot with a camcorder, but the video quality is ultra slick & looks nothing like what a video recorder would capture, which takes you right out of the supposed 'realism' and just reminds you of a big budget hollywood production. when i heard the trailer described it sounded cool, but now that i see it, well... it's pretty lame. if you're going to do it, do it right. make it look lo-fi and shoot it with actual consumer-grade camcorders (like blair witch). THEN you would have something awesome. but there is nothing worse than something big budget trying to emulate a low budget aesthetic & failing. it keeps reminding you of its artifice every second & you can't suspend disbelief.
ethanhaaswaswrong HACKED? by Dataset	Jul 9th, 2007 08:45:27 PM
Now it says ethan haas was a douchebag. Check it!
Awaken Awaken MustaKrakish by MrQuick	Jul 9th, 2007 08:47:29 PM
Take the land that must be taken...
I also hope... by Clabog592	Jul 9th, 2007 08:47:40 PM
that if this is some Cthulhu/lovecraft thing, they dont go over the top with special effects, and jsut briefly have whoever is filming this just kinda move the camera up just long enough to see some massive silohette (spelt right?) of something cthulhu like...thatd be pretty creepy in my opinion. As opposed to it being cheesy and having shots of it just walking around smashing buildings..just show it brefly at times keeping it mysterious.
Here's two cents by Brianincal	Jul 9th, 2007 08:47:56 PM
The "yellow woman" is in both pictures. And haven't you all forgotten how let down some of these interment campains have made you people? AI anyone?
don't any of you read comics any more by strangernparadis	Jul 9th, 2007 08:48:36 PM
its clearly what DC is Counting down to. the early release is to throw you off
...a lion rampant is a symbol of Scotland! It's a ... by PROF IKAMONO	Jul 9th, 2007 08:49:20 PM
...blancmange!!!! They're here to try to win Wimbledon!!! Mr. Neutron is missing!!! Only Teddy Salad can save us now!!!
If you slow it down by Kanossssss	Jul 9th, 2007 08:50:38 PM
You can see that whatever it is is throwing liberty's head at the building. Kinda cool
Not a yellow "woman", he's a king... by PROF IKAMONO	Jul 9th, 2007 08:52:10 PM
...and he wears no mask...
Well . . . by Charles Martel	Jul 9th, 2007 08:55:52 PM
I wonder about all of this Ethan Haas stuff. If the Ethan Haas nonsense IS, in fact, tied into this movie, that would support the idea that Abrams and the writer came up with something new. Possibly loosely based on Lovecraftian mythology. Sorta like how Heroes is loosely based (though some argue stolen outright) on previous super-heroes. If Abrams was doing a straight Cthulhu story, wouldn't more of that appear in the Ethan Haas sites? If Abrams and co. feel the need to do all of this Lost-type online "find clues" shyte, wouldn't that mean they're attempting to set up a surrounding mythos that doesn't already exist?
PROF IKAMONO by Mighty_Messenger	Jul 9th, 2007 08:57:27 PM
Hmmm, You seem know about the King, then i won't have to ask you "Tell me, have you seen the yellow sign?" ;-)
If this really is a Cthulhu by snapcase	Jul 9th, 2007 09:02:09 PM
If this really is a Cthulhu movie, do we really want to see him stomping around NY like godzilla?
here's something else to worry about! by ian216a	Jul 9th, 2007 09:02:28 PM
On the films imdb page it notes that the website with the photos on is registered to the freemasons and administered by "Albert Pike". This is exactly the kinda clues given out by The Lost Experience websites last year. I did a quick google search on Albert Pike who was a high ranking member of the Illuminati, who predicted 3 world wars back in the 19th century (shades of Rambaldi too then). Check out www.threeworldwars.com/albert- pike2.htm too for more crazy conspiracy bollocks. I was particularly drawn to the reference to WWIII including "...the universal manifestation of the pure doctrine of Lucifer, brought finally out in the public view." More grist for the mill. This is getting fun now
ok i think i got it by Knight Of Frunkis	Jul 9th, 2007 09:04:36 PM
Dr. Orpheus and the order of the triad ressurected the venture bros. Oh wait wrong forum
PROF IKAMONO by ian216a	Jul 9th, 2007 09:06:14 PM
thats the first thought I had when seeing that picture. The things a misspent youth of RPGing will do to you.
snapcase by Mighty_Messenger	Jul 9th, 2007 09:09:10 PM
No! I don't wanna see The Great Green C stomping around like Godzilla. That's why I'm beginning to think that I will be very dissapointed with this flick no matter what happens. But hey! Maybe this will end up being something very original, but i rather doubt it.
manifestation of the dark one by Knight Of Frunkis	Jul 9th, 2007 09:10:35 PM
God i love this kinda stuff. I mean the real wacky wrap your head in tin foil so the king of sweden cant send you meatloaf recipies. Thank you george carlin. But the rantsings of madmen are really quite fun
My Wife Said by RainesMaker	Jul 9th, 2007 09:13:39 PM
Its a Polar Bear.
Theres a hint in the Trailer, where the shooting was !! by Kajisan	Jul 9th, 2007 09:15:17 PM
- At 1:32 before the Head of the Statue crashed the building, you can read 401 on a great board. Its this Building: http://www.nyc-architecture.co m/GV/GV053-401BROADWAYBLDG.htm - At 1:31 we can read the subtitle thats called Broadway. Ok ladies, we have a street where the shooting was, now we need somebody in NY who knows when the shooting was exacly ;) and from which building the trailer starts with the party. Maybe Cloverfield is a Name of something like a restaurant or a name of somebody who lives there. I hope, someone read this ^^ greetings, KJ
Read the wording in the source code by ShiniGamiSan	Jul 9th, 2007 09:19:05 PM
GO to http://www.ethanhaaswasright.c om/ then "View Source". You'll find the following text:"...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." Lovecraft Baby
snapcase gots it by Pinkertons	Jul 9th, 2007 09:19:13 PM
Amen, who cares if it's just Godzilla with tentacles. I hope it is a lion.
The Cthulhu has been popping up alot recently... by TheRealSeveren	Jul 9th, 2007 09:20:17 PM
in pop culture. Its funny how that tends to happen. One of the most recent examples is bigfoot. He's bigger than ever lately...Abominable and many other film projects in the works (including one addressing the rumor that John Landis and Rick Baker were involved in the famous fake footage of bigfoot) as well as tons of commercials lately. The Cthulhu seems to be the next creature to really saturate pop culture. Its all cyclical. So is this a remake of Andrew Leman's silent film? I know its a joke but Id rather see Voltron attack the Earth. By the way, I respect all of you.
Anyway... by Mighty_Messenger	Jul 9th, 2007 09:21:22 PM
Whatever this film is about, somebody should make a faithfull adaption of one of Lovecrafts stories with the same attention to detail that Peter Jackson gave Lord of the Rings. Or maybe adapt one of the epic rpg campaigns based on lovecrafts works, some of them can almost be read like a great pulp story. The world needs more Mythos films!! :-)
It can really be a Cthulhu Movie ! by Kajisan	Jul 9th, 2007 09:21:26 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C thulhu_Mythos Theres a big big monster with a strong relationship to a big city called Arkham
...Empire State Bldg. normally lit green in January? by PROF IKAMONO	Jul 9th, 2007 09:21:48 PM
...I thought that was only in March around St. Pat's Day? Any New Yorkers out there to clear this up?
It's the SMOKE MONSTER and all those hipsters . . . by ProzacMorris	Jul 9th, 2007 09:22:05 PM
. . . are in PURGATORY!
"the myth" by Vanyar07	Jul 9th, 2007 09:23:42 PM
Is it just me or if you listen carefully JUST before the lights go out you can hear a womans voice saying "The Myth"? I've listened to it a few times and still hear it.
January in NYC? by Pound Sand	Jul 9th, 2007 09:27:26 PM
On the news broadcast, the time and temp read something like 12:30 am. and 63 degrees. Also, some gals are wearing strappy dresses on the roof. That would be unusual in Manhattan in Jan. Can't wait, such a huge fan.
Small group during monster attack == MNS's "Signs" by bah	Jul 9th, 2007 09:29:20 PM
IMDB describes it as "Revolves around a monster attack in New York as told from the point of view of a small group of people.", which is what Signs was. Meh. Who does JJ Abram's sound work, though? "Lost" has awesome sound, and the roars in this are fantastic.
Vanyar07 by mparke2	Jul 9th, 2007 09:34:15 PM
I also heard "The Myth" during right before and leading into the roar. Very very very interesting.
Ethan Haas websites unrelated... by IronSpidey	Jul 9th, 2007 09:35:38 PM
http://www.aintitcool.com/node /33261
no title, great affect on everyne by nastrand	Jul 9th, 2007 09:36:16 PM
they should do this more often. most times a title is mentioned with a movie even if the teaser looks great, people wont bother. i mean if THIS movie was a godzilla movie most people wouold have thought that yeah the trailer was but as soon as the words GODZILLA scolled up, they would be like, ahhh, never mind. But this, his kind of "no title" direction gets alot of people excited about a movie, and gets them into it more then ahh, never mind.
Lairs of the Hidden Gods... by PROF IKAMONO	Jul 9th, 2007 09:36:36 PM
...three volumes of Japanese Mythos writing... a fourth yet to be published... Godzilla/Cthulhu connection explored... ...in trailer Rob is going to Japan... Japanese artifacts, lanterns, and artwork decorate the apartment... ...a large spread of sushi is prominently displayed... hmmmmmm Ikamono means "fake" or "squid-thing" in Japanese... I was born in Japan on January 18th.... Prof. Ikamono was the name I originally used for a player character in Call of Cthulhu RPG 20 years ago... hmmmmmm
The Call of Cthulhu by Nimrod The Sea Creature	Jul 9th, 2007 09:36:55 PM
Bumming around on wikipedia I found this article: http://tinyurl.com/2wlrmz It describes the short story where Cthulhu makes its only appearance. Here's the line that stood out in the article: It is written in a documentary style, with three independent narratives linked together by the device of a narrator discovering notes left by a deceased relative. The narrator pieces together the whole truth and disturbing significance of the information he possesses, illustrating the story's first line: "The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents." If this is a Cthulhu story, I would bet good money this is how Goddard is going to write it... First time poster, fyi. I apologize if this has already been mentioned above, but I hadn't seen anyone post it...
WATCHMEN by Babu86	Jul 9th, 2007 09:37:43 PM
I just had an epiphany: This would make for an amazing Watchmen trailer. (or not)
Yeah, the time of year sort of caught my attention. by Bronx Cheer	Jul 9th, 2007 09:38:05 PM
Good call there, Pound Sand. I call BULLSHIT. I do have to say that I never caught the roars in all the lousy versions of the trailer I'd seen on YouTube etc. But I saw the trailer before Transformers and the monster roar was wicked. It sent some nice little tingles down my spine.
...Ethan Haas site is source of Cthulhu connection... by PROF IKAMONO	Jul 9th, 2007 09:39:48 PM
... so no CThulhu after all... damn. Fuck, you don't think it's really Voltron after all?
As long as it has strong characters, and good acting, by lost.rules	Jul 9th, 2007 09:40:10 PM
I'll be there. The mythology isn't as interesting to me. I feel more like it's going to be simmilar to 28 Days Later than Blair Witch. Hopefully.
Damn, that looks pretty good! by L.H.Puttgrass	Jul 9th, 2007 09:40:45 PM
Sounds better too! Okay, my two cents, he's saying, "I saw it! It's alive 'n it's huge!". I would've chimed in earlier, but I've been reading these posts. You guys are closing in on 400 posts already. Does anybody else see something moving in the smoke at the end of the street at the 1:25 mark? There aren't many frames to look at, but something seems to be there. Or maybe it's just smoke.
LOL at the "safty dance" spoof by Mace Tofu	Jul 9th, 2007 09:43:37 PM
Nice one mr. nice : )
"It's a KNIFE!" by cornponious	Jul 9th, 2007 09:44:56 PM
I heard him say it. It's as clear as day. My friend, MY FRIEND, he's got a knife!
Ethan Haas site a fake? by lost.rules	Jul 9th, 2007 09:46:31 PM
So says J.J. Huh? Is he lying?
The truth behind all that Ethan Haas stuff by LittleDudes	Jul 9th, 2007 09:48:01 PM
http://tinyurl.com/ytg8t7
The truth behind all that Ethan Haas stuff by LittleDudes	Jul 9th, 2007 09:48:09 PM
http://tinyurl.com/ytg8t7
http://tinyurl.com/ytg8t7 by LittleDudes	Jul 9th, 2007 09:48:27 PM
http://tinyurl.com/ytg8t7
blue harvest by nastrand	Jul 9th, 2007 09:48:34 PM
just like when Return of the Jedi came out and the fake name of blue harvest was given to that movie, until everyone figured it out... other movies that didnt want attention took on fake names and the lot. In this case I think its awesome to make everyone guess what this is all about.
Or maybe he said, "It's alive! It's Hughes!". by L.H.Puttgrass	Jul 9th, 2007 09:49:07 PM
Or not...
Better than all of "Transformers" by Pdorwick	Jul 9th, 2007 09:50:42 PM
I saw this in front the "The Transformers" and it was the only enjoyable cinematic moment of my whole evening.
PROF IKAMONO, as for the Empire St Bldg lighting, by Bronx Cheer	Jul 9th, 2007 09:52:46 PM
it was all green this past weekend as a tie-in with Live Earth. It varies, but if memory serves me they go back to the standard white-white-white lighting after the holidays are over because it's a long stretch of blue-white for Hanukkah and then green and red for Christmas. I'd bet they shot this trailer around Patty's Day, as you mention, which gave them enough time to do the effects. But there's no reason to expect they shot it on a real rooftop in NYC. I don't believe anything I see anymore. I bet they shot it in a barn in Fresno, CA, and the cityscape is actually Vaseline smeared on the lens. Yeah, something like that.
If the Ethan Haas sites... by GeneralJackCosmo	Jul 9th, 2007 09:53:07 PM
...have nothing to do with this movie, then why was Paramount forcing everyone on YouTube who had posted the videos from EthanHaasWasRight.com to take the videos down? Obviously those sites have something to do with a Paramount movie...but which one? Is it possible that they have two movies coming out with such similar situations? And, no, it isn't Voltron after all. For the fifteenth time, Voltron is not a Paramount movie.
I´ve found the location of the Trailer in Google Maps ! by Kajisan	Jul 9th, 2007 09:54:30 PM
http://maps.google.de/maps?f=q &hl=de&geocode=&q=401+broadway &sll=41.656497,-69.697266&sspn =11.717181,20.324707&ie=UTF8&l l=40.718589,-74.002098&spn=0.0 01451,0.002481&t=k&z=19&om=1 401 Broadway, check out the top of the buildings, one of them can be the on from the trailer. greetings, KJ
"Safety" ... one photo "looked" like a shadow person by Mace Tofu	Jul 9th, 2007 09:54:33 PM
so that could tie in with the Old Ones coming back. I'm still betting on the shimp plate being a clue.
More about Arkham? by JumpinJehosaphat	Jul 9th, 2007 09:55:14 PM
See the AKM on the paddle on the wall behind a partygoer around 0:46 "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ C thulhu_Mythos Theres a big big monster with a strong relationship to a big city called Arkham"
I saw it, it's alive, it's huge! by nastrand	Jul 9th, 2007 09:55:22 PM
Those are the words I keep on hearing after replay and replay.
Way better than "Transformers." by Gozu	Jul 9th, 2007 09:56:44 PM
Although I don't know if it really needs this Ethan Haas stuff. I mean, isn't a cinema verite giant monster flick cool enough in it's own right? Or a cinema verite giant monster film starring Cthulhu? Do we need this viral marketing campaign? The teaser alone is awesome enough.
I'll be happy if it's a serious kick ass monster flick. by Bronx Cheer	Jul 9th, 2007 09:58:15 PM
America needs a great monster movie. It will restore our former glory.
"I SAW IT!! IT'S ALIVE!! IT'S HUGE!!!" by L.H.Puttgrass	Jul 9th, 2007 09:59:45 PM
It was Harry... He's always wanted to be King Kong. Now he is. Argh! I feel so cheap.
Gozilla Remake by orryn	Jul 9th, 2007 09:59:52 PM
Durrrrrrrr.....
Well I guess Ethan Haas WAS wrong... by crackerfarmboy	Jul 9th, 2007 10:04:15 PM
Since he has nothing to do with this movie.
Did anybody else hear... by zer05um	Jul 9th, 2007 10:15:49 PM
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn. In the background?
Wouldn't it be funny if... by My Ass Smells	Jul 9th, 2007 10:16:26 PM
this movie turned out to be a piece of shit?
I'm trying to think what the hell is downtown that by Bronx Cheer	Jul 9th, 2007 10:19:15 PM
might make an explosion that size. This monster might be some sort of nuclear breath fire breathing atomic creature of explosive death force...or maybe the military tried blowing his arse up. I think he's just pissed that he got to NYC too late to bring down the Twin Towers so he's just going to make a bigger mess. Bastard.
I think it rocked!! by Wogga Wogga	Jul 9th, 2007 10:19:24 PM
Always someone who has to shit on cool stuff. "It's not like a real cam" or such shit. Shut the FUCK up and go pick berries outta your ass-hairs. And watching FF4 was like taking a melon up the ass. Now if Alba had died. it woulda been a good or even great movie. Oops. Sidetracked. KICKASS trailer!
check out this cthulhu look! by El Borak	Jul 9th, 2007 10:27:51 PM
this is awesome. my brother was at a horror convention in orlando (near us) and bought me this. it fuckin rules. i think it's one of the best looking versions i've seen. it even has an inverted snout inside the main tentacles that has pink sucker mouths all the way inside of it. http://www.sotatoys.com/im ages/long-bot.gif
AKM is fraternity Alpha Kappa Mu, not Arkham... by PROF IKAMONO	Jul 9th, 2007 10:33:18 PM
...if frat paddle had school name it would be Miskatonic... hmmmm kappa is Japanese water demon... hmmmm
ok cast members start spilling the beans... by wolvenom	Jul 9th, 2007 10:36:51 PM
i know there's an extra, or a fucking stage hand that wants to spill the beans.... dont worry its ok... it will feel sooooooo good just let it out... tell us what this movie's all about... no one will hurt you
maybe is Lost tie-in after all? by PROF IKAMONO	Jul 9th, 2007 10:36:52 PM
I'm sick... and tired... of lions...
I want cuthulu!!! i like seafood!!!! by wolvenom	Jul 9th, 2007 10:40:05 PM
SEAFFFFFOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!! MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
THIS JUST IN!!! I KNOW WHAT THE MOVIES ABOUT! CONFIRMED by wolvenom	Jul 9th, 2007 10:42:21 PM
Apparently and I shit you not Matthew Broderick has been seen at the studio filming for what some reports have been calling a epic giant monster movie again. ITS MOTHER FUCKING GODZILLA 2!!! YES!!! HARRY'S DREAM COMES TRUE!
It's them outside looking downtown. by chposer	Jul 9th, 2007 10:42:33 PM
The picture of the girls is them looking downtown as the head of the statue flew at them. It is of two different women. You can tell in the trailer. I really think we can rule out Godzilla or Voltron. I think it is going to be a movie where all the devastation has already occured and the survivors have to use clues to piece together what has happened and what is to come.
http://www.401broadway.com/ by Kanossssss	Jul 9th, 2007 10:43:33 PM
well....?
Just because I hear "It's a lion" by ScamsAndFlams	Jul 9th, 2007 10:43:36 PM
doesn't mean I think it's a fucking voltron movie, or that it isn't SUPPOSED to be "it's alive", and I sure as fuck don't think the monster is a lion. Unless this is Yeats' THE SECOND COMING: THE MOTION PICTURE: FALCON VS. FALCONER, FINAL SHOWDOWN 2008
PROF IKAMONO by ScamsAndFlams	Jul 9th, 2007 10:48:05 PM
+1
its not fucking voltron... voltron is garbage! by wolvenom	Jul 9th, 2007 10:49:54 PM
if you fucks keep even mentioning that piece of shit garbage of a creation i hope you drown in your own urine.
Lost is stupid by Rupee88	Jul 9th, 2007 10:50:59 PM
And this probably will be too...same producer, writer, etc.
imdb by Halfbreedqueen	Jul 9th, 2007 10:51:50 PM
is there an imdb entry for this? cloverfield, 1-18-08, and just pressing enter with nothing in the search line all bring up nothing.
Yikes! by Mr. Nice Gaius	Jul 9th, 2007 10:54:41 PM
An "ethanhaas" has just registered in The Zone. Something new may be afoot...
I'm pretty sure by cammywobs	Jul 9th, 2007 10:57:17 PM
this won't be Cthulhu, Voltron, Godzilla, any sort of Lion, or anything to do with Lost other than some random easter eggs, like the slusho shirt. My guess, and hope, is that it will be something we haven't seen before. Aside from it being about a monster attacking New York.
search j.j. abrams on imdb by bib fortuna	Jul 9th, 2007 11:02:46 PM
and you come up with an untitled project for 2008. Not much there except for the basic plot of a monster attack in New York from the point of view of a group of people.
hey immigrants, we're full! by bib fortuna	Jul 9th, 2007 11:05:49 PM
You heard the lady. We'll try Canada.
It's obviously Satan... by BurnHollywood	Jul 9th, 2007 11:07:09 PM
...Because everybody knows Judgment Day is next year. Too bad Jesus was at that party and got plastered on too much of his own wine earlier in the evening...but it's a howlarious race against time as our lovably neurotic party goers have to sober up the Almighty! Will they revive him in time? Stay tuned!
Not to nitpick, but why is every single person by superninja	Jul 9th, 2007 11:13:38 PM
good looking?
When people started talking about this, I kind by superninja	Jul 9th, 2007 11:17:01 PM
of expected it to look like a real home movie, and not a Hollywood version of one.
I like BurnHollywood's idea by cammywobs	Jul 9th, 2007 11:18:21 PM
it could be Weekend at Jesus's!
woman's voice by lordgrimplemort	Jul 9th, 2007 11:18:48 PM
In the preview, just before the shit hits the fan, there is music and people dancing, then a woman's voice says a word that I can't make out and then there is shaking, screams, etc. The voice doesn't seem to fit in with the rest of the party noise. Did anyone else notice that?
superninja by bib fortuna	Jul 9th, 2007 11:21:03 PM
It's a fine line between looking like a Hollywood home movie and an actual one (Blair Witch Project). Personally I'd prefer a movie that looks better than that.
On further viewing by lordgrimplemort	Jul 9th, 2007 11:22:51 PM
The voice seems like a P.A. announcement and is immediatley followed by the roar, lights going out, etc. WHAT DOES IT MEAN????
it should be voltron by LarryTheCableGuy	Jul 9th, 2007 11:26:56 PM
but they wouldnt release it january. but it would be the highest grossing film ever if they did. fucking voltron. although a giant lion pouncing around eating people up might be equally as good. but i'm not sure what the explosion would be from then.
You mean to the Blair Witch roughness? by superninja	Jul 9th, 2007 11:27:29 PM
I think that kind of sells the concept better. It's like in Signs where the only scary part is when the alien is captured on home video. Just brings the extra creepy.
is it true this was filmed in mid june by Halfbreedqueen	Jul 9th, 2007 11:27:48 PM
is it true this was filmed in mid june? does that mean the effects were done in a couple of weeks? if so they are incredible for that amount of time and i'm sure the final product will look life like.
yeah by El Borak	Jul 9th, 2007 11:32:05 PM
that was the best part in signs. gave me an actual scare/chill. one of my best movie moments all-time.
That's my favorite part as well. It still gets me. by superninja	Jul 9th, 2007 11:33:20 PM

Also, the House on Haunted Hill remake (I believe) by superninja	Jul 9th, 2007 11:34:18 PM
where the Geoffrey Rush character is caught on video. Or in The Ring when you're watching the home movie. Why is it scarier? I've always wondered.
making the unreal by El Borak	Jul 9th, 2007 11:46:05 PM
more real.
Figured out the location by Scorpio	Jul 9th, 2007 11:47:19 PM
Thank ghod for the 1080p version and Google Maps/StreetView. Outdoor street scenes of the teaser were filmed at or around 474 Broadway in Chinatown in NYC: _ http://tinyurl.com/2gx37u _ heavily redressed, but by finding some identifying landmarks and backtracking (and taking focal lenght into account), this is about where the Statue head ends up, outside Rob's door. Now go forth and do something useful with this information!!
Pics from 1-18-08 by silverdraconis	Jul 9th, 2007 11:48:42 PM
One, did anyone notice the fact that there is a number 2 in the "E" on the We'll Miss You sing...along with the 9 on the side of the pic on the girls shirt? LOL Two, I know everyone has dismissed the demon in the girls hair but maybe it has something to do with the one seen in the smoke...
Pics from 1-18-08 by silverdraconis	Jul 9th, 2007 11:48:43 PM
One, did anyone notice the fact that there is a number 2 in the "E" on the We'll Miss You sing...along with the 9 on the side of the pic on the girls shirt? LOL Two, I know everyone has dismissed the demon in the girls hair but maybe it has something to do with the one seen in the smoke...
Damn you JJ by DrPeterVenkman	Jul 9th, 2007 11:57:46 PM
I grew up with the G1 Necronomicon and there was no Statue of Liberty mentioned in it! Abrams is raping my childhood!
Jesus people... by decfx	Jul 9th, 2007 11:59:31 PM
I got tired of sifting through the talk back but did anyone go look at imdb.com? It gives a synopsis of the film and is untitled with a release date in 2008.
El Borak, it's just interesting that something so by superninja	Jul 10th, 2007 12:04:29 AM
simple changes the impact of the imagery.
Um, everyone knows that plot summary, decfx. by superninja	Jul 10th, 2007 12:08:49 AM
People are looking for more details on the monster and what it represents.
told my buddy ben by El Borak	Jul 10th, 2007 12:10:00 AM
about this trailer last night and we talked a little about blair witch. and he mentioned that with the video camera shots he felt enclosed in it, like he worried about what's right outside the viewfinder that you can't see. like it gives you an anxious feeling of having no control.
My guess is it's a Godzilla remake. by jae683	Jul 10th, 2007 12:12:11 AM
That's just imho of course.
Well by McClane_Corleone	Jul 10th, 2007 12:21:37 AM
At least now we know. The guy definitly says "it's a lion, it's huge."
and also by McClane_Corleone	Jul 10th, 2007 12:24:10 AM
Did anybody else notice how undersized the Statue of Liberty's head is?
No, but I noticed how CGI it looked. by superninja	Jul 10th, 2007 12:25:56 AM
Sorry, it's true!
for real by McClane_Corleone	Jul 10th, 2007 12:28:33 AM
And I don't think it's the most pretentious thing ever to release an untitled movie. It's a fucking monster movie for Christ's sake
Did anyone see that big old tooth face appear by pluggo	Jul 10th, 2007 12:30:57 AM
between the buildings in the 720p version of the trailer? Pause at 1:04 and step to the last 10-15 frames before the camera tilts up, the fireball becomes a fiery sawtooth mouth emerging toward the camera from the flames...can I get someone to second this?
I hope it's not a Godzilla remake. by superninja	Jul 10th, 2007 12:33:21 AM
Where are all the Japanese people if it is? You can't have Godzilla without that. You can only have fake Godzilla.
Actually... by ChubbyActionFigure	Jul 10th, 2007 12:33:31 AM
Even though I agree that the word is "alive" and not "lion" I wanted to point out that within the Lovecraft Cthulhu Mythos, there is actually a monster that is lion-like: "Pamael - A large man with a lions head and many long tenticles from its back" More on the entire family of Old Ones monsters is over at wikipedia. I personally believe it is a movie about Cthulhu though. At least... I really hope so - that shit will be nasty to see.
not god2illa by rajium32	Jul 10th, 2007 12:38:17 AM
Wasn't there a post about an ameican god2illa by an off shoot of ILM for IMAX 3D? There's no way they would make two god2illa's, TOHO would tell us right? right? I would love to see it as god2illa but only if it's the shit.
...superninja... by PROF IKAMONO	Jul 10th, 2007 12:39:22 AM
there's a Japanese guy at the party... he's the one who can't survive without Rob because he's his main dude. Obviously a former boyfriend...
how to have Godzilla without having Godzilla... by PROF IKAMONO	Jul 10th, 2007 12:41:58 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =wL8pwDj4IGM ...fill any gaps...
ONE guy, come on. Godzilla doesn't belong by superninja	Jul 10th, 2007 12:42:09 AM
in NYC anyway. Lame.
I've go it! This is the Sex and The City feature film! by superninja	Jul 10th, 2007 12:42:42 AM
Oh, it all makes sense.
it's kim cattrall's wooter by El Borak	Jul 10th, 2007 12:44:05 AM
"run! it's alive and it's HUGE!!!!"
so the huge explosion... by PROF IKAMONO	Jul 10th, 2007 12:44:08 AM
...that rips off the Statue of liberty's head... was Samantha having an orgasm...
I guess it would be cool if it was Cthulhu, but by superninja	Jul 10th, 2007 12:46:01 AM
Cthulhu vs the modern metrosexual? Lovecraft would spin.
Yes. Samantha turned everyone gay and or lesbian by superninja	Jul 10th, 2007 12:47:54 AM
and run out of people to shag finally assumed her true form.
...Lovecraft would see the modern metrosexual... by PROF IKAMONO	Jul 10th, 2007 12:47:57 AM
...as further evidence that the stars were right at last...
Yes, but fleeing metros makes you cheer on by superninja	Jul 10th, 2007 12:49:32 AM
Cthulhu.
Here's something pretty cool.... by DoblerMeyer12345	Jul 10th, 2007 12:51:34 AM
This might have been mentioned before, but I don't think it has. Watch the trailer again. Around 30 seconds in there's a brunette girl who says, "What's this for?" I remembered her from the show, The Class on CBS. She might also be the girl from the picture on 01-18-08.com, but I'm not positive. Anyway, I went to IMDB to check her name. Something caught my eye though that I found interesting. Jason Ritter, who was the main character on The Class, his characters name from the show is none other than....Ethan Haas.
Yack, those commericals are totally scary! by superninja	Jul 10th, 2007 01:03:57 AM
But seriously, what do you think this is?
yeah that show has by El Borak	Jul 10th, 2007 01:09:53 AM
already been mentioned.
hmm by slkboxrman	Jul 10th, 2007 01:11:34 AM
for one , the guy in the street said "i saw it in the light, its huge!!" and just a question......doesnt the head of the statue of liberty look a tad small ?? just a small nit, but it was scary to watch in the theatre...for the 'tard that said this was better than transformers, go die, that is all
the apocalypse is nigh by malakori	Jul 10th, 2007 01:15:08 AM
the veil has been lifted, the masquerade breeched. the wyrm falls from the sky as the ancients rise from their slumber. the old ones will die first, leaving the young to fight. rally the shovelheads and neonates, call forth the cubs and fosterns. fly to the banner of albrecht, make war on the spawn of caine. the end time is upon us, but we get to make the here after!
Try this URL by SithScorp	Jul 10th, 2007 01:15:54 AM
http://www.jan182008.com/
No! He said IT'S A VAGINA! IT'S HuuUUUUGE! by GornPirate	Jul 10th, 2007 01:16:23 AM
Somebody is not having a happy period.
howard the duck! bigger and badder! by Jubba	Jul 10th, 2007 01:20:27 AM
the feathery dude returns
Maybe it's a Big-O movie. by superninja	Jul 10th, 2007 01:21:02 AM
I wish, anyway. Megadei!
I saw it, it's alive.... by Briannicus	Jul 10th, 2007 01:22:53 AM
it's Hugh Jackman? Or maybe Huge ass.
It's the end of Watchmen by half vader	Jul 10th, 2007 01:36:18 AM
... spoiled again.
It's obviously GHOSTBUSTERS 2: STAYPUFF'S REVENGE!!!!!! by wackybantha	Jul 10th, 2007 01:58:56 AM
LIKE, DUH!!!!!!!!!
Home movies DO look like that now by half vader	Jul 10th, 2007 02:04:39 AM
You can get a 1080i hi-def camcorder at the local hifi or whitegoods store for under 2 grand! If as you say they're all 'beautiful people' you don't think those fucking yuppies have an HD camcorder? I think it's a new Mission Implausible movie. The way the statue's head drops straight down the ACCELERATES sideways down the street adheres to the laws of physics established when Tom Cruise is blown at a 90 degree angle to the actual force of the explosion in front of him. If I was that car I woulda been pissed off.
Plethora of good looking people cuts down by superninja	Jul 10th, 2007 02:20:41 AM
on reality effect they are going for. Also, not the quality of the film, but the way it's directed.
Truly exceptional... by Artifakts	Jul 10th, 2007 02:37:08 AM
One of the best trailers of all-time...!!
http://tinyurl.com/2gxrmn by Director17	Jul 10th, 2007 02:42:58 AM
if it was a lion
MAJOR DISCOVERY!!! by mike allegretto	Jul 10th, 2007 02:57:49 AM
http://slusho.jp/ is an official site of the movie as described by the movie's official wiki site(search for CLOVERFIELD). read the history section for a MAJOR clue. To sum it up the movie seems to be alot like that movie from the 1980's where the yogurt was actually a living organism that ate people from the inside out. Slusho is a mutagen that transforms its drinkers into hideous creatures. Hence the other codename for the movie Parasite!
Another Major Observation by mike allegretto	Jul 10th, 2007 03:02:02 AM
Thats why the kid in the picture on the 1-18-08 is green! HE IS TRANSFORMING!!!! BTW the kid in the trailer does say Lion.
Erm... It's a fucking movie by Terence James	Jul 10th, 2007 03:08:07 AM
Erm... It's a fucking movie trailer. Not the second coming. Belt up you dumbass yanks.
Does this look like a lion? by Director17	Jul 10th, 2007 03:10:12 AM
I really think I might have found something. http://tinyurl.com/3bkqbj This picture is more comprehensible than the other one. Do you think it matches at all? There is no other explanation for why the picture of them is so close..and if the kid in the trailer really says lion i really wonder.
The Stuff by mike allegretto	Jul 10th, 2007 03:10:52 AM
Thats the movie that 1-18-08 appears to be based on.
http://tinyurl.com/3bkqbj by mike allegretto	Jul 10th, 2007 03:13:06 AM
Maybe when they drank the Slusho mutagen they melded together like the creature in the movie Leviathan.
1-18-08 is about the apocalypse by John Rimbaud	Jul 10th, 2007 03:18:51 AM
The trailer is only the tip of the glacier. The film is not Voltron or Godzilla, it is a horror movie about the end of the world. The trailer only shows the beginning, which is the fall of Babylon(NYC) in the time span of an hour, which takes place in the first third of the film. I'm afraid indeed it is the word LION you hear, as ONE of the beasts that attacks the city is a lion like creature. It should have been obvious as in the trailer after the first roar a girl is heard to say" it sounds like an ANIMAL", then on the rooftop a guy is heard to say "what kind of ANIMAL sounds like that", and third and most confusing to me as to the nature of the arguments here, is when Anna says what is IT? Is IT coming this way? Obviously establishing that I think the 800 screaming gotham residents all staring up with looks of absolute horror and disbelief, know that IT is alive for pete's sakes, and the man running by says very clearly: "Isaw IT, IT's a lion, IT's huge!" Why the fuck would he think it useful to tell her that the beast she is looking at is alive, this has already been established, no? Wait 2 weeks when more and more of the online stuff is live and you will see. But keep in mind the trailer is a snapshot of about what will end up as the first 25 minutes of the movie. It aint about a lion eating NY, it's so much more.
your probably right by Director17	Jul 10th, 2007 03:23:05 AM
but i wonder how enjoyable it will be to watch an end times movie. Plus doomsday should look a hell of alot cooler than what the trailer shows.
HOLY FUCKING SHIT!!!!! by Motoko Kusanagi	Jul 10th, 2007 03:40:54 AM
A W E S O M E !!!!!!!
So does this come out before or after "THE MIST"? by BenBraddock	Jul 10th, 2007 03:43:26 AM
Want that "Mist" trailer!!! These two could be pretty similar..
IT'S A LION by stones_throw	Jul 10th, 2007 03:43:33 AM
Why the hell would he say "it's alive, it's huge"? There would be no reason to shout that out. However, one guy saying "it's a lion" does not necessarily mean that much, although it could be a clue.
"WHERE MONSTERS DWELL - THE MOVIE" by BenBraddock	Jul 10th, 2007 03:45:41 AM
Or maybe it's "WHERE CREATURES ROAM"!! Anyway, finally, the Marvel movie we've all really been waiting for...! Actually, I'm half-serious..
Re: Cthulhu silent film by James Westfall	Jul 10th, 2007 03:54:48 AM
I have the Call of Cthulhu flick on DVD - ordered it the day it went up for sale. It's fantastic, well done and probably the closest we'll get to true Lovecraft movie. The fact that AICN never mentioned it is almost grounds for this site to lose any geek clout it ever had. Especially with Harry mentioning Cthulhu in such orgiastic revelry as often as he does.
I clearly heard... "I saw it, It's alive, It's huge" by Xeniten	Jul 10th, 2007 04:02:51 AM
It's alive, not lion. I've run the trailer back numerous times now, trust me it's alive not lion. The bottom line is this... whether it's alive or lion is irrelevant at this point. The main thing is that this was without doubt the most fucked up way to advertise a picture.... EVER! Viral marketing sucks! I mean really... at this point we know NOTHING about this picture, whatever is attacking New York could be anything from Cthulhu to a Lion to the Staypuft Marshmellowman. And at this point... I don't really care what it is, I'm avoiding this crapfest entirely.
CLOVERFIELD by Busyfrog	Jul 10th, 2007 04:08:58 AM
Cloverfield is about a female puppetmaster who is attacked by a lynch mob, they cut out her tounge and bury her alive with all her puppets, fast forward and all hell is unleashed by demonic puppets.. or its just chuck norris throwing out the trash
Busyfrog... Now that I would pay money to see. by Xeniten	Jul 10th, 2007 04:14:56 AM
I would.
Watchmen??? by SmashedRat	Jul 10th, 2007 05:15:47 AM
I filmed it 10 minutes ago
"IT's A LION" will be the new "GOTTA EAT" by Mace Tofu	Jul 10th, 2007 05:19:06 AM
Just wait till August 1st, you'll see!
if it is by El Borak	Jul 10th, 2007 05:30:28 AM
a lion why the fuck would they have some guy scream, "it's a lion" in the very first trailer? "it's alive". except no substitute.
I recorded it... by Mundungus	Jul 10th, 2007 05:53:25 AM
from the QT file, slowed it down in Adobe Audition. Not "lion". Now I could understand if some wanted to say they heard "It's a Lie!" But it doesn't sound like Lion much under scrutiny. Anwer is "It's alive" and , by the way, It's huge. dung
Lion In Name Only! by emp	Jul 10th, 2007 06:02:41 AM
It's obviously Cthulu disguised as a giant lion. People tend to be more open minded towards giant lions.
get this by El Borak	Jul 10th, 2007 06:25:07 AM
i've been reading about the ethan haas thing and i'm thinking abrams is telling the truth. i'm thinking that the sites are promoting a game/t.v. show that has nothing to do with "cloverfield". the haas was a douchebag site is fake. that guy assumed like most people that it was connected. with all the talk of aug 1st i think that the ethan haas people got royally fucked by the no name trailer coming out which has turned their cool viral marketing for their game/t.v. show on it's ear. imagine if you spent all this time and money to promote something and something else gets all the attention!! ha! ha! that sucks!
Apocalypse In 9/ 8 : The Movie? by TheBloop	Jul 10th, 2007 06:27:00 AM
Name the band. HINT: The sold o LOT of records after they went pop: With the guards of Magog, swarming around, The Pied Piper takes his children underground. Dragons coming out of the sea, Shimmering silver head of wisdom looking at me. He brings down the fire from the skies, You can tell he's doing well by the look in human eyes. Better not compromise. It won't be easy. 666 is no longer alone, He's getting out the marrow in your back bone, And the seven trumpets blowing sweet rock and roll, Gonna blow right down inside your soul. Pythagoras with the looking glass reflects the full moon, In blood, he's writing the lyrics of a brand new tune.
IT"S A LLOIGOR!!! by PROF IKAMONO	Jul 10th, 2007 06:29:32 AM
it's pretty much my favorite animal... it's like part llion and part toigor... bred for it's skills in magic
Slusho.jp is in... by kingrobot	Jul 10th, 2007 06:33:58 AM
'Let's go up on the roof' guy is wearing a slusho t-shirt... http://www.tiny.cc/YWOes
Hey we got this STAYPUFT guy all wrong! by Maniaq	Jul 10th, 2007 06:44:01 AM
He's a sailor - he's in New York...
Guys, the LION people know it's not a LION... by Abin Sur	Jul 10th, 2007 06:52:54 AM
They're just trying to get a rise out of the rest of you...and it's working. Besides, he clearly says "It's a LICE, it's EWWWWW!"
Its alive, no. by Beefmanatee	Jul 10th, 2007 06:53:00 AM
I cannot understand how anyone can not hear clearly that he says "Its a lion". 100%, i slowed it down in Pro-tools and he definately no doubt says "its a lion", not "its alive".
The trailer is GREAT... by Dr Gregory House	Jul 10th, 2007 06:55:54 AM
...my guess is that New York gets attacked by Sally Struthers.
Ceiling Cat-thulhu is watching you masturbate! by PROF IKAMONO	Jul 10th, 2007 06:57:53 AM
http://catmas.com/images/2006/ 12/where-is-your-god-now.jpg
Everything regarding Cloverfield by emp	Jul 10th, 2007 06:58:08 AM
is just to prepare us for the real thing: "2012: The War for Souls". Search your feelings, you know it to be true. Personally, I thought the line was "I saw him. It was Shia. He's huge".
Masonic link???? by EonBlueApocalypse	Jul 10th, 2007 07:03:52 AM
I just checked out imdb, under the FAQ's it says that the official site (www. 1-18-08. com) is owned by Paramount Pictures. However, it also mentions that the DNS registration data for the site says it's owned by 'the Freemasons' and administered by 'Albert Pike'. For those of you who don't know, Albert Pike was a prominent Freemason who wrote a book on Freemasonry called 'Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry' in 1871. Now i'm sure you've all heard a hundred and one different conspiracy theories about the Freemasons, mostly stemming from their highly clandestine nature. Pike himself was said to be a 'devil worshipper', people often quote this passage from his book: "LUCIFER, the Light-bearer! Strange and mysterious name to give to the Spirit of Darknesss! Lucifer, the Son of the Morning! Is it he who bears the Light, and with its splendors intolerable blinds feeble, sensual or selfish Souls? Doubt it not!" p.321. Others say they worship a 'Great Architect of the Universe' known as Jahbulon, derived from Jehovah, Ba'al (an honorific title for deities[gods, spirits, devils] in ancient Babylonian culture- e.g. Ba'al Zebub..yes that's right Beezlebub) and Osiris. According to the British author Stephen Knight; who wrote a book on Freemasonry entitled 'The Brotherhood', some Muslims believe Jahbulon to be the Dajjal, or the Muslim equivalent of the 'antichrist'. With me so far?? You may notice that it’s all sounding very doom and gloom… trust me I didn’t pick my username because of this movie, its just irony I guess. Anyway, let’s move onto what my guess is… I could be wrong be this may be a movie about Cthulhu. Stay with me on this.. Cthulhu was supposed to have a worldwide cult of followers with their origins in Arabia, he was written about by the mad Arab Abdul Alhazred…possible links here with the Dajjal from Muslim beliefs? Cthulhu as we know, is a terrible monster and is one of Lovecraft’s ‘Great Old Ones’. Now I’ve already mentioned some other possible ‘Great Old Ones’ from human history and mythology e.g. Beezlebub, Osiris, Jahbulon etc etc… The point being you could transcribe Cthulhu as being one of these entities. We also know Cthulhu had a cult of followers, just like Jahbulon has a ‘cult’ of followers i.e. the Freemasons. One of the cultists in Lovecrafts work is Old Castro, he states that their role as cultists is to liberate Cthulu for his ‘return’ at the proper time: “the secret priests would take great Cthulhu from His tomb to revive His subjects and resume His rule of earth....Then mankind would have become as the Great Old Ones; free and wild and beyond good and evil, with laws and morals thrown aside and all men shouting and killing and revelling in joy. Then the liberated Old Ones would teach them new ways to shout and kill and revel and enjoy themselves, and all the earth would flame with a holocaust of ecstasy and freedom” Sounds like the coming of the Antichrist? The Dajjal? Jahbulon?…. Cthulu????? A further note… Cthulu is supposed to have been based on Sumerian mythology, which is part of the Mesopotamian cultures the same as Babylon. Remember Ba’al? Oh and I just remembered, Pazuzu is also an Ancient One from Mesopotamian mythology for all you Exorcist fans ;) Well that’s my two cents anyway, it could be a looooooong shot but hey it was fun trying! By the way… maybe that animal-like noise we hear is the call of Cthulu??? "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn"
Cthulu, nah by Beefmanatee	Jul 10th, 2007 07:09:17 AM
Why would they make a movie about Cthulu when there is already one coming out later this year.... http://www.cthulhuthemovie.com /
So the Shriner Circus is coming to get us? by Abin Sur	Jul 10th, 2007 07:09:19 AM
I guess it's a better death than at the hands of Jerry's Kids...
You got some fhtagn on you by emp	Jul 10th, 2007 07:09:38 AM
I am already looking forward to Vern's review of this movie.
From IMDB.....A giant by Terence James	Jul 10th, 2007 07:11:43 AM
From IMDB.....A giant monster movie (currently referred to internally as Cloverfield; the monster itself is referred to as "The Parasite", not to be confused with the film project The Parasyte) that is shot using home video cameras from the point of view of people who are experiencing an attack on New York City.
Beefmanatee, we covered that movie in another TB... by Abin Sur	Jul 10th, 2007 07:12:23 AM
THAT ain't a Cthulhu movie - it's more along the lines of "The Shadow Over Innsmouth." PLUS, it stars Tori Spelling, so DO NOT refer to that movie in this TB again. It's CINO!
Giant Fucking Robots fighting Cthulu by emp	Jul 10th, 2007 07:15:28 AM
Now THAT I would pay to see.
To sweep all doubt away by Kragmose	Jul 10th, 2007 07:15:51 AM
It's been scientificly proved that he says neither "It's alive!" nor "It's a lion!" He simply says "It's not a lion!" There ye have it.
Maybe it's Ghostbusters 3 by Mr Incredible	Jul 10th, 2007 07:17:10 AM
Yaeh, right.
Kragmose, you played it backwards. by emp	Jul 10th, 2007 07:18:03 AM
That's all.
Godzilla is a red herring.... by sapno_krei	Jul 10th, 2007 07:34:04 AM
Knowing Abrams and co.'s talent for misdirection (ALIAS, LOST), I can confidently say that the reference to Japan and the animal noises are meant to fool us into figuring out the wrong thing. The disaster movie cliche of the Statue of Liberty's head is (hopefully) another intentional bit of "I-know-what-this-is-about" trickery.
>:3 Jesus Christ it's a lion! by PROF IKAMONO	Jul 10th, 2007 07:40:57 AM
Get in the car!
ITS ALIVE!!!...ITS HUGE!!! by Mr. Luddite	Jul 10th, 2007 07:47:51 AM
That is what the guy says, He says "ITS ALIVE" because most people in the confusion would think of a natural disaster, a terrorist attack, or some other mishap. So, by saying that he saw something alive and huge associated with the explosions, it lets people know that we are dealing with something quite out of the ordinary, and that something, is not a FUCKING LION!!! About half of you dick wads need to clean the jizz out of your ears and watch the trailer again its pretty damn clear what the guy says. SCIENCE H. LOGIC!!! Get a clue people!
LAVOS by jabowman007	Jul 10th, 2007 07:51:50 AM
If ONLY that huge explosion was Lavos rising out of the planet, then we'd have a movie.
Mr. Luddite, don't be a douche by emp	Jul 10th, 2007 08:00:38 AM
A giant lion ripping the head of the statue of liberty and creating huge explosions is something quite out of the ordinary.
uh, EonBlueApocalypse, there's no link to Masonry by Rickey Henderson	Jul 10th, 2007 08:07:42 AM
Trust me on this one, because I am one and absolutely nothing you posted there is pertinent to what we do. Just sayin'...
I am also one... by emp	Jul 10th, 2007 08:12:12 AM
And it has EVERYTHING to do with us. Who will you believe?
you're a mason? by El Borak	Jul 10th, 2007 08:13:43 AM
or you're in the masonic cult?
OK, OK, I now agree, Its a Giant Lion!!! Dumbasses! by Mr. Luddite	Jul 10th, 2007 08:14:45 AM
Ya emp, a giant lion. I guess the Giant lion swam over from Africa and as he enters the harbor he rips off the head of the Statue Of Liberty. Makes sense to me. There is a buch of info out there that says this is a giant "Monter" movie, not a Giant "Animal" movie.
the first one El Borak by Rickey Henderson	Jul 10th, 2007 08:17:34 AM
And other than namedropping a few commonly known elements of Freemasonry, EonBlueApocalypse's ideas are bunk.
What we know so far... by emp	Jul 10th, 2007 08:20:57 AM
We know it's a lion, but not the exact size. Probably HUGE. Will it have the face of Harry Knowles? We know it's connected to masonry, but not if it's a mason, or in the masonic cult. We know that it feeds on statues of liberty, but not their heads. WHY NOT THE HEAD?
whatever this is by El Borak	Jul 10th, 2007 08:22:41 AM
doesn't matter. LOOK AT ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WANT A GOOD CTHULHU MOVIE!!! MAKE ONE DAMMIT!
Does anyone get a Godzilla feeling from this? by rickets419	Jul 10th, 2007 08:23:29 AM
I'm just asking....
nope, rickets419, you're the first! by Rickey Henderson	Jul 10th, 2007 08:26:38 AM
way to go! want a cookie?
uh, rickets419, there's no Godzilla feeling by emp	Jul 10th, 2007 08:28:49 AM
Trust me on this one, because I am Godzilla and absolutely nothing about this movie is pertinent to what I do. Just sayin'...
fellate me emp by Rickey Henderson	Jul 10th, 2007 08:30:17 AM
that is all.
Last frame of Statue of Liberty shot.... by Long Tooth	Jul 10th, 2007 08:32:07 AM
The "crown" is bent downwards, around her head like some giant Cthulhu? hand grabbed it and pitched it...gimmie my Cthulhuian apocalypse BAY-BAY! Better yet, post-Cthulhuian apocalypse. Boo-yah!
But Rickey... "It's HUGE!" by emp	Jul 10th, 2007 08:41:48 AM
Hell, for all I know, it might be a lion and bite my nose.
Ethan Haas Owes Me Five Bucks by Slugworth	Jul 10th, 2007 08:41:57 AM
If any of you see EH, let him know that I haven't forgotten.
heh, true emp... it could be a lion by Rickey Henderson	Jul 10th, 2007 08:44:36 AM
a new york public library lion perhaps? one thing is for sure: its definitely huge.
Rickey Henderson by EonBlueApocalypse	Jul 10th, 2007 08:46:21 AM
Hey Rickey, I'm not saying those are my opinions hence why i've put most of the stuff in inverted commas. I'm just going by popular beliefs/misconceptions/theorie s. I've read enough into the subject to know what people think about it from the outside. I'm not slating anyones beliefs/ideals, i'm just stating what's out there. The only thing that's my opinion is when I tie it all up and guess that it'll be about Cthulhu. I'm only tying up links with masonry in a fictional sense, as this movie is a work of fiction.
"I heard they have a lion in there" by PROF IKAMONO	Jul 10th, 2007 08:47:50 AM
"I saw it. It's worse. And bigger!"
EonBlueApocalypse, a work of fiction? by emp	Jul 10th, 2007 08:50:44 AM
As the bloop grows stronger and 2012 draws closer, this hand-held camera movie might be the closest thing we will ever get to a documentary about the end of the world. It will be too late in 2013, you know.
Fair enough EonBlueApocalypse by Rickey Henderson	Jul 10th, 2007 08:52:25 AM
You make a good point about it being masonry in the fictional sense, compared to reality. The truth of the matter is that Masontry unfortunately isn't nearly as wild & crazy as how it is portrayed in pop culture. Good use of the phrase "stay with me" by the way. That made me chuckle.
I saw it. It's a MIME. It's huge. by Slugworth	Jul 10th, 2007 08:52:48 AM
This is going to be freaky.
Maybe it's the REAL Galactus... by isispop	Jul 10th, 2007 08:57:31 AM
...and he's really pissed cause of the way he was portrayed in FF2. Just have to bitch about that one more time. Transformers was awesome & had the balls to do a full on robot battle in the city streets.
Well I had to keep it slightly entertaining.. by EonBlueApocalypse	Jul 10th, 2007 09:06:25 AM
It was a long post after all and quite a lot of infor. Glad you found it funny atleast Rickey. BTW... I know a few masons, and one very prominent one. He's a friends father and used to be a director at Halliburton (no he wasn't involved in any scandals). And sorry to break to ya emp, it is a work of fiction!
My favourite mason is George. by emp	Jul 10th, 2007 09:12:07 AM
BTW, I'm looking forward to the day no-hype is the new hype.
check this out! by El Borak	Jul 10th, 2007 09:18:23 AM
this is the forum in the "tossing games" site that is attached to the "parasite" movie site. there are some WIERD conversations going on in there. you can post questions there. check it. http://tinyurl.com/yu29e2
ah, a 24 fan... by Rickey Henderson	Jul 10th, 2007 09:19:24 AM
strong work there emp. George Mason is indeed the balls. I really hope you're not talking about the guy they named the university after, because that would make me look kind of schmucky. And by extension, you.
Rickey Henderson, a BIG fan... by emp	Jul 10th, 2007 09:25:00 AM
But season 6 almost made me stop watching. BTW... I don't remember reading any comments from you in the vern/transformers talkback. What's your opinion on that one?
Slusho Clues by Deon Ares	Jul 10th, 2007 09:25:03 AM
He probably got a job in Japan with Slusho which is why he's leaving. Anyway, interesting stuff from the Slusho site in the History section: http://www.slusho.jp/history.h tml Read the stuff about the deep sea ingredient! All about making a fish a whale, etc.
Yeah, I made a few brief comments over there emp by Rickey Henderson	Jul 10th, 2007 09:29:25 AM
I actually dug the movie a lot. I had read the script and was very nervous, but somehow Bay pulled it off. No, it's not a perfect movie, but it's a terrific summer blockbuster nontheless. I definitely got my $10.50 worth. If you want a more in depth write up, proceed hither and scroll down a bit: http://ridingwithricky.blogspo t.com
my theory...and it ain't a lion. by isispop	Jul 10th, 2007 09:34:32 AM
First of all, I can't believe that folks actually think he said "lion" and that it may be Voltron. Secondly, I used to be a big LOST fan during season 1, but now you couldn't pay me to watch it. Why? Cause I got tired of new things bein introduced & not explaining any of the old stuff. I know we're not kids that need to be spoon fed. I know sometimes some things can be left to the imagination of the viewer...but that is Abrams whole gig. That's his thing, just like the twist in act 3 is M Night's. I predict on 1/18, we'll barely know more about this than we do now. I like some also believe that the date could be the title. Even if it's something different it won't matter. I very well believe that the whole movie may just be scenes like this trailer centering around some of the poeple in the party...and them tryin to get away from the destruction of whatever it is, but never show what it is. Can see 2 hours of them goin down the subway where it may be safe, but then findin out it's not & a few of em gettin picked off. Maybe then they'll find a way out of the city, but stuff/destruction will still be happenin behind em right on their heels the whole time even if they make it to the country. It'll end never showin what it was or why it happened just like Abrams always does (why would it? People still watch LOST despite all the loose ends). It'll be War of the Worlds that never shows the aliens/ships or why it happened...and the whole thing will be in the shaky handycam style. On 1/18 we'll all plop down our $ & see it to find out what the hell it is & what it's about. Afterwards I'll think of you, you'll think of me, and we'll all have a good laugh & say "that sucked". It'll be a bigger letdown than the Sopranos finale about explaining what actually just went down.
new sites??!?!?!?!? by El Borak	Jul 10th, 2007 09:44:39 AM
http://www.ethanhaas.org/ dude this is crazy! http://ethanhaas.org/clove rfield/
isispop, "Lost" has actually answered a lot by Rickey Henderson	Jul 10th, 2007 09:47:19 AM
Think back to how little you knoew about the island and its inhabitants compared to what you know now (or at least would if you still watched). And what the show doesn't answer makes you think, ponder and guess. It's intereactive tv. Personally, I'm the kind of viewer who enjoys that sort of thing, but no, it's not for everyone. Still, I feel that the people who complain that Lost doesn't provide "answers" are missing the point somewhat. That's not its aim. Once you reconcile to the idea that it's a hyper-complex sci-fi show focusing on character rather than plot and not a standard drama, it's easier to deal with the all show's unanswered questions. Yes, "Lost" is absurd nonsense, of course it is, but it's also inspired, wonderful nonsense.
Too bad it's a trailer... by Aznbuddy	Jul 10th, 2007 09:50:09 AM
Because you know that if that happened to us while we were partying for our friend Rob, we'd be like..."What the fuck was that? Everybody...up to the fucking roof! Oh my FUCKING GOD! What is that SHIT! The city's fucking exploding! Holy SHIT!!! RUN! FUCKING RUN!!! Hey what was that? I saw it! It's fucking alive! It was FUCKING HUGE!!!"
True, Aznbuddy... by emp	Jul 10th, 2007 09:52:14 AM
except I would be saying "It's a fucking LION!"
No title... by Aznbuddy	Jul 10th, 2007 10:02:14 AM
because it is probably a dead giveaway and JJJJJJ didn't want people to go "Oh no...why is he making _______??? This is gonna fucking suck!!!" My bet is still Ghostbusters 3: Gozer and Viggo, Together At Last!"
footage of the beast found on YouTube! by PROF IKAMONO	Jul 10th, 2007 10:04:02 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =F1BZEh_u4qg
GODZILLA ! by kingoflight	Jul 10th, 2007 10:09:11 AM
Just kidding, ive not been this excited since the matrix teasers came out, i plan to avoid everything about this film till its realease.
It's an ant lion by Motoko Kusanagi	Jul 10th, 2007 10:09:15 AM
so this is Half-Life 2:The Movie
another possibility, is this a remake of this film: by PROF IKAMONO	Jul 10th, 2007 10:13:26 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =bYdjTrRPPAI
The Ghost & the Darkness 2 by Hive Mind	Jul 10th, 2007 10:14:54 AM
Electric Boogaloo. They're back and they're 10 stories tall.
Rampage movie by ajy	Jul 10th, 2007 10:25:58 AM
I think a likely prospect is that its the Rampage movie. Really only way to have a Rampage movie in my opinion is to tell it from the perspective of the people trying to survive it. If you dont then all you have is 2 hours of monsters destroying cities. While some might enjoy that it wouldnt be sucessful. A movie need plot and something to get into. The plot could be people trying to survive it and/or people trying to stop it. But how do you stop a total monster rampage?
to get serious ...somebody mentioned Hindu festival... by PROF IKAMONO	Jul 10th, 2007 10:29:31 AM
...will be held on 1-18-08. This festival, Paryaya is sacred to Lord Vishnu in his incarnation as Krishna. Interestingly another incarnation of Lord Vishnu is Narasimha a lion-man. Behold His glory: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wi kipedia/en/e/e5/Narasimha_Maya pur.jpg please fill gaps
I forgot to point out... by PROF IKAMONO	Jul 10th, 2007 10:32:38 AM
...Lord Narasimha is rising up out of the waters before his completely submerged worshiper...
www.slusho.com History = Possible Rampage the movie by ajy	Jul 10th, 2007 10:36:45 AM
Notice in the history on www.slusho.com he has a dream that he is a tiny fish and drinks the drink and becomes a giant whale. You see mention of Japan and Slusho in the trailer.
Wow, I must be slow... by Etrace	Jul 10th, 2007 10:36:50 AM
I just relized Mezin is after Van who is hiding from "The Mezin" who may be the "slimes" and are trying to stop him, Van's last message(auto emails)said the mezin had found him or something.
King Moonracer? Leo Prime? Lion Maru? by PROF IKAMONO	Jul 10th, 2007 10:47:58 AM
...actually when Shishimaru holds the sword in front of his face during his transformation... it bears an eerie resembence to the "yellow face" in the one picture and the two girls split faces in the other... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =DB9fn9RoZIw fill gaps I'm sure most of the stuff I'm digging up is coincidence... if there ever are any coincidences...
Good films released in January... by Err	Jul 10th, 2007 11:13:04 AM
Bend it Like Beckham Whale Rider The Thin Red Line Good Will Hunting Shakespeare in Love Snatch Rear Window - the orig.
It does have a apocalyptic feel and it would be by superninja	Jul 10th, 2007 11:28:12 AM
great to see a film that the subject matter seriously, not having a bunch of metros kill Satan at the end.
Mason...James Mason by bgart13	Jul 10th, 2007 11:31:16 AM
It's a giant James Mason, and he's looking for Lolita...or Mr. Barlow. I think the adverts are working. People here are going crazy trying to figure it out. Advertisers have it so easy these days...almost anything mysterious works. Good for them. The only thing that's mysterious about it to me is, why would someone says "It's alive!"? That means it's something that seems like it shouldn't be or wasn't before. And the Statue of Liberty is barely 152 ft tall -- it's not as big as everyone thinks it is. Here's the head's dimensions: Head from chin to cranium 17' 3" 5.26m Head thickness from ear to ear 10' 0" 3.05m
Or else Larry Cohen is back in the director's chair? by bgart13	Jul 10th, 2007 11:32:57 AM
It's Alive 4: Monster Baby Geniuses!!!!!
Add the numbers in the timestamp of my lastpost by John Rimbaud	Jul 10th, 2007 11:39:26 AM
.... and accept the fact that this movie is NOT about a lion, it is about the apocalypse! The scenes in the trailer are from the first part of the movie when NYC falls to 4 beasts that come from land sky and sea! And I can say with absolute certainty that the man who answers Anna's hurried panic stricken question does INDEED say LION! If you would see that the trailer really is only a pinhole look at the movie and its story you will maybe be able to find the other 6 sites that are waiting to be found instead of spectro-analyzing the audio of the trailer and reading grafiti on the walls! That is crazy! Yes there is a "LION", yes he breathes fire, yes he's a bad mofo and if you can't get over that, then you will definitely hate this movie when it is made! The "Lion" is just the tippy tip top of the iceberg! It is so so so much more! Widen your scopes! You're way off track! Find the other sites and you will open a whole new can of worms! p.s. How come noone seems to realize the SOL head comes thrown from out of frame at the building?
It's Alive?!?!! by Etrace	Jul 10th, 2007 11:41:30 AM
Well the people staring at it had just heard news say earthquakes. So whats running through their minds is if its an accident/disaster/bom/etc. So if you saw it you yell to the onlookers thats its the exact opposite, that infact it is Alive and Huge.
Did you guys ever see that fake video of the by superninja	Jul 10th, 2007 11:48:51 AM
lion with the human head in the cage? Fake, but still creepy as all get out.
"Nobody wants to see NY get destroyed again." by deathstar73	Jul 10th, 2007 11:54:16 AM
Boy, I do. On a daily basis.
They talk in code? most the Mezin's site is those. by Etrace	Jul 10th, 2007 11:57:12 AM
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 I think Iâ€™m safe, for now. Wherever I go it isnâ€™t long before they find me. It seems The Mezin are connected to every aspect of humanity, from culture and religion to our most advanced technology I have to be more careful contacting all of you. When I began I thought I could safely speak about his writings and perhaps save us all... but now it seems I will have to find a more subtle way to share his visions. If this is the first message you have received from me do not give up hope! There are others that have gone before you, the way has been found, you only need to search and you will find the answers you seek. We are getting stronger, our voices will be heard! I have more of Haasâ€™s writings, once I find a secure way to transmit them I will leave you clues to find them. The more I read the more I realize Haas was rightâ€¦â€¦â€¦
What's wrong with Washington D.C.? by superninja	Jul 10th, 2007 11:57:39 AM
It's earned a nice apocalyptic attack.
Hey supes-- what do I think? by Yack Backer	Jul 10th, 2007 12:04:29 PM
There's not enough to like or dislike about that trailer. I appreciate the unconventional approach, but it is ultimately forgettable. A big explosion and a (oh no!) decapitated Statue of Liberty. I need to see more to get my hype-motor going.
There's a hole, there's a hole... by KenobiFan	Jul 10th, 2007 12:07:19 PM
Wouldn't it be great if the story was really about the creation of Slusho drinks? Sure, it started out apocalyptic, but never was a more wonderful flavor found. Of course, I'm sure the Coca-Cola wars started soon after...oh well.
Gotta be Japanese Monster in City by MongolianChopSquad	Jul 10th, 2007 12:17:30 PM
Isn't this is the farewell party for that guy going to Japan? And they are having sushi at the party table, so these are hints!
I saw it, it's MY PENIS it's HUGE!!! by batzilla	Jul 10th, 2007 12:19:07 PM
zonk
The Liberty head was WAY TOO SMALL!! by batzilla	Jul 10th, 2007 12:21:10 PM
Serious proportion issue there! It was tiny. About 1/3 the size it should be. I mean, people stand in the windows of her crown thingy and on this movie it is sitting in the street about twice the size of the surrounding cars. Thats fucked up.
EVERONE, NEWSFLASH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! by Etrace	Jul 10th, 2007 12:26:02 PM
THE 1-18-08 PARTY PHOTO WITH THE 9 ON THE T-SHIRT IS A 6, ITS CUT OFF BY THE GUY STANDING INFRONT OF HER AND THEEDGE OF THE PICTURE TO LOOK LIKE A 9, GO TO SLUSHO.COM 6'S ALL OVER THE PLACE, IT IS DEFINANTLY RELATED, AND SUSPICIOUS, READ THE HISTORY OF SLUSHO.sorry bout caps, excited to relized this, was looking at slusho.com and wondering why 6's and then I relized hte shirt has a six on it, not a 9.
Our Liberty is Shrinking everyday by KenobiFan	Jul 10th, 2007 12:26:47 PM
I have to agree about the issues with the 'the head'...maybe 'the creature' was taking his anger out on a really crappy souvenir. Life-size, my ass! Ha!
YackBacker by Mr. Nice Gaius	Jul 10th, 2007 12:30:46 PM
Yeah, I totally agree about this teaser trailer. If the theater where I saw this had half the reaction generated on these boards, I might have thought it was the Second Coming. But I'll give the trailer credit - it inspired me to write CTHULHU DANCE!!!
Here's my question: by Rickey Henderson	Jul 10th, 2007 12:30:48 PM
since when does cthulhu create huge fireballs? Just curious if someone could answer that for me...
Look into SLUSHO! people, something suspicious there by Etrace	Jul 10th, 2007 12:35:15 PM

Gaseous Anamoly by KenobiFan	Jul 10th, 2007 12:36:49 PM
If I were an ageless inter-stellar god, I would hope at the very least that I could unleash some serious elemental firepower...but maybe not. Also, who's to say what's happening isn't the result of a battle instead of a single angry beastie. I would imagine a battle between Cthulhu and the Elder Things might be kind of, well, apocalyptic in nature.
Lady Liberty's Face by Deon Ares	Jul 10th, 2007 12:37:40 PM
This picture should settle the scale issue: http://wesclark.com/ubn/libert y_face.jpg The head isn't really that big people.
DEATH ON A CRACKER by Etrace	Jul 10th, 2007 12:39:37 PM
THATS THE CLUE ITS TURNING THE NINE ON THE SHIRT UPSIDE DOWN TO MAKE a 6, go to slusho.com
stepping through the trailer by burkazoid2005	Jul 10th, 2007 12:43:08 PM
I need someone else to take a look at the trailer from 1:24 to 1:25, stepping through each frame. Looking between the buildings from whence the SOL head comes flying out of, it seems like something gigantic is moving back there. Did anyone else catch that?
SLUSHO! by Etrace	Jul 10th, 2007 12:44:58 PM
There is someone wearing a slusho shirt in the preview AND now the six thing and the creepy site (slusho.com) Its related I tells you.
Yes, I caught that. by L.H.Puttgrass	Jul 10th, 2007 12:47:23 PM
And said so last night. Neat, huh.
Pictures... by Etrace	Jul 10th, 2007 12:48:21 PM
At the slusho site they have pictures for wallpapers you can save, "SLUSHO! Zoom!" is on the intructions kinda randomly and might be a clue, I am trying to examine the pictures rightnow, zooming on them and looking for anything that stands out.
Deon Ares by Rickey Henderson	Jul 10th, 2007 12:49:10 PM
Dude, I was so freaked out by that little girl on the left of the Statue of Liberty that I hid under my desk and therefore didn't have time to look at the scale.
SLUSHO! has something to do with all this, I'm sure by Etrace	Jul 10th, 2007 12:50:17 PM
Just the 6 incident and the slusho shirt are enough for me, and including the creepy overcover of the slusho site that makes you know something dark is being hidden
Seriously, if this movie is a Japanese monster movie by superninja	Jul 10th, 2007 12:55:42 PM
and it has only ONE Japanese person in it - lame. Japanese monsters do not belong in NYC.
It's... by banbury	Jul 10th, 2007 12:59:14 PM
the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man.
Everyone's phyched about something they know by Jak0lantern01	Jul 10th, 2007 01:02:03 PM
nothing about. Can't wait for the real bitching to begin. Anyone see the Transformers yet?
Ok, Im gonna settle this once and for all... by StarskyandHushky	Jul 10th, 2007 01:06:41 PM
He says: 'I saw it. Its alive. Its huge'. Yes? Ok? No lions. No fucking freemasons. No numbers hidden in freaky yellow people in the picture. Its the release date of a new JJ monster movie. Now please move along, there is nothing to see here. And anybody who spends time inverting a pic just to see if it looks like a goddamned lion should have their head examined.
Lions?! by Etrace	Jul 10th, 2007 01:12:05 PM
I'm looking for SLUSHO! clues now, got a bunch of people with me examining the site and what not.
Yep, that oughta do it StarskyandHushky... by Rickey Henderson	Jul 10th, 2007 01:12:59 PM
I think we've seen the last of the Cloverfield speculation here at AICN.
Deon Ares by batzilla	Jul 10th, 2007 01:13:03 PM
Wow...you're right! It really isnt as big as I thought so I was indeed wrong about the scale.
I'd like a giant Babylonian lion that breathes fire by superninja	Jul 10th, 2007 01:16:02 PM
and shoots lazers out of its tail.
Godzilla's trailer was cool also by DarfurOnTheRocks	Jul 10th, 2007 01:16:19 PM
'nuff said.
voice before the destruction by lordgrimplemort	Jul 10th, 2007 01:20:26 PM
Did anyone else notice the woman's voice saying a word just a split second before the destruction begins? It's loud and kind of echos like it's coming from a loudspeaker. Is she the alien overlord giving the command to attack, or what? I just wondered if anyone else noticed it and if they could make out what she said.
Loved it by burkazoid2005	Jul 10th, 2007 01:21:51 PM
Anyone see the Transformers yet? Yes, I fucking loved it. There was nothing I didn't like about that movie. The kid did a fine acting job, the chick was smoking hot, and the giant robots were fucking cool as the Arctic Circle. And I LOVED the flames on Optimus.
It's something that originated on the ocean floor. by superninja	Jul 10th, 2007 01:25:00 PM
From wiki on Cthulhu: Castro reports that the Great Old Ones are telepathic and "knew all that was occurring in the universe". They were able to communicate with the first humans by "moulding their dreams", thus establishing the Cthulhu Cult, but after R'lyeh had sunk beneath the waves, "the deep waters, full of the one primal mystery through which not even thought can pass, had cut off the spectral intercourse." Do the Mezin not sound like the Cthulhu Cult? And the good folks at Slusho have found Cthulhu in R'lyeh?
Voice by Etrace	Jul 10th, 2007 01:25:13 PM
I heard it, not sure what it was.
Godzilla and Co. are very specific to Japan. by superninja	Jul 10th, 2007 01:27:18 PM
Removing them from it takes them out of context for me and you just end up with another lame monster movie.
6 by mike allegretto	Jul 10th, 2007 01:32:06 PM
when i emailed the slusho site i got back "Slusho! loves your mails!! You Can't Drink Just Six!!!"
Yeah, getting a costant 6 by Etrace	Jul 10th, 2007 01:33:31 PM
Yeah, getting a costant 6 theme going on
SLUSHO is the company that Rob ... by batzilla	Jul 10th, 2007 01:37:51 PM
is going to work for. He got promoted and Slusho is a new product that is being rolled out in Japan. True story and will prove to be true in due time.
known site list so far by mike allegretto	Jul 10th, 2007 01:38:15 PM
whats the confirmed list of sites related to the movie? so far i got slusho.com and 1-18-08.com
slusho is a mutagen by mike allegretto	Jul 10th, 2007 01:39:41 PM
i believe my theory that slusho is a mutagen that makes little things BIG! is the correct one based on the history section of slusho.com
MYSTERY39? by Deon Ares	Jul 10th, 2007 01:40:16 PM
Ok, I have way to much time on my hands. I took a screen shot of the refrigerator and look what I found written on side of the door! http://tinyurl.com/35rouy I can't figure out what the first two characters are though
A mutagen derived from Cthulhu. by superninja	Jul 10th, 2007 01:41:04 PM

6 doses by mike allegretto	Jul 10th, 2007 01:41:26 PM
the 6 thing may mean that you need 6 doses of slusho for it to take effect. the email i got makes me think that also.
Cthulhu juice! Aaaaaaaahhhh! by superninja	Jul 10th, 2007 01:43:24 PM

Number 6 is the number of man in the Bible. by superninja	Jul 10th, 2007 01:44:29 PM

Well I am trying a theory by Etrace	Jul 10th, 2007 01:47:22 PM
Well I am trying a theory and sending six emails to SLUSHO!
probably not Cthulhu, Godzilla, Satan, Voltron, Lion-O, by PROF IKAMONO	Jul 10th, 2007 01:48:57 PM
...King Moonracer of Island of Misfit Toys, Jesus, Visnu, Tori Spelling, etc. but something completely made-up (unlike the above who are all REAl... well, execpt for Tori Spelling)
...Tori Spelling was Sylar's fag-hag when he was gay... by PROF IKAMONO	Jul 10th, 2007 01:50:45 PM
...hmmmmm.
The Slusho history is the Genesis by Kanchi	Jul 10th, 2007 01:56:31 PM
Of the monster...
I can get why someone would mistake... by emp	Jul 10th, 2007 01:58:24 PM
Tori Spelling for a lion. And be surprised that she is alive. But is she huge?
I HOPE IT'S NOT A HOLLYWOOD REMAKE OF AN ASIAN HIT! by kirttawesomio	Jul 10th, 2007 01:58:30 PM
It better not be "The Host", Better be Cthulu!
Leviathan 2 by mike allegretto	Jul 10th, 2007 01:59:41 PM
This almost sounds like it could be a sequel to Leviathan.
FRIDGE DOOR MESSAGE by Etrace	Jul 10th, 2007 02:04:44 PM
"EXIT MYSTERY 69"
Checked out Slusho...its related to the movie by bgart13	Jul 10th, 2007 02:05:16 PM
Apparently, in an earlier epi of Alias, someone offered the chick Slusho (slurpee type drink). JJ Abrams has a history w/ Alias, no? And have read reports of Slusho being another name for this on the inside. On an IMDB board, someone posted that he saw some filming being done a few days ago in LA, and reported some sorta interesting stuff. I'm going to guess this is a big monster movie that may or may not be associated with those Japanese monster flicks. Or whatever. It may just be a ploy to get people interested in this production. What if the trailer is fake -- something that will be used ultimately in the real movie itself? Maybe a film about the production of a monster movie? Maybe it's like a Cassavettes version of a monster movie? All improved? Or, maybe who cares and we can wait til there are more prevues and trailers and...?
It's "LOST:THE MOVIE" by kirttawesomio	Jul 10th, 2007 02:15:57 PM
Manhattan= The Island. Get it, get it, huh? huh? Am I right folks?
exit 69 mystery website by mike allegretto	Jul 10th, 2007 02:19:20 PM
http://region19.blogspot.com/2 007/05/exit-69-mystery.html ok brainiacs get to work and see if anything on this website is related to the movie.
I'm not sure about this, by jimmyjohnson	Jul 10th, 2007 02:24:08 PM
I'm not sure about this, looks like i might actually have to use my brain here. I thought i'd boxed that little baby up in the attic for the last time.
Red Herring by mike allegretto	Jul 10th, 2007 02:44:21 PM
Be prepared for the possibility that the slusho site is just a red herring site to keep us occupied and interested in the movie. The information there might turn out to have nothing to do with the movie. We'll just have to play it by the numbers! (lol)
Viral marketing... hope not. by jimmyjohnson	Jul 10th, 2007 02:53:30 PM
Viral marketing... hope not. looks like they could really have thought something great through with this
"Have Fun in Japan." by SakeDickens2006	Jul 10th, 2007 03:12:06 PM
Could be a clue, which would rule out Al Qaeda. The other clue is it was shown before Transformers who were originally from Japan as well. This could be JJ Abrams way of telling us where this monster originates.
This is an AMAZING MARKetingn CAmpaign! by kirttawesomio	Jul 10th, 2007 03:16:36 PM
I've just spent an hour fascinated by this viral marketing approach. Still not sure if it's a remake of "The Host", or Cthulu.
That OTHER Hasbro show!!!!! by Toulon	Jul 10th, 2007 03:19:31 PM
IT'S THE INHUMANOIDS!!!!!!! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I n hu manoids
THis is going to be Good. by kirttawesomio	Jul 10th, 2007 03:20:49 PM
It made paying 10.50 for TF worthwhile.
When a giant lion is revealed by MrJJonz	Jul 10th, 2007 03:35:22 PM
and this film is found out to be the sequel to Digby then alot of people are going to be very disappointed or happy. Ahhh, Digby . . .what a film
Rob seems to know a lot of hot babes... by kirttawesomio	Jul 10th, 2007 03:42:45 PM
...and he's not very nice to his best friend. Actually, Robs a total dick. Fuck him, I hope he's the first to be eaten by the eight headed lion octopus that's going to eat Manhattan.
Probably the best teaser I've seen since Alien3... by kirttawesomio	Jul 10th, 2007 03:44:27 PM
You know when they hint it will be on earth. Then the movie comes out and it's on a planet penal colony. Whatever. I hope this one doesn't let me down.
What's Digby? by kirttawesomio	Jul 10th, 2007 03:47:16 PM
Never seen it, is it good?
I meant Cthulho, oh, hu, Cthulhu! by kirttawesomio	Jul 10th, 2007 03:52:46 PM
I'm a dumbass, whatever.
Let's get real. by Graduate1967	Jul 10th, 2007 04:08:37 PM
I'm tempted to go apesh*t too over this, but let's not lose our balls over misinformation and wishful thinking. First off, I'm no Volton fan. But it isn't my dislike for that giganto that convinces me you won't see him in this flick. Abram's project is reportedly a $30m picture. We've all read it. You're drinking drano if you think it's getting anything less than a $70m treatment. Besides, Mazinga rules. Second, forget all of this website B.S. Sure they're going to market this movie virally, but you're not going to have a hard time finding out about it. Quit looking for clues, no matter what you read in whatever forum. They're working on it, and we'll know soon enough. Enjoy the trailer for what it is--a nice cocktease. Third. If you're going to discimihate on Hollywood, then don't bother seeing it's movies. As a professional myself, I know it seems asinine producing stories by committee. The simple fact of the matter is, that's how you generate ideas, and this is the only town where you can finance them. It's clear that that's what happened here with Abrams and Paramount. The pitch goes something like, how'd you like to own your own giant Monster movie without the negative legacy of a Godzilla, no need to acquire rights of any kind, and a story that lends itself to a neat little 21st century indie price tag? The studio ate it up, and so will we. I'd love to see a Lovecraft adapted major motion picture too, but for now, we'll have to settle for a Lovecraft-inspired one. Nothing wrong with that. D. Until the next websites are released (and believe me, they will--no studio, however willing to experiment, would skimp on marketing) you're going to have to just appreciate the trailer for all that it offers... and it does say enough. We know Rob is a fairly well-off hipster living in a downtown loft with a boatload of friends willing to send him off to Japan in style. We know he's tunde into Japanese culture, but wears a blazer, so he's probably more of a professional and less a Mangaphile (see artwork and other Japanese references around his apartment). We know he's a cheapskate since he owes that turd nursing the beer 11 dollars. Most importantly, we know he lives in Downtown Manhattan just about 2 blocks north of 401 Broadway, and several blocks from the Woolworth Buildind. We also know that should a monster approach New York from the sea, it would probably squeeze by Jersey and try mating with the Statue of Liberty on Liberty Island before realizing its mistake and decapitating it, hurling it Northwest toward Rob's loft. Now we know why the creature is attacking NYC, we just need to know why it skipped out on terrorizing Jersey instead. So chill out, enjoy the wait, and accept the fact that there's no lion in this trailer. Peace.
INTERWEBZ by Etrace	Jul 10th, 2007 04:11:51 PM
Anyone know any more sites on this thing, all I got are Slusho.com/1-18-08.com/EHWR
INTERWEBZ by Etrace	Jul 10th, 2007 04:12:11 PM
Anyone know any more sites on this thing, all I got are Slusho.com/1-18-08.com/EHWR
INTERWEBZ by Etrace	Jul 10th, 2007 04:12:21 PM
Anyone know any more sites on this thing, all I got are Slusho.com/1-18-08.com/EHWR
new site up by mike allegretto	Jul 10th, 2007 04:45:21 PM
http://parasitemovie.com/
New Muppet movie by iceman199	Jul 10th, 2007 05:31:37 PM
The Muppets Take Manhattan II Revenge of Miss Piggy
That looks fan made to me, mike allegretto. by superninja	Jul 10th, 2007 05:45:34 PM

Don't mean to be rude by krushjudgement	Jul 10th, 2007 06:15:13 PM
But I think that lion picture matched to the girls faces is bullshit. You are looking way too deep man. Also, it's obvious we can't exactly tell what the kid says: It's alive, it's a lion, we won't know for sure until the next trailer. Sorry guys.
By the way Graduate1967 by krushjudgement	Jul 10th, 2007 06:17:33 PM
Word up.
I don't know if this has been mentioned... by jsprenks	Jul 10th, 2007 06:53:11 PM
But on the vehicle the cameraman ducks behind, the license plate reads ABZ 3293. ABZ is an abbreviation for a drug called Albendazole, which is used for the treatment of worm infestations. May mean something. I am getting sucked in to this too.
SLUSHO! by Etrace	Jul 10th, 2007 07:27:14 PM
Anyone else a little creeped out by the history and site on Slusho.jp?
Also... by jsprenks	Jul 10th, 2007 07:29:38 PM
3293 = CBIC, or the Certification Board of Infection Control. I hope J.J. is reading this and enjoying it immensly.
HOLY SHIT! by Violator90	Jul 10th, 2007 07:59:49 PM
This has got to be the BEST trailer and I can't wait to see the movie. Has to be a ton better than the Bayformers mess.
This CAN'T be a Cthulu movie... by cornponious	Jul 10th, 2007 08:49:59 PM
...because there already IS one, baby!! And it stars Tori Spelling!!!! http://www.cthulhuthemovie.com /
Ghostbusters III by ericthebeef	Jul 10th, 2007 09:51:47 PM
Thats all I got to say...nerdos!
Roger Rabbit= Cloverleaf by ericthebeef	Jul 10th, 2007 09:54:35 PM
Right, Right??!?!?!?
At 1:20 in the trailer by dixieflyer	Jul 10th, 2007 09:56:42 PM
there is a guy running to beside "Rob" to his right. what is on the back of his shirt? also does it look like some thing is moving in the distance where the SOL head came from?
Looks like an O by Etrace	Jul 10th, 2007 10:01:37 PM
Are you talking about the white shirted guy running out with him, looks like an O to me or maybe a 0
I guess it is just an O by dixieflyer	Jul 10th, 2007 10:05:18 PM
oh well
Just an O?!!? by Etrace	Jul 10th, 2007 10:11:35 PM
It might like the 6 on the girl's shirt in the photo, a clue, I mean its a plain striped overshirt, why would that o be there and they give you such a site of it too.
if one more person by El Borak	Jul 10th, 2007 10:18:11 PM
mentions the "cthulhu tori spelling" movie i'm going to suffocate them with my nutsack!
Around 1:22 in the trailer a girl in a jacket. by Etrace	Jul 10th, 2007 10:24:19 PM
She goes across screen but you can see something on the back of her shirt, anyone know or confirm what its says?
It says "Switzerland." by jsprenks	Jul 10th, 2007 10:31:38 PM
Yep.
yes, the history is cool on SLUSHO site...but what by future help	Jul 10th, 2007 10:47:07 PM
does the "thought balloons" of cheese and blue pot holder glove mean? am i reading too much into it? love this campaign.
SIX by Etrace	Jul 10th, 2007 10:54:17 PM
Also 6's all over the place, 6 mountains in the background(the dark ones) 6 buttons on the home, the 6 at the bottom of the page and the constand can't drink just six, also Slusho is a 6 letter word, plus, the site appeared 6 days before the trailer aired. Also "SLUSHO! ZOOM!" is a message appearing throughout the site, maybe a clue? And also all the animals on the home page are four lettered named, fish/frog/duck/pony and there are four slushies across the bottom that are full.
NOT A CTHULHU MOVIE by alm80godd	Jul 10th, 2007 11:33:10 PM
There is a cthulhu movie that has already been made, with Tori Spelling. http://www.myspace.com/cthulhu themovie so obviously cloverfield is not cthulhu, but I guess it could still be cthulhuesque.
Interesting. by Etrace	Jul 11th, 2007 12:30:54 AM
The EHWR site phone number leads ya to a recording from an airport in monica, which happens to be called Clover Field.http://www.airnav.com/ai rport/KSMO
ughhh by slkboxrman	Jul 11th, 2007 12:44:02 AM
if one more person says that the guy in the trailer said "its a lion" ill scream.... the line is "i saw it in the light, its huge"
cough alive cough by Etrace	Jul 11th, 2007 12:58:30 AM

maybe it's cthulhu,maybe it's not... by necromortis	Jul 11th, 2007 01:34:29 AM
Seeing as a couple folks insist that because tori spelling is in a movie with the name of one of lovecrafts big baddies names in the title, here's some reasons why it COULD be cthulhu (or something else): Whether or not this movie has anything to do with Cthulhu (man I hope it does, that would rock) is to be seen, maybe it is just something whacky he thought up like something causing things like statues to come to life and go "man in suit" on man-kind, or The old Egyptian gods come searching for the pharoes that have been taken from their tombs (and placed in the mueseum in New York and LA, and if the line WAS "It's a lion...but I think personally it was "I saw it in the light...) then it was the sphynx, which techincally speaking was a...lion god)... Or maybe it's like that old B movie The Stuff (vintage 1985 there for you) for those that forgot about it,basically Weird yummy goo erupts from the earth and is discovered by a couple of miners. They taste it and decide to market it because it tastes so good (hmmm Slusho's history sounds like a new slant on that one...). The American public literally eats up the new dessert sensation now known as the Stuff but, unfortunately, it takes over the brains of those who eat it, turning them into zombie-like creatures. Ofcourse that wouldn't explain ole liberty gettin the beat down. Heheh, revenge of the stuff...anyways,moving on... Back to the Cthulhu thing, point is the "idea" and/or property is being used left and right to some extent, so just because Miss Spelling is in one that has the name and supposedly deals with the mythos (somehow) doesn't mean others can't happen as well, so the whole "She's got one coming out with that name, so it CAN'T be it!" thing is shot all to shit. So maybe the IP IS public domain to some extent. Here's a brief run down for those that don't know: the Tori Spelling one (this ones been in development/in the can for what seems forever): http://tinyurl.com/zchmw the "retro indie" one, it's short, and silent, but nifty and a noble attempt: http://tinyurl.com/nqtm4 At the Mountains of Madness (another classic Lovecraft story dealing with Cthulhu) that Guillermo Del Toro wants to make something fierce...hmmm,wonder if he ever made that trailer he was gonna shop around: http://tinyurl.com/2wy7np Nightmares and Dreamscapes:From The stories of Stephen King:"Crouch End" which is very much Cthulhu in nature, with pyscho "in between" town, unseen monster and Cthulhu names mentioned and spelled on the walls near the end of the story. Taken from a review: "Crouch End is one of the few attempts at interpreting King's Lovecraftian inspired tales into a movie, and it mostly excelled at that. Great cinematography, good cast, imaginative directing and creepy special effects make this episode a perfect compliment to Battleground during the first week." http://tinyurl.com/ypdmm7 oh and ofcourse "Dagon" http://tinyurl.com/e8lsl And the game Call of Cthulhu:Dark Corner of the Earth and a bunch of others,but only counting the ones made/in production 2000 or after ones here. Not to mention all the tip of the hat ones (in the mouth of madness) and the Necronomicon antholgy one in the 90's. But I'm sure after JJ leads us around like frantic crack heads searching for clues (damn him! Just tell us!) it'll be something we didn't expect...ok, maybe I'm be to hopefull in that aspect, watch it be the story of smokie from Lost escaping the island...(rolls eyes)
fuckin alm80!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 by El Borak	Jul 11th, 2007 01:54:05 AM
ALRIGHT YOU AKED FOR IT!!!! DEATH BY NUTSACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
one thing's for sure! by Maniaq	Jul 11th, 2007 03:27:05 AM
...when it comes to being able to follow the action and keeping the camera pointed at the right spot, a bunch of guys with camcorders have done a MUCH better job than Michael Bay's ENTIRE cinematography team!
MY GOD, some people still think he didn't say... by Abin Sur	Jul 11th, 2007 09:11:35 AM
..."IT'S ALIVE"? Geez, there is no hope for some of you. And just because there a movie with the TITLE "Cthulhu" does not mean JJ can't make a Cthulhu movie! That CINO movie with Tori Spelling doesn't even HAVE Cthulhu in it - it's just a title!
really does sound like "lion"... by gernblanston67	Jul 11th, 2007 02:34:52 PM
and i don't even know what that means.
www.ethanhaas.org by Etrace	Jul 11th, 2007 10:26:25 PM
is the site down? If anyone from the forums is here let me know if it is.
Explosions?? Destruction??? by The Beast	Jul 12th, 2007 03:20:39 PM
All we need are vampires and tits, and we got a brilliant film on our hands!! OH MY FUCKING GOD I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE TIHS MOVIE!!! oh wait.. yes i can.
My thoughts on the matter so far... by raccoon	Jul 13th, 2007 08:46:44 PM
If you look at JJ's letter to Harry on 'Aint it cool news' he says 'these are the only websites you have even FOUND' He puts 'FOUND' in capitals...anyone feeling a LOST and FOUND kind of theme. He's leaving clues all over the place. I'm intrigued by slusho.jp history talking of 'libations' which are usually drinks offered to the gods. Before a party some drink would be poured on the ground as a sign of respect or 'libation' to the gods. Hmm...Rob is having a party? Drinking? Some scary thing (god?) is comin to town. I also spotted quite a few spelling mistakes in the text of the slusho history, take a look. Do you really think a film that had a budget of $30mill would leave clues with unintentional spelling mistakes and poor grammar? If so, ha ha i feel superior, if not what does it all mean? Also, in the trailer, i spotted a Buddha on a ladder and saw that apparantly this relates to the 33 rungs/ ladder of Buddhism. Now this may be a long shot but the number 33 also relates to the levels of Freemasonry (i think i saw someone mention freemasons on here earlier), also did you know Jesus Christ was 33 when he died? Now you may think 'how is 33 relevant?'. Well, i suppose you could say that if you split the number 6 in half you get two 3's. And as Slusho tells us 'you can't drink just 6'! These are just a few of my musings since stumbling across the film only 3 days ago. Anybody think any of what i said might make sense? Can anyone expand on my ideas or support them further?

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