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New CLOVERFIELD TV Spot Offers A Larger Look At The Film

It's A Lion! by jimmy rabbitte	Dec 19th, 2007 02:37:24 PM

First? by ldm882	Dec 19th, 2007 02:38:25 PM

Damnit by ldm882	Dec 19th, 2007 02:38:41 PM

fourth by tme2nsb	Dec 19th, 2007 02:39:05 PM

oh by tme2nsb	Dec 19th, 2007 02:39:18 PM

Oh well by ldm882	Dec 19th, 2007 02:39:20 PM
at least that shot of...whatever...walking behind the building is a little more clear
by tme2nsb	Dec 19th, 2007 02:39:28 PM
still looks like shit
Huh? by bparsonst	Dec 19th, 2007 02:40:14 PM
What is "totally different" about this spot? Every shot is in shakycam...
It's the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man... by LordPorkington	Dec 19th, 2007 02:41:23 PM
He's back, and this time, he wants blood!
Anyone know the significance of the name yet? by Somerichs	Dec 19th, 2007 02:41:48 PM
Did Mr. Cumpston, or anyone else, for that matter, give any idea as to what the title refers to?
oh my gawd oh my gawd by semisaj	Dec 19th, 2007 02:44:41 PM
does anyone know what the music is from that trailer?
Fuck this movie by Jack D. Ripper	Dec 19th, 2007 02:44:43 PM

As long as it's better than... by khashooggi	Dec 19th, 2007 02:46:35 PM
...that Americanized Godzilla crap, I'll be a happy camper.
I still have no idea by mukhtabi	Dec 19th, 2007 02:47:55 PM
What that monster is, but lemme tell you I'm gonna put down my hard earned for this anyway. Yes Oh Great Red Haired one Neill is definitely EVIL for seeing this before anyone else.
Somerichs by Boba Fat	Dec 19th, 2007 02:48:35 PM
Here's my guess. It's army code for carpet bombing New York and the camera is some sort of evidence left behind after the characters are killed...wait for it...not by the monster but their own army! Oh the humanity!
PG-13? by rbrog77	Dec 19th, 2007 02:49:11 PM
...and the head biting is scarier/better than anything we've seen? hmmmmmmmmmmm....
$100,000 says it's a giant hamster by heyscot	Dec 19th, 2007 02:49:16 PM

OH MY GOD! OH MY GOD! OH MY GOD! IT'S A GIANT F**KING HAMSTER! by heyscot	Dec 19th, 2007 02:49:42 PM

Proof: http://www.asciipr0n.com/4096/ hampster/ by heyscot	Dec 19th, 2007 02:50:58 PM
remove space
PJ NOT DIRECTING HOBBIT! by THE KNIGHT	Dec 19th, 2007 02:51:34 PM
I'm pretty sad :(
Seriously JJ if you're reading this, look at http://blogging.la/ by heyscot	Dec 19th, 2007 02:54:00 PM
SPOILERS JJ I've been with you since Alias and I've followed everything you've done. I got a lot of respect for you and Damien. All I can say is, you have huge balls for making a serious movie about a giant hamster, and you have my undying respect and support. Also, could you post and let me know if you ever read televisionwithoutpity.com?
URL got cut off: http://blogging.la/archives/hams ter.jpg by heyscot	Dec 19th, 2007 02:54:24 PM

How does Neil do it? by Wugmanmax	Dec 19th, 2007 02:54:41 PM
I mean, with his minimum-wage mall job, how does he get to see all these awesome movies before anyone else? It's like perhaps maybe he's not who he says he is! Crazy theory I know, but I think Neil just might be an alias for some big-shot Hollywood actor or something. Maybe he's really David Schwimmer!
Me as ANCHORITE on Batman: This sucks cuz I say it does by Teh Suk	Dec 19th, 2007 02:54:50 PM
You all suck because Batman Begins is THEE worst movie ever made. This reminds me of it, therefore it sucks. Cloverfield, how stupid. I saw no clovers or fields. Totally lame and misleading.
I will give Harry the $100,000 to hold as proof of my intentions by heyscot	Dec 19th, 2007 02:56:16 PM
Not to mention I WILL be there on opening night.
Anchorite is right about Batman Begins... by hypnotron	Dec 19th, 2007 02:57:11 PM
and this movie looks far more creative and original! Looking forward to watching this...
Hope you fucking haters die horribly by Hugh G Rekshun	Dec 19th, 2007 02:59:13 PM
This will rock and you fags will miss out on it.
Statue of Liberty's Head = by Fatty Magee	Dec 19th, 2007 03:00:27 PM
flames on optimus, if that makes any sense at all. you know what i mean.
I SUPPORT THE HUGE LION ON THIS ONE by Pound Sand	Dec 19th, 2007 03:01:53 PM
as a matter of fact, it's never been more clear to me. Sigh. It's time to give up on Cthulhu. It's over. But MNG, we had times, didn't we?
Not a whale... a shark!!! by turketron	Dec 19th, 2007 03:01:53 PM
The Dharma Shark cometh!
Don't Like This Trailer by christian66	Dec 19th, 2007 03:03:49 PM
Less realistic vibe in favor of WB teens...fighting the monster?
the song playing by dpbcold	Dec 19th, 2007 03:05:53 PM
anyone know the name of the song thats playing in the background? thanks
about New York city by tough_times	Dec 19th, 2007 03:07:41 PM
I know that's the most logical place to do a monster/disaster/zombie/etc movie, because there's tons of buildings to destroy and millions of people to kill, but how about somewhere else for a change?
Why can't by Fatty Magee	Dec 19th, 2007 03:08:47 PM
they make a monster movie where the main characters are not at ground zero. Explore what happens as they watch everything unfold in NYC on TV. Kind of like "Signs," but w/o the aliens attacking the main characters. Tell the story of all the craziness that would go on as this thing unfolds somewhere else. bleh.
TV Spot music... by BrundleFlyboy	Dec 19th, 2007 03:10:30 PM
... it's from the score for Sunshine, still not available though for some reason; shame 'cos I love it!
Somerichs by addyadam	Dec 19th, 2007 03:11:20 PM
spoilers cloverfeild is the name of the incident by the government. I also think it has to do with the ocean floor. The Slusho site gives huge hints to something being at the bottem of the ocean. and a station off the cost of north america near NY, and also how that site is getting no oil like the other sites. There is so much virtral marketing for this just check some of it out.
Great spot! by Mezzanine	Dec 19th, 2007 03:12:11 PM
I watched it three times, and I think it's fantastic. I will be there opening night.
I think they said... by Kid Z	Dec 19th, 2007 03:12:54 PM
..."I saw it, it's alive!" not "I saw it, it's a lion!"
OK, this time it really does sound like "It's a lion". by rev_skarekroe	Dec 19th, 2007 03:14:09 PM
Voltron vs. America!
Fucking great music too by Mezzanine	Dec 19th, 2007 03:14:21 PM
Now that I think about it, the music is by far the best part of that commercial.
Anchorite... by Kid Z	Dec 19th, 2007 03:16:33 PM
...is that dude still around on his endless, and endlessly boring, anti-Chris Nolan/Batman Begins jihad? As much as I hate meatheaded jocks, maybe there should be more of them around to cull out the nerd over-population around here just a bit...
shakey cam. Who shakes a cam this much? by Talkbacker with no name	Dec 19th, 2007 03:17:24 PM
Documentary film makers and even the average joe at home try and make their cameras shake as less as possible. So why is this dude shaking it like he has parkinson's disease?
Nothing New by Saluki	Dec 19th, 2007 03:18:48 PM
This spot has nothing new other than the odd pan right from the jet shot. And please, PLEASE keep Anchorcunt out of talkbacks.
It's a 900-foot tall... by Kid Z	Dec 19th, 2007 03:19:04 PM
...Mike Huckabee!!! Complete with floating white cross that he can control with Christian Telekinesis!!! Quick! Someone call Robert Smith to take him out! Only Robert Smith can save us now!!!
"if you wanna stop me, you're just gonna have to shoot me..." by Lt. Kaffee	Dec 19th, 2007 03:19:43 PM
oh, no. that line is really in the movie.
Bet they'll change the name... by Piltdown Joey	Dec 19th, 2007 03:21:36 PM
part of the hype...they'll change it on the billboards, the web, etc. It'll bring it more attention. I'm still hangin' tough that it's GORGO, even though I have no evidence at all other than it's made to look like it's shot on video, as Gorgo was.
he's not saying its a fucking lion. jesus christ! by BMacSmith	Dec 19th, 2007 03:25:31 PM
how stupid would that be?
Does Cloverfield Monster Goes Apeshit? by Han Cholo	Dec 19th, 2007 03:28:01 PM
What? I didn't understand that headline.
GIANT HAMSTER!("insert" Riichard Gere joke here) by Stuntcock Mike	Dec 19th, 2007 03:32:22 PM
.
Found the picture of it.. It's furby.. by wowsucks	Dec 19th, 2007 03:35:57 PM
http://www.themeparkreview.com / forum/viewtopic.php?t=40559
. . .maybe not. I mean hamsters aren't generally violent. by heyscot	Dec 19th, 2007 03:36:03 PM

Ok, i was looking at the 6 to 7 sec mark, and i saw somthing int by mattforce7	Dec 19th, 2007 03:36:14 PM
well, this whole its a lion thing, is making alot more sense because iwas looking in the middle body mass of the creature when they do show it and int he 3rd to last frame it is on screen it seems like i can see the outline of a lion face, with bright glowing eyes, like the creature isnt moving away and behind the building with its back facing us, but more so swinging his body towads us. People take a look. I also see the outline of a face too, very cat like. Tell me what you think
It Voltron!!!! by Nuck81	Dec 19th, 2007 03:37:14 PM
Japan attacks New York, which is on the opposite side of the Continent for them, with a giant robot lion. The US retaliates by nuking the shit out of tokyo....
Its a! by mattforce7	Dec 19th, 2007 03:41:17 PM
Its a live'n its huge, or its a lion its huge. But i swear i see a lions head or something
I saw it! It's Alive! It's Huge! by darquelyte	Dec 19th, 2007 03:46:21 PM
At about the 6 minute mark, the guy CLEARLY says, it's alive. It's Alive? Giant statue come to life? I mean, if it was a monster, why would you say "it's Alive?" It looks to be standing upright, or just so big it looks like it's standing upright. If you freeze at 7 seconds, you can see it from the side pretty well. At around 12 seconds, you can see the creature's eye reflected in the helicopter's window as it's taking off.
Ron Paul to defeat giant monster in '08! by The Dum Guy	Dec 19th, 2007 03:50:55 PM
Anyone else notice the black military dude didn't have his face pixilated out in this clip, I wonder what it means?
Not A Lion dumbasses by Jackass08	Dec 19th, 2007 03:52:08 PM
"I saw it in the light and it's huge!" with New York accent "I saw it n da light an it's huge"
This will have huge numbers in the theatres... by Bobo_Vision	Dec 19th, 2007 03:52:54 PM
...because of the enormoous hype and curiosity surrounding the movie, and the movie might actually be good too. But, in terms of the long term, like ten years from now, this will be one of those DVDs gathering dust at Blockbuster that people rarely rent, and are sick of hearing about. Why? The title. That gay-ass title. Hype + gay title = Future dust-collecting DVD at Blockbuster.
Why the FUCK would it be a lion? by Han Cholo	Dec 19th, 2007 03:54:58 PM
How the fuck did you come up with that conclusion? It's a giant, crab-like creature, I believe someone said it's more like a whale lice or something.
"Rob. I saw it. It's Godzooki." by 3 Bag Enema	Dec 19th, 2007 03:55:55 PM
Still funny.
Man in rubber suit, or Lochness Monster? by wowsucks	Dec 19th, 2007 03:57:53 PM
You pick. I still say it's furby. Either way it's def. a Ny'er. It kept dropping f-bombs at the bar last night.
omg, omg by LegoKenobi	Dec 19th, 2007 03:59:45 PM
that OH MY GOD guy has got to be removed from the audio. please? it's effing terrible.
It's a giant asshole typing in caps by quantize	Dec 19th, 2007 04:00:59 PM
!
Friggin NORRIS by mwrisner	Dec 19th, 2007 04:04:39 PM
Cloverfield ain't Chuck Norris!! If it were Chuck Norris, he would have wiped his ass with the Statue of Liberty's head before he hurled it into the city.
anyone else concur? by mattforce7	Dec 19th, 2007 04:07:07 PM
Well anyone else see what im seeing with this head thing?
OH MY GAWD OH MY GAWD by Pipple	Dec 19th, 2007 04:11:03 PM
OH MY GAWD
And I'll form....THE HEAD!!!! by smackfu	Dec 19th, 2007 04:11:13 PM
If Abrams has any sense of humor, the dvd release will feature a deleted scene where Voltron shows up in the final 2 minutes of the film and chops the monster in half.
ROB, I SAW IT. by noiretblanc	Dec 19th, 2007 04:13:17 PM
it's AWESOME!
The Cloverfield Monster is a Ro-Beast.... by Han Cholo	Dec 19th, 2007 04:17:07 PM
Formed by the Witch Haggar, by the orders of King Zarkkon who saw Earth as a potential slave-labor planet. The Ro-Beast unleashes utter havok for 90-95% of the film until The Defender of the Universe shows up just in time to form the ubiquitous Blazing Sword and in one fell swoop, dispatches the Ro-Beast thus freeing the people of Earth from the would-be domination of Zarkkon and Lotor. $200 million opening weekend, people.
The Green Ranger would beat the fuck out of.... by Han Cholo	Dec 19th, 2007 04:19:38 PM
The other Power Rangers, by the way. Who wouldn't want a magic flute that beckons to Mecha-Godzilla? That, plus the Pink Ranger wants some Green Ranger phallus.
JAMIE LYNN SPEARS IS PREGNANT!!!!1 by BringingSexyBack	Dec 19th, 2007 04:27:47 PM
White trash goes Hollywood
I Wasn't Talking About This by kevinwillis.net	Dec 19th, 2007 04:30:52 PM
Well, I wasn't.
IT'S CHOCOLATE COVERED PUSSY JUICE!! by dudemandude	Dec 19th, 2007 04:33:24 PM

Jamie Lynn Spears Is Pregnant by kevinwillis.net	Dec 19th, 2007 04:33:42 PM
Well, it wasn't me. Not that she wasn't on me like a hot rash, but she's just not my type.
More new G.I. Joe casting news... by alienindisguise	Dec 19th, 2007 04:34:14 PM
over at hisstank.com and yes the Spears sisters are white trash cum dumpsters that will have there own porno out in a year or 2
DudeManDude by kevinwillis.net	Dec 19th, 2007 04:34:34 PM
Most of the things Harry says should be killed dead and buried, not constantly resurected. It's unnatural!
IT'S NIC CAGE LOOKING FOR HAIR!!!!!! by BringingSexyBack	Dec 19th, 2007 04:35:17 PM
He should be attacking Bay Ridge, not Manhattan.
IT'S A RADIOACTIVE CHINESE MADE TOY!!!!!! by BringingSexyBack	Dec 19th, 2007 04:37:14 PM
Don't lick any toys this Christmas!!!
It's a lion with crabs! by I Hope You Die	Dec 19th, 2007 04:38:56 PM
When it rubs its groin against buildings the crabs fall off. They're after your pubes! CLOVERFIELD is an ointment.
Looks like fun to me. by SkeletonParty	Dec 19th, 2007 04:40:13 PM
I'm so looking forward to this movie. I like the bridge falling shot. Very cool.
Let me get this straight: J.J. Abrams code-names by CreasyBear	Dec 19th, 2007 04:42:20 PM
this project "Cloverfield", which is simply the name of a street or studio building around his offices ("Blue Harvest"-ish), then the Internets buzz about the idea of the movie actually being called Cloverfield and how cool and esoteric that would be, so Abrams switches the intended name of the movie from some typical monster-movie type title, to Cloverfield based on the buzz. Got it.
Elegant? by Sad_Lieutenant	Dec 19th, 2007 04:42:26 PM
Elegant? Massive sense of scope? You make this dude sound like David Lean, when it's really just more of the same.
Fat Monster with 2 chins = Don Murphy by zodiac1012	Dec 19th, 2007 04:48:32 PM

i saw it... its alive... its huge... by seekshelter	Dec 19th, 2007 04:50:15 PM
has anyone else noticed that the trailers that have been released are really playing up this line?? haha...stupid talkbackers... everyone knows that there are no such things as lions...
IT'S JOEL SCHUMACHER LOOKING FOR CRISTIAN BALE!!! by JeremiahTheProphet	Dec 19th, 2007 04:53:21 PM

I don't care if it's a lion, voltron, giant hamster, or a dildo by samsquanch	Dec 19th, 2007 04:53:42 PM
Just as long as I get long, intimate shots of it ripping those teeny wankers, their flared collars and spiked hair apart in front of a camera. I don't even care if it is shakey cam, as long as I get to see the fear and pain on their faces.
YOU SEE LESS! by FILMFUNK	Dec 19th, 2007 04:53:49 PM
i'm gonna try and stay spoiler free of this from now on coz it does look real nicely shot and V 'Citin!
Talkback spam by ebonic_plague	Dec 19th, 2007 04:54:58 PM
What's with all this idiotic multi-posting of incredibly bad jokes? The spam folder in my email has funnier entries in it than these subject line only knee-slappers. Creepy Thin Man, I'm talking to you.
MAYBE by samsquanch	Dec 19th, 2007 04:55:00 PM
it's a giant peanut. Peanuts ARE the dealiest substance known to man right now, according to mainstream news.
IT'S EBONIC PLAGUE'S PISSY ATTITUDE!!! by JeremiahTheProphet	Dec 19th, 2007 04:57:39 PM

I can't believe it. by godhatesyou	Dec 19th, 2007 05:00:19 PM
Not that fucking Staute of Liberty part again........
OH THE HUMANITY!!! by Pipple	Dec 19th, 2007 05:01:03 PM
NOT JAMIE LYNNE! ANYONE BUT JAMIE LYNNE!!! OHHHH MY GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWD
HERE'S THE GOOD NEWS... by partnerrumble@gmail.com	Dec 19th, 2007 05:04:57 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =B03dqxxx1Q0
12 second mark - Eye reflection in window by Scorecard	Dec 19th, 2007 05:06:21 PM
...Yeah, I have to admit, I think I see that too... And have to agree, "I saw it in the light and it's huge" makes far more sense than "it's a lion" - But the eye reflection (unfortunately) looks more like that giant whale mutant sketch thing that's floating around that everyone says is fan-boy art...
Music yanked from SUNSHINE by Kurzinski Valentine	Dec 19th, 2007 05:10:50 PM
Pshh, if this movie is half as good as Sunshine, I'll spray chocolate covered pussy cocks all over.
Kurzinski...Sunshine? by Scorecard	Dec 19th, 2007 05:14:16 PM
Sunshine was a mess no matter what drugs you happened to take beforehand...
the idiots who don't know why the title is CLOVERFIELD by Kurzinski Valentine	Dec 19th, 2007 05:18:28 PM
THE FUCKING DIRECTOR EXPLAINS IT IN A THOUSAND DIFFERENT INTERVIEWS, INCLUDING ONE ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THIS VERY SITE. Good lord, if you have time to sit and type out that question, you have time to read for 2 seconds beforehand.
I dunno, Scorecard. Lots of people liked Sunshine. by Kurzinski Valentine	Dec 19th, 2007 05:20:22 PM
Lots on this site, too. I loved it.
Yeah, Sunshine was pretty fuckin' sweet. by rbatty024	Dec 19th, 2007 05:23:54 PM
A little uneven, but still one of the best sci-fi and horror films I've seen in a long time.
Ray... by BigTexas42	Dec 19th, 2007 05:25:11 PM
when someone asks you if you are a huge whale/lion/crab/voltron/monste r-thing, you say YES!!!!
MANBEARPIG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! by canvasseamonkey	Dec 19th, 2007 05:26:59 PM

The Title by HExTeXly	Dec 19th, 2007 05:28:05 PM
People in this day and age are so fuckin' stupid that they have to have everything spelled out for them. "Cloverfield" as a title isn't as easy to comprehend as say, "Shoot 'em Up" (whose title pretty much gave away the entire movie). I predict that the: lack of big-name actors, crappy hand-cam quality, and confusing name will keep people away from this. That said, as a fanboy/genre hound, I'll be there (with bells on) opening night. PS. "Nib-High Football rules!"
Actually, I thought Sunshine was great... even scary at times... by Scorecard	Dec 19th, 2007 05:28:35 PM
...until the last 1/2 hour of the film destroyed everything.
Something I don't get by Zarathos666	Dec 19th, 2007 05:29:34 PM
You've got a video camera. A big ass... thing... is destroying NYC, and you point the camera at soldiers?
$1,000,000,000 Bounty by HExTeXly	Dec 19th, 2007 05:30:18 PM
FOR ANYONE WHO CAN POST A PIC OF THE CLOVERFIELD MONSTER BY 1-17-08
Um, this looks just like this movie I saw in 1998... by Banshee7	Dec 19th, 2007 05:31:34 PM
it was called GODZILLA!
There are people who like to hammer nails... by I Hope You Die	Dec 19th, 2007 05:34:16 PM
...into their scrotum. Obviously there are going to be people who liked Sunshine.
GODZILLAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!! by DURANGO66	Dec 19th, 2007 05:35:11 PM

Sunshine was good, and scary by HExTeXly	Dec 19th, 2007 05:37:12 PM

Sunshine causes cancer... by The Dum Guy	Dec 19th, 2007 05:45:41 PM
You know this to be true.
Come on, think about Carrey's latest "serious" roles...Sunshine by HExTeXly	Dec 19th, 2007 05:47:29 PM

"Sunshine" is just... by I Hope You Die	Dec 19th, 2007 05:50:29 PM
...Event Horizon in Space.
DAMN YOU NEILL CUMPSTON DENIS by Pennsy	Dec 19th, 2007 05:50:51 PM
For seeing 2008's first blockbuster before the rest of us. ;)
The Sad Truth of CLOVERFIELD by HExTeXly	Dec 19th, 2007 05:55:05 PM
http://thoughtsofalimemonkey.b logspot.com/2007/12/about-to-s ee-free-advanced-screening-of. html
Damn you Michael Bay by MCMLXXVI	Dec 19th, 2007 05:59:05 PM
Damn you Michael Bay
Fuck you MCMLXXVI by zodiac1012	Dec 19th, 2007 06:04:50 PM
Fuck you MCMLXXVI
MEH MEH MEH MEH MEH MEH MEH MEH by MatDGZ	Dec 19th, 2007 06:15:49 PM
Just show us something worth seeing. We get that this shit is secret. Now its just annoying - the hype has gone.
The characters seem like as*holes by S.Lowrey	Dec 19th, 2007 06:16:12 PM
I'm sorry...I might be a little cold hearted here but the characters seem like a bunch of self absorbed idiots who probably deserve whatever horrible fate awaits them. I hate the overly dramatic tone of the guy who is like, "I;m going!" or something stupid like that. I hated when they did that in Lost. Every 5 minutes they would ground the show to halt so that Jack could spazz out in front of the camera in some pseudo-emotional tantrum thats supposed to humanize the proceedings. I say Bulls*it to that, its tiring (especially after the 5th time in one episode.) Are we the viewers supposed to respect the fact that people think they have the right to act like children during tense situations? I'm sick of that tired grandstanding dramatic tension breakdown moment they seem to go to (with less and less effect.) I say no to this movie.
OK, no, it could be a giant hamster: by heyscot	Dec 19th, 2007 06:22:44 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H amster
S.Lowrey: The fact is most people are self absorbed idiots.... by The Dum Guy	Dec 19th, 2007 06:24:01 PM
So, it only makes sense to portray characters like wise.
NO HERO? by MRX67	Dec 19th, 2007 06:28:58 PM
w
Talkbacker with no name by jfp2007	Dec 19th, 2007 06:29:34 PM
He's shaking the camera so much because of a giant fucking monster, it's babies, and lots of shit falling around him and other stuff, Dickhead.
S.Lowrey by jfp2007	Dec 19th, 2007 06:30:58 PM
Everyone of these people are exactly like most of those I know out in the real world, so I don't see the problem with them. It's all totally real to me, Dickhead.
WHERE IS THE HERO IN THIS MOVIE? by MRX67	Dec 19th, 2007 06:31:58 PM
J,J must've lost his freakin mind. The only ones who will see this movie are the idiots like the one who wrote the review. Mainstream America and people by nature want good to overcome evil. It is the essence of every good fiction.
This movie doesn't have to pander to everyone... by The Dum Guy	Dec 19th, 2007 06:40:49 PM
If it is made a cheap as they say, then anyone complaining about yuppies/heros/sandwiches aren't the demographic they are aiming for, and everyone else that sees it will (in all likelyhood) help it turn a profit.
This talk back... by I Hope You Die	Dec 19th, 2007 06:44:01 PM
...is the literary equivalent of shaky cam footage. It's making me nauseated.
I still fucking HATE the name by Dr. Egon Spengler	Dec 19th, 2007 06:44:18 PM
Cloverfield? If this is supposed to be our "Godzilla" kind of monster movie; the first real American monster movie, and that's the name? I know it's supposed to be military code, but Godzilla sounds so much cooler, more intimidating. And frightening!! points to the sky Look! GODZILLA!!! OMG!! runs away points to the sky Look! Cloverfield!! Huh? WTF? Just not scary JJ.
look for the monster to be mostly nocturnal, stockpile food, and by heyscot	Dec 19th, 2007 06:52:08 PM
as well as have pouches that it can store things in.
Rob COULD HAVE MADE THIS MOVIE... by MRX67	Dec 19th, 2007 06:53:24 PM
But even he had the sense to put a hero in his movies. (Even if the hero turned out to be evil himself in the sequel).
if it's female it's in heat every four days, but either way it s by heyscot	Dec 19th, 2007 06:55:02 PM
but I still don't know why it would be making gigantic explosions as well as knock the head off of the Statue of Liberty.
A kid might name a hamster Cloverfield by heyscot	Dec 19th, 2007 06:56:44 PM
a precocious youth, to be sure, perhaps one out of a Wes Anderson movie, but it could happen
"Mom, Cloverfield is getting bigger." by heyscot	Dec 19th, 2007 06:57:20 PM

SO IN ESSENCE... by MRX67	Dec 19th, 2007 06:57:23 PM
This is about a monster who comes from out of nowhere and starts eating people then slips back into the harbor. The army can't stop it and I can understand with only one tank firing at the damn thing with a bunch of army guys shooting up at it with their M16 pea shooters. Oh man! I gotta see this!
LION of the TRIBE OF JUDAH by mildewproduction	Dec 19th, 2007 06:57:29 PM
It's the second coming of Christ, this time as a massive Lion. He has come to clean the streets of the most Satanic spot on Earth WALLSTREET (The love of money is the root of all Evil).
"That's nice, dear." by heyscot	Dec 19th, 2007 06:57:33 PM

"Mom, Cloverfield is getting angry." by heyscot	Dec 19th, 2007 06:58:07 PM

"Do your homework, Richie." by heyscot	Dec 19th, 2007 06:59:02 PM

"Mom! Cloverfield just filled up his pouches and headed for the by heyscot	Dec 19th, 2007 06:59:38 PM

harbor!" by heyscot	Dec 19th, 2007 06:59:54 PM

SEE B USH... by MRX67	Dec 19th, 2007 07:00:09 PM
your damn war in Iraq has costed us N.Y CITY! The army couldn't afford to send more tanks why? cause they are all in Iraq! Damn you Bush!
If the military can beat the Mist, then one monster is nothing.. by The Dum Guy	Dec 19th, 2007 07:02:50 PM

This guy's a pretty good camcorder operator. by Christopher3	Dec 19th, 2007 07:07:59 PM
It's almost like he's a professional cinematographer, or something.
I guarentee you that Cloverfield is by comedian_x	Dec 19th, 2007 07:18:51 PM
the name of a company that dumps chemicals into the water (like Korea's The Host) and mutates this man-whale-pig.
Isn't Cloverfield just... by HyphenatedWords	Dec 19th, 2007 07:28:32 PM
Isn't Cloverfield just a field full of clover? I think you're over-thinking this, people. I'm really looking forward to the serene shots of gently swaying clover. Ahh. Are there ABBA songs in this movie, too?
MRX67 are you ok with this movie, right?!!!! by ludmir88	Dec 19th, 2007 07:32:06 PM
hehehhe
In case you haven't thought about by Buck_Turgidson	Dec 19th, 2007 07:34:10 PM
"Godzilla" is a pretty lame movie title as well. It just resonates because the G-Man himself was such a badass. If the monster in this is hard core enough, you could call the film "High School Musical 3" and people would still look upon it fondly.
Godzilla for Japanese-speaking People by HyphenatedWords	Dec 19th, 2007 07:34:44 PM
On a different note, have you ever wondered why the English version of Gojira is Godzilla? Who came up with that? It's funny, because "Gojira!" sounds like a Japanese native speaker trying to say, "Godzilla!" JOE: Oh my god! It's Godzilla! IZUMI: Whear? Oh! Oh no! It IS Gorzheerah! JOE: That's "GodZILLA," Izumi. IZUMI: That what I say! GorZHEEERAH! JOE: Zilla! Z I L L A. ZILLA! IZUMI: Yah! ZHEERAH! JOE: Sigh.
OMG it's Harry playing hide and seek in NYC!!!! by ludmir88	Dec 19th, 2007 07:37:07 PM
Nooooooooooo!!! Run!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Are we to honestly believe... by MRX67	Dec 19th, 2007 07:42:37 PM
That the mightiest military machine in the world couldn't stop this thing? That is what J.J wants you to believe. He wanted this movie to be based on realism yet we see one tank and some army guys shooting at this thing. The Air Force sends two fighters? Ohhh yea, I'm convinced.
Nice use of Michael Mann music... by Kirbymanly	Dec 19th, 2007 07:42:48 PM
I hope that monster fucks up every print of "Miami Vice"
oh man matt reeves just made kubrick and cuaron eat him out by drturing	Dec 19th, 2007 07:47:51 PM
you know what would be gross? if you when you jizzed, only one giant sperm came out, and to perform birth control you had to hunt it down and kill it.
i want a camera that always has good white balance and exposure, by drturing	Dec 19th, 2007 07:49:18 PM
you know when i was watching children of men i kept thinking "dammit, im so aware someone is shooting this"
sunshine was event horizon for the golden compass fans by drturing	Dec 19th, 2007 07:52:48 PM
taint no god! how come all those films feature characters only referring to each other by last name, and also the obligatory space madness scene?
It is the 12th Imam by TheBloop	Dec 19th, 2007 07:56:20 PM
In Giant Sized Islamic Furry! Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been dropping little wish notes in that well in Tehran for years, and his wish came true! Death to the infidels! Down with Beauty!
Is this out on DVD already? awesome! by screamster101	Dec 19th, 2007 07:58:49 PM
sigh... I gave up on this crap along time ago... yawn.
I'm trying to keep myself pure. by greenstyle92	Dec 19th, 2007 08:00:09 PM
The only thing I've seen from this was that teaser with Transformers. I have not seen anything else. It will help me not see the movie. I mean c'mon, we can't let ourselves be tricked by everything that comes down the pipeline.
That red head with the Bustedtees ad has the nicest... by screamster101	Dec 19th, 2007 08:00:21 PM
chest I have ever drooled over. Can I have her phone number? I gotta get me some of that sweet nectar!
this monster is no match... by BadMrWonka	Dec 19th, 2007 08:03:24 PM
for MRX67's idiocy...
No spoilers? Anyone? Spies? by Emperor_was_a_jerk	Dec 19th, 2007 08:09:00 PM
This movie comes out in just a few weeks and we STILL don't know what it is? I mean we have the basic idea- monster movie- but no one has leaked a real picture of the monster? The plot? What the name really means? How it ends? NOTHING? Hell, a year before Revenge of the Sith came out everything was leaked. This is some low-budget movie that supposedly people have seen and we still have no picture or description of the monster? Anyone else find that odd? Maybe AICN knows, but can't put it out there for fear of alienating JJ and the movie companies.
skywalkerfamily: maybe but... by Emperor_was_a_jerk	Dec 19th, 2007 08:22:31 PM
skywalkerfamily: Sure, that may be true that there is no plot (in fact its very likely!) but that is still a guess. Know what I mean? Even if there is no real, deep plot we still have not heard that as a fact from someone who has seen it or read the script. There were sketches of stuff from the new star wars movies that hit the web over a YEAR before the movie came out. But with this little movie- nothing. I find it odd, is all.
GODDAMIT!!! by AD_Skinner	Dec 19th, 2007 08:24:18 PM
Is it a fricking Whalecrab or isn't it? What is the fucking monster already!
The US army can't stop it? by I Hope You Die	Dec 19th, 2007 08:24:27 PM
Maybe it's a bunch of barefooted Muslim kids with rudimentary weaponry!
bad.... by MRX67	Dec 19th, 2007 08:25:49 PM
don't get mad...get mad trash bags for the posts you write. Another womanless soul drifting his way to the entrance of another sick and lonely movie night.
sakywalker.... by MRX67	Dec 19th, 2007 08:28:50 PM
I summed that up some posts up. It's a sick ass movie for sick ass people. J.J wants the womanless geeks to go to his movie and judging from this talkboard God knows there are a lot of you.
Needless to say... by MRX67	Dec 19th, 2007 08:35:12 PM
Hope has come in the form of another hobbit trilogy. I will wait for Iron Man and bypass this sick flick for the needy. I wouldn't even see this movie for free. Thank you Neil for giving us the run down on this and J.J....forget about the tickets man. I'll take a raincheck on your Star Trek movie dude.
The monster is a whale? by veebeeyes	Dec 19th, 2007 08:36:09 PM
That's stupid. Whales can't walk.
cloverfield probably refers to the fact that these douchbags by noiretblanc	Dec 19th, 2007 08:36:16 PM
hope they get lucky by having an allusively "lucky name" and fool everyone into buying all the bullshit they're feeding people that would offend even the most gullible of the gullible. meanwhile, it's all overtly pretentiously portentous audacity. seriously, this movie so far, looks like a b-movie that has been marketed solely through trite gimmicks.
step right up folks! by noiretblanc	Dec 19th, 2007 08:38:57 PM
see the sideshow - full of freaks that are really just douchebags in costumes! give us 10 bucks and we'll sell you invisible clothes! but, please, no pictures.
I hate people by thebluerosekiller	Dec 19th, 2007 08:39:53 PM
I mean, I REALLY hate people. I can't believe that we have yet ANOTHER couple hundred posts of mostly clueless, whining, illiterate individuals complaining about a film that they haven't seen yet. Spouting the same exact nonsense about lions, their confusion over the film's title & their aversion to hand held camera work that they voiced pissed & moaned about when the first saw the initial teaser this past summer. Rather than taking the time to actually read something about the film or scanning through the talkback before posting, so as to be able to make INFORMED, intelligent comments, they choose to put their ignorance on display by repeating the same shit we were forced to endure six months ago. It's pathetic.
event horizon was the black hole for people who think halo has a by drturing	Dec 19th, 2007 08:44:21 PM

thebluerose....ahem, another needy soul .... by MRX67	Dec 19th, 2007 08:44:26 PM
to gobble up. That's who the monster need to gobble up. Everytime he eats someone he needs to look into the handicam and give a big monster smile for all those sitting in the theatre as if to say, 'you really came to see me eat people.....wow aren't you special.'
SMOKEY!!?! by Ashok0	Dec 19th, 2007 08:46:21 PM
ZOMG
thebluerosekiller by FeedMeAStrayCat	Dec 19th, 2007 08:52:59 PM
Well said.
BadMrWonka by Anton_Chigurth	Dec 19th, 2007 08:55:06 PM
Don't you know that MRX67 has written a book that is going to be in stores this spring. He is even going to post another excerpt from that book on his MySpace page in a few days. Do you really think that you or J.J. Abrams could possibly know more about writing fiction than him? I mean, how could a monster possibly fight idiocy? Nonsense! That would be like fighting a war against intense, overpowering fear! Perhaps, if you tried not to be so bad, he would also grace this talkback with another excerpt from his book. What do you say?
Giant. Fucking. Lion. by 'Cholera's Ghost	Dec 19th, 2007 08:56:35 PM
Get over it bitches.
It's Kanye West's ego!!!! Cloverfield is the code name by Yeti	Dec 19th, 2007 08:59:21 PM
For the "incident" by the gov't and the area previously known as Central Park. (I'm just glad it's not all shaky camera cause I'd get really bad motion sickness - not pretty)
dumb by noiretblanc	Dec 19th, 2007 08:59:59 PM

is what this movie looks like by noiretblanc	Dec 19th, 2007 09:00:41 PM

Leave MRX67 alone, leave him alone! He's a person... by The Dum Guy	Dec 19th, 2007 09:02:48 PM
Who most likely is (according to what he's written) middle age, married w/children and unable to find pleasure in what most testosterone driven males can. Between his dislike for this "giant-monster" movie and his belief Batman should be targeted to thirteen year olds and younger, I firmly believe that his wife just had his balls cut years ago, so try and see things from his P.O.V.
GO VOLTRON FORCE! by Squashua	Dec 19th, 2007 09:04:13 PM
YES! VOLTRON MOVIE!
MRX67 by Mezzanine	Dec 19th, 2007 09:05:19 PM
Why does this movie offend you so much? For someone bitching about geeks and idiots and fanboys, why the fuck have you posted in this talkback so many times? I take it from as cool as you are making yourself sound that you have something better to be doing, so why the fuck aren't you doing it??
dum guy..... by MRX67	Dec 19th, 2007 09:06:08 PM
Enough said.
It's Man-Whale-Crab!! by quadrupletree	Dec 19th, 2007 09:10:30 PM
I'm off. Whooooshhhhh!
Mezz..... by MRX67	Dec 19th, 2007 09:14:14 PM
My dissapointment in this movie that has captivated all of us these past few months is just that. I was lead to believe there was some hope of a good monster movie. God knows we haven't seen one in a long time. J.J has created a piece of garbage he wants to sell as a movie based on realism. There is nothing real about a monster coming out of the water, eating some people, destroying the city, and then going back from whence it came. That is the movie in a nutshell. No plot, no protaganist, just a typical b-movie like rob's movies.
What an idiot by Mezzanine	Dec 19th, 2007 09:14:25 PM
You and anchorite should go jack each other off on a pile of Jack Kirby X-Men and used DVDs of Blade Runner.
Correction.... by MRX67	Dec 19th, 2007 09:15:50 PM
Rob did have a hero.
Aren't.... by MRX67	Dec 19th, 2007 09:16:32 PM
you special.
So essentially... by Mezzanine	Dec 19th, 2007 09:19:00 PM
You want an awesome monster movie, and then you get disillusioned when you get exactly what you ask for just with a slightly new take? Personally, I'll take innovation and trying new things (even if they're not as good as the classics) because eventually that "new thing" that everyone bitches about on the talk backs will be the next classic. It's a circular logic. True; monster movies have nothing to do with realism. But take 9/11 for an example. People would have called that fiction five years beforehand and everyone in NYC was running around with a video camera that day. Not that I am saying that in five years a monster is going to come out of the harbor, but if it did, this would probably be similar to how it would play out.
Lion Facts by 'Cholera's Ghost	Dec 19th, 2007 09:21:40 PM
1) Lions are mammals. 2) The guy says "it's a lion, it's huge". 3) The other guy (maybe the same guy) says "Robbie Robbie Robbie... it's a lion". 4) The glass in the convenience store shatters just like a lion hit it. 5) A lion that can destroy a city is perfectly capable of swimming the ocean 5) The roaring sound heard in the trailer is that of a lion, amplified, thus leading to the conclusion that aforementioned lion is, in point of fact, huge. I rest my case.
Two 5)'s, because 6) is a dumb number. by 'Cholera's Ghost	Dec 19th, 2007 09:23:36 PM
And edit functions are for pussies.
wow cholera. by Zozma	Dec 19th, 2007 09:24:27 PM
1.youre a fucking idiot 2.youre an inept fucking idiot 3.youre a homosexual liberal 4.your mother should have swallowed you
Zozma... by Mezzanine	Dec 19th, 2007 09:27:23 PM
I might agree with your critical asseament of Chloera's astoundingly ridiculous reasoning, but you're still an ass.
Chloera by Mezzanine	Dec 19th, 2007 09:28:51 PM
Explain to me how you know how the glass of a convience store would shatter if a lion hit it? That is probably the dumbest comment I have ever seen in my life. And if you have actually seen a lion attack the front of a gas station, how do you know what a GIANT lion would do? Fuck, graduating high school should be required for people to get on the internet.
Cloverfield Monster in New York is actually... by Gus Van Rant	Dec 19th, 2007 09:30:44 PM
Isiah Thomas and them "rapin hands" of his.
In defence... by MRX67	Dec 19th, 2007 09:31:25 PM
of J.J, I am going by what some lunatic wrote in his review. Apparently there was some attempt at establishing a protaganist but a good story is based on the protaganist either succeeding or failing at his/her goal. The goal for J.J'S skimpy protaganist is to escape the city. Given the nature of the movie, we need a success here. We're already told that won't happen. So now we know the protaganist won't succeed in his goal and the monster will prevail. We know the ending so why go see the damn thing. J.J has left us with no hope. If he had marketed this leaving the fate of those who the movie is focused on in the air then I would say yes, this is a film worth going to see because we don't know the ending. But we do know the ending and if anyone sees this movie they are going because they want to see a giant monster kill people and destroy a city. Do you get my meaning?
IT'S A 500' KRISTEN BELL! by Pennsy	Dec 19th, 2007 09:35:51 PM
OK, it's not, but I can dream, right?
lol by radjac33	Dec 19th, 2007 09:35:55 PM
"your mother should have swallowed you"...thats funny
GEORGE BUSH OVERHEARD IN PLANE LOOKING DOWN ON MANWHALEPIG ATTAC by BringingSexyBack	Dec 19th, 2007 09:37:16 PM
"It’s totally wiped out. ... It’s devastating, it’s got to be doubly devastating on the ground." George W. Bush, the wisest man of our time.
IT'S PARIS HILTON'S VAGINA!!!!!!!! by BringingSexyBack	Dec 19th, 2007 09:38:26 PM
It wants to fuck buildings!!!
IT'S A GIANT CONCH!!!!!! CONCH!!!!!!!! by BringingSexyBack	Dec 19th, 2007 09:41:24 PM
The only way to destroy it is to eat it.
In defence of Cholera by The Dum Guy	Dec 19th, 2007 09:46:58 PM
It is scientific fact that a lion will always attack plate glass when confronted with it, esp. plate glass used in convience stores. It is hard wired into the lion's instinct, like hummingbirds natural hatred of moths.
CHOLERA'S GHOST, IT'S A GIANT SEA LION by BringingSexyBack	Dec 19th, 2007 09:46:59 PM
That would make the most sense.
IN CHOLERA'S DEFENSE ... by BringingSexyBack	Dec 19th, 2007 09:49:05 PM
He's just playing you guys and you're falling for it. Damn, step back and look at yourselves, people.
ANCHORITE'S A FUCKING LOSER WHO LIVES WITH HIS MAMA by BringingSexyBack	Dec 19th, 2007 09:50:08 PM
Just an FYI
Err. Yeti.... by Scorecard	Dec 19th, 2007 09:50:52 PM
Nope... Cloverfield is no reference to Central Park... "U.S 447" is the "area formally known as Central Park"... Perhaps implying that after this attack, Central Park is no more... Or that during the attack, the Defence Forces split the city into zones (as well they would) to allow for easier crowd control during the emergency procedure... The trailer begins with this information... including: "Multiple Sightings of Case Designate "Cloverfield" - Case Designate would refer to evidence given to a particular event that has taken place... in this case... Cloverfield.... Yup.
Triad of Doom by TheCornTorilla	Dec 19th, 2007 09:51:36 PM
Three faces of Doom. The monster, the parasites, and the transformation of certain people. Not to be compared with the red vines from War of the Worlds, but people will. Are you eating the stuff or is it eating you?
IT'S RICHARD SIMMONS ON CRACK!!!!!!! by BringingSexyBack	Dec 19th, 2007 09:53:46 PM
and he wants some cock NOW!!!!!!
This i s an interesting picture... by cornponious	Dec 19th, 2007 10:00:19 PM
http://tinyurl.com/2nt5tl Could this be it? I'm just wondering...
Nope by TheCornTorilla	Dec 19th, 2007 10:02:55 PM
But on the 24th of December there might be a foot print or a shot of a foot some place. If you can all it a foot.
HExTeXly, Kurzinski Valentine about the title. by F-1000	Dec 19th, 2007 10:04:08 PM
Some of us are too busy reading Steinbeck to read another meandering circular interview on AICN. Especially when the director doesn't do anything but be as vague as possible in an effort to hype his movie more. Fan fags like you two are the lowest common denominator. You're not hifalutin because you avidly follow a viral marketing campaign, fucking morons. Discover literature. Mark my words, this is going to fucking BOMB. Only the most pathetic of fan bois are hyped about this movie. Because the movie is CLEARLY all hype and no substance. Another strike against it: IF it sucks it won't spread by word of mouth, which will be the nail in Cloverfield's coffin. The Blair Witch project succeeded because it was a novel "first of its kind" thing and well hyped, so it didn't matter that it pretty much sucked. The Blair Witch hype machine was much more potent than this movie. With Cloverfield they've been so vague the entire time they've been virally building the mythology of this movie a lot of people don't even give a shit about the mythology, let alone the movie itself. At least in the Blair Witch you had a rough idea about the movie, as the fucking villain is the namesake of the title. Additionally, the Blair Witch sites were actually framed around GOOD STORYTELLING (compared to Cloverfield viral sites) where they build their mythology through exposition and fake journalism rather than staged LAME ass and unrealistic blogs and plugs for fake fucking Slurpee drinks. Yeah, that was done BACK IN THE FUCKING LATE EIGHTIES with the SQUISHIE. Let's use a fake drink related to all of JJ Abram's other projects to hype this movie too! Let's make this the Blair Witch of monster movies! See how uninspired and derivative these fucks are? No wait, you probably don't.
I just saw a different TV spot that was better than this one... by red ezra	Dec 19th, 2007 10:09:34 PM
it had a longer shot of the monster and a different ending saying the chick that blimps up was bitten
I Still Say Lion... by filegumbo	Dec 19th, 2007 10:17:54 PM
but I no longer say Voltron. Maybe it's a revisionist version of the Wizard of Oz, and the lion is no longer cowardly. He drinks some super growth juice, gets sick of his self-loathing ways, and decides the take it out on society. And Fifth Avenue is the yellow brick road because he just pissed all over it.
Godzirra??? No! It's Godzoooooookie!! by HarrysNemesis	Dec 19th, 2007 10:19:21 PM
"It's Alive! It's Jamie Lynn Spears' Vagina!!!"
Or what about 'Leave Rob Alone! Leave him alone!" by Pennsy	Dec 19th, 2007 10:19:52 PM
One more thing that makes you go hmmmm.
Mr. Nice Gaius... CTHULHU DANCE PLEASE. by That 70s Venom	Dec 19th, 2007 10:23:24 PM
PLEEEEEEEEEAAAASE give us the Cthulhu Dance, MNG. :)
Cholera could be right because... by That 70s Venom	Dec 19th, 2007 10:31:06 PM
... I mean, the real question we need to be asking ourselves is... why WOULDN'T a giant lion attack New York?
DOES ANYONE HERE KNOW..... by wackybantha	Dec 19th, 2007 10:36:42 PM
..whether the drawing, labeled CLOVERFIELD MONSTER, of a whalecrab-like creature, that some people gave been sharing links to, has been proven fake or not? The drawing looks like genuine production art but what the hell do I know?
Just read about whale lice on wikipedia. by veebeeyes	Dec 19th, 2007 10:39:47 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W hale_louse. Interesting stuff. Apparently they arent't really lice, since lice are insects and insects don't live in te sea. Apparently they are crustaceans, which means they're more like crabs. So I find it sort of amusing that we call pubic lice "crabs" even though they are actually lice, and we call whale lice "lice" even though they are actually more like crabs. So humans and whales have something in common, in that we both have parasites with common names that are pretty much completely inaccurate. Maybe we should actually start calling pubic lice "lice" instead of crabs. And then we could start referring to "whale lice" as "whale crabs". You know, we could just swap names. That'd be at least a little bit more accurate, plus it would mean that you don't have to start thinking about pubes whenever you go to a restaurant and order crab. Anyway, I highly recommend that everyone learns more about whale lice, because they are a fascinating animal!
ZOMG!!! OVERHEARD IN TRAILER AT 1:27 ... by BringingSexyBack	Dec 19th, 2007 10:46:38 PM
"Rob you made me spill my latte! Rob!"
I'm an English Major F-1000 by HExTeXly	Dec 19th, 2007 10:48:24 PM
I'm reading Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow right now (which, I must admit, is pretty low-brow...like reading a coloring book really). See, I'm the sort that is so fucking smart, my head would blow up if I didn't use sites like this to relieve the pressure on my brain. It's sort of a "retard valve" if you will. I'm here the same reason you are (and are too proud to admit): I'm a nerd and a geek and I love film.
I THOUGHT CRUSTACEANS ARE THE INSECTS OF THE SEA by BringingSexyBack	Dec 19th, 2007 10:49:01 PM
and that's why over-improved Jews don't eat them.
The Indy 4 trailer is close now. I can feel it by Orionsangels	Dec 19th, 2007 10:51:16 PM
It's starting to feel spielbergerish
I MAJORED IN ENGLISH LIT TOO by BringingSexyBack	Dec 19th, 2007 10:51:27 PM
Trust me, you ain't gonna get a job with that pedigree. Switch it to a minor and major in finance instead. Or anything.
re: MRX67 rants by Larry Sellers	Dec 19th, 2007 10:53:45 PM
Some people enjoy going to the movies to see a giant monster eat people and destroy buildings and shit out whale-crab-lice (i.e., those who run the site and >50% of those who read it). Some people don't (i.e., you and
IT'S CHTULU AND JAMIE LYNN SPEARS' LOVE CHILD!!!!!! by BringingSexyBack	Dec 19th, 2007 10:54:03 PM
Is her boyfriend gonna do time for statutory rape or what? Will her childbirth be on pay-per-view?
It's too soon! by Buck Turgidson	Dec 19th, 2007 10:54:59 PM
:-D
by Larry Sellers	Dec 19th, 2007 10:57:08 PM
Well I had something meaningful to say but it all got cut off. In short, it's all a matter of opinion. And to bitch about the silly, offhand comments people make is to ignore the thoughtful comments that actually are present in the TBs. I also typed something about the story being unconventional...oh right. I don't see how just because we know the ending (which isn't hard to figure out given what we've seen in the trailers/spots), and just because it's a monster flick makes it B level. A first person POV monster flick hasn't been done before. It still might be interesting.
I think this is it... by SooperHearO	Dec 19th, 2007 10:57:11 PM
I found this on one of the other talkbacks: http://tinyurl.com/2ohylc. Not sure if this is the real deal. If it is, I think it looks ridiculous and wouldn't see it if you paid me.
IT'S A NEW STAR TREK MOVIE!!!!! by BringingSexyBack	Dec 19th, 2007 10:57:13 PM
See the Enterprise in the sky?
wackybantha: the pic isn't legit... by The Dum Guy	Dec 19th, 2007 10:59:55 PM
And I think That 70s Venom has a point, in this post 9/11 mentality that we all have, how can we not be sure a giant lion wouldn't attack us, even if it hasn't occured yet?
DAMN SOOPERHEARO GOT THE SCOOP YO!!!!! by BringingSexyBack	Dec 19th, 2007 10:59:56 PM
So that's what a ManWhaleCrab looks like ...
re: sooperhearo by Larry Sellers	Dec 19th, 2007 11:00:25 PM
It's concept art that a "friend" of one of the artists tried to debunk as old hat in a TB not too long ago. I wouldn't doubt it if that's what it looks like but considering the entire movie takes place at night what does it matter what it looks like? We probably won't see the entire thing until the end and isn't the mayhem it causes a lot more interesting than the creature itself?
Thank you Dum Guy by 'Cholera's Ghost	Dec 19th, 2007 11:01:18 PM
Not so dum I see. I saw that on the Discovery Channel too.
See, I've always called insects... by veebeeyes	Dec 19th, 2007 11:01:43 PM
the bugs of the sea. I mean, people watch those silly Discovery Channel shows where some dude eats bugs and they're like, "oooh, gross! He ate BUGS!" But then these people go right out and eat crabs and shrimp. And even worse, they go out and eat filter feeders such as clams and oysters, which are basically nothing but big slimy bags of poop and poison. But yeah, crusrtaceans ARE the bugs of the sea, as far as I'm concerned. They look JUST LIKE BUGS. And I'll bet that they taste similar too. Not that I'd ever eat a cockroach or a grasshopper, but if I did, I'm willing to bet that they wouldn't taste half bad. People just fool themselves into thinking that eating crustaceans is better. But really, imagine you've never seen a shrimp before. And then you go to a seafood restaurant and see someone getting served a big old plate of shrimp. Then you see that person just slurping those little critters down. You're not gonna say to yourself, "oh, that's cool. Shrimp are cool." You're just gonna see someone gobbling down a big plate full of large nasty bugs, then you'll run up to the dude, grab his shoulders, and say "What the hell are you doing?! Those are BUGS!" Okay, you might not take it THAT far. I wouldn't, because even if you think that bugs are nasty, you should respect the culinary tastes of different cultures the same way you don't want people getting all up in your face whenever you eat bacon. So even if you wouldn't be a total dick, you'd probably be thinking, "damn, that motherfucker eats bugs. Fuck that shit."
SIN by Scorecard	Dec 19th, 2007 11:05:06 PM
Someone in a feedback a few days ago mentioned in being like Sin from Final Fantasy (whatever number it was) and I thought that was a good description of what it could be (for those of you who know the game)
That would be Final Fantasy 10. by veebeeyes	Dec 19th, 2007 11:06:55 PM
I thought it was a cool looking Final Boss. Some of those Final Fantasy monsters sure were strange!
Here are some set pics and post production pics... by The Dum Guy	Dec 19th, 2007 11:11:00 PM
http://tinyurl.com/3xl5e2
It's a giant kitten!!! by ZeroCorpse	Dec 19th, 2007 11:11:40 PM
LOLCATS are attacking.
Larry... by SooperHearO	Dec 19th, 2007 11:15:36 PM
I for one hope that I'm wrong, my friend. I want to like this movie so bad. But with the shaky cam, no name mediocre actors playing snobby, pretty-boy characters, and everyone fighting a shadow throughout most (if not, all) of the movie, I'm afraid there is not going to be much to like.
JUST SHOW THE WHALEASAURUS REX FFS. by dr.bulber	Dec 19th, 2007 11:27:50 PM
thats all anyone wants to see. oh and also that whole pussy/cock crumpston-thing whatever.
Whatup, BSB by 'Cholera's Ghost	Dec 19th, 2007 11:42:39 PM
I seriously thought the lion shtick had been played out by other talkbackers many Cloverfield talkbacks ago. Then it came back around and was funny again. Now I took it upon myself to come at it from a different angle by laying out an argument of all the lamest things I could think of from other talkbacks in one post. Well, people either get all Charles Bronson in Deathwish, or try to actually reason with you. Anyway, TomBodet, keep the faith ... [cue ESPN music] This. Is. AICN Talkback.
Oh, a question I forgot to ask. by veebeeyes	Dec 19th, 2007 11:47:49 PM
I'm sure that this has probably been answered, and I'm a dumb motherfucker cocksucker who should die with a dick in my mother's father's cock's ass for not having known about it yet, but I'm gonna ask anyway, and fuck you if you have a problem with that. Anyway, why would a giant whale/crab/snail monster just suddenly attack New York City and then leave? That doesn't make any sense. I mean, why is it here? Assuming it's here to eat people, it doesn't really matter if it leaves. You know it'll just be back as soon as it gets hungry again. Self-defense is out as a motive, since attacking us is apparently the very thing that prompts us into trying to blast the hell out of it with missiles. The only explanation I can think of is that it's just an asshole, which seems a little bit unrealistic if it is indeed a cross between a whale, a crab, and a snail. Anyway, if I'm not a fucking idiot for not knowing the answer to this question already, then I'll surely be a fucking idiot for asking questions that no one knows the answer to yet. And that's why I hate all of you. I don't post here very much, but I've read a lot of your comments, and do you really have to be such assholes about everything? And yes, I am fully aware of the irony of me calling you assholes when no one here has yet been an asshole to me. So you can point that out if you want to, but it'll honestly be a waste of time. But I've rambled on too long, and I've been unfair to you. I know that most of you are cool, and that it was wrong of me to judge all of you based on the actions of a particularly vocal minority of dickheads. I'm sorry about what I said, and I will try to be more fair in the future. I hope that you will forgive me for my comments. Now, why exactly is the monster attacking the city? I haven't seen much discussion about the monster's MOTIVATIONS. If it's a creature from the sea, what motivates it to come out of the sea just to fuck people up? This is, of course, one of the first questions we ask whenever monsters start fucking things up, so I'm going to assume that the lack of discussion about the monster's motives implies that that's already well-known.
hamsters mostly come out at night... mostly by Lt. Kaffee	Dec 19th, 2007 11:54:03 PM
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bacci40 wrote... by Mistahtibbs	Dec 19th, 2007 11:58:49 PM
QUOTE: "i hope the monster tries to mate with all the fake boobed actresses in this flick" UNQUOTE in response, another quote. "I love fake boobs." Kevin. The Office. Oh,and me too.
its hunter s tompson! lions get in their car by ironic_name	Dec 20th, 2007 12:04:12 AM
bizarroworld.
Just ask Sigfried. by veebeeyes	Dec 20th, 2007 12:05:48 AM
Or was it Roy? I forget. And I know that they were tigers rather than lions, but close enough. I hope he's okay though, whichever one of them it was. In any case, that just supports the whole idea about monsters being untrustworthy. All a monster is is a big nasty animal that will fuck you up. Crocodiles are monsters. Lions are monsters. Bears are monsters. It's just that we typically don't call them monsters any more because we've gotten accustomed enough to them that we've learned to deal with them. But I still say that a hungry and/or pissoed off tiger or crocodile is every bit as much of a monster as the Alien or The Thing. Having said that, you can't trust the monster. Sure, you can train them. You can live with them your entire life teaching them how to be friendly and lovable. But no matter how friendly your pet monster is, underneath it all there's this little part of it's brain that's saying "dude, fuck this. Don't take orders from this dude. You need to fucking EAT this dude." And sure, some monsters will go their entires lives without eating anyone. They'll ignore the devil whispering into their ears, and they'll be nice. But not all of them are like that. Sometimes, after you've made monsters nice, everything will seem to be going well. And then they'll just decide that they've had enough. And you don't receive a letter telling you that they're ending their relationship with you. No, they tell you that they're dumping you by biting your fucking head off. And that's why I don't trust the monster.
Veebeeyes, you dumb motherfucker cocksucker by 'Cholera's Ghost	Dec 20th, 2007 12:13:55 AM
Anyone who knows anything already had the answer to that question before the movie was even announced, so I hope you die. And stop apologizing! I hate it when people apologize. It's always "sorry this" and "forgive me that" and "I'm not worthy". Fuck you. Fuck you and your stupid fucking question. I swear to your God, your mother should have fallen down the stairs on top of you when you were a fetus, you liberal douchebag ... Okay, I guess that was sort of my "welcome to the club". I can't do the irony thing anymore--I didn't mean any of those terrible, terrible things I said about you and your fetus. As far as the question, I don't know, but the monster might be like any rural out-of-towner in NY alone. Sure it's all exciting at first "Oooh look I'm in the big town!" But after a while the isolation and pressure-cooker grind of daily existence in the city gets to you, and you long for the calm embrace of somewhere where people know your name, so, you leave, a little wiser and more appreciative of your home (in this case, the sea).
paranoia by ironic_name	Dec 20th, 2007 12:19:19 AM
why do new tbers show up and ask stupid questions? its cause they're interested, but don't have the time/smarts to do a search, right? viral marketing wouldn't do a full arg on websites, right?
It is a little weird, ironic by 'Cholera's Ghost	Dec 20th, 2007 12:27:14 AM
Paranoia is total awareness.
Xiphos by 'Cholera's Ghost	Dec 20th, 2007 12:40:34 AM
My pa warned me "son, I never did trust them Giant Fucking Lions. Arrogant pricks, and they'll turn on you quciker'n a bad batch of collard greens. Stay away from 'em., mah boy." Then he showed me his mutilated leg, and I was like "Damn."
So, I guess no one knows... by Emperor_was_a_jerk	Dec 20th, 2007 12:52:22 AM
no one knows anything FACTUAL about this movie? Rants of it being "lame" and complaints about how unoriginal it is... I take it these folks have seen it and know? If so, what is it about? What does the monster look like? Where does it come from? Facts. Details. Please.
HExTeXly by F-1000	Dec 20th, 2007 01:07:30 AM
I'm not too proud to admit that I'm a film geek and a nerd. I'm just not a film geek and nerd for obviously low-brow and pedestrian geek fare, and I think it's an oxymoron to call into question the intelligence of people who aren't. I'm happy that you are an English major, my post obviously wasn't to call into question your level of intelligence, rather point out the folley of your explicit and/or implicit argument that "people who don't read AICN interviews about a hyped up popcorn movie aren't intelligent." Thanks for laying the sarcasm on so very thickly, too much icing IMO though, you obviously didn't get my sarcasm in referring to Steinbeck. As for being an English major, wow, congratulations. I can visualize how your e-peen must stand at attention at the declaration of your higher education! I just read literature, however, as an intelligent person I don't feel like I require a professor to explain to me all of the inferences I am supposed to make from a particular work. I don't need training wheels to comprehend literature I guess you could say. And if one is so inclined to delve deeper into the interpretations of what they are reading there are more than enough works of literary criticism for one to choose from.
birdy birdman by Kurzinski Valentine	Dec 20th, 2007 01:15:49 AM
The words "spirit animal" remove all credibility from your recounting of your "insider"'s quote. What, is the Cloverfield monster a giant gambling native with a headdress?
RETARDED QUESTIONS LIST + ANSWERS! by Kurzinski Valentine	Dec 20th, 2007 01:25:09 AM
Retarded Q: "Why is it called Cloverfield?" A: It's the codename for the incident. IT SAYS SO IN THE TRAILER YOU FUCING SACK OF IDIOT. Retarded Q: "Hey I found this sweet production concept art of a whale!" A: IT'S FAN ART YOU GODDAMN FUCKING SHITBAG. Retarded Q: "Am I too stupid to take 30 seconds to look at one of the 10000000000000 sites online telling me the answers?" A: Yes.
You have to typo it like I did. by Kurzinski Valentine	Dec 20th, 2007 01:37:56 AM
And express it with fake internet rage. Otherwise it's just pointless.
Lt. Kaffee - hamsters mostly come out at night... mostly by Mundungus	Dec 20th, 2007 01:43:46 AM
Okay. You got me. 1st a smile, then a snicker, then a full blown chuckle.- Brovo
Bravo as well... by Mundungus	Dec 20th, 2007 01:45:02 AM

OMGZ LOOK AT THIS FUCKING CLOVERFIELD! by F-1000	Dec 20th, 2007 01:51:48 AM
HOLY SHITTING DICK-NIPPLES! LOOK AT THIS CLOVERFIELD! IT'S SO MOTHER FUCKING CTHULHU! OMGZ ITZ ALIVFE AND RAPING BUILDINGZ! HENTACLE PR0n! THE STATUE OF LIBERTY GETS IT TOO!! WHY? CUZ THAT BITCH WAS TOTALLY ASKING FOR IT! RAEP! RAEP! WE DON'T KNOW IF TEH MOVIE IS WINZ BUT WE DO KNO IF YOU FOLLOW THE VIRAL CAMPAIGN YOU WILL WIN MASSIVE INTERNETZ!!111!
OH MAI GAWD! by F-1000	Dec 20th, 2007 01:53:47 AM
My hyped level is over 9000!!! There, I'm being a prototypical fanboi now. Oh fuck, I totally forgot the compulsory rant/complaint post that goes AFTER the orgasmic blissful rant! No matter, I'll continue this back and forth in the next Cloverfield topic!
This talkback is definitely rated R by Motoko Kusanagi	Dec 20th, 2007 02:17:35 AM
some people around here need to wash out their mouth
For the sake of argument, I'll ramble on sans-sense (nonsense).. by The Dum Guy	Dec 20th, 2007 02:19:29 AM
I haven't seen this movie, but I hate onions Malicks (sp?) Badlands was the orginal story that Natural Born Killers was based on It is a LION I wonder how long I'll keep doing this I haven't seen the movie break
lame by javery56	Dec 20th, 2007 02:57:54 AM
that tv spot wasnt even that great, its the worst peice of marketing for the film so far. Harry killed it for me in his introduction i think.
Its a GIANT ENEMY CRAB! by GaiusBaltarsMojo	Dec 20th, 2007 03:06:21 AM
Attack its weak point for MASSIVE damage! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =2g1fr5vk72M
GODZILLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!! by DURANGO66	Dec 20th, 2007 03:10:25 AM

HEY, ROB. ROB... IT'S ALIVE. by That 70s Venom	Dec 20th, 2007 04:08:04 AM
No... seriously though, Rob. Rob. Are you listening to me? Rob... it's alive. It's alive... but guess what... it's not only alive. Rob... it's HUGE, as well. Rob? Rob, are you there? Rob? Can you hear me now? Rob? Oh okay, Rob... it's Voltron, homie. We're all fucked. Voltron has invaded New York. GG.
IT'S MICHAEL BAY'S EGO, filmed by someone else. by Keith Maniac	Dec 20th, 2007 04:58:50 AM
General: "Sir this thing wont just stop at New York, it wants to destroy humanity!" Steven Spielberg: "My God, i have funded a monster, a tasteless monster!"
Keith Maniac by ironic_name	Dec 20th, 2007 05:18:58 AM
your story is too scary to be committed to film.
This is going to play hell on my motion sickness by Macktheknife01	Dec 20th, 2007 06:08:11 AM
I hope they test this and manage to tell a story that doesnt require a barf bag.
yawn by Spazatronic 2000	Dec 20th, 2007 06:30:20 AM
not as effective in a 2 inch window.
WHAT DO YOU CALL THIS MONSTER'S COLOSTAMY BAG? by BringingSexyBack	Dec 20th, 2007 07:13:32 AM
A lion's sack of shit. Thank you, thank you very much. bows
XIPHOS, NIC CAGE NEEDS TO 'HEAD' OVER TO ELIZABETH, NJ by BringingSexyBack	Dec 20th, 2007 07:15:39 AM
At least one of those 5,000 pollutin' factories must have a giant can of spray-on hair. hehe
spoilers a spies review and description of Cloverfield by box	Dec 20th, 2007 07:17:16 AM
http://www.realityfilmspoiled. com
It's CLEARLY Ann Coulter by Dramacidal	Dec 20th, 2007 07:23:11 AM
Through various satanic rites and rituals she's finally managed to increase her size 100 times! Her penis now hangs low enough to knock over buildings. She's on the hunt... for liberals!
Coulterfield by Dramacidal	Dec 20th, 2007 07:28:16 AM
No liberal is safe
I don't watch TV by Abominable Snowcone	Dec 20th, 2007 07:33:55 AM
So I didn't see any of it. So please, just tell me, do some of those emo-kids get murdered?
CUMPSTON IS A LIER ... by kenichi tanaka	Dec 20th, 2007 07:50:47 AM
I don't think Cumpston saw the movie ... just his way of grabbing some attention on this site and AICN just humors him. Has this little jackass ever proven that he saw the film?
Ain't it Cloverfield News by Aquatarkusman	Dec 20th, 2007 08:26:40 AM
Never have so many people been besieged with so many entries containing so little information for a movie that will make so little money.
Actually... by Hugh G Rekshun	Dec 20th, 2007 08:39:19 AM
...this movie will make well north of $100m, whether you fags decide to see it or not.
What Makes You Think That, Hugh? by Aquatarkusman	Dec 20th, 2007 08:47:53 AM
The mid-January release with half the country buried under snow and ice? The lack of any name stars? The constant reminders of Godzilla? The fact that the trailer makes people nauseated from motion sickness?

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