Best of luck in overcoming the cancer.

as for JJ, I cannot believe someone who reveres that subtle and beautiful scene from Jaws, could have anything to do with the stilted dialogue and characterization in Cloverfield. Jesus fucking christ was that terrible. and Hud's incessant joking after all of his friends were dying? blech. almost ruined the movie...

"Rob! you came back for me!"

"Yes, I did."

well thanks for spelling that out for me! I had no idea what was going on! fucking horrendous writing, just the worst. the rest of the movie was great.

whatever rage you have toward JJ or any famous person in general, you can't believe that assigning it randomly anytime something happens that the majority of people view as good, is valid. you're just spewing anger for anger's sake.

jackass...

did for an dude who will die in 3-6 months?

If you had the power to fulfill someones wish(like JJ did)would you not do it because you are famous?

As my dad died I wished I could do him some good!You really should THINK before you post!

Insulting people for giving some dude KUDOS because he did something nice(the reason why he did it is not important)to a dying man is just low class.

dude - you're so wrong you even inspired the cutest of borg to speak, and we ain't heard that voice around here in time!

it doesn't matter that Abrams or the Prof are strangers to most people here: the majority of the TBers are just expressing admiration for an apparent act of kindness, albeit by one stranger to another. the fact that they don't personally know them doesn't matter.

also, you're not being attacked here anything like as much as the vitriol in your previous posts might reasonably warrant, to be frank. in fact, quite a few people's responses to you seem to show genuine concern that you're so unhappy.

but kudos to you for being man enough to recognize you don't know Abrams true motivation.

As for Yobo and the other one (I've already forgotten his name), didn't you people read his posts? Unable to form complete sentences, no knowledge of punctuation, lots of insults and swearing, claims of superior knowledge of philosophy...You're talking to high schoolers who can't get laid and don't get any attention from their parents. They come here and say something, anything, to get some attention so they can feel better about themselves. You shouldn't be angry, you should be sad that it's the best they can hope for.

As for the claim of, "It's all about marketing," that's pretty funny. If it was a marketing ploy that was obvious to everyone, why isn't it done in every movie to try to garner attention? An actor happy to work for scale, good publicity for the movie, it's amazing that none of the people who are responsible for the marketing for films that have made billions of dollars couldn't be as savvy as a kid who posts anonymously on a film TB. Really, why you guys waste your time here when you obviously could be getting rich (and able to touch girls for real) in Hollywood is just beyond me.

JJ did a guy a favor...but he's in a position where he has the ability to do favors.

And on a sidenote, does anyone else think that, a thousand years down the road, historians will confuse Cloverfield with 9/11 and it will be common knowledge that it was in fact a giant monster that attacked New York and not terrorists? As time goes on stories chage, information morphs...did JJ Abrams rewrite history without even knowing it?

My lesson from the video is not to be angry with Yobo. Even the evilest of people are nice deep down inside, and if you give them enough time, they'll show it to you.

I'll be here for the next 30 years, Yobo - take your time.