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More Abercrombie & Fitch Hunks And Babes To Get Maimed And Stomped By JJ & Co?? Here Comes CLOVERFIELD Deux!!

FIRST BITCHES by dogstar69	Jan 31st, 2008 10:07:38 AM

TOP FIVE BITCHES by DarthStallion	Jan 31st, 2008 10:09:20 AM
And the monster would beat the piss out of GINO.
What? No Susan Storm? by zer0cool2k2	Jan 31st, 2008 10:09:53 AM
Thought there was gonna' be a Jessica Alba FF spinoff :)
By the way... by dogstar69	Jan 31st, 2008 10:10:26 AM
Loved Cloverfield, as for a sequel, unless they do go Blair Witch 2 style, the POV will become tiring pretty quickly.
What's GINO? by dogstar69	Jan 31st, 2008 10:11:34 AM
Sorry to display my ignorance..
GINO by DarthStallion	Jan 31st, 2008 10:13:01 AM
Godzilla In Name Only...the 1998 version. I blame Matthew Broderick.
Godzilla in name only by SkeletonParty	Jan 31st, 2008 10:13:13 AM

Godzilla In Name Only, Dogstar... by Abin Sur	Jan 31st, 2008 10:13:16 AM
Or your Italian pizzaria owner. Zing!
I hope Cthulhu makes it into the sequel... by Abin Sur	Jan 31st, 2008 10:14:00 AM
I really do.
I'd like to see them manage . . . by Nice Marmot	Jan 31st, 2008 10:14:15 AM
. . . to make a different, yet still fresh lost-footage film. I can't think of how they'd do it at the moment. The only other solution I can think of is to do it all over as a traditional monster flick. Scientists, military, and president argue over how to handle it. Sounds been-there-done-that, but I'd like to see the monster emerge from the harbor and start smashing shit.
ya the creature lost its appeal by mattforce7	Jan 31st, 2008 10:14:49 AM
as the film went on, but the last shot was pretty good, as for duex?? I dont know how it would work
I enjoyed Cloverfield but I am wary about a sequel... by Francis Begbie	Jan 31st, 2008 10:15:30 AM
If it's just another found footage it's going to be just like the first one which would suck. The news channel thing might be good, or maybe a camera on the helmet of a Military Guy. This will be tricky.
I'd like to see... by DarthStallion	Jan 31st, 2008 10:17:20 AM
the story from the point of view of the soldiers who were right next to the monster when the parasites started dropping off and attacking them. I bet that would make for some wild footage.
LETS BLOW THIS STORY UP! by BRUTICUS	Jan 31st, 2008 10:17:25 AM
have a special military unit (with cameras on their helmets) attack the creature... it swallows them. The bugs continue dragging people back to the monster and he swallows them. He swallows all kinds of shit... Turns around heads back to the ocean. Swims to the bottom, to the molten core of earth. Which turns out to be a portal back to his world. The soldiers are still alive inside him. With all the little bugs who prod at them but dont kill them. Another team of military take a submarine down to try and find out where the beast came from. Eventually, after months of planning, make it past some giant grotesque guardians of the portal and mistakenly into the other world. Its there they find the video tapes and belongings of the first special forces team.
Merrick... by Gatsbys West Egg Omlet	Jan 31st, 2008 10:17:31 AM
there is no way those guys were Abercrombie kids. they had face stubble. they were more the Urban Outfitters crowd.
I hope the second movie starts by SkeletonParty	Jan 31st, 2008 10:18:46 AM
with the examination of the first film. An expert noticing the creature landing from space in the final frames, deducing something about its origin. Then the monster attacks a different city and the story is told through the eyes of a group of people attempting to stop it. I definitely want to see more people exploding and more people getting eaten.
Exploding Chicks = Box Office Magic! by DarthStallion	Jan 31st, 2008 10:19:30 AM
You know it!
It could work by OrlandoJoe	Jan 31st, 2008 10:19:55 AM
I thought Cloverfield was THIS close to being a great movie. I didn't care about the characters, but it was a great idea for a movie, and there's no shortage of ideas for a sequel. What happened to Rob's brother's girlfriend after she escaped? Did the final assault really kill the monster that invaded Manhattan? What about the backstory that was revealed online, about the Japanese company that makes Slusho? What happened with its deep-sea exploration platform? Was there more than one creature? The thing came from the North Atlantic, right? What would happen if a giant monster attacked London? As long as the sequel isn't a traditional narrative like Blair Witch 2, and as long as they don't explain the monster too much, as long as they keep it creepy, I'm so there.
Thank You.. by dogstar69	Jan 31st, 2008 10:20:43 AM
Incidently Godzilla with Matthew Broderick is one of the 2 films i've fallen asleep at in the cinema. the Other was Independence Day.. there's a connection there somewhere i think...
It's Opening Weekend by Maestro610	Jan 31st, 2008 10:20:58 AM
and the sparse explanation demands that there be some kind of sequel to this. I'd love to see another point of view, one that incorporates a portion of the viral marketing. TidoWave (eco-terroists) v. Tagruato (the company behind Slusho, which is who Rob is going to work for in Japan). So they could have the kids from TidoWave run a sabotage attack on Tagruato's oil well which happened pretty much the same day as Rob and Beth went to Coney Island. Have the kids taping evidence of the evil of Tagruato... then they are caught and when they are turned over to the Coast Guard the Monster attacks the Oil well and they get some video of the attack. Which is in the viral video news footage. The kids are held in a Coast Guard processing center until the attack. They escape along with a few Coast Guard guys and decide to risk heading through midtown to get to one of the tunnels. It'd be great because the Coast Guard guy could have a radio and get some of the military info and one of the TidoWave people could be on "Clover's" side. Thinking its the ocean fighting back against mankind. Maybe we'll see what happens when the Lice drag someone away, and possibly get a point of continuation after the military levels New York, since we know from the end of the movie that the Monster survives.
Not only was it uniconic by mish87	Jan 31st, 2008 10:21:25 AM
It was also mostly off-screen so we hardly know what it looked like.
Re: The Monster by TheJake	Jan 31st, 2008 10:23:00 AM
The Cloverfield monster was LAME. It looked like a giant naked mole rat (google it) with an extra pair of arms. The "parasites" looked like crabby-spiders crossed with features of it's naked mole rat momma. I give the studio props for the hype campaign... but that's all this movie was - HYPE. It was not iconic or ground-breaking or memorable whatsoever. Just look at the ticket sales drop-off. I have no desire to see a sequel of this film... at all.
It wasnt just you by ChrisVenom	Jan 31st, 2008 10:23:57 AM
When you get over the whole "WTF is that and why is it tearing shit up?" stage, its not totally forgettable, but he aint no Godzilla either. The only thing I really would want to see in the sequel is its origin and why it seems invulnerable to all of the millitataries attacks.
Was it me or was the "I saw it. It's alive. It's huge" by SkeletonParty	Jan 31st, 2008 10:24:29 AM
line not actually in the movie. When they get down to the street I listened for it and didn't hear it. In the movie, Hud sort of says he got it on tape and they review the tape. But, I didn't hear the "It's a lion/ alive" line at all.
I liked Cloverfield by CuervoJones	Jan 31st, 2008 10:24:29 AM
Didn´t love it, but it was funny. And they didn´t give boring explanations about the origin of the monster. I hate explanations.
god i hope they dont show the same attack by PRESIDENT BALTAR	Jan 31st, 2008 10:24:43 AM
from a different camera. that would be so lame. let's see new footage in a new city that we haven't seen attacked before. rio? paris?
"Difficult to grasp" by Archive	Jan 31st, 2008 10:25:26 AM
Maybe I've just got too much of a designer brain, but I was never confused by the monster design. It wasn't as much of a disappointment as the aliens in ID4 after those enigmatic teasers, but it was along the same lines. It played by the rules of biology, at least in the visual sense. it had a skeleton, it breathed, sort of, and it had a face. No face would have helped a lot. I could, in fact, identify with it, at least a little, and after all the online talk, I was expecting something completely alien. Had it been hard to piece together, like everyone says, it probably would have been iconic, for that very reason. As it is, I'm sure I could draw a picture of it from almost any angle, and I only saw the movie once. Biologically enigmatic and bland are not the same thing. The Lovecraft monster in the trailer for Hellboy seems more amorphous and strange, and we get a full-body shot right away. It's a tough design challenge, and I'm not saying the boys at Bad Robot did bad work, I'm just saying that particular element did not stand up to scrutiny, and a cool monster would have been one of my incentives to see the film more than once. Instead it was like something Weta passed on for LOTR because it didn't quite work thematically, and it just got reappropriated. Looking at it, I can believe it came from the sea, or from space. I shouldn't have been able to believe either. It should not have been plausible. That's why monsters are scary - because no matter what you think, there they are. Unless there's radically different characters or a radically different monster, I wouldn't watch a sequel.
The sequel will be about a team of lions by INWOsuxRED	Jan 31st, 2008 10:26:13 AM
they'll join together to fight the monster, duh.
skeletonparty: by PRESIDENT BALTAR	Jan 31st, 2008 10:28:06 AM
that line was recorded specifically to be added in to the trailer. it's matt reeves voice. there wasn't even a script written at that time.
Sequel to the Host sounds better by INWOsuxRED	Jan 31st, 2008 10:29:39 AM
All the reports that they're just going to make the same movie with different actors is troubling. That isn't a sequel, its a direct to video knock-off.
Of course it couldn't be an iconic monster by Kurutteru Yatsu	Jan 31st, 2008 10:31:09 AM
When you didn't even get one good unobstructed look at the entire creature. That might be my only disappointment coming away from the movie, but then the "found footage" aspect (not to mention the smaller budget) didn't really allow for it. Not sure how I feel about a sequel though, I want to stick with the humans lose monster wins ending we have now.
What does "FIRST BITCHES" mean? by GeekyAnimeNerd79Beyotch	Jan 31st, 2008 10:33:47 AM
OHHHHHH, do you mean "First, Bitches"?
BREAKING NEWS!! by TheJake	Jan 31st, 2008 10:34:05 AM
This just in: Brett Ratner has just signed on to direct the sequel to this years hottest movie "Cloverfield" from a script written by Paul W.S. Anderson!! Uwe Boll and Michael Bay will serve as the producers for this film which has been tentatively scheduled for a December 2008 release!!
I liked Cloverfield, too. by SkeletonParty	Jan 31st, 2008 10:36:23 AM
I was planning on going and seeing it again. Then I realized I didn't really want to go through the trauma again. I did want to see more of the monster. I liked when we got a good look at it at the end. I'll buy it on DVD, but I'm not sure how often I'll watch it. I've only watched my Blair Witch DVD once. Creeps me out too much.
Blair Witch was scary to me by CuervoJones	Jan 31st, 2008 10:39:00 AM
Who cares about the hype?
Baltar, thanks for the explanation. by SkeletonParty	Jan 31st, 2008 10:41:27 AM
How in the world did you know that?
The monster was ok... by Frankenbastard	Jan 31st, 2008 10:44:00 AM
I actually thought the monster was kind of cool looking even if it was swiped from a Resident Evil video game. Something about the flailing horse legs that really spooked me. As for the little rich kids in the movie, that concept buged me before I went into the film but as I walked out it was clear that those were the perfect characters to be in this situation when the shit hits the fan. They were so out of their element and in the end you realize that buy the outcome of all of their decisions. Stupid little rich shits.
Re: Blair Witch was not scary by OrlandoJoe	Jan 31st, 2008 10:44:03 AM
Blair Witch wasn't scary once you knew a little about it, but the guys who made the original movie were from Orlando, and they had a few test screenings long before the rest of the world had heard about it, and people who saw it cold, before the hype, were terrified. I knew one guy who thought it was real, and he was completely freaked out. I knew it wasn't real when I finally got around to seeing it, but I thought it was a good, creepy movie. Missed the sequel. Glad I did.
When I saw Blair Witch I didn't know anything about it. by SkeletonParty	Jan 31st, 2008 10:44:19 AM
So I wasn't hyped. The movie worked for me, my wife and my friends, we were freaked out. My wife still hates it when I stand in the corner and don't answer her.
The first Blair Witch was okay.... by sundancekeed	Jan 31st, 2008 10:47:02 AM
but not really anything that special once you thought about it. The second one was hilarious. I thought Cloverfield was a teasefest and it ultimately failed for me. And if they're planning on doing the same thing again, I doubt I even see it on video. I've only been truly scared by two movies. The Exorcist freaked me out when I was like fifteen and when I was like seven or eight, I saw Brides Of Dracula on TV and couldn't sleep without a light on for a week. Them gals wuz scary!
Glad the hot chick from CSI survived.... by Mr. Profit	Jan 31st, 2008 10:50:55 AM
I had no problems with Cloverfield. I just found the supporting players to be better than the leads. "Janice Ian" was the best, too bad she exploded. I liked her more after the subway tunnel spider attack. The cameraman and Rob's future sister in law were good. Glad she made it on the chopper. Only problems with the movie? Too short, and it was too convienient how the monster always managed to be where the main people were. And why the fuck would u go to Brooklyn? Wouldnt it make sense to go to the Bronx and continue walking up through Westchester until u are somewhat safe? But overall it was a cool little movie, but no sequel is needed. And Blair Witch wasn't scary. The whole not showing the witch was lame. If I wanted to use my imagination I would read a book.
She also hates it when I run through the woods by SkeletonParty	Jan 31st, 2008 10:51:26 AM
screaming "Josh! Josh!" and I'm holding a little bag of bloody teeth. Good stuff.
Skeletonparty and Baltar... by Frankenbastard	Jan 31st, 2008 10:54:41 AM
Um…guys..the line "I saw it. It's alive. It's huge" was in the movie. Stop shoveling popcorn and pay attention next time. ;) I know it's there because when i heard it i thought to myself "wow the word "Alive" could sound like "A Lion"...so that's where those morons got "The Cloverfield monster is a Lion" from.
this should be a trilogy by xewndar1	Jan 31st, 2008 10:56:18 AM
make another crazy real time camera movie again with the perspective of the military of whoever, then the third make it into one big hollywood blockbuster showing hardcore special effects of world trying to destroy the monster
Oh... by Frankenbastard	Jan 31st, 2008 10:56:25 AM
and Blair Witch sucked except for the runny nose part...that was salty.
Start Cloverfield 2 with the discovery of the tape. by SkeletonParty	Jan 31st, 2008 10:56:28 AM
Don't call it "Cloverfield 2" Hopefully they call it after the next incident "Government designated: Weedpatch" formerly known as Fresno. I hope they never name the monster. I hope the running gag is that the cameraman always gets eaten
A new monster attacks Tokyo by BrowncoatJedi	Jan 31st, 2008 10:57:30 AM
Bring Cloverfield full circle.
Blair Witch Scared Me by BilboRing	Jan 31st, 2008 10:57:31 AM
I get scared with the films that are more intimate like Blair Witch and Signs. If I feel like I am alone with the people on screen I get freaked out. It's all about atmosphere to me. Not the guts and gore. That's just crap movie making. Cloverfield lived up to its hype for me. I felt like I was with the beautiful people in the streets. Good flick. Can't wait to see PARANORMAL ACTIVITY. The trailer freaked me out big time.
Maybe make it a real movie this time. by greenstyle92	Jan 31st, 2008 10:59:24 AM
just sayin'
Oops... by Frankenbastard	Jan 31st, 2008 11:01:09 AM
Oops, I misspelled by and bugged, Maybi i need to pay attention to my typing and stop shoveling breakfast. Stupid little rich me.
xewndar1 I think that's a great idea. by BilboRing	Jan 31st, 2008 11:01:44 AM
Good idea about the trilogy.
I wish movies could sill creep me out... by Mr. Profit	Jan 31st, 2008 11:01:57 AM
But I guess I am too fucking desensitized from watching horror films all my life. Allthough I dont fuck with movies like Hostel or Saw. I can tolerate seeing gore and it doesn't bother me. But its just tacky. People need to know how to show u enough without crossing that line. I saw The Blair Witch project before the hysteria on bootleg VHS and I was bored and mad at the kids for being so fucking stupid. Then the movie ended and everyone was all creeped out. I didnt get it. I never will. The last movie to weird me out was Requiem For A Dream and that shit wasn't a horror film.
Maybe even... by Frankenbastard	Jan 31st, 2008 11:02:12 AM
Just sayin
It won't have Lizzy Caplan by MattmanReturns	Jan 31st, 2008 11:03:26 AM
So I don't give a rat's ass!
Documentary!! by Purgatori	Jan 31st, 2008 11:04:11 AM
Have it be a documentary about the whole background conspiracy that follows what happend to Jamie and Teddy etc, and works in the Cloverfield footage. If there are survivors from the first film still around, interview them for it. I think that would be a great way to go.
The "scary" part in Signs... by Mr. Profit	Jan 31st, 2008 11:07:16 AM
The best part of that whole movie was the footage that the news showed. That scene was good filmmaking. Because it hypes you up for the reveal of the alien and Joaquin Phoenix sells it even more with his reaction. That was the best part of the movie. The first time u see it it makes u jump. It was like watching those creepy shows like "Sightings" that used to air when I was a kid.
Cameras on soldiers' helmets... by SimpleSandwiches	Jan 31st, 2008 11:07:52 AM
Cameras on soldiers' helmets < Space Marines' first ALIENS encounter
Richard Brooks by lecter1914	Jan 31st, 2008 11:07:55 AM
Hellraiser still gives me nightmares and I havent seen it in Years...but then again Im inexplicably spooked by Night Of The Demons so go figure. I guarantee Cloverfield Deuce will bomb. Everyone minus two people I know hated it. The thing got booed for god sakes at the theater.....That being said...I kinda like Blair Witch 2....i thought the whole theme of watching something on video only to find out its not real (if you havent seen the movie, thats kinda what it was about) was a great wa to kinda mock the success of the first one and rally screw with the audience...but I think it generally gets more shit than it deserves because it was pretty cool. And I dont think half the people on here that bitch about it actually saw it. Thanks.
What if the monster had a video camera? by tonagan	Jan 31st, 2008 11:07:56 AM
Turns out it was just a tourist. It could be like the Out-of-Towners.
TV may even be in the platinum age. by SkeletonParty	Jan 31st, 2008 11:10:16 AM
Every show on TV these days is so edifying for the soul and enriching for our lives and challenging to our educations I'm shocked people even go outside anymore.
Scooped by fark again by I Dunno	Jan 31st, 2008 11:10:18 AM
Anyway, over there I commented that the movie's second week had a huge drop off, suggesting that people aren't all that enthused about a sequel.
More Brutal by enderandrew	Jan 31st, 2008 11:10:24 AM
The middle third of War of the Worlds was just a brutal movie. You're talking some really scary, tense scenes. Cloverfield came close, but it was a fairly low budget film that didn't have nearly as many tense moments as I had hoped. I say deliver more of the same with different people, but crank it up a couple of notches. Really hit this one out of the park. At that point, no one will care about the story, so long as the experience is unbelievable.
Night of the Demons! by Mr. Profit	Jan 31st, 2008 11:11:40 AM
That movie was great because it always aired on Cinemax at like 2am. And the Stigmata dance scene still looks creepy with the strobe light and her twirling around. I love that retarded movie. It was a good B flick.
Loved Cloverfield, but the sequel is destined to fail... by Mrhazard	Jan 31st, 2008 11:11:56 AM
Unless they do something completely different, which is what made CF1 so good in the first place... It should be the same initial attack on NY but told in a different format... And we shouldn't see much more of the monster than what was already shown in the first one... IT'S GOOD we dont have a clear, picture-perfect still full shot of the monster... Less is more and something that's mysterious is always more interesting than something that's not... I like the fact we dont know where the monster came from, what it wants, why its here, what it can do, I mean what the hell were those little creatures that fell off it??? It's offspring or just parasites??? The sequel really shouldn't shed much more light on it than we already know... If they were smart they would try to milk this franchise for all its worth and I would reveal VERY little about the monster with each sequel... Cloverfield IMO is the American Godzilla we should've got ten years ago...
Kill Cams by ShatirLavan	Jan 31st, 2008 11:12:22 AM
I want to see the story fromm the pov of military helmet mounted kill cams, chopper cams, tank cams, F-22 cams, and all that. It would be frakkin' sweet.
Aliens-ify the sequel by Guy Who Got A Headache And Accidentally Saves The World	Jan 31st, 2008 11:14:00 AM

CLOVERFIELD 2: ELECTRIC BUGALOO by KurtLockwood	Jan 31st, 2008 11:21:46 AM
All the insect thingees have a breakdance contest with the U.S. Military over the fate of the world but the military wins when they bust out the choreography to Michael Jackson's "Thriller" a la that Asian Prison UTube footage which results in the spontaneous explosion of Clovercrabs like the fembots in AUSTIN POWERS.
Oh Man... by Hispanic at the Disco	Jan 31st, 2008 11:22:37 AM
Well I hope this time around with everyone knowing what the moster looks like there will be more footage of it tearing ass through the city, maybe even the initial arrival to the city. I'll look forward to it! At my theater (Brownsville, TX) opening night people actually booed! I heard audible cries for money back! Ugh...dipshits. If the action or atleast tension would be amped up I think it'd be great! Hope JJ and Co pull it off.
Pretty sure another by Mattyboy122	Jan 31st, 2008 11:23:42 AM
"Lost footage" film as the sequel will make it painfully clear how bad of a gimmick the idea was to begin with. Kinda like how Die Hard 2 tried to repeat the first film step by step but on an airplane (except the first Die Hard's a fucking masterpiece).
didn't care for cloverfield by Varakor	Jan 31st, 2008 11:27:30 AM
I thought it sucked 1) Hud and his dumb commentary, 2) Marlene gets bit and when they find the military, no one says anything that the girl is bit, 3) how is it everywhere those guys went, there was the monster? Shouldn't it have been too busy swatting the military? But a sequel from the military's perspective would be kick ass, espcially the deployment and the monster really kickin the shit out of NYC.
Cloverfield 2: Cloverfielder by MJohnson	Jan 31st, 2008 11:30:51 AM
Couldn't resist.
skelotonparty: by PRESIDENT BALTAR	Jan 31st, 2008 11:31:21 AM
i read a quote from matt reeves. it was in the production diaries, i think.
skelotenparty: by PRESIDENT BALTAR	Jan 31st, 2008 11:31:24 AM
i read a quote from matt reeves. it was in the production diaries, i think.
Grammar gods, please... by GeekyAnimeNerd79Beyotch	Jan 31st, 2008 11:31:28 AM
..take me from this world and allow me to enter a realm of existence where people are intelligent.
frankenbastard: by PRESIDENT BALTAR	Jan 31st, 2008 11:33:25 AM
i dont remember hearing that exact line. if it was added to the script then it was an actor saying it NOT matt reeves. so technically a different line. also the line in the convenience store was NOT the same.
multiple monsters ala aliens by PRESIDENT BALTAR	Jan 31st, 2008 11:34:37 AM
definitely the best sequel idea so far
The military didn't know she was bit by I Dunno	Jan 31st, 2008 11:40:08 AM
until she starting bleeding out of every hole in her head, then they freaked out. As for them running into the monster all the time, what can I say, it's a plot contrivance that's unavoidable with a movie with a scale this small. Pretend there's more than one monster if you have to. At least you didn't complain about the battery life of the camera.
Multiple Tapes Found by Shozo	Jan 31st, 2008 11:40:20 AM
Since this footage is all being reviewed AFTER the event, why can't we assume that multiple tapes have been found? We could be reviewing military footage, other civilians, and (to open the story up wider), we could see destruction outside of NYC. Perhaps we would see footage from Tagruato, documenting strange disturbances or destruction at the ocean drilling stations... OR perhaps the monster moves on from NYC and hits other areas. OR maybe this monster (in true Toho style) is just the first of MANY large monsters that invade cities all around the world. And we get to see footage from amateur shooters in Tokyo, London, Paris, etc. Now THAT would be an easy sell to the studio brass.
Mark me down as a fan of BW2... by Kabukiman	Jan 31st, 2008 11:42:38 AM
...having revisited it a few months ago, I think it's a pretty terrific little movie, but if they try to do that with cloverfield 2 it will fail in the same way that BW2 failed. So far, of the ideas I've heard, I think the best is the "another tape from another person on that night" is the best, because let's face it, Cloverfield IS the POV shooting. It is the gimmick. It is the main reason it exists and the main reason it works. I do NOT want a pedestrian, 'normal' narrative movie. If I'm going to see Cloverfield 2, it is going to have to either carry over the gimmick or come up with another gimmick that is as good as what they released.
re: i dunno by Varakor	Jan 31st, 2008 11:46:19 AM
I know the military didn't know, but her crew new, especially Hud (dude holding the cam), who was in love with her. But considering the end, i don't think they could have saved her anyway. as for the battery... you know i didn't think about that one. I don't think anyone complained about the battery hahahaha any takers?
Cameron's "Aliens" by eXcommunicated	Jan 31st, 2008 11:48:22 AM
From the POV of the marines' helmet cams. I'd buy that for a dollar.
make the sequel a History Channel style documentary by The Ghost of Marcus Brody	Jan 31st, 2008 11:50:18 AM
that way you can use all the footage of the monster ever shot and tell the origin. Oh and a sequel is a bad idea.
BWitch 2 had a lot of nudity. so it was an improvement by BMacSmith	Jan 31st, 2008 11:50:22 AM
the goth chick was hot.
Rob Zombie's Cloverfield by Iowa Snot Client	Jan 31st, 2008 11:50:23 AM
In which we learn the monster's backstory and motivation.
oh and no shaky cam either by BMacSmith	Jan 31st, 2008 11:52:23 AM
maybe the marines in CF2 will have super high tech cameras that actually show action instead of a bunch or blurs?
Cameron's "Aliens" by eXcommunicated	Jan 31st, 2008 11:56:22 AM
"Where's Capone?!?! Where's Capone?!?!" "I don't know! Let's get the fuck outta here!!!"
Cloverfield 2 is a good idea... by michyfergi5	Jan 31st, 2008 11:57:17 AM
... if this is it. The movie opens with a film crew interviewing eye witnessess. At this point the monster is gone and nobody knows where it is. Is it gone for good? Will it come back? The audience gets to see new footage (from the military, news crews etc.), and it's epic. Very cool stuff of it attacking the city, eating people, stuff like that. The little creatures are gone too. The military found them all and killed them. But then, about halfway through the movie the little guys start coming back, and all hell breaks loose. We're still watching this documentary style, but no more interviews. Now the documentary film-makers are running for their lives. And then the monster comes back.... with friends. No longer is it one guy attacking NYC. Now it's many (we don't know how many) attacking all over. NYC, Atlanta, L.A., London, Chicago, Fargo.... So anyways, it's a world domination type thing... and all we get to see (as the audience) is the footage the documentary people have gotten, and the occassional glance they get of TVs and stuff showing footage from around the world. So then we nuke them all, killing most of the world, and the monsters take over Earth. I'd pay to see that.
The Sequel CAN Work, As Can the Threequel by Acappellaman	Jan 31st, 2008 11:58:10 AM
If this does turn into a trilogy, which I think is the eventual intention, I think the scope will have to get bigger in each film. The first sequel can cover what happened in the first movie, and then some. In all, the total time taken by the events from part one could take about half an hour at MOST in the sequel, but from a different perspective - a higher-level perspective. The third movie can be a true sequel where the events take place after the sequel, and perhaps take the action into the creature's home, be it space or deep sea, or whatever. I think it could be fun.
Cloverfield Unraveled by schnipple	Jan 31st, 2008 12:00:20 PM
People talking about how the answer to the monster was some shot at the end of something falling into the ocean just didn't get the film. Truth is the filmmakers were smarter than that. I thought the monster looked primordial when I saw it, like something dredged up in someone's subconscious and then I realized what it symbolized. The monster was the fear of the main guy character unable to express his love. His inability to commit to her was actualized by his trip to Japan. But when she brought the other guy to the party, the main character had to immeidately face whatever his demons were to overcome them and consummate his love. So the monster was just a projection of that. The filmmakers were clever to set up what would divide the lovers first as his trip to Japan because this division has pop culture ties to the monster dividing the lovers in the form of Godzilla. Basically, the filmmakers set the story up so that they didn't have to explain what the monster was in reality because it was a just a metaphor for a man scared to express his feelings.
Cloverfield 2 by skimn	Jan 31st, 2008 12:04:28 PM
Of course milk that tit while its still dripping. Sooo, here's an idea. Let's view the same attack, but from a different social strata. Instead of focusing on young twenty-somethings we don't care about, how about some urban punks who come across a camcorder during some initial looting and tape their journey from that point? Sort of a mix of Warriors and Cloverfield. They use their street smarts to help survive.
Cloverfield was shit shitaty shit by semisaj	Jan 31st, 2008 12:07:01 PM
if they do a sequel at least make the thing entertaining..maybe do it from the point of view of the monster and why its pissed off..and no fucking shit bollox shaky cam crapness
Blair WItch 2 by lecter1914	Jan 31st, 2008 12:10:35 PM
I really dont understand all of the hate for it and I honestly believe its just from people who havent seen it. I didnt see it in theatres because i read negative things about it in places like AICN and what not. Got around to renting it and my god...people dont know what they are talking about. It was clever and funny and kinda creepy in some parts. Back to CloverDud....the first one sucked and I cant imagine anyone wanting to see a sequel especially now that we all know what the monster looked like...looks like a rental. UNless they go a completely different direction and have the Cloverfield Monster attack the hood..leprechaun did it so why shouldnt Clovie?
CLOVERFIELD 2: FREEDOM HATER by Judge Briggs	Jan 31st, 2008 12:11:55 PM
Brought to you by FOX News...
PRESIDENT BALTAR... by Frankenbastard	Jan 31st, 2008 12:12:36 PM
Um...what?! It's the same exact line with the same exact voice so with more background noise thrown in trust me. So "technically", it’s the same bit of dialogue. Same with the imploding store scene.
Judge Briggs by Frankenbastard	Jan 31st, 2008 12:14:40 PM
That's great.
Meh by kafka07	Jan 31st, 2008 12:17:11 PM
I didn't see Cloverfield and never will. I really don't give two shits.
Saw Cloverfield this weekend by SlickyVonBoner	Jan 31st, 2008 12:17:26 PM
Thought it was OK. Thought the creature itself was pretty cool and original. When discussing with my friend we found a few major flaws. The movie begins with saomething like...'footage found at former site Central Park.' So you know the outcome right off the bat...stupid. Do you think the military would keep all of the useless party footage. It should been a collection of videos from different perspectives, seriously who would keep their cameras filming through all of that? It was mostly believeable until the crooked tower scene, there's no way a 40 story building could 'lean' against another without both collapsing... and who would go up in either... little re-dick-ulous. I agree for Cloverfield 2 to be watchable, do it from a military POV. Explain the monsters origin (deep ocean, space, human-made) and the aftermath, did they defeat it?!?
Cloverfield 2- Cloverfield does Dallas by semisaj	Jan 31st, 2008 12:17:57 PM

SKELETONPARTY and others re: "It's a Lion!" by timmer33	Jan 31st, 2008 12:19:17 PM
That line WAS in the movie. I was listening for it as soon as the first explosions happen. It occurs after the building collapses and the group collects in the variety store. It was not just recorded for the trailer, it's in the film too.
ITS A LION by lecter1914	Jan 31st, 2008 12:19:38 PM
Actually, I think I'm with Pres. on this one. I remember watching it and I think he just said really fast I saw it...and then they start running. I dont believe the much debated.."its a live/ Lion " line was in there. Also..since Im passionate about this subject suddenly...Anyone who dismissed Blair WItch 2 because you think it had a linear and straightforward narrative...obviously didnt see it because thats not the case, its actually a case of...well, dont wanna spoil it but it was really clever how it was done.
ITS A LION by lecter1914	Jan 31st, 2008 12:19:38 PM
Actually, I think I'm with Pres. on this one. I remember watching it and I think he just said really fast I saw it...and then they start running. I dont believe the much debated.."its a live/ Lion " line was in there. Also..since Im passionate about this subject suddenly...Anyone who dismissed Blair WItch 2 because you think it had a linear and straightforward narrative...obviously didnt see it because thats not the case, its actually a case of...well, dont wanna spoil it but it was really clever how it was done.
CLOVERFIELD 2 : OIL PLATFORM NIGHTS by Pound Sand	Jan 31st, 2008 12:21:40 PM

One of Two Things by wallygogo	Jan 31st, 2008 12:22:12 PM

C2 : REVENGE OF THE STATUE OF LIBERTY by Pound Sand	Jan 31st, 2008 12:23:02 PM

Jebus, schnipple by I Dunno	Jan 31st, 2008 12:23:24 PM
I'll have some of whatever you're having.
Cloverfield 2- Clover the Top by semisaj	Jan 31st, 2008 12:23:33 PM
Apparently Sly has agreed...ask Harry!
One of Two Things by wallygogo	Jan 31st, 2008 12:24:18 PM
I bet they will either do a sequel about the origins of the monster. How was it created, where did it come from....or they will do a movie about the military vs the monster which takes place shortly after the first film ended. Either way, I bet they abandon the "found tape" aspect of the story.
CLOVERFIELD 2 : THE HALF REALIZED 9/11 METAPHOR by Pound Sand	Jan 31st, 2008 12:24:47 PM

No, the line in the convenience store is different. by SkeletonParty	Jan 31st, 2008 12:25:59 PM
In the store, Hud is trying to get Rob's attention and says something similar. But the controversial "I saw it. its alive, its huge!" line happened in the street before the Liberty head hits. And it is not in the movie.
CLOVERFIELD 2 : BATTLE BENEATH THE WAVES by Pound Sand	Jan 31st, 2008 12:26:47 PM

the creature worked for the following reason: by smackfu	Jan 31st, 2008 12:27:32 PM
It didn't look like a movie monster, it wasn't fantastic and awe-inspiring, it was just butt-ugly. It looked like it was supposed to look, like one of those primeval looking fish they find every couple of years that have been hidden from light in the bottom of some black trench for eons. Remember, the whole premise of the movie is supposed to treat it as a real event. If in real life, as implausible as it is, anything giant from the bottom of the sea ever did make it's way onto land and start trashing shit, it's probably not going to look iconic and super cool.
CLOVERFIELD 2 : THE FLASHBACK ADVENTURE by Pound Sand	Jan 31st, 2008 12:27:48 PM

CLOVERFIELD 2 : FOOL ME TWICE by Pound Sand	Jan 31st, 2008 12:28:20 PM

CLOVERFIELD 2: GIRLS 1 CUP by Bob C. Cock	Jan 31st, 2008 12:28:23 PM
a video of the cloverfield monster's HILARIOUS reaction to 2 girls 1 cup
CLOVERFIELD 2 : BECAUSE NOBODY TELLS J J ABRAHMS "ENOUGH" by Pound Sand	Jan 31st, 2008 12:28:57 PM

CLOVERFIELD 2 : CHINESE DEMOCRACY by Pound Sand	Jan 31st, 2008 12:29:23 PM

I agree with Merrick.... by Dragon Man	Jan 31st, 2008 12:29:43 PM
The monster left me cold too. I was expecting something more spectacular, but it ended up looking like something I'd seen before.
CLOVERFIELD ! (the Broadway musical) by Pound Sand	Jan 31st, 2008 12:30:07 PM
words and lyrics by MNG
Cloverfield 2-Cloverfield Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal S by semisaj	Jan 31st, 2008 12:31:05 PM
Where we find out that the monster actually came out of Kate Capshaw's Fanny and that she is an alien who is asked to whore herself out so that she can ask her men to put her in films even though she cant act..although she did used to be fit!
-There Will be Blood II Directed by Brett Ratner- by wilsonfisk89	Jan 31st, 2008 12:35:35 PM
Chris Tucker: "I DRINK YO MILKSHAKE N***A!"
Too soon! by sleestack1	Jan 31st, 2008 12:38:24 PM

Explain Nothing! by Buzz Maverik	Jan 31st, 2008 12:40:47 PM
More mystery! As even the headline here indicates, have working and non-working stiffs in a monster situation. No more people that TV producers can relate to but 99% of us can't. Start with better actors. That's the only reason THE HOST was superior to CLOVERFIELD (aside from what I felt were completely convincing FX!). The Korean cast was excellent, realistically conveying grief, fear, dismay, confusion that the American cast of CLOVERFIELD couldn't approach (and one thing JJ and Co lack is any sense of irony whatsoever -- they are sincere, which is why Yuppies are a bad choice for them). It would have been one thing if the filmmakers were aware that the characters really didn't care about each other, but I think the charactes were supposed to care. The actors just couldn't bring it off. Also, Lily looked great but she ran around in a party dress and high heels and didn't stub her toe or trip or cut her feet when jumping through the air from the rubble of one skyscraper to the other. Real chicks can't even get through an old parking lot in those pumps, bay-bee. I'd like to see the story continue, minus the handcam. I hope they think of a new gimmick or a new way to tell it.
Cloverfield 2-Cloverfield of dreams by semisaj	Jan 31st, 2008 12:41:25 PM

Cloverfied 2-Good Movies 0 by KurtLockwood	Jan 31st, 2008 12:43:12 PM

JOHN RAMBO vs. The Cloverfield Monster by CobraKai	Jan 31st, 2008 12:44:24 PM
Sometimes...getting squashed is as easy as breathing.
Cloverfield 2- by semisaj	Jan 31st, 2008 12:44:49 PM
Cloverfield Kills the next person who writes first on Aint it cool news!
Also, Was Hud Supposed To Be On Drugs? by Buzz Maverik	Jan 31st, 2008 12:46:03 PM
Because the only way the rest of the characters would hang around a dope like that is if he were on dope and had a regular personality when he was straight. Hud from CLOVERFIELD was no Hudson from ALIENS. PFC Hudson was a real Marine. He got scared like a human being, but when it got down to it, Hudson got in on with the best of 'em.
Freddy redeux vs Clovefield redeux by semisaj	Jan 31st, 2008 12:46:38 PM

I want an R rated sequel... by The Dum Guy	Jan 31st, 2008 12:47:50 PM
Featuring a completely nude Lizzy.
Cloverfield vs. The Mist... by Buzz Maverik	Jan 31st, 2008 12:48:20 PM
Because the Sci-Fi Genre Ain't Big Enough for Both of 'Em!
Well whoopee fucking doo Buzz Maverik by semisaj	Jan 31st, 2008 12:49:31 PM
Just kidding...Hud does not even come within a sperm count of Bill Paxton's Hudson
Love Merrick by Steve Trevor	Jan 31st, 2008 12:50:21 PM
your no bullshit posts are fucking awesome.
MAKE THIS HAPPEN!!! This could make a great "trilogy" franchise. by AdrianVeidt	Jan 31st, 2008 12:50:53 PM
Seriously, three separate stories (each differently told) about the same event? Oh my god, they could make this something epic. We did the shaky cam movie, now an actual budget movie, and then maybe something else for the third film, but if done right, this could be a groundbreaking set of three movies, all different stories and completely different films, but about the same event. MAKE IT HAPPEN!
And Blair Witch 2 by Steve Trevor	Jan 31st, 2008 12:51:44 PM
Was kind of interesting in that wasn't what we were watching a "TV movie" recreation of certain Blair Witch events?
Inside Sources.... by dancinggopher01	Jan 31st, 2008 12:52:15 PM
tell me that this will be done from the Monster's point of view ala the sequence in Doom. There is an SD card in the monster's brain.
I meant Lily... by The Dum Guy	Jan 31st, 2008 12:54:30 PM
Of course the alternative would be interesting, since she blew up.
It's alive! by Frankenbastard	Jan 31st, 2008 12:55:59 PM
SkeletonParty the line is in the movie. Maybe the fact I watched in on a digitally projected screen I print a different print (ok that would have to be retarded) but I doubt it. Still back when Empire Strikes Back came out there were added scenes at the end depending on what aspect ratio you saw but I still doubt we had different prints for Cloverfield. Actually I know we watched the same print and the line WAS in the movie. timmer33 Thanks for backing me up on that. I know for a fact the line is in there.
Pound Sand... by Frankenbastard	Jan 31st, 2008 12:57:12 PM
you're still one of the funniest guys on here. Good work
Cloverfield 2- by semisaj	Jan 31st, 2008 12:59:52 PM
Cloverfield vs Gino vs Godzilla vs Freddy vs Jason vs Ash vs Darth Maul vs Johnny Bravo vs Starfleet(X Bomber)vs The Ultimate Warrior vs Mad Max(from MM2)vs Bender vs Bobba Fett vs Crissy Moon vs Cartman vs Hudson..now that sounds like a film I would watch or love to make especially the Crissy Moon Bit!!
The right way to milk a movie... by Frankenbastard	Jan 31st, 2008 01:00:55 PM
Why do they feel the need to make a sequel at all? Just let it be. We saw the monster and its effect on people. Maybe the monster could come out with a cookbook? Or a clothing line? Or a ride at Universal? Or PJ’s? Can’t they milk things the proper way anymore?
Due To Strike, I'm Scabbing CLOVERFIELD 2 by Buzz Maverik	Jan 31st, 2008 01:03:05 PM
in place of Drew Goddard. I'll be writing it here in the talkbacks, so I can have immediate feedback from you, the little people. CLOVERFIELD 2: MONSTER CAM a non-union screenplay by Buzz X. Maverik First Rough Draft Black Screen -- Titles scroll U.S. Department of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms in conjunction with the Drug Enforcement Agency. More recovered footage from Cloverfield incident, former F.A.O. Schwartz site. Int. Warehouse -- Night Handcam shot of DUG, a tattooed twenty nothing guy. He's got a deranged grin and is holding a bottle of Cuervo. DUG: Alright, there's this thing attacking the city. Ronnie saw it and saw it's pretty big. What me and Ronnie and Sherry and Bigjamin and this guy we met outside are going to is strap some cameras on Big Ugly and post all the footage on YouTube. BIGJAMIN (offscreen):I still don't know how we're going to get the cameras on-- RONNIE (also offscreen): I tolja, man. We're gonna parasail down on top of it. And if we can get close enough, we're going to bungee! Now, are you in or out? Dug extends the bottle of tequila. Bigjamin's hand, covered in brands, takes the bottle. SLOSHING sounds. Bigjamin: In.
The "monster" should be protected... by The Dum Guy	Jan 31st, 2008 01:06:34 PM
If the creature is the only one of its kind in existence, then wouldn't it fall into the "endangered species" label, so I suggest we make a sequel that is more intune with Free Willy. A young boy befriends a misunderstood monster, only to have an evil (corporate, government or terrorist) try and destroy it in a misguided attempt to... do something. I dunno, that's the premise the film makers can wrestle with the details.
Cloverfield 2 shouldn't show the same event.... by J-Dizzle	Jan 31st, 2008 01:07:09 PM
... from a different perspective. People already know what happened in the attack, they don't need it rehashed for the sequel. Everyone wants to know what happened AFTER Cloverfield 1. What was the military's operation, a nuke attack? Napalm? And if it failed, what was their next plan? People want a TRUE sequel, not a retelling of the first movie (which will fail miserably).
Re: semisaj. My money's on Cartman. by J-Dizzle	Jan 31st, 2008 01:08:41 PM
That fat kid is fucking devious.
Not iconic??? The monster was the only great thing by matthooper8	Jan 31st, 2008 01:09:01 PM
The monster is one of the coolest looking giant monsters ever put on screen. Now everything else was mediocre at best.
First of all, drop the video camera style.... by drewlicious	Jan 31st, 2008 01:09:50 PM
It worked once (barely) now try telling a traditional narrative that doesn't cause motion sickness. Pick a more interesting setting, that would also be good. What if they threw in a different monster tromping in from the pacific and they meet somewhere down the line and duke it out. Las Vegas would make a pretty kickass arena, or even the Grand Canyon for that matter. Of course the budget would be ridiculous and no one of any real importance is listening to me so my head will have to work as an arena from this point on.
Any way they do it by Abominable Snowcone	Jan 31st, 2008 01:10:08 PM
They gotta give us more monster. No more dick-teasing. Because the first movie wasn't the second coming of christ. Either continue the story, or give us something from another perspective. Or a combo of both, but show more monster, not emokids.
Cthulhu,Cthulhu,Cthulhu by satman83	Jan 31st, 2008 01:12:21 PM
I WANNA SEE CTHULHU!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BTW, this wasn't "TEH NECKSED STAH WARZ!" by J-Dizzle	Jan 31st, 2008 01:12:30 PM

If it bleeds by Abominable Snowcone	Jan 31st, 2008 01:12:51 PM
2for2true can kill it.
No by lecter1914	Jan 31st, 2008 01:14:07 PM
It wasnt a recreation of the events..sigh I guess I'll spoil it. In Blair Witch 2, you're watchinga movie thinking everything that is going on that you see is really wahts going on. However, n most of the locations where weird or spooky stuff happened, there was a video camera there recording things, like at a convenience store, cop car, warehouse etc....so, when the end hits and all the characters are freaked out and wondering whats going on, we get to see what the video cameras got to see and none of the stuff we were watching "normally" actually h appened. The real stuff that happened was caught by the video cameras therefore nothing we thought was real was real...if that makes any sense. I just thought it was an awesome contrast to the original where everything you thought you saw was real because because it was marketed that way but it all turned out fake..well, not really a contrast...fuck...i dont think I explained it right...but its a really clever and complex film that I dont think got a fair chance.
J-Dizzle by semisaj	Jan 31st, 2008 01:14:31 PM
Cartman every time..he kicks ass!! Just one amendment i meant Crissy Moran not Moon!
Come to think of it... by Abominable Snowcone	Jan 31st, 2008 01:16:55 PM
...no offense to the big apple, but I'm tired of looking at New York City in movies. Put the next one someplace else, or risk boring everybody. The giant-monster-sieges-city thing has been done to death, and after 911 it just loses meaning. It's a tribute to 911 victims and rescuers that we've learned, yes, we can lose some of the biggest buildings in the world and still move on. So what if a big monster knocks down a couple more high-rises? It might be entertaining, but it's no longer the "oh my God life as we know it is over" event it was in the 1950s-80s.
National Lampoons Cloverfield Vaction Trailer by Buzz Maverik	Jan 31st, 2008 01:18:36 PM
"Look out, New York! The Griswalds are here!" "Hey, Dad, what's that?" "Oh, that kind of thing happens all the time in the Big Apple, Russ! Best to pay it no mind!" "Mom! That thing has Dad!" "I know, dear. Could you get that giant louse off your sister before she explodes like that other poor girl?" Chevy Chase as Clark Griswald. Beverly DeAngelo as Ellen Griswald. Original Rusty, Anthony Michael Hall, as Rusty Griswald. Ellen Page as Audrey Griswald. Beyonce as Clark's swimsuit fantasy girl. Written by Buzz Maverik & John Hughes.
Question by ldm882	Jan 31st, 2008 01:29:48 PM
Are they any REAL images of the monster online now that it's been out 2 weeks? I'd like to take a nice long look at it after seeing the movie twice
there is NOTHING symbolic and deep about by s0nicdeathmonkey	Jan 31st, 2008 01:30:01 PM
cloverfield. It's a series of shallow, vapid action scenes that callously reference 9/11 awash in an orgy of product placement.
Cloverfield On Larry King Live by Buzz Maverik	Jan 31st, 2008 01:30:46 PM
"Hullo, I'm Lah-ry King, heah in what's left of da studio with the Clovahfield monstuh. T'ank you for coming in." "No problem, Larry. I appreciate the chance to tell my side of the story." "Well, da story is you ... you ate New York." "I didn't actually eat New York, Larry. There was a little ruckus. Heh, heh. Things got blown out of porportion and now I have to apologize to everyone. I'm sorry! I actually love New Yorkers." "Then, why did you level their city." "First of all, their city threw the first punch. Secondly, I'm meeting with leaders of New York groups to prove I'm not an Anti-Gothamite." "Try telling that to that Hud kid." "I asked him not to take my picture, Larry. Now, I have to wear this ankle bracelet and if one trace of dumbass shows up in my bloodstream--" "Where'd dey get an ankle bracelet that big?" "Uh, they chained about a thousand regular ankle bracelets together. The ironic thing is that I don't actually have ankles, per se." "Okay, let's go to a call. Calluh, you're live with da Clovahfield Monstuh." "I jeez wa zay de monstee ees a ponkass who tays terrrrrrrr--" "Clovah, I believe one your little spider parasites is playing a little prank on us. An unappreciated prank." "Sorry, Larry. Guys, guys, we talked about this. It is not cool, alright. It is not cool."
sonicdeath by Abominable Snowcone	Jan 31st, 2008 01:33:14 PM
I can't say I disagree with you. It was mildly entertaining, but ultimately forgettable. It's difficult to care for a bunch of 20something emo kids whose lives are in peril when they never had 'adult lives' to begin with. Your life can't be uprooted by catastrophe if you weren't that rooted to begin with. The main guy, Rob, can't even decide for himself whether he loves a chick until the world falls apart around him. Be DECISIVE, man!
Invisible Woman by AnimalStructure	Jan 31st, 2008 01:35:06 PM
Anyone else wretch after they read the description for that piece of shit? "Look, she's just trying to protect her family!" Mori will love it cause it has stakes, you know, you really want to find out if she is able to protect her family.
Danny DeVito for the Cloverfield Monster by Axl Z	Jan 31st, 2008 01:40:38 PM
He'll play that stinking role like a harp from hell, wah wah wah wah!!
No reason to NOT give the sequel a chance by Mullah Omar	Jan 31st, 2008 01:44:43 PM
I really enjoyed CLOVERFIELD. It doesn't mean that I'll enjoy any sequels, but I'm in favor of giving the same creative team another opportunity to wow me. If these guys think they can take audiences on another ride as good as the first, I'd like to see them try.
Multiple monsters... by TheBigLebowsky	Jan 31st, 2008 01:47:56 PM
Seem the logical way to go... Since it's been hinted that it was the case all along. The "parasites", like everyone call them, looked to me like small versions of the giant one. And the monster that killed Hud at the end looked like he was, maybe, 20 feet tall, not the 500 feet tall one we saw before. So my guess is that the small ones are growing... rapidly! We'll just have to wait and see...
Vader by Abominable Snowcone	Jan 31st, 2008 01:51:06 PM
I know what emo is, musically speaking anyway. As an upper 30 something year old, yeah I do use the term "emo" generally to label younger characters in movies that I feel are typical dawsoncreekish stereotypes. I can understand how a guy might like a girl...but in this case Rob was fully prepared to leave for Japan without telling her he loved her. He tries to speak with her before the shit goes down, but it's kind of a weak attempt. I applied the "emo" label to the bunch of 'em because...c'mon, how many 20-something year olds do YOU know who can afford luxury apartments or lofts in New York high rises? These kids must be making six figures easy, and I don't buy that. And even were it true, I can't remotely begin to identify with them or that type of lavish success as a young person. Didn't anyone else here see Beth's apartment or whatever her name was and think, damn, looks like a nice place for someone that age. On the 50th floor of a New York office building. I'd have been more emotionally invested had the story involved a couple people, like a fireman or something, who are older...have kids or a family, and can really relate to the sense of LOSS as a result of the monster attack, especially post-911. I could not believe the ease with which Rob calls his mother on his gay cellphone and reports that his brother is dead. He did it with all the emotional weight of reporting that he received a bad grade in school on an exam.
i want to see more people exploding please!!! by ludmir88	Jan 31st, 2008 01:51:18 PM
thank you.
incredibly over-rated movie by wash	Jan 31st, 2008 02:01:06 PM
Interest in sequel = 0.0000087%
No one will see it by krack	Jan 31st, 2008 02:11:21 PM
The first movie made money on hype and mystery.
The sequel should be that there's lots of Cloveys by FluffyUnbound	Jan 31st, 2008 02:15:52 PM
And now they can just pop up and eat a coastal city whenever they get sick of sushi. How would the world be different if humanity was never actually eliminated, but if random death and destruction could wade up on to the beach at any moment? Make it like CHILDREN OF MEN but with Cloveys.
CLOVERFIELD 2: NIGHTMARE ON WALL STREET by Pennsy	Jan 31st, 2008 02:15:55 PM

Beth lived with her parents. by FluffyUnbound	Jan 31st, 2008 02:18:51 PM
It's stated a couple of times that it's her dad's place. So Beth lived with her parents - surely some of you losers out there can identify with having to live with your parents in your 20's? Doesn't make her enough of a loser for you guys to like? Incredibly hot chick who's a loser just like you. Hey, sounds great, right?
That apartment would almost defintiely require six figures by drewlicious	Jan 31st, 2008 02:27:10 PM
It's possible for a guy fresh out of grad school to make a lot of money right off the bat but he'd have to a real dynamo to afford that place. In Manhattan an apartment that can hold that many people would be astronomically expensive. Not sure where the graffiti in the hallways came from though. We'll just chalk this one up to Hollywood. Kind of like the girl's apartment in "Friends." Only in a tv show could a waitress in a coffee shop pay half of that rent.
Multiple Releases by David Assholehoff	Jan 31st, 2008 02:27:52 PM
imagine the money they could have made if they did in fact film from 2-3 different groups and released all the films at the same time? Like an instant trillogy? I'd stil be there watching them.
Do it from the monster's point of view by rev_skarekroe	Jan 31st, 2008 02:31:22 PM
An entire movie of buildings getting smashed and people getting stomped on from 20 stories in the air!
Studios aren't this stupid are they? by lotusblade	Jan 31st, 2008 02:31:41 PM
Besides the opening week Cloverfield is a GIANT flop. It may not even get to $100M at the Box Office after a $46M opening weekend. That is unheard of except for movies that people went to see based on HYPE then saw and word got out that it SUCKED. 90% of the people in the theater I saw it in were bitching afterwards and loudly about how horrible it was. Great concept extremely poorly executed. Why make a sequel? Studios are already extending a Strike just so they can get out of contracts and are smartly saying "no more pilots of crap," and then we see good old fashioned bad judgement: Pay for a Sequel of a turd.
Drewlicious by FluffyUnbound	Jan 31st, 2008 02:34:20 PM
I'm embarrassed to know this, but Monica's apartment was rent controlled and Monica was defrauding the landlord by living there. It was supposed to be the apartment of an elderly relative of hers. In the early 90's there were still some NYC apartments that were dirt cheap at their original rent controlled rates.
It's funny tho that EVERY movie and TV show nowadays... by Mrhazard	Jan 31st, 2008 02:34:25 PM
... has NOTHING but rich, young people... I mean that's nothing new but it seems like nowadays, you rarely see any poor people, hell MIDDLE class people in TV and film. It's all rich kids living in mansions (even tho in CF I could've swore I heard one of the characters at the party saying this was his uncle's apt) With that being said, I liked the characters in CF more than the usual Hollywood movie. I didnt REALLY care about them but I didnt hate them. I didnt want them to die. (Except for the main character's ex... Come one, how the hell do you survive a giant monster attack, the ceiling falling on you, and getting IMPALED with a metal pole!!! I know it's a movie but still...)
Sequel gotta be... by David Assholehoff	Jan 31st, 2008 02:34:31 PM
Taliban number 2 man is shown in ritual becoming next Cloverfield monster. Number one was of course Bin Laden himself. At end of first movie, he shrinks back down to normal man size a 'la Rampage, covers his crotch and sidesteps towards edge of the screen, to be run over by a tank just as he makes the edge of the screen.
Handicam Batteries - Electronics Store by Autodidact	Jan 31st, 2008 02:46:21 PM
One thing that really bothered me during Cloverfield. At one point fairly early in the movie they go to an electronics store to get batteries for a cell phone. I assumed Hud would grab some extra batteries for the camera, but he did not.
waaaaay off by SpawnofAchilles	Jan 31st, 2008 02:47:41 PM
with that emokids comment. If anything they are modern Yuppie/Hipsters, stylish and well to do, emo they most certainly are not. The girl Hud had a thing for that blew up had a slight emo edge to her but even that is reaching
CLOVERFIELD WAS NOT ABOUT THE MONSTER!!! by Err	Jan 31st, 2008 02:48:59 PM
If you think that it was about the monster, you are retarded. The monster didn't need to be iconic because it wasn't about the god damn monster. Will someone please learn to accurately look at and review films before they give an empty opinion?
THE MONSTER WASN'T ICONIC! BOO FUCKING HOO! by Err	Jan 31st, 2008 02:53:22 PM
WAAAAAH! Watch the film again. It is about human relationships, human interaction, and the ability of some people to overcome fear in pursuit of love or redemption or whatever you want to call it.
Of course it will be that obvious... by Tourist	Jan 31st, 2008 02:54:16 PM
...Didn't you see the first flick? It wont stop fanboy tards for speculating for a year or two though.
PLEASE aicn get a thread-based forum going by theredtoad	Jan 31st, 2008 03:08:29 PM
instead of this instant reply talkback that you've kept since the 90's. It just feels nowadays that all the TBs are just rantings, one after another.
Raptor Quest by catlettuce4	Jan 31st, 2008 03:10:06 PM
Cloverfield was a lot closer to nailing the "home video camera" style than Diary of the Dead was, BUT STILL both pale in comparison to Raptor Quest's mock video blogs. See for yourself: http://www.myspace.com/raptorq uest
For Cloverfield to have been about re-lay-shun-ships by gruntybear	Jan 31st, 2008 03:11:32 PM
You would actually have had to populate the fucking thing with living, breathing human beings that anyone gave a damn about. Yeah, I said it. Fuck those vapid, twentysomethings. The movie failed because they weren't torn apart fast enough.
CLOVERFIELD 2: THE QUANTUM OF SOLACE by uss cygnus	Jan 31st, 2008 03:16:07 PM
Featuring radiation proof, fallout proof, infinite life camera batteries.
Wait, I know what they can do... by Tourist	Jan 31st, 2008 03:21:03 PM
...Cameraman gets eaten. We follow the camera through the digestive system. That way everyone can really get a good look at the monster, and it would cut costs by just being a bunch of melthing/turning to shit folks in a series of pitch black jumping castle rooms. Then some chick can put a really big dildo up her ass. At least, thats how I would make it. I would even have a pinochio cameo and make a peadophile joke.
One of the worst films of recent memory by MontyPigeon	Jan 31st, 2008 03:22:31 PM
That's what they should put on the poster to Cloverfield. It nearly puts Hostel 2 to shame.
Sweet... by rutgersjaffo	Jan 31st, 2008 03:22:39 PM
I said last week that it would be very cool to make the sequel a sort of bookend to the first by doing it from the 'tradtional' monster destroys city POV. If that's what they do, I am in...
mode_7 by Tourist	Jan 31st, 2008 03:24:27 PM
A screengrab of a barely visible and uninteresting Tatopoulos knock off won't spoil the film for you. Me giving away the fact that it pretty much sucks might though.
As for Cloverfield 2 by MontyPigeon	Jan 31st, 2008 03:25:14 PM
I hope the makers suffer from recent memory loss and forget what they are making. They forgot everything regarding the hype machine in relation to the actual film.
Oh and... by rutgersjaffo	Jan 31st, 2008 03:28:47 PM
...I still love the lengths some will go to in order to try and 'prove' that this wasn't an entertaining film. Hating the characters, crying because you didn't see the monster enough, talking about camera batteries. Geez...
I heard the fire on Monte Carlo's roof last week was by finky089	Jan 31st, 2008 03:30:26 PM
really just part of the production for Cloverfield 2
Cloverfield Sequel = JJ GOTTA EAT! by finky089	Jan 31st, 2008 03:31:16 PM
ha ha ha eh, no.
Monster Does Voice Over Narration by Buzz Maverik	Jan 31st, 2008 03:36:47 PM
Look at those jerks. Whaddya call deucin' a whole bridge full of 'em? A good start! That one bunch really irks me. I-R-K-Z, irks me. I flip the female's future mate to Freehold, New Jersey, and she's all: Okay, I'm goin' to get Beth now. Run into the subway on me, huh? Hey, you kids get off your inverted spinchters, shut off those Wiis and help yer old man out. You're young and lethal. You can fit down that subway after those pukes. And while yer down there, stampede some of the cleanest and most orderly rats the world has ever known. They don't have panicked, Willard/Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade rats in their subways. Hurry up! Do I have to do everything? Don't rotate your head and me, mister!
ITS TIME FOR DECENT GODZILLA REMAKE PEOPLE!!!! by BonerDonor	Jan 31st, 2008 03:36:54 PM
JUST FUCKING DO IT
Predataor VS Cloverfield? by skywalkerfamily	Jan 31st, 2008 03:42:04 PM
Dude, I'd see that.
Could someone please post the Cthuhu dance again? by EvilGeek1	Jan 31st, 2008 03:48:38 PM

I'll bet JJA has a whole plot thing worked out. by SkeletonParty	Jan 31st, 2008 04:05:36 PM
I don't think shaky-cam would work again for this flick. I was very thankful to be sitting at the back of the theater. Also, the tape sort of running out and no sound for the beginning of the credits did give the audience a chance to yell "That sucked!" really loud. So, maybe the music can come up a little faster.
It wasn't boring... by Tourist	Jan 31st, 2008 04:06:09 PM
...But I wouldn't go so far to call it entertaining. Maybe a little. It was as good as I Am Legend. Which is pretty good for a film that should suck.
Friends VS the Cloverfield monster! by skywalkerfamily	Jan 31st, 2008 04:08:58 PM
Ross and Rachel get stomped on by the monster.
2Clover - 2Field by zer0cool2k2	Jan 31st, 2008 04:23:40 PM
told from the perspective of yuppie Paul Walker, his wrong-side of the tracks pal Lucas Black, and their respective girlfriends, Jordana Brewster and Devon Aoki (who, being Asian, has survived attacks on her city before). featuring a thumping hip-hop soundtrack and special appearance by Vin Diesel as the only special forces commander who can see in the blacked-out city!
Bonerwhatever is right. A decent Godzilla please by Knobules	Jan 31st, 2008 04:29:15 PM
One that actually breathes radioactive fire. Not one that ignites gas trucks from burping on them.
Wait...Monica was commiting fraud in Friends? by drewlicious	Jan 31st, 2008 04:40:21 PM
Now that's funny. And talk about a building manager that needed to be fired. I'm familiar with how landlords work when there's money to be made and you would think with the rising cost of living in New York there would have been some investigation. In LA landlords hire private investigators all the time to catch tennants subletting. Still, someone else here brought up an interesting point of nothing but rich people in movies and tv. Come to think of it there is a lot of that when you look at it closely. Desperate Housewives, Gossip Girls, Chuck, Grey's Anatomy, all people living in some pretty swank places that don't resemble reality for most people. But then again that might be the point and it would explain why so many didn't even give Freaks and Geeks a second look.
I think we're all agreed for Clovey 2... by EvilGeek1	Jan 31st, 2008 04:48:44 PM
A monster battle is in order. Something on the level of Godzilla v Mothra. Something that will really stand out to make you go Whoah!
My Idea Restated Again - Multiple POVs, No Central Characters by LaserPants	Jan 31st, 2008 04:48:45 PM
This is how it should be done. Have the entire film be made up of random footage and multiple p.o.v.s -- from frantic news casts, to hand held cameras, to phone cameras, to surveilance cameras, et al. Edit the footage together so that it plays out as one complete narrative, each piece of footage becoming more and more intense, until the final reel which would be the most horrifying and apocalyptic of the bunch. There would be no central characters, just the event unfolding through random footage editing together to form a cohesive whole. Now THAT would be genius, that would be art, that would be zeitgeist, that would be post-modern genre-bending craziness. What we got was fun, sure, but ultimately totally fucking stupid as well.
Or Told From The Monsters POV by LaserPants	Jan 31st, 2008 04:52:42 PM
Perhaps Cloverfeld picked up Rob's indestructible super camera from Krypton and filmed the rest of his day kicking the shit out of humanity. He could get one of his crab people friends to hold the camera for him, or just use magic or something. The same magic that created an indestructible camera with night vision and a battery that runs well over 24 hours.
Err... by Archive	Jan 31st, 2008 04:57:33 PM
Your statement is true, and Shaun of the Dead wasn't about zombies, either. But it made primarily was for people who like zombies. Was Cloverfield made for people who love romantic dramas, would you say, or for science-fiction geeks, first and foremost? if you're making a movie for a certain audience, you'd better serve that audience. One assumes JJ Abrams and team are more interested, overall, in telling great genre stories than weepy tearjerkers, because that's what they've been doing. If that's their focus, then the monster, the one science-fiction element in the picture, as well as the central plot device, is certainly relevant.
And... by Archive	Jan 31st, 2008 04:58:50 PM
For me at least, it was the weakest part of the whole thing.
could be cool by purplepurple	Jan 31st, 2008 05:01:07 PM
While I loathe the idea of milking (and most likely ruin) a somewhat innovate concept, telling the story from the army's POV could be kinda cool. At least it would give me a chance to take a good look at the damned thing.
Why didn't they release Cloverfield by skywalkerfamily	Jan 31st, 2008 05:05:44 PM
on St. Patrick's Day?
there WERE "picture-perfect still shots of the monster" in Clove by fastcars	Jan 31st, 2008 05:07:20 PM
Say what you will, but "less is more," doesn't exactly describe how Cloverfield handled the monster. I would have loved it if they just showd the monster in the pieces, but there at least 2 scenes (maybe 3) in which you saw the whole monster. First movie was fun. I'll rent the sequel. Hopefully it doesn't star people who look like they wandered out of a CW studio.
eh by Mr.Coffe	Jan 31st, 2008 05:08:33 PM
I agree on the military point of view. I'm all for wide angle overhead shots of lots of shit blowing up. Hmmm..perhaps Micheal Bay should direct the next one. Just sayin.
Know what would be kind of awesome? by fastcars	Jan 31st, 2008 05:11:18 PM
2nd movie from the point of view of a news channel, 3rd movie from the point of view of THE MONSTER. (No camera on the monster, just the monster's pov). But...those forms wouldn't lend well to Hollywood forcing in a cliched love story, which they think we all love to see, over and over again.
skywalkerfamily by EvilGeek1	Jan 31st, 2008 05:11:33 PM
coz JJ's down with the Paddy's.
First One was a FLOP by lotusblade	Jan 31st, 2008 05:37:09 PM
The idiot at the Studio who set this deal up before they found out that the 2nd week was a bomb looks Stupid. While the movie cost around $30M the marketing campaign cost twice that. It's a flop plain and simple. No one will go see a sequel to a movie that most people who saw it thought it sucked. That was an aweful movie. I wanted Massawyrm to refund my ticket.
Drinks are on the Cloverfield monster by skywalkerfamily	Jan 31st, 2008 05:42:23 PM
on St. Patrick's Day.
Yay! by EvilGeek1	Jan 31st, 2008 05:43:21 PM

you know what would be really cool?... by JimmyJoe RedSky	Jan 31st, 2008 05:54:18 PM
if they scrapped this now and went on to something different - id rather seea "sky captain" sequel/franchise than this
More Harry paid up 'genre redefining'... by quantize	Jan 31st, 2008 05:58:36 PM
..bullshit. This turd will steam stinkier than the first as Reeves and JJ serve up yet another Felicity vs Godzilla on 9/11 blancmange with more tedious questions posed than answered to service a dreary ongoing 'mystery'
C-Field 2 needs... by DannyDorko666	Jan 31st, 2008 06:04:52 PM
an additional monster and they need to fight. Also we should be able to SEE THEM this time. Also also the first monster needs a name and some weight-gainer
Cloverfield prediction: Same Story Different Perspective by Tripster2001	Jan 31st, 2008 06:08:56 PM
From the moment the credits rolled on this film that I just freaked about. I thought they only told part of the story. It seems obvious to me that they the main story, the military story, the daring hero, the conclusion to the monster are still there begging to be told. I expect the same event to be seen in 2 person perspective as an alternate view to the alternative view we saw. Same story, different characters crossing with those we already know.
And so it begins again.... by EvilGeek1	Jan 31st, 2008 06:10:13 PM
The Cloverfield TB war is back and off to a great start. Jolly good!
No one realizes how difficult it was to make this by Utamoh	Jan 31st, 2008 06:11:05 PM
Take just one scene for example - the Chrysler building coming down, then the crowd running into the store for cover, then exiting the store to see all the destruction and dust - ALL IN ONE TAKE, WITH NO CUTS. Then explain how that was done, and yet there were dozens of scenes with the same complexity. Just the Brooklyn Bridge sequence for example, was an exercise in visual effects hell. And then they had to make everything look "spontaneous." Hats off to all the hard-working visual effects guys on this one. I'll bet the Oscars will overlook this, thinking there were only a few seconds of effects.
GINO doesn't mean Gino Fellino? by neal2zod	Jan 31st, 2008 06:11:54 PM
C'mon man, 80 minutes of shakycam footage from an innocent bystander witnessing Gino Fellino's night of destruction sounds WAY better than Cloverfield 2. Tell me you wouldn't shit yourself when you hear, "ANYBODY SEEN RICHIE??? ANYBODY KNOW WHY RICHIE DID BOBBY LUPO???"
PLOT OUTLINE FOR CLOVERFILED 2!!! by Mike_D	Jan 31st, 2008 06:12:40 PM
Cloverfield 2: The Revenge PLOT: From a different perspective, we see the top secret footage from the cameras attached to the soldiers helmets that were at ground zero. The main character is Dutch, a soldier who just came home from Iraq only to be deployed to New York and be once again seperated from his fiance' and unborn child. While Dutch is deployed with his best friend "J-Dawg" he met in boot camp, together they watch they're fellow soldiers be eaten by the spider-crab creatures as they shoot at the giant creature that seems to be purposely causing chaos because he was rudley awakened by a satallite falling on his head during his 1000 year old nap deep under water. Tragically, J-Dawg is pulled away by the spider-crab creatures that attack the make-shift medical center that we saw in the first Cloverfield. Dutch and a few soldiers make they're way to a tank where they go after the monster one last time. Dutch looks at the photo of his fiance' that he keeps in his pocket and the ultrasound picture that he also keeps in his pocket as...the monster steps on the tank and kills them all. The End.
Military, Scientist, Etc DONE To Death by Buzz Maverik	Jan 31st, 2008 06:17:45 PM
Sure, the yuppies were uninteresting but at least they were different. That was what was so great about THE HOST, along with the creature which I believe must really exist on the Hon River in Seol because it was so cool: the heroes were average working stiffs/losers who only had each other and had so much to lose.
Cloverfield: Man of Steel by Judge Briggs	Jan 31st, 2008 06:20:21 PM
I'd pay to see Superman fight that thing. "Ohhh my Luuuuuuthor, gee, we made that?!"
Dystopika by EvilGeek1	Jan 31st, 2008 06:56:59 PM
Cloverfield 2: Dead Rekoning! Starring Brian De Palma as Hud.
THE HOST > CLOVERFIELD by LaserPants	Jan 31st, 2008 07:04:07 PM
Its no contest, really. THE HOST is a work of art; a film really much more about the drama (and comedy and tragedy) of the dysfunctional working class at its center than the monster lurking around its fringes. I flat out fell in love THE HOST. CLOVERFIELD was fun, I enjoyed it, but its imbecility mashed up with its pretensions made it, more often than not, an unintentional comedy. This movie will not age well. But, in all kindness, it was a good attempt, a worthwhile experiment, just too flawed (and dumb) to hold the suspension of disbelief, to be classic. Still, it did make a mint, so, clearly this Abrams motherfucker knows what he's doing. And what he's doing is making incredibly well received advertisements. "The CLOVERFIELD Experience" being, at its heart, nothing more than an extended ad campaign for itself.
What I would like... by DannyDorko666	Jan 31st, 2008 07:07:58 PM
is there to be a great homegrown non-gorilla based giant monster movie. Kong's ok but way too emo for my tastes. Cloverfield was much better than GINO but fell way short of what i had hoped. How iconic can a critter be when he looks like a giant radioactive chicken-wing?
I think the monster was created by the military by skywalkerfamily	Jan 31st, 2008 0

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