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Cloverfield Hype & Movie Thread *Spoilers Ahoy!*
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Diatribe1974
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Getting upset over the rating of this movie is like people getting upset over the rating of ET before they'd seen it.
Watch.
Then Bitch.
Watch.
Then Bitch.
Wellington
BAAAALLLINNN'
?Buttonbasher said:
Green Shinobi
Banned
I'm just wondering why this movie got a January release date.
I guess it's better than February, but it doesn't show much faith on the part of the studio if they're going to release it in January. Now, I hope I'm wrong, and this is a sign of changes to come, and the whole retarded "seasonal movie schedule" gets thrown into the lake of fire where it belongs, but it isn't the most reassuring thing ever.
I guess it's better than February, but it doesn't show much faith on the part of the studio if they're going to release it in January. Now, I hope I'm wrong, and this is a sign of changes to come, and the whole retarded "seasonal movie schedule" gets thrown into the lake of fire where it belongs, but it isn't the most reassuring thing ever.
Buttonbasher
Member
The Alternate Reality Game (I Love Bees, Year Zero, etc.) connected with Cloverfield.Wellington said:
I'll get writing...
Barkley's Justice
Member
Buttonbasher said:
"hi i'm jj abrams, producer of felicity"
HAHAHA
Barkley's Justice
Member
Buttonbasher said:
you know whats hilarious about "Cloverfield Clues"?
they've been "on the case" so to speak for months, judging by the "older posts" link on the website. yet, despite all their work, they still dont know what the secret is. and they probably wont until the 18th. isnt that sad / tragic / ironic imo?
Buttonbasher
Member
The Director of Cloverfield Matt Reeves, also worked on Felicity.Barkley's Justice said:
Embrace it.
Yeah. Cloverfield Clues won't know the secret: http://cloverfieldclues.blogspot.com/2007/12/spoiler-free-zone.htmlBarkley's Justice said:
Although with Public screenings happening before hand, I have no idea how something WON'T leak.
http://nhmehta.blogspot.com/2007/01/advanced-screenings-guide-specific.html
http://www.shakefire.com/screenings/cloverfield.html
Scopebob Sniperpants
Member
(IF YOU CAN KEEP YOUR CURIOSITY IN CHECK)
DO NOT READ THE SPOILER REVIEW. DO NOT READ THE SPOILER REVIEW.
I WANNA GO IN FRESH.
DO NOT READ THE SPOILER REVIEW. DO NOT READ THE SPOILER REVIEW.
I WANNA GO IN FRESH.
Buttonbasher
Member
What spoiler review are you talking about. There are a dozen floating around all of which have been deemed fake. PM me a link.Scopebob Sniperpants said:(IF YOU CAN KEEP YOUR CURIOSITY IN CHECK)
DO NOT READ THE SPOILER REVIEW. DO NOT READ THE SPOILER REVIEW.
I WANNA GO IN FRESH.
Buttonbasher
Member
WARNING: MEGA POST IN BOUND
An ARG (Alternate Reality Game) is a type of interactive game that is used to further or create an interesting universe. It's a big mystery, that takes the player to different locations either online or off, in order to solve the puzzle or mystery. The game takes the player into an "Alternate Reality" of sorts, which is to say takes you out of the normal path.
The Cloverfield ARG is revealing an interesting look at the events leading up to the events in the film.
It all started in July with the release of the teaser trailer to a movie with no name.
http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/cloverfield/large_2.html
2 things of note (in relation to the ARG) came from this. First was the date at the end of the teaser. 1-18-08. Having no official title to the movie, people searched for any info about it by googling 1-18-08.
This leads you to 1-18-08.com. At the beginning of the site, there was one image.
Soon it would be joined by another
The Second item of note is on the shirt of a character (Hawk) in the teaser.
When Googled you find a website for a fictional Slushee drink creatively called "Slusho!"
http://www.slusho.jp/
More on that later.
The next thing to happen was 3 new pictures to be added to 1-18-08.com
At this point it was discovered that the images could be flipped over. The last one had a message that led to the next step.
Knowing the girls name was Jamie Lascano, it didn't take to long to find the characters Myspace (Which led to all of the characters MySpaces).
http://www.myspace.com/jamielascano
During that time, Slusho opened a store where you could purchase hats, and shirts.
Late August, 1-18-08.com went offline for a considerable amount of time. When it returned seemingly unchanged, people got upset. After 6 minutes of leaving the page open, you were rewarded with a chilling sound. An isolated sound of the monsters roar.
http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/files/roarfix.mp3
If you followed Jamie's MySpace, you found that she was dating another character from the film, by the name of Teddy Hanson.
http://jamieandteddy.com/ was found shortly after. The Password is JLLovesTH, but things would make much more sense if you watch them in the order I'll post them in.
Jamie makes videos for her boyfriend Teddy, who is not around.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3-joHulu8o
The video reveals that her and Marlena are room-mates.
"Wow Buttonbasher" You're probably saying right now. "What does ANY of this have to do with The Movie? Seems like useless facts." Well, here's where dots start connecting.
1-18-08.com picture 6:
and the back:
Deep Sea Nectar is mentioned as the secret ingredient in Slusho!
Doing a search for said "Deep Sea Nectar" yielded this page: http://www.menuism.com/reviews/59200-something-new-where-its-least-expected
a review of a restaurant.
Searching "Tagruato" leads you to http://tagruato.jp/
On the site you find that Tagruato is a Deep Sea Drilling company. They have stations all around the world. The newest one (and one closest to New York) is the Chuai station.
Tagruato's Subsidiaries include Slusho!, ParaFUN! Wax Distributors, a Medical Research place, and a company called Bold Futura.
You can contact Tagruato by Phone (Prerecorded Message), or by Email.
Slusho.jp updated to show they were hiring. Tagruato's logo was in the background.
Jamie posted her 2nd video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhvSdQJQSng
The video mentions a gift that Teddy has sent her, but she can't open it until December 9th.
Quickly followed by Video 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0A9jxiuSh0
and 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5o4UgyQo8b4
After that the Real trailer hit http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/cloverfield/large.html
We see that Marlena is in rough shape. She looks ill. At the same time as the new trailer, a batch of production stills were released.
Besides getting a better look at Hawk's Slusho shirt:
We also get to see Marlena being handled by 2 guys in Hazmat Suits.
It's safe to say she's the girl who's exploding in the trailer.
Here's Kristen Bell with Slusho:
Tagruato posted a news story:
Googling Ravaille Research Center takes you to a thread on the original Science forums (link's dead now). But the post by poster 5pancakes read as follows:
Transcription is here
Shortly after that post went up Tagruato.jp was "Hacked"
The front page displayed this Image:
The hacker messed with the image of Tagruato CEO Ganu Yoshida, and had the page named TAGRUATO IS DESTROYING OUR OCEANS
Each animal has a roman numeral on it if you treat this as an order of a list, and you plug in the animals name you get:
1 Tanner Crab
2 Irukandji Jellyfish
3 Dumbo Octopus
4 Ogre fish
5 The Wave (painting)
While the ARG players were busy figuring that out, Tagruato posted some news stories about Slusho being fed to animals, and Bold Futura launching a satellite.
During this time, those who ordered something from the Slusho store had been receiving their orders. It didn't seem that significant. Until people started getting distress messages with their orders. It was written on the back of a torn Tagruato memo. Each person got one of the halves.
American, The Chuai station hides a dark secret. Good people are going missing. Expect further communication in the near future. - the Whistle Blower
The clues from the hacked site finally led us to T.I.D.O. Wave (First letter in each animal name, and name of painting).
http://tidowave.com/
This is the site of the Tagruato opposition force. Nothing of importance really to report now.
Slusho added a commercial contest, where they want the fans to make a Slusho commercial. They gave an example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqPdWuuizsY
It seems Slusho makes that dude strong. Maybe our monster had some slusho...
Here's where Jamie's Tapes get interesting:
Jamie video 5:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MirrKmscMV4
She opens the gift from Teddy! The contents are a Slusho hat (possibly indicating he is the Whistleblower), a package marked "Primary Evidence, Freeze immediately, Jamie DON'T EAT THIS" (most likely a Deep Sea Nectar Sample), and a cassette tape which says as follows:
Jamie thinks he's cheating on her, and stops the tape. What they've found/ or are making is most likely the monster.
Also in the 5 minute clip (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOnoTb_RTbs) They mention an oil tanker by the Statue of Liberty. This is most likely the Chuai Station. The monster probably brought it with him. It can be seen on fire in the new commercial.
Randy is the one running TIDOWave.com (or so says the RSS feed).
TIDOWave mentions an "event" that will go down, on their site. A follow up post reveals that the event was a failure, and the person posting doesn't know much. They were instructed to type that. ARG players think the event was an attack on the Chuai station, and this is when Teddy was captured.
Certain folks who had emailed Tagruato received the following in their email.
Titled
seunmoisuf.pdf This is the second Whistleblower message.
Jamie released video 6: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkPYGNi1wWQ
She's still upset, and she calls Tagruato. The front desk obviously doesn't know about a captive on one of the stations. But maybe the higher ups were monitoring the call, because she gets a call back almost immediately, from Tagruato (although since they aren't speaking "American" she hangs up).
Those who emailed Tagruato got an email back containing 1 of 2 images. They were sonar images showing something. No one's sure what it is.
Here's both, overlapping and animated:
The most recent bit of information we have is a comment Beth (Rob's love interest, and the girl he's going back into the city to save) on Rob's MySpace:
Most likely he's getting an interview with Slusho, or Tagruato, which would explain why he's going away to Japan.
That's really all that's happened so far (Since July). Nothing big.:lol
An ARG (Alternate Reality Game) is a type of interactive game that is used to further or create an interesting universe. It's a big mystery, that takes the player to different locations either online or off, in order to solve the puzzle or mystery. The game takes the player into an "Alternate Reality" of sorts, which is to say takes you out of the normal path.
The Cloverfield ARG is revealing an interesting look at the events leading up to the events in the film.
It all started in July with the release of the teaser trailer to a movie with no name.
http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/cloverfield/large_2.html
2 things of note (in relation to the ARG) came from this. First was the date at the end of the teaser. 1-18-08. Having no official title to the movie, people searched for any info about it by googling 1-18-08.
This leads you to 1-18-08.com. At the beginning of the site, there was one image.
Soon it would be joined by another
The Second item of note is on the shirt of a character (Hawk) in the teaser.
When Googled you find a website for a fictional Slushee drink creatively called "Slusho!"
http://www.slusho.jp/
More on that later.
The next thing to happen was 3 new pictures to be added to 1-18-08.com
At this point it was discovered that the images could be flipped over. The last one had a message that led to the next step.
Knowing the girls name was Jamie Lascano, it didn't take to long to find the characters Myspace (Which led to all of the characters MySpaces).
http://www.myspace.com/jamielascano
During that time, Slusho opened a store where you could purchase hats, and shirts.
Late August, 1-18-08.com went offline for a considerable amount of time. When it returned seemingly unchanged, people got upset. After 6 minutes of leaving the page open, you were rewarded with a chilling sound. An isolated sound of the monsters roar.
http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/files/roarfix.mp3
If you followed Jamie's MySpace, you found that she was dating another character from the film, by the name of Teddy Hanson.
http://jamieandteddy.com/ was found shortly after. The Password is JLLovesTH, but things would make much more sense if you watch them in the order I'll post them in.
Jamie makes videos for her boyfriend Teddy, who is not around.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3-joHulu8o
The video reveals that her and Marlena are room-mates.
"Wow Buttonbasher" You're probably saying right now. "What does ANY of this have to do with The Movie? Seems like useless facts." Well, here's where dots start connecting.
1-18-08.com picture 6:
and the back:
Translation said:
Deep Sea Nectar is mentioned as the secret ingredient in Slusho!
Doing a search for said "Deep Sea Nectar" yielded this page: http://www.menuism.com/reviews/59200-something-new-where-its-least-expected
a review of a restaurant.
Portion of review said:
Searching "Tagruato" leads you to http://tagruato.jp/
On the site you find that Tagruato is a Deep Sea Drilling company. They have stations all around the world. The newest one (and one closest to New York) is the Chuai station.
Tagruato's Subsidiaries include Slusho!, ParaFUN! Wax Distributors, a Medical Research place, and a company called Bold Futura.
You can contact Tagruato by Phone (Prerecorded Message), or by Email.
Slusho.jp updated to show they were hiring. Tagruato's logo was in the background.
Jamie posted her 2nd video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhvSdQJQSng
The video mentions a gift that Teddy has sent her, but she can't open it until December 9th.
Quickly followed by Video 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0A9jxiuSh0
and 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5o4UgyQo8b4
After that the Real trailer hit http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/cloverfield/large.html
We see that Marlena is in rough shape. She looks ill. At the same time as the new trailer, a batch of production stills were released.
Besides getting a better look at Hawk's Slusho shirt:
We also get to see Marlena being handled by 2 guys in Hazmat Suits.
It's safe to say she's the girl who's exploding in the trailer.
Here's Kristen Bell with Slusho:
Tagruato posted a news story:
To Investors: Concerning the RRC Article said:
Googling Ravaille Research Center takes you to a thread on the original Science forums (link's dead now). But the post by poster 5pancakes read as follows:
Attached is an scan from a book:Ravaille Research Center? said:
Transcription is here
Shortly after that post went up Tagruato.jp was "Hacked"
The front page displayed this Image:
The hacker messed with the image of Tagruato CEO Ganu Yoshida, and had the page named TAGRUATO IS DESTROYING OUR OCEANS
Each animal has a roman numeral on it if you treat this as an order of a list, and you plug in the animals name you get:
1 Tanner Crab
2 Irukandji Jellyfish
3 Dumbo Octopus
4 Ogre fish
5 The Wave (painting)
While the ARG players were busy figuring that out, Tagruato posted some news stories about Slusho being fed to animals, and Bold Futura launching a satellite.
During this time, those who ordered something from the Slusho store had been receiving their orders. It didn't seem that significant. Until people started getting distress messages with their orders. It was written on the back of a torn Tagruato memo. Each person got one of the halves.
American, The Chuai station hides a dark secret. Good people are going missing. Expect further communication in the near future. - the Whistle Blower
The clues from the hacked site finally led us to T.I.D.O. Wave (First letter in each animal name, and name of painting).
http://tidowave.com/
This is the site of the Tagruato opposition force. Nothing of importance really to report now.
Slusho added a commercial contest, where they want the fans to make a Slusho commercial. They gave an example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqPdWuuizsY
It seems Slusho makes that dude strong. Maybe our monster had some slusho...
Here's where Jamie's Tapes get interesting:
Jamie video 5:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MirrKmscMV4
She opens the gift from Teddy! The contents are a Slusho hat (possibly indicating he is the Whistleblower), a package marked "Primary Evidence, Freeze immediately, Jamie DON'T EAT THIS" (most likely a Deep Sea Nectar Sample), and a cassette tape which says as follows:
Teddy said:
Jamie thinks he's cheating on her, and stops the tape. What they've found/ or are making is most likely the monster.
Also in the 5 minute clip (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOnoTb_RTbs) They mention an oil tanker by the Statue of Liberty. This is most likely the Chuai Station. The monster probably brought it with him. It can be seen on fire in the new commercial.
Randy is the one running TIDOWave.com (or so says the RSS feed).
TIDOWave mentions an "event" that will go down, on their site. A follow up post reveals that the event was a failure, and the person posting doesn't know much. They were instructed to type that. ARG players think the event was an attack on the Chuai station, and this is when Teddy was captured.
Certain folks who had emailed Tagruato received the following in their email.
Titled
seunmoisuf.pdf This is the second Whistleblower message.
Transcript said:
Jamie released video 6: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkPYGNi1wWQ
She's still upset, and she calls Tagruato. The front desk obviously doesn't know about a captive on one of the stations. But maybe the higher ups were monitoring the call, because she gets a call back almost immediately, from Tagruato (although since they aren't speaking "American" she hangs up).
Those who emailed Tagruato got an email back containing 1 of 2 images. They were sonar images showing something. No one's sure what it is.
Here's both, overlapping and animated:
The most recent bit of information we have is a comment Beth (Rob's love interest, and the girl he's going back into the city to save) on Rob's MySpace:
Beth said:
Most likely he's getting an interview with Slusho, or Tagruato, which would explain why he's going away to Japan.
That's really all that's happened so far (Since July). Nothing big.:lol
Greatness Gone
Member
* Random myspace blogs of characters featured in CloverfieldJdFoX187 said:
* Vague hints that the monster is from the sea, and is angry because people have been
messing with its ocean.
* BLAH BLAH BLAH SLUSHO BLAH BLAH
Buttonbasher
Member
:lol Okay.JdFoX187 said:
Dude in the teaser had a shirt which led to a mysterious drink's website. The drink is owned by a company who does deep sea drilling. They're disliked by an opposition group. The opposition group attacks the drilling station nearest New York. They're captured. One member sends a package with a sample of the slusho Secret ingredient, to his girlfriend. Her friend eats it (even though it says not to). She blows up in the trailer.
Drilling station nearest new York makes its way to new york with the monster, and it blows up (explosion in the teaser).
So the monster has been found by the deep sea drilling company. Or they made it. They have some hand in why it attacks New York.
That's a quick rundown I guess.
I can't believe I spent all afternoon compiling all of that:lol :lol
beelzebozo
Jealous Bastard
that was a great breakdown, man. it was worth the effort--thanks!
SpeedingUptoStop
will totally Facebook friend you! *giggle* *LOL*
jeez man, what the fuck is this, the Da Vinci code?
Buttonbasher
Member
Nah, just a relatively weak ARG. It's when I tell you the stories of Year Zero, and Perplex City, that your statement would make sense. But alas, that's another story for another afternoon.Iamthegamer said:
Buttonbasher
Member
Theory is that the monster is something from the deep sea, thats been mutated by Deep Sea Nectar.JdFoX187 said:
By the sound of the roar, I think it's a whale. But Tagruato, is an anagram of Tortuga (Spanish for Turtle), So there's really no way to tell.
Until the monster leaks of course
Buttonbasher
Member
Doubtful. Although Slusho was in Alias which he also did.B.K. said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epVFwDln8Nw
But then again, it was also in Kenan and Kel:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePeQtsG_Wdk (3:15 in)
Buttonbasher
Member
I'll post additional updates in this thread too.Vargas said:
Buttonbasher
Member
Depending on the role it actually plays in the movie, it might make a small cameo in the film. Although if Rob is going to Japan to work for Slusho, I doubt the cameo would happen.B.K. said:
Scopebob Sniperpants
Member
Wait a second. The spoiler review that I read detailed the ENTIRE movie, but it was apparently written by someone with the pen name "The Whistle Blower"
IE: That name appears on the piece of paper above.
WTF. Maybe that review I read was just a fake spoiler review? But it was sooo authentic and believable. It even referenced every part of the trailers.
Alas, the new trailer is out. There's a line that says "Who would you go back for?"
So apparently the group are heading back into the city to find someone. Wonder who.
IE: That name appears on the piece of paper above.
WTF. Maybe that review I read was just a fake spoiler review? But it was sooo authentic and believable. It even referenced every part of the trailers.
Alas, the new trailer is out. There's a line that says "Who would you go back for?"
So apparently the group are heading back into the city to find someone. Wonder who.
The Take Out Bandit
Member
Buttonbasher said:
You're like Mel Gibson in Conspiracy Theory. :O
Wow, the ARG looks more intriguing than the movie.
Movie will probably suck though. Just another U.S.A. stroke off fest. Ending scene will be tragic/hopeful/proud with the American flag flying over the silhouette of the statue of liberty after Joe American kills the evil aliens and rescues his family.
Movie will probably suck though. Just another U.S.A. stroke off fest. Ending scene will be tragic/hopeful/proud with the American flag flying over the silhouette of the statue of liberty after Joe American kills the evil aliens and rescues his family.
Scopebob Sniperpants
Member
EclipseGST
Member
wow......my interest after reading Buttonbasher post has gone from not following one bit...to WTF and why isn't there more info now!!!! well I await the leaks and spoilers
JzeroT1437
Member
What if it isn't even a sea monster? What if he just wants us to think it's a sea monster, and it's really some Lovecraftian ancient evil? Or some crap from the sky?
Yeah, not gonna happen.
Yeah, not gonna happen.
Buttonbasher
Member
They're most likely going back for the girl Rob has always loved, Beth. Everytime he's single, she's dating, and when she's single he's dating. Either way, I believe in that same commercial Rob says they're going back for her. She's trapped in her apartment. There's promotional images showing she has something going through her right shoulder. Shrapnel probably.Scopebob Sniperpants said:
Also for those following the ARG I notice some HUGE things appear to have happened today
First of which being a new post at TIDO Wave.
http://tidowave.com/blog/?p=16
My speculation was right. The event was a journey to the Chuai station, but apparently things have already set into motion. The Station is not there. My guess is something is taking it to New York.
Also Jamie made a new video. It's in no way informative, but she's drunk
http://www.jamieandteddy.com/number7.mov
Then theres a plethora of new Tagruato posts.
Smilers at the Fish Market
Company Picnic Packs them in
ParaFUN! Wax Museum Unveiled
Suinin Station Wins Green Award
^Interesting how this one seems to go against what TIDO Wave is saying.
So there's the happenings of the day.
TheJollyCorner
Member
fantastic work, Buttonbasher!
Buttonbasher
Member
Good Question. At first all the emails got the darker image (Sonar1.jpg) an hour or so later a brighter one (Sonar2.jpg) was sent out. Maybe we aren't getting the clues right...pxleyes said:
EDIT: Watching the Jamie and Teddy video 7, I just noticed her door gets bumped (as she says "Awesomeist"). Could it be that Tagruato has tracked her down? And they just didn't want to get caught on tape?
BobTheFork
Member
I'm kind of wondering why the two sonar pictures don't have the same coordinates. Were they meant to be overlayed like that if they weren't taken in the same spot?
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