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Cloverfield Hype & Movie Thread *Spoilers Ahoy!*

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Buttonbasher

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BobTheFork said:
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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Something is moving...
 
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Great, this movie will turn out to be about slush produced off an offshore rig which leaked into the ocean and turned a turtle into a giant monster that ends up attacking NYC...

Bummer. I want Cthulhu.
 
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Buttonbasher 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?
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Heck yea, these videos have become interesting now. Bring on video 8.
 
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Arthas said:
I suspect this film will be 'lost' in the city. You won't actually find out what's truly going on, ever.
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You're learning with the Characters. While it's true you probably won't find out much about the monster, the story as a whole where Rob has to rescue beth will have a clear beginning and end. It won't answer everything, but I think you'll get more answers than you think.

And for what isn't answered, hopefully the ARG will provide the the answers, because I don't really see this becoming a franchise.
 
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Scopebob Sniperpants said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8ovbOCBqg0

I must post at least one message a day that revolves around the emotion and expression of the following sentence:

"WHAT THE FUCK?"

This is one of those messages. I met today's quota and it's not even lunch.
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By all means I sympathize with the mother. It's a tragedy that she (and many other people) lost a loved one that day... and that should never be forgotten or trivialized.

That said, as an admitted republican myself, I think people should just remember what it's like to sit back and realize that not all films are out there to take advantage of 'marketing the tragedy'. Some films are legitimately JUST monster flicks... or survival flicks... or whatever. The Statue of Liberty with it's head torn off is a haunting image, but I don't feel it's Abrams and co. using the film to trick people and offend victims of 9/11.

It's like some liberals getting all up in arms about 300 being a film about "supporting war-mongering". It's ridiculous, but yeah, it seems much more prominent these days. People are very sensitive about a lot of things.
 
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RoboPlato

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Scopebob Sniperpants said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8ovbOCBqg0

I must post at least one message a day that revolves around the emotion and expression of the following sentence:

"WHAT THE FUCK?"

This is one of those messages. I met today's quota and it's not even lunch.
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I love how conservative news tries to target everything and say it has some kind of dangerous liberal agenda. It's a monster movie that's set in New York city, of course it's going to remind some people of 9/11. It's not trying to trivialize or parody those events in any way, it's just using similar images to make an effective picture of destruction that will strike a chord with the audience. It's similar to what the Japanese did with Godzilla.
 
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Scopebob Sniperpants

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What do you see here?
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"I see the tragedy of 9/11"


And here?
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"Damnit! What's wrong with you liberals?! STOP SHOWING ME PICTURES OF 9/11"
 
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JdFoX187

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This reminds me of Fox television pulling Independence Day because it showed the WTC towers burning. It's a tragedy, but we need to move on. How is this "parodying" the images of 9/11? The Statue of Liberty wasn't attacked. Bloody stupid I tell you.
 
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Buttonbasher

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She obviously has no knowledge on what this movie is about.

However I would love to see her reaction to the 5 minute clip.

Since the monster has no name in the movie, I'ma call it Osama Bin Zilla
 
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Patrick Klepek

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It'd be cool if Cloverfield kick started the monster movie genre again. I'm tired of horror porn, even if the original Hostel was great. Monster movies are my favorite.
 
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Buttonbasher

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eXxy said:
It'd be cool if Cloverfield kick started the monster movie genre again. I'm tired of horror porn, even if the original Hostel was great. Monster movies are my favorite.
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Seems to be a step in the right direction. Wonder if the hype from this is what convinced them to put Godzilla (1998) on Blu Ray.
 
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Patrick Klepek

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Problem is, Cloverfield needs to make money. Snakes on a Plane could've kicked off a hilarious string of high-profile b-movies, but all the Internet hype in the world didn't produce profits. Cloverfield probably has more going for it, but it's riffing off the same concept. I'm glad the current TV ads are more to the point about the film's premise.
 
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Buttonbasher

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eXxy said:
Problem is, Cloverfield needs to make money. Snakes on a Plane could've kicked off a hilarious string of high-profile b-movies, but all the Internet hype in the world didn't produce profits. Cloverfield probably has more going for it, but it's riffing off the same concept. I'm glad the current TV ads are more to the point about the film's premise.
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Although where Snakes on a Plane had the internet hype, Cloverfield also has the hype from all of the people that saw the unnamed teaser before Transformers.

Also is January a big movie month? Is much else coming out to be its competition?

EDIT: Teeth is also coming out on 1-18-08!
 
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Patrick Klepek

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Buttonbasher said:
Although where Snakes on a Plane had the internet hype, Cloverfield also has the hype from all of the people that saw the unnamed teaser before Transformers.

Also is January a big movie month? Is much else coming out to be its competition?
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January and February typically have movies destined to bomb, as Hollywood waits for the spring to act as a primer for the summer. It'd be nice if Cloverfield does well and helps break that chain, though, like 300 did last March. Plus, the fact that Cloverfield is going to have the Star Trek trailer means it should have a good opening weekend. Snakes on a Plane never even had that.
 
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Buttonbasher

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eXxy said:
January and February typically have movies destined to bomb, as Hollywood waits for the spring to act as a primer for the summer. It'd be nice if Cloverfield does well and helps break that chain, though, like 300 did last March. Plus, the fact that Cloverfield is going to have the Star Trek trailer means it should have a good opening weekend. Snakes on a Plane never even had that.
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Plus I think the mysterious aspect will bring a lot of people to the theater. It's smart for them to have not shown the monster yet. War of the Worlds did this too. As long as the monster stays out of the commercials, people will wonder what the people are running from. The whole style of the film too will stick with moviegoers, I think. The fact that you're learning with the characters, they know as much as you do. You don't get an aerial view of the monster, you're seeing it from the ground.

I think the stars might align for this movie.
 
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TheJollyCorner said:
It's like some liberals getting all up in arms about 300 being a film about "supporting war-mongering". It's ridiculous, but yeah, it seems much more prominent these days. People are very sensitive about a lot of things.
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300 was condemned by Iranian officials for portraying ancient Persians in a bad light. In a world of 6.6 billion people, everything, no matter how benign, is gonna upset somebody else. It sucks but it's pretty much a given. Makes you hate humanity a little more, doesn't it?
 
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Interesting ARG developments:

Something fell off of the Tagruato launched satellite
http://tagruato.jp/headlines.php?story=news_08_01_03

and Tagruato comments on the Chuai Station incident:
http://tagruato.jp/headlines.php?story=news_08_01_03_1

In the Chuai Station post, they instructs family members of anyone on board the station to call Tagruato at +81-3-5403-6318 for further instructions.

You can listen to that here:
http://files.filefront.com/81354036318englishmp3/;9375639;/fileinfo.html

Transcript said:
Thank you for calling Tagruato.
If you are calling regarding Chuai station,
Please know that the situation is being handled,
and should be resolved shortly.
If you have a relative on board,
you will be contacted soon by the appropriate personnel
Headquarters does not have information of individual crew members
All other questions should be directed towards our press office
as this line is currently not accepting messages
Thank you
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Also previous YouTube links might not be working anymore, due to the fact that NBC nuked CloverfieldClues.com's YouTube account for posting a 10 second shot of Slusho on Heroes.
 
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ckohler

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New details about the film itself from variety.com:

* The film started out as an "elaborate 60-page treatment" by Lost writer Drew Goddard.

* Cloverfield features no musical score at all, "just source music and well-orchestrated ambient sound."

* The beginning of the film was show with a lightweight Panasonic HD HandyCam, "then moves into transitional sequences shot with a 3-lb. Canon for about a third of the film." The special effects shots were filmed with "the much-heavier" hi-res Sony F23 or Thomson Viper.

* One five-minute continuous master shot "incorporates 20 VFX elements."

* Director Matt Reeves promises "intimate contact" with the monster by the end of the 90-minute film.

* A digital version of Cloverfield will play on in a few hundred screens.
 
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Tr4nce

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ckohler said:
New details about the film itself from variety.com:


* Cloverfield features no musical score at all, "just source music and well-orchestrated ambient sound."


* A digital version of Cloverfield will play on in a few hundred screens.
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1) Cool, I like that. Hope it works.

2) I don't understand this. What do they mean?
 
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Scopebob Sniperpants

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Tr4nce said:
1) Cool, I like that. Hope it works.

2) I don't understand this. What do they mean?
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There's no music. IE: There's no "LET THE BODIES HIT THE FLOOR" playing while buildings are falling and being destroyed by the giant monster god.

They will however use interesting atmospheric and realistic sounds to get the same emotions across. Think of Doom3 (If I remember correctly) that used more of the environment sounds to create the atmosphere to replace the music.
 
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Lonestar

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Director Matt Reeves promises "intimate contact" with the monster by the end of the 90-minute film.
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Dude, Cloverfield's going to go Tracy Lords on New York's Peter North!
 
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Greatness Gone

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Scopebob Sniperpants said:
There's no music. IE: There's no "LET THE BODIES HIT THE FLOOR" playing while buildings are falling and being destroyed by the giant monster god.

They will however use interesting atmospheric and realistic sounds to get the same emotions across. Think of Doom3 (If I remember correctly) that used more of the environment sounds to create the atmosphere to replace the music.
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He was talking about "A digital version of Cloverfield will play on in a few hundred screens" thing, I think. I don't understand this, either.
 
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ckohler

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Greatness Gone said:
He was talking about "A digital version of Cloverfield will play on in a few hundred screens" thing, I think. I don't understand this, either.
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The word "on" shouldn't be there. It's a typo. It just means that around 100 theaters across the country that are equipped with digital movie projectors (instead of traditional film reel projectors) will be showing the movie.
 
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The Take Out Bandit

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Scopebob Sniperpants said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8ovbOCBqg0

I must post at least one message a day that revolves around the emotion and expression of the following sentence:

"WHAT THE FUCK?"

This is one of those messages. I met today's quota and it's not even lunch.
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Yeah, New Yorkers and sympathetic Americans just need to realize that if you want this degree of celebrity; you're going to have to deal with unflattering interpretations of your city.

Lord knows if they set Cloverfield in Detroit or Cleveland, America would just thank the monster for clearing out a space where they can build a larger Wal-Mart.
 
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The Take Out Bandit said:
Yeah, New Yorkers and sympathetic Americans just need to realize that if you want this degree of celebrity; you're going to have to deal with unflattering interpretations of your city.

Lord knows if they set Cloverfield in Detroit or Cleveland, America would just thank the monster for clearing out a space where they can build a larger Wal-Mart.
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lol =)

I fear I have to stay from this thread beginning from the 18th due to the fact the german release is on the 31th :/ yeah, this sucks.

and lol @ video. some americans love exaggerate :/.
 
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oneHeero

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ParticleReality said:
I'm real stupid. How do I call this number? It doesn't seem to work at all.
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2 ways it may work;

1011 + the number
Or

011 + the number

81 is the country code for Japan or Korea, I cant remember which.
 
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Buttonbasher

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oneHeero said:
2 ways it may work;

1011 + the number
Or

011 + the number

81 is the country code for Japan or Korea, I cant remember which.
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Should be Japan. If you can't get it working, there is the link to download the audio.
 
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ParticleReality

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oneHeero said:
2 ways it may work;

1011 + the number
Or

011 + the number

81 is the country code for Japan or Korea, I cant remember which.
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thanks, it worked perfectly. I could of downloaded it but calling is much, much cooler.
 
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Buttonbasher

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ParticleReality said:
thanks, it worked perfectly. I could of downloaded it but calling is much, much cooler.
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Right. It actually makes you feel involved. That numbers updated a few times actually. First it was something along the lines of "due to a high volume of calls no one is available to take your call", then they added "If you are calling about the (Someones name I forget) memorial service, please leave a message". The one right before the current was about a ParaFUN! Recall.

It would be cool if we left our numbers if we would get a call. That would be pretty neat.
 
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ParticleReality

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Buttonbasher said:
Right. It actually makes you feel involved. That numbers updated a few times actually. First it was something along the lines of "due to a high volume of calls no one is available to take your call", then they added "If you are calling about the (Someones name I forget) memorial service, please leave a message". The one right before the current was about a ParaFUN! Recall.

It would be cool if we left our numbers if we would get a call. That would be pretty neat.
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Maybe the day before the movie release they leave an automated messaged that sounds like shit hits the fan. Then day of release they're in full "OMFG WE DONT KNOW WHAT HAPPENED, WE PROMISE" mode.

I'm really pumped to see this movie. I don't care if its shitty or not. The viral stuff has been worth it 100% Now if they ever bring the Slush-o stuff to stores I'll be all set.
 
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Buttonbasher

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ParticleReality said:
Maybe the day before the movie release they leave an automated messaged that sounds like shit hits the fan. Then day of release they're in full "OMFG WE DONT KNOW WHAT HAPPENED, WE PROMISE" mode.

I'm really pumped to see this movie. I don't care if its shitty or not. The viral stuff has been worth it 100% Now if they ever bring the Slush-o stuff to stores I'll be all set.
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7-11 could get Slusho cups. We know they exist, as they've shown up in Heroes. Also something has to happen to Jamie before the movie comes out. She hasn't shown up in any of the footage at the party. It would be great to have something nuts happen in a video, and have Marlena upload it like a day before the movie happens.

Cliffhanger, and Slusho could be doable.
 
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TylerPwnsYou1986

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Just remembered while sitting in this fucking computer chair that i'm not gonna be able to see

this movie because i'm having jaw surgery on the 17th of January. I'm having my jaw moved

foward. It's part of the having braces process. Well, i'm pissed that i wont be able to see this movie
 
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ParticleReality

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TylerPwnsYou1986 said:
Just remembered while sitting in this fucking computer chair that i'm not gonna be able to see

this movie because i'm having jaw surgery on the 17th of January. I'm having my jaw moved

foward. It's part of the having braces process. Well, i'm pissed that i wont be able to see this movie
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Couldn't you see it like a week after?


7-11 could get Slusho cups. We know they exist, as they've shown up in Heroes. Also something has to happen to Jamie before the movie comes out. She hasn't shown up in any of the footage at the party. It would be great to have something nuts happen in a video, and have Marlena upload it like a day before the movie happens.

Cliffhanger, and Slusho could be doable.
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It would be awesome if 7-11 got Slusho cups. They did it for the Simpson's so theres no reason it cant be done now. It would be even better if they had the Slusho shirts and caps there. I would get the Hot Topic Cloverfield shirt but I prefer the Slusho ones.


Speaking of Slusho caps, why do they cost $22? Do they come with free tickets or something?
 
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Buttonbasher

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ParticleReality said:
Couldn't you see it like a week after?




It would be awesome if 7-11 got Slusho cups. They did it for the Simpson's so theres no reason it cant be done now. It would be even better if they had the Slusho shirts and caps there. I would get the Hot Topic Cloverfield shirt but I prefer the Slusho ones.


Speaking of Slusho caps, why do they cost $22? Do they come with free tickets or something?
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Theres a deal going on there. If you get a hat, and something else, you get 10 bucks off. 10 dollar hat, 20 dollar Tee.

I just ordered a shirt today actually. Hopefully I'll get the Whistleblower memo!
 
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