Cloverfield

[Fran]

War of the Worlds was a great movie.

 

[Untilteld]

Meh, it was oookayyy.

 

[Darthphere]

Yo momma was ok.

 

[Untilteld]

Yo momma was ok.

whyyyyyyyyy

lol

 

[Untilteld]

Maybe this monster is Galactus? lol

 

[Jennifer Walters]

I hope the monster is something truely unique and horrorific.

 

[Fran]

I read that it's a parasite of some sorts. Sounds cool.

 

[DOG LIPS]

Maybe this monster is Galactus? lol

A tornado?

 

[Untilteld]

A tornado?

Ha ha, you know it.

I also love your avatar, I was gonna be down on Underdog but it looks really good, big fan of Jason.

 

[The Lizard]

War of the Worlds was not crappy.

Overall no, it wasn't a crappy movie.


However, it did start off cool only to get messed up by some poorly-conceived plot devices and mistakes.

For example:

-The whole concept of these giant metal war machines buried underground for centuries right beneath major cities and never being found by humans. Dumb.

- We are told that the alien transporter lightning bolts knocked out all electricity and all batteries for miles around, yet right after they zap down in Tom Cruise's neighborhood we see a guy with a working camcorder and later on a news crew has actual video footage of the aliens zapping down inside the lightning. How was that footage taken when all electronic devices were supposed to be knocked out? Sloppy.

-Spielberg tried too hard to draw parallels to September 11 at certain points, and it just didn't work. Right after the aliens attack there are already people wandering around with posters covered with photos of missing loved ones. Also, there is a scene where a blood bank is saying that they don't need any more blood donations (presumably because there aren't many injured people, just dead ones). Both of these things were supposed to remind us of 9/11, but in the middle of a worldwide alien invasion people would just be running for their lives, not taking time to do all the stuff that we saw after 9/11. That, and teenage Robby's burning desire to join up with the military to fight the aliens were way too heavy-handed.

-The Tripods looked awesome, but the aliens themselves looked too much like something out of Independence Day. I respected the concept of the aliens being tripod-shaped themselves to explain why the machines were that shape, but their heads and faces just weren't interesting enough when we finally got to see them. Typical Spielberg aliens with big expressive eyes stuck on ID4 alien heads and bodies. I also liked how the aliens made a point of drinking dirty water from a broken pipe just so that the idiots in the audience wouldn't miss the point that they were exposing themselves to earth bacteria. Duh.


So War of the Worlds did indeed have some great parts in it, but it is still a very flawed film. I expected better from Spielberg.

 

[Dark Donnie]

Over at IMDB there a talk about this new online game that just popped up. Many think it has some kind tie in to the movie....what exactly I don't know

Blog
http://ethanhaaswaswrong.blogspot.com/

http://jayisgames.com/archives/2007/07/ethan_haas_was_right.php#walkthrough

the game
http://www.ethanhaaswasright.com/

what the connection is I don't know

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1060277/board/threads/

 

[Hunter Rider]

The other points are fairly subjective Liz but this one

- We are told that the alien transporter lightning bolts knocked out all electricity and all batteries for miles around, yet right after they zap down in Tom Cruise's neighborhood we see a guy with a working camcorder and later on a news crew has actual video footage of the aliens zapping down inside the lightning. How was that footage taken when all electronic devices were supposed to be knocked out? Sloppy.

I haven't seen it for a while but wasn't it only electricity it knocked out not batteries ?

 

[Elisha Cuthbert]

Over at IMDB there a talk about this new online game that just popped up. Many think it has some kind tie in to the movie....what exactly I don't know

Blog
http://ethanhaaswaswrong.blogspot.com/

http://jayisgames.com/archives/2007/07/ethan_haas_was_right.php#walkthrough

the game
http://www.ethanhaaswasright.com/

what the connection is I don't know

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1060277/board/threads/

...interesting. if the plot of the movie is any bit as cool as what is described when your flash doesn't work then holy hell is this gonna be a great movie.

 

[Darthphere]

Overall no, it wasn't a crappy movie.


However, it did start off cool only to get messed up by some poorly-conceived plot devices and mistakes.

For example:

-The whole concept of these giant metal war machines buried underground for centuries right beneath major cities and never being found by humans. Dumb.

- We are told that the alien transporter lightning bolts knocked out all electricity and all batteries for miles around, yet right after they zap down in Tom Cruise's neighborhood we see a guy with a working camcorder and later on a news crew has actual video footage of the aliens zapping down inside the lightning. How was that footage taken when all electronic devices were supposed to be knocked out? Sloppy.

-Spielberg tried too hard to draw parallels to September 11 at certain points, and it just didn't work. Right after the aliens attack there are already people wandering around with posters covered with photos of missing loved ones. Also, there is a scene where a blood bank is saying that they don't need any more blood donations (presumably because there aren't many injured people, just dead ones). Both of these things were supposed to remind us of 9/11, but in the middle of a worldwide alien invasion people would just be running for their lives, not taking time to do all the stuff that we saw after 9/11. That, and teenage Robby's burning desire to join up with the military to fight the aliens were way too heavy-handed.

-The Tripods looked awesome, but the aliens themselves looked too much like something out of Independence Day. I respected the concept of the aliens being tripod-shaped themselves to explain why the machines were that shape, but their heads and faces just weren't interesting enough when we finally got to see them. Typical Spielberg aliens with big expressive eyes stuck on ID4 alien heads and bodies. I also liked how the aliens made a point of drinking dirty water from a broken pipe just so that the idiots in the audience wouldn't miss the point that they were exposing themselves to earth bacteria. Duh.


So War of the Worlds did indeed have some great parts in it, but it is still a very flawed film. I expected better from Spielberg.

Only two of those are actual flaws. Others are just pet peeves.

 

[Dark Donnie]

...interesting. if the plot of the movie is any bit as cool as what is described when your flash doesn't work then holy hell is this gonna be a great movie.

some quotes from the game
"...war came, no longer from the elemental nor from the star's rain of fire. The world was again remade, and the glow was as the coming of the sun upon the Earth. The children of the gods were again too few, scattered and divided and among them walked the ancients and those whose thoughts were not as to the towers and the marvels, but to the End and the destruction of the Earth and to the fires from which nothing could escape."

"The great war of the gods will come upon the earth; the fires and terror of their rule will return for a time, but the children of the gods may be thus prepared, themselves aware and powerful…they may stand along side the gods not as equals, but as allies, feared and ready."

:heart:

 

[Secret_Riddle]

wow..i saw the trailer 2 times at transformers (great movie)

Then i read through all 11 pages...WOW. first the dark knight..now this.

I love this awesom new marketing style.

 

[Mattchew]

^ditto on the comment about the marketing rollout

 

[Symbiotic]

I hear there's some new websites up. Kinda like a viral marketing deal. Anyone know about this?

 

[SlyGuyTtjn]

The teaser was pretty cool, though I saw an online bootleg version, so didn't really get the full experience and all.

However, 1-18-08 just seems like a cool title and JJ Abrams is one of the best writers in the business.

I'll be looking forward to this one as the time draws near.

I hope your kidding, or I read wrong, cuz that's not the title.. It's the date it's released. I think the movie is called Cloverfield.

 

[Whiskey Tango]

I hear there's some new websites up. Kinda like a viral marketing deal. Anyone know about this?

Over at IMDB there a talk about this new online game that just popped up. Many think it has some kind tie in to the movie....what exactly I don't know

Blog
http://ethanhaaswaswrong.blogspot.com/

http://jayisgames.com/archives/2007/07/ethan_haas_was_right.php#walkthrough

the game
http://www.ethanhaaswasright.com/

what the connection is I don't know

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1060277/board/threads/

Grrr a couple of those puzzles were nervewracking, I had to cheat.

If this is indeed related to the movie, then it's going to be very, very cool.

Anyway, if you finish all 5 puzzles, you can enter your name and email address and will be contacted on August 1st (8-1?) for the next step.

I wonder what they have planned for Comic-Con?

 

[Fran]

The teaser was pretty cool, though I saw an online bootleg version, so didn't really get the full experience and all.

However, 1-18-08 just seems like a cool title and JJ Abrams is one of the best writers in the business.

I'll be looking forward to this one as the time draws near.

It said, "In theaters 1-18-08."

The title is tentatively "Cloverfield."

 

[Hunter Rider]

http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/801/801593p1.html

IGN Movies has learned that the "Untitled J.J. Abrams Project" may also be using the working title "Slusho," which hardcore fans of Abrams' Alias may remember as the Slurpee-type beverage that Vaughn offers to Sydney in the second episode of the series.


We received an email this morning with the details of a public notice of filming posted last week in downtown Los Angeles that illuminates a few details about the production. The notice states that a Paramount Pictures movie using the name "Slusho" was filming last week in several downtown locations during the late afternoon to early morning hours. Here's a description of the scene:


"Exterior dialogue. Driving scenes. Occasional traffic & pedestrian control. Camera & equipment on sidewalk, street and property. 200 extras. Military vehicles. Destruction aftermath. Weapons brandished. Emergency vehicles with flashing lights. Exterior dialogue on fire escape on 8th floor."
Sounds like "Cloverfield" to us!

 

[Fran]

Great find, hunter

 

[Mattchew]

nice! i love me some alias references!

 

[Dark Donnie]

J.J. Abrams Project Reveals Another Puzzle
Source: ShockTillYouDrop.com July 5, 2007

And the enigma intensifies. It's been a busy past couple of days for that Untitled J.J. Abrams Project (aka "Cloverfield") we've been following. You can read our last report here.

Two websites dedicated to a chap named Ethan Haas are now live - one entitled www.EthanHaaswasright.com, the other, www.EthanHaaswaswrong.blogspot.com. The latter drives you to a blog that spends most of its time disspelling rumors while the former challenges you with a puzzle (where's Sydney Bristow when you need her?). Memorize the movement of the puzzle pieces and you'll be taken to raw video footage with a special message.

Tip: Look to the stars for help. You may have to e-mail someone named "Van" - he'll guide you through all five puzzles. We've given it a whirl...

What's it all mean? Beats us, but this is shaping up to be more than just a rumored "monster movie." And knowing J.J. Abrams' work, things are probably going to get a helluva lot more cryptic