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Title: 1-18-08 JJ Abrams new movie
Post by: Dark_4ce on July 17, 2007, 04:04:38 am
So? Anyone seen thetrailer yet? No title is given, and any other sort of info apart from its release date, gonna be totally filmed with hand held video cameras too! looks like fun and caused a bit of a stir on the net. Here, have a peek.

 http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/11808/ (http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/11808/)
Title: Re: 1-18-08 JJ Abrams new movie
Post by: Col. Fishguts on July 17, 2007, 02:47:51 pm
Intriguing. Might be awesome or it  might be a horrible monster flick where you only see fragments of the monster ("Surface" anyone ?)
Title: Re: 1-18-08 JJ Abrams new movie
Post by: Ashrak on July 17, 2007, 03:12:09 pm
didnt surface get canned after season 1?
Title: Re: 1-18-08 JJ Abrams new movie
Post by: Col. Fishguts on July 17, 2007, 03:16:17 pm
Yes it was, and rightfully so.
Title: Re: 1-18-08 JJ Abrams new movie
Post by: Topgun on July 17, 2007, 03:24:27 pm
surface could have been cool if it wasn't for that dumb kid...
Title: Re: 1-18-08 JJ Abrams new movie
Post by: Dark_4ce on July 17, 2007, 07:04:46 pm
I agree! A little too much ET for me... Though I didn't really like the female lead either very much. But the big monsters were nice.

But about this movie, many people think it could be Cthulhu! :D
Title: Re: 1-18-08 JJ Abrams new movie
Post by: Mefustae on July 19, 2007, 04:31:09 am
Hey, I liked Surface!

Anyway, I really dig this cinematic style. I know it doesn't work for some people, but I find that this first-person pseudo-home video style really ramps up the immersion factor. Looking forward to this one.
Title: Re: 1-18-08 JJ Abrams new movie
Post by: Flipside on July 19, 2007, 04:43:09 am
I don't see any real way to hide a creature that can knock the head off of the Statue of Liberty, mind ;)

Certainly nice tension building though, interested to see what it's about....
Title: Re: 1-18-08 JJ Abrams new movie
Post by: Dark_4ce on July 19, 2007, 06:19:28 am
I dont think they'll hide it. They might leave it to the very end of the movie though, ala blair witch. Or... hiding it would be even more BW...
Title: Re: 1-18-08 JJ Abrams new movie
Post by: Mefustae on July 19, 2007, 06:28:56 am
Where's this "stir" you refer to? I'm on the internets now, and I feel no "stir". Perhaps my internets are broken?
Title: Re: 1-18-08 JJ Abrams new movie
Post by: Col. Fishguts on July 19, 2007, 09:12:59 am
I think he's talking about the blogosphere.

If you google for JJ Abrams you'll find dozens of blog entries, all containing the same scarce info about the project.
Title: Re: 1-18-08 JJ Abrams new movie
Post by: Dark_4ce on July 19, 2007, 12:18:29 pm
Youtube has some stuff on it too.
Title: Re: 1-18-08 JJ Abrams new movie
Post by: brozozo on July 19, 2007, 11:10:27 pm
I've heard speculation of a Cthulhu film, and that would be A-Oh-freaking-kay with me.
Title: Re: 1-18-08 JJ Abrams new movie
Post by: Ransom on July 21, 2007, 02:51:26 pm
Knocking off the Statue of Liberty's head is a pretty out-of-character thing for Cthulhu to be doing.
Title: Re: 1-18-08 JJ Abrams new movie
Post by: Dark_4ce on July 21, 2007, 08:45:14 pm
Knocking off the Statue of Liberty's head is a pretty out-of-character thing for Cthulhu to be doing.
Dunno.. Cthulhu is known to be a temperamental guy...
Title: Re: 1-18-08 JJ Abrams new movie
Post by: Ashrak on September 09, 2007, 08:49:26 am
http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/11808/large.html


the title is Cloverfield
Title: Re: 1-18-08 JJ Abrams new movie
Post by: TrashMan on September 09, 2007, 09:22:43 am
MEh... :doubt:
Title: Re: 1-18-08 JJ Abrams new movie
Post by: BloodEagle on September 09, 2007, 11:20:25 am
Ugh.  :doubt:

That looks as bad as this (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i1f2de64a1d24bd5585bf89b0691d2011) sounds.
Title: Re: 1-18-08 JJ Abrams new movie
Post by: redsniper on September 09, 2007, 12:27:26 pm
That looks as bad as this (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i1f2de64a1d24bd5585bf89b0691d2011) sounds.
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giant robots known as mechas
Title: Re: 1-18-08 JJ Abrams new movie
Post by: Col. Fishguts on November 29, 2007, 04:35:31 pm
:bump:

The first real trailer has been released: http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/cloverfield/

Blog with some info and screencaps: http://www.cloverfieldnews.com/2007/11/19/official-2nd-trailer-for-cloverfield-up-at-applecom/#more-124

Scroll down to the embedded video clip to get a clearer slow-motion view of the brief glimpse we see the monster. Looks like some huge bipedal monstrosity .... so Cthulhu is still in the race.

Ninja edit: Animated GIF for great justice: (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v380/tiffanysmarty/1195620248942.gif)
Title: Re: 1-18-08 JJ Abrams new movie
Post by: Flipside on November 29, 2007, 05:06:02 pm
You put your left foot in...
Your left foot out....

Seriously though, looks scarily like yet another Godzilla-esque movie from that shot.
Title: Re: 1-18-08 JJ Abrams new movie
Post by: Kosh on November 29, 2007, 07:47:27 pm
Looks like another Godzilla knockoff to me.
Title: Re: 1-18-08 JJ Abrams new movie
Post by: IceFire on November 29, 2007, 08:00:57 pm
Yes but it might even be a GOOD Godzilla knockoff.
Title: Re: 1-18-08 JJ Abrams new movie
Post by: BloodEagle on November 29, 2007, 08:00:59 pm
I never watched the old Godzilla movies, could s/he breathe fire bombs?

:EDIT:

I hate Apple with a vengeance. It crashes my browser when it loads the video.
Title: Re: 1-18-08 JJ Abrams new movie
Post by: Nuke on November 29, 2007, 08:23:32 pm
apple sucks
Title: Re: 1-18-08 JJ Abrams new movie
Post by: BloodEagle on November 29, 2007, 08:26:06 pm
apple sucks

QFT.  :lol:

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Take a look at the screencap of the three people in the hallway. I think the guy on the left has a rifle. Also, I think there's a gaping hole in the wall behind them.
Title: Re: 1-18-08 JJ Abrams new movie
Post by: Agent_Koopa on November 29, 2007, 08:30:20 pm
Cthulhu doesn't have claws. That Statue of Liberty has clear claw-marks. Don't ask me why a monster would feel the need to cut through the shoulder of the Statue of Liberty, then continue on with its life, but there they are.
Title: Re: 1-18-08 JJ Abrams new movie
Post by: Mefustae on November 29, 2007, 09:39:48 pm
Cthulhu doesn't have claws.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/62/Cthulhu_and_R%27lyeh.jpg)
Title: Re: 1-18-08 JJ Abrams new movie
Post by: BloodEagle on November 29, 2007, 09:44:28 pm
I don't see wings in the animated .gif.  :nervous:
Title: Re: 1-18-08 JJ Abrams new movie
Post by: Agent_Koopa on November 29, 2007, 10:38:01 pm
Cthulhu doesn't have claws.
[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/62/Cthulhu_and_R%27lyeh.jpg[/img]

Oh. Those claws. Right.

Well, uh, that thing is clearly more dragon than octopus, and Cthulhu brings to mind both and a human caricature, so it clearly can't be trusted.
Title: Re: 1-18-08 JJ Abrams new movie
Post by: Hazaanko on November 29, 2007, 10:44:26 pm
Its totally going to be a  Cthulhu movie.  I can see it now.  In the end, they finally discover the Magical Dungeon Dice, roll a double twelve, and send the demon back to its own dimension.
Title: Re: 1-18-08 JJ Abrams new movie
Post by: Ransom on November 29, 2007, 11:09:47 pm
I still don't think city-destruction is at all characteristic of Cthulhu.
Title: Re: 1-18-08 JJ Abrams new movie
Post by: NGTM-1R on November 30, 2007, 02:19:56 am
I still don't think city-destruction is at all characteristic of Cthulhu.

Cthulhu and insanity often going hand in hand, I don't think anything is characteristic of Cthulhu.
Title: Re: 1-18-08 JJ Abrams new movie
Post by: Ransom on November 30, 2007, 09:01:58 am
What I mean is it's not really in keeping with the style of Lovecraft's work. The threat has always been far more subtle than some giant monster stomping around a city and ripping off Liberty's head.