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flagos
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Re: 1.18.08 July 18, 2007 at 09:41 PM UTC #
saw the trailer yesterday, it could be another "bad aliens" movie, anyway, I liked the whole "home video" treatment…
ratioci nation
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Re: 1.18.08 July 18, 2007 at 09:48 PM UTC #
January is historically the time of year when crappy movies, ones even the studios realize are crappy, are released
crevers
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Re: 1.18.08 July 18, 2007 at 09:49 PM UTC #
Speculation has centered on Godzilla, Voltron (based largely on people thinking they hear "It's a lion!" in the trailer instead of "It's alive!"), Cthulhu, Evangelion (which would be totally kick-ass), or even a Lost tie-in. On the set, they're referring to the monster as either "Godzilla" or "The Parasite." Since it's JJ Abrams, I'd be inclined to believe that the monster is his own creation (no royalties to pay!) and doesn't get a lot of actual "face time," especially given his record on Lost.

It's a flashback movie: NYC has been destroyed, clean-up crew discovers handheld video camera, presses play, and that's the movie. Here's hoping the actual film lives up to the trailer.
vansmack
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Re: 1.18.08 July 18, 2007 at 11:36 PM UTC #
http://www.slusho.jp
K8teebug
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Re: 1.18.08 July 19, 2007 at 11:57 AM UTC #
How very Blair Witch Project of him.
nhaskins
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Re: 1.18.08 July 19, 2007 at 12:10 PM UTC #
Cloverfield?
crevers
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Re: 1.18.08 July 19, 2007 at 01:18 PM UTC #
Originally posted by ChampionshipVinyl:
Cloverfield?
Cloverfield is one of the codenames for the film (others being "Slusho" and "1-18-08"). I read somewhere that Cloverfield is a street name near the studio. The most informative post I've read thus far is here. Apparently JJ will be doing something at Comic-Con today.
DeathFromAbove1979
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Re: 1.18.08 July 19, 2007 at 04:39 PM UTC #
Originally posted by dhinojwala:
Originally posted by ChampionshipVinyl:
Cloverfield?
Cloverfield is one of the codenames for the film (others being "Slusho" and "1-18-08"). I read somewhere that Cloverfield is a street name near the studio. The most informative post I've read thus far is here. Apparently JJ will be doing something at Comic-Con today.
Can't wait to hear that news.
walkonby
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Re: 1.18.08 July 19, 2007 at 05:48 PM UTC #
do people read threads, or do they just block my posts?
buddha
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Re: 1.18.08 July 19, 2007 at 05:59 PM UTC #
Originally posted by walkonby:
do people read threads, or do they just block my posts?
Well, you didn't link to the actual trailer, which is what got me interested (as I haven't seen Transformers yet). This is pretty brilliant marketing…
vansmack
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Re: 1.18.08 July 19, 2007 at 06:13 PM UTC #
Originally posted by amnesiac:
This is pretty brilliant marketing…
The marketing for Blair Witch was brilliant, right down to the online interviews with the "family" of the victims who refused to watch the footage and wished the movie had never been made. Right now, I'd give this a "Pretty Good" rating with the marketing unless there's a severe twist in the future that we don't know about.
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