Cloverfield/The Parasite/1-18-08....Discussion

What is Cloverfield?

The trailer for this movie was shown as a preview before the movie "Transformers". It has generated a lot of hype on the internet as the movie currently has no title, and very little is known about the movie other than it "revolves around a monster attack in New York as told from the point of view of a small group of people" (taken from IMDB). The movie is said to be shot only using home video camcorders. The movie's project name is Cloverfield, and is also referred to as The Parasite.

Viral Marketing

The official website 1-18-08.com currently contains 3 pictures/snapshots of the night's events with curious timestamps.This site, along with the Slusho website, are the only confirmed websites to be related to project Cloverfield (Ethan Haas was Right was denied).

The Trailer

The trailer can be view for yourself at: http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/11808/or on youtube (just search "Cloverfield").

My Theory

I have no idea what the monster is...but my theory is something that the LOST fans would probably understand. I don't think the LOST writers had a clue towards the explanation of the smoke monster, but they finally came up with 2 great ideas for it. One of the ideas went into the show, but the producer J.J. Abrams liked the other idea so much he decided to base this whole movie around it. Plus, LOST doesn't return until i think February 2008, so Abrams has this whole off-season to shoot the film Cloverfield. Even some of the noises the monster in the trailer makes are reminiscint of the smoke monster in LOST.

Some people think that the monster is Voltron because someone in the street yells "it's a lion, it's huge!", but he is really shouting "it's alive! it's huge!"

After viewing the trailer, your theory is...?

This is the first post i've ever seen on this movie. :roll:

Well according to Abrams its a new think altogether about an Alien that attacks the earth. I'm gonna go with that.

did you see the new clip they released:

best.monster.ever.

I think that going by stuff thats been confirmed, its a monster movie, the monster is not godzilla, its a giant space alien monster called the parasite, and http://www.ethanhaaswasright.comConManWithGun

that site has already been confirmed to having no connection with cloverfield.

im really into this movie and cant wait to see it, but i cant take these threads,this is the second in 3 hours.

Ahhh! It's Godzilla. It looks like Godzilla, but due to International Copyright Laws, it's not. Still we should run like it is Godzilla! Though it isn't.

My guess is a Godzilla movie.foxhound_fox

Was that Hiro Nakamura that said that in Austin Powers was it?

Blair Witch Project meets Godzilla. :roll:

So much hype for nothing.

Blair Witch Project meets Godzilla. :roll:

So much hype for nothing.

gs_gear

So you've seen the film then?

If you know the hype isn't worth the fim i imagine you have seen it and made a judgement based on that and not based on a trailer and half an idea of a film we know extremely little about.

That would be stupid.

I think the hype for this might be a little out of hand. I know there's a lot of theories out there that might mean this or that. But just because J.J. Abrams is involved, a lot of people think there's some hidden meaning or clues in the trailer, but has anyone stopped a second to think about that maybe, just maybe...that there's no big secret involed? Maybe he just wants to make a monster movie because it might just be a fun thing to do? Maybe I'm wrong, but I can guarentee that right now he and the execs at Paramount are enjoying all the publicity surrounding this.

That's my 2 cents about all of this. I'll just wait until the studio finally puts out more official info on this movie.

hahah i thought it was godzilla at firstArmoredAshes

[QUOTE="gs_gear"]

Blair Witch Project meets Godzilla. :roll:

So much hype for nothing.

Apollo5000

So you've seen the film then?

If you know the hype isn't worth the fim i imagine you have seen it and made a judgement based on that and not based on a trailer and half an idea of a film we know extremely little about.

That would be stupid.

No, I haven't but I can make a pretty good idea about the movie just from that trailer.

'' It's alive, It's huge. '' OMG !!!! :roll:

I think they rely on the fact that many people will go see the movie just to see how the monster looks like. No title, no monster, no info about it.

And you know what would be stupid? If they wouldn't release any new info or trailers and people would want to see or would go to see a movie '' based on a trailer and half an idea of a film we know extremely little about ''.

[QUOTE="Apollo5000"][QUOTE="gs_gear"]

Blair Witch Project meets Godzilla. :roll:

So much hype for nothing.

gs_gear

So you've seen the film then?

If you know the hype isn't worth the fim i imagine you have seen it and made a judgement based on that and not based on a trailer and half an idea of a film we know extremely little about.

That would be stupid.

No, I haven't but I can make a pretty good idea about the movie just from that trailer.

'' It's alive, It's huge. '' OMG !!!! :roll:

I think they rely on the fact that many people will go see the movie just to see how the monster looks like. No title, no monster, no info about it.

And you know what would be stupid? If they wouldn't release any new info or trailers and people would want to see or would go to see a movie '' based on a trailer and half an idea of a film we know extremely little about ''.

You realize how much hype this film has got surrounding it based on the little information they are releaseing. Curiosity and intrigue are very good things to play on.

And you really shouldn't base a film that isn't even finished yet on its trailer. Remember people said Star Wars Episode 1 would be the best film ever after its trailer was released....

yeah...

Wait until you've seen the movie to judge it, don't judge an idea or a trailer. Robocop the idea is pretty damn stupid and childish, but the film is great.

The Voltron theory looks convincing.

Or that could just be the head of the Statue of Liberty.

hahah i thought it was godzilla at firstArmoredAshes

Yeah...J.J. Abrams is known for putting fake leads in shows like LOST, and the whole thing in the trailer about Rob leaving for Japan was probably meant for just that.

Sorry Apollo5000 I didn'tknow there were so many threads about this already :|...maybe we can just keep all the dicussion in here :)

The Voltron theory looks convincing.

Or that could just be the head of the Statue of Liberty.

FaceMelter93

The whole Voltron theory is 100% false...although there are some good points, but that is the head of the Statue of Liberty and the guy shouting in the trailer says "its alive, its huge" not "its a lion, its huge"

Really? Cause I have seen a lot of post on movies.hoop_hard

But you're probably on here a lot more than me

I think its based on HP loecrafts "Call of Kathulu" stories.Darthmatt

[QUOTE="Apollo5000"][QUOTE="gs_gear"]

Blair Witch Project meets Godzilla. :roll:

So much hype for nothing.

gs_gear

So you've seen the film then?

If you know the hype isn't worth the fim i imagine you have seen it and made a judgement based on that and not based on a trailer and half an idea of a film we know extremely little about.

That would be stupid.

No, I haven't but I can make a pretty good idea about the movie just from that trailer.

'' It's alive, It's huge. '' OMG !!!! :roll:

I think they rely on the fact that many people will go see the movie just to see how the monster looks like. No title, no monster, no info about it.

And you know what would be stupid? If they wouldn't release any new info or trailers and people would want to see or would go to see a movie '' based on a trailer and half an idea of a film we know extremely little about ''.

Me too Akamaru...but I bet the first batch of people to see the movie will ruin it for others as soon as it comes out by telling everyone what the monster is...