Haha I almost used that as a point of comparison. That movie really kinda gave me nightmares, I hope this one does something similiar but more immersive and visceral.
― Alex in Baltimore, Friday, 13 July 2007 14:45 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah, I mean, if this movie WAS about Cthulhu it'd basically be "A monster attacks NYC, and that monster is Cthulhu" judging by the trailer.
Besides, Cthulhu already attacked NYC and the Ghostbusters had to clean up. YouTube here: http://youtube.com/watch?v=xXX_HrgX0LQ
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 13 July 2007 22:14 (sixteen years ago) link
you sir are a hero.
― jessie monster, Friday, 13 July 2007 22:20 (sixteen years ago) link
a+ homie
xpost
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 13 July 2007 22:25 (sixteen years ago) link
awesome *salutes*
― latebloomer, Friday, 13 July 2007 22:27 (sixteen years ago) link
is it me or is cartoon janine really foxy
― latebloomer, Friday, 13 July 2007 22:32 (sixteen years ago) link
Ernie Hudson, who had played Winston Zeddemore in the Ghostbusters films, auditioned for the same role in The Real Ghostbusters, but ultimately the role was given to Arsenio Hall.[2]
ouch
― latebloomer, Friday, 13 July 2007 22:44 (sixteen years ago) link
that's one of those things that makes you say "hmmmm"
― jeff, Friday, 13 July 2007 22:51 (sixteen years ago) link
WINSTON: Cthulhu, He's bad right? EGON: He makes Gozer look like Little Mary Sunshine!
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 13 July 2007 22:59 (sixteen years ago) link
Oh MAN that cartoon is highly sampleable.
― Abbott, Friday, 13 July 2007 22:59 (sixteen years ago) link
"Spellcasting takes a lot out of one!"
― Abbott, Friday, 13 July 2007 23:01 (sixteen years ago) link
They misspelled WIERD TALES.
― Abbott, Friday, 13 July 2007 23:03 (sixteen years ago) link
"I didn't know the library had started hosting rock concerts."
And here's the perfect band.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 14 July 2007 00:09 (sixteen years ago) link
NECRONOMITRON defender of the underverse
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 14 July 2007 00:12 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm also loving the instant Warriors homage -- Coney Island destination, forced to take the subway...
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 14 July 2007 00:22 (sixteen years ago) link
Okay, NOBODY mentioned the J. Michael Straczynski story editor credit at the end yet? All of a sudden the whole thing makes perfect sense.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 14 July 2007 00:31 (sixteen years ago) link
Where is that credit?
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 14 July 2007 00:41 (sixteen years ago) link
Watch all the way to the end, it clearly pops up about five credits in the closing sequence.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 14 July 2007 00:42 (sixteen years ago) link
HI DERE WAHT IS AWESOME
― rogermexico., Saturday, 14 July 2007 03:43 (sixteen years ago) link
A tsunami of internet hype months and months in advance before the inevitable cool down in buzz? Surely this is a tie-in not to Lost or Godzilla but Snakes on a Plane.
― Cunga, Saturday, 14 July 2007 06:05 (sixteen years ago) link
9NEWS Entertainment Reporter Kirk Montgomery learned exclusively on Friday from a secret source, who is on the set of the film every day, that it is not a sequel or a remake (which precludes King Kong or Godzilla). It is not Voltron or "Lost"-related.
The source told Kirk the entire film will be presented through a handheld video camera, as in the style of the trailer. All of the actors involved had not seen scripts when they signed on for the project and are under strict legal gag-orders not to discuss any aspect of the film.
The source says 50 percent of the $30 million budget for the film is devoted to special effects.
The official Web site is www.1-18-08.com, but the source tells Kirk that apparently a Japanese-style Web site, www.slusho.jp, has lots of clues yet undiscovered by the rabid fans who have been scouring the Internet for hints.
The source told Kirk the biggest clue of the trailer is in the line: "I saw it, it's alive, it's huge."
The source also says the sound the "creature" makes is another big clue. He says the creature is an organic, living thing.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Sunday, 15 July 2007 20:29 (sixteen years ago) link
GIANT POKEMON DESTROYS NYC.
― jessie monster, Sunday, 15 July 2007 20:35 (sixteen years ago) link
haha
― s1ocki, Sunday, 15 July 2007 20:44 (sixteen years ago) link
Saying the "it's alive..." line is the biggest clue in the trailer is basically saying there are NO clues of significance in the trailer.
― jessie monster, Sunday, 15 July 2007 20:48 (sixteen years ago) link
true dat
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Sunday, 15 July 2007 20:53 (sixteen years ago) link
http://myspace.com/wellmissyourob
legit or false rob?
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 02:12 (sixteen years ago) link
rob loves mstrkrft
― max, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 02:16 (sixteen years ago) link
hoos figure out slusho.jp for me
You know all the talk about "Slusho Zoom?"
I'm hearing some speculation that we should...zoom. Look closer at the images on the site itself?
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 02:24 (sixteen years ago) link
Anybody capable of translating that text on wellmissyourob?
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 02:25 (sixteen years ago) link
The directions re: the wallpapers include "Slusho Zoom!" as the final instruction. xpost to self
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 02:26 (sixteen years ago) link
Here's that text from the MySpace:
http://a728.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/87/m_46b51003782c906817a382a431eb34ef.gif
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 02:28 (sixteen years ago) link
surely reads "you are a dweeb fuck off"
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 02:39 (sixteen years ago) link
I love how the top commenter is a total stickler for realism:
"JT.
Jul 17 2007 2:42P
i'll be there... but i thought the party was on the 17th?"
― Alex in Baltimore, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 02:59 (sixteen years ago) link
btw guys if you haven't seen it yet here's the trailer.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 03:34 (sixteen years ago) link
mirror image? y slash n
http://xf4.xanga.com/f5ad855542032136149336/t99830791.bmp
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 03:46 (sixteen years ago) link
There are a couple of kanji I don't recognize, but one of them means "bug" or "insect".
― jessie monster, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 13:38 (sixteen years ago) link
SuperBee
On 01-18-08 New York gets buzzed!
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 13:48 (sixteen years ago) link
I think slusho.jp history might be an origin story. at least in terms of "lol it from DA SEA"
― jessie monster, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 14:15 (sixteen years ago) link
So apparently they were doing some filming at Coney Island.
A guy @ Coney Island that authorized filming (and chose to remain unnamed) gave the press what seems to be some pretty crucial plotting stuff, but its just as likely its a line he was fed by producers. For the sake of not-spoiling-the-game in case its true, encased in spoiler tags:
POSSIBLE SPOILER POSSIBLE SPOILER POSSIBLE SPOILER POSSIBLE SPOILER POSSIBLE SPOILER
Dude says that the majority of the film is in "flashback" form. The sequences being filmed at Coney Island will be events that take place the morning/afternoon before an alien (!) shows up and wipes out all of New York.
POSSIBLE SPOILERPOSSIBLE SPOILERPOSSIBLE SPOILERPOSSIBLE SPOILERPOSSIBLE SPOILER
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 18:08 (sixteen years ago) link
Yay! It IS Cthulhu!
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 18:13 (sixteen years ago) link
The trailer makes it seem like none of it will be in flashback.
― Spencer Chow, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 18:17 (sixteen years ago) link
The fact that the myspace background image is lifted from http://www.ywca.or.jp/english/japan.gif makes me think it's a fake.
― John Justen, Thursday, 19 July 2007 00:30 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah maybe this person thinks any piece of fiction telling a story in past tense is a 'flashback.' or maybe (I hope not) there'll be some lame bookend bit where some survivor finds the camera and plays back the recording.
― Alex in Baltimore, Thursday, 19 July 2007 00:48 (sixteen years ago) link
there'll be some lame bookend bit where some survivor finds the camera and plays back the recording.
this cringeworthy thing has also been suggested as a possibility.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 19 July 2007 00:51 (sixteen years ago) link
And then the survivor turns to the rest of the cast of Lost and says, "So that's why I went on vacation."
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 19 July 2007 00:56 (sixteen years ago) link
explains_everything.jpeg
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 19 July 2007 01:01 (sixteen years ago) link
http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/4494/martialrb0.png
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Sunday, 22 July 2007 00:40 (sixteen years ago) link
iszat an army guy?
― The Macallan 18 Year, Monday, 23 July 2007 17:11 (sixteen years ago) link
So it would seem that the title is "Monstrous":
http://www.themovieblog.com/archives/2007/07/jj_abrams_cloverfield_mystery_solved.html
― Alex in Baltimore, Wednesday, 25 July 2007 14:19 (sixteen years ago) link