J.J. Abrams directing untitled Godzilla meets The Blair Witch Project in NYC movie?

I would consider NIN much more deserving of this hype than a fucking Voltron movie.

Now if it was about Lincoln Logs or Erector Set, that would be completely different.

Are you telling me you will not ride for the Defender of the Universe?

What evidence is there that it's fucking Voltron? Doesn't it seem too soon after the Transformers?

If you mean Voltron, Hoos, I won't even ride a shetland pony for that folding robot toy bullshit.

it's not Voltron or Godzilla, those were just early theories when people were grasping at straws trying to figure out what this is.

^ si

but hoos does not stand for voltron slander

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Sorry about the shit quality. Scanner's busted, so I had to use a digicam.

if it's really Cthulhu, I am already going http://www.hauntingmids.com/forum/Smileys/default/ohnoessmiley.gif

yeah, read on aintitcool that it was lovecraft. i don't believe it.

looks like rose byrne on the left, to me

yeah, read on aintitcool that it was lovecraft. i don't believe

hinted at on ...iswrong as well

there's a walkthrough of the ethan haas site if anyone cares
spoilers, obv:
http://jayisgames.com/archives/2007/07/ethan_haas_was_right.php

How proud should I be that I solved the peg jumping game on the first try? Does that make me smart or something?

http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/07/06/jj-abrams-finally-speaks%20-up-about-cloverfield/

http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/11808/

yay! Statue of Liberty head! yay!

apparently the ethan haas site has nothing to do with jj abrams or the film

I was really confused about that. The Abrams thing is clearly a monster movie, and the Ethan Haas thing is some kind of none-too-imaginative Terminator rip-off.

ok, you know what? Reading AICN for more than 20 minutes? Depressing as shit.

the key is to avoid all talkback and reviews

The key is to avoid AICN!

otoh, I god a good lol at the fact that Harry didn't like the Transformers movie... because the subtle nuances of the personalities of the robots weren't brought out enough.

Funny to read all the analysis of the 1-18-08 photos, when they seem to be simple and clear: if the movie's hook is camcorder realism, this are just "before" and "after" stills. Not much to decode in them.

I'm kinda relieved that those puzzle websites supposedly have nothing to do with the movie, it all seemed kind of lame, even though it blows a hole in the THE CLASS: THE MOVIE theory I was all into. Still, makes me wonder how/why those websites popped up and what they're about.

The problem with that one picture on 1-18-08.com is that it's way too close to the iconic Blair Witch Project scene with the camera angled up the girl's nose, that's the one comparison they should be working to avoid as much as possible.

how did ppl decide they were connected in the first place? several articles mentioned the trailer and the websites together but I didn't quite get where the link between the two came from.

http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/07/09/jj-abrams-says-ethan-haas-has-nothing-to-do-with-cloverfield/

the slusho stuff at the end is kind of weird? a lot of people make fake "in-show/movie" sites these days though.

the people I know who are working on this movie won't tell me anything beyond that its a monster film - BAH

if its Lovecraft I kinda can't see how it will be anything other than completely shitty - Lovecraft in general cannot be translated to film effectively.

Interesitng how everyone seems to assume it's based on something else. Isn't it possible that the guy who came up with Lost and Felicity and a guy who wrote for those shows have come up with an original screenplay?

Yeah, and it just plain doesn't make any sense to build this much secrecy and ambiguity around a project if it's actually a pre-existing franchise from previous TV shows or movies.

Clearly this is Snakes on a Plane II: The Revenge.

BUT it would be a good way to prevent six months' worth of fanboy naysaying if it involves a really beloved/cult franchise (like Voltron or Cthulhu). Just playing devil's advocate, though. There's some argument that it's actually for a tabletop RPG.

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venture capital?? for a table top rpg??

a really beloved/cult franchise (like Voltron or Cthulhu)

but afaik there are really no Cthulhu fanboys as such... heck, afaik the "Cthulhu mythos" was never really elaborated very far in Lovecraft and generally existed on the fringes. Mike Mignola's version is probably the most clear and consistent.

clearly you are not that into cthulhu.

Lovecraft has a huge following what are you talking about

There's a good bit of Cthulhu mythos stuff from writers in the Lovecraft circle, Derleth, and even a tabletop rpg!

i'm really hoping this is something cthuloid now

I kind of highly doubt it.

Are angels and demons walking among us, or is there a larger chain of events unfolding?

Uh, what?

GO WITH IT.

Also, the silent, B&W "Call of Cthulhu" fanfilm with 20s period fx is pretty nifty.

http://imdb.com/title/tt0478988/

Srsly, if you are into tentacle monsters (without anime rape) check it out!

slusho website: http://www.slusho.jp
dood in the trailer wearing slusho shirt
dood who's party it is going to japan. probably to go work fr slusho.
?????

MYSTERY!

good catch chaki.

GABBO

slusho trucks have been spotted around la.

clearly you are not that into cthulhu

On the basis of Lovecraft alone, one really can't be, is all I'm saying. Everything else is fanfic.

Lovecraft has a huge following what are you talking about

Uh, yeah, that's not lost on me. They get this: http://www.cthulhuthemovie.com/ It features Tori Spelling...

But Chthulu is more of an idea than e.g. an actual toy giant robot assembled from toy robot lions. Which if there's still some fatbeard out there clinging to the hope that Untitled JJ Abrams Project is in any way Voltron-related... well, just grrr.

there is absolutely no reason to ever have one, which means Abrams was definitely going to do it and fuck it up

I just rewatched Cloverfield today. I am very happy that most of this thread is about what douches the characters were. They should've named the movie "Rob...Rob! ROB!"

that's my name so every original friend in the world that I saw that trailer with kept going "LOL IT'S ABOUT U NEANER"