http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/07/06/jj-abrams-finally-speaks%20-up-about-cloverfield/
― kenan, Friday, 6 July 2007 23:03 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/11808/
― Gukbe, Monday, 9 July 2007 20:59 (sixteen years ago) link
yay! Statue of Liberty head! yay!
― kenan, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 12:55 (sixteen years ago) link
apparently the ethan haas site has nothing to do with jj abrams or the film
― Gukbe, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 17:07 (sixteen years ago) link
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.
― kenan, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 17:09 (sixteen years ago) link
ok, you know what? Reading AICN for more than 20 minutes? Depressing as shit.
― kenan, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 17:53 (sixteen years ago) link
the key is to avoid all talkback and reviews
― Gukbe, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 18:06 (sixteen years ago) link
The key is to avoid AICN!
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 18:06 (sixteen years ago) link
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.
― kenan, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 18:08 (sixteen years ago) link
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.
― Eazy, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 18:11 (sixteen years ago) link
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.
― Alex in Baltimore, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 18:17 (sixteen years ago) link
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.
― dmr, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 18:43 (sixteen years ago) link
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.
― jessie monster, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 18:58 (sixteen years ago) link
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.
― Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 19:03 (sixteen years ago) link
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?
― Eazy, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 19:06 (sixteen years ago) link
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.
― Alex in Baltimore, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 19:30 (sixteen years ago) link
Clearly this is Snakes on a Plane II: The Revenge.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 19:32 (sixteen years ago) link
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.
― jessie monster, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 19:32 (sixteen years ago) link
Alpha Omega
Mind Storm Lab’s flagship product, Alpha Omega, is a thrilling, comprehensive, and adaptable role-playing game. Alpha Omega provides players a unique and innovative rule set with optional layers of complexity. These optional rules are presented to add realism and strategy, but can be set aside to simplify and expedite game play.
Players find themselves in a richly detailed, post-apocalyptic Earth where mankind stands on the brink of extinction. Our planet is about to become the battleground for otherworldly creatures of incredible power as they wage an ancient war. The End of Times seems to have arrived. Are angels and demons walking among us, or is there a larger chain of events unfolding? All is not lost... Alliances are forming and mankind is learning to evolve and unlock its hidden potential... Heroes are emerging... heroes like you.
― jessie monster, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 19:34 (sixteen years ago) link
Mind Storm Labs—Ottawa Based Game Developer—Launches with Venture Capital Partner and New Approach to Table-Top Role Playing Games
venture capital?? for a table top rpg??
― gff, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 19:50 (sixteen years ago) link
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.
― rogermexico., Tuesday, 10 July 2007 19:57 (sixteen years ago) link
clearly you are not that into cthulhu.
― jessie monster, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 20:02 (sixteen years ago) link
Lovecraft has a huge following what are you talking about
― Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 20:05 (sixteen years ago) link
There's a good bit of Cthulhu mythos stuff from writers in the Lovecraft circle, Derleth, and even a tabletop rpg!
― jessie monster, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 20:05 (sixteen years ago) link
i'm really hoping this is something cthuloid now
― gff, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 20:08 (sixteen years ago) link
I kind of highly doubt it.
― jessie monster, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 20:09 (sixteen years ago) link
Are angels and demons walking among us, or is there a larger chain of events unfolding?
Uh, what?
― Oilyrags, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 20:11 (sixteen years ago) link
GO WITH IT.
― jessie monster, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 20:12 (sixteen years ago) link
Also, the silent, B&W "Call of Cthulhu" fanfilm with 20s period fx is pretty nifty.
― Oilyrags, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 20:12 (sixteen years ago) link
http://imdb.com/title/tt0478988/
Srsly, if you are into tentacle monsters (without anime rape) check it out!
― Oilyrags, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 20:14 (sixteen years ago) link
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!
― chaki, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 20:19 (sixteen years ago) link
good catch chaki.
― jessie monster, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 20:25 (sixteen years ago) link
GABBO
― Alex in Baltimore, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 20:27 (sixteen years ago) link
slusho trucks have been spotted around la.
― chaki, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 20:38 (sixteen years ago) link
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.
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.
― rogermexico., Tuesday, 10 July 2007 20:45 (sixteen years ago) link
But Chthulu is more of an idea than e.g. an actual toy giant robot assembled from toy robot lions.
this is my favorite thing you've ever said
― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Tuesday, 10 July 2007 20:46 (sixteen years ago) link
But Chthulu is more of an idea than e.g. an actual toy giant robot assembled from toy robot lions
yep - which is exactly why it is a horrible idea to make a film about it. Point taken about the scanty source material - its true Lovecraft didn't write a lot about it (certainly not in any detail, that's not his style).
― Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 20:50 (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.
― jessie monster, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 20:52 (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" and he teaches them new ways to shout and kill and revel and enjoy themselves, and all the earth would flame with a holocaust of ecstasy and freedom.
I'm starting to come over to the i-hope-it's-not-cthulhu side. But that would still be better than fucking Voltron.
― rogermexico., Tuesday, 10 July 2007 20:58 (sixteen years ago) link
he teaches them new ways to shout and kill and revel and enjoy themselves, and all the earth would flame with a holocaust of ecstasy and freedom.
Been there.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 21:03 (sixteen years ago) link
this movie had better be good because all the mystery has got me in a tizzy
― homosexual II, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 21:45 (sixteen years ago) link
i watched some nerd's analysis of all the footage on youtube last night.
― homosexual II, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 21:46 (sixteen years ago) link
by "footage" i mean the trailer, whoops
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.
-- rogermexico., Tuesday, July 10, 2007 8:45 PM
:(((
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 00:08 (sixteen years ago) link
i don't have a beard anymore...
I am shamed :(
― rogermexico., Wednesday, 11 July 2007 00:15 (sixteen years ago) link
"If you feelin like a geek, go on brush ya shoulders off" etc
I sent an email to their "Contact Us" link, got the following reply:
From: sato✧✧✧@slu✧✧✧.j✧ Subject: [Auto-Reply] Happy!
Slusho! loves your mails!! You Can't Drink Just Six!!!
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 00:26 (sixteen years ago) link
I hate this stupid crap. GABBO comment OTM.
― Abbott, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 00:28 (sixteen years ago) link
I've got a screencap of the full "Slusho History" page, but it's crazy large and I don't want to slow down the thread's load time.
Here's a link.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 00:34 (sixteen years ago) link
OK so I'm a geek. Roll with me on this, though.
The Whois info for 1-18-08.com lists the registrant as "In Hoc Signo Vinces." The phrase means "in this sign you will conquer" and is part of the Scottish Rite Freemason's crest.
The contact address listed is for the George Washington Masonic National Memorial in DC. "In Hoc Signo Vinces" is inscribed on the memorial.
Albert Pike is listed as the site admin. He was the Sovereign Grand Commander of the Scottish Rite of Freemasons. His writings are often used as sources to support conspiracy theories about the Masons. He's real dead and probably not administrating any viral websites for JJ Abrams.
I'm sensing a pattern. Or maybe throwing in the fucking MASONS is a joke on geeks like me that are trying way too hard to find a pattern where there isn't one.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 01:06 (sixteen years ago) link