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

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.

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

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).

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.

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.

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.

this movie had better be good because all the mystery has got me in a tizzy

i watched some nerd's analysis of all the footage on youtube last night.

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

:(((

i don't have a beard anymore...

I am shamed :(

"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:

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Subject: [Auto-Reply] Happy!

Slusho! loves your mails!! You Can't Drink Just Six!!!

I hate this stupid crap. GABBO comment OTM.

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.

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.

The phone number listed in the Whois gives you weather info for an airfield in Santa Monica that used to be called Cloverfield (!).

The Masons, always throwing in undercurrents of conspiracy where in fact none is to be found.

that's exactly what a Mason would say

The Masons, always throwing in undercurrents of conspiracy where in fact none is to be found.

-- Abbott, Wednesday, July 11, 2007 2:17 AM

yeah, could be abrams' way of laughing at me.

everyone else laughs at me in much simpler ways, though.

Masons are all like 90-year-old dudes who just need an excuse to get together and be frail in one another's company.

But they made Steve Gutenberg a star.

A 'nothing not already known but anyway' entry of info via the LA Times:

The Mystery: What's that trailer running in front of "Transformers" all about?

The Sleuths: The movie geeks of Aint It Cool News and 1-18-08.com.

The Facts: A shaky home movie shows a going-away party, then a mysterious creature decapitates the Statue of Liberty and makes New York explode. Its working title is "Cloverfield" and it comes out Jan. 18. Oh, and it's produced by "Lost" co-creator J.J. Abrams.

The Theories: It's either a new Godzilla movie, an adaptation of the works of H.P. Lovecraft or a new "Voltron" movie. Two websites -- ethanhaaswasright.com and ethanhaaswaswrong.blogspot.com -- were initially thought to be associated with the film, but Abrams himself has since disproved that, while also hinting at other websites still undiscovered.

Chance of Being Solved: Abrams has promised to reveal the movie's proper title very soon. Other than that, we'll to wait until January.

STATUE OF LIBERTY YOR HEAD A SPLODE: the movie

Anyway, this is obviously the Trek prequel.

Rob confronts the monster, sacrifices his emotion to destroy it, the remaining bits become the Klingons, Rob is Spock's grandfather and Rosario Dawson founds Starfleet. Easy.

Hmm, Matt Reeves:

Director:

4. "Felicity" (5 episodes, 1998-2001)
- The Declaration (2001) TV Episode
- The Slump (2000) TV Episode
- Felicity Was Here (1999) TV Episode
- The Last Stand (1998) TV Episode
- Pilot (1998) TV Episode

I take it back.

She was turned down for grad school in New York...

She wanted revenge.

FELICITY: THE MOVIE

am I the only one who watched that trailer and thought the movie was about NY being bombed to hell by another country?

So Albert Pike was a Satanist who communicated with Lucifer and received a vision that laid out plans for three world wars that would result in the downfall of Christianity, Zionism, Islam, and Atheism and the rise of a New World Order.

That Statue of Liberty was based on Isis, Egyptian goddess and wife of Osiris, and was given to the American Freemasons by the French Freemasons as a gift in honor of the Declaration of Independence. The 1-18-08 trailer premiered with Transformers for the July 4th weekend, and 1-18-08 = 18-1-8 = ISIS and the Statue is beheaded in the trailer.

The Woolworth Building is also show being destroyed. Unless you've forgotten, missiles were fired from its roof at the WTC on 9/11. The Freemasons were behind all of that too, as it's part of Pike's plans for World War 3.

ISIS and the Statue

Great tour.

lol

as it's part of Pike's plans for World War 3.

Christopher Pike being the original captain of the Enterprise in the pilot for Star Trek.

FULL CIRCLE

Presumably Pike's plans for WWIII were not told to anyone.

"Red herring" is the phrase I was groping for yesterday. The Masons=red herring. Abrams has already suggested there are gonna be a lot of film-related game sites in the next 6 months, maybe this is his way of saying "ay don't fuck around with the whois bullshit. wild goose chase."

film-related sites, yes, but considering that he refuted the significance of the Ethan Haas games, I don't know if there really will be any Cloverfield game sites, probably just more ambiguous puzzle pieces like Slusho.

xp - I hope so. Occult Freemasons and Illumnati = boooring.

it's not boring! i would have never given enough of a fuck to look into this, but wtf if it's a red herring or not, this is all probably more entertaining than the movie will be. kudos on your whois skillz BIG HOOS aka the steendriver

BIG WHOIS aka the puzzsolver

It's the sequel to 23.

24?

I am going to choose to believe Ned's theory

gff: that occult secret fraternal order stuff can be pleanty cool by itself, but having it spawn a gigantic city-destroying monster to ruin some dudes going-away party and shooting it with video cameras sounds borediculous. How would you accomplish all that exposition? I'm not watching some kids google Albert Pike and the Statue of Liberty for half an hour - I did that yesterday.

OMG I still need to see the Number 23. That shit looks hilarious. However, I doubt it will have the same impact now that I have turned 24.

pleanty?

I'm not watching some kids google Albert Pike and the Statue of Liberty for half an hour - I did that yesterday.

-- Kerm, Wednesday, July 11, 2007 9:33 PM

lol

From the photos on the 1-18-08 website, it looks like it'll be a real-time story.

Ooh, there's a 3rd photo on there now, too, that's new. I hope it is real-time or close to it, with none of the weird conspiracy-theory backstory that's being speculated on here. I like the idea of a disaster/monster movie that portrays the chaos and confusion that would actually be going on during a situation like that, not constantly letting the audience in on the truth that the characters can't see until the end or whatever.

Wasn't that movie supposed to be Spielberg/Cruise War of the Worlds?

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.

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