Only a handful of monster flicks have scared me, and they all have one common
element.
Hideous eight-legged creatures.
"Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I found script reviews, but avoided them for the same
reason. I want to
know more, but I do not want it spoiled for me. Guest what. I think I'm
actually going to venture out to the theater for this one. While I used
to go over my friends house every Saturday afternoon to hang out with
the gang and watch the Japanese monster genre, I felt they were silly
too. Looking back it seems they likely launch my movie night. It was
for the company. Most monster flicks do not scare me.
Abrams and Goddard have scared me in the past and that trailer is out of
this world, so I'm psyched. I couldn't even finish Rob Zombie's movie,
so if that is the best the US can do, we need to go back to film
school. There are a few gothic horrors (vampires, ghosts,
shapeshifters, mummies, etc) I like, but frequently, I've tuned in for
the character development as well as the chills and thrills
I have not seen the Host, but thanks to you, I just added it to my
Netflix que
I used to think Japan was into the mutant monsters because of the Atomic
bomb experience. But I have no idea
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> thanks for all the research, Tracey. Knew I could count on you! You know
> what, though? I'm going to avoid seeing any pictures of the beastie. Having
> come this far with the project so tightly under wraps, I think I'll wait
> until i'm in theatre to confront whatever it is, so I can be surprised. I'll
> read some more about the movie, though.
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> I'm really excited and hopeful. the giant monster flick is something that's
> long languished in America. It never really took off on the level of truly
> scaring people, either. I mean, outside the first, awesome, frightening
> Godzilla movie (I've only seen the Americanized cut with Raymond Burr, hear
> the original Japanese version is better) I can't think of many giant monster
> flicks that scared American audiences. We had loads of giant monster pics,
> of course. We all grew up on them, from Destroy All Monsters to King Kong.
> But those were rarely *scary*, just exciting, entertaining, or plain silly
> (Smog Monster, anyone? Mothra?) I think I can recall being afraid of the
> man-eating Gargantuan, but that's it.
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> I hear the movie "The Host" was really good, but it didn't do big box office
> here. It only did two million in America, but over eighty-six million
> worldwide!Contrast that with something like Rob Zombie's "House of 1000
> Corpses", which despite being junk, did sixteen million here, but only four
> million overseas.
>
> Seems like in America most monster flicks deal with vampires or werewolves
> or zombies or ghosts. Wonder why Asia is more into the giant-sized type?
>
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> From: "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Try these sites from imdb
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> There have also been a number of characters' MySpace pages found,
> through which you can find other characters in the movie.
> "Rob"--http://www.myspace.com/robbyhawkins
>
> www.jamieandteddy.com <http://www.jamieandteddy.com> In September 2007
> this website was discovered. It features a password protected video of
> the actress who plays Jamie Lascano as the character keeping a video
> diary for her boyfriend. The password for the video is jllovesth. There
> are 5 videos so far.
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> www.theblairgodzillaproject.com <http://www.theblairgodzillaproject.com>
> is another new site that shows the characters and films that inspired
> J.J. Abrams to make the film.
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> http://www.slusho.jp/. This site is designed to appear as a commercial
> website about a fictitious beverage called 'Slusho' that J.J. Abrams has
> so far included in both "Lost" and "Alias."
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> Mike Street wrote:
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>> try researching Slusho and you'll find out a lot more of what
>> Cloverfield is all about. There is a lot going on with the movie and
>> there are several fake MySpace pages which info on the movie it all
>> ties into an elaborate online game millions are playing right in
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>> On Dec 27, 2007 9:47 PM, Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
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>>> found some pix of the monster
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>>>> Wanna see an exciting trailer? Then you must check the trailer for
>>>> "Cloverfield", the top-secret monster movie from JJ Abrams (Lost, Alias,
>>>> MI-3, Star Trek). The monster(s) isn't(aren't) shown, but talk about a
>>>> suspenseful buildup! Seeing the freakin' Statue of Liberty's head come
>>>> sailing through the air *all the way from the water* to crash into the
>>>> street? Awesome. There's also a scene showing the military firing like
>>>> crazy at something we never see. It reminds me of the great scene in
>>>> Spieldberg's "War of the Worlds" when the military attacks the Martians
>>>> on that hillside and the whole area literally lights up with weapons fire.
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>>>> The Apple site has two trailers. The one labeled "trailer" is longer and
>>>> shows more stuff. it's the one you'll see at many other sites. The one
>>>> labeled "teaser" gives a slightly different angle. Check 'em out. If you
>>>> can't see the Apple trailers, try the second link below, which is to a
>>>> MovieWeb page with lots of videos, including a two second glimpse of the
>>>> monster (can't see a darn thing, though). Hard to find a lot of stuff on
>>>> this film, as there's no real officiall movie site, but i included some
>>>> info from a blogger below the trailers.
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>>>> If nothing else, Abrams knows how to tell an exciting, fast-paced story,
>>>> and he actually believes in good plotting and acting as well. he also is
>>>> a fan of old-fashioned monster flicks like "Godzilla". So this looks to
>>>> be a fun ride. The fact that the script has been kept secret, along with
>>>> any view of the creature, is only heightening the anticipation. I'm
>>>> looking forward to this movie!
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>>>> Trailers: http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/cloverfield/
>>>> http://www.movieweb.com/movies/film/53/5153/videos/
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>>>> http://www.boxofficeprophets.com/column/index.cfm?columnID=10118
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>>>> What is Cloverfield?
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>>>> This is the question that has been debated across North America in the
>>>> hours since Transformers debuted the teaser to this upcoming 2008
>>>> release. Shrouded in mystery since its inception, the plot of Cloverfield
>>>> is one of the most carefully guarded secrets in Hollywood right now.
>>>>
>>>> BOP is generally not in the business of breaking news as it generally
>>>> leads to more aggravation than it's worth, but for the first time since
>>>> we unveiled the voice cast of The Incredibles, we are going to make an
>>>> exception and do so here in order to clear up some of the mystery.
>>>> Cloverfield is a J.J. Abrams production, so it should not be surprising
>>>> to hear that a couple of key players from Abrams' television shows are on
>>>> board.
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>>>> The writer is Drew Goddard. Goddard has been a producer on both Alias and
>>>> Lost and served as co-executive producer for the latter show's 2007
>>>> episodes. Fans of Joss Whedon (and BOP knows there are a ton of you out
>>>> there since we sometimes double as a Firefly fan site) also know him as a
>>>> writer for several episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel.
>>>> Goddard was the principal scribe on Dirty Girls, the episode from Buffy
>>>> season seven. This episode featured the return of Faith as well as the
>>>> transition of Nathan Fillion from the recently canceled Firefly to Buffy
>>>> wherein he portrayed a nefarious, misogynistic man of the cloth.
>>>> Goddard's work on Angel primarily occurred during that show's final
>>>> season as well. He wrote the World War II submarine epic, Why We Fight,
>>>> and earned his place in permanent Whedon-lore for his invention of The
>>>> Immortal in The Girl in Question. Clearly, he is one of the most
>>>> inventive and imaginative young writers in the industry. His presence
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>>>> Abrams has not left anything to chance, though. He has also hired one of
>>>> his most trusted co-workers from the early days of Felicity for this
>>>> project. BOP has confirmed that Matt Reeves is the director on this
>>>> project. Reeves is the writer/director of the 1996 David Schwimmer
>>>> comedy, The Pallbearer, and he served as executive producer during the
>>>> run of Felicity (pre- and post-Keri Russell haircut). Reeves and Abrams
>>>> created that project together with Reeves even writing and directing the
>>>> pilot, so their working relationship goes back a decade now. When Goddard
>>>> came up with the premise for Cloverfield, Reeves was the easy choice to
>>>> helm the project.
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