Seb Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 Seems to be the big buzz in the sci-fi world right now, film doesn't even have a proper title yet, but it's going to be a monster movie and people are suggesting links to the Chthulu mythos. Whatever, I think it looks cool - here's the offical site http://www.1-18-08.com and watch the trailer here http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/11808/. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 Oooh..... I'm in. Some cryptic sites to spend some time on too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 http://www.1-18-08.com Two 'photos' from the official trailer. Oddly, there is an official denial that 'Ethan Haas' is related to the film clip (1-18-08) showing on the Apple site. Hmm.. two ARGs to fill my days/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 Can't watch the trailer from work, but the prospect of a Cthulu mythos film has me interested. Anyone read any of August Derleth or Brian Lumley books? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 Have a look here: http://community.livejournal.com/011808/ Loads of stuff about 'Cloverfield'. It appears that the Ethan Haas stuff may relate to a video game. Also, on the 1-18-08 site you can move the pics around. The pic of the two girls is actually just one girl (cut the pic in half, swap sides and the match together!) and oddly, the pics move if left unattended. I thought it was me but a search reveals that, yes they do move and, weirder, it appears they are in some sort of countdown! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 looks good, another film to add too the list Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 Wow... never heard of any of this... very excited. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 IMDB info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1060277/ Might be worth checking this regularly as it's sure to be updated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 I've spent a lot of time looking into this today. There are numerous site re: cloverfield. Some aren't immediately obviously linked. Anything Haas related is a totally different thing. Nothing to do with the film and very little else out there about it. Time will tell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edd_t Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 have absolutly no idea what you lot are on about. but that trailor looks cool. is there a novel or something where i can start? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 is there a novel or something where i can start? NO! Basically what we have right now is the beginnings of an ARG (Alternate Reality Game). Hidden in that trailer are clues and hints. Already one site has been found (1-18-08.com) and others are following although how closely they are related is as yet unclear (http://www.slusho.jp for example. In the trailer one of the characters is drinking a Slusho drink. Slusho is also a term used to describe a certain type of 'Lost' fan.) New sites will offer new images. These images will contain clues. They may be obvious or buried 'within' the picture (Photoshop comes in very handy). They'll be phone numbers and emails and it all gets very consuming. I get very into the Matrix ARG to the point where I was forgetting to go to bed! Stay away! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 In other words, it's all the geeky aspects of Lost rolled up into a film. I used to love these things, but nowadays I think I'm just too old to be bothered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRX Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 Looks like one to watch..! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seb Posted July 12, 2007 Author Share Posted July 12, 2007 http://ttp://www.cinematical.com/2007/07/10/j-j-abrams-talks-cloverfield-ethan-haas-sites-are-bogus/ Some more light reading, though if the Ethan Haas stuff is fake, why were all the clips pulled by Paramount when they were posted on YouTube? I reckon it might be a double bluff as it were. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edd_t Posted July 12, 2007 Share Posted July 12, 2007 are got ya, like the Lost one. i gave up on that though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cable Posted July 12, 2007 Share Posted July 12, 2007 I just watched the trailer... cooool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted July 12, 2007 Share Posted July 12, 2007 The Haas stuff looks to be a viral campaign for a new RPG called Alpha Omega by Mind Storm Labs. When playing the Haas game there is mention of "the beginning is the end" and IIRC Alpha is the first letter of the Greek alphabet and Omega is the last. Of more interest, and related to the film clip, is Bloop or The Bloop. This is a mysterious low frequency noise recorded in 1997 by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,. Mentiond is made of the fact that if it was animal in origin it would have to have been made by an animal larger than anything currently known. Hmm... the real world co-ordinates are even more bizzare in a fiction meets reality way. It was found to be at a point not fair from the 'fictional' sunken city of the dead, Rl'yeh, home to Cthulu and created by H.P. Lovecraft. I reckon the film will be about Cthulu rising to wreak havoc on man or, at least, it'll be about some enormous beast with a plot hanging around the real-life 'Bloop'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seb Posted July 12, 2007 Author Share Posted July 12, 2007 Ah well, shame I wasted all that time on the Ethan Haas site! People now talking about Rampage the movie, though that would be a bit of a cop out! Just read about the Bloop - that's pretty damn cool! I'm definitely hoping for a Cthulhu film though it might be wishful thinking. Btw, this guy *really*likes Cthulhu http://hellric.over-blog.com/categorie-783053.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 Update: JJ Abrams, producer of this film was a panellist at Comic-Con today. He showed the first teaser poster and revealed nothing more about the film except that there will be a full trailer and some other stuff over the next six months. Cue hundreds of p1553d off ARG fans! Here is the teaser poster: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seb Posted July 30, 2007 Author Share Posted July 30, 2007 Check out the latest news here - http://www.cloverfieldnews.com. You can see that poster with a number of different headings, alll of which have which have already been registered as sites. They include 'Monstrous,' 'Terrifying' and 'Colossus.' Also the Slusho site is fully working, though it doesn't really give much away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian C Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 This does look good, my scifi sense is tingling Shame it's aeons away I hope it doesn't get hyped to death. I've seen a trailer where it's someone with a video camera at a house party and then bad things start happening outside with some serious roaring going on at the horizon... I also found out about the bloop thing some months ago via a couple of links off a webcomic site, listened to it, very strange. -Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Ads Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 It seems like it will be similar to the film "signs". With a personal angle at a national crisis. Can't wait. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted November 25, 2007 Share Posted November 25, 2007 UPDATE: I forgot to mention that there is a new trailer up if anyone is still interested. http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/11808/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cable Posted November 25, 2007 Share Posted November 25, 2007 UPDATE: I forgot to mention that there is a new trailer up if anyone is still interested. http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/11808/ cheers for that, I'm looking forward to this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewen Posted November 25, 2007 Share Posted November 25, 2007 JJ Abrams didnt mean much to me at first. I thought it was all about a giant monstrous Smurf. But now I've sorted my Abrams from my Abrahams, I must say this looks pretty promising. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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