OK - WTF is this?!

MacLeod
MacLeod Posts: 14,358
edited December 2007 in Music & Movies
Heard about this movie trailer showing with the Transformers movie today on the radio. No title - no nothing. Just this trailer. Looks pretty damn good. Anybody know more about it?

http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/11808/large.html
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,779
    edited July 2007
    I saw this during the Transformers movie...

    At first I thought it was a comercial for a Gears of War movie --- but dont think so.

    Looks interesting though.
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  • Gaara
    Gaara Posts: 2,415
    edited July 2007
    If I am not mistaken 1-18-08 is the name of the film.

    Check out the site http://www.1-18-08.com/

    Doesn't really fill in any blanks, but I feel like it will be some viral marketing.
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  • MrNightly
    MrNightly Posts: 3,370
    edited July 2007
    Gaara wrote: »
    If I am not mistaken 1-18-08 is the name of the film.

    Check out the site http://www.1-18-08.com/

    Doesn't really fill in any blanks, but I feel like it will be some viral marketing.

    What the heck?! Two pictures on that sight? That's all I can see... to move around???

    Is that a demon face in between the two girls?!? Looks like this could be a good sci-fi thriller... but really hard to tell anything from the dumb preview.
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited July 2007
    It's by J.J. Abrams from Lost who is making it. 1-18-08 isn't the name of the movie, it just doesn't have an official title, that the public knows of.
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited July 2007
    Whatever it is, it looks effing great! I love the whole feel of that trailer. Watching everything from afar. That roar is creepy as hell too. Wonder if its Godzilla 2?

    I dont get the website tho. Whats up with that?

    **edit**

    found a couple things on it

    http://movies.ign.com/articles/801/801593p1.html

    http://joblo.com/cloverfield-or-slusho

    One says it could be shot entirely from the prespective of a camcorder like Blair Witch. I sure hope not. It looks very promising and that could ruin it.
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  • avelanchefan
    avelanchefan Posts: 2,401
    edited July 2007
    Okay here is another website related to the trailer. This one has puzzles in it, once you solve the puzzles you get more info on the movie.

    http://www.ethanhaaswasright.com/
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited July 2007
    The "official" working title of the movie is actually "Cloverfield". JJ Abrams (as Demi said, the guy who does Lost) has said that the only official website "that people have found" is the 1-18-08 one.

    Some more fun links for you guys.

    A brief writeup on USAToday about the movie.

    Speculation that this bizarre website could be related.

    The counterpart to ethanhaaswasright.com, ethanhasswaswrong.blogspot.com.

    Link to the high-res trailer on Apple's website.
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,520
    edited July 2007
    Saw the trailer as well. If the movie looks anything like the trailer, it looks really cheesy, very handy-cam type of filming, I hate that. Remindes me of that Blair Witch crapola.
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  • zombie boy 2000
    zombie boy 2000 Posts: 6,641
    edited July 2007
    Odd....
    I didn't see a preview for it when I went to see Transformers.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited July 2007
    Ron-P wrote:
    Remindes me of that Blair Witch crapola

    If I may steal from Family Guy....
    "Nothing's happening, nothing's happening, something about a map... nothing's happening... ok, it's over. Everyone looks pissed."
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited July 2007
    avelanchefan wrote: »
    Okay here is another website related to the trailer. This one has puzzles in it, once you solve the puzzles you get more info on the movie.

    http://www.ethanhaaswasright.com/

    That website isn't at all related to the movie, despite what you may have read, and as stated above.
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  • PolkThug
    PolkThug Posts: 7,532
    edited July 2007
    cloverfield suxors
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  • PolkThug
    PolkThug Posts: 7,532
    edited July 2007
    lol ---> http://www.ethanhaaswaswrong.com/
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  • zombie boy 2000
    zombie boy 2000 Posts: 6,641
    edited July 2007
    No....
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  • avelanchefan
    avelanchefan Posts: 2,401
    edited July 2007
    Hmm okay, I thought it was related to the movie, I had read that in another forum when trying to search about the movie more...my bad.
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  • dudeinaroom
    dudeinaroom Posts: 3,609
    edited July 2007
    Demiurge wrote: »
    That website isn't at all related to the movie, despite what you may have read, and as stated above.

    How do you know it's not? Not trying to start an argument. Just wondering why you think it's not?
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  • millerman 3732
    millerman 3732 Posts: 1,488
    edited July 2007
    IT'S GODZILLA!!! okay I have no clue what it is ?
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  • wingnut4772
    wingnut4772 Posts: 7,519
    edited July 2007
    millerman 3732 wrote: »
    IT'S GODZILLA!!! okay I have no clue what it is ?

    My first thought was Godzilla when I saw the preview but would they really roll out another one of those..?
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited July 2007
    wingnut4772 wrote: »
    My first thought was Godzilla when I saw the preview but would they really roll out another one of those..?


    They can't.
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  • wingnut4772
    wingnut4772 Posts: 7,519
    edited July 2007
    Demiurge wrote: »
    They can't.

    Well thank goodness for that.
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited July 2007
    dudeinaroom wrote: »
    How do you know it's not? Not trying to start an argument. Just wondering why you think it's not?


    I don't know, taking J.J. Abrahms word for it, I guess. He said that site has nothing to do with his movie. So, unless he's lying... :confused:

    All signs seems to point to The Parasite so far, but even that is a total guess....
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  • dudeinaroom
    dudeinaroom Posts: 3,609
    edited July 2007
    From what I read, he said he could not give that information, and as they are trying to keep it under total secrecy that is the way I would answer either way. From what my wife read, they actually have a slew of sites set up for you to find clues, most of which have not been found. So in all reality only he would know(as well as the people in on it).
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited July 2007
    dudeinaroom wrote: »
    From what I read, he said he could not give that information, and as they are trying to keep it under total secrecy that is the way I would answer either way. From what my wife read, they actually have a slew of sites set up for you to find clues, most of which have not been found. So in all reality only he would know(as well as the people in on it).

    He specifically told AICN that the Ethan Haas site has nothing to do with his movie.
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited July 2007
    Oh, just to back myself up:
    J.J. Abrams wrote:
    Dear Sir,

    Thanks for your support of our little movie. I can't wait to talk to you more about it -- of course, knowing you, by the time we talk you'll know more than I will.

    Regarding the online stuff you posted: yeah, we're doing some fun stuff on the web. But, obviously, if the movie doesn't kick some massive ****, who gives a rat's about what's online? So as you can imagine, we're focusing mostly on THAT. For what it's worth, the only site of ours that people have even FOUND is the 1-18-08.com site. The others (like the Ethan Haas sites) have nothing to do with us.

    Stay cool the rest of the summer -- and thanks per usual for AICN!

    JJ
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited July 2007
    Oddly enough...

    www.slusho.jp IS a Cloverfield website.

    This is a picture from the guy in the trailer, who is wearing a Slusho shirt, which is a product that doesn't really exist. It was something from Alias (J.J. Abrams)...

    slaushocloverfield2.jpg

    This is all waaaay too much fun, which leads to major hype, so I hope this movie doesn't suck, whatever it is. Talk about building up expectations.
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  • PolkThug
    PolkThug Posts: 7,532
    edited July 2007
    "I saw it, its alive, its huge!"
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  • dudeinaroom
    dudeinaroom Posts: 3,609
    edited July 2007
    Demiurge wrote: »
    Oh, just to back myself up:

    I was just quoting the one I read. Thanks for the info.
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,520
    edited July 2007
    Try this one...

    http://www.parasitemovie.com/
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited July 2007
    not related.
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  • PolkThug
    PolkThug Posts: 7,532
    edited July 2007
    The writer of "Cloverfield", Drew Goddard, has done some Alias, Lost and some Buffy the Vampire Slayer episodes.
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