Even so, I like shows with sea monsters
Martin wrote:
> Oh- by this I do *not* mean octopi...
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> Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Only a
> handful of monster flicks have scared me, and they all have one common
> element.
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> 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
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > 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.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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."
> >
> > Mike Street wrote:
> >
> >> 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
> >> online and offline
> >>
> >> On Dec 27, 2007 9:47 PM, Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
> >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> found some pix of the monster
> >>> http://www.massiveblack.com/stabby/stabbysidefinal.jpg
> >>> http://www.massiveblack.com/stabby/paint16.jpg
> >>>
> >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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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.
> >>>>
> >>>> 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.
> >>>>
> >>>> 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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> >>>> 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.
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> >>>> 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.
> >>>>
> >>>> 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
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> principal scribe on Dirty Girls, the episode from Buffy season seven. This
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> Fillion from the recently canceled Firefly to Buffy wherein he portrayed a
> nefarious, misogynistic man of the cloth. Goddard's work on Angel primarily
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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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