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Official 2nd Trailer For Cloverfield Up at Apple.com
November 19th, 2007 Cloverfield Movie News

IT’S UP!!!!

Head on over to apple.com to see the new trailer in all its “non-bootleg” glory. Empire Online had the exclusive only a few hours before Paramount decided to release it on there own, so head on over and check it out and lets start discussing what we really see now and not what we thought we could see via cell phone cam.

OFFICIAL TRAILER 2

SCREENSHOTS AFTER THE JUMP, Click below or click article title.

UPDATE: Hi-res video of just the monster walking through the buildings after the screenshots at the link below. Thanks Jt for bringing it to my attention. You can clearly see the monsters leg lift and walk, the the editor of the video reverses it to show it again.. check it out.

UPDATE 2: There is a lot of good discussion going on in the comments, but since I have to moderate them all to weed out the spammers I’ve made a few sticky’s on the forum regarding some of these topics. Below are links to those threads, where you can post freely in real time.

EXPLODING WOMAN BEHIND SHEET

3 PEOPLE IN HALLWAY

MONSTER

First up, the elusive “small monster/bio-suit” image, which we can tell 100% now that it is a biohazard suit, you can see through the window on the front of the mask in this shot. There has been a lot of discussion about the woman “expanding” and while I don’t disagree with this, I have an idea… Could she be restrained in a straight jacket, and start as a profile view and as the camera moves, it goes to a full back/front view, and with her wiggling around in a straight jacket, it could give the appearance of expanding like that, since her elbows would be protruding out…? Just a thought… more discussion in the forum

The next few are just random city destruction shots I thought were cool, in that they show how much damage the city is taking.

An explosion shot, possibly the beginning of the large one at the beginning of both trailers, or possibly just another small explosion.

Just a shot of the medical facility treating people that are injured/infected(?)

And here it is, the only place (i believe) you can see the large monster in the trailer. You can clearly see it’s leg lift and move forward in this segment, which is at approx. 1:26 -1:30, give or take a few seconds. It’s a quick clip, so pause it and go frame by frame to see it. I tried my best to get screenshots that were clear enough and showed the monster, the red box is the monster, and the arrow points to the general location of the leg. I didn’t want to cover anything by putting the arrow all the way to where the actual leg is, so just look along that line.

One more that I saw that was interesting. At approx: 1:44 in the trailer, it’s a quick flash. At first I thought it was just 2 3 people helping each other down a staircase, but after looking at it, there’s something weird going on in the middle of them? I have seen the picture that claims the stuff in the middle is a shoulder, hair and hand… I still don’t see it, but maybe it’s just me.

Please at least scan the comments before making one regarding this picture. I am aware it is 3 people, but someone explain what is in the the middle of all of them. I see 3 sets of legs, just nothing that tells me what is in the middle (and I don’t see the hand/shoulder/arm that one image suggests). I’m sure its just a piece of clothing, but who knows.

Here is a video of just the monster walking through the buildings like you see in the screenshots above. Everything is much clearer and easier to see that it is clearly a large monster.


Read the Comments

4693 Comment from st November 19, 2007, 12:32 pm

Only clip I saw of monster was at the 1:28-1:29 minute mark - If you go frame by frame, you see it walking by some buildings. Another great trailer…hope this movie doesn’t suck.

4694 Comment from admin November 19, 2007, 12:37 pm

st: I was just in the process of doing screenshots, I’ll be posting them up in this post in the next 5 minutes.

4697 Comment from Doom November 19, 2007, 1:17 pm

I think it has yellow eyes.. Also from the look of it I reckon it has more then 2 legs… kinda looks like a bug….

4699 Comment from Ohram November 19, 2007, 1:23 pm

Did anyone else see the woman behind the screen (the first picture in this article) expand into something and explode?

4700 Comment from Billie Be November 19, 2007, 1:31 pm

yeah you can clearly see its not small monsters attacking that person behind the screen, and you can see the monster move behind a building when being fired upon in the street.

Nice to have the clear quality 2nd trailer fianlly!

Now lets get some more clue updates rolling in paramount!

4702 Comment from Moz November 19, 2007, 1:43 pm

The creature seems to be walking backwards in the clip. I can see it turn and look too towards the camera. Think it has a kind of shrimps head with small black eyes.

4703 Comment from neenko November 19, 2007, 1:44 pm

the big monster looks like it has a luminescent green body, an elongated head and some kind of protruding spine or folded wings on its back, looks very odd and very alien, could be cthulu…

4705 Comment from admin November 19, 2007, 1:51 pm

neenko: How did you draw that conclusion from the trailer? All I can see is the hind quarters of the monster. Mainly just it’s back right leg as the back 1/4 of the body moves through the buildings.

Moz: I’m pretty sure the monster is moving to the right, so we can’t see a head, just based on the way the back leg moves, unless it’s “knees” are backwards…. but again, maybe i’m seeing something other than what you’re seeing.

4708 Comment from Andre Pinho November 19, 2007, 1:57 pm

Moment 1 min.:39 sec. For just a moment it is possible to see “something” (4 leg spider?) coming into the tunel.

4709 Comment from Shane November 19, 2007, 2:01 pm

If that is a leg moving, then I don’t think we are seeing the head, unless this thing is all legs and a head. Which means, it is actually going to be quite a bit larger than we are currently projecting.

4710 Comment from Moz November 19, 2007, 2:17 pm

Admin- Oh yeah, its its definatly moving to the right but it looks to me like its walking backwards(to the right). Also it looks like it drops a car? Maybe? I’ll try and take a screen grab and outline what I see. :)

4711 Comment from neenko November 19, 2007, 2:21 pm

I thought the top green bit was the back of a bulbous and pulpy looking elongated head, and the rest was a partial side view, maybe i’m wrong

4712 Comment from mannyfresh November 19, 2007, 2:28 pm

4713 Comment from admin November 19, 2007, 2:28 pm

neenko: I see what you’re talking about, but I don’t know why the monster would be walking backwards.

4714 Comment from monkeyinabush November 19, 2007, 2:30 pm

48 seconds in you can see up the street, that sure as hell looks like an eye to me looking down at us, also in the recap when the statue of liberty head comes down its the same street, you can look up the street again, it looks like they have put smoke or dust in the way just for the trailer, it looks too poor cgi work to be in the film, look like its teasing us with the monster behind it, as is when we eventually see the monster its the same street again. so the dust thing is just me thinking too hard but 48 seconds in definatley looks like an eye.

4716 Comment from Jeremy November 19, 2007, 2:32 pm

On your final screenshot, pretty sure that is just three people going down a hallway. If you look you can see the third is the farthest away from the camera and i hunched over. That is the flowyness you are talking about… just another silhouette.

4718 Comment from admin November 19, 2007, 2:49 pm

Jeremy: looks like you’re right… i see the extra legs, must be wearing a scarf or something to create that shape in between the other 2 silhouettes .

4719 Comment from NekoMouser November 19, 2007, 2:52 pm

I also saw the woman behind the sheet expand suddenly in the frame-by-frame view.

As for the weird image at 1:44, shown above, I don’t think that is a transforming person or weird pants. I think it is a third person’s heels and feet (you can see their upper body between the two figures bent over and moving in the opposire direction).

Where is this “eye” people are talking about?

4720 Comment from Moz November 19, 2007, 2:52 pm

Ok, Its not walking backwards. I definatly see that now! :lol:

I can still see a srimp face though….
http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/2241/81449507pd1.jpg

4722 Comment from Doom November 19, 2007, 2:55 pm

Is it possible that it’s actually standing on it’s hind legs and the highest up bit we see is part of its neck… so it looks kinda like a braciasaurus

4723 Comment from festercs November 19, 2007, 2:56 pm

There are three people running in the last picture. The person in the middle is bent over, almost looks like they are diving forward.

4724 Comment from Rob D November 19, 2007, 2:56 pm

If you pause the frame at exactly 1:29, I believe this gives us the very best glimpse of the creature. I also believe it is backing up. If you look closely you see what looks like a figure eight type body part going diagonally up to the right(I believe this is the creature’s ear or gills.) Over to the left of the ear/gills you can see an eye and the wide opening under it’s eye? That would be the mouth wide open. Now picture a giant fish. It has the slick back head that resembles a fish head. This thing is either a gigantic mutated fish(which would tie in with the Slusho website quite well) or the earlier “leaked” monster design that resembled a gigantic mutated whale with the parasite crabs all over it’s skin.

4725 Comment from Doom November 19, 2007, 2:58 pm

Reminds me of this for some reason

4726 Comment from Doom November 19, 2007, 2:59 pm

Ah I don’t know how to post pics in this… here’s the link…

http://209.132.69.82/uploaded_from_zbc/200307/user_image-1059692111gpj.jpg

4727 Comment from jake November 19, 2007, 3:01 pm

It has the leg of something like a T-Rex. all you can see is the leg THATS IT. the leg that it has is the the website with my name. not saying it looks like that but that is the type of leg it has and thats all you can see. Its Jurassic Park!

4729 Comment from neenko November 19, 2007, 3:09 pm

admin: I thought it looked like the big monster was making a sideways turn - had just turned its head away to our right obscuring its face and then decides to lurch off in the same direction behind the cover of the building(s), avoiding a frontal attack, moments later there’s ‘fire in the hall’. Seemed to be a pretty successful tactic. Just my impression though.

4730 Comment from Aaron November 19, 2007, 3:10 pm

Anyone figure out direct download links for the trailers yet, especially the HD ones?

4731 Comment from Alec November 19, 2007, 3:12 pm

This movie seems to make perfect sense of a new Godzilla movie.

4738 Comment from Cody November 19, 2007, 3:28 pm

i wanna say this again now that the real trailer is back up..and someone else pointed it out..and this might have been brought up already be someone thats not me..but i wanna see what everyone thinks..you can see that girl expand extremely quickly and possibly explode, im not really sure..but like i said..in one of the jamie loves teddy videos, she plays with that toy that expands like that..if this was planted in there as a clue, perhaps theres more clues to be found in the jamie loves teddy videos than we know

4739 Comment from Doom November 19, 2007, 3:30 pm

Here’s my idea of what it might stand like

http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/1478/cfmongs1.png

4740 Comment from Jt November 19, 2007, 3:33 pm

4743 Comment from Erin November 19, 2007, 3:38 pm

I’m just stuck on the girl suddenly expanding behind the sheet. Thats the one thing (besides the one-sided glimpse of the monster) that really grabs my attention

4744 Comment from NekoMouser November 19, 2007, 3:39 pm

The creature is definitely moving to the right. But is it moving backwards or not?

If you still frame if forward you can’t really tell…well, much of anything. But if you then frame-by-frame it in reverse, the gait (to me) looks more natural moving left. Maybe it is lumbering backwards after all.

4745 Comment from Jt November 19, 2007, 3:47 pm

4746 Comment from vik November 19, 2007, 3:49 pm

has anybody noticed the exploding woman…..

4747 Comment from Sayer Kanakriyeh November 19, 2007, 3:51 pm

On the Apple trailer page for the trailer (cloverfieldmovie.com) if you highlight all, there is a “b” in the bottom left corner. significant? definently hidden whether accidental or on purpose.

4749 Comment from BeN_86 November 19, 2007, 3:55 pm

Yea that scene with the girl behind the plastic sheets with another haz mat suit, you can definitely tell something is coming out of her and expanding. The sound effect is right there. However what I’m wondering is at the 1:00 mark, the solder who says “There is nothing to be afraid of” why is his face censored/blurred? If supposedly this footage of the whole “Cloverfield” movie is shot @ one night, how did they re-edit the tape to censor a persons face?

4751 Comment from Rob D November 19, 2007, 4:01 pm

Here’s what I’m talking about:

http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/1963/cloverfu3.jpg

4752 Comment from 55JL November 19, 2007, 4:01 pm

WTF? Why the army guy that says “there’s nothing we can do…” has his head pixelated like COPS style or something?

4753 Comment from sup12em3 November 19, 2007, 4:01 pm

in the last picture there are two people and something in front of them. it looks like a greyish creature or something

4754 Comment from david November 19, 2007, 4:05 pm

the girl in the shadow, (the first pic of this article) is definitively explodinggg or at leasttt something is gettint out of her body…

4755 Comment from Berginis November 19, 2007, 4:08 pm

When you look at the HD version it looks very much like you are seeing most of the creature and when you look at each frame in sequence its arm and upper body move away from sight.

There is a definite luminous glow about it and it has a very long thin body and looks not too much unlike a mutated centaur!!!

4760 Comment from Berginis November 19, 2007, 4:16 pm

I’ll try again…

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[url=http://imageshack.us][img=http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/163/monster1ak8.jpg][/url]

http://img517.imageshack.us/my.php?image=monster1ak8.jpg

4761 Comment from z3ro November 19, 2007, 4:17 pm

I dont know if you guys talked about it yet but I found this user on EBAY selling shirts with a picture of a monster on it claiming its from cloverfield movie. So i looked at it and if you notice this monster has a thumb and 3 claws.

http://i13.ebayimg.com/02/i/000/c2/11/4a76_1.JPG

now if you look at the statue of liberty its got 3 claw marks as that monster has. also that monster look like it has tentacles on top and below. looks like 4 tentacles to me. but if u look at the poster again in the area where the monster enters the city you see claw marks in the mid section of the buildings and destrucion in lower parts and top parts (where these tentacles are) just an observation.. i could be wrong.

poster here
http://bp1.blogger.com/_YPCf8JFgUdI/Rz_I5Y4bHDI/AAAAAAAABLY/VisGjg_VVl8/s1600-h/CLOVERFIELDposter.jpg

4762 Comment from Rob D November 19, 2007, 4:18 pm

Cleaned up pictures. The second picture it almost looks like it shape shifts? Or it possibly turns and looks at us(the camera) you see the black circle…could be an eye? Freaky.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v42/some_girls/monsturo.jpg

4763 Comment from admin November 19, 2007, 4:19 pm

Berginis: you cant post images in the comments, but the links work just fine. But the image is really small…

4764 Comment from Berginis November 19, 2007, 4:20 pm

4768 Comment from Nacho November 19, 2007, 4:29 pm

When I saw that part in which the girl “explodes”, the movies Species and Alien came to mind.

4772 Comment from Gilbert November 19, 2007, 4:51 pm

Did anyone notice how when they were in the store and the guy with the long blonde hair tells Rob
“Rob, Rob, I saw it.. It’s alive!”
I don’t even want to spark the whole “A Lion - Alive” drama again but thats what I personally heard
And I find it weird that the lady behind the sheet is exploding and the guy infront of it is just sitting there like nothings going on!?

4773 Comment from Casual Observer November 19, 2007, 4:55 pm

A “dinosaur-type” monster seems too easy. It looks like the back end of some sort of turtle or crustacean shell moving between the buildings to me. It seems to fit with the whole deep sea creature theme… and anyone who has eaten bad seafood can almost identify with the exploding girl.

4775 Comment from Billie Be November 19, 2007, 4:59 pm

Ok I used my graphics program to brighten up one of the pics posted and you can clearly see the creature?what exactly it is?I have no ideal!!

4776 Comment from busta moov November 19, 2007, 5:00 pm

This is really fun. I just got here from playing another game at www.cluechaser.com. They said their’s was alot like this one so I came over to play. Looks like I got alotta readin to do. So it’s about a big monster that eats NY I guess. Cool.

4777 Comment from Billie Be November 19, 2007, 5:00 pm

oops here it is…

Ok I used my graphics program to brighten up one of the pics posted and you can clearly see the creature?what exactly it is?I have no ideal!!

http://i5.tinypic.com/8g9jwp0.jpg

4778 Comment from Morgannon November 19, 2007, 5:09 pm

A couple of observations about the monster:

1.) It looks green and glowy

2.) It looks like it has small folded wings on it’s back

3.) It carries some sort of parasite / energy / disease / brood / spawn that can infect humans, causing them to bleed from the eyes and mouth and explode.

4.) It’s freaking HUGE.

And that’s pretty much all one can get from the trailer. Not bad information, all told! And from what I can see, my money is this critter is Cthulhu. Lovecraft (Cthulhu’s creator) described Cthulhu as a huge humanoid with bat wings, an octopus head, and made of a ghastly green substance. From what I can see in the trailer, we have everything but the octopus head, and if this monster is indeed Cthulhu, then the last thing they want to do is show its head, which would be a dead giveaway. And if those ARE wings on its back, a regular “run of the mill” ocean-going monster would not need wings to swim! Cthulhu is the only critter I know of - and I read a ton - that has wings, is big, is green, and lives beneath the ocean floor.

Now, regarding the exploding people - that’s a puzzler. The only thing I can think of is Lovecraft wrote a couple of stories where humans and monsters crossbred, and the progeny were monstrous. The Deep Ones, Cthulhu’s “children”, were especially notorious for mating with humans (see Innsmouth, Mass.) to beget half-human, half-deep one hybrids. Maybe the people are exploding because they have been impregnated with Cthulhu’s spawn.

OR, perhaps when they are “infected” they gradually become physiologically adapted to live deep under the ocean, and if they are kept on the surface, like deep sea fish brought up from the deeps, they explode. It looks like the woman is literally blowing up like a balloon - that’s a very similar description to what happens to deep sea fish brought to the surface. I think if a critter was coming out of her, it wouldn’t be like a balloon popping (think of the alien from Alien, it came out of the guy’s stomach - only his stomach exploded). The fact that the people’s mouths and eyes are bleeding makes me think of internal hemorrhage, which I believe happens in cases of rapid decompression.

Anyway, that’s my two cents.

4779 Comment from Peter November 19, 2007, 5:15 pm

The statue of Liberty head has also been changed from the first trailer. It is a little larger, more damaged and lit differently.

4780 Comment from harry November 19, 2007, 5:17 pm

will be another trailer??

4781 Comment from John November 19, 2007, 5:18 pm

For those who are not able to use QuickTime there is a High Definition version on youtwube.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=0EtPRZ6aEus

4783 Comment from Carlos November 19, 2007, 5:31 pm

That monster’s leg you guys are talking about- kind of looks like a face to me…

4786 Comment from Moz November 19, 2007, 5:36 pm

At 1.44 it seems to me that its a silhouette two people holding each other up while another is being sick behind them. the bits that look like ‘flowing pants’ are the heels of the vomiteer. :)

4787 Comment from John November 19, 2007, 5:36 pm

For users who cannot view the trailer VIA QuickTime a High Definition version is released at

youtube.com/watch?v=0EtPRZ6aEus

4788 Comment from Heath November 19, 2007, 5:38 pm

Anyone notice that the mouth appears to open wider and wider. First thing I thought of was either something that looked like a Jurassic Park raptor, or similar to Godzilla 1998 (not saying it’s Godzilla, just that dino head). Upon closer inspection, based on cleaned up images here, there doe appear to be a big horn on the nose.

heath

4789 Comment from Teso November 19, 2007, 5:40 pm

One comment- A masterpiece. Considering the fact that it is “low budget” It has outstanding effects. To me it “looks” like a $150 million movie

4791 Comment from david November 19, 2007, 5:45 pm

the “formerly known as central park” is breathtaking :(…i am sorry i am the only one not doped with the geek fantasy part of this movie…

4793 Comment from John November 19, 2007, 5:49 pm

No way it’s Cthulu. All of the clues point to something from under the sea, Cthulu is from another planet/dimension.

4795 Comment from Travisleet November 19, 2007, 5:53 pm

Alright, I was watching the medical facility clip (sorry if this has already been discussed) but it appears the infection makes you “explode”. Check out these screenshots I took from the trailer, the are in order from where she look normal, all the way to looking very bloated (also a weird noise plays as she “transforms”)

http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/8211/cloverfield1ym7.jpg

http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/7997/cloverfield2np4.jpg

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/1995/cloverfield3je5.jpg

4798 Comment from Lostfan November 19, 2007, 6:01 pm

I’ve spent three days looking at whatever “IT” is. I think what we are all looking at is the back section of the monster and it appears to indeed have a shell with what appear to be fins to the side or possible wings. The legs appear to be that of a large T-rex type creature. I don’t think we are seeing a head or a face-you guys don’t think JJ would be that giving in a trailer do you? As for the “Exploding woman”- over at slusho.jp there is a “Happy Talk” that says-”I am so happy and full of Slusho I may Burst!” Coincidence or something tied to this pic-I dunno? Thoughts??

4801 Comment from vinny November 19, 2007, 6:18 pm

Am going to point out that nowhere in the trailer can Jamie Lascano be seen even though she is prominent in the whole viral campain with the whole jamieandtedd.com thing and being in the pics on 1-18-08.com.

looks like a huge shell with markings, the luminescence would sugest extremely deep sea dwellings as many fish se luminescence as a means of direction and to lure prey in very deep dark waters.

4802 Comment from vinny November 19, 2007, 6:20 pm

wasnt cthulhu the creature in te beastie boys video? haha, giant robot kills it. Clue???? Hmmmmm

4805 Comment from Lostfan November 19, 2007, 6:31 pm

OMG-could this thing possibly be a mutated form of HORSESHOE CRAB? Look at the clue at Slusho-the horse-the crab. Horseshoe crab blood is also used as a bacterial aid by pharmaceutical companies in injections, iv’s etc. Go check out www.horseshoecrab.org and see what I am talking about!
Also don’t crabs cause urinary infections in people like at jamie has been having problems with in her vids? I know its sounds crazy but it sorta makes sense!

4806 Comment from Ryan November 19, 2007, 6:42 pm

Anyone see the teeth in the second window from the right at 1:22 in the HD trailer or is just me? I’m willing to bet the “creature” is Cthulhu.

4807 Comment from Hodge November 19, 2007, 6:47 pm

4809 Comment from Engel November 19, 2007, 6:50 pm

Sorry, I just don’t see it Ryan. I think a lot of people are looking a little too hard.

4812 Comment from orange November 19, 2007, 6:54 pm

Lostfan - Good connection. Great idea. Its definitely possible we are going to be seeing some kind of virus…slusho might just be the virus…and that it reacts only when the creature is near…I’m reaching now. However I think based upon what we are seeing, we need to start making the connection with slusho.com and the other sites.

4814 Comment from hector November 19, 2007, 7:00 pm

it kinda looks like zilla lookin back at the camera on the picture that rob d has the one that was posted at 4:18 november 19th. look at and see how the second picture to the right looks alot like zilla

4815 Comment from Jeffrey November 19, 2007, 7:01 pm

Those HAZMAT guys are draging here with them en then see explodes…the left HAZMAT guy turns around and the right one is getting down i think. At the moment that weird sound is on the right HAZMAT guy has something on his back….maybe a Parasite?

4817 Comment from zues November 19, 2007, 7:03 pm

Ok theres been some good ideas as for the monster but I believe I now figured out just what that footage it is. If you notice closly its not a leg, its a piece of its armor, i believe thats the front of the face but its being over casted by plates of its shell, when the marines start shooting it, its scales or armor move over its body to protect its self “like a turtle”. Then it moves towards the camera as in to prepare its self to rush. (notice how soon as they get down the stairs dust and debree coming flying down)

Also if you look even harder you can see an odd jelly like liquid thats color yellow, if you remember the first person on their site that talked how he got to see this trailer long ago talked about “scales” falling off that actually were “little” monsters that attack people. Well I believe that its blood or a jelly from the Deep that could protect it and infects people near by.

But now that i think about it thinking further in to this how animals share bodys with parasite, that the liquid or what ever it is, is indeed a parasite and infects the people changing them as host for the parasite. It would make sense of how their bodys are mulated and the odd sounds, that one flashing image you see quickly after you hear the odd “sreching” sound is the parasite communicating to each other. I stared at that image closly and notice it is not 1 monster but 2 of them closly together meaning the infected talk to each other and gather in groups.

So basically, The Giant creature is from the ocean, it has scales and plays host to several parasites. The parasite could actually be the source of this giant creature, infact this huge monster could be just a fish infected by an abnormal alien like parasite. Since fish live an every day life with the parasite i could see where they got the idea for this creature taking ideas from water based animals.

eh just my 2cents

4819 Comment from LouieLou November 19, 2007, 7:08 pm

After looking at the monster image, I believe all we are looking at is the 3 clawed hand, not a face or a shell or a leg. I really hope the monster is Cthulhu, but I feel after all JJ Abrams has said about the monster being original, I doubt it will be anything as cool as Cthulhu. I think the movie will be cool because of the way it was shot, not because of the monster.

4820 Comment from Ian November 19, 2007, 7:09 pm

4821 Comment from Ian November 19, 2007, 7:11 pm

In the part with the biohazard suits pulling at the transforming girl. Look at the people inside the tent. They are unusually calm about it. So how used to the idea of people turning into monsters (if that is indeed what it is) are they?

4822 Comment from Jt November 19, 2007, 7:17 pm

hey admin.. someone posted this video on another site.. check it out!!

http://s221.photobucket.com/albums/dd299/serversphere/?action=view&current=monster.flv

4824 Comment from esoomxal November 19, 2007, 7:25 pm

I’m surprised nobody has talked about the images at 46 and 47 seconds…

Doesn’t it look like the monster is in the center wrecking everything in sight?

Also - I thought I saw long spikes on the creature…

4828 Comment from Austin November 19, 2007, 7:55 pm

i STILL don’t see a monster. those screen shots aren’t convincing to me. what you all think is a monster’s leg or head looks to me like a retracting smoke plume. ??? to me, nothing that big would move that fast (no i am not saying that is some kind of smoke monster, that’s just dumb) then again, in anaconda, a snake that size would never have moved that fast or needed to eat that often, i hope this isn’t as dumb as that movie was.

but given the budget, the third floor (the effects house used for the film) appears it got all they could out of their interns and newbies. i wouldn’t mind having this film as a demo piece. they appear to have done a good job

4831 Comment from Steve November 19, 2007, 8:25 pm

If this was a HP Lovecraft film, I think JJ would have said so…I don’t think this is. He said that this was an “Original Idea”. I dont think JJ would let anyone see the full detail of the monster, that would ruin the film. Everyone is looking for something and their imagination is running wild. We are seeing what want to see at this point.

4832 Comment from Heath November 19, 2007, 8:38 pm

I think I’m seeing tentacles where arms are in the 1:26 to 1:30 part.

4834 Comment from Chris November 19, 2007, 8:53 pm

I thought I knew how this movie was going to play out… until I saw that clip where they were in that medical tent, after that doctor tells the guy to shut off the camera… Theres some screaming girl, being escorted by what looks like guys in Bio suits… and at the last second she bulges up like something is exploding from her body. That was nuts.

4835 Comment from Cody November 19, 2007, 8:55 pm

why are people still saying this is cthulhu or anything else already existing..hasnt jj said enough times that this is a new, original monster..i dont get why people are insisting its cthulhu

4836 Comment from VB3 November 19, 2007, 9:03 pm

Maybe its a big bug. Lots of insects reproduce by infecting their hosts, and then the offspring burst out and eat whatever is left. And the sound effect in the scene where they start running from something in the dark sounds buggish to me.

Except bugs wouldn’t roar like the monster does. And why hasn’t anyone commented on the explosion in the teaser trailer yet? What’s with the fireballs that come shooting off the first explosion? Is that supposed to be from the monster or not?

And what about the timeline in the teaser? Big explosion, people go running down at least ten flights of stairs, and then the statue’s head comes flying in (and somehow causes an explosion when it hits a building)? What’d the monster do in the meantime, backstroke around the harbor?

Hopefully the movie explains some of this and doesn’t just leave it all to speculation.

4841 Comment from Jesso November 19, 2007, 9:25 pm

Ryan I think I see what you’re talking about, but I’m not entirely sure it’s teeth… it looks like partly a wierd reflection maybe?

4845 Comment from Engel November 19, 2007, 9:44 pm

For the few of you saying that you see some sort of monster/mutation at the 1:44 mark, its three people running a hall, thats it… here is the still, lightened, and the three people numbered.

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/5517/threepeoplerunningvu9.jpg

4846 Comment from Engel November 19, 2007, 9:46 pm

running DOWN a hall I mean.

4847 Comment from admin November 19, 2007, 9:47 pm

Engel: Not disagreeing there are 3 people, just confused as to what is in the very middle. It’s probably just clothing, but it looked odd to me. But I can clearly see 3 sets of feet/legs…

4850 Comment from Engel November 19, 2007, 10:04 pm

One other thing I wanted to point out, prices haven’t been this low in almost 10 years in NYC… whats up with that?

http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/4809/pricesmq2.jpg

4853 Comment from Brian November 19, 2007, 10:17 pm

If you go to the scene with the two girls in the tunnel, the girl on the right has a necklace on of a Sea Horse. If you wikepedia Sea horse it talks about how there is also “Sea Dragons”. Maybe this is something about it being a dragon type creature and also supports peoples theory of wings on the creature.

4855 Comment from Jeffrey November 19, 2007, 10:26 pm

The one about the two people and one is helping the other? Theres three people, what looks like something on her legs is actually a person in front of her, their feet.

4856 Comment from Meatloaf November 19, 2007, 10:28 pm

When you watch the girl exploding right after 1:10, it looks like the HAZMAD on the right Jabs her and pops her or something. Thats REALLY nasty, but look for yourself! You can see his arm going back behind him (what others said looked like a parasite, but I’m pretty sure its his arm) and then it jabs forward, followed Perfectly by the nasty gooshing sound effect.

Also, if what people are really saying in the clips is “Its alive”, which seems to be said much too often, reminds me of Godzilla, because they thought that they killed him off. Im not saying AT ALL that this is godzilla just an observation!

=D

4858 Comment from Leor November 19, 2007, 10:32 pm

In the second explosion shot, there are two jets flying in between the buildings. One drops a bomb, the other is firing a missile.

4861 Comment from smashhog November 19, 2007, 10:55 pm

I wonder what this film’s going to be rated, I mean if people are seen blowing up (the tent scene) then that means there’s going to be a LOT of blood and gore. It would suck if this was rated R.

4862 Comment from Jt November 19, 2007, 10:57 pm

guys.. lets get this straight once and for all.. the girl is not “exploding” or “expanding” the camera angle is changing and it moves to her back.. watch the surroundings and u will see the cameraman is moving
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v200/dsw182/expand.gif

4863 Comment from joe November 19, 2007, 11:03 pm

J. J. Abrams quote:
>This is gonna be really really quick. I just want to >say I want a monster movie! I want a great monster >movie! I wanted a monster movie for so long! And I >was in Japan over a year ago with my son who is 8 and >all he wanted to do was go to toy stores. We went to >a store and saw Godzilla’s everywhere and I thought >what better. We need our own monster.
>
>We need a monster movie. I love King Kong! King Kong >is just adorable and Godzilla is a charming monster I >love Godzilla but I wanted something that was just >insane and intense. So we started making this movie >and are working it now. I watch dailies and I am more >excited about the movie itself then the trailer which >has gotten an amazing response.
>
>I cant thank you enough for that. I would say it will >be nearly 6 months before this movie comes out. Its a >long time so in the coming months your going to get >the real trailer, the real poster, and the title. But >you wont get the title today. Do you think I should >call it Monstrous?

So, where in there does he say he is creating a “new” or “original” monster? He says “we” need a monster movie - as in, America needs its iconic monster. Japan has Godzilla, we have… King Kong. But Abrams wants more. What is an American creation? Cthulhu. What is the embodiment of “insane” and “intense”? Cthulhu.

All of this coupled with e deep sea monster motif? Also, Cthulhu will rise again when the “stars are right” - the planets will be in “alignment” coming up in 2008 - http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1791749 -

I for one, welcome our new master, and hope that I delight in insanity before being consumed…

http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/images2/cthulhu2.jpg

4864 Comment from Leor November 19, 2007, 11:06 pm

The girl is definitely expanding in a strange way. The camera is moving, but if it were just lighting, the two people wearing the safe suits would also expand. Also, her head does not expand in proportion to her body.

4866 Comment from Ravenclaw November 19, 2007, 11:10 pm

the last picture the administrator posted is of 3 people. The one in front of the 2 people, holding each other one helping the other walk, is almost leaning forward so what seems to be hanging out between the other 2 is simply, her hair. Ir did look weird but like i’ve read in other comments and like the girl said, we’re seeing things where they’re not which kind of brings me to my next point…the slusho site and all the clues related to the movie…dont you guys think that all they want to point out is that IT is an animal, IT does come from the sea, IT is infectious or poisonous and IT was our own fault (humans) that IT was made? just like slusho, made from lots of ingredients combined and all? just like a scientist does… all in all, i think its great to have your imagination go crazy and it’ll the depend on each person, whether they’re dissapointed or pleased with the results on that day, next year.

2 more cents added to the cause…

4867 Comment from Ravenclaw November 19, 2007, 11:16 pm

it might, might not be Cthulhu. Personally i wouldnt mind if it is, if not then it really is something new and original which is very daring for someone to do thus the whole hype build up behind it….making sure people are interested in it before the real deal comes out and everybody gets to know what it really is…

4868 Comment from SeigeJay November 19, 2007, 11:20 pm

looks very bug like… kinda like a praying mantis…

4869 Comment from sean November 19, 2007, 11:21 pm

He says it right there where he says “We need our own monster.” He’s referring to Japanese coming up with there monsters, we need our own… hence he made a new one.

4870 Comment from sean November 19, 2007, 11:21 pm

alrite, i figured out the editing of the trailers,
about where the monster comes into play in the movie…

1) if you look at the first teaser trailer, when they go out of the building you can see a sign on the right of the street when the statue of liberty head is coming that says “The Textile…”

2) if you look at the second trailer, during the sequence of the army guys shooting at the monster, when we see the monster go by, you can see it’s the same street they came out on, with “The Text…” visible, and same pattern of buildings, empire state building, etc… in this shot no bullets or rockets whatever are being shot at him.

3)They just used that shot of the monster for the second trailer in that army sequence, but the format in the movie will be as follows…

a) they go outside and someone says “i saw it, it’s alive, it’s huge”… obviously it’s nearby, and you see the Text… as a hint of where they are

b) the statue of liberty get’s thrown down the street… and you see the Text… as a hint of where they are

* c) in the movie, the camera will pan back from the staue of liberty’s head to show the monster walking past in that shot from the second trailer… and you see the Text… as a hint of where they are

I mean this isn’t anything drastic, but as a film major who loves to anaylze details in movies, this is 99.9% accruate to me

4871 Comment from esoomxal November 19, 2007, 11:22 pm

I originally thought that the woman wasn’t exploding either - but you can’t tell me that the final frame of her (looking like she’s 300+ pounds) is just a camera angle. She HAS to be exploding!

4877 Comment from Mitch Mitchem November 19, 2007, 11:59 pm

The monster in the trailer is walking on at least two legs. When the video first unblurs, you can see leg number one going behind the building to the right. Following that, you see leg number two emerge from behind the building on the left. I’m not sure how you can see a face in that.

4878 Comment from Klemins November 20, 2007, 12:05 am

At about 38-39 seconds or around there, after the guy says “My name is Robert Hawkings” and the camera moves upwards towards the jets flying, you can see what looks like 2 tentacle like objects moving up/around the diagonal building. It starts in the middle of the screen and ends up at the bottom, as the camera moves. It’s only a few split seconds, but maybe a clue? Also could explain why the planes over head

4879 Comment from Jim November 20, 2007, 12:07 am

I was surfing around and I found this guy that posted a nice short vid of the Cloverfield monster.

Spoiler that its a damn good shot of the monster and it may ruin it for you if you want to wait till it comes out to see the monster.

Here is the vid clip: http://s221.photobucket.com/albums/dd299/serversphere/?action=view&current=monster.flv

4880 Comment from Trev November 20, 2007, 12:21 am

Ok, the part at 1:44 is 3 people on a staircase. Look at the shadows on the ground. There is no flowing cloth, it’s the guys heels, it’s just so eerily lit.

The part at 1:28-1:29, it is a leg! No way would a whole body move like that. It looks like its kicking the building.

4881 Comment from Trev November 20, 2007, 12:25 am

Oh and by the way, the woman IS expanding, or SOMETHING. Camera angle, COME ON! There’s no angle that would make that woman look 300 pounds like she did. Oh and, the camera angle wouldn’t make the sick gurgling noise.

4882 Comment from Hanzo November 20, 2007, 12:30 am

I believe the the woman behind the curtain is not exploding, I think she is wearing a coat because look at this..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v292/Animelovereric/Cool%20Shit/pf_slide_clover2.jpg

So pretty much it is showing Lizzy Caplan’s Character being Quarantined. But cant be for certain, maybe she is infected because she looks kinda sick in the other pics, and why would the detain her?

4886 Comment from KenGuy November 20, 2007, 1:10 am

Though it is pretty late to post it, the actual links for the HD trailers are:

Trailer in:
480p http://images.apple.com/movies/paramount/1-18-08/1-18-08-tlr_h480p.mov
720p http://images.apple.com/movies/paramount/1-18-08/1-18-08-tlr_h720p.mov
1080p http://images.apple.com/movies/paramount/1-18-08/1-18-08-tlr_h1080p.mov

What meatloaf said does seem to be true - the right HAZMAT man seems to jab the inflating woman with something….ick. >_

4889 Comment from Z.Davi November 20, 2007, 1:21 am

Well All I HAve To Say Is I See The Monster…I See Three People In That Dark Pic Running Thru a hallway and last but not least….

I GOT A DOUBLE-SIDED OFFICIAL CLOVERFIELD POSTER

4892 Comment from SteveP November 20, 2007, 1:31 am

Okay, here’s my two cents on 1:29, which seems to be the topic du jour:

It looks to me like the creature is quartering towards the camera, with the camera being about 45 degrees or so to the right from the creature’s point of view, and the creature is looking off to its left side. Most of what we see is underneath its neck and chest, with a left leg visible throughout the shot and a right leg coming into view later. It looks like the creature has a somewhat long neck, enough to start with a fair degree of bend in it which straightens out in the later frames.

Guess we won’t know anything for sure ’till January. :-)

4893 Comment from jjk3 November 20, 2007, 1:32 am

I’m kind of thinking that it might be Cthulhu aswell or atleast Cthulhu-esque He says we need our own, not new. And has anyone noticed how the Tagruato(tagruato.com) drills are “stratigically positioned around the globe” no where close to R’lyeh(the city where Cthulu waits)? Google maps has it here according to Lovecrafts cooordinates..
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=-47.15,-126.716667&spn=0.3,0.3&q=-47.15,-126.716667
I know it’s Wikipedia but just check out the page on Cthulhu. After reading the descriptions of his physical appearance does anyone else think the back of Cthulhu might look ALOT like that monster walking with his wings folded up behind him? Showing his “face” would be a dead giveaway. Go ahead read what he is supposed to look like on there. Also “small monsters” might just be the Cthulhi. That are like him, but smaller(human sized?), so they would have wings like him. And might make that noise towards the end of the trailer if flying in a group(swarm). Oh man I’m spent! I just want 1-18-08 to get here already!! And I hope it is an R rating! I’m sick of all the “we want more money so we’ll make it pg-13″ crap! Show me what a real monster attack would look and sound like. Hint: lots of 4 letter words, gore and destruction.

4894 Comment from Andrew W November 20, 2007, 1:36 am

http://www.slusho.org/?p=6

this is not my find but this guy put up a video of the Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, and it really makes me think this is a large part to the whole story. Obviously the smaller monsters come from somewhere but I think before long we will see if this old movie shares alot.

4895 Comment from z3ro November 20, 2007, 1:38 am

JT you seriously need glasses if you dont see that her body is expanding… and no its not the camera… if thats the case the bio suit guys should be expanding as well.

4898 Comment from z3ro November 20, 2007, 1:42 am

So you’re telling me this thin girl (which u can also see in the promo pictures) go’s from size 2 to like Rosie O donnel in 3 seconds becuase she turned around? ok so when shes side ways shes skinny and then when she turns her back shes a whale lol. get some glasses!

4900 Comment from HArry November 20, 2007, 1:50 am

joe: J.J. Abrams It’s talking about (obviously) an original monster, Cthulhu isn’t original, because it’s Lovecraft’s creation. I think this monster comes totally from the J.J. Abrams’ mind

Well, I saw on the minute 1:11 - 1:13 when we think It’s the “mini-monster” (haha) attacking a person, I saw a Lion’s head =S and I heard a roar in the trailer, Wow! It’s totally mysterious. I don’t know what think about it.

I saw another think, not important but It’s weird.
In the first teaser, when we see Rob get into the apartment, he’s with some friend with a normal haircut. So, in the second teaser when we see the same scene, I saw another guy =S with a different haircut, he has an “afro” haha =/

greetings

4901 Comment from jjk3 November 20, 2007, 1:56 am

Also real quick why would it say “camera retrieved at incident site U.S. 447″ Wouldn’t that mean that there are other “incident sites” around the world if they have to refer to it with the country name and a number?? Otherwise wouldn’t it just be THE SITE?

4902 Comment from Z.Davi November 20, 2007, 2:00 am

oh yeah n i got it for FREE

4903 Comment from BIG OLE TWERP November 20, 2007, 2:09 am

Like OMG!!!! It’s sso obvious! Like OH MY GOD! so obvious! 1.49, it’s those damn horse and cart guys from Central Park! Like OMG!!!! You guys need to get out more, maybe find girlfriends and maybe get laid!!

4905 Comment from smurfblade November 20, 2007, 2:26 am

at 47 sec in you can see what looks like a really big ugly thing in the middle of the explosions.

4908 Comment from Sci Fi Massive November 20, 2007, 2:40 am

Great research! I’m hoping its Cthulhu. We welcome everyone to come speculate with us at the Sci Fi Massive..
http://www.scifimassive.com/forumdisplay.php?f=11

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