They are wack. slusho just decided to cancel the order I placed in the beginning of Dec without ever letting me know. I just wanted a damn sweatshirt.


The transaction was pending, they just never deducted it in the end, won't answer any emails as to whether I have to make another order or what.

Furthermore, this is looking to be a low budget operation. Bungling orders, shooting the movie with cameras from wal-mart's electronics dept.

word of mouth will hopefully kill this bird the 1st day.

@Jerry: Sorry about your sweatshirt, but just because the movie was filmed "with cameras from wal-mart’s electronics dept" doesn't mean its going to be bad. I predict this movie will do fairly well.

I actually think it will be surprisingly good....and do surprisingly well at the box office. Kinda like a bigger budget "Blair Witch."

Come on, who hasn't wondered about all the poor suckers on the ground during Godzilla movies, or what we'd do in that situation.

;)

Maybe this is a stupid question but how come JJ Abrams is getting titled credit for this one, as producer. Usually you don't see this. Is it because there is not another big name involved, that he did most of the film, or is there something I don't know about him I should? Anyways just a question since I'm an aspiring producer and am surprised at the titled credit he's receiving on this one...

@ T Sedano

Nah, this may make a splash early in the year, but by the time Indy and Batman roll around no one will remember this movie existed by xmas.

@Lisa: He is the one who had the idea (or so he says) and he's a big name right now, its no different then giving an mainstream actor top bill in a film he may be in for all of 15 minutes.

lisa, its show biz. its happened many times before with a lot of movies. jerry, if you hate the movie so much, why are you still looking at all the updates? personally, when I hate movies, i just stop worrying about them and move on. i am starting to think that you actually have a crush on cloverfield.

Allynd Dudnikov, you mean like Steven Segal in Executive Decision! haha he died in the first 10-15 minutes of the movie.

Jerry, how else do you want them to shoot a movie like this and get the results they're aiming for? They can't exactly run around the city with an IMAX camera. Also $30 million isn't a super low budget when you consider that every actor is an unknown making hardly anything.

Yeah ally dudnikov kind of like ben affleck in smokin aces, first to die. Wow lisa im an aspiring movie producer as well but im only fifteen so itll b a while for me. Anyways im really hoping this movie does well, but there are a couple of things that worry me. After i saw transformers i ran around like a little school girl asking people if they had seen the trailer for 1-18-08, and surprisingly most people i asked said no. Now this is a shame because in my opinion the original trailer is the best of them all. But now more people no about the movie due to the t.v. Commercials, which isnt neccessarily a bad thing, but the new commercials dont have the same tone as the original and may not excite people as much as the original would have. So i really hope this movie does well.

I'm kind of indifferent about this movie already. The buzz started way too early for me, and now I'm kinda over it.

Look at the new pics the studio is releasing. Two gelled up blond himbo's just standing there. Clearly they are marketing this film towards teens, notably little girls.

This explains that pg-13 rating. This is nothing but a kid's movie. A faux disney impression of 9-11.

@ Big Daddy: No crush. Just annoyance. The warning signs are already seeping out that this won't deliver on the hype. By now, most intelligent people can see that this is shaping up to be "The Hills meet Godzilla".

Jerry, I think you're wrong. You seem to have a pretty negative tone I agree with the other person who said if you don't like the movie, forget about it and move on and stop putting down a movie that other people are looking forward to.

Personally I'm not sure what to think of the movie but I saw the trailer wen I saw a couple other movies in theatre (I think they showed it at The Mist) and if this movie is better than the mist then it's worth seeing. The Mist was alright, but not what I was expecting, so hopefully this movie lives up to some of the hype.

I'm more looking forward to Iron Man and Dark Knight personally. Those will be awesome awesome movies.

It's a whale, a blue whale changed by a slusho ingrediant,
similar to godzilla, maybe a possibility in the same universe
but the movie is more political than most would think of it may be.
I've seen the sketch already about the size comparison with the Statue of Liberty. Use logic and clues to piece up the results like i Did.

WHO CARES ANYMORE!

Haha, Jerry, you sound so ignorant. Clearly this movie isn't targeted towards little girls, just look at the trailer! And those promo pics you talk about? If those "gelled up blond bimbos" are hot blonds like you make it seem, then how is that targeting little girls? Wouldn't that be targeting 18-35 year old men? Get a clue.

Since when does a PG-13 rating make it for kids? Does a movie have to be R-rated to be for adults? What about Casablanca, 12 Angry Men, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Forrest Gump, Jaws...all movies on the IMDB Top 250 that are "adult" movies but aren't rated R.

And what does this have to do with 9-11? This is about a monster, and as far as i'm concerned (conspiracy theorists excluded) it wasn't a giant monster that attacked the World Trade Centers on 9-11.

And what is a faux disney impression of 9-11? Is it a faux, disney impression of 9-11? Or a faux disney, impression of 9-11?

its jerry startin sh*t again, lol, no biggie. he has had a bad experience with his slusho order, and i dont blame him, but jerry, you should just leave it alone, you are just getting negativity back from all the fans.. and und3ad... yur wrong, its not a flucking whale, you are looking at the flucking fan art, which is fake, do some research before you buy into things so quickly

Dude, only one bringing negativity is you with all of the cursing. Relax, it's just a movie discussion.

This movie has gotten way to much hype for what it is. IT'S ANOTHER GOZILLA RIPOFF. Hopefully after the first viewing someone will put it in to perspective and we can all go back to ignoring it. I might see it..once I find it while rummaging through a used DVD bin and I can get it for 3 bucks.

All I am saying is, I believe that the movie they are going to deliver will be less akin to independance Day, and more along the lines of Abrams sitting in his condo watching mtv's Newport harbor and thinking, wow, how cool would it be if Heidi and Spencer had to get married amid a huge monster attacking the city.

9/11 + mtv's The Hills = Cloverfield

All of the hype, misleading =viral marketing, and chalk aside, that is the movie they are clearly making, and where their inspiration came from.

I'm going to see this just because of the Star Trek preview.

Jerry! Again, with the 9-11 reference. Please show me where there were monsters in 9-11, or The Hills. And, if The Hills is the show im thinking of, it's probably more scripted than Cloverfield.

And you mention Independence Day, which has the same rating this movie had, PG-13. Looking at the trailers for each of those movies (which are representative of the type of movie which will come out) and tell me which looks more like a kid's movie. Sure isn't Cloverfield.

If you're just bitter over your sweatshirt, say so. Otherwise, leave your off base, ignorant thoughts inside your head.

Egad! So many opinions from so many industry wannabees...oh wait! Sorry! This is an "industry" website. Run along kiddies back to your film school studies.

Less talk. More action. Go make your own damn film and show us how it's done!

Whingers.

SPOILER THE WHOLE MOVIE FROM A VERY RELIABLE SOURCE

The whole movie ...

The film opens with HUD adjusting his camera on what I guess is either a tripod or a desk. He explains that he’s making a film for Robby who is leaving NY to go to Japan and be a part of Tagruato. He’s wearing a Slusho shirt from the webstore. I didn't see any strange hidden things in his room, but I wasn't really focused on that kind of stuff. He says that Robby's gonna be a part of a Slusho presentation this afternoon and that everyone's gonna show up to lend him support. He says that they're gonna trick Robby into thinking this is his celebration/going away party but they really have a surprise party planned later that evening.

Fast forward to the Slusho presentation. Ganu Yoshida is present among a long panel of Japanese representatives. Robby is translating. Robby translates for Ganu that Robby is “part of a team of great, young minds that will lend their talents to making Slusho appealing to American sensibilities.” (I'm paraphrasing, of course. I don't remember this speech verbatim.) A couple of reporters in the audience ask Robby about several ‘controversies’ surrounding Slusho and Tagruato and Robby looks to be caught off guard. He stammers trying to answer and Ganu doesn't offer an answer, or appear to be phased at all by the question. We hear HUD say *beep* under his breath. The reporter persists, asking Robby if he’s aware that Tagruato has come under scrutiny for their “deep sea explorations” which many believe to be hazardous. Ganu still says nothing. Robby stammers some more and HUD goes “Come on, man.” Robby finally speaks and says that Tagruato has many advisors on their board, and points to one guy, and asks the reporter if she's also heard the theory that competitors are drumming up these theories in order to damage the company. Ganu looks pleased, HUD says “Way to go!” and the camera cuts over to a display table.

PRESENT: HUD, ROBBY, MARLENA, HAWK, BETH.

Two Japanese women are handing out free Slusho. The scene opens with one of the cups nearly eclipsing the camera, as HUD drinks it. Marlena asks for more than one cup. Beth turns down the free Slusho that Robby offers her and he doesn't drink any either. They both seem to be eyeballing each other like something's wrong. Robby asks where Jamie and Lil are and HUD says they're working. (Its later revealed that Lil and Jamie are decorating the apartment for Robby's party and that's why they're not there) Robby then asks if Jamie is still with Teddy. Marlena takes a huge gulp of Slusho, rolls her eyes and says “unfortunately”. Nothing else to note here. Except that the Slusho bots are present. They're mechanical and synchronized on a display to dance to the Slusho theme song. There are some TV monitors too which are playing Slusho commercials. (Different from the commercial on slusho.jp - less ‘crazy’ I guess, and completely animated. The only thing similar to the commercial on the net is that a duck explodes and several Slusho bots come out of it and start dancing.)

Cut to the party. Jamie's standing at HUD’s side (probably why she isn't in the trailer) talking about how she can't believe that Teddy didn't come to the party. (subsequently, we never see Teddy in the movie) Marlena walks over and tells Jamie that she's isn't surprised, seeing as how he hasn't kept a date or even been the same person since he came back from his trip. Jamie tells her to stop lecturing her. We hear talking from behind the apartment door and Rob walks in. They yell surprise. A lot of footage from the teaser. HUD walks around to ask people what they wanna say to Rob before he leaves. A lot of the teaser was used, and a lot more is new. Jamie officially becomes annoying. All she does is rattle off about her ‘hotness’ and blah blah blah. Then she says something about Teddy and HUD shifts the camera away but we can still hear Jamie droning on and on. Everyone's dancing to Wolfmother (”Woman” has been replaced with “Joker and the Thief”). The rumble from the teaser comes after the lyric “as she's standing in a field of clover.” (This was the one ‘hidden’ thing I paid attention to because I love the song) Something flies past the apartment window which prompts everyone to head to the roof. Same “fireball” scene from both trailers. Everyone runs back into the apartment and turns on NY1. Same newscast from the teaser except there's more of it. Jamie wont shut up about wondering if Teddy is OK. Marlena actually turns to her and tells her to shut the *beep* up. Big positive reaction from the test panel.

Another rumble comes from the roof and everyone runs out of the apartment. Jamie tries to reach Teddy on her cellphone. She can't get him so she goes to a Taxi and the camera shifts away from her. Rob wants to know where Beth went. Marlena, Lil and Rob look around from her but can't find her. The statue of liberty head comes down the street, smashing into the Taxi Jamie just got into. Jamie's dead. I don't think I've ever been this happy to see a movie character die.

More and more people come running in from other parts of the city. Police officers arrive to bring everyone to a ’safe place’ in the city and ambulances arrive to take away the injured. Long shot of Jamie being taken out of the cab, with something made of metal sticking through her abdomen. We suddenly hear coughing and the camera pans back in the other direction and people are emerging through a cloud of asbestos, very reminiscent of 9/11. One of the police officers orders more medics immediately. HUD turns to Rob and says “Maybe it's over?” Hawk walks over and says “Don't count on it” and points to signal that the national guard has just come in. The camera walks over to them as the last of the “Slusho 7″ try to communicate with them. They're ignored. Marlena persists in questioning them. One turns to her angrily and says “Get the *beep* out of the city, go with them” and points to the police officers. They walk over and Marlena is bitching about the guy's attitude. Something hits a building and we see the monster's face through the asbestos when HUD turns around.

OK. About the monster. Its not Cthulu, it's not a Minotaur, it's not a dinosaur. Its way bigger than any of them. The face is scaly, and looks somewhat human and has red eyes. Completely red. Now comes the national guard firing at it from the trailer. HUD continues to shoot, but the rest of the characters are pulling him away. They get into a police van and Rob asks the officer whether or not a “girl named Beth” has been detained. The police officer says he’s not worried about collecting names right now, just getting individuals out of the city. HUD assures Rob that Beth is OK but Rob only tells him to “get that *beep* camera off of me.” Marlena is grabbing her stomach. Lil asks what's wrong and Marlena says “Its probably just that *beep* IBS. Every time I'm under a lot of stress, I have to *beep* Hawk mutters “lovely” and all of them laugh, except Rob who's looking out of the windows at people as they pass them by, trying to spot Beth, but he doesn't.

They turn down a street and hear another roar, and catch another glimpse of the monster, and drive in the opposite direction. HUD never seems to be able to turn in time to get a clear shot of it, and we only see its leg stepping on something. They make it to a detainment center where people are being treated for inhaling asbestos and other injuries. A medic walks over and asks if any of them sustained any injuries. Lil says Marlena isn't feeling well. Marlena says “Jesus Lil, I have IBS, do you have to make me announce it to everyone!?” The medic says he wants to observe Marlena anyway. Rob says he has to get to a phone. A medic escorts him and HUD over to one. HUD stands close enough to Rob to hear Beth crying when Rob finally reaches her cellphone. Scene from the trailer. Rob explains to the medic that Beth is trapped under some metal in the city. He proclaims that he’s going to find her. Everyone protests. Hawk says “Rob, you've seen what's out there…” and Rob says “I don't care what's out there! Listen to me, she's dying.” An officer overhears them talking and says he’s not letting anyone out of the detainment center. Rob says “What are you going to do, arrest me? With all of this going on?” The officer says he can't physically arrest him. Rob says “Then I'm going.” Marlena runs over, apparently hearing the officer and Rob yell back and forth. Marlena tells Rob he isn't going anywhere and Rob says he is, and whoever doesn't want to is free to stay. HUD and Hawk both tell them they'll go with him. Lil says she will too. The officer says he’s going to tag along to make sure they aren't in harms way. They head for the door. Marlena trails behind, asking what's exactly out there. Officer says “We haven't been able to get a clear look at it… but whatever it is, it's winning.” They get outside and Marlena asks “So where's Beth anyway?” Rob says “near the apartment.” Marlena yells and says “YOU CAN NOT GO BACK INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE CITY!”

From here, the movie goes into regular suspense mode. More carnage is happening, more unclear glimpses of ‘Mr. Grumpypants’, yadda yadda. Marlena seems to be getting sicker. At one point she collapses. When she does, we can hear “ROBBY! ROBBY!” coming from nearby. They dig out Beth and head back to the detainment center. Beth is injured, with deep gashes on one of her arms. The officer calls in to lt them know another body has been found but as soon as he does, a car smashes right into him from the sky in what's one of the most brutal kills in a movie I've ever seen. They all look up. The Time Warner building is completely demolished and another roar is heard in the distance. They start walking back to the detainment center and hear strange fluttering noises. They see something, but this time HUD doesn't turn around. They all just run. Marlena says she can't run anymore after a while. Hawk and Lil grab on to her and Marlena drags her feet behind them. They finally get back to the detainment center. Marlene's vomiting and crying blood, hunched over, and we can vaguely see some movement in her stomach. The hazmat guys drag her away quickly. Rob and Beth get a moment to hug and HUD asks Lil what she and Marlena saw behind them. Lil shakes her head and we can hear screaming. HUD pans over to the tarp/curtain Marlena is behind. As he does, we can hear a police report over a walky talky saying “ITS IN TIMES SQUARE, TIMES SQUARE! GO NOW!” and enforcement runs past HUD who now sees Marlena expanding. She pops and whatever’s left of her body falls to the floor. As soon as it does, something rises up and attacks one of the hazmat guys, chewing completely through his neck. The other officers shoots at whatever this ‘thing’ is and it just jumps from the other officers body on to his. The remaining “Slusho 7″ high tail it. Marlena is dead.

More running, more unclear shots of the monster. They go through the subway in an attempt to flee the city. Something in the subway explodes and knocks HUD down. Rob goes over to pick him back up. HUD is okay, but winded and disorientated. They try to break in to one of the trains and do, but the explosion must have rendered it useless. They exit the subway the opposite side they came in and run right into where the monster is currently wreaking havoc. They run into a convenient store. Scene from the trailer. They're all discussing exit strategies. Rob says “I parked my car down the block… we'll go find my car.” “Rob, I've seen it… Rob, it's a loss.” Yes, the line is “it's a loss” not “it's alive”. Store windows explode and they all try to find a back way to get out of. As they do, a seriously loud crash can be heard. The monster is down and out. They stop to look and HUD zooms in on its face. Scaly, vaguely human, emotionless, large penetrating red eyes. Rob grabs HUD and says “we’re leaving.” “Where?” Hud asks. “Back to the apartment.” HUD says “Good, I hope your bathroom is still there.” Everyone looks at each other nervously. They ask HUD a bunch of times if he’s OK. He says “Dude, I had Witchcraft and Slusho today. Can you imagine what that does to your stomach? If I explode, the only thing coming out of me is Slushbots.” No one seems to find it funny.

They get back to the apartment which is completely demolished. Windows, everything. Lil and Hawk walk around trying to call other people from the party. No one answers. Lil breaks down and says she can't believe two of her best friends have died in one day. “At least that thing is dead,” Hawk says and holds her. HUD makes a break for the bathroom and we follow him in. He takes a *beep* shooting himself in the bathroom mirror. He’s laughing over the fact that he’s in the bathroom taking a video of himself *beep* From underneath the lens we can see blood trickling down. HUD pulls the camera away, refocuses it and see blood dripping from his eye. HUD gets up, pulls up his pants and goes into where the living room used to be. They're huddled around someone from the party who was trapped in the apartment. (she looks a lot like Marlena but isn't) She's crying blood like Marlena. They look over and see HUD crying blood as well. HUD’s fading fast and Rob and Beth run over to him. The camera goes down to HUD’s feet and splashes of blood are smattering on the floor. The camera comes back up, and the woman from the party is expanding. Lil and Hawk get up to run but only Lil makes it away. The woman pops. Small monsters that look reptilian jump out and attack Hawk. HUD starts to expand now. Rob and Beth run for one closet while Lil runs for another. Hawk and HUD are dead, but not before Rob can grab HUD’s cam.

Beth and Rob hold the door back to keep the smaller monsters out. Rob's wrist gets bitten and he shuts the door on the tiny monster's head which decapitates it. A gun shot comes from outside, the door stops banging. Rob and Beth come out and Lil says she took the gun from the dead officer. We hear a cop yelling from outside, who apparently heard the gunshots. He tells them to evacuate now. They comply and ask the cop if the monster's dead. “I haven't heard anything,” he says. Rob, still with the camera, says “That's a good thing right?” The cop shrugs. “Just means either it's dead or they are.” Rob says he saw it lying there dead. The cop doesn't answer. He says they're getting in a helicopter. They're transporting as many survivors out of the city as possible. “How many are alive?” Beth asks. The cop says not many are.

Helicopter scene. Despite their protests, Lil and Rob are loaded into a different helicopter than Beth. Beth looks out at Rob as the plane takes off. Rob's in the copter, no one wants to look at the camera. All of a sudden we hear a big familiar roar. Monster's back. He swatted the copter with enough force to send it spiraling. Lil falls out of the copter. Lil is dead. The pilot gains control as the copter is about to land on the bridge. Rob and a few survivors run out, but the monster grabs the copter, which still has the pilot in it, between his teeth. First real clear shot of the monster. It looks possessed, angry, *beep* crazy. Its teeth look like machetes and its eyes are now a darker red than before.

The other copter comes back and Beth runs over to Rob, grabbing him and bringing him to the other copter which is quickly grabbing the survivors. Before they can run over to them, the bridge is being snapped in half. They run in the opposite direction. Time lapses. They run into central park and hide. They don't profess their love for each other or anything corny. They hug and Rob can see that the camera's batter is getting low. He grabs it before it does and starts his “My name is Robert Hawkins” jargon. “Everyone's dead,” he says. He pans the camera over to Beth, then back to himself and says “As far as I can see, we’re the only ones who have survived. But if you found this…” Beth takes the camera away from Rob and sets it down. A few moments of Beth nursing Rob's injuries. Suddenly they can hear the monster approaching them, shaking the ground, yadda yadda. It gets closer and Beth screams. Rob embraces her. The camera's battery dies.
The End

Two things. That whale sketch is FANART

and


That movie review you just posted has been debunked as FAKE.

Chet Stedman said "Again, with the 9-11 reference. Please show me where there were monsters in 9-11"

Cloverfiled director Matt whatever-his-name-is said:

On Comparisons to 9/11: “[It works] in the same way that Godzilla was really a metaphor for its time, and was a sort of movie about the A-bomb and Hiroshima and all of that,” he says. “The idea of it dealing with the anxiety of that time and that’s why it captured so much attention because it tapped right into people’s anxieties… I think that what was really interesting here was knowing that we were going to be dealing with the metaphor of what this was and dealing with the anxieties of our time. We thought that there would be something really sort of powerful about the idea”

http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/12/14/cloverfield...

Chet Stedman said "Again, with the 9-11 reference. Please show me where there were monsters in 9-11"

Cloverfiled director Matt whatever-his-name-is said:

On Comparisons to 9/11: “[It works] in the same way that Godzilla was really a metaphor for its time, and was a sort of movie about the A-bomb and Hiroshima and all of that,” he says. “The idea of it dealing with the anxiety of that time and that’s why it captured so much attention because it tapped right into people’s anxieties… I think that what was really interesting here was knowing that we were going to be dealing with the metaphor of what this was and dealing with the anxieties of our time. We thought that there would be something really sort of powerful about the idea”

The movie spoiler is real, it is not a fake. Some points are slightly off, but still, that's the movie

So that's the anxiety...you've yet to show me where the monster comes in.

The terrorists.

Oh, good point, I forgot that the terrorists took the form of a giant monster in order to hijack those plane, and destroy those two buildings. Jerry, you're arguments are worthless, just admit you're just bitter about your sweatshirt.

Reading that plot summary, I now know who has my sweatshirt.

As far as the terrorist/monster relationship, well, if you are too ill educated to understand what a metaphor is, there's really no point in arguing with you.

I can clearly understand the fact that monster is supposed to represent the terrorists and the anxiety we faced on 9-11. But really, that quote by the director is just blowing smoke up his own ass. It's a monster movie.

And if we're really going to the ill educated debate, why not look at your genius ideas:
1. MTV's Hills + 9-11 = Cloverfield (That is just awful)
2. Pg-13 = Kid Movie (Again, awfu)
3. "Gelled up blond" in promo pics is targeting little girls (Clearly you know nothing about advertising)
4. Independence Day Trailer is more adult themed than Cloverfield Trailer (You must have not even watched the Independence Day Trailer)

And you're calling me ill educated?

Wow, if you are getting this worked up just because I'm saying this movie will blow, you're really going to wig out once you see how crappy and child-themed it is.

I'm not getting worked up at all, I just think it's humorous that you are so wrong in all of your thoughts, and every time I try to counter one of your points you have no response to them.

I never said I thought it would be good, it could suck something awful, but I won't know until I see it.

using many different cameras and many different views to shoot the movie is a good idea. Can't wait to watch the movie.

jerry, i use cuss words for emphasis, not to be negative... and stedman, seriously, we love the idea of this movie, we dont know if its gonna be good or not, so why argue like this? jerry is entitled to his opinion, although i still dont see why he wants to argue about it if he doesnt think hes gonna even like the movie. bottom line is, you guys are making a big deal out of nothing.. mike and obsessed, you guys are stupid. i say stupid because stupidity is what stops you from looking at official sources like the first 5 minutes of the movie that totally contradict that stupid ass spoiler

seen the trailer ...
am intrigued ... but not excited ...
i dont think this is gonna be a good movie ...
cant wait the dark knight ... hehe ...

Thanks for the quick answer, Allynd. As for anyone else who commented in response, I'm surprised at your juvenile way of talking to each other. This should be a discussion, not a fight.

And "it's show business" is neither an intelligent or concrete answer to almost any question about the film industry. oh and I'm not 15, thank you very much. Actually even if i was five and said I was an apsiring producer, way to be supportive. Yeah in that case, I'm four. Go tell your little cousins they can't be ballerinas or astronauts and see how that goes.

Gosh, guys cool it. It's okay to have your own opinions and at the same time repect everyone else's...

another thing, jerry, i forgot to say that even though connecting it to 9/11 is kinda getting old, and pissing off alot of people who think we as a country should move on, i actually take back what i said earlier to you, because like you pointed out, the director actually made the connection himself, and almost word for word stated the idea that its like godzilla and the bomb back in the day. Now that I think about it, it could be seen that way, and should be enjoyed, not criticized. Godzilla became very popular, so isnt it fair to say that cloverfield may gain the same type of popularity here?

lisa, i wasnt trying to be mean or anything, BUT if you are going to take it that way, i seriously doubt you will make it in that business. you gotta grow some thicker skin. you shouldnt be looking for support of your dreams in a blog anyway. i think blog should be another word for argue, because thats what blogs are for. they say comments, but anytime you let someone post "comments" publicly, you are going to have arguements. if you dont like it, go somewhere else, dont cry about it. and definately dont cry about it if you are an aspiring producer, because you should be happy to see this, this is your future, people WILL blog about your movies some day, so get used to it

This is turning into quite the topic isn't it?

I know you weren't trying to be mean and I def was not looking for an apology, nor would I cry about it... the four year old thing was a metaphor..which I know most of you know what that means from your discussion. And, big daddy, I know you're not the only one, but all I'm saying is that an argument can be constructive, not anger-driven with cussing and name calling. But I by far disagree with you about making the word, "blog", synonymous with argue. I would rather say it would more in tune with the word, "share." Clearly we have different opinions about that, but again nice of you to doubt someone's ambitions...just diggin yourself a hole, big daddy. I don't need someone telling me I will or will not be successful. But with that, thanks for sharing...I don't mind :)

And I look forward to people blogging about my movies; I just won't be the one to argue back with anger. Clearly, some of you would react differently. I for one, think I would be taking the more mature route. If you look at hollywood ONLY as cut throat and "that's show biz" than you will be missing out on a lot of genuine artists and the good side of the industry.

Lisa, you seem like a very smart girl.
Also, can we please refrain post big long synopsis in the comment section?

you are absolutely right, lisa, but your view is slighty naive. the industry IS cut throat, and they WILL overlook real talent a lot of the times. but, if you make it, maybe you can change that, right?

thanks, big daddy, for meeting me half way. And I'll take naive for right now...because I'm a cautiously and informed member of that camp.

And thank you, Allynd.

Maybe now this discussion can shift into a nicer discussion; to approach blogging in a way to share-arguments; balancing cut-throat criticism with respect!

i doubt it lisa, lol

Hi Everyone,
First entry so go easy on me. I'm personally excited and curious to see this movie. It's definitely an interesting approach to shooting a monster flick, and I think the studio will make back their $25 million opening weekend (or very close to). One thing I've wondered about is the release date. I've always thought that studios release movies they don't believe in at the beginning of the year before the onslaught of summer blockbusters. But it seems the studio is really behind this movie with all the marketing and viral sites, so I'm curious what made them decide to release it so early in the year? Maybe because films like Indy 4 and The Dark Knight would make it hard to compete with in the summer, but maybe there is no real significance, just a thought. Haha I would've liked it actually if the movie title had remained "1-18-08", but I think it'll be an entertaining film at the very least.

Interesting that the Tagruato site is showing that there has been a sudden "altercation" at the Chuai drilling site, the one on the coast of North America. I knew as the movie got closer this site would have something happen at this "drilling site" leading up to 1-18.