Hasbro has opened up pre-sale orders online for a 14″ Cloverfield monster figure that includes two interchangeable heads (calm and agitated), 10 parasites, one Statue of Liberty head and hours upon hours of fighting off dust-mites. Obviously, an extremely jelz Godzilla is subbing in above because no images have been released by the company, but other details include “70 points of articulation,” “incredible life-like detail” and “authentic sound.” The figure sells for an authentically Manhattanish $99.99 and won’t arrive at your or your parents’ door until…October. And yes, it’s Bad Robot-approved.
For that kind of cabbage I’d expect a stealth bomber and a month’s supply of Slusho mix, or at least a mumbling Marlena, or her phone number.
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This is a forum for all of you piling out of Cloverfield this morning, afternoon, evening and throughout the weekend/month. Did you think J.J. Abrams‘s and Matt Reeves‘s film was a modern day classic? Did the monster meet your expectations? Did you expect [that] to happen? I’ll be chiming in with my review shortly. This entire post will be a skyscraper-smashing, people-stomping SPOILER, so don’t proceed if you haven’t seen it, unless that’s your thing. Have fun.
Note: We will be posting the latest news below this forum until Monday.
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Before I begin, let me say that I am not one who hyperbolizes my thoughts on movies that I like and dislike. I prefer to lurk and watch other people do that. For months, I have purposely avoided the viral marketing for Cloverfield because I didn’t want the campaign to interfere with the actual movie experience. Obviously, after I linked up with /Film this month I tuned in a little bit more, but until last week I had kept my exposure limited to the Transformers trailer.
Way back in July, I admired the trailer’s anonymity and decided to abide by the filmmakers’ rather effective less-you-know mantra…until today.
In short: Cloverfield is a modern classic. There is no doubt!
The rest of this review contains spoilers, continue after the jump.
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