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icicle

Cloverfield

Jan 25, 2008 10:42

Okay.

So did anyone else run to the movies the opening weekend of Cloverfield in a fit of J.J. Abrams fandom?

Or did you see it at all?

If you did, I need some help with a long running dispute over the ending.

( Don't read this if you don't want to know. )

Comments 6

sweetmisery80 January 25 2008, 16:28:27 UTC

hi there. i found you on jessica's (softblow) LJ and added you because you seemed interesting. i hope you don't mind. oh...i'm kate by the way. haha.

i saw cloverfield when it came out, and i didn't see that "thing" either. maybe you have to pay close attention? i'm not sure. also, supposedly at the end credits there's some garbled words and if you rewind it, they say "help us, it's still alive". creepy!! i think there will be a sequel.

icicle January 25 2008, 16:39:24 UTC

Hi Kate! Nice to "meet" you. I love Jess. Any friend of hers is welcome with me.

I love making new LJ friends. I've added you as well!

We did stay through credits, and I heard the voice but not what it said. That's crazy!

the_laird January 25 2008, 17:33:12 UTC

I didn't catch the splash myself, but I have 2 friends that say that they did.

The viral sites for the movie both support and break that theory. One set says there was an underwater accident at a site, another says there was a comet or meteor.

JJ himself said something about it being a baby from under the sea in an interview.

ti January 25 2008, 18:54:37 UTC

i think something on imdb said something about it, but i doubt i could find it again. i didn't see it, don't really want to, but i had to read up and find out what happened. :)

timiathan January 25 2008, 20:10:46 UTC

We didn't see the splash, but given that it was Abrams, I was expecting to find there were all these clues that I missed. A lot like watching Lost, I'm in it more for the experiential mystery than for the detective game, so I don't really care about looking at screen shots with a magnifying glass.

sabbath301 January 25 2008, 21:10:17 UTC

Yes there is a splash.
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj17/mosai89/IMG_0235.jpg
Check out the very right hand side. It's there. (I got this picture off of the Cloverfield FAQ's on IMDB)

Technically, the splash is part of a satellite falling and that's what 'awakened' the monster. At least... that's what JJ Abrams is saying. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1060277/faq#.2.1.58)

I've been a bit of a dork lately and went looking at all the sites related to Cloverfield. The back story to the movie is quite elaborate and really interesting. Most of the stuff I've found is here: http://cloverfieldclues.blogspot.com/