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I forgot to mention to look for monster movie/water movie references in Cloverfield. If you miss ‘em, they’re in the credits.

I just thought you might want to know that Kadokawa, big time manga artist, has been hired to do a Cloverfield prequel. When you get to the site, click on ‘Open’. Here’s a translation.

I just got off the phone with Jason who saw Cloverfield in Manhattan on opening night. I was jealous that references to streets were commonplace to him whereas when I saw the movie it was like “a magical place called New York”.

I saw the 7:30 showing of Cloverfield tonight and loved it. I find it interesting that tagruato.com is temporarily out of services. Hopefully the story of the giant monster can continue.

I know that people may not have had the chance to see the movie yet, so I will not give away plot items. I will just say what to look for:

1. A goofy Star Trek trailer. I’m a nerd, so of course I thought it was cool, but your normal moviegoer might be bored. Oh wait - normal moviegoer in Cloverfield? If you haven’t seen the trailer yet, you can view experience the gravelly-ness of Leonard Nimoy here.
2. There’s a preview of the next season of Lost. They get rescued! But wait, the writers had signed a contract for two more seasons? Do I smell “Return to Lost”, where the Harlem Globetrotters will crash the coconut car into Hurley?
   
3. In the actual Cloverfield movie, look for Slusho shirts.
4. Nokia must be paying to be in the movie. Trust me.
5. Stay for the credits. We hear a “Now what?” all static-y.
6. If you stay for the credits, you’ll at least be entertained by Michael Giachinno’s “Roar!”, the only bit of original music for the movie. Lots of dissonant chords and a spooky opera lady. (What more do you need for a monster movie?) The rest of the music is playing on radios or TVs. The best is when nature/fire alarms/chaos is making the music.
7. Listen for Hudson’s reference to the prehistoric fish (coelacanth) found off of the coast of Madagascar. (Don’t trust Google’s ‘Selacamp’. Nice spelling, Web 2.0. (Hud, like HUD.)
8. Look for a wonderful love story. Really.
9. 90 minute tape, 90 minute movie.
10. This movie probably won’t be a big blockbuster, but it will be remembered as a defining moment for filmmaking. This movie is an experience. (I agree, though, Jason that Abrams could release a traditional movie focusing on big-time people in this universe and still do well.)

I liked it! Hopefully I haven’t ruined any of it for people. It was worth the wait. We’ll see if anything big happens around late April or on The Good Day, May 22.

The Haiku
Make sure to always
Tell people that you love them -
Monsters kill quickly

My friend just sent me this while he’s watching the movie:

My friend’s review?

Spoiler: he’s big,

and he destroys lots of New York City.

In addition to the videos on YouTube, the two sites tagruato.com and tidowave.com are your keys to understanding what is going on in Cloverfield.

I am now beyond a shadow of a doubt certain that this is an environmentalist movie. Now I just need to know if Rob is a part of T.I.D.O. Wave and that he knew the monster was coming.

Ganu Yoshida is the CEO of Tagruato. There’s an international phone number for concerns about Chuai on the Tagruato site. Deep Sea Nectar recipe is what’s on the back of the 1-18-08.com photo.

The articles about the Hatsui satellite and the fish market only add to the creepiness of the Chuai station attack. They’re doing a great job leading up to the events of the movie. I love how people at tidowave say “message me on the phone“.

If you want a list of the characters, here you are.

The Haiku
As much as I hate
corporate forced artsiness
I dig this info.

Ah! Have you seen the JNN update from Tagruato? Here it is in English.

Click here to see the results of the deep sea nectar!

Have you all made plans to wish Rob good luck in Japan?
RSVP on myspace

The Haiku
Argh! The DVR
did not record the big show -
will it be online?

As of 8:30pm, no Gladiators online.

While it intrigues me to think of Cloverfield as Biblical visions coming to pass (as one reader suggested) I think the movie has more similarities to South Korea’s The Host (Goemul/Monster) than it does Revelation, in its environmentalist-ness.

But I still hold true to my belief that Tagruato’s deep sea nectar is mutating the expanding women.

A few days ago I actually looked at a calendar and realized that the release of 1-18-08 falls on January 18.

As such, I will be in Juarez, Mexico building a house. I will more than likely not see Cloverfield on opening weekend. I will need some help from the most experienced blogger in our team of contributors.

Devin, the MVP.

If you don’t see it opening weekend, no stress. I’ve traveled to the future and back with two possible futures:

OR

Just copy and paste the appropriate review.

The Haiku
Coming from the past
to the future creates some
perplexing viewpoints.

Slusho drinks is produced by Tagruato Industries. Check out the crazy story about Tagruato workers going to an animal shelter. Here’s an excerpt:

Bearing armfuls of Slusho! happy drinks for all the lower wage workers, the girls also organized a Slusho! drinking contest for two dozen of the center’s caged puppies and kittens.

Don’t drink Slusho! It makes you grow huge and rampage cities.

I think that one of the themes of the movie will be the U.S. obsession with being informed and addicted to media. I also believe that Tagruato’s deep sea drilling, with the help of Bold Futura, unearthed something mega-bad at the Chuai station. I think Deep Sea Nectar is not good.

But if you want to fight (perhaps rage, even) against the machine, you should check out the rebels at http://tidowave.com/

Did you catch the new website for Cloverfield? It includes a contest where if your display of the widget gets viewed the most, you get tickets to see the movie.

There’s actually some new footage:

The best line, besides all the “Is this a terrorist attack?” is “Rob! I saw it! It’s alive!” at the end.
So those sparks shooting off? Totally smaller versions of the bigger monster. And I love the fact that the Statue of Liberty just got its head tossed across town, scratch marks and all, landing in front of the twenty/thirtysomethings…and they all bust out their cameraphones and as a controlled mob start flashing.
(Just like how with the “Don’t tase me, bro!” we didn’t see actual protests as much as we saw people whine about it on their blog.)

The new website is Cloverfieldmovie.com.

Also, my friend Clayton (a producer for Nickelodeon, of all things) saw I am Legend and liked it, but gives some caution. Very violent (which you would expect from zombievampires) and don’t expect to leave the theater with a positive outlook on life (unlike most Will Smith films). But what he does say is great about the film is that not since Cast Away with Tom Hanks has there been a film where one man is the entire show and it works so well. There’s no Wilson, but Will Smith does set up mannequins to converse with.

I think that the monster is just one of the people who ate from Slusho and mutated into a rampaging beast. Seriously. Either that or the Slusho ingredients are not happy and they come back/their land is disturbed.

The Haiku
Be careful when you
eat from the deep sea or you
may rampage to death.