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[dzimmer]

[SPEC] Finally..the story revealed!!!

[LBJ]

I doubt it but that would be awesome. This would probably be the best(Most Expensive) biblical movie of all time. I'm a Christian but Christian movies tend to suck most of the time.

[Everything's Magic]

That's most certainly an awesome connection, although I don't think it means that much.

[Kaliyuga]

You might wanna chill and wait and see - the white horse (I assume you're riffing off of the carriage in the trailer) is symbolic in a lot of religions and I couldn't say that it's the Rosetta Stone of the trailer.

Christianity itself interprets the white horse of the apocalypse widely, yes - from symbolizing bloodless conquest, to the horse of the Antichrist, to the horse Jesus himself rides at the end. Death rides the pale horse, which is often depicted as whitish, though frequently dim tints of green as well, depending on the translation.

However - a virtually identical version of the symbolism is available in Hinduism, where Kalki, the final Vishnu avatar, brings about the world's rebirth and destruction as he rides forth on a white horse.

I can, and frequently do (but I'm full of crap), suggest that most bits of Western theological symbolism pulled from the scraps of Cloverfield info are easily interpretable by Eastern standards as well. It's a bit risky at this point to take any one piece of information and extrapolate a theory onto it, swearing it as, well, gospel.

[saneman]

The thread title is misleading.

[Random_kid]

super clever!
but didnt jj say that it wasnt going to be a religious film?
maybe im just making things up but i could have sworn he said this....

but i mean this could be a big influence on the film
not a based on it

[Bacon Army]

I doubt it, though it is a nice connection. JJ doesn't strike me as the uber-religious-symbolic type, though.

[Kaliyuga]

[LBJ]

JJ Did WRITE or DIRECT the movie! Geez! He just the producer! Pay some attention to Matt Reeves he's sitting in a corner all lonely.

[Ajking3]

[Everything's Magic]

[dzimmer]

There are a countless number of works that allude to the Bible--both religiously and non-religiously based. Biblical allusions are the most prominent in art/literature/cinema.

Look at the text, look at the numbers, and decide for yourself.

[Bacon Army]

[InAFieldofClover]

I don't think that that's the whole story of the film. Though I do believe that the white horses are symbolic, obviously.

[dzimmer]

This movie will be very meaningful...It will not just be another CHESSY monster movie!! Guaranteed!!!