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[dist347]

Amen my brothers and sisters.

This was my first delvation (a word?) into the concept of ARG/ARE's and I found it totally engrossing. So much so that I got my wife, a complete and utter un-nerd, hooked on the myth and fun surrounding Cloverfield. We're wearing custom made shirts to the movie's premiere, and although no one here knows us, it would be the most out-of-character thing for her to do if you did know us, much less myself.

The point is, it doesn't matter in the long run if the dates match up, or if clues are resolved, because since last July, this entire thing has been about word-of-mouth marketing. And frankly, it's been brilliant. As I stated above, this was my first introduction to this entire concept, and I'm pretty tech- and interwebz-savvy.

So move beyond the fact that some things aren't, or won't be, brought full circle. It's been a fun ride, and regardless of whether the movie stinks or knox your sox off, you had fun somewhere along the way, and that should be worth the price of admission.

Besides, half the fun for me now is avoiding those G-D spoilers! I want to know NOTHING!

[iconsumer]

Aren't we basing the idea of it being in May on some unconfirmed pre-screening reports?

My bet is that it still is in real time and that these initial pre screening reports are wrong, otherwise you would think they would update the 1-18-08.com time stamps, and alter the time frame of the ARG to make it line up with the movie.

Just saying, if they are willing to back track via interviews, you would think they wouldn't feel bad about back tracking the few concrete clues we have to the ARG and movie being of the same time frame... once again by readjusting the time stamps and various mentions in the game to correlate with May.

Either that, or there is some twist we are not yet understanding as to the supposed time differences which makes sense when you put it all together.

[TPMdm]

[JadedMax]

I believe Matt Reeves at one time said they hadn't come up with a final name for the movie. And everything centered around the release date.

After a bit it has to become obvious. The movie is coming out on the 18th of January. No one has said anything about the movie taking place on that time.

So then the timestamps. Well maybe the timestamps were the clever way to convey the message that 1-18-08 was when the movie was coming out.

As I've said before. People here deal in an alternate reality version of gaming, yet get hung up on the fact that the reality in the movie differs from a framework in which no one has given, but some fans have imposed on this movie.

Matt Reeves or JJ Abrams never got online or TV or the radio and said "here's an ARG or interactive game for you to play along with. here's the canon story structure, knock yourselves out"

Once again some fans made this into a game, made the rules, and are now trying to reconcile the fact that it was a mistake.

For all you know everything you've seen so far at the beginning of the experience for us in July could have been November in the timeline of events leading up to it all. Who knows, or better yet at this point who cares? Or more importantly why care?

[lapierre520]

I understand everything you guys are saying but still, all things considered, i think i will be very disappointed if the movie doesn't take place on the 18th.

[Venom034]

Then prepare for disappointment...

[TPMdm]

[JadedMax]

Boo hoo. After 6 months I wouldn't care if it took place during the dust bowl.

[Nighthawk]

Question: how far from the movie (A.I.) was "The Beast". Didn't it start because of something in the movie's credits (or was it a movie poster?), but beyond that was rather divergent?

[JadedMax]

[TPMdm]

[JadedMax]

[m_talon]

[themanthebelly]

[TheRic]

Been following this for the last couple of months, been very interesting. There is one thing that I always questioned from the beginning, and now with this thread I thought I would bring it up. If you look at the times on the pictures it does not fit. I know NY never sleeps, but they are saying the pictures start at 12:01 AM on 1/18/08. Can't believe that many NYers would be out partying down on a Thursday night / Friday morning.

What all happens in 48 minutes that morning seems like a lot, but I let it slide. After seeing some spoilers in the other threads I question if all of it takes place in that amount of time, and even in that order!! Maybe someone who has seen it will chime in.

Some of you are nitpicking that you are now finding out about times not matching up, about finding out it's not an ARG, etc. When I first started following this I knew it was a viro marketing thing, it was talked about more than once, very openly. If I could remember where I would be happy to link it, heck I don't even remember how / when I heard about Cloverfield anymore. I do remember that I heard it was a viro marketing thing so I looked a little more into it. Never heard of it being an ARG/ARE (didn't even know what that meant until I looked it up after stumbling across this place).

If all of this online stuff matches with the movie great, if not fine. Maybe it will be used more in the sequel. Heck the ideals that are thrown out here might be the basis for the sequel.