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[gigantis2001]

I know the monster's name. And I have a question about

[golfguitarist]

No, its "case designate" cloverfield.

The military doesnt give out names of things, they designate names to things. Like "charley", "tango", whatever. If this were real, the military would code name everything related to the event under cloverfield.

i doubt thats the monsters name, it'd be a dumb monster name if u ask me.

its just the case title for the event is my idea.

[OliMango]

So if the monster's name is Cloverfield, this must be it:

[vonh]

priceless

[Lambo_Diablo_Svtt]

[gigantis2001]

[gigantis2001]

Oh, and whether you agree or not, somebody please respond about The Colbert Report.

[23rdboy]

I saw that episode of The Colbert Report, and it did look kind of like the movie poster, but I can't be sure.

Maybe Stephen's a Cloverhead too... maybe he's on uF !!!

[McPhearson]

[robyclov]

I'm kind of convincing myself OP is right.

If it said "case designated Cloverfield" (note the "...ED"), then clearly that would be the code name for the incident. It is the case designated Cloverfield, where New York gets smashed.

"Multiple sightings of..." kind of implies that Cloverfield is the thing they saw, in other words the monster. You wouldn't say, "There were multiple sightings of New York getting smashed." You'd just say, "New York got smashed, and it is still smashed, so we know it got smashed."

I think it's possible to read it either way. But because it is "designate" rather than "designated", the designate is... MGP. The designate, for which there are multiple sightings, is called Cloverfield. A big-ass monster.

Of course, a quick search on webster for "designate" reveals they are using the word badly in any case. But "designate" seems to be an adjective meaning it's the name we're using for the monster for now, until we come up with a better one (such as MGP).

Personally, I'm starting to agree with OP that Cloverfield is the code name the military assigned to the monster.

(uh oh... does this post make me a fanboy?)


(edit...) On the other hand, the director seems to answer it both ways. From wikipedia:
The director said that "Cloverfield" was the government's case designate for the monster, comparing the titling to that of the Manhattan Project. "And it's not a project per se. It's the way that this case has been designated. That's why that is on the trailer, and it becomes clearer in the film. It's how they refer to this phenomenon [or] this case," said the director.

So he basically answers it both ways; Cloverfield is the incident and the monster.

[Saiyan King]

I could so see this on Colbert, he reveals the monster's name, and that name is Pelosi . Sorry for those who dont get that

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[Saiyan King]