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Atyxs
Boot
Joined: 31 Jul 2007 Posts: 40
Cloverfield MGP thoughts Saw it yesterday early at a matinee (1:30) with only about 12 other people. You could still feel the tension when MGP is seen. It totally blew my expectations, which, after following the story since July 5th, were pretty farkin' high. None of the drawings, pictures, or anything could prepare you for what you see. It's done very well. I agree with many others, a fantastic experience. Not just another monster movie from the lame old perspective of the military. I look forward to seeing more.
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 7:25 am
Mr. Mania
Boot
Joined: 25 Dec 2007 Posts: 41
The best sequence of the film was the crossfire. Rob, Marlena and Lily on one side pointing up at the monster in awe and Hud on the other side, dazed and confused. Looking on as hopeless military charge forth and fire whatever weaponry they possess. A truly brilliant exercise in terrifying imagery as well as character development and action.
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 7:32 am
airteff
Decorated
Joined: 30 Nov 2007 Posts: 156
MGP looked awesome and like it has been said nothing what I thought he would look like or act like. THe movie overall the more I think about it the more I like it. Hud's comments where great and they did a really good job with the handy cam idea.
But MGP makes this movie awesome, the bipedal element was awesome. I was alittle tipsy in the theater (i started singing the star trek theme song ok) but when the reporter started asking what was falling off MGP I yelled LITTLEMONSTERS.
I can't get how anyone think Clover is a good nickname for MGP after seeing the monster the name actually stick better for him then I thought before.
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 7:42 am
CHAiZA
Boot
Joined: 15 Oct 2007 Posts: 53
MGP was one monster of a monster, godzilla got nothing on MGP!!!
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 7:44 am
Enantiomorphic
Boot
Joined: 22 Sep 2007 Posts: 48
The part that got me is when he gets hit by the Stealth Bomber and attempts to break his fall by swing his hand out in front but ends up just hitting a building instead. That and the roaring towards the end, where you can hear that it's in pain. I felt more empathy for it than I did for Marlena, although I think that's to be expected, she should have just had on a red shirt.
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 10:39 am
sp103
Unfettered
Joined: 07 Jan 2008 Posts: 447
I Really liked it's design. I thought it's movement and way it acted gave the impression of it could be anywhere at anytime. I think it was a giant hermit crab personally.
http://students.washington.edu/tejewell/crabs/aleuhermit.html
Just think if this sucker was 10,000 years old. I know, the lungs on the head don't make sense. It's a movie.
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 11:22 am
Ivo
Unfettered
Joined: 29 Nov 2007 Posts: 380 Location: Illinois, USA
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
Mr.mania was talking about the battle scene when they were on opposite sides of the street. Methinks:
That was a very well done sequence, you can't help but connect their plight with the plight of civilians during war. One of the few times I actually liked the characters (I don't think they were meant to be entirely likable -- Jason said it to Rob better than I can here: "you're kind of a douchebag")
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Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 11:27 am
Random_kid
Veteran
Joined: 02 Oct 2007 Posts: 130 Location: New Albany, IN
I think i understand! I think i know why the military attacks werent hurting it!!!!
im going out on a limb here
so the monster is thousands of years old, lives in the DEEP DEEP sea
his skin has to be tough as... something really tough because of the extream pressures of the deep deep sea
it makes sinces... kind of... i think
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 11:41 am
rhesusmonkeyboy
Decorated
Joined: 11 Oct 2007 Posts: 183 Location: SEARCH
Perfectly reasonable, random_kid!
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 3:38 pm
Cthulhu
Unfettered
Joined: 29 Sep 2007 Posts: 319 Location: Sunken R'lyeh, Pacific Ocean
Re: I think i understand!
Random_kid wrote:
I think i know why the military attacks werent hurting it!!!!
im going out on a limb here
so the monster is thousands of years old, lives in the DEEP DEEP sea
his skin has to be tough as... something really tough because of the extream pressures of the deep deep sea
it makes sinces... kind of... i think
This would point to a strong skeletal structure, or none at all.
Hardly relates to skin.
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Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 4:19 pm
Cloverfield Monster
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Joined: 10 Nov 2007 Posts: 91 Location: The North Atlantic, after the destruction of the chuai station.
The monster is awesome, but for a little off topic, why whould MGP eat Deep Sea Nectar when it has huge fangs, it doesn't make sence...Mabey some other monster makes Deep Sea Nectar and will do battle with MGP next time.
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 4:25 pm
Euchre
uF Game Warden
Joined: 29 Aug 2007 Posts: 3342
Cloverfield Monster wrote:
The monster is awesome, but for a little off topic, why whould MGP eat Deep Sea Nectar when it has huge fangs, it doesn't make sence...Mabey some other monster makes Deep Sea Nectar and will do battle with MGP next time.
Well see, there's two ways I look at it.
If kaitei no mitsu just sits on the ocean floor like the methane ice does, he'd get doses of it in his mouthfulls of prey. It's clear he doesn't 'peel' his meals, he just chomps.
If kaitei no mitsu is supposed to be something they have to drill for, it could've been leaked into the area where MGP was and thus been incidentally ingested. This would make sense as to why it might change our beast into the thing it is.
After seeing our hexapedal prehensile tailed friend again, I'm even more impressed.
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Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 10:27 pm
Lambo_Diablo_Svtt
Entrenched
Joined: 18 Aug 2007 Posts: 914
Euchre wrote:
Cloverfield Monster wrote:
The monster is awesome, but for a little off topic, why whould MGP eat Deep Sea Nectar when it has huge fangs, it doesn't make sence...Mabey some other monster makes Deep Sea Nectar and will do battle with MGP next time.
Well see, there's two ways I look at it.
If kaitei no mitsu just sits on the ocean floor like the methane ice does, he'd get doses of it in his mouthfulls of prey. It's clear he doesn't 'peel' his meals, he just chomps.
If kaitei no mitsu is supposed to be something they have to drill for, it could've been leaked into the area where MGP was and thus been incidentally ingested. This would make sense as to why it might change our beast into the thing it is.
After seeing our hexapedal prehensile tailed friend again, I'm even more impressed.
Hexa? It walked on 5 legs...? or is that referring to the wierd arm(s) in the middle of the creature that couldnt touch the ground?
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 10:35 pm
Fredo52
Boot
Joined: 19 Jan 2008 Posts: 44
The Cloverfield monster is the most AMAZING and ORIGINAL monster EVER.
I love seeing it in action when it got bombed viewing from the helicopter.
It was INCREDIBLE.
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 10:41 pm
Lambo_Diablo_Svtt
Entrenched
Joined: 18 Aug 2007 Posts: 914
holy crap...
it just hit me. Remember that satirical review where the guy called it...
"A wingless, de-horned Pterodactyl."...
He wasnt too far from the truth. Look at the "arm" shape inside the wing.
http://d21c.com/AAALynx/dino/pterodactyl2.jpg
He may have been pullin our leg, but I think he was telling the truth in some areas as well.
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 10:54 pm
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