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Elijah
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Joined: 08 Aug 2007 Posts: 2
[SPEC] Movie: The Title simply 1-18-08? Hey everyone. I don't know if this has been brought up before or if there's an existing thread discussing this, but I have a few points/ideas to bring up about the title of this film.
First off, I personally believe that this movie will be called exactly what it's been called, even in the trailer; 1-18-08. We can tell, after looking at that photos on 1-18-08.com, the movie takes place that day. We also know that Abrams wants to create a gritty, "real" feel. The movie itself is supposed to be footage found after the monster attack, much like the premise of The Blair Witch Project. I think simply calling the movie "1-18-08" adds even more to the reality of the film. And even on top of all this, this date is burned into our brains. How could anything they call it ever replace the mysterious "1-18-08"?
Let me know what you think. This is simply my opinion, and I'm interested to hear yours. Personally I hope that they stick with 1-18-08 as the title.
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2007 11:24 pm
Last edited by Elijah on Sat Aug 11, 2007 10:06 pm; edited 1 time in total
Hanzo
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Joined: 27 Jul 2007 Posts: 41
i would be fine with it if it was the title,
though ive been less and less interested in possibly figuring out the title now and more and more with what or how the monster came about.
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2007 11:28 pm
AfterDystopia
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Joined: 21 Jul 2007 Posts: 170
Re: The Title
Elijah wrote:
Hey everyone. I don't know if this has been brought up before or if there's an existing thread discussing this, but I have a few points/ideas to bring up about the title of this film.
First off, I personally believe that this movie will be called exactly what it's been called, even in the trailer; 1-18-08. We can tell, after looking at that photos on 1-18-08.com, the movie takes place that day. We also know that Abrams wants to create a gritty, "real" feel. The movie itself is supposed to be footage found after the monster attack, much like the premise of The Blair Witch Project. I think simply calling the movie "1-18-08" adds even more to the reality of the film. And even on top of all this, this date is burned into our brains. How could anything they call it ever replace the mysterious "1-18-08"?
Let me know what you think. This is simply my opinion, and I'm interested to hear yours. Personally I hope that they stick with 1-18-08 as the title.
It's an interesting opinion, but I sort of doubt it. Abrams has been talking about releasing the title to the public forever, just to show it is was it always has been would be pretty... cruel.
Also, I'm not sure this deserves its own thread, this has been posted before. Try this thread.
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Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2007 11:29 pm
nooneimportant77
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Joined: 31 Jul 2007 Posts: 379
yeah i'm starting to think it'll just be called 1-18-08 its easy enough and it fits pretty well haha
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2007 11:34 pm
KrazyKacy
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To be fair, abrams wants a monster film..and if he wants it to be as popular as godzilla, he will need to name the movie after the monster.
Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 4:28 am
Lawlbringer
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Joined: 30 Jul 2007 Posts: 146 Location: Brooklyn, NY
J.J Abrams and Bad Robot proudly present...
A Paramount Pictures Production...
"Not Voltron: Better Than Roland's Godzilla And It's Original, Too"
Starts January 18th in a theater near you.
Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 10:49 am
JFTeran
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Joined: 16 Jul 2007 Posts: 319 Location: New York
lmao... :completely original...
Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 10:51 am
0TJ0
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Joined: 07 Aug 2007 Posts: 16
Why then... If 1-18-08 would be the title then why would they go to the trouble of makeing all kinds of diffrent production titles even after the first trailer: Cheese, Chocolate Outrage. Then some things still say slusho... not to mention the origional Cloverfield. It doesnt add up to me.
Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 11:06 am
worngmike
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Joined: 23 Jul 2007 Posts: 99
and why the predominant use of the letter 'C', cloverfield, cheese, chocolate,
Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 11:39 am
SisBear
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Joined: 20 Jul 2007 Posts: 158
[Humor] Cheese ... chocolate ...
Clearly the movie's going to be called "Fondue -- the Monster!" LOL!
Seriously, though, it's also been codenamed Slusho and The Parasite.
_________________Slusho! make you feel freezing
Now Slusho! make you look cool!!!
Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 11:43 am
0TJ0
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Joined: 07 Aug 2007 Posts: 16
ha The first thing that came to mind about the letter C would be a giant letter C as the monster. I can here that movie trailer voice over guys voice now: What happens when you eat alphabet soup on a nuclear reactor... bun dun duuu...
Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 11:49 am
Guest
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worngmike wrote:
and why the predominant use of the letter 'C', cloverfield, cheese, chocolate,
I thought about the uses of the letter 'C' until I realized:
C is for cookie. That's good enough for me.
Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 11:50 am
worngmike
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Joined: 23 Jul 2007 Posts: 99
a giant cookie monsters would be ace, coookkiiieeee!!
Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 12:14 pm
ximfinite
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It's a C(sea) Monster.... DUH!
Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 12:18 pm
CloverfieldClues.com
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Joined: 03 Aug 2007 Posts: 757
I heard from a friend in the UK that just saw Transformers, and the Cloverfield trailer being shown over there says "IN THEATERS 2008" not "IN THEATERS 1-18-08"
I would think that this might rule out "1-18-08" as the title.
Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 4:05 pm
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