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[JonnyFandango]

[Headman]

Here was what I was able to cut and paste from the clips. I left out the things we cannot see (Head, hands, feet, what may be on it's back, etc.).

[Itsumo]

[olasnah]

Keep in mind that what we are seeing in the trailer (and forgive me for any lack of terminology) is probably a static wireframe model in the CGI... definitely NOT the final product for certain and even less likely to be the final 'model' either. All this speculation is likely over nothing since we'll probably see something entirely different on 1/18

[Saiyan King]

[xboyonfirex]

I gotta be honest, When I see the footage, I see it backwards from everyone else. Meaning, what you see as a leg, I see as it's arm- As if it were going backwards to see who they hell's shootin spitwads at'em. Plus- watch the "leg" movement, it doesn't correspond with the movement and pace of the body. Its almost as if the "legs" weren't even touching the ground.

[MulletMan]

Like he's jumping across the street?

EDIT: And the thing that arches back appears to be it's arm like it's trying to shield it's head (from view and from the bullets)

[Enantiomorphic]

If that's the arm of the beast then it shows a little more realism in my opinion. Instead of a large fearless creature gallivanting through New York with an unknown vengence, it would indicate an animal that is a more true-to-life representation of what an animal would do when lost in a city. A scared animal can be just as reckless and wild as an angry one.


Or it's a leg.

[Itsumo]

[VioletColleen]

From the pictures and video, it also looks to me like the creature is moving in a very stabilized fashion even with its knees bent. In fact, the creatures top half seems to glide across the screen. This suggests that in moving, the rear of the creature's body is not absorbing much impact with the movement as a bipedal creature would.

If I made a guess, it would be that the creature has more than 2 legs, and likely is walking on at least four legs.

Since the magic number in Cloverfield so far seems to be 6, I believe what we have is an insect of some sort...maybe a burrowing insect hybrid of sorts that walks in 4 legs and has two arms free. The rear legs of the creature look very similar in design to insect tarsomere segments.

It could be some sort of masssive prehistoric Belostomatidae. Some of the descriptions in that article are pretty scary---most painful bite known in an insect and they can liquify their meals ^_^. Also, the photo of the male carrying eggs on its back looks like it could be a foreshadowing of what our MGP has on its back to explain the little monsters.

Or picture this with massive claws and thicker scales and legs.

[Slusho Addict]

The nearside leg people are seeing is not a leg, it looks like a forearm, if anything, although there might be a leg directly behind it which appears a bit later.
You can only tell this from the extra frames in the widget clip, I should have a new animation soon if I can convert the dutch swf ok.

[1-18-08 SLUSHOMAKESUHAPPY]

omg u people think u see arms and legs? OMG lol i see spikes and thats it

[Shutaro]

[madamimadam]

I've always wanted it to have tentacles..

[Itsumo]