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suckaH wrote:
I think they should do a sequel from the monster's POV. Talk about originality!


Dialouge would be kind of lacking, though.
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 		im telling you they have to take a completely new angle. and the only viable angle is that of a high octane car chase action movie.


here's my plot revised -

highly trained squad of highly trained squad guys are sent after the beast to kill it. car chase in the same vein as the T-Rex chase in jurassic park. more action and explosions and then cut to last scene some guy mounts MGP and puts a nade in his back like in starship troopers.

roll credits, then after credits have "there's more" reversed. they could keep it going forever!

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 		I think its funny how some of you comment JJ woulndt do this or that or a sequel when he is currently working on the ELEVENTH installment of the Star Trek series. Lets also not forget the lovely Mission Impossible III. Why I enjoyed Cloverfield and the guessing game leading up to it, some of you give JJ Abrams WAY too much credit just because of Lost. He has plenty of stinkers on his resume (Felicity (unless your a chick), Amrageddon, What about Brian, Gone Fishin just to name a few more) and he is a Hollywood type at heart. Only a small percentage of people who saw Cloverfield followed or continue to follow the ARG thing and when it comes time to make the next movie, it will be about the dollar not a handful of online faithfull. It will most definitely be big budget Hollywood style. I look at Cloverfield as a teaser to the big budget movie that is going to come next.

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Casfetes wrote:

...last scene some guy mounts MGP and puts a nade in his back like in starship troopers.



If they dropped the house on him and he's still alive, I highly doubt that someone mounting MGP and droping any type of bomb in him will do much. Dont forget, MGP has TONS of parasites crawling all over him, and it would be quite difficult to climb him with said bastards crawling all over the place.
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Dont forget, MGP has TONS of parasites crawling all over him, and it would be quite difficult to climb him with said bastards crawling all over the place.


Huh? I could swear those things came from underneath him as if MGP was giving birth to them.
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Huh? I could swear those things came from underneath him as if MGP was giving birth to them.


Negative. It was stated in an interview (and shown on screen) that MGP at one point actually uses a building as a back-scratcher and parasites drop off when he does so. I believe this takes place during the newscast, when we are first introduced to the little buggers.
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Well the problem with that though is that there's no money with an online sequel / ARG format.


Exactly. And internet royalties are a huge issue in the WGA strike, too...

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Negative. It was stated in an interview (and shown on screen) that MGP at one point actually uses a building as a back-scratcher and parasites drop off when he does so. I believe this takes place during the newscast, when we are first introduced to the little buggers.





Yep, thats when it happens, during the newscast you can see MPG scratching his back, then you hear screeming as you see the SEATS fall to the ground. Then the shooting starts.

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Negative. It was stated in an interview (and shown on screen) that MGP at one point actually uses a building as a back-scratcher and parasites drop off when he does so. I believe this takes place during the newscast, when we are first introduced to the little buggers.


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 		Aliens....
... one of the BEST sequels out there (if they'd stopped there, that would have been great, but NO). I'm not sure how I feel about a sequel, but if they can get another take on the situation (or perhaps introduce more from other sections of the globe), and make it as good as "Aliens" was, then they may have something. But it's going to be hard to top the original.

One of my favorite "Aliens" quotes:
Ripley: Hudson! This little girl survived by herself with no weapons!
Hudson: Why don't you put HER in charge!

Love that movie - Director's Cut is GREATNESS!
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 		It's... A Terrible Thing... again
Ivo wrote:
JadedMax wrote:
Of course Shyamalan movies "suck" to most people who have seen them. Because every scene isn't a giveaway of the next.

Oh heaven help us we actually have to think about the movies we watch.

Let's just go back and fix our mistakes and make a Casablanca 2, or a Maltese Falcon 2, or a Citizen Kane 2 or a White Heat 2.


No, they just suck. I mean c'mon, aliens to whom water is toxic invade a planet that is 70% covered in the stuff? I don't think so.

EDIT: For the record I hate sequels, you should relax a bit.



Actually, with each new species of alien they evolve at an accellerated rate so the later ones could swim and some of them were even aquatic.


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guerra001 wrote:
They seemed to have screwed themselves into having to "find" another video...But No, A hollywood movie is NOT the way to go....this movie was so great becauseit was one perspective....one guy thats it...no stupid shots no nothing...It MADE the movie pretty much. Im not so opposed to seeing a sequel, but i dont want answers...i just wanna see the monster tear shit up again...maybe from different angles...thats all


We're pretty much on the same page. If they want to pick up on the story, that's fine I guess. But I don't want a big reveal of the monster's origins and squeezing in all the online stuff and all.

To be honest I wanna see the monster head uptown to Harlem. It wouldn't stand a chance.


I'm curious but do you just not care about the fact that this monster is supposed to be the American answer to Godzilla? I understand that you're perfectly happy with a single film and that's fine, but by definition, nature, and intent this movie was made to have sequels (or a continuation at the least.) You make it sound as though we want more purely for the sake of fact finding. It's not about wanting more, it's about expecting more. Of course there's going to be a sequel. It's a GIVEN. Any other genre I might be enclined to agree with you. It would be like making a sequel to The Illusionist or The Prestige. It wouldn't work. But giant monster movies as a rule come in sets or remakes. It will never NOT happen so it just seems odd that you'd be upset at an inevitability. As if you didn't know they were going to make another one.

I'm all for mysteries. And honestly, I'd be happy if they never find out where exactly it came from or what it is, because it's virtually impossible to come up with an original origin. But there are too many venues they could take aside from Hollywood Blockbuster Action Adventure Extraordinare Style for you to automatically write a sequel off as suck.

You mentioned lighting striking twice. Whether it stikes in the same place or not is irrelivant. It WILL strike again.[/i]

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Matt9882 wrote:
Casfetes wrote:

...last scene some guy mounts MGP and puts a nade in his back like in starship troopers.



If they dropped the house on him and he's still alive, I highly doubt that someone mounting MGP and droping any type of bomb in him will do much. Dont forget, MGP has TONS of parasites crawling all over him, and it would be quite difficult to climb him with said bastards crawling all over the place.


/sarcasm

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The Stray wrote:
Ivo wrote:
JadedMax wrote:
Of course Shyamalan movies "suck" to most people who have seen them. Because every scene isn't a giveaway of the next.

Oh heaven help us we actually have to think about the movies we watch.

Let's just go back and fix our mistakes and make a Casablanca 2, or a Maltese Falcon 2, or a Citizen Kane 2 or a White Heat 2.


No, they just suck. I mean c'mon, aliens to whom water is toxic invade a planet that is 70% covered in the stuff? I don't think so.

EDIT: For the record I hate sequels, you should relax a bit.



Actually, with each new species of alien they evolve at an accellerated rate so the later ones could swim and some of them were even aquatic.


JadedMax wrote:
guerra001 wrote:
They seemed to have screwed themselves into having to "find" another video...But No, A hollywood movie is NOT the way to go....this movie was so great becauseit was one perspective....one guy thats it...no stupid shots no nothing...It MADE the movie pretty much. Im not so opposed to seeing a sequel, but i dont want answers...i just wanna see the monster tear shit up again...maybe from different angles...thats all


We're pretty much on the same page. If they want to pick up on the story, that's fine I guess. But I don't want a big reveal of the monster's origins and squeezing in all the online stuff and all.

To be honest I wanna see the monster head uptown to Harlem. It wouldn't stand a chance.


I'm curious but do you just not care about the fact that this monster is supposed to be the American answer to Godzilla? I understand that you're perfectly happy with a single film and that's fine, but by definition, nature, and intent this movie was made to have sequels (or a continuation at the least.) You make it sound as though we want more purely for the sake of fact finding. It's not about wanting more, it's about expecting more. Of course there's going to be a sequel. It's a GIVEN. Any other genre I might be enclined to agree with you. It would be like making a sequel to The Illusionist or The Prestige. It wouldn't work. But giant monster movies as a rule come in sets or remakes. It will never NOT happen so it just seems odd that you'd be upset at an inevitability. As if you didn't know they were going to make another one.

I'm all for mysteries. And honestly, I'd be happy if they never find out where exactly it came from or what it is, because it's virtually impossible to come up with an original origin. But there are too many venues they could take aside from Hollywood Blockbuster Action Adventure Extraordinare Style for you to automatically write a sequel off as suck.

You mentioned lighting striking twice. Whether it stikes in the same place or not is irrelivant. It WILL strike again.[/i]



Well by basing your argument on Godzilla then i can agree with you, however ive seen a few monster movies where a sequel doesnt exsist (The Host for one).

I dont want a sequel because i dont want this to become as hokey and stupid as every other monster movie ever made...and sequels are the ingredient that turns movies to cheese
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 		Actually...
Casfetes wrote:
Matt9882 wrote:
Casfetes wrote:

...last scene some guy mounts MGP and puts a nade in his back like in starship troopers.



If they dropped the house on him and he's still alive, I highly doubt that someone mounting MGP and droping any type of bomb in him will do much. Dont forget, MGP has TONS of parasites crawling all over him, and it would be quite difficult to climb him with said bastards crawling all over the place.


/sarcasm

my bad


Hehe. I'd pay to see that. A small team of guys running along its back with machine guns and single shot rocket launchers (firing dozens of rockets of course) in a high octane fight scene just to blow a hole in it's back and chuck a grenade in...

probably wouldn't do anything of course, but I'd still watch it.

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guerra001 wrote:
The Stray wrote:
Ivo wrote:
JadedMax wrote:
Of course Shyamalan movies "suck" to most people who have seen them. Because every scene isn't a giveaway of the next.

Oh heaven help us we actually have to think about the movies we watch.

Let's just go back and fix our mistakes and make a Casablanca 2, or a Maltese Falcon 2, or a Citizen Kane 2 or a White Heat 2.


No, they just suck. I mean c'mon, aliens to whom water is toxic invade a planet that is 70% covered in the stuff? I don't think so.

EDIT: For the record I hate sequels, you should relax a bit.



Actually, with each new species of alien they evolve at an accellerated rate so the later ones could swim and some of them were even aquatic.


JadedMax wrote:
guerra001 wrote:
They seemed to have screwed themselves into having to "find" another video...But No, A hollywood movie is NOT the way to go....this movie was so great becauseit was one perspective....one guy thats it...no stupid shots no nothing...It MADE the movie pretty much. Im not so opposed to seeing a sequel, but i dont want answers...i just wanna see the monster tear shit up again...maybe from different angles...thats all


We're pretty much on the same page. If they want to pick up on the story, that's fine I guess. But I don't want a big reveal of the monster's origins and squeezing in all the online stuff and all.

To be honest I wanna see the monster head uptown to Harlem. It wouldn't stand a chance.


I'm curious but do you just not care about the fact that this monster is supposed to be the American answer to Godzilla? I understand that you're perfectly happy with a single film and that's fine, but by definition, nature, and intent this movie was made to have sequels (or a continuation at the least.) You make it sound as though we want more purely for the sake of fact finding. It's not about wanting more, it's about expecting more. Of course there's going to be a sequel. It's a GIVEN. Any other genre I might be enclined to agree with you. It would be like making a sequel to The Illusionist or The Prestige. It wouldn't work. But giant monster movies as a rule come in sets or remakes. It will never NOT happen so it just seems odd that you'd be upset at an inevitability. As if you didn't know they were going to make another one.

I'm all for mysteries. And honestly, I'd be happy if they never find out where exactly it came from or what it is, because it's virtually impossible to come up with an original origin. But there are too many venues they could take aside from Hollywood Blockbuster Action Adventure Extraordinare Style for you to automatically write a sequel off as suck.

You mentioned lighting striking twice. Whether it stikes in the same place or not is irrelivant. It WILL strike again.[/i]



Well by basing your argument on Godzilla then i can agree with you, however ive seen a few monster movies where a sequel doesnt exsist (The Host for one).

I dont want a sequel because i dont want this to become as hokey and stupid as every other monster movie ever made...and sequels are the ingredient that turns movies to cheese


I thought poorly thought out plots, ridiculous dialogue (bad ridiculous not good ridiculous), stupid characters, and contrived themes were the cause...

Also, The Host was not a giant monster movie, it was a medium sized monster movie. It's different. Also, The Host came was a recent release (within a few years), they could still make another one if they really wanted (not that I'm advocating that).

A lot of the older ones (i.e. Giant Mantis, Giant Ants, Giant Rabbits... yes... Giant Rabbits) don't have sequels but I'm pretty sure several of them were later remade in one form or another. So I guess, maybe not every giant monster movie, but 97% of them make some kind of comeback.

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The Stray wrote:
guerra001 wrote:
The Stray wrote:
Ivo wrote:
JadedMax wrote:
Of course Shyamalan movies "suck" to most people who have seen them. Because every scene isn't a giveaway of the next.

Oh heaven help us we actually have to think about the movies we watch.

Let's just go back and fix our mistakes and make a Casablanca 2, or a Maltese Falcon 2, or a Citizen Kane 2 or a White Heat 2.


No, they just suck. I mean c'mon, aliens to whom water is toxic invade a planet that is 70% covered in the stuff? I don't think so.

EDIT: For the record I hate sequels, you should relax a bit.



Actually, with each new species of alien they evolve at an accellerated rate so the later ones could swim and some of them were even aquatic.


JadedMax wrote:
guerra001 wrote:
They seemed to have screwed themselves into having to "find" another video...But No, A hollywood movie is NOT the way to go....this movie was so great becauseit was one perspective....one guy thats it...no stupid shots no nothing...It MADE the movie pretty much. Im not so opposed to seeing a sequel, but i dont want answers...i just wanna see the monster tear shit up again...maybe from different angles...thats all


We're pretty much on the same page. If they want to pick up on the story, that's fine I guess. But I don't want a big reveal of the monster's origins and squeezing in all the online stuff and all.

To be honest I wanna see the monster head uptown to Harlem. It wouldn't stand a chance.


I'm curious but do you just not care about the fact that this monster is supposed to be the American answer to Godzilla? I understand that you're perfectly happy with a single film and that's fine, but by definition, nature, and intent this movie was made to have sequels (or a continuation at the least.) You make it sound as though we want more purely for the sake of fact finding. It's not about wanting more, it's about expecting more. Of course there's going to be a sequel. It's a GIVEN. Any other genre I might be enclined to agree with you. It would be like making a sequel to The Illusionist or The Prestige. It wouldn't work. But giant monster movies as a rule come in sets or remakes. It will never NOT happen so it just seems odd that you'd be upset at an inevitability. As if you didn't know they were going to make another one.

I'm all for mysteries. And honestly, I'd be happy if they never find out where exactly it came from or what it is, because it's virtually impossible to come up with an original origin. But there are too many venues they could take aside from Hollywood Blockbuster Action Adventure Extraordinare Style for you to automatically write a sequel off as suck.

You mentioned lighting striking twice. Whether it stikes in the same place or not is irrelivant. It WILL strike again.[/i]



Well by basing your argument on Godzilla then i can agree with you, however ive seen a few monster movies where a sequel doesnt exsist (The Host for one).

I dont want a sequel because i dont want this to become as hokey and stupid as every other monster movie ever made...and sequels are the ingredient that turns movies to cheese


I thought poorly thought out plots, ridiculous dialogue (bad ridiculous not good ridiculous), stupid characters, and contrived themes were the cause...

Also, The Host was not a giant monster movie, it was a medium sized monster movie. It's different. Also, The Host came was a recent release (within a few years), they could still make another one if they really wanted (not that I'm advocating that).

A lot of the older ones (i.e. Giant Mantis, Giant Ants, Giant Rabbits... yes... Giant Rabbits) don't have sequels but I'm pretty sure several of them were later remade in one form or another. So I guess, maybe not every giant monster movie, but 97% of them make some kind of comeback.





Yes those are also a giant cause of stupidity...and knowingthis is the reason I dont want a sequel like that...

I guess your right about The Host it wasnt as big as other monster movies
but still it was a good example Razz

Oh for the record I just found out their making another Host...so there goes my argument Wink
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