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Posted: May 05 2010 01:01 pm

Bloody-Disgusting.com reports that the extremely secret trailer that is set to debut before Iron Man 2 on May 7. Reliable sources report that this is indeed the prequel to 2008's viral hit Cloverfield. The trailer shows a group of kids in the 70s or 80s who are shooting home movies on their Super 8 camera, and after developing the footage, find a monster in the video. FUCK YES. I'm am a HUGE Cloverfield fan.

http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/20083

Joined: Oct 01 2009 Posts: 5316

Ugh...they're making a sequel/prequel to Cloverfield? I don't see what was so impressive about the first one to garner another movie. What a load of garbage.

Posted: May 05 2010 05:28 pm

A prequel? So we're going to see a bunch of amateur videos of people doing stuff around the city?

Posted: May 05 2010 06:13 pm

I dug Cloverfield. Had some good moments. I'll watch this prequel if JJ Abrams is involved again.

Posted: May 05 2010 06:20 pm

Yep! Whereas Matt Reeves directed Cloverfield and J.J. only produced, this time Abrams is in the directing chair.

Title: Titlating Joined: Dec 17 2007 Posts: 5042

I expect good things.

Posted: May 05 2010 11:39 pm

Yes, if Abrams is directing, then I am looking forward to this.

Title: Alexz Aficionado Joined: May 21 2008 Posts: 2889

Ba'al wrote:

A prequel? So we're going to see a bunch of amateur videos of people doing stuff around the city?

This

As a prequel it sounds like it'll just be home movies of someone's wedding or bachelor party. It'll be like 90 minutes of watching bad YouTube videos.

I loved Cloverfield, but shouldn't they go FORWARD in time? The monster was never killed.

Joined: Oct 01 2009 Posts: 5316

While I thought Cloverfield was an interesting premise, the camera work pissed me off. I don't like when any movies do it, and super 8 camera work is going to be pretty lame.

Posted: May 06 2010 07:36 am

Doddsino wrote:

While I thought Cloverfield was an interesting premise, the camera work pissed me off. I don't like when any movies do it, and super 8 camera work is going to be pretty lame.

I love those kind of "reality horror" movies, like Blair Witch and Paranormal Activity, and I especially loved Cloverfield. It just seems more real and engaging to me to film a movie that way, especially in the horror genre.

As much as I liked Cloverfield though, I don't really get why they'd do a prequel or how that'll work, but I'll definitely see it.

Posted: May 06 2010 11:24 am

Klimbatize wrote:

Yes, if Abrams is directing, then I am looking forward to this.

You're looking forward to being blinded by camera flares for two hours?

Posted: May 06 2010 11:26 am

No, I'm looking forward to seeing a coming-of-age story for the female lead character...and her eventually deciding to cut all of her hair off. Will be awesome to see on shaky handhelds.

Posted: May 06 2010 11:55 am

and a time travel premise w/an alternate universe

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Knyte wrote:

Klimbatize wrote:

Yes, if Abrams is directing, then I am looking forward to this.

You're looking forward to being blinded by camera flares for two hours?

No, you're thinking of Michael Bay.

Title: Titlating Joined: Dec 17 2007 Posts: 5042

No he is making fun of Star Trek.

Posted: May 07 2010 06:16 am

I thought people liked Star Trek. It's good to see I am sane after all for finding it silly and lame.

Posted: May 07 2010 09:45 am

AtmanRyu wrote:

Knyte wrote:

Klimbatize wrote:

Yes, if Abrams is directing, then I am looking forward to this.

You're looking forward to being blinded by camera flares for two hours?

No, you're thinking of Michael Bay.

No, then everything would explode every two seconds and when the army engaged the monster, it would just be a big blur of motion that makes it impossible to have any fucking idea what's going on.

Posted: May 07 2010 02:09 pm

Pandajuice wrote:

I thought people liked Star Trek. It's good to see I am sane after all for finding it silly and lame.

One guy cracking about camera flares doesn't mean you're sane. You're still crazy--Star Trek was good.

Posted: May 07 2010 04:48 pm

Klimbatize wrote:

Pandajuice wrote:

I thought people liked Star Trek. It's good to see I am sane after all for finding it silly and lame.

One guy cracking about camera flares doesn't mean you're sane. You're still crazy--Star Trek was good.

i agree, i enjoyed star trek.

syd on the other hand...

Posted: May 07 2010 11:51 pm

Pandajuice wrote:

I love those kind of "reality horror" movies, like Blair Witch and Paranormal Activity, and I especially loved Cloverfield. It just seems more real and engaging to me to film a movie that way, especially in the horror genre.

As much as I liked Cloverfield though, I don't really get why they'd do a prequel or how that'll work, but I'll definitely see it.

I agree with that 100%. I always thought the grainy film added something to older horror movies.

Posted: May 08 2010 02:44 am

From the brief "footage" of Super 8's trailer, it doesn't seem to be as "bad" as Cloverfield. though the audience gave uttered communal "ooookay?"

Title: Titlating Joined: Dec 17 2007 Posts: 5042

It doesn't seem to be a cloverfield prequel, also it's not shakycam.

Posted: May 09 2010 01:26 am

Yeah, I saw it tonight and it was...well, it was a thing. Cloverfield was a movie that I really liked right after it ended and then liked less and less the further I got from the theatre so we'll see on this one.

Joined: Oct 01 2009 Posts: 5316

I didn't get a Cloverfield trailer...I just got a bunch of kiddie movie trailers...and another Twilight sequel...which I didn't even know about. Ugh.

Posted: May 09 2010 01:49 am

According to the update in the article in the first post it isn't Cloverfield anyway.