Cloverfield Hit and Miss - Hopes, Expectations and Oh Yeah..., Reality

The Apocalypse - While we'd love to see the end of the world, we believe it would be an exceedingly lame Apocalypse if the final chapter involved cleanup crews. Perhaps a Left Behind fan can illuminate the days after the end days for us.

Blair Witch meets Godzilla - Maybe, and while the Blair Witch gave many a headache, Cloverfield's 30 million dollar budget(?) should go a long way toward avoiding that particular objection.

30 Million Dollars? - That's a low budget (by Hollywood standards, you know), but given the buzz the movie has generated in just the past weeks easily surpasses 30 million in advertising dollars, we'd be surprised if Cloverfield's budget is anything but a blank check.

Multiple Monsters - We're not convinced.

Who Wrote the Screenplay for Clues? - Good question. Answer: Drew Goddard. Given Drew's other work, the Project is leaning toward the supernatural. Oh, and supposedly Drew is unspeakably talented. This bodes well.

Alien Monster - We like this idea too. So much in fact that we're disabusing ourselves of it to avoid disappointment.

The Roar - While the Trailer is clearly a masterpiece, we'd like to remind everyone that the Roar is the key ingredient. To our ear, it evokes colossal malevolent intelligence. And if we were a giant Satan, that's what we would sound like.

Slusho - It's worth noting that slusho.jp was on the radar when JJ Abrams said "For what it's worth, the only site of ours that people have even FOUND is the 1-18-08.com…" Maybe JJ was a bit behind the buzz when he wrote that. Maybe not.

Puzzles? - Well, we think the idea that there are readymade puzzles waiting to be solved springs more from the Haas fiasco than it does anything JJ Abrams said, "But, obviously, if the movie doesn't kick some massive ASS, who gives a rat's about what's online?" We think that translates as: While we'd love to take full advantage of the online buzz, we're still working on the movie so don't expect much.

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