Comments on: High Quality Version of J.J. Abrams’ Cloverfield Trailer #2 Online

By: Rian

Rian — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 04:03:37 +0000

Cthulu is a specific monster. Yes, it has tentacles, but the word “Cthulu” is it’s name. There is no doubting that Mike Mignola is a huge fan of H.P. Lovecraft and that a lot of the creatures in Hellboy are influenced by his stories, but the Ogdru Jahad is a separate entity entirely. There are actually a lot of books, comic books, and movies that feature Cthulu in one form or another (such as Richard Corben’s Densaga, which features a giant, tentacled god named “Uluhtc”), but Hellboy is not one of them.

By: Henrik

Henrik — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 01:25:27 +0000

I thought Cthulu referred to the tentacles. I guess Del Toro said ‘Lovecraftian’ at ComicCon, but he did talk a lot about the Cthulu mythos on the commentary.

I don’t really know monster lore.

By: Rian

Rian — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 01:19:34 +0000

Henrik:

Hellboy did not have Cthulu in it. Hellboy had the Ogdru Jahad.

By: Ian

Ian — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 23:02:28 +0000

I wonder maybe this event in NYC that starts the film is actually a take on the conclusion of Alan Moore’s Watchmen. I know they are doing a movie version of that comic but this whole strangness in NYC that feels like a supernatural terrorist attack is sort of what happened at the end of that comic *spoiler* for a 20 year old comic.

By: Henrik

Henrik — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 16:00:55 +0000

Hellboy had Cthulu in it, so that’s totally been done.

By: Rian

Rian — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:55:44 +0000

Goon:

If we don’t see the monster clearly at any point during the film, I’ll be very pissed. It’s fine if we don’t see it much of it as with the original Alien film, but if we never get a good look at the monster I know that I will walk out of the theater angry, regardless of how good the movie is otherwise.

The man:

It hadn’t occurred to me that the monster could be Cthulu. If it is, that would be badass!

By: Henrik

Henrik — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 14:11:58 +0000

Godzilla was ‘Size does matter’ right?

By: bert belgium

bert belgium — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 13:55:30 +0000

isn’t that line:”whatever it is, it’s winning” from the godzilla movie?? i know i’ve heard it somewhere!!

By: Affenheimtheaterbesitzer

Affenheimtheaterbesitzer — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 12:12:11 +0000

Here’s a slow-mo blowup video of the short monster sequence: http://blog.affenheimtheater.de/2007/11/20/cloverfield-detailaufnahme-des-monsters/

By: TheSnowLeopard

TheSnowLeopard — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 01:03:43 +0000

“But I guess 9/11 proved that people will continue to film in even the most dangerous situations”

Exactly. There is a strong connection to 9/11 in the poster and the directorial style reminds me of that french documentary about 9/11 by Jules and Gedeon Naudet.

With the emphasis on confusion and panic rather than traditional disaster movie thrills, this is very much a horror movie for our time.

By: The man

The man — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 22:56:27 +0000

I don’t think they’ll pull that Goon. I just hope it doesn’t look stupid, that way everytime it comes on screen people won’t laugh. Come on Cthulhu!!!!

By: Goon

Goon — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 21:00:37 +0000

Rian, I’m not convinced we’re going to actually SEE the monster.