The Geeks of Doom have a great summary of Cloverfield and how the viral websites are related to the movie. This is a great place to start for those who have seen the movie, but haven't followed any of the online experience.IGN also has a good summary here.
Of course, you can get the full story here, by starting at the beginning...
* Thank to Justin M for emailing me this!
Thank you for the linkage, it's much appreciated. And it would behoove anyone interested in the film to definitely come to Cloverfield Clues and start at the reading from the beginning. I bow to your Cloverfield knowledge!!!
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Geeks of Doom
That summary is terrible, and cites sites (!) who are making conjecture, but Geeks of Doom takes it as fact.
ReplyDelete"The main ingredient of Slusho apparently has the power to turn a tiny fish into a huge whale (explains the monster’s size) and since deep sea creatures naturally have very high heat resistance, this is why the monster was unaffected by the military bomb attacks."
There's so much wrong with that I don't know where to start...
Nothing in the article is cited as *fact* but rather additional conjecture based on collective investigation, Ross.
ReplyDeletePlease, collect your thoughts and get back to us when you know where to 'start.'
--Dave3
I appreciate your efforts, Dave, and this whole viral marketing universe is probably pointless and answerles at this point, but it only confuses the situation further to repost fourth-hand information that's been warped by deluded fanboys teetering on the brink of crushing disappointment. The cloverfieldendingcredits site is far from a direct source, and their spiel about "Tagrauto's satellite awakens beast, which was sleeping on top of a mountain of Deep Sea Nectar" is just one of many things that COULD happen, and there's no evidence that their scenario is even likely. The satellite is NOT Tagruato's (it was the Japanese government's), if the satellite actually fell at the coast near Coney Island, it wouldn't be in the deep sea, and their claim that Targuato would be simultaneously searching for a recently fallen piece of a satellite AND the ingredient for their already established and wildly popular drink is a little outlandish.
ReplyDeleteI actually DO know where to start on this statement: "The main ingredient of Slusho apparently has the power to turn a tiny fish into a huge whale (explains the monster’s size) and since deep sea creatures naturally have very high heat resistance, this is why the monster was unaffected by the military bomb attacks." ... The first half of this story is based off the mythology behind Slusho, which is obviously a fable considering one of the characters shares his name with Tagruato president Ganu. It was just a story as far as we know. As for deep sea creatures - if anything they will be more sensitive to heat, considering it is so different from the natural environment. Your logic would suggest that a tropical bird would thrive in the arctic since it's impervious to the cold. No. Deep sea creatures tend to explode on the surface due to lack of pressure, and I don't think there are any vertebrates on the planet that can withstand a round of carpetbombing and survive unscathed.
My only bitch with your summary is that it's not based on the direct sources, and that's how silly gossip gets out of control. I think each reader's imagination should be free to formulate individual theories, instead of having nonsense like "the satellite landed on the monster and woke it up" delivered as fact.
Furthermore, it seems to be increasingly clear that the monster is extraterrestrial, considering its impervious nature, its lack of similarity to earth creatures, and the things falling from the sky in the film.
My feeling is that the marketing was done by an almost entirely independent team that was given a set of connection points to the movie (e.g. Slusho / Jamie Lascano will be passed out / something falls into the ocean), and allowed to run wild from there. This is the only way I can reconcile the lack of coherence between the marketing universe and the events we saw in the film. I was completely ready and eager for the film to stand on its own, making no explanations, while the marketing itself provided the backstory and added depth to the monster. Unfortunately I can't believe that's what we got. I look forward to some further developments that leave us with more than the straws we're all currently grasping at...