Ever since the Transformers movie there has been buzz about J.J. Abrams mystery project codenamed “Cloverfield”. This was first presented as a trailer that ended with no title. I am very surprised that it didn’t take someone about 30 seconds to figure out. Not because
I figured by the time I got home there would be some link to it somewhere online explaining it. Secrets are hard to keep in Hollywood.
I can tell you what colour Britney Spears panties are today (if shes sporting any) but its nearly a month later and we still don’t know what this movie will be.
To further add to the mystery, Gorilla Rodeo at RottenTomatoes.com forums posted some blurry pics of a poster in a comic shop window for a movie called “Monstrous” with a headless Statue of Liberty. As we saw in the trailer, the head flies down the street with destructive results.
Stranger still, there is no movie called Monstrous listed on IMDB.
For a theory on who or what is making the messes in the trailer, I tripped over LostBoy92551 at GameTrailers.com forums who says:
In Jewish belief, Behemoth is the primal unconquerable monster of the land, as Leviathan is the primal monster of the waters of the sea and Ziz the primordial monster of the sky.
1) The first monster roar is accompanied by an earthquake (Behemoth)
2) The second monster roar is accompanied by a huge fireball (Leviathan, for it can breathe fire)
3) The third monster roar is accompanied by the flying Statue of Liberty head (Ziz).Not convinced?
The guy who says “maybe we can get a better view from the roof” has the Slusho logo on his shirt. Slusho is a classic J.J. Abrams icon, and it has appeared in both Alias and Lost, which are his shows.
Slusho.jp has, by now, been confirmed as a part of the viral marketing campaign revolving around 1-18-08. Japan. Strangely enough, the character Rob, who is present in the trailer, was gonna fly to Japan a day after that party and the monster events.
Let’s have a look around on that site. Not all pages are accessible. But there is an odd feature about the pages that are available. The main page background is on land, the Downloads page background is on air, and the History page background is on sea.
Furthermore, the six buttons on the main page cause popups of various animals, namely a Horse, a Whale and a Bird. Behemoth, Leviathan, Ziz.
Now I know NOTHING about the Jewish belief (John is better at these things) but a quick look over at wikipedia says that these creatures are all mentioned in the Old Testament of the Bible. I recall the bit about Behemoth, but I must have missed his brothers.
Speaking of our favourite city scape crushing giant reptile, a lot of speculation online was that this was going to be a Godzilla movie. If this forum poster is right, this will definitely appeal to that crowd.
Could we finally have our answer? Will this J.J. Abrams project be called Monstrous and feature 3 mythological creatures of the apocalypse? Who will be our heroes? Or will this just be 90 minutes of hopeless chaos as three giant creatures tear NY a new one?
