‘Cloverfield’ Monster Sighted
J.J. Abrams’ monster movie Cloverfield has been pretty damn secretive, but again, there is nothing that movie possesses that the Internet cannot take away and show everyone. Assuming, of course, the pic on Movieweb (safely below the jump for spoiler-phobes) is real and not another fake-out from that wily Abrams and crew. The good news is that Movieweb says the monster in the pic was definitely created by Cloverfield art director Peter Konig; the bad news is that the pic is either of a model or a toy. Anyways, the big bad after the jump:
If it is indeed the real deal, then I judge the Cloverfield monster to be delightfully Toho-ian, and a seemingly worthy peer of Godzilla, Mothra and the rest. I certainly hopes he/she/it eats a great deal of the whiny, self-absorbed 20-somethings that seem to be populating the flick.
And in case you haven’t seen it, here’s the YouTube video with a pic of a different (and far goofier)Cloverfield monster, with a lot of theorizing as a bonus
I prefer the toy version, myself. (Via WWTDD) ? Rob
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Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.