Cloverfield/1-18-08/Untitled Abrams Film/Slusho/Ethan Haas/Cthulhu/Godzilla/Dragons..

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Waiting for it on Blu-Ray.

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As above.

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Bah!  I'll remain in my dungeon of ludditiy with my collection of 64-bit video games, corded phones, and cylinder phonograph machines.

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Originally posted by DrThunder88:cylinder phonograph machines.

Does it have HD?

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Myeah, I work midnights anyway, so getting it now isn't as pathetic as it would normally be, right?

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OMG!!! REVEAL THE NEW SECRETS! :O

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The new secrets:

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It's less nauseous on a small screen.

I need a freakin DVD player with a jog wheel or frame-advance.  Stuff like the Taguarto logo on the tanker is much easier to see, but it's hard to get a good look in some cases.

I did notice that the Monster was actively scraping the mini-monsters off his/her back much like a bear would scratch his/her back against a tree.  I hadn't noticed it before.

I got some cool frames from some of the special features.

Reasonable shot of the parasite model:


The guy who designed Clover and a goofy michette thereof:


Part of an alternate ending:

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Neither of the alternate endings change the conclusion very much.  This one features the sound of jackhammers, Beth screaming for Rob, and than that guy looking into the lens.

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Well, the second alternate ending, the one you showed a frame of, changes the ending a little. It gives hope that Rob and Beth were found and rescued. The other alternate ending makes it less static, making it seem more lively for the two of them, ironic to the fact that they're likely dead. The final shot of that alternate ending of Beth smiling is ironic also. Well, the ending in the movie has its irony as well, so whatever. I like the one used because it has the ChimpanzIII satellite crashing.

Very different on the small screen, especially the portions where it shows the time stamp. I never understood why they eliminated the time stamping during the main part of the feature. I was annoyed when, towards the beginning, they made the transition from time stamp to none. It was so obvious and ruined the effect for me.

The movie was as good as I remembered. I still liked it alot when I saw it on the big screen, though. The main section of the movie (running around) seems better on the big screen, but the effect of watching "found footage" taken on a camera on a television reinvigorates the effect of this being real.