The only thing I can think of that might have been likened to a controversy surrounding Cloverfield was self-created. The first teaser trailers were released without a title and limited information was sent to various fan sites in an attempt to create buzz around the picture.
Yeah, but you're an amateur fry cook and I come from a long line of fry cooks that don't live past 25.
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Laga - Jan 04, 2008 1:45:22 pm PST #3200 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Strega - Jan 04, 2008 2:48:07 pm PST #3201 of 10000
Love the Clooney/Garner comparison! I think it's that they both have super-magnetic-charm power along with an everyman quality. Whereas Grant, while chock full o' charm, was never an everyman.
Every time I see an ad for Cloverfield (which is every ten minutes, and enough already) I think, "So it's the Blair 'Zilla Project?" It looks like it means being stuck watching whiny idiots while the monster is stomping on other people OFFSCREEN. Where's the fun in that?
Volans - Jan 04, 2008 3:09:44 pm PST #3202 of 10000
move out and draw fire
There wasn't controversy per se, just viral marketing and a whole bunch of "Is it a Cthulhu movie? Is it Godzilla Redux? Is it a Lost tie-in?"
brenda m - Jan 04, 2008 4:03:12 pm PST #3203 of 10000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
The first teaser trailers were released without a title and limited information was sent to various fan sites in an attempt to create buzz around the picture.
Yeah, okay, that sounds like what I remember.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 04, 2008 6:27:42 pm PST #3204 of 10000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
A bunch of fellow Lovecraft fans and I got all excited over early speculation that it might be Cthulhu.
It looks like it means being stuck watching whiny idiots while the monster is stomping on other people OFFSCREEN. Where's the fun in that?
Since one of the whiny idiots is played by Lizzie Caplan, and another by an extremely pretty guy unfamiliar to me, I'm in.
Laga - Jan 04, 2008 6:36:25 pm PST #3205 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Abrams has stated that it's not Cthulu, Gojira or anyone else we might be familiar with.
I'm cautiously hopeful. The trailers remind me of the teeny bit of Signs that I actually liked.
Fay - Jan 04, 2008 6:36:43 pm PST #3206 of 10000
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
Me too! I'd far rather have that whole leave-it-to-the-imagination thing than the HereIsOurMonster!MarvelAtItsCGI!!! for sheer creepiness.
Strega - Jan 04, 2008 6:42:36 pm PST #3207 of 10000
I don't know who Lizzie Caplan is. I have a feeling this makes me even less hip than usual.
Oh, but if you're into that sort of thing, the new LOEG book has an excellent Lovecraftian Jeeves & Wooster story!
...Aaand I think we've just determined exactly why I'm so unhip. Excellent.
Laga - Jan 04, 2008 6:45:07 pm PST #3208 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Amen. If horror films started to shift back into suspense mode I would so not miss the current trend of "the most disgusting thing the most twisted designer on our movie could conceive of, let us show you it. Here it is again! DID YOU MISS IT?!!1!?"
Laga - Jan 04, 2008 6:48:15 pm PST #3209 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
the new LOEG book has an excellent Lovecraftian Jeeves & Wooster story!
this? Sounds great! How do I get one?
(I don't know what LOEG is)