The only good thing in Cloverfield was that the HUD was named Hud. And that's my attempt to damn with faint praise, because otherwise I would have just repeated what Jilli said.
Question: Will hiding in a cavern with stockpiled chocolate goods be any part of this plan?
Xander ,'Get It Done'
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Volans - Mar 06, 2009 2:59:16 am PST #226 of 30000
move out and draw fire
le nubian - Mar 06, 2009 4:03:13 am PST #227 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
That ep of Carnival was just fucked UP. That bothered me too! I turned to Beau afterward and said, "what kind of twisted shit are we watching?"
Amy - Mar 06, 2009 4:08:27 am PST #228 of 30000
Because books.
I loved that episode of Carnivale. Totally creepy.
I forgot Tep doesn't watch horror. Oops. But I'm gratified everyone else thought Cloverfield was as stupid as I did. Characters were completely too stupid to live. Halfway through I was rooting for them to get to Central Park West and find Beth dead. Ah well. Lesson learned.
tommyrot - Mar 06, 2009 4:44:44 am PST #229 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Polter-Cow - Mar 06, 2009 5:12:00 am PST #230 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
For serious! Speaking of Cloverfield, he spoiled Hud's fate in the very first paragraph. What the hell.
Aims - Mar 06, 2009 5:34:31 am PST #231 of 30000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Also a test subject, have read Watchmen, am seeing it tonight.
With 13 other people, most of who have read it. I'm excited.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 06, 2009 5:47:28 am PST #232 of 30000
"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
I enjoyed Cloverfield
Polter-Cow - Mar 06, 2009 5:52:05 am PST #233 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Me too, Matt.
tommyrot - Mar 06, 2009 5:50:24 am PST #234 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I skipped Cloverfield, because of the whole unsteady-hand-held-camera-induced-nausea thing....
Amy - Mar 06, 2009 5:51:04 am PST #235 of 30000
Because books.
Really? I mean, yay! I'm all for people enjoying whatever, but I was just really disappointed. It seemed like nothing more than an exercise in, "Let's see if we can make a movie that would be *like* a home video, if someone took it during an alien attack!" And ... it wound up being as boring and self-indulgent as a video like that would be, for me.
I did think the guy who played Rob was cute, though.