As long as the monster kills all the cameramen who are
NOT using steadicams, I'm fine with a sequel

I like the podcast idea. Its like the radio version of the war of the worlds.

@wingbatwu: Seriously, people are generally in the habit of keeping their cams level when filming anything. America's Funniest Home Videos has taught us that much.

I'm secretly hoping for a Destroy All Monsters style thing, with like twenty giant monsters all fighting in like Minneapolis or Calgary.

Cloverfield stars in a series of commercials for Dramamine.

I'm with Annalee.

More monsters, less first person POV.

i'm holding out for the made for tv movie 'how the cloverfield monster saved christmas: a very christmasey christmas special with big monsters'

It's going to be like a really long episode of Alias. Wait, he did that already.

@Annalee: Like WWE Smackdown, only with monsters.

All really dumb choices. If a so-called SF site isn't going to take this "seriously," why bother?

@Annalee: Well, why didn't you make that a poll option then? That sounds awesome!

Cloverfield 2: Similar monsters are destroying every major citry throughout the world. Only Will Smith and Jeff Goldblum with their mac laptop virus can stem the flow of... oh wait... nm.

Can Brent Spiner still play a wacky underground scientist/hippie?

@Tepoz: Except when monsters are lobbing Statue of Liberty heads at them... :-P

btw, is that really the cloverfield monster up there?

Nope. That thumbnail is Cthulhu. This one, I think.

@rrich:

Nobody likes a grim sci-fi geek, dude....

@rrich: A serious SF site cannot possibly take a sequel to Cloverfield seriously.

The monster is deployed to Iraq to rescue American POWs.

I have no idea what that monster in the picture is. I got it from a Thai web site that claimed it was the Cloverfield monster. Which it isn't, though I sort of wish it were.

The last hatchling of Godzilla who dwelled in the sewer system and train tunnels for years isn't gonna put up with this piece of shit excuse for a Kaiju. So in order to redeem himself amongst the other Godzilla of the world and not be called GINO (Godzilla in name only), sets out to kick some Clover-ass.

Cue the explosions, roars, people fleeing, and the military unleashing a Mecha-Godzilla (built from the remains of the first US Godzilla) to make it a three way royal rumble.

I <3 Kaiju.

@7Zark7 Iz In Ur Internetz: And is renamed Clovo.

Cloverfield monster flees to Nevada where it shacks up, then brawls, a la Mr. & Mrs. Smith, with Tremors Graboid.

@Tommmcatt: ...but everyone loves a clown. Got it. Thanks so much. I'll go get that lobotomy now so I can join the fun. Right back.

@Project Thanatos: GINO sounds like the title of a crossover between Godzilla and Teeth.

I'm for giving the monster the video camera and having him/her/Rosie film the sequel.

the sequel will be a panel of experts discussing why the monster is or isn't a baby, and how that shouldn't just be included on the press notes.

then, the monster will stop by to quizcally stare at them.

finally, it'll gnaw on one and walk away.

@mitchel_stevens: I like it! Greenlight.

Cloverfield discovers a long-dormant interest in politics and succeeds where others have failed in uniting a nationally viable 3rd party. Promises to put an end to all problems facing the world today by eating the causes of them.

Why isn't the option for not making on up there?

Oh I forgot another important option: Cloverfield Eaten By Bunnies.

I just got back from seeing this...movie.

Meh. Biggest stinker I've seen in a long time.

The first ten minutes of the sequel is some guy running around getting shaky footage of this critter. Then he's scooped up, lightly chewed, & swallowed whole. His camera however has gotten caught between a couple of the creature's teeth and by some miracle is pointing outward; so we watch the rest of the movie from its perspective. Watching jittery camcorder footage from 500ft up is just as interesting as watching it filmed at ground level, right?

This creature is 66% more monstrous and 40% more truculent in appearance alone.
Cloverfield monster sucked. Critter-crabs sounded like farts.

@GreyGander: Amen!!!

I read someone connected with the film (producer? director? 2nd best grip?) say that "it's probable that this was not the only story filmed that night." Meaning that the sequel will probably be the same events filmed from different shakey angles. Instead of yuppies, maybe it will be a street gang. Or recent immigrants from Nigeria. You get the idea. I suspect we're in for a long series of sequels hot off the Xerox machine which will take the "story" no where. Too bad. I liked the original and I'd like to see a decent sequel.

At what point does not telling you anything about the monster just become lazy story-telling?

Am I the only one who saw this and said what the hell did you spend $30 million on?

Oh man 30 Million and no Pauly Shore!! This movie could of had it all with plenty of cash left for a K-Fed soundtrack.

I'm surprised that Cloverfield isn't Cthulhu.

@Eac_O_System: I'm so incredibly happy that Lovecraft wasn't dragged into this mess.

I enjoyed it.

What's ironic is that most people justify the realism of the shakey cam but then for most of story the realism went out the window.

They were always where the monster was. Did it had some beef with them? Were they emanating a bad smell it liked? The heli-scene, tons of others.

The first thing anyone does is pick up the cam and keep filming. Even post-tragic death of friends. No one alluded to the fact that they all agreed to keep filming to record the moment in history, major importance to have the recording recovered etc. I doubt they all thought "Oh it'll be sooo cool to put this on YouTube dude" and risk life & limb.

Shakey cam sucks. I will suspend disbelief and am fine with a third person view of a monster attack and it will not make it less real.

Oh what I wanted to say. No Cloverfield 2 please.

It'll probably be done with a cell phone camera and will be a bad quality, low quality, shakey mess. TQ.

scrap the whole damn film and stick with Cthulhu. Cloverfield 2 can only suck us all into the depths of the sea.

@cybergrunt: I think what we've learned from io9 today is that what's needed is a movie featuring both Tesla and Cthulhu.

I'd watch it.

i just saw this movie. aside from whatever critiques i might have, question: where the hell does the title 'cloverfield' come frome? the location was manhattan, none of the characters were named cloverfield...a little help, here?

First thing.. make it without the home vid crap. Second thing.. try using better actors. Other than that I'd love to see a version of the same movie done right. I enjoyed Cloverfield, with the exception of the home movie aspect. It gave me a headache.

And something else...

Backstory: Um.. what is it? Where did it come from? Why is it so pissed off (unless it's the crabs lol.. we would be pissed too!)

Maybe make a full-fledged version of the film from another perspective, without the home-movie cam, and without so much vagueness. Remember the grunt who let them back into the city, make it from his perspective.. as a full fledged sci-fi thriller/action flick/monster movie goodness. Once it rakes in the cash, put both in a boxed set DVD and you'd have the movie from two perspectives. It would be an all-time hit!

SPOILER ALERT:
Same story, but through the monster's camera. The first ten minutes or so is some underwater party with the monster and a few whales kicking back some slusho and celebrating the monster's upcoming trip to Manhattan. An oil rig fucks up their punch bowl and the shit generally hits the fan from there.

I think Cloverfield 2 could be done World War Z style. Documentary interviews mixed with military news and more shakey cam footage.

Yeah, the thumbnail is definitely Cthulhu. I have that particular figure: he happily sits on top of my cable box. TV's ALWAYS more interesting with Cthulhu... :)

@rrich:

Please, take your time.

I don't know why anyone would want to see a sequel.
No matter how well a suquel would be made, you weuld all still bitch and moan about how it SHOULD have been done. Until you can raise 30 million adn make themovie your way..just shut up and woeey about thestuff that REALLY matters in life....