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If you could control the Cloverfield monster what city would you attack first? That's just one of the pressing questions raised by the Cloverfield manga. Sadly, now that an English translation of the Japanese-language tie-in comic is finally availalble, it doesn't explain all about the monster as we'd hoped. If anything, the extra backstory, about a little boy who seems to become the monster's best friend, just adds to our confusion. Spoilers ahead.
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Manga Boy Rides On Cloverfield Monster's Head
If you could control the Cloverfield monster what city would you attack first? That's just one of the pressing questions raised by the Cloverfield manga. Sadly, now that an English translation of the Japanese-language tie-in comic is finally availalble, it doesn't explain all about the monster as we'd hoped. If anything, the extra backstory, about a little boy who seems to become the monster's best friend, just adds to our confusion. Spoilers ahead.
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A 5-Minute Crash-Course in Giant Monsters
Maybe you've been asking yourself how you can get into giant monsters, especially with Cloverfield 2 and Host 2 on the way. Or maybe you're ashamed of the fact that you really don't know a lot about the Godzilla pantheon. Well, I'm here to help you out. Thanks to the nice people at Slideshare, you can now get my 5-minute introduction to giant monster appreciation, which I performed live at the Ignite show in San Francisco a couple weeks ago. [Giant Monsters via Ignite]
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First Images From Cloverfield 2?
Some new viral marketing for the long-awaited (since January, anyway) Cloverfield 2 has trickled out — unless it's just a red herring. A viral site released these underwater monster photos. Look closely and you can see crooked-legged monster/aliens running about on (what appears to be) the sea floor. The pictures accompanied a government-esque blacked out document detailing a frantic transmission between Ngog Atsumi and Sub-4767. View all three black and white pictures and transmission document after the jump. More »
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The Cutest Science Fiction Sidekicks, And Why They Fail
All sidekicks must have certain key lovable qualities, or else they lose that sparkle that makes them so endearing. But sometimes the cute-overload factor goes too far and a gag reflex kicks in, making people want to destroy that character. Compiled after the jump is a list of the most adorable sidekicks in science fiction TV and movies, some good, some too cute for their own good. More »
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Dance To The Sounds Of Cloverfield
Unless you're one of the people who sat through Cloverfield's end credits, the only sounds you heard were party noises, followed by screams of terror and pain during the monster rampage. But if you stuck around, you heard Michael Giacchino's 12-minute overture titled, "Roar." The song is now available on itunes for a mere $1.99. Youtube of the music after the jump. More »
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Do Giant Disasters Provide Inspiration for Giant Monster Movies?
It's practically a truism to claim that the giant monster movie craze of the 1950s was inspired by the atomic bombs the U.S. dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as well as the hundreds of atomic tests done afterwards. And some have argued that the Cloverfield monster's attack on New York was a not-so-subtle reference to the terrorist attacks on New York's World Trade Center in 2001. But is there a real historical basis to these claims? We've charted some of the biggest disasters of the last century, and lined them up next to a timeline of giant monster movies, to see what the temporal correlation is between giant disasters and giant monsters. The results revealed an interesting giant monster cycle in pop culture. More »
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Transformers Meets Cloverfield, from the Director Of Hostel
Hostel director Eli Roth is sick of doing torture-porn, and he's in the home stretch of writing a huge-budget PG-13 science fiction movie that he says is inspired by Transformers and Cloverfield. He isn't giving any details about the new project, except that it'll feature "mass-destruction" and pandemonium. (The other thing Cloverfield and Transformers have in common, of course, is the dreaded shaky-cam [TM].) Roth hasn't completely changed his tune, however: he'll still film some ultraviolent scenes, to include on an unrated DVD for his splattery fans. [FirstShowing]
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The Cloverfield Ending That Went Too Far For Theaters
The DVD of January's monster-smashes-NYC movie Cloverfield came out yesterday, and it includes two alternate endings of the movie, along with some deleted scenes. Here's one of the alternate endings, courtesy of Yahoo movies, including a new Coney Island scene. It's not that different, but it's worth watching to appreciate how much restraint the final edit of Cloverfield shows, since this version seems to spell things out a bit more, and is a maybe bit more over-the-top than the theatrical version. The other deleted ending includes guys digging out the camera from the rubble. [Yahoo movies, via Sliceofscifi]
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Cloverfield Monster Demolishes Japan
In a move that surprises only those who have seen the movie, Cloverfield has demolished the Japanese box office this past weekend, taking in 26.4 million yen and beating previous boffo box office movie Dreamgirls by 30.2% despite the musical's playing on more screens across the country.More »
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Video Makes Marvel Fans Wish Invasion Had Stayed Secret
If Marvel Comics' latest attempt to hype its summer comic storyline Secret Invasion is evidence of the quality of their upcoming movie productions, you may just want to skip Iron Man and Hulk. The video, obviously meant to evoke Cloverfield and Blair Witch, tries to raise paranoia about just who amongst Marvel's superheroes has been replaced by shape-shifting aliens, but only leaves you hoping that our new alien overlords come with better production values and acting abilities. See the trailer that has fans saying "Just stick to making comics, Marvel. And try to make them better while you're at it," under the jump. More »
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J.J. Abrams: Genius Or Hack?
Here's the most awesome moment from Mission Impossible III, where Tom Cruise improvises a homemade defibrillator to deactivate the bomb in his brain, while teaching his fiancee how to shoot a gun. Since J.J. Abrams wrote and directed this instant classic, he's become one of science fiction's major creators, directing the new Star Trek movie, producing Cloverfield , and creating Lost and his new show Fringe. But is he a brilliant auteur, or just a great huckster who knows how to keep people guessing? Click through to find out. More »
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Secrets Of The CGI In Cloverfield
Cloverfield was best known for its shaky-cam handheld amateur-documentary style. But it actually deserves more props for its ambitious and sweeping scenes of New York in flames and rubble, which appeared in the background of almost every shot. Now a "showreel" from digital effects designers Double Negative shows how a small soundstage or single-block area got "opened up." You can seewhere the actual destruction ends, and the digitally painted stuff begins. And the joins aren't as obvious as you'd expect. (Note: video has no sound.) [Double Negative, via 1-18-08]
Detailed Military Specs On How To Stop A Rampaging Monster In Your Town
If a 500 foot tall monster invaded your city, would you know how to stop it? Luckily, Wired has not one but two extremely detailed posts telling you what sort of military specs and maneuvers would probably work best against an enormous beastie. Of course, robotics expert Daniel Wilson already told us that we just need swarms of autonomous drones to do the deed for us, and frankly that sounds much easier than trying to coordinate a bunch of army troops who might be on the verge of whizzing in their camouflage uniforms. [Wired]
If a 500 foot tall monster invaded your city, would you know how to stop it? Luckily, Wired has not one but two extremely detailed posts telling you what sort of military specs and maneuvers would probably work best against an enormous beastie. Of course, robotics expert Daniel Wilson already told us that we just need swarms of autonomous drones to do the deed for us, and frankly that sounds much easier than trying to coordinate a bunch of army troops who might be on the verge of whizzing in their camouflage uniforms. [Wired]
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Terror Under The Prairie
Here's the first concept art from The Burrowers, the new Old-West horror film from writer/director J.T. Petty (Mimic 3). It looks like it could be a Wild West version of Cloverfield, especially since Petty says one of his main goals is to create a new monster. But the gritty historical setting will lend the movie's violence a lot more resonance than the peanut-butter-and-jelly-ness of Clovey. Click through for details. More »
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New Toys Will Vaporize The Contents Of Your Wallet
Toy Fair is going on right now in New York City, and besides Comic-Con, it's probably the geekiest time of the year, sending shuddering fangasms through everyone who's ever wanted a scale-model replica of the flux capacitor. This year finds a ton of science fiction toys on display, and we've already put several things on our must-have lists for when they hit stores. Check out our favorite goods in the gallery below, and find out why we want a Sleestak coin bank so badly. More »
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io9 Talks To Cloverfield Monster Designer Neville Page
We've showcased Neville Page's conceptual artwork and designs before. Now we're psyched because he's finally allowed to talk to us about his design for our favorite recent movie monster, "Clover" (as he calls it) from Cloverfield. Right now, Page is working on James Cameron's Avatar, the movie adaptation of Watchmen, and J.J. Abrams' new Star Trek. But with the new Clovie toy out, all we wanted to do was talk monster. And we got some good answers. Did you know Clover has more than one way to eat? Find out everything you want to know about the Cloverfield monster in our interview with Page. More »
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