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Stay After The Credits For More J.J. Abrams Mysterification

spacedcowboy — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 13:44:39 PST

you know what? I'm glad they didn't play that in my theater. It probably wouldv've just mad me more pissed

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Macloserboy — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 21:29:47 PST

Yeah, well that kind of conflicts with the vial site [www.1-18-08.com] which gives you a different ending.

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Kevin Kelly — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 21:26:50 PST

@antimatty: Yeah, I think you're right. We debated that for a long time afterwards.

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Kevin Kelly — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 21:25:12 PST

@bonniegrrl: Bonniegrrl, FTW.

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SpotAnime — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 10:31:32 PST

Spoiler Alert!

ANTIMATTY, I share the same thought as you. It seemed like the monster that hit the Brooklyn Bridge was different than the weird bat/pony looking gigantor mutant running amok through Manhattan. What came across the bridge looked like a tentacle, not one of those arms. And it does explain the comment in one of the earlier io9 posts where the director said the monster was a child, suffering from separation anxiety from its parent.

Hot damn, Cloverfield 2!

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Lizfu — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 23:25:50 PST

And here I thought the after-credit extras fad had died off.

Heard it, couldn't make out anything intelligible because my eardrums had been effectively blasted by the end credits music. They cranked that mutha to 11!

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c0dek — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 23:15:20 PST

great, now my planned second viewing has been spoiled. thanks A LOT

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antimatty — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 22:38:27 PST

*SPOILERS*

was it just me or where there tow monsters in new york?
the one in the begining had a sot of "snapping turtle" pointy face more in line with the smaller creatures.

the thing in the end had a rounder head and these sort of "cheek bubble" things . i think the one at the end was also smaller.

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SeeingI — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 22:37:01 PST

@rrich: Somebody did that at the screening I saw tonight as well!!!

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Chris — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 21:42:39 PST

I posted a video on youtube for anyone who wants to see. Spoiler: [www.youtube.com]

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bonniegrrl — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:53:11 PST

@PRIORMARCUS: Well like I said before, if you don't want to be spoiled by the movie everyone's been talking about all week, you should probably avoid the Web, especially sci-fi sites (like this one) and movie gossip sites in general. We're all savvy enough online to know that spoilers will be on sites like this. Heck, even NY Times and EW had spoilers this week in their reviews.

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bonniegrrl — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:51:05 PST

More on the whisper here:
(don't click if you're twitchy about spoilers)

Here is a link to the whisper at the end of the credits
[img532.imageshack.us]

Here is a link to the whisper when played backwards
[boomp3.com]

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Eliot — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 16:34:04 PST

I stayed through the credits and saw and heard nothing. Of course the alarm system went off twice during the showing so I'm not surprised if they screwed up the ending too.

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Marcus117 — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 15:40:48 PST

@bonniegrrl: This is true. But the spoiler isn't after the break, it's on the front page.
Personally I don't care about spoilers for it, not that much, but in the interest of being accurate - this site isn't living up to it's full potential in a lot of areas, common sense about spoilers being one of them.
That's my opinion - the pink penguin has spoken!

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bonniegrrl — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:57:34 PST

I think it's a no brainer that if you don't want Cloverfield "spoiled" for you, then don't click on any headlines in blogs about Cloverfield.
Better yet, stay off the Web until you go see the movie, which is already in theaters now.

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Marcus117 — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:01:27 PST

@Annalee: Telling people to stay behind after the credits isn't a spoiler, no. Telling people what happens if they stay behind anyway is.

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Eac_o_System — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 13:55:34 PST

I've deciphered the walkie-talkie! It says this:

"Eac is right! The monster's lame! You've just waisted you're time!"

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aerrin99 — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 13:50:31 PST

@Annalee: To tell someone to stay? No. To say what it /is/? YES.

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Kelemor — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 13:22:13 PST

yeah i also caught something in that last scene. it you watch the right side of the screen you'll see something splash into the water and at the distance it was pretty good size splash.

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mitchel_stevens — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 12:47:54 PST

@Mr.Spin:
it looked like a dancing vagina in the .gif earlier today.

omg. cloverfield=the true ending of Teeth.

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Mr.Spin — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 12:19:10 PST

SPOILER TRASH HERE: (turn back Zeppelined!) Oh yeah, the Cloverfield monster? Sure looks like a really big Rancor (with bigger arms and tail) from a certain galaxy far far away to me and mine!

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Annalee Newitz — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 12:09:31 PST

@geekgrrl: Is it really a spoiler to tell people to stay to hear something mysterious at the end of a movie? I wish I'd read this before I saw the flick, because I walked out before the end. So I consider this an anti-spoiler!

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RRich — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:58:32 PST

Well, of course it's still alive. Duh!

And isn't that so-called last scene just part of the Coney Island footage?

I am so-o-o-o confused. I want clarity, goddammmit! Or maybe just some Claritin.

But playing something from the last scene of a movie backwards?!?

Does that mean that someone recorded the entire soundtrack and then listened to it backwards?

This is so sad on many levels. Please call 1-800-GET-A-LIFE immediately.

RRich

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Gazelle — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:49:26 PST

"Help us".

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entropyblues — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:48:24 PST

Spoilertastic. Turn back now to be unscathed.

If you play the clip backwards, you can clearly hear someone... maybe Rob say:

"It's still alive."

[boomp3.com]

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Ed Grabianowski — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:38:02 PST

Correction, I hadn't seen any spoilers until Mr.Spin.

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jaydot — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:33:23 PST

@geekgrrl: i'm pretty sure that should just be assumed, as we're talking about the credits of the film.

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Ed Grabianowski — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:29:18 PST

I haven't seen anything in this post that spoils anything.

Apparently something happens in the film's final scene (prior to the credits) that is very subtle. Out of a large group of people we were with, only one of saw it (my brother).

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Mr.Spin — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:26:46 PST

Mr.Spin sez: Rob and Beth survived, of course - but so did the monsters. Plural: All. Over. The Planet!
And don't miss the last shot - when the lovey dovey duo are on the Coney Island Ferris Wheel - what's what splashing into the ocean within frame?
Prediction for #2: Beth's Dad (with guy with the apartment in the Time Warner Building on Columbus Circle) is a billionaire and he hires a team to go in and get his little girl!!!

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geekgrrl — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:23:27 PST

spoilers much?

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Dyganth — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:23:07 PST

I think they cut my movie off early, never saw normal credits roll at the end. :(

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mitchel_stevens — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:20:56 PST

the voice says, "WARGGHAHSSHBFREBSHJKBFLE."
it's so clear.

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jaydot — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:13:32 PST

we have deduced that it may or may not have been "help us"

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RRich — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 10:55:15 PST

Someone did shadow puppets in front of the projection booth during the credits at my screening and got a burst of appluase?

But sound? Er, must've missed it. Also saw online reports of another "final" scene, but maybe I blacked out for that one, too.

RRich