Cloverfield Movie Thread - DVD Out on April 22nd

[quote name='ITDEFX']looks like shocktillyoudrop.com has posted screen shots and descriptions of the alternate endings.

http://www.shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=5499[/QUOTE]



Now, onto the speculation. A symbol (seen below) has been making the rounds on various Cloverfield sites - including Tagruato. This same symbol adorns the security sticker sealing the DVD and is accompanied by a "Property of the U.S. Government" stamp. What's it mean? Beats us. Is it simply one more layer to this film's secrets? It's obviously a sword of sorts - what does the "410" stand for? Release date for Cloverfield 2, perhaps?

if 4-10 is a release date then it would be 2009 or 2015.... those are 2 closes dates of that date falling on a friday.... too bad it wasnt this year
 
[quote name='slidecage']Now, onto the speculation. A symbol (seen below) has been making the rounds on various Cloverfield sites - including Tagruato. This same symbol adorns the security sticker sealing the DVD and is accompanied by a "Property of the U.S. Government" stamp. What's it mean? Beats us. Is it simply one more layer to this film's secrets? It's obviously a sword of sorts - what does the "410" stand for? Release date for Cloverfield 2, perhaps?

if 4-10 is a release date then it would be 2009 or 2015.... those are 2 closes dates of that date falling on a friday.... too bad it wasnt this year[/quote]

This is why I ignore VM crap like this...makes people *guess* what it means for months/years while the producers just sit back and laugh their asses off claiming "we have no clue".

The first one didn't require much of a script and wasn't effects heavy (unless you count match moving a heavy special effects). Another one can be produced in 6-9 months (so by next January).
 
[quote name='ITDEFX']This is why I ignore VM crap like this...makes people *guess* what it means for months/years while the producers just sit back and laugh their asses off claiming "we have no clue".

The first one didn't require much of a script and wasn't effects heavy (unless you count match moving a heavy special effects). Another one can be produced in 6-9 months (so by next January).[/QUOTE]

too bad it didnt say 4-20 then it would put some light on why the monster was so mad. Someone ripped off his stash LOL
 
just finished watching this for the first time...it was alright....about a 6-6.5/10 for me...

so many things happened that were like wtf I don't know where to start....like surviving a helicopter crash from above the city, running around after you had rebar through your chest, 7+ hour camera battery, running around after you had to be drug from wreckege cause your legs hurt so bad, etc.......but I will say that Hud was funny as hell
 
[quote name='Malik112099']just finished watching this for the first time...it was alright....about a 6-6.5/10 for me...

so many things happened that were like wtf I don't know where to start....like surviving a helicopter crash from above the city, running around after you had rebar through your chest, 7+ hour camera battery, running around after you had to be drug from wreckege cause your legs hurt so bad, etc.......but I will say that Hud was funny as hell[/quote]

Read the other pages like around when the movie came out. You will see me and Sodmeg rant about the technical impossibilities about that camera, but Sodmeg did have a lot of valid points since he knows alot more about this than any cag.

[quote name='Scorch']Are we STILL talking about this? He shut the camera off. Easy answer.[/quote]



Here we go again.:whee:
 
IDK about seeing this move again. This almost seemed like it was made to be a one-time, see-it-in-theaters type event. Loved it the first time, though.
 
[quote name='Malik112099']just finished watching this for the first time...it was alright....about a 6-6.5/10 for me...

so many things happened that were like wtf I don't know where to start....like surviving a helicopter crash from above the city, running around after you had rebar through your chest, 7+ hour camera battery, running around after you had to be drug from wreckege cause your legs hurt so bad, etc.......but I will say that Hud was funny as hell[/quote]

The rebar only went through her left shoulder. If it went through her chest, most likely she would've suffered massive internal bleeding and would've probably died moving her around as much as they did.

EDIT: Has anyone read the Japanese manga that came out to supplement the storyline? And know where to buy it... in English?
 
Stopped by Suncoast, and they confirmed that they'll be carrying the steelbook case version of Cloverfield for $19.99:
cloverfield-special-edition-images-20080324031414402_640w.jpg
 
[quote name='InuFaye']Only DVD?

Pass.

Its hard for me to watch DVDs now.[/quote]

There will be a blue ray release, but this isn't a movie that needs to be watched in high def, so SD DVD for me.
 
[quote name='Malik112099']just finished watching this for the first time...it was alright....about a 6-6.5/10 for me...

so many things happened that were like wtf I don't know where to start....like surviving a helicopter crash from above the city, running around after you had rebar through your chest, 7+ hour camera battery, running around after you had to be drug from wreckege cause your legs hurt so bad, etc.......but I will say that Hud was funny as hell[/QUOTE]

see monster. LOL they turn off the camera so much its painful to watch.

got to love how they said the monster attacked japan cause the americans where there LOL
 
It appears as though England is getting all the luck, regarding Cloverfield special editions. In addition to the HMV-exclusive Steelbook (which is identical to the US FYE Steelbook, except it includes a second disc which still isn't confirmed for the US version), it looks like Play.com is also getting an exclusive version of the movie. It's a plain DVD case, includes the same second DVD as the HMV steelbook, but it features an exclusive cover:

3592914x.jpg


It's still falling back on the Statue of Liberty head thing, but I think it's a much better DVD cover than the poster art retread they're using for the US cover. It's a fresh take on the image, at least!
 
i didn realize this movie was like lost with all the clues and stuff....is it really that interesting? i do like how in the last scene you see something fall from the sky into the water though....

also....the battery wouldnt have lasted that long
 
been watching a rip of this all day today. i had given up on the whole rip thing long ago but since theres no hi def release... this will do for now...
 
[quote name='ITDEFX']Are you guys for real when you are asking for a Hi-Def release of this movie?[/QUOTE]

Why wouldn't they be? HD >>>>>> SD.
 
[quote name='ITDEFX']Are you guys for real when you are asking for a Hi-Def release of this movie?[/quote]


hell yes.. once you guy hd theres no going back...regardless if its only marginal improvements but going hd also means HD SOUND!
 
[quote name='Liquid 2']Why wouldn't they be? HD >>>>>> SD.[/quote]

[quote name='guyver2077']hell yes.. once you guy hd theres no going back...regardless if its only marginal improvements but going hd also means HD SOUND![/quote]


Oh I agree, HD is better that SD. I am not trying to make this a SD vs HD thread but I am talking generally about this movie and how it was shot and if this actually warrants a purchase on HD.

-A lot of the scenes in this movie where in the dark or very low lighting conditions. If HUD used a cheap consumer grade camera, the footage would be very grainy and a huge amount of detail (faces, textures, etc) would be washed out.

-Sound? What sound? People screaming, running, short bursts of the military counter attacking and the monster (along with the critters) romping around the city. Do I really want that busting out of my speakers every few minutes?

-There is no music score (Rob's party music doesn't count) except during the end credits.


This movie isn't known for it's brilliant colors, story or sound but for it's hype.
 
[quote name='guyver2077']hell yes.. once you guy hd theres no going back...regardless if its only marginal improvements but going hd also means HD SOUND![/QUOTE]

...which isn't going to sound much different on the average home user's cheapass home-theater-in-a-box setup (or worse, piece of crap Logitech speakers, god forbid).
 
i actually heard some good rear channel surround audio work on the rip..

i can only imagine the real deal will sound even better...
 
[quote name='CoffeeEdge']...which isn't going to sound much different on the average home user's cheapass home-theater-in-a-box setup (or worse, piece of crap Logitech speakers, god forbid).[/quote]

true
 
[quote name='guyver2077']i actually heard some good rear channel surround audio work on the rip..

i can only imagine the real deal will sound even better...[/quote]

You mean when HUD was talking right?

Now the rip you mentioned, was it a full screen rip or below 640x480?

If it was full screen and enough to burn to dvd, did you feel motion sickness during the first 20 minutes?

That's my main concern about buying this movie (whenever that happens), if I will feel sick again. Not worth buying a movie (no matter how good people think it is) if it makes me sick every time I watch it.
 
[quote name='ITDEFX']If HUD used a cheap consumer grade camera...[/QUOTE]
Just FYI, Cloverfield was shot primarily using a Sony F23, the top-of-the-line model in Sony's professional CineAlta series. The exact price for one is not known publicly, but the next model down goes for $115,000, so, it's a good bit more than that, for sure.
 
[quote name='guyver2077']i actually heard some good rear channel surround audio work on the rip...[/QUOTE]
I hate to bring up matters of piracy here, but which group's release were you watching? DiAMOND's?
 
[quote name='zewone']The alternate endings and deleted scenes were very meh.[/quote]

You would think one of them would have survived to tell the story about what happened.

[quote name='CoffeeEdge']Just FYI, Cloverfield was shot primarily using a Sony F23, the top-of-the-line model in Sony's professional CineAlta series. The exact price for one is not known publicly, but the next model down goes for $115,000, so, it's a good bit more than that, for sure.[/quote]


from the imdb faq.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1060277/faq#.2.1.61

What cameras were used to film this movie?




The camera the characters use is probably supposed to be a Panasonic HVX200.

The production team actually used a variety of different cameras, including the HVX, the Sony F23, and the Thomson Viper.
[Director of Photography Michael] Bonvillain used the Viper in FilmStream mode [4:4:4 RGB Data], since some of the trailer footage would be incorporated into the film, recording to tape, but also relied on a variety of other cameras throughout production. We shot with $400 cameras and $80,000 cameras. We used whatever worked for a given scene. Basically, if we could use the [Panasonic] HVX[200], and there were no visual FX, we did. It is really small and felt the most like a small consumer camera. After testing the Viper, the Panavised F900 and the then-brand-new Sony CineAlta F23 at night in downtown Los Angeles, Bonvillain decided to use the F23 for the New York phase of shooting. I found the F23 to be more sensitive in available light situations. Unlike the Viper, which comes back with a green bias that has to be dialed out, the F23 looked a lot more natural to my eye.​
-- International Cinematographers Guild, "A Monster on the Loose" (Note: Javascript must be turned off or the link will redirect you to the homepage.)

The actual Panasonic HVX-200 video camera supposedly used to film "Cloverfield" was sold on eBay on January 23, 2008, for $4,605.00. The starting bid was $2,500.00. The eBay item number was 130190870984, and the listing was entitled "PANASONIC HVX-200 CAMERA USED ON THE MOVIE CLOVERFIELD". An additional copy of the eBay listing and its photos of the camera can be found here in case the eBay listing link expires. The listing contained the following description:THIS FANTASTIC CAMERA IS A TRUE 24P HD MOTION PICTURE CAMERA, AND IT WAS USED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE MOVIE "CLOVERFIELD". I was the Digital Imaging Supervisor on the movie, and we used the HVX-200 extensively. "Cloverfield" is shot entirely from a video camera's point of view and THIS is that camera!! I bought this HVX as a backup camera to our main shooting cam. It was BARELY used throughout shooting, as shown by the picture below which lists the Operation and Recording Hours (6 Operation Hours and Not even ONE Recording Hour).
 
See how he says that they used the HVX if there "were no visual FX" in the scene? Do you realize how few scenes in Cloverfield had no effects? Quite few..

Almost all of Cloverfield was shot using professional cameras, far outside the price range of your average consumer.
 
[quote name='CoffeeEdge']See how he says that they used the HVX if there "were no visual FX" in the scene? Do you realize how few scenes in Cloverfield had no effects? Quite few..

Almost all of Cloverfield was shot using professional cameras, far outside the price range of your average consumer.[/quote]

:shock:

wow I really thought they were trying to keep everything in camera, but after seeing that show reel demo that was posted, that was pretty cool. Now see if the BR version of the movie is like that, where you see the entire movie pre-visual effects, it would make me appreciate the hard work the effects crew did for it.
 
[quote name='Scorch']Are we STILL talking about this? He shut the camera off. Easy answer.[/quote]

The rest of the world didnt see the movie the same time you did.
 
[quote name='jaykrue']The rebar only went through her left shoulder. If it went through her chest, most likely she would've suffered massive internal bleeding and would've probably died moving her around as much as they did.[/quote]

It was basically going through the top of her left tit...that is mostly chest considering Lily had her hand on Beth's shoulder in the scene.....even if it was shoulder she still wouldnt have been pulling people out of helicopter wreckage and running around...she could barely walk out of the apartment and across the roof but once they made it to the street she was magically good to go

PS..I just noticed that everytime Beth took a breath in the scene the rebar moved up and down with her body

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just finished watching this for the first time...it was alright....about a 6-6.5/10 for me...

so many things happened that were like wtf I don't know where to start....like surviving a helicopter crash from above the city, running around after you had rebar through your chest, 7+ hour camera battery, running around after you had to be drug from wreckege cause your legs hurt so bad, etc.......but I will say that Hud was funny as hell
 
[quote name='Malik112099']just finished watching this for the first time...it was alright....about a 6-6.5/10 for me...

so many things happened that were like wtf I don't know where to start....like surviving a helicopter crash from above the city, running around after you had rebar through your chest, 7+ hour camera battery, running around after you had to be drug from wreckege cause your legs hurt so bad, etc.......but I will say that Hud was funny as hell[/quote]

Read the other pages like around when the movie came out. You will see me and Sodmeg rant about the technical impossibilities about that camera, but Sodmeg did have a lot of valid points since he knows alot more about this than any cag.

[quote name='Scorch']Are we STILL talking about this? He shut the camera off. Easy answer.[/quote]



Here we go again.:whee:
 
IDK about seeing this move again. This almost seemed like it was made to be a one-time, see-it-in-theaters type event. Loved it the first time, though.
 
[quote name='Malik112099']just finished watching this for the first time...it was alright....about a 6-6.5/10 for me...

so many things happened that were like wtf I don't know where to start....like surviving a helicopter crash from above the city, running around after you had rebar through your chest, 7+ hour camera battery, running around after you had to be drug from wreckege cause your legs hurt so bad, etc.......but I will say that Hud was funny as hell[/quote]

The rebar only went through her left shoulder. If it went through her chest, most likely she would've suffered massive internal bleeding and would've probably died moving her around as much as they did.

EDIT: Has anyone read the Japanese manga that came out to supplement the storyline? And know where to buy it... in English?
 
[quote name='InuFaye']Only DVD?

Pass.

Its hard for me to watch DVDs now.[/quote]

There will be a blue ray release, but this isn't a movie that needs to be watched in high def, so SD DVD for me.
 
[quote name='Malik112099']just finished watching this for the first time...it was alright....about a 6-6.5/10 for me...

so many things happened that were like wtf I don't know where to start....like surviving a helicopter crash from above the city, running around after you had rebar through your chest, 7+ hour camera battery, running around after you had to be drug from wreckege cause your legs hurt so bad, etc.......but I will say that Hud was funny as hell[/QUOTE]

see monster. LOL they turn off the camera so much its painful to watch.

got to love how they said the monster attacked japan cause the americans where there LOL
 
It appears as though England is getting all the luck, regarding Cloverfield special editions. In addition to the HMV-exclusive Steelbook (which is identical to the US FYE Steelbook, except it includes a second disc which still isn't confirmed for the US version), it looks like Play.com is also getting an exclusive version of the movie. It's a plain DVD case, includes the same second DVD as the HMV steelbook, but it features an exclusive cover:

3592914x.jpg


It's still falling back on the Statue of Liberty head thing, but I think it's a much better DVD cover than the poster art retread they're using for the US cover. It's a fresh take on the image, at least!
 
i didn realize this movie was like lost with all the clues and stuff....is it really that interesting? i do like how in the last scene you see something fall from the sky into the water though....

also....the battery wouldnt have lasted that long
 
been watching a rip of this all day today. i had given up on the whole rip thing long ago but since theres no hi def release... this will do for now...
 
[quote name='ITDEFX']Are you guys for real when you are asking for a Hi-Def release of this movie?[/QUOTE]

Why wouldn't they be? HD >>>>>> SD.
 
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