If you don’t want to do the password stuff, the link to the movie here. Give it a second because Jamie still has the cover on the lens. It will come off, she will speak about how she missed teddy and what not. After, she thinks she turned it off but the camera keeps rolling. She complains about possibly having another bladder infection and requests cranberry pills from another 1-18-08 character, Marlena (I think that’s her name). I am pretty sure that was put in for a reason.

The speculation at this point is that the bladder infection has something to do with Slusho. Anyways, go watch the video and comment on what you think!! Finally we have something!!

anyway, i was checking out the myspace pages of the cast. i’d already tried to add each of them as a friend, with no luck. decided i’d try to send a message, something slightly goofy enough that it would require thought to write a response to beth…you’ll understand why i chose her in a moment.

message to beth:

Subject: ok, so…

i’m a sucker for big brown eyes.

but i have a question…a swinger…is that from vines or from bedposts?

response from beth:

i think it means that i’m dating here and there, but nothing serious.

so, atleast there are real people reading these. it took about a day to get a response, which i didn’t think was too long, i know i take days sometimes to respond.

i know that this is pretty mild as far as news in concerned, but for fark’s sake, WE NEED SOMETHING!!! i mean, dammit JJ throw us a frickin’ bone here. the natives, we are restless…not to mention we are the one’s providing the pay in your paycheck, don’t piss us off too much. there 4 months until release, and unless something interesting starts happening (more so than adding a sound to 1-18-08.com that sounds like my dad after bad mexican food) we are going to get tired to nothingness and let it all go. 4 months is more than enough time for people to worry about seeing a movie. hell, i have a hard time remembering yesterday…

so, thank you for listening to the voices in my head, and here’s to a long relationship of good times, laughs, and hopefully something useful on this godforsaken movie.

osjk out

J.J.Abrams.net and Paramount Pictures proudly bring you the online giveaway of ‘1-18-08′ Comic Con Posters and Slusho T-Shirts.

You can win 1 of 15 posters and t-shirts. How can you get your hands on both or 1 of the 2 items? It’s simple.

Here are the rules

Since we don’t know much about the film other than the sound of monster and the teaser trailer, it’s time to imagine what it could be.

To enter your chance to win, you will write up 1 page version of how you think the story will flow from beginning to end along with a sketch of the monster. Now I know we are not all good in sketching like myself but do have an imagination to come up with ideas and stories.

The story, sketches or drawings or whatever that format it may be, will be posted on this thread.

You are allowed to tell your story in video format as well using YouTube or similar site. How? Be Creative

How Winners Will be Picked:

1) Top 7 Best Stories and Best Sketches will win t-shirt and posters. So that means each winner will walk away with poster and t-shirt.

2) The runner ups will be selected for poster or t-shirt.

Remember, this is a serious contest and open to anyone and everyone. No spamming.

Anyone who comes to the board to post nothing but jibberish or steals other people’s work (believe me there are ways of finding out) will not only be kicked off the contest but also the board.

Deadline is September 20th, 2007.

Enjoy and Good Luck.
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To view the original thread, you can visit the JJabrams.net original original thread. Good luck if you guys decide to go ahead and participate! Also, thanks to John for sending this in, we appreciate it!

In the beginning, there were updates on a consistent basis, which in turn made it possible for sites such as this one to grow in popularity. Waking up, getting on the computer, and going to all the Cloverfield blog sites has become a routine of mine. It has come to the point that stopping this routine would be equivalent to blasphemy. I have spent hours and hours researching, posting, theorizing about this movie along with thousands of others. In some message boards it is becoming hostile. Some kid who may have just seen the trailer comes on the message boards having just figured out the pictures on 1-18-08.com flip, writes about it and gets verbally attacked for his tardiness. It is a shame that things are getting to that point. Movies are a form of entertainment that lead to brilliant discussions and debates, not verbal abuse. It is not just newcomers to the movie that get yelled out, no, even veterans of this quest to find more are attacked. Why are they attacked? Well, they could have been researching and come up with a theory that, in their mind, is entirely plausible. Even though it might be feasible, if it sounds stupid or doesn’t make sense in the context of what was seen in the trailer, they are called out.

Of course, this cannot be entirely blamed on the people who post the abuse. JJ Abrams has said that there are a lot more websites dedicated to this movie, but we haven’t found them yet. He chooses not to give ANY hints and leaves us in the dark. So, we find any phrase in the teaser, type it in, and hope it’s a website. Nowadays, there is a lot more viral marketing and it will only continue to grow. All kinds of games are marketed online and because of that, some of those websites are mistaken for websites for Cloverfield. A prime example was ethanhaas. People were so sure that it was related to the movie, especially because of the skyline in the background gradually becoming destroyed. In the end it turned out to be for a game called AlphaOmega. This may seem like common sense to must people but don’t assume anything. That is probably one of the best pieces of advice I can give someone.

Anyway, although the roar might suffice for a week, things will begin to get nasty again. We cannot simply eat these crumbs JJ gives us. We are a hungry people. I don’t think we need official things on consistent basis more so than hints on a consistent basis. That way, it keeps us thinking and on our toes. It actually might be better to give hints rather than official sites or what not.So, in conclusion, JJ if you’re out there somewhere reading this think about your marketing process right now. Do you really think it is safe to assume everyone will stay with this movie for the entire 6 months? In my opinion, I do not think driving people to the point of insanity is the way to go. Dropping hints consistently will get the job done, I believe. Keep in mind that I can give you all the advice in the world for marketing this movie, but it is your duty to these loyal fans to follow through and give them the best damn monster movie of all time.

Breaking news: When you pull up the 1-18-08.com website and let it sit for exactly 6 minutes (there is that special number again), you will hear a long roar that sounds like the ones from the trailer. This appears to be why the site was down yesterday. They were adding this roar! If at all possible, could someone record the sound and save it as an audio file, so we don’t have to keep pulling the site up?

UPDATE: It looks like it is back up and running. I have no idea what that was all about.

The official 1-18-08.com website does not show you the pictures anymore. It now directly links you to the Paramount website. However it is still possible to see the website with the pictures by going here. Lots of speculation going on at this point. Ideas I have seen have ranged from maintenance, mistakes, changing release date, and making an actual website that has information about the movie. There is really only one thing we can do right now which is wait. Yes, wait, even more. Hopefully, this is the break we all have been waiting for. Keep your fingers crossed.

Its a good read check it out by clicking here and discuss if you think its gonna be a big success at the box office or not?

Character Names

• Rob Hawkins (Age: 26) - Myspace Profile [/robbyhawkins]
• Jason Hawkins (Age: 28) - Myspace Profile [/jj_hawkins]
• Lilly Ford (Age: 26) - Myspace Profile [/lilly_ford]
• Beth McIntyre (Age: 26) - Myspace Profile [/beth_mcintyre]
• Jamie Lascano (Age: 26) - Myspace Profile [/jamielascano]
• Marlena Diamond (Age: 26) - Myspace Profile [/marlenadiamond]
• Hudson Pratt (Age: 26) - Myspace Profile [/hudsonplatt]

JJ Abrams announced at Comic-Con that there is “a series of four posters” for Cloverfield. Each one has a different tag line - MONSTROUS, FURIOUS, TERRIFYING, and BARBAROUS(?). Collect all Four! Trade with Friends! I WANT!

I noticed there is a Bad Robot logo on the bottom left corner of the new poster!

Thanks to High Voltage Media for the FURIOUS image! : TERRIFYING poster available for sale on eBay
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A little late in the game, but hey, I have to sleep sometime… and I’m getting sick, in the summer? -goes back to sleep-

Celina has said a little more though:

“JJ was on and off in about 5 minutes, I barely was able to get a picture, but got video…Nothing about additional websites and took no questions.”