01-18-08 Part 22: j.j. at comic-con

Also from AICN.

JJ Abrams takes the stage. "I want a monster movie. I want a great monster movie, have wanted it for so long. We need our own monster, for our own movie. I want something that is just insane and intense."

He told a story about visiting Japan with his son …

01-18-08 Part 21: harry knowles knows *updated*

From AICN:

Hey folks, Harry here.... I'm on the 101 north of San Francisco headed for Eureka, Ca to settle in tonight - and while driving, I had a bit of a Eureka moment with a spy revealing that the below MONSTROUS poster is the first of 3 teaser posters that will lead …

01-18-08 Part 20: Teaser Poster and EW story

The above is apparently the first official teaser poster for Cloverfield, and it is as astute readers will note, very similar to the "Montrous" image we saw a week or two ago. Click here for the Entertainment Weekly story, and check out the next newstand issue for the …

01-18-08 Part 19: Comic-Con

Word on the street is that J.J. Abrams will reveal the name of the movie at Comic-Con. Very exciting.

01-18-08 Part 18: Cloverfield Shoots Flashback Sequence at Coney Island

From Slashfilm.com:

Cloverfield shot some footage for a flashback sequence at Coney Island.

"It's about an alien that wipes out all of New York City," one of the owners told the New York Post. "The footage is taken the day before everyone dies. A bunch of kids come …

01-18-08 Part 17: set pic and comment round up

Sorry for the lack of updates. I spent the weekend in D.C. and had to fight the urge to get out and look at the George Washington Masonic Memorial when we drove past it. First, what appears to be a set picture, courtesy of Scott, featuring the aftermath of the …

01-18-08 Part 16: slut for you

From commenter "Money":

Ok, I took the wallpaper on the downloads section of the slusho.jp website and folded it in on itself like the old Mad Magazine center folds.

JJ must be taking a new direction in his film making.

01-18-08 Part 14: Comment Roundup

From MCF:

Here's a few tidbits.

The domains 1-18-2008.com and 01-18-2008.com are both owned and redirect traffic to www.1-18-08.com. This verifies that we're talking about 2008, although the photos do show 2008 dates. Identical Registrant (In Hoc Signo Vinces) and …

01-18-08 Part 15: to cthulhu or not to cthulhu

Lots of convincing stuff for the Cthulhu angle, but I'm curious what you think: Why would a Cthulhu movie be cool?

01-18-08 Part 13: Alpha Chi Mu

Astute reader Kirk did a little digging, and what he didn't find I think is interesting. Remember the fraternity paddle on the wall in Rob's apartment?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_fraternities_and_sororities

i know nothing about frats or the greek system …

01-18-08 Part 9: exit mystery st

Both Tim and Slashfilm mentioned this sticker on the wall in the trailer:

It looks very similar to a sign in this Flickr user's photo from the New Orleans fairgrounds.

It also seems that Mystery Street is a film noir from the '50s.

Any other thoughts about this sticker?

01-18-08 Part 10: Slusho on alias

Astute reader Eric did us all the service of loading up his Alias DVDs and finding the part where Michael offered Sydney a Slusho, on Season 1, Episode 2:

Thanks, Eric.

01-18-08 Part 11: steve is the man

From our new best friend Steve:

Here are all the lines from the teaser. I couldn't quite make out a couple of things. Maybe others will have better luck.

Blond Girl - "Quiet, he's coming."

Blond Girl - "????(Name perhaps) He's here, let's go."

Everyone - …

01-18-08 Part 12: Robert from Nonsense on Albert Pike

Thoughts from the brilliant Robert at Nonsense. (Definitely click for the full article.)

The basic story is: Albert Pike, a Sovereign Grand Commander in the Freemasons, supposedly wrote a letter to Giuseppe Mazzini, an influential 19th century Italian politician. …

01-18-08 Part 8: Screengrab, Dead Dead, and the license plate

Tim, my roommate and apparent Sancho Panza on this wild goose chase, has done me the favor of a screengrab of the head of Lady Liberty settling on the street.

He pointed out the spray paint on the back of the street sign that says "DEAD DEAD".

He also pointed …

finally, non-cloverfield post

McSweeney's Internet Tendency: A Letter to Optimus Prime From His GEICO Auto Insurance Agent.

"GEICO does not cover Autobot Matrix of Leaderships." Awesome.

01-18-08 Part 7: Slusho swhois info and barker hangar

Astute reader "RA" commented with a link to this DNS page for Slusho.jp. It is with gratitude that I repost it here:

Domain Information:

[Domain Name] SLUSHO.JP

[Registrant] Satoshi Kagashima

[Name Server] …

01-18-08 Part 4

So apparently we have two SWhois records, one for "01-18-08.com" (which is the registration info I posted below) and one for "1-18-08.com" which Tim so astutely found to info for, seen below:

Registrant:

Henry Kelvin

1424 East 9th Street

New York, NY 10003

US

…

01-18-08 Part 5: Slusho

SLUSHO! This has been confirmed as a "game" site.

In the History section, it lists the founder as Noriko Yashido, listed on this Wikipedia page as a co-author of a paper on ambient orange and lavender odors as calming agents.

Someone by that name also wrote the script …

01-18-08 Part 6: you guys are awesome

I'm at almost 1900 pageviews today. I think that's really cool.

Comment roundup time!

Tim said, regarding the phone number in the SWhois:

I just tried to call but it's busy. I read in a forum that those who have called say it's weather information for somewhere in CA. I …