Hi Wendy,

I'm sorry I didn't get back to your comment sooner; I've been teaching a mad summer school schedule, and just wrapped up (we fit a semester's worth of college in 5 weeks).

What I know about Cloverfield is that it's some sort of monster movie, and seems to have some possible connections to H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulu mythology, but that's just hearsay. On the Ethan Haas stuff; apparently those connections were completely circumstantial, and some fake sites were set up to make a connection that didn't really exist. Abrams came out and said there was not connection, and the one thing these producers do is play fair; if they say there's no 'there' there, there isn't. Ethan Haas was an alternate reality game that's now done. Things like his cloverfield diaries, from what I saw, were just red herrings some overzealous fans put out on the interwebs.

It's interesting, though, because it shows a couple things -- how much the broader Lost community looks for element s of the mythos EVERYWHERE they can, and when they go wrong. Along with the Cloverfield digging, there was a question about a production sign that said "You Don't Mess With the Hanzo." The sign was stapled on a telephone pole or something in the middle of a city where a film was being shot. It was assumed this was the Cloverfield set, and Hanzo was a nod to Hanso.

"You Don't Mess With the Hanso" is an upcoming Adam Sandler film. No connection.

(Thanks for the compliment!)