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Saturday, February 2, 2008
Cloverfield Monster Revealed
Paramount has officially unveiled the Cloverfield monster.
A quick peek of the monster could be seen in a new TV commercial shown during the season 4 premiere of LOST, and now images and HD video of the monster can be seen at Yahoo! Movies. Check out the 1080p HD version of the video for an amazing close up of the monster, seen just before Rob and his friends take cover in the subway.
BTW, does anyone know what this sign in the new Yahoo! video is from? You can see it on the left, above the graffiti, as they are running towards the stairs.
127 comments:
Now the films out everywhere, I think they'll start showing the monster more...ReplyDelete
That high-res image is so cool, it's now my desktop background.
That Was Amazing...ReplyDelete
I am speechless....
I can't wait for the DVD release!
Wow that is actually a break through for this movie. The secrecy is finally sort of gone.ReplyDelete
waitda minute...iz this monster the same as the one towards the end?
i agree. that pic is badass!!!ReplyDelete
i cant find the hd pic of the monster? :[ReplyDelete
when are we gonna be seeing part 2 of Kishin??ReplyDelete
Sure the secrecy of the actual movie is gone, but there are still lots of mysteries to be explored (like what they're going to do for a sequel).ReplyDelete
I saw a crappy version of this movie. holy SH-T, the HD VERSION IS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't wait to get the dvd, that is friggin sweet. The image is awesome too, so happy HD is available lol.ReplyDelete
That was Hella-GoodReplyDelete
srry for double comment, but I'm sorry but I cannot convince myself that is the same monster from the end. No matter what anyone says, I will not believe it. The monster at the end has flappy ears like monkeys. This thing doesn't even HAVE ears, and the eyes are completely diffrent. It's way too big. This cannot be the same monsterReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 2, 2008 at 7:09 PM
The illustration you're inquiring about is called a "LAD". They are painted in random places by a street art crew calledReplyDelete
The London Police(TLP). I've seen the all over NYC, and as far as Berlin, Germany. This particular piece is a small one. I spotted a 20ft, full bodied LAD in Kreuzberg Germany before. Pretty cool eh?
awsome! but I can't remember if this monster looks exactly the same as the one at the end of the film...I'll have to watch the movie again.ReplyDelete
BTW Dennis, where did you see that pic with the happy faces? I can't see it an any of the videos...
ghost particle - the monster's head looks different when it's enraged and when it's calmReplyDelete
kevin - click "close up of the monster"
Hmm now that the movie is out every where, is hasbro showing pics of the action figure?ReplyDelete
yea what is that symbol?? and i didnt see it in the trailer. how far in is it shown??ReplyDelete
yea what is that symbol?? and i never saw it in the trailer. how far in it is it shown??ReplyDelete
It's the same monster. This is the "agitated" look. It probably has the "calm" look towards the end of the movie.ReplyDelete
Master Fetty said... "...That high-res image is so cool, it's now my desktop background." is ur pic really big? The 1 that I got is tiny!ReplyDelete
Heres some HD captures of the monster:ReplyDelete
finally! i was getting tired of that dark close up pic from the end of the movie. it's close up, but there's little to no detail in it. now there'll be no questions about two monsters. just compare the images.ReplyDelete
Wait, where's that sign in the video?ReplyDelete
I now seriously need to see this movie again.....because there is NO WAY that the monster shown in the HD photo is the one that *ate* HudReplyDelete
YES, NEW COMP. BACKGROUND! AMAZINGReplyDelete
BTW, where is that sign in the video. I didn't see it, or am I mentally challenged? lol. And what does it mean?ReplyDelete
wait....now i think i'm wrong...darnit, haReplyDelete
I still don't by that that monster was the same one that was in central park at the end of the movie.ReplyDelete
now we just need close-ups of the parasitesReplyDelete
Please , tell me: under the central park bridge, when Robert Hawkins talks to the camera, what day he says? ´cause i heard May 23. right? or i wrong...ReplyDelete
the date of the last scene video (coney island)is apr 27 , about 26 days before.
in the party someone says that rob and the girl went to coney island some weeks before. so i may confirm what i heard. so what´s the deal with january 18 of 2008 ???
saw the movie yesterday and loved it! That close up HD image makes it look quite bat-like, but I also see now about the "spooked horse eyes" appearance that they were talking about.ReplyDelete
I missed the bit in the final scene where something falls into the sea though? Is there any youtube of that??
This is NOT the same monster at the end; my thought is that the monster at the end is one of those "spider-crabs" all growns up.ReplyDelete
As for the smiley faces, when I saw the movie I figured they were for a fictional Paul Frank type store. There's a Paul Frank right by where the party is supposed to take place, but since it all wasn't filmed there they probably just made up some fictional versions of storefronts in the neighborhood.ReplyDelete
I'd say mid-Fed. a month after the first one.ReplyDelete
Kevin, try here...
And I think because we're seeing the monster in a quick flash and from a different angle to the main shot at the end, it may look different, but I'm sure it's the same.
Any ideas of if/when the 'Game' will begin again...?
riou27... yes that would explain it...coz the monster at the end is really damn p*ssed and had those air bubble thing red. But again...there issue of one or many monsters is still open right?ReplyDelete
i really do believe that there are more than one monster.ReplyDelete
the first quick look we get when it passes between the buildings looks nothing like either of the monster(s).
jj abrams has said that we only see the baby in the movie.
i do think that the small monsters maybe grow into some huge ass ones.
it is so the same monster... you can see the eyes and the air sacks at the side of the head... there seems to be only one monster people... lets get over itReplyDelete
Okay, so did anyone else notice that in the KISHIN comic there are about 7 or 8 tankers? and three of them seem to be tied to whatever it is they are hauling...ReplyDelete
am i like the only asshole in the world who didn't notice that?
No im sorry the angle will not drastically alter the way it looks and if they do thats bunch of bull. I can buy it being the same type of monster but not the same size, just pause it when it screams, if your telling me that mouth is the same size mouth that killed Hud at the end of the movie, then there is something wrong, because he was standing right underneath it both times, even if it leaned over that mouth would swallow anyone whole. Doesn't matter the angle that mouth is huge.ReplyDelete
I'm all down tho for it being one monster that's fine, but as most of my other friends agree, thats pretty bogus that its so hard to tell, it really shouldn't be this hard to tell if there is only one monster. Abrams i think does say that its just one monster but still, also the parasites are parasites they are not babies, none of them are going to grow up into more monsters they are just going to find more hosts to jump on to or eat.ReplyDelete
ok, now seeing the HD pictures it's VERY clear that they are the same monster at the beginning and the end. When the monster "screams" and opens it's mouth to bite in agitation, it simply looks like it stretches it's mouth mouth as wide as possible to make it's mouth really big. That's what gave people (and myself) the impression that the monster outside the subway at the beginning had a sort of elongated snout, like a snake. It was simply because that scene was so quick and filled with smoke that it looked different. It is definitely the same monster throughout.ReplyDelete
Those little faces look like Cyanide and Happiness characters...ReplyDelete
Cloverfield II hits the IMDb ...ReplyDelete
Untitled Cloverfield Sequel
- AnonymousFebruary 3, 2008 at 8:06 PM
Hey all, I saw the movie on Fri nite. It was pretty kick-ass.ReplyDelete
I'm not convinced that this monster is the same as the one near the end... I'll have to go see the movie again, i guess :D
And someone asked about the datestamps on the video; well here's what happened. Rob and Beth went to Coney island in April. The same tape/SD card was in the videocam when Rob's bro starts recording. Remember at the party, Rob is bummed out about Beth being with another guy, and HUD videotapes him? Well Rob asks HUD if that's his camera, because he had a tape in there that had something important on it (Rob and Beth's day out in Coney Island). HUD was accidently recording over the Coney Island thing that Rob had previously recorded. That's why the movie cuts from the night of the party (in May) to the Coney Island trip (in April).
Having seen the thing fall into the ocean at the end of the movie, does anyone else think that the Cloverfield monster is a space alien that crash landed in the Atlantic?
It's strange... I saw the movie twice, but I don't remember Hud screaming through the whole scene quite like that. Do you think they got a different take of his voiceover for this? (After all, this is a special effects scene, so it's probably one of the "stunt camera operators" here)ReplyDelete
maybe theres 2 monsters.....ReplyDelete
Did i miss one of the million comments on here...ReplyDelete
does anyone believe that Marlena got the 'bite/explosion' infection IN THE STAT. of LIBERTY street where she stayed outside while rob and bro were in the convenience store.....
she acts kinda funny HERE rather than in the subway tunnels.....
she got bit pretty bad right?....i'm thinkin its baterial/from the alien's saliva....but if THAT were true...i'm so sure one of the other three if not all DID get a bit of scratching and biting..not as severe as marlena......
I think marlena got 'engaged' in the street. She says 'it was eating people' -- that is undeniable :)
I dont know why some people think that the monster throughout the movie and the monster at the end are two different monsters. It's the same monster. How could one of the little parasite ones become as big as the monster so quickly? If that was the case then there would be a whole bunch of big monsters running around. The monster just looks different at the end because it's a lot calmer than it was earlier in the movie.ReplyDelete
That smiley face design is also reminiscent of the work of Takashi Murakami. But yes, it's Paul Frank-esque as well.ReplyDelete
Here's an example (much of his work isn't for all audiences, though):
It is the same monster. If you look very carefully at the hi def pictures you can see the little cheek pouch things that are its gills/lungs/whatev.ReplyDelete
The monster in this scene is the same as the monster in the end of the film. If you watch the full scene on yahoo movies, you will see the monster's face from behind a building just before it lets out its chilling raw. At that point, it is calm, just like in the end of the movie and it looks the same. Exactly.ReplyDelete
hey how long has that green photo been at 1-18-08.comReplyDelete
oops i guess you've known for quite some time. i just thought since i was such an avid reader, i couldnt have missed an article on 1-18-08.comReplyDelete
anyways srry
there is no doubt in my mind that the monster in the HD pic (which is now my background as well) is the same as the monster in the final scene of the movie - think about it:ReplyDelete
the monster's mouth is closed in the final scene, and you can see teeth overtop of its lips -> in the pic, its mouth is open but you can see the space on its bottom "lip" where the teeth protrude
in the final scene its earflaps open and close kind of like gills, and reflected against the bright sky they gain a reddish tinge -> in the pic the ears are folded flat against its head like many animals do when threatened or afraid
not to mention it has the same disturbingly almost-cute eyes as in the final scene.
as for the size, it looks pretty much the same to me, but a different zoom could have been used, making the monster seem closer to Hud than before.
All in all, DEFINITELY the same monster.
prove me wrong :P
@ DaFishiesReplyDelete
It IS the same monster at the end. There is only one monster (besides the parasites), and if you look at one of the pictures that Dan posted (http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg195/burninater10/faceroarBIGHD.jpg?t=1201929378) you can clearly see it's "ears" (exteral lung things :P).
Also, the Hasbro toy comes with "two interchangeable heads, each depicting one of the Monster's moods: calm or agitated" (quoted from the Hasbro Press Release: http://www.hasbro.com/media/default.cfm?page=release&release=566)
I took this screenshot of the monster (before the huge "roar") from the HD version of the clip on Yahoo.ReplyDelete
Hopefully, this will put an end to the "This is not the same monster" rumor (which I also believed for a moment).
This is the same monster. He looks completely different with his mouth open then with his mouth closed. When his mouth is closed his jaw and upper lip overlap each other. ;)ReplyDelete
Here is a jpg that shows "the sign" with the faces on it, Dan posted it:ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 4, 2008 at 1:27 PM
Once again people. The "smiley face" symbol you're asking about is called a "LAD". They are painted in ramdom spots all around the world including NYC by a crew called The London Police. They are a group of street artist that have become very famous within the pop-culture. This piece is a very small one. They usually have full bodied paintd on them with the initials TLP on it. The one on the sign in the movie is has nothing to do with the shop it's located on. Do a search for 'The London Police' and you'll find out more.ReplyDelete
TLP stuff is interesting, but definitely NOT an exact match. I guess it looks kind-of similar, but smiley faces are pretty ubiquitous so it really could be anything. If you find something more specific, please post a link here.
-ras said... Cloverfield II hits the IMDb ... Untitled Cloverfield SequelReplyDelete
This just proves that IMDB is an unreliable source of information for movies that haven't been released yet, especially their forums.
- AnonymousFebruary 4, 2008 at 1:54 PM
You don't understand, I've follow documented their work for years. They have many variations of the same illustration. They never paint the exact same one. They are all different accept for the smailey face. This is definitely their work. they have been some who've tried to dupe their stuff, but I highly doubt JJ would go so far as to do so in one of his films. It would be pointless. One the same note, if he is familiar with their stuff he probably likes it, but this is all speculation.ReplyDelete
Fluffy wrote: is ur pic really big? The 1 that I got is tiny!ReplyDelete
If you click the image, it goes to full size.
And I'm so glad everyone's realised the monster is the same. I never saw how you could think it was different.
And now I'd like to address something else...
JJ said something about the monster being like a child - alone and confused (or insane and intense). Many people have taken this as complete fact and saying it is a baby, meaning there is a mother. That idea sucks. Surely Abrams wouldn't ruin this by making the monster a child...? I wouldn't take what he said seriously.
I've also heard of an Abrams/Reeves interview where they mentioned this guy who was also filming on the Brooklyn Bridge - they speculated that could be the premise for the sequel. Does anyone know where that article is/have any thoughts on it?
Yes we get the point that its the same TYPE of monster, we don't need to keep repeating that it has the air sacks etc. And of course it looks agitated etc. that still doesn't change the fact that the monsters mouth is really big, and the fact that the monsters head is extremely big too, which comes to the point that at the end of the movie its head doesn't even fill up the screen and its a close up view point of it, not to mention if your watching it close enough when he finally throws Hud you can see his mouth and head and its not really that large. (yes i know people read my posts every time and are probably like this kid is a moron, but if there shouldn't be so many people questioning if its a smaller one etc. Like it just is that big of a difference between here and the end of the movie. Also why do you see Jets flying into the city and if hear bombs exploding still....also this giant monster ends up behind them, when it knocked them down it pretty much only spun downwards it really didn't travel that much farther away from it knocked them down. Its just a confusing thing, they were only out for like 15 min or something like that, because it was almost morning. enough of my rant sorry.ReplyDelete
Im guessing its the same monster. Heres an idea, maybe the monster looked bigger in that scene and smaller at the end is because at the end it is calm and relaxed, but during that scene it is angry and agitated and it probably does something to its body to make it look bigger and tougher like certain animals(for example a cat) Thats what i think, maybe its body just sorta "shrinks" when its calmer..ReplyDelete
I was just wondering, the monster they showed in the city didnt have any tentacles, and it was a giant tentacle that took down the bridge. 2 monsters? Let me know if im just crazyReplyDelete
I also agree the monster's are the same. The only reason it looks different at the end is becouse of it's mood. Also, it looks smalller at the end because it's standing on all four legs where as when it was destroying the city it was standing taller on it's hind legs.ReplyDelete
I'm also pretty postitive that the monser is not alien crashing to the water from space. What falls into the water at the end of the movie is more than likely a Bold Futura satillite that somehow awoke the baby, maybe by cracking its shell or just pissing its mom off.
Smiley Faces have no importance.ReplyDelete
Ok on the Cloverfield poster it is May 23, 07 08 or 09(according to the movie) So it must be after New York was leveled or right before.(So if its before the destruction of New York by the military than could the helocopters in the sky be Robs and Lilys). So the monster must be died, But at the end of the movie we get the "its still alive" thing which must be said by Rob. So the monster isnt died but why cant we see him in the poster could he be on the other side of New York.
Ok why did the movie take place on May 08 or 09 well i think it could have been May 07 and 1-18-08 is the date the military reviews Robs tape.
What could be going on in other parts of the world while New York is being destroyed.
I think in Cloverfield 2 it will be either a different view of the events by different people or be a new story where Rob for some reason is the only one who remembers everything and hes telling them that something attacked the city in May 07 and he comes across the tape that will make everyone believe him and gives it to the military and while looking at his tape on "1-18-08" The monster attacks a city maybe newyork maybe not.
It is possible it's from the London Police. I went down to the Spring Street Subway station to check out how close they got to the real street.... Here's what i found:ReplyDelete
Crappy video here from my cell phone.
Pics on PhotoBucket here.
And.... there was an Wooster Collective art exhibit (including the London Police smiley face) at 11 Spring Street, down the block where the station is. Perhaps it wasn't exact because they didn't want to infringe on artists' rights. But the locations match up, and there is grafitti similar to the photos i've taken.
There's scaffolding now, but you can still see part of the artwork.
Here's a blog post that's even more defined while they had the exhibit.
I can take more pics if needed.
~Marj ^_^
Okay, look. To anyone who thinks this is not the same monster as the one at the end... use the bleeping high-def pictures posted throughout this comment page.ReplyDelete
First off, look at the way the jaws are formed. The teeth clearly interlock, just as they did when we see it at the end of the movie.
Second, the "ears"? Okay, first those aren't ears. Those are air sacs, and are part of its breathing mechanism, and may even be connected to how it smells. Second, notice how they bulge in the pictures, just as they did at the end of the movie.
And finally, look at the arms and how this creature moves. Same thing.
well...if its more than one monster...then for sure they've ganged up to attack NY and this is improbable because the monster just trashed the whole place like there's no tomorrow. So most probably its the same guy.ReplyDelete
The question is, the monster is a mutation, then the parasites are mutations too...then why cant more than one monster evolve?
it is genetically engineered by someone and unleashed on NY?!
OMG, I can't believe it. It's the SAME monster. It's *clearly* the same monster. :roll eyes:ReplyDelete
And not to repeat myself redundantly repetitively again and again, but the 1-18-08 was the viral *game* date designed to give those of us playing along the feel of immediacy, but the actual event dates are those in the movie. If the movie took place on May 27 of whatever, then that date takes the place of 1-18-08. You can count backwards from the May date to see when the platform collapsed, when Jamie posted her vids, whatever.
dude you guys are so funny! everyone who has read the jj and matt materials say the following:ReplyDelete
it was not a tentacle that took down the bridge, it was a tail.
the monster is the same monster.
the monster came from the deep of the ocean and is agitated as a baby woken up.
the sequel will be a new cast. it will not be the same people.
the guy on the bridge with the other camera will be like a hint and was just proof that there are other people's stories too.
Doesn't anyone pay attention?!
BranJ said... "Ok why did the movie take place on May 08 or 09 well i think it could have been May 07 and 1-18-08 is the date the military reviews Robs tape."ReplyDelete
great theory, but what about the MySpace pages? the last time everyone was on was 1/18/08. And if the Monster attacked in May of 07, how can everyone be alive to do myspace? its just to confusing to figure out. I would say that the date 1/18/08 is just the date that the movie was released, but still the myspace pages! if the Monster attacked in May in what-ever-year why would the Myspace just go dark on 1/18/08? it could be a mistake, idk.
Everybody should listen directly to master fetty, Terry Webdesign, and looney to clear up some misconceptions about the movie. The monster is LIKE a baby, but also likely one-of-a-kind. With a wide open mouth it looks different than with it's lips together, and I think it either voluntarily shows it's air sacks or they were just more visible when it chomps Hud.ReplyDelete
Business Socks said...ReplyDelete
I was just wondering, the monster they showed in the city didnt have any tentacles, and it was a giant tentacle that took down the bridge. 2 monsters? Let me know if im just crazy
I also thought i saw a tentacle hit the bridge, when the scene at the bridge happened and something hit the bridge i saw a tentacle and suction cup thingies, and i remember saying "oh so it has tentacles.." but when i saw the monster in the city it didnt have tentacles and it confused me a lot, im not saying theres another monster that has tentacles but its really weird how a lot of other people saw a tentacle too...this movie has a lot of confusing things, and another thing, at the end when the monster "ate" Hud why didnt it go for Rob and Lily? i mean they were like 20 feet away? and right after Hud fell on the ground Rob went and got the camera..so where did the monster go? wouldnt it still be standing over them since it IS like 500 feet tall? So did it just chew on Hud and fly away and Rob got the camera? It doesnt really make sense to me..
It's the same monster. I've said this before, when the whale picture came out, that people need to learn a thing or two about perspective.ReplyDelete
The monster looks to have an almost reptilian/bird like head in structure so it's longer than it is wide. When you look at it from the side, and especially when it's mouth it open, the head looks much larger and pointed than when looked at from directly in front.
There's some interesting stuff about the cloverfield VFX shots here Dennis:ReplyDelete
Just a quick post from me this time. Here we go:ReplyDelete
It's the same monster in the whole movie. it has the air sacks, the big bulging eyes, the interlocking teeth, the inverted elbows, the retarded feet. It's the same guy.
Next, I just had to comment on the fact that someone though it was a tentacle that smashed the bridge. IT'S THE MONSTER'S TAIL. read the productions note out there on the net. The notes even say it's a tail.
- AnonymousFebruary 6, 2008 at 12:09 AM
I understand that the design isn't the same. TLP does this for the simple fact that the design is a concept. It wasn't meant to be duplicated exactly the same way. Nevertheless, I'm glad you were able to check the out the area where they shot the film to see what was what. As for infringment, I really don't think that's possible for the simple fact that it's on public property. Which makes it fair game. Also, one of the points of the film was to make it seem as realistic as possible. Meaning JJ wanted what ever occured naturally in the urban, NYC environment to remain as is to that effect. I understand a few shops and whatnot are created for every movie set these days, but to go so far as to reproduce an artists work for a film in itself would be considered infringment.
Know what I mean?
Doesn't anyone find it just a bit too coincidental that Rob is on this tape and the company he's going to be working for is, presumabaly, the cause of this creature?ReplyDelete
I'm still holding out for the idea that the thing that crashed into the water at the end of the film ties in directly to the arrival of this creature.
Sanjaya... The thing that crashed in the water is not the monster, but is likely what woke up the monster.ReplyDelete
Jester17 said... Next, I just had to comment on the fact that someone though it was a tentacle that smashed the bridge. IT'S THE MONSTER'S TAIL. read the productions note out there on the net. The notes even say it's a tail.
You can read the production notes here: Cloverfield Production Notes
I will agree with everyone about it being the same "TYPE" of monster, but nothing will convince me that it was the same exact one. You cannot honestly believe that something that crumbles whole 60 Story Buildings wouldn't have teeth the size of a human. The sizes are too inconsistent from when they're on the roof of Beth's APT to when they see it on the ground from the helicopter. It was either laziness from the VFX creators to not stay consistent or theres two monsters, one being larger than the other.ReplyDelete
It's undeniable, it's like a human only mauling a raisin without utterly destroying it, HUD was in one piece...
That being said I LOVED THIS FREAKIN MOVIE!!!
if they are going to use a new cast in the sequel then does anybody think they will explain what happended to rob and beth, or even lilly?ReplyDelete
Shaun said... I will agree with everyone about it being the same "TYPE" of monster, but nothing will convince me that it was the same exact one.ReplyDelete
Nothing? Did you read the production notes, specifically the Building A Better Monster section? It's pretty clear from their comments that there is just one monster.
I think it just looks different when you see it from different perspectives. I guess you can blame the SFX people, but practically speaking, in order for it to actually BE two different monsters, they would have had to program two different monster models in their 3D program instead of one.
Wow, Shaun thank you so much for your comment cause that's exactly what I have been trying to say. But i keep getting the same ignorant response. ONce again, we know that it is the same "Type" of monster it has all the same features, we are arguing the size difference, it is a vast vast difference, its not just an angle difference there is a big difference. No where does it say that because it was angry or agitated or whatever that it changes what it looks like. Also Abrams does not say that there is only one, he only refers to the one everyone is talking about which was the one destroying the city. Also, he does say "you get a more intimate view of the what the monster looks like" this man is the king of spin when it comes down to this stuff. Yes i'm more than likely reading into it but yes nothing really has me convinced that the monster was "leaning over" in central park....that is a bunch of crap, a monster standing 5ft in front of you 300 ft tall would be more than overlooking you, because it would be 260ft or more without counting its tail. It was standing straight up, and it just decides to bite Hud and throw him after being bombed hardcore you don't think it was agitated anymore? Your insane if you don't believe this, if there is only one shame on the Effects, but still an amazing movie.ReplyDelete
Matthew said... i keep getting the same ignorant response....nothing really has me convinced ...bunch of crap ...Your insane if you don't believe thisReplyDelete
I really think you are making a big deal out of nothing, but there's no point in continuing to argue with someone who will never be convinced otherwise.
This is the whole "It's A Lion" thing all over again.
Matthew said... i keep getting the same ignorant response....nothing really has me convinced ...bunch of crap ...Your insane if you don't believe thisReplyDelete
Dennis said...
I really think you are making a big deal out of nothing, but there's no point in continuing to argue with someone who will never be convinced otherwise.
This is the whole "It's A Lion" thing all over again.
Jesus Christ people, just read the production notes and the interveiws
and if you think it's more than one monster loosen the chin straps on your helmet and read them all again. They always call the monster "it" or "clover". The production notes notes say it's tail knocks down the bridge but still people wanna say tenticles. It was one tail and a bunch of wires from the bridge. This is pretty much the perfect movie (and to a greater degree the whole ARG) to show the people will see and hear what they want.... "it's 2 lions with tenticles!!"
i don't beleive the multiple monster theory, the production notes are right.ReplyDelete
i just blame some mistakes on the special effects team.
The monester doesn't have ears, its the air sacks. the airs sack seem to expand undernear a shell or horns at the end, this one they're just up. same monster.
there's only one obvious error that i see in the effects.
At the end, you can clearly see when the monster looks around (go look at that loose gif running around the web) that the monster has an elbow joint and another joint where the long part of the arm goes vertically down.
The thing is, i noticed, in other scenes (especially when it was bombs by the B2) you see its only the shoulder and that longarm joint. They added in another joint in its arm in central park. If anyone wants i'll post some images showing what i'm trying to explain.
otherwise, the HD pic of clover is sweet. wasn't as sure what i saw in the movie, but i'm glad it's a more reptillian jaw than a humanoid one. also solves some anatomy problems i keep having when trying to draw it.
Dennis said, "The thing that crashed in the water is not the monster, but is likely what woke up the monster."ReplyDelete
I'd like to believe that something attached to the "thing that crashed into the water" is somehow behind the arrival of this creature. Is this supposed to be the piece of the satellite that crashed?
Most of all, I like the idea that nothing is explained... even with the online stuff, there is still much to speculate about. Sometimes, in movies, it's nice not to have everything explained. An explanation would sort of ruin the effect of the film.
Just like Blair Witch, the idea of what you don't see adds to the atmosphere of the film.
I'm very much looking forward to the DVD for all the bonus material. I'm assuming they are going to compile all the internet stuff on it. I love watching the Jamie videos... especially the Hate Dance one.
Once again... as per the time of the incident... the event takes place in a nameless year in the movie on may 23 leading to may 24. But in our time the incident happened on jan 18 leading to 19. the times of the arg match with the timeline of the movie. everyone knows who read jj and matts interviews that the date was not going to be the same in the movie. that would be inconsiderate to the rest of the world where the movie was being released on different dates. be reAl here people!!! the arg follows the timeline of the actions in the movie... just in our time... thank you good night... stop with the damn timeline questioning...ReplyDelete
and may i ask... when the f*ck is the new comic gonna be released already?? damn!!!
i saw this trailer early this morning and i woke up thinking i dreamt it all - right, like they'd show the monster on tv - so i thought i was going bananas. lol.ReplyDelete
then i checked here and i wasn't crazy afterall.
those are awesome pics of the monster. am i the only one who thinks its a gorgeous monster? rather than be scared, i'm in awe. lol
It says on the website that the next comic will be released in LATE February.ReplyDelete
Matthew wrote: But i keep getting the same ignorant response.ReplyDelete
Yeah, that JJ Abrams and Matt Reeves are, like, totally SO ignorant! We can only imagine how they pulled those production notes out of their rear ends...
Really? That's a shame...I can't wait.ReplyDelete
Dennis, I'm with you on this. It's the same monster throughout the movie.ReplyDelete
Read the productions notes people.
There are no mistakes in the CGI. Do some research, and then think about it.ReplyDelete
1) The Statue of Liberty is 305' 1" with the pedestal. The monster, on all fours, is probably just a few feet shorter than the pedestal. Standing upright, it's probably up to Lady Liberty's waste.
2) The creatures arms, if they were completely straightened out from shoulder to fingertips, are longer than the creature's body, not counting the tail but including the head.
3) Godzilla was 164 feet tall in 1954. That was his smallest, but that is beside the point. The point is that it's entirely possible for a monster only half the size of the Statue of Liberty to cause that much destruction.
Now, about the thing that fell in the water at Coney Island. That happened about a month before the attack.
The monster was already on its way to Manhattan. The Chuai incident occurred December 27th, if my research is correct.
I doubt it did anything to disturb the monster.
- AnonymousFebruary 7, 2008 at 9:20 PM
Ah well, I stand corrected. I just received an email from The London Police themselves stating that the 'smilie faces' that appear in the film have nothing to do with them. I sent them the link to this site for them to have a gander themselves, and they're making no claim to the illustration. Oh well, thought I knew what I was talking about. If I were the artist who's work was in question I probably wouldn't make claim either do to the nature of the art being painted without permission. Nevertheless, I'll take their word for it. I will say that it is definitely a rip-off of their work if I haven't seen one before.ReplyDelete
Once again, sorry gang....
Hi man!ReplyDelete
I believe the monster "climbed" the statue of liberty thinking it was a huge green person. It then ripped off her head in pure enjoyment.ReplyDelete
Ok... wats the whole story about tagruato, the sea bed necter and everythingh else related to that, that i didnt see any reference to in the movie?ReplyDelete
Same monster at the beggining and at the end.ReplyDelete
Final scene with falling into ocean bonus.
Credits with great score and also a final bonus!!!
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I rather doubt the monster climbed the Statue. It doesn't look like much of a climber. Then again, it doesn't look like much of a swimmer either, but it must have gotten to the surface of the water somehow.ReplyDelete
In any case, I believe that the monster and its arms are big enough for it to reach up to the top of the Statue of Liberty.
I think that it got to Liberty Island, and surfaced behind the statue.
Now, there are three possibilities here. Either it saw the head and ripped it off voluntarily, it tripped, or it was hit by a really big piece of ammunition (remember the end of the movie when they carpet bombed it and its arm flailed up against that building?). The first case is the most likely one in my opinion.
In any of the three cases, the head was ripped off from behind, as evidenced by the huge gouges in Lady Liberty's back. Judging by the scratches on the head after it landed, it also seems like the creature chewed on it a little before throwing it, probably in frustration.
I really believe the monster thought it was a threat possibly, and it more than likely just took a chunk out of the statue of liberty and then probably through the head which ran into several buildings, so they could be teeth marks but it also did crash through several buildings which more than likely impaled many pieces through the statues face.ReplyDelete
There's only 2 references in the entire movie to anything we have really seen for tagruato and stuff like that. The oil rig tanker that was capsized or more like destroyed which I have a theory on that sort of. Was owned by Tagruato, if you look close enough you can see the Tagruato symbol on it when Hud looks at it from the bridge. Also Jason is wearing a Slusho T-shirt those are pretty much the only references to any of it.
Also the tanker was capsized first when they were watching it on television then when they went to the roof there was a giant explosion, and then you get to the bridge and the suppoesdly capsized oil tanker is totally decimated and all the oil or supposed oil is on fire. Is it possible this monster followed the oil tanker to the shores of New York? Then to cover up whatever it has inside of it the tanker crew destroyed the Ship. The military didn't get there and start attacking till after the bridge incident. It's all hypothetical but I don't think its just on a rampage for rampages sake. I have other little theories but ive said enough for now. I was thinking this "deep sea nectar" was used for anything other than slusho, put into natural resources because it sounded like they were using it for multiple purposes not just bodily consumption, possibly putting it into oil maybe and its possible it is the monsters diet other than just whales and other snacks such as us.
wolfgang Said:ReplyDelete
"Judging by the scratches on the head after it landed, it also seems like the creature chewed on it a little before throwing it, probably in frustration."
It looked, to me, like the monster 'sucked' all the people out of it first! (then tossed it).
What happened to Jamie Lascano... What happened to Rob's place...ReplyDelete
nick88 said...ReplyDelete
Ok... wats the whole story about tagruato, the sea bed necter and everythingh else related to that, that i didnt see any reference to in the movie?
Well, if you remember, Rob had accepted a job offer that required him to move to Japan. This job involved a popular drink called "Slush-o". That is why his friends were throwing him a going away party.
Slush-o is actually a subsidiary of Tagruato, a Japan-based marine drilling company. They discovered "Deep Sea Nectar" and found that it had an amazing taste, and so decided to make it the secret ingredient of their drink.
Now, there's some conspiracy going on about this ingredient. An extremist environmentalist group called TIDOwave managed to get their hands on it and one of their members sent the sample to his girlfriend. He also sent a recording explaining everything, but she didn't believe it.
In any case, this all has something to do with the Chuai station, an off-shore rig/research station built by Tagruato. It was destroyed completely by the monster, though Tagruato blames TIDOwave. Probably to cover their tracks.
In the recording, the TIDOwave boyfriend mentioned that they had "found something, or they're making something."
The guys who made Gamera were commissioned by Abrams to write up a four-part prequel manga called "Cloverfield: Kishin". The first part has already been released on the web, with the second part on its way. It implies that there is some connection between a Japanese boy called "Kishin", his mother, and the creature. One of the panels also shows several Tagruato freighters, three of them towing something under the water with chains. The last panel shows a pair of eyes rising out of the water, so it is obviously either the creature or the creature's mother.
(It should be noted that one of the definitions for the word "kishin" is "fierce god".)
Based on all of this, I have theorized that this creature is a mutation. Tagruato discovered it and took it to the Chuai research station, where they began experimenting on it with Deep Sea Nectar.
Deep Sea Nectar is known to cause increased strength, sharper eyesight, smoother skin, and a "wave of pure happiness" in humans. It is unknown what it would do to other animals.
Anyway, I believe that the people at Chuai were experimenting on the Cloverfield monster with Deep Sea Nectar, causing it to mutate into the huge beast that attacked Manhattan. It escaped from whatever prison they kept it in, continued to grow larger and larger, until it finally escaped into the water. It then destroyed the station in a fit of rage and set out in the direction of New York for whatever reason. It is possible that it only intended to get back home, but home was on the other side of the continent.
Just my 2 cents:ReplyDelete
So I think that by definition, we can assume that the ARG can be the same world just in a different time. This would mean that 1-18-08 for us is homologous with 5-23-xx for the characters. In this case april 27 would be 12-22-07 in our time. This would be plenty of time for the bold futura satellite to have awakened/hatched/"spawned" the monster and still have it be able to go and destroy Chuai on 12/27/07.
Secondly, I think the pictures on 1-18-08.com shed light on why the monster felt agitated enough to rip the head off of the statue of liberty. Particularly the night vision shot.
Lastly did anybody else notice the tag on the wall by the two smilies that read "Kings and Gods of OIL." It looks like it is signed TLP to support aaesir's original theory, but if its an homage inserted by the filmmakers it could be a reference to Tagruato (though I'll admit it's pretty weak)
Any truth to the rumors in the news for the past few days about a sequel out in April? Sorry in advance if I missed mention of it when I skimmed the comments.ReplyDelete
I don't see how that is possible, since there has been a writers strike. Unless they filmed two movies at the same time, but it doesn't sound like that's what they did, based on comments by Matt Reeves, etc.ReplyDelete
Weird fact..ReplyDelete
The original creator of Canon Cameras in 1930 was Goro Yoshida.
Hey guys! Today in the mail I FINALLY got my...ReplyDelete
It was a good day!
Here's a link to my picasa album with a few pics:
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There was absolutely nothing cloverfield-related included in the package, except the laptop cover (duh) and that everythig was registered to Paramount and Bad Robot and stuff.
Hi Dennis,ReplyDelete
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Just a thought here that seems to make pretty good sense, well at least to me it does. Couldn't it be that the Cloverfield DVD will be coming out in May? I mean, it takes a while for a movie to go through the movie theater, and then through cheepy movie theaters after that, and then a few months later it's out on DVD.ReplyDelete
When the Rob Zombie version of Halloween was made, it came out in August and wasn't out on DVD till December, in time for Christmas. That was four months after it's debut in theaters. Just think, Cloverfield came out in January. Four months after that is May. And what's the date on the movie when Clover attacks? May 22. So I'm guessing we should be getting Cloverfield on DVD May 22? Here's hoping I'm right. :)
Many people have said that before, but I hope your right...ReplyDelete
I hear tell that the second part of Cloverfield: Kishin will be available soon.ReplyDelete
Do you think it might confirm, or at least encourage, my theory of the monster being a mutation accidentally created at Chuai?
If you're wondering, my theory is that Tagruato captured the creature (as shown in part one of Kishin), and then took it to Chuai for scientific experimentation. The Chuai scientists used Seabed's Nectar on it.
The Nectar has some pretty positive effects on humans, like smoother skin, increased strength, and sharper eyesight. It could be that the substance mutated the creature completely, causing it to grow much faster- and much larger- than it should have. The creature escaped, destroyed Chuai Station, and then headed to New York, probably disoriented and trying to get back home.
What do you think?
Jester17 sadi: ..."Cloverfield came out in January. Four months after that is May. And what's the date on the movie when Clover attacks? May 22. So I'm guessing we should be getting Cloverfield on DVD May 22? Here's hoping I'm right. :)"ReplyDelete
Great theroy Jester17! It makes since, a lot of since actually! But it still doesn't explain the MySpace pages. Why would they go dark on 1/18/08 if the monster attacked on May 22-23? Or it could be that something happened that no one can get on. Lets hope that this will clear up near the DVD releas.
What's not to get about the MySpace pages. It's the same as Chaiu collapsing in our time - 1-18-08 in our time is 5-22-09 for Rob and co. You can use everything else to piece togther what happened. That's why a satelite piece that fell in December fell in April.ReplyDelete
And on the idea tha Tag made/mutated the monster - nice idea, but remember Abrams said it was under the sea for years.
STOP TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE DATE OF THE MOVIE ALREADY!!!! you guys are seriously making too big of a deal about this already... we all (who read jj and matt's interviews) know that the movie arg dates have nothing to do with the dates in the movie... there is no more arg updates on the myspace pages or jamieandteddy and there will not be any updates on tagruato or tidowave... its over... NY was attacked already... we overlapped time wise... Jan 18=May 22 (or 23rd i forgot already) ... stop being so damn amerocentric!!! they didnt keep the date in the movie as jan 18 because it would throw off the rest of the releases across the world. all that is left to tell the story is the manga... the manga will tell us something... but i am so sick of reading complaints about the 18th... get over it already... old news... OLD NEWS!!!ReplyDelete
i just want to know when the hell the image of the hasbro toy is being released... i ordered mine and i want it now!!
Me said... "...its over... NY was attacked already..."ReplyDelete
ok, first, LOL! that hade me laugh:) second, it looks like your mad, and that half my fault, sorry "me".
I know about the jj and matt interviews and that they said that the movie release date had nothing to do with the movie cause that the release date was different in other places in the world. i just wish that the manga would come out already! hopefully it would clear thing up a bit. again, sorry to upset u "me". Hope u have fun when u get your action figure.
Actually, if there is another film, odds are Tag/TIDO will still be updated...ReplyDelete
Master Fetty said...ReplyDelete
And on the idea tha Tag made/mutated the monster - nice idea, but remember Abrams said it was under the sea for years.
I know, and I've taken that into account. But remember, the manga shows several Tagruato freighters heading in the same direction, with three of them chained to something under the water.
My theory is that while this creature has been down there for thousands of years, as Abrams said, Tagruato discovered it and took it to Chuai for research and experimentation. There's been a lot of emphasis in the viral campaign on Seabed's Nectar, so I suspect that it's part of the reason the creature is as big as it is.
In short, Tagruato found this ancient creature, took it to Chuai, and experimented. Creature mutated, escaped, and destroyed Chaui. A lot of what happened after that can only be speculated about. All we know is that for some reason, it headed for Manhattan, and had apparently run into the Navy on the way. This prior encounter could have led to a warning being sent to the mainland, which would explain how the military could get up such sizable forces so quickly.
omg guys it's soooo not the same monster at the end! hahaReplyDelete
just kidding. having read all the arguments above and looked at the pictures it still looks like 2 separate albeit similar things to me...
so what i'm saying is, fine it is the same monster, but i don't think they did the close-ups very well at the end.
i mean the thing may not have a very wide head in comparison to it's body, but it's still huge. so surely when it moves in to kill hud it would have filled the picture and gone out of focus much quicker than it did.
it just seems to me like they said 'let's give the audience a cool close-up shot of the whole thing before the end of the movie' and in trying to get the whole thing in the picture for me they failed and that kinda ruined it for me. (not the film, just the monster)
It's the same monster, man. Hasbro just released pictures of their toy of Mr. Grumpy Pants. Go have a look.ReplyDelete
you people are mad crazy.ReplyDelete
its a movie. relax.
Can anyone tell what the Japanese say at the alley? Is the man they don't understand.ReplyDelete
Sorry but that is not the monster that bit Hud k this thing just isn't him and I'm dissapointed that they just through some crappy piece of crap into the scene OK. And that trailer completly took away the thing that made everyone see it...ReplyDelete
Crypto, you're an idiot if you think there are two monsters. I've already explained multiple times why there is only one monster, and I don't even need to refer to the production notes, or the interview with the guy who designed the dang thing.ReplyDelete
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Animal migration occurs all around us and yet remains a mystery
Every spring and fall, I'm surprised by an odd sound above my house in Colorado. It's somewhere between a creak and a hoot, an eerie, echoing call, like the one I imagine some dinosaurs used to make. It always takes me a minute to place it, but suddenly it's unmistakable: It's the sound of sandhill cranes, on their way to Yellowstone in the spring or central New Mexico in the fall. The cranes are hard to find in the sky, invisible until the sun flashes on a wing and my eyes adjust to the birds' altitude, thousands of feet above the ground. Then, there they are, dozens flying in their familiar V.
Animal migration happens all around us, but we rarely glimpse more than a snapshot of the journey. We might know, vaguely, where the animals are going, or perhaps where they came from, but we almost never travel with them. In 2008, when the U.S. Forest Service established the first -- and so far only -- national migration corridor, protecting part of a 120-mile-long migration route for pronghorn in Wyoming, most of us saw the dramatic journey as simply a long line on a map, a constellation of data points collected from satellite collars. Even today, only the very lucky or very persistent get more than a glimpse of these pronghorn during their extraordinary seasonal struggle through the mountains.
For four seasons, freelance writer and former HCN editorial fellow Emilene Ostlind tried to see this pronghorn migration -- really see it --- firsthand. She followed the path of the Teton herd in western Wyoming, searching for them in the Gros Ventre Mountains and at creek crossings accessible only by foot. She got lost in drainages, battled through thick brush, and post-holed her way through deep snow. Over many miles, she slowly learned the landscape, much the way the pronghorn fawns do as they follow their mothers along the migration route. Ostlind learned a lot about pronghorn endurance and gained a new understanding of the importance of migration to the species' survival. And she saw ... well, I'll let her tell you what she saw. Photographer Joe Riis, who worked and hiked with Ostlind during her research, used camera traps to produce the stunning images that accompany her story.
Also in this issue, freelance writer Mary Ellen Hannibal looks at the complex science and policy of wildlife corridors, and wonders why the Path of the Pronghorn remains our only nationally recognized and protected migration corridor. Finally, HCN Assistant Editor Cally Carswell reports on the role of private-land conservation in the protection of pronghorn and other wildlife migration corridors, and on some ongoing efforts to preserve connectivity across privately owned landscapes.
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Here are Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield at the big New York premiere of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 last night, likely the last major carpet they'll walk together in support of this movie, and maybe this franchise? I haven't seen it. But, you know, you know what they say about Gwen Stacy. You what Emma keeps saying about Gwen Stacy. Or is that meant to throw us off?
Anyway, I do love the dress. I love that the top half of it looks like a handbag. You see that? The structure on the straps? Not really sure about the fringe though. Not really sure about the wisdom in covering the forehead, where so much strong energy and good luck is stored, right before the opening of a big movie. The Feng Shui chapter of my book, Listen To The Squawking Chicken explains in detail the importance of your forehead and why, in covering it, you're compromising your luck supply. Keep an eye on this for when The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is released next weekend.
So what's next? Maybe some down time before Emma has to start promoting Woody Allen's Magic In The Moonlight. I hate this title. Colin Firth is an Englishman and Emma Stone is a con artist/fortune teller and he wants to make her pay for all her lies but, of course, they fall in love. Marcia Gay Harden, 54, plays Emma's mother. Colin Firth is 53. What are the chances that Woody will surprise us and write a script where the man ends up with the woman who's closer to his age instead of much younger?


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Catcher Tim Kennelly (Australia), infielder Lucas Rojo (Brazil), right-hander Phillippe Aumont (Canada), outfielder Tyson Gillies (Canada), left-hander Jay Johnson (Canada), infielder Pete Orr (Canada), right-hander Rodrigo Lopez (Mexico), catcher Sebastian Valle (Mexico), shortstop Jimmy Rollins (USA) and left-hander Cesar Jimenez (Venezuela).
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Monday, August 07, 2006
Natural vs. Man-Made
Students were given a pristine sheet of white paper. Luckily I remembered to remind them not to make any marks including their names on the paper until they received instructions. If I hadn't given that instruction I would have had several Picasso's in the room before I had handed out all the paper. I asked students to fold the paper in half from top to bottom and make a crease in it. As I instructed them I modeled what I wanted them to do.
Once their paper was creased students were asked to open their paper up. I asked them to pretend that they were with someone who did not know anything about the United States. The someone didn't know where the United States is or what it would be like to live here. I then asked students to sketch an outline drawing of a map of the United States to begin their discussion. The catch was they couldn't look at anything. They had to draw their map from memory. Looks of terror came across some of their faces. One young man began to open his book. I stopped him. I tried to ease some minds by telling them that there are no rights or wrongs for this activity, but they did need to try.
Most everyone got the basic shape. All but a couple included the shape of Florida. In each group I taught today a few included inset maps of Hawaii and Alaska which I hadn't even thought of. Two or three included some major cities. I called time and drew an outline map of my own from memory. After eight weeks of summer I was a little rusty, but the basic shape was there.
I then asked students to redraw their map in the bottom half of their paper now that they had a model to go by on the board. They were more determined and self-assured this time.
The next question I posed was about things students could add to their maps to make the certain someone they were with fully understand the United States. I asked students to volunteer items we could use for a classroom list on the board. Here are some of their responses:
state boundary lines
Statue of Liberty
Empire State Building
Daytona Speedway
Mount Rushmore
the Constitution
Mississippi River
Grand Canyon
Atlanta Zoo
Stone Mountain
Declaration of Independence
Washington D.C.
New York City
map scale
map key
title for map
compass rose
Underground Atlanta
state capitals
state birds/products/etc.
Golden Gate Bridge
Mall of America
I kept taking responses until almost everyone had suggested something. A few suggested London or the Leaning Tower of Pisa. I declined to add those since they are not in the United States.
I 'm fairly pleased with the list my new students came up with to represent what the United States is all about. Of course I love the references to the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Prior knowledge always helps later when we study the formation of our government. The suggestion about Daytona Speedway, well, I am in the deep South, you know. That's to be expected along with the Atlanta landmarks like Underground and Stone Mountain.
It's clear that my third grade colleagues did their job as these students understood any bona fide map should have a title, compass rose, and map scale. I can refer to the suggestion for state boundary lines and state capitals later on next week when I discuss the difference between political maps and physical maps.
After we exhausted our suggestions I told students that I could look at the list and divide it up into two categories. I reminded them that all of the list entries were great features of the United States. I linked the word feature to the word characteristics so they would understand they can be used in place of each other. Finally, I told students that we were going to spend a few days talking about natural features of the United States. I instructed them to watch me as I deleted everything on the list that is man-made. Only the items in green made the cut…..everything else I deleted by drawing a line through it.
There were several gasps when I deleted state boundary lines so I stopped marking items out to elaborate a bit. I reminded them when they crossed the Alabama state line they don't see an actual line across the Earth. They agreed. I reminded them that political boundaries are ideas of man and are not natural to the Earth.
Many were surprised that Stone Mountain was left in the category of natural features. Find out more about Stone Mountain here. I reminded them that the parking lots, buildings with exhibits and stores, the train that circles the mountain of granite and the carving on the face are all man-made, but the mountain itself is natural to the Earth.
Making the list together and then observing me cross most of the list off is a very powerful image to students. It helps them have a visual for the difference between natural and man-made. I found out what my new students think America is. I also garnered some important information regarding their prior geographic knowledge. It was fun too!
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- ms-teacher said...
I'm stealing this to teach to my 6th grade students. I am teaching two courses of history (ancient history) this year and my students struggle with geographic (natural) features and man-made features.
This was AWESOME!
- EHT said...
Steal away! and THANKS!
- HappyChyck said...
Off to an incredible start!
- CaliforniaTeacherGuy said...
Thanks for sharing this learning experience with us. I'm sure that listening to the gasps of your students as you struck items from the list was priceless.
One question: Can you really get away with saying things like "I reminded them that political boundaries are ideas of man and are not natural to the Earth" in your classroom?
My goodness, if I said something like that here in California, I would have the Politically Correct Police at my door in an instant: "What do you mean, 'ideas of man'? They're human ideas. Off with your head!"
Just wondering... :-)
- Andrew Pass said...
I think that your geography idea is really good. I used to take students outside and ask them write down everything that they see in five minutes, or so. Then we'd go back into the classroom and I'd ask the students how we might categorize these items. two categories always were natural and people-made. I then asked students to list what was what. This is a slightly different take and the objective of my lesson was not geography. Just thought I'd share.
Andrew Pass
Man is natural


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The problem with consumers constantly being glued to their smartphone screens is that sometimes they forget there is a real world around them. A new iPhone app called Superb aims to show them what is in their area. That could mean bringing your local business to their attention and allowing them to tell their friends about it too.
In typical iPhone fashion, users swipe a location in their area with their finger – such as a restaurant, cafe or retail store – as a place they would like to visit. The Superb app then lets them see other people in the area who might also be interested in visiting the same location. This would be their friends on Facebook or anyone in their phone's contact list that are also using Superb, and who they specifically designated a "friend."
The actual act of swiping is a bit difficult to master as it is a bit clunky. But eventually it does start to work. The Superb app receives a users GPS, and using this, it calculates their current location. When it sees where they are, it starts making suggestions on where to go. Users swipe left to trash the suggestion, right to say they want to go there, and up and down to move through each suggested location.
Co-founder Eddy Lu recently told Gigaom:
"We wanted to take a step back, reduce the social barriers, and get people offline and connecting in the real world."
When they see a place they like, users can tick the option "I want to go" or "I'd go again." They can also leave a comment about what they thought of the place and upload their own photograph of the business.
Lu told Reuters:
"With Facebook and Foursquare it's all about 'This is where I was' or 'This is where I am' but we're all about future intent – not the present or the past."
The Superb app also arranges places to see under different categories. So users can break down attractions to things like food and drink, arts and culture, health and beauty, travel and transport, and a few more.
It isn't actually completely tied to a users location though. So they can enter any destination in the world they like and it will give them suggestions on what to visit there. So Suberb represents another word-of-mouth option for your customers to share their thoughts on your business with their friends.


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Glenalvon House
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Glenalvon has been described as "An exceptional two-storied sandstone home of colonial Georgian design" (National Trust), and "A rare example of a residence and garden of its period, size, diversity, integrity, and quality" (Otto Cserhalmi and Partners, Heritage Architects).
Glenalvon was built by Michael Byrne, son of Wicklow rebel/patriot Hugh "Vesty" Byrne circa 1841 and consists of the two storey main house, the earlier Servants Quarters, and a Victorian Coach House and Stables.
A custom built slab shed was constructed in 1995 to protect the Society's collection of historical agricultural equipment and what is probably Australia's most important gravestone - that of pioneer farmer, James Ruse.
Historic Glenalvon is not only beautiful it is classic in its architecture, and its construction. To visit the house in detail, use the Museum pages link on the right side of this page.
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Orb wins 2013 Kentucky Derby
Orb, co-owned by Stuart Janney III, won Kentucky Derby glory Saturday — through the mud — in 2:02.89 to win by 261/27 lengths. Can Orb win the Triple Crown? He'll have to prove himself again come May 18 at the Preakness Stakes in Baltimore, Maryland in the second leg of the thoroughbred racing competition. Weigh in on our FB page or in the comments section.
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Swamp People - Season 10
No, not that kind of swamp people. This is not a show based on a B horror film. The `Swamp People' featured in this History channel series are the proud descendants of French Canadian refugees who settled in the swamp region of Louisiana in the 18th century. Cameras follow members of this fiercely independent group as they struggle to preserve their way of life in the Atchafalaya Basin during the most important time of the year for them: alligator-hunting season.
Actor: Troy Landry, Junior Edwards, RJ Molinere
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Country: United States
Episode: 14
Duration: 43m
Release: 2019
IMDb: 0.6/10
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Marc, the son of a painter, at first could not decide between a career in theology, philosophy, or art. In 1910, Marc painted "Bathing Girls," inspired in part by an exhibition of Cézanne's "Bathers," which encouraged Marc to create his own image of a primitive paradise, with his own visual language. In Marc's lyrical version, the same undulating lines and fluid forms that animate the bodies also animate the landscape. It is a deliberate effort to point to the universal force that moves through all the world, the vital force that Marc called "the organic rhythm that beats in all things."
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Madge Oberholtzer
I, Madge
Oberholtzer, being in full possession
of my mental faculties and conscious
that I am about to die, make as my dying declaration the
My name is Madge Oberholtzer. I am a resident of
After the banquet he asked me for a date several times, but I gave him no definite answer. He later insisted that I take dinner with him at the Washington Hotel and I consented and he came for me at my home in his Cadillac car, and on this occasion we dined together.
After that he called me several times on the phone, and once again I had dinner with him at the Washington Hotel with another party.
Subsequent to this I was once at Stephenson's home at a party with several prominent people when both gentlemen and their ladies were present.
I did not see him again until Sunday, March 15, 1925 when upon returning to my home about ten o'clock in the evening I was informed by my mother, who said to me that there had been parties calling for me on the telephone and saying for me to call Irvington 0492. I called
His home was only two or three blocks from mine. He said further that he was busy and could not leave, but that he would send someone for me. I recognized Stephenson's voice. Soon a Mr. Gentry, whom I had never seen before, came for me and said he was from Stephenson's. I walked with Gentry to Stephenson's home. When we arrived there we went inside. I saw Stephenson and that he had been drinking. His chauffeur, whom he called Shorty, was there also. Shorty is a young man. Later a man whom they called Clenck (sic) came in. Soon as I got inside the house I was very much afraid, as I first learned then there was no other woman about, and that Stephenson's housekeeper was away or at least not in evidence. Immediately upon my arrival they took me into the kitchen and some kind of drinks were produced. It was then Clenck came in the back door. I said I
wanted no drink but Stephenson and the others forced me drink. I was afraid not to do so and I drank three small glasses of the drink. This made me very ill and dazed and I vomited.
Stephenson said to me about this time, "I want you to go with me to
These men were all about me. They took me up to Stephenson's room, and he opened a dresser drawer which was filled with revolvers. He told each of the men to take one, and he selected a pearl-handled revolver for himself and had Shorty load it. Stephenson said first to me that we were going to drive through to
Before we left the house I remember Stephenson said to Clenck, "You get in touch with Claude Worley right away and tell him we are going to
I said to Stephenson to give me some money, that I had to buy a hat. Shorty gave me $15 at Stephenson's direction and took me out in the car. Shorty said to Stephenson he had been delayed getting there as he could not find the hotel where we were in
During the morning when we were in the hotel the men got more liquor at Stephenson's direction. Stephenson said we were going to drive on to
When I got back to the hotel with Shorty I went up to the room. Gentry had a room next to Stephenson. His was No. 417. I said to Stephenson to let me go into No. 417 to lie down and rest. He said, "Oh, you are not going there. You are going to lie right down here by me." I waited awhile until I thought he was asleep, then I went into room 417. Gentry stayed in the room with Stephenson. There was no glass in room 417 so I got a glass in 416 and took the mercury tablets. I laid out eighteen of the bichloride of mercury tablets and at once took six of them; I only took six because they burnt me so. This was about 10 A.M. Monday, I think.
Earlier in the morning I had taken Stephenson's revolver, and while Gentry was out sending the telegram I wanted to kill myself then in Stephenson's presence. This was while he was first asleep. Then I decided to try and get poison and take it in order to save my mother from disgrace. I knew it would take longer with the mercury tablets to kill me. Later, after I had taken the mercury tablets, I lay down on the bed and became very ill. I think. it was nearly four o'clock in the afternoon before anyone came into the room where I was. Then Shorty came in. He sat down to talk to me.
He said to me what was wrong that I looked so ill. I replied, "Nothing." He said, "Where is your pain?" and I said it was all over. He said I could not have pain without cause. I said to him, "Can you keep a secret?" He said "Yes." I said, "I believe you can," and then I said to him that I had taken poison, and said to him not to tell Stephenson I was very ill and almost delirious at this time. I had vomited blood all day. When I said to him I had taken poison he turned pale and in a few minutes he said to me he wanted to take a walk. He then went out. In a few minutes Stephenson and Gentry and Shorty came into the room very much excited. Stephenson said, "What have you done?" I said, "I asked Shorty not to tell." Stephenson ordered a quart milk and made me drink it. I said to Stephenson and the others that I had taken six bichloride of mercury tablets, and I said, "If you don't believe it there is evidence on the floor and in the cuspidor." Stephenson emptied the cuspidor into the bathtub and saw some of the tablets and the cuspidor was half full of clotted blood.
I said to Stephenson, "What are you going to do?" And he said, "We will take you to a hospital here and you can register as my wife. Your stomach will have to be pumped out." He said to me that I could tell them at the hospital I had gotten the mercury tablets through mistake instead of aspirin. I refused to do this as his wife. Stephenson said, "We will take you home." I said I would not go home. Either that I would stay right there, and for them to leave me there and go about their own business, or to let me register at another hotel under my own name. Stephenson said, "We will do nothing of the kind. We will take you home." Stephenson said that the best way out of it was for us to drive to
I don't know much about what happened after that. My mind was in a daze. I was in terrible agony. Shorty checked out for all of us, and they put me in the back seat of the machine with Stephenson. We then started for home in the automobile. After we got a piece Stephenson said to Shorty to take the auto license plates off of the car, which he did, and Stephenson said to him to say if questioned that we had parked in the last town we had passed through and auto plates had been stolen. All the way back to
Stephenson did not try to make me comfortable in any way. He said he thought I was dying, and at one time said to Gentry, "This takes guts to do this, Gentry. She is dying." I heard him say also that he had been in a worse mess than this before and got out of it. Stephenson and Gentry drank liquor during the entire trip. I remember Stephenson having said that he had power and saying that he had made $250,000. He said that his word was law. After reaching
Stephenson, or someone, carried me up the stairs into a loft above the garage. Stephenson did nothing to relieve my pain. I do not remember anything that happened all night, after we reached the garage. I was left in the garage until I was carried home. A big man, the Mr. Clenck mentioned before, took me home. He shook me and awakened me and said, "You have to go home." I asked him where Stephenson was and he said he did not know. I remember Stephenson had told me to tell everyone that I had been in an automobile accident, and he said, "You must forget this, what is done has been done, I am the law and the power." He said to me several times that his word was the law. I was suffering and in such agony I begged and said to Clenck to take me home in the Cadillac car. He said he would order a taxi, but finally said he would take me in Stephenson's car. He put my clothes on me and then carried me down to the car and put me in the back seat and drove the car to my home. I said to him to drive up in the driveway. He did and then carried me into the house and upstairs and into my bed. It was about noon Tuesday when we got into the house.
I, Madge Oberholtzer, am in full possession of all my mental faculties and understand what I am saying. The foregoing statements have been read to me and I have made them as my statements and they are all true. I am sure that I will not recover from this illness, and I believe that death is very near to me, and I have made all of the foregoing statements as my dying declaration and they are true.


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In general, to be ethical means to act in a principled and honorable way. To have a sense of civic responsibility is to be an active citizen, to be knowledgeable about public affairs, to vote in elections and to be involved in your community.
Become involved in campus activities that are important to you.
Associated Students' Green Love Initiative and annual GreenFest activities inspire social and environmental responsibility.
The Division of Student Affairs fosters an atmosphere of civility and mutual respect, encourages independent civic responsibility and core academic values, and promotes the individual development and welfare of all students.
Students are expected to be good citizens and to engage in responsible behaviors that reflect well upon their university, to be civil to one another and to others in the campus community, and to contribute positively to student and university life. Read more about Standards for Student Conduct at SDSU.
Each year, the Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships allocates a portion of Federal Work Study funds to provide community service opportunities to eligible students to work as reading or math tutors in select elementary schools.


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How does one's life situation shape one's reading of the Bible? In this landmark volume, Segovia, Tolbert, and their 15 other contributors measure the impact of social location on the theory and practice of biblical interpretation. Reading From This Place helps readers come to terms with the interpretive revolution sweeping through biblical studies.
Biblical studies are proving to be a test case of the large interpretive issues of how one's "location"--social, cultural, ethnic and gender--affects one's reading of the text and its import. Segovia and Tolbert gather 19 leading biblical interpreters from around the globe to address the complex hermeneutical and religious questions attendant to this paradigm shift.
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