I really like Cloverfield in spite of the stupid things the characters do. This trailer definitely has me interested, and as others have said, Goodman is the main reason. Also, after watching I immediately flashed the intro to the second season of Lost.
Yeah, maybe Goodman has to keep pushing a button 
Can’t wait. Nice thing about the trailer is that what we see could take anywhere from the first 20 minutes of the film to most of it.
My guess is that it’s the same universe and some time has passed after the first movie - a year, 3, 5 at the most. Snookums is still around, and worse, dropping dog-sized eating demons everywhere he goes… which is why many have taken to underground bunkers, cut off from most people and the grid (there are shots of batteries around the bunker). These people are living pretty well in their bunker, but then Snookums comes and fucks some of their shit up, causing a rift between the girl and John Goodman. Hijinks ensue.
Mine is that it’s not directly related to the events in Cloverfield except in the sense that there are some sort of monsters outside.
I also suspect that both young people are there against their will and believing themselves victims of a survivalist madman who has snapped- until the last scene from the teaser happens.
Loved the first one, super excited if this is a sequel. My read on the trailer is that it is.
Yeh, I believe it to be a sequel in the same Clovie-tromping world (some period of time after the events of the first), just a different set of characters to focus on in a different circumstance.
Hmm. Old 70s music, VHS tapes…and an iPhone.
This is gonna be weird.
Found the above plot synopsis. Sounds like it has potential. Having John Goodman involved brings the potential upwards significantly. Really hoping that it’s amazing!!
After being knocked out in an auto accident, a young woman awakens in a cellar with a stranger, who tells her that he’s saved her from a chemical attack that has devastated the outside world. Unsure what to believe, she decides that she must escape.
Interesting. I wonder who the other guy is, then.
I didn’t know we were calling the monster Snookums. I thought its name was Cloverfield?
We’ve called the monster “Snookums” since the first movie.
Aaaaaand…things are starting to happen again.
I saw the trailer for this today. My interest peaked when I thought it was a movie about a family in a fallout shelter - a film version of the game 60 Seconds!, basically. My interest dropped when I saw J.J. Abrams’ name attached to it, it dropped again when I saw Cloverfield in the title, and I’m basically not interested at all after seeing that plot synopsis.
I don’t remember anything in that movie except for the delicious Lizzy Caplan. My first exposure to her, though in later movies and tv shows, she’s exposed herself to me several times.
I saw it and enjoyed it. As to whether it’s a sequel or “side sequel” or whatever they keep hinting at, I’ll just say it clearly has ties to another controversial property of J.J. Abrams.
I enjoyed it. It was an episode of the Twilight zone/ Outer Limits and I mean that in a good way.
It’s clear that the Cloverfield branding is just an anthology. This movie has no relation to the other which is fine by me.
I enjoyed it more than I thought I would.
I thought I’d be pissed that there’s no monster. But it held up really well on its own.
Tight, suspenseful and full of surprises. A good one. And an actual one I wouldn’t take my 11-year-old to see and I took her to Deadpool twice.
I wouldn’t say that. (BTW, is this an open spoilers thread? Because I’d like to discuss it further, but find spoiler boxes annoying.)
I didn’t like the original Cloverfield. Too much camera shaking, a monster that is invincible to missiles? lol, that was so stupid, those shots would have spewed chunks of flesh all over the place.
One thing that I will say is the acting performances by all three characters was fantastic, especially John Goodman’s. I sincerely think he at the very least deserves Oscar consideration.
I also love how the movie doesn’t really give us much information about the three beyond what we initially find out and let’s the audience draw its own conclusions rather than answering certain questions.