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My question is…if this thing was alive why didn’t things like missiles and tank fire hurt it?
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Same reason 88 miles an hour is the sweet spot for time travel.
[QUOTE=xtisme]
My question is…if this thing was alive why didn’t things like missiles and tank fire hurt it? I mean, really…no matter HOW big it was, if it could actually move in earth gravity it couldn’t shrug off a couple of silver bullets or a maverick…let alone the big stuff (1000+ lb laser guided bombs and the like…let alone the FAE bomb I assume they dropped at the end there).
-XT
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It’s giant monster physics. Giant monsters deform the universe around them allowing them to deny the square-cube law, do massive damage to some structures while avoiding causing it for others, damage national monuments in such a way that it looks really cool, and ignore the puny humans feeble attempts to stop them. It’s part of the “rules” of being a giant monster.
I’ll definitely echo that I hate the movie cliche of characters in a dangerous situation picking up a useful tool or weapon, using it once, and then apparently just tossing it. A full-size prybar is darn useful, both as a tool and a weapon. I keep one in my truck ICOZ*.
*In Case Of Zombies. You never know.
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Speaking of the “mall,” I’m assuming that that was supposed to be Bloomingdale’s since there’s nothing else similar in that area. It’s close to the six train (and they were at 59th). Except there’s no way that I’m aware of, of entering Bloomie’s through the subway and I’m really familiar with that subway…do I need to go back and take a closer look?
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Yes, there is an entrance to Bloomingdales directly from the 59th and Lex station. I was glad they got that right after their “Spring Street” 6 station looks nothing like a NYC subway station (at least as far as I remember - I might eat my words yet).
Anyway, I think women’s shoes are on a different level, and they didn’t have time to go shopping. 
[QUOTE=BMax]
The monster looked like different every time they showed it. When it wrecked the bridge it used tentacles.
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Can’t speak to the rest, but I had the impression that the monster used it’s tail to destroy the bridge. Later on it used it’s tail again to destroy a building. I may be wrong though.
When the preview for Jumper started that somebody made a movie version of the Tomorrow People? 
I do know that had a 12 year-old JohnT seen this movie, I would be spending the next 6 months obsessing over it. 
I do think it was the best monster movie I’ve seen in a while… possibly the best I’ve ever seen. You would think that with the FX revolution of the past 20-odd years we would have seen better than Godzilla by now.
Great answer, Troy.
[QUOTE=Just Some Guy]
It’s giant monster physics. Giant monsters deform the universe around them allowing them to deny the square-cube law, do massive damage to some structures while avoiding causing it for others, damage national monuments in such a way that it looks really cool, and ignore the puny humans feeble attempts to stop them. It’s part of the “rules” of being a giant monster.
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I did not know that! Do you have the equations that govern that physics so I can look them over?
-XT
Was there a reason offered for why the film is called “Cloverfield”?
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Was there a reason offered for why the film is called “Cloverfield”?
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I was wondering that as well. I think that in the beginning, there’s a code word, “Cloverfield,” for the place that the tape was found. I guess they’re calling the area formerly known as Central Park as Cloverfield?
IIRC it was the government operational term for the event or whatever. It’s like right at the beginning of the movie in the government report section. At least I thought I saw something about Cloverfield…and it does seem plausible it was a government name.
Anyone heard the internet rumor that this all ties into Lost somehow?
-XT
Did you see the “No National Monuments Were Harmed®” disclaimer at the end of the credits?
I missed the first minute or three.
I did hear that there’s a Dharma logo somewhere in the film, xtisme.
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Cloverfield is the name of an exit near Abram’s office - he needed a non-informative codeword. Thats how they pick codewords for those government things.
As for the alleged connections to Lost, Abrams and friends used pieces of other shows, like Lost or Alias to do auditions/castings - that way, the real script couldn’t be leaked as easily. They also had supplemental scenes used for this purpose, where said scenes fit into the plot, but were not going to be used - I suppose they’ll be on the DVD.
It was a good movie - Godzilla meets Blair Witch Project.
One can only imagine what the national memorial for that incident looks like.
[QUOTE=alphaboi867]
When the preview for Jumper started that somebody made a movie version of the Tomorrow People?
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I’m familiar with the novel Jumper, and I saw a trailer for the movie that’s been made of it (which seems to have changed the story greatly, and unnecessarily); but I’ve given up trying to parse your sentence. What are you trying to say?
[QUOTE=xtisme]
My question is…if this thing was alive why didn’t things like missiles and tank fire hurt it? I mean, really…no matter HOW big it was, if it could actually move in earth gravity it couldn’t shrug off a couple of silver bullets or a maverick…let alone the big stuff (1000+ lb laser guided bombs and the like…let alone the FAE bomb I assume they dropped at the end there).
-XT
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'Might be the same reasoning* behind Godzilla’s biology—the G-man isn’t technically invincible/invulnerable (although he’s probably very tough), but his cells regenerate incredibly fast, like Wolverine. So he’s actually healing faster than the weapons can keep him injured.
Or he had an AT-field.
Personally, though, the only thing that disappointed me was the lack of an obvious flash/heatwave sizzle in the final scene. I want The Bomb, damnit!
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I’ve met people who honestly don’t understand this. They’ve somehow grown to adulthood without understanding that sound travels way slower than light, so that you’ll see a distance event well before you hear it. Maybe they’ve never seen a thunderstorm, or maybe there’s something missing in their brain.
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Heh. You know one movie that got this right, in one scene? Red Dawn. Right at the beggining.
*Such as it is.
I’m not prone to motion sickness, and maybe it was a mixture of hunger and my second week of antibiotics, but I had to stare at the ceiling after fifteen minutes into the movie.
Still enjoyed it, though!
I assumed that the end was indicating Manhattan had been nuked. You’re right, though, I didn’t see the telltale Big White Flash. And it’s not like the camera was just pointed wrong…
I guess I’ll just have to go back. With some ginger and Dramamine.
[QUOTE=JohnT]
Great answer, Troy.
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Credit to my roommate. Whenever anything nitpicks a movie, his response: “88 miles an hour, dude.”
My only and i mean only nit pick about this movie is how fast the military responded. There is NO WAY there could be any Army or even National Gurad on scene that fast.