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Cloverfield [BLU-RAY] (Paramount Home Entertainment, 6.3.2008) Disguised under deliberately goofy, yet deliciously edible-sounding, aliases such as Cheese and Slusho, Matt Reeves' Cloverfield was produced and rushed into theaters under an equally appetizing shroud of secrecy. From last year's incredibly elusive Super Bowl ad to the film's viral marketing campaign, Cloverfield had everybody scratching their heads and drooling in anticipation. Aside from the as-yet untitled title and the Blair Witch-ian visual style, the film's biggest appeal was the enigmatic creature who was last (un)seen hurling the decapitated head of the Statue of Liberty onto the crowded streets of New York City. All we knew about the mysterious beast was that it was big and angry. Now that the highy-anticipated project has come and gone, one question has fortunately been answered: Cloverfield was a major success. (continued)

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"I realize this will sound geeky, but for me a good character match for Hillary Clinton is the old Star Trek character of Dr. Janice Lester, played in the original late '60s series by Sandra Smith. All it takes is her breakdown scene at the finale when she sobs, 'I'll never be the Captain!' If you haven't seen it or don't recall, I'm sure plot capsules abound on the net." -- HE reader ChuckW, writing this morning.

A reliable-seeming online synopsis of episode #79 (original airdate: 6.3.69) states that Dr. Lester, "once involved with Captain Kirk, harbors a deep hatred of the captain, because she, herself, has never been able to captain a starship."

The best Hillary/Obama analogy so far has come from HE reader Nate West, to wit: "Hillary is Orson Welles' Hank Quinlan character in Touch of Evil. Obama is [Charlton Heston's] Vargas."

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on March 29, 2008 at 12:50 PM

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Wrecktum says ...

Turnabout Intruder is a terrible episode, saved only by Shatner's vampy performace. It's the final epidode of Star Trek ever filmed or aired, and the "who gives a shit" attitude is abundantly apparent.

I loved the Johnny Guitar Mercedes McCambridge/Hillary comparison myself. I don't know who'd be Joan Crawford or Sterling Hayden in that fantasy, though.

Posted by Wrecktum at March 29, 2008 1:34 PM

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Mgmax says ...

Well, at least you didn't compare her to the woman coming out of the bathtub in The Shining.

Posted by Mgmax at March 29, 2008 1:34 PM

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The Hoyk says ...

"Turnabout Intruder" is no worse an episode than, say, "Spock's Brain;" I always thought that was the show's nadir.

Personally, Hillary's behavior smacks more of the malevolent entity Redjac in "Wolf in the Fold;" when her advisors finally tell her she can't win, I could easily see Hillary breaking down like little John Fiedler yelling, "Die, die, everybody die..."

Posted by The Hoyk at March 29, 2008 2:59 PM

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