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.
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comment #1
quitstaringatme says ...
He sure comes off snarky here.
Posted by quitstaringatme at August 5, 2008 6:03 PM
comment #2
TheJeff says ...
He sure comes off snarky here.
Snark is the response to heckling. Even from presidential candidates.
Posted by TheJeff at August 5, 2008 6:16 PM
comment #3
quitstaringatme says ...
"Snark is the response to heckling. Even from presidential candidates."
Can't say I disagree with this, but having a decidedly sarcastic attitude about saying the pledge of allegiance might not help his image.
Posted by quitstaringatme at August 5, 2008 6:20 PM
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R. Hunt says ...
I don't think Obama comes off as snarky here (though I hate that term, which is usually used by people who couldn't tell a snark from a boojum at 20 paces...). Unfortunately, a certain portion of the I-don't-like-Obama-but-I'm-not-sure-why crowd can be counted on to save the Pledge of Allegiance and flag pin issues as a lost resort when every other argument fails...
Posted by R. Hunt at August 5, 2008 6:56 PM
comment #5
twilightgal says ...
I am getting real tired of all the "I don't like Obama because he is . . . popular; shows leadership ability; is intelligent; answers hecklers who wouldn't be allowed within a five mile perimeter of John McCain; gets along with Europeans; appeals to the "educated elite"; had a stepfather who was a Muslim and has set foot inside a Mosque; had a radical preacher; distanced himself from his radical preacher; married a scrappy black woman who was personally hurt by racism as a youngster and sometimes shows it. What else? Oh yeah . . . references the fact that some people might be scared away from him because the opposing side is portraying him as someone who doesn't look like all those other presidents (and they would never do that would they?); wore a lapel pin; didn't ear a lapel pin; suggested that energy could be conserved by properly inflating auto tires. As if that were his entire energy plan. I am just getting sick of it.
Posted by twilightgal at August 5, 2008 7:15 PM
comment #6
Edward says ...
Well said twilightgal. I'd love to see how McCain would handle a heckler. Would said heckler even be allowed to heckle before security got to them?
Posted by Edward at August 5, 2008 7:33 PM
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Mgmax says ...
Many presidential candidates have shown a droll wit on the stump. When a guy yelled "Tell 'em what you know, Al, it won't take long" to Al Smith, Smith shot back, "I'll tell 'em what we both know, it won't take any longer." When someone said to Adlai Stevenson that he had the support of all the intelligent in the country, Stevenson quipped, "That's not enough, I need a majority."
Of course, there's something both of these wits have in common-- they lost.
(Actually, in modern politics it's tough to beat the smackdown McCain delivered in his first race in Arizona. He was accused by a voter of being a carpetbagger who had no roots in the state. He replied, "Listen, pal. I spent 22 years in the Navy. My father was in the Navy. My grandfather was in the Navy. We in the military service tend to move a lot. We have to live in all parts of the country, all parts of the world. I wish I could have had the luxury, like you, of growing up and living and spending my entire life in a nice place like the First District of Arizona, but I was doing other things. As a matter of fact, when I think about it now, the place I lived longest in my life was Hanoi.")
Posted by Mgmax at August 5, 2008 7:39 PM
comment #8
Edward says ...
That McCain was a real card back in the 19th Century.
Posted by Edward at August 5, 2008 9:56 PM
comment #9
D.Z. says ...
http://cagle.com/working/080801/greenberg21.jpg
Posted by D.Z. at August 5, 2008 10:13 PM
comment #10
D.Z. says ...
BTW, found that link off a crooksandliars.com thread.
Posted by D.Z. at August 5, 2008 10:29 PM
comment #11
frankbooth says ...
McCain would simply shuffle over and dispatch the heckler with a karate chop.
Fuck off and get gangrene, D.Z.
Posted by frankbooth at August 5, 2008 11:41 PM
comment #12
Yves says ...
"That McCain was a real card back in the 19th Century."
Don't you mean the 20th?
Posted by Yves at August 6, 2008 9:10 AM
comment #13
George Prager says ...
The heckler heckling. Looks like a sad and lonely man. Probably late with his child support payments.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=031VHnUD0aw
Posted by George Prager at August 6, 2008 10:14 AM
comment #14
Edward says ...
Yves, is it less funny if I say 19th Century?
Posted by Edward at August 6, 2008 6:39 PM
comment #15
Gaydos says ...
Just a side show.
The main attraction?
The Obama VP announcement.
It's got to make headlines.
And here's the challenge:
He needs a person who is ready on day one to be president, someone with impeccable foreign policy experience, someone in synch with his views, but also someone who can command respect without overpowering Obama.
Someone ethical, perhaps even seen as patriotic for serving as essentially a positive "safe pair of hands" to guide Obama's great energy and ideas through the straits of crises both domestic and foreign.
Oh, yeah, for electoral college reasons, an older Southern male would really cinch it.
But someone whose choice would be by its surprise and historical precedent, spectacular front page news.
What if the person had all those qualities AND had already won the popular vote for president once himself?
And the Nobel prize?
Impossible? Or indisputably logical and ultimately triumphant?
OBAMA'S NOTE TO SELF: First thing to do, get elected.
Posted by Gaydos at August 6, 2008 9:58 PM
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