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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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Threat

Defamer reported some kind of Century City bomb threat a little while ago. Evacuations of the MGM tower commenced about a half-hour ago, the report says. The only responsible thing is to evacuate, obviously, despite the usual suspicions that bomb threats are usually bogus. Only losers with small appendages announce an intention to cause harm. Truly malevolent people don't warn. Serious evil either happens or it doesn't.

Posted by Jeffrey Wells on August 5, 2008 at 11:28 AM

comment #1

scooterzz says ...

and why, in a city where every single local news station carried eight hours of coverage of an earthquake where nothing happened and will break into programming for a slow speed car chase, is not one local station covering this?
jus' wondering.....

Posted by scooterzz at August 5, 2008 11:59 AM

comment #2

C-PhreekII says ...

Too busy with the plane over at LAX.

Posted by C-PhreekII at August 5, 2008 12:14 PM

comment #3

p.Vice says ...

Damn right Jeff! There's nothing worse than a villain who talks too much.

Such as in The Dark Knight... if the Joker was worth a flying fuck, he would have made sure he wouldn't have to manually blow those barges at the end. Shit or get off the pot, asshole!

Posted by p.Vice at August 5, 2008 12:15 PM

comment #4

Alex Keen says ...

And now you just spoiled Watchmen.

Posted by Alex Keen at August 5, 2008 12:21 PM

comment #5

kinks541 says ...

Bomb threat?

They decided to release "Valkyrie" early?

Posted by kinks541 at August 5, 2008 12:40 PM

comment #6

Joe Leydon says ...

"Truly malevolent people don't warn."

I don't know if I'd agree with that 100 percent. Ever read Mein Kamf?

Posted by Joe Leydon at August 5, 2008 1:25 PM

comment #7

quitstaringatme says ...

I can't wait until Obama is president and we don't have to worry about bomb threats anymore.

Posted by quitstaringatme at August 5, 2008 1:40 PM

comment #8

D.Z. says ...

Speaking of bogus threats, looks like Bush made up that connection between Al Qaeda and Saddam with a forged letter. But I guess Mgmax will keep claiming that they're related somehow.

Posted by D.Z. at August 5, 2008 1:57 PM

comment #9

BurmaShave says ...

No fucking shit, lady. Do I sound like I'm ordering a pizza?

Posted by BurmaShave at August 5, 2008 4:23 PM

comment #10

High Chaparral says ...

Perfect, Burmashave!

Posted by High Chaparral at August 5, 2008 4:47 PM

comment #11

NC Gary says ...

Bomb threat?

Is Meet Dave still playing?

Posted by NC Gary at August 5, 2008 4:48 PM

comment #12

lipranzer says ...

I remember when our school was evacuated and shut down for the day because of a bomb threat. This was before the age of school shootings, so no one seemed too concerned about it. Course, when we found out the person making the threat was the editor of the school paper, and someone I didn't know well but was on friendly terms with, that gave me pause.

Posted by lipranzer at August 5, 2008 6:31 PM

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