Re: Cloverfield: Why The Monster? (possible SPOILERS)

"Steven L." <sdlitvin@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
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> Regarding "Cloverfield":
> 
> Are there any popular fan theories about just what this monster
> is, what species it is, why it appeared for the first time in
> 2008, etc.? 
> 
> It does not look like a dinosaur or a lizard to me.  It looks
> more like some kind of giant walrus or sea lion:
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/328hfo
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/ynsjjh
> 
> 
> BTW:  I still remember when I was a kid and saw the classic
> sci-fi movie "Them!" in which the scientist identified the giant
> mutants as being of the species "Camponotus vicinus."  That
> Latin name sounded really scary. I never found out what
> "Camponotus vicinus" meant until I went to college.  If the
> scientist had just called them "Carpenter ants," nobody in the
> audience would have been very impressed.  :-) 
> 
http://www.themovieblog.com/2007/11/cloverfield-monster-revealed

has an unreleased trailer that shows it pretty clearly.

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