Oh JJ Abrams’s you love to keep us
guessing
well we purposely you know didn’t call
this movie Cloverfield – because it’s
not a direct sequel at all welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 mysterious
facts about the Cloverfield movies
before we begin we publish new videos
every day
so be sure to subscribe for more great
content for this list we’ll be looking
at certain facts that many people may
not know surrounding the movies as well
as cryptic Easter eggs that add to the
general mysterious aura around the
franchise we will be touching on the
stories of these films so if you haven’t
seen them yet
just be warned there will be spoilers to
them they weren’t as lucky as you do
number 10 the connection between the
films at first glance one would think
the only similarities between
Cloverfield and 10 Cloverfield Lane are
that they both have the word Cloverfield
in the title they feature different
filming styles actors and even belong to
different genres what you might not know
however is that there are a few subtle
hints and connections found in 10
Cloverfield Lane that link it back to
the first movie but there are still a
lot of questions that need answering and
there’s no doubt that with future
releases the mystery will eventually be
solved and the puzzle pieces will fall
into place
I find myself drawn to infinite
possibility in that sense of potential I
realized that mystery is the catalyst
for imagination number 9 the creation of
a new monster icon
the words giant monster attacking a city
ur heard most people think of Godzilla
Godzilla has cemented its place in
history as a monster icon as has King
Kong and many others according to
Cloverfield director Matt Reeves in the
first movies commentary JJ Abrams was
inspired to produce the film based on
his experience promoting Mission
Impossible 3 in Japan and seeing a
Godzilla toy Cloverfield was his attempt
to create an american monster icon that
would rival godzilla in size and
destruction and with the cult success of
the original film there’s no doubt he’s
done it number 8 hidden frames of famous
monsters the regular viewer probably
wouldn’t have noticed this on the first
couple of watches of the first
Cloverfield even if they did they
probably wrote it off as a glitch in the
viewing but if you look carefully and by
look carefully we mean pause the film at
just the right frame you’ll see famous
monsters from the past hidden in the
film are a giant ant from the movie them
the beast from 20,000 fathoms and King
Kong the reason for their inclusion
could be a tribute by director Matt
Reeves to his sources of inspiration
it’s also likely an easter egg employed
by Abrams as he’s prone to do that in
many of his productions
[Music]
number seven movie within a movie
[Music]
although handheld found footage style
filming isn’t everyone’s cup of tea
there is no doubt it adds to the
immersion of the movie viewing
experience especially in movies like
Cloverfield one of the benefits of
having a character film the movie is
that any other person in the movie could
be doing the same an idea director Matt
Reeves toyed with we’re in a time when
people document these things that they
go through and document their lives in
this way Reeves has stated that a
potential sequel to the first film could
come from a similar bystander filming
their own account of the events the film
actually cleverly hides a potential
character within the bridg scene with 10
Cloverfield Lane taking the franchise in
an anthology direction however this
potential sequel concept seems dead in
the water come on
number 6 it’s still alive with the
general mystery surrounding the release
of the Cloverfield films fans were eager
to get to the bottom of things even the
credits through one last surprise at
viewers in the first film at the end a
distorted voice that appears to say help
us finishes the credits which is when
someone decided it would be a good idea
to reverse it and the result is a clear
it’s still alive this got people excited
for a sequel featuring the return of the
monster until Abrams himself confirmed
that the monster was dead sorry guys
number five actors didn’t know what they
were auditioning for Rob Bobby wants to
say bro
best of luck in Japan I love you so much
and I’m proud of you
we’re sure that in any other case if an
actor or actress was asked to audition
for a film with no script and no story
synopsis they’d be slightly suspicious
to say the least the fact that the 2008
film was a JJ Abrams production yet
featured young relatively unknown actors
led to even more mystery during the
casting process the script for the movie
hadn’t been finished yet and no audition
material was provided so actors instead
had to improvise re-enacting scenes from
previous Abrams productions like alias
things were the other way around
seriously number four no aliens in the
original script it’s on the way home
from work and it looked like a flash
bright red 10 Cloverfield Lane has
extremely subtle connections to the
first film but can you imagine if it
didn’t have aliens in it well believe it
or not when the original script was
brought in in 2012 there was no mention
of a supernatural or extraterrestrial
element what was the same as the final
film however was the simple premise of
someone locking someone else in claiming
to save them the mess is all taken care
of so just hang loose I’ll go get Dinner
started it started off as a speculative
screenplay titled the cellar
and when it was bought it received the
codename Valencia to keep certain
production details a secret it finally
received the title 10 Cloverfield Lane
with the debut of the trailer number 3
Arg tie-ins we touched on this earlier
but the 2 Cloverfield movies are
connected albeit subtly in a few
yes he did some stuff with satellites
what kind of stuff
satellite stuff one significant part of
the Cloverfield franchise is the
addition of online alternate reality
games or Arg s which give backstory to
the mysterious events of the films
clover fields game led players to
fictional company tag Watteau which
appears in the movie as the reason for
Rob’s departure to Japan when 10
Cloverfield Lane was announced fans
scoured the internet to find that Howard
played by John Goodman in the film
worked on satellites for bold Futura
which was a subsidiary of Taku auto of
course this is just the tip of the
iceberg for online clues hidden in the
films but we’ll let you figure out the
rest for yourselves
number two mysterious trailer releases
[Applause]
audiences worldwide got the first
glimpse of Cloverfield during early
screenings of the first Transformers
before the movie a teaser of a city
under attack by an unknown force was
shown along with a date and nothing else
not even a title this had people
intrigued and curious and generated a
lot of hype a second teaser was released
alongside a showing of Beowulf we had
extra footage the date and this time the
title Cloverfield the fact that the
movie was kept secret from people until
the teaser was released only added to
the allure number one viral marketing
like The Blair Witch Project Cloverfield
and 10 Cloverfield Lane had some
intricate viral marketing campaigns
websites were created entire backstories
connected to one tiny thing in the movie
were manifested brands were built and
there were even fake news reports in
several different languages talk about
effort well it definitely paid off some
of the videos featured background
characters sending videos to their loved
ones while others featured fake news
features of otaku Auto mining facility
accident in the ocean and let’s not
forget about the Japanese slush beverage
known as slush oh that looked real and
delicious do you agree with our picks
check out these other great clips from
WatchMojo and subscribe for new videos
every day
guessing
well we purposely you know didn’t call
this movie Cloverfield – because it’s
not a direct sequel at all welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 mysterious
facts about the Cloverfield movies
before we begin we publish new videos
every day
so be sure to subscribe for more great
content for this list we’ll be looking
at certain facts that many people may
not know surrounding the movies as well
as cryptic Easter eggs that add to the
general mysterious aura around the
franchise we will be touching on the
stories of these films so if you haven’t
seen them yet
just be warned there will be spoilers to
them they weren’t as lucky as you do
number 10 the connection between the
films at first glance one would think
the only similarities between
Cloverfield and 10 Cloverfield Lane are
that they both have the word Cloverfield
in the title they feature different
filming styles actors and even belong to
different genres what you might not know
however is that there are a few subtle
hints and connections found in 10
Cloverfield Lane that link it back to
the first movie but there are still a
lot of questions that need answering and
there’s no doubt that with future
releases the mystery will eventually be
solved and the puzzle pieces will fall
into place
I find myself drawn to infinite
possibility in that sense of potential I
realized that mystery is the catalyst
for imagination number 9 the creation of
a new monster icon
the words giant monster attacking a city
ur heard most people think of Godzilla
Godzilla has cemented its place in
history as a monster icon as has King
Kong and many others according to
Cloverfield director Matt Reeves in the
first movies commentary JJ Abrams was
inspired to produce the film based on
his experience promoting Mission
Impossible 3 in Japan and seeing a
Godzilla toy Cloverfield was his attempt
to create an american monster icon that
would rival godzilla in size and
destruction and with the cult success of
the original film there’s no doubt he’s
done it number 8 hidden frames of famous
monsters the regular viewer probably
wouldn’t have noticed this on the first
couple of watches of the first
Cloverfield even if they did they
probably wrote it off as a glitch in the
viewing but if you look carefully and by
look carefully we mean pause the film at
just the right frame you’ll see famous
monsters from the past hidden in the
film are a giant ant from the movie them
the beast from 20,000 fathoms and King
Kong the reason for their inclusion
could be a tribute by director Matt
Reeves to his sources of inspiration
it’s also likely an easter egg employed
by Abrams as he’s prone to do that in
many of his productions
[Music]
number seven movie within a movie
[Music]
although handheld found footage style
filming isn’t everyone’s cup of tea
there is no doubt it adds to the
immersion of the movie viewing
experience especially in movies like
Cloverfield one of the benefits of
having a character film the movie is
that any other person in the movie could
be doing the same an idea director Matt
Reeves toyed with we’re in a time when
people document these things that they
go through and document their lives in
this way Reeves has stated that a
potential sequel to the first film could
come from a similar bystander filming
their own account of the events the film
actually cleverly hides a potential
character within the bridg scene with 10
Cloverfield Lane taking the franchise in
an anthology direction however this
potential sequel concept seems dead in
the water come on
number 6 it’s still alive with the
general mystery surrounding the release
of the Cloverfield films fans were eager
to get to the bottom of things even the
credits through one last surprise at
viewers in the first film at the end a
distorted voice that appears to say help
us finishes the credits which is when
someone decided it would be a good idea
to reverse it and the result is a clear
it’s still alive this got people excited
for a sequel featuring the return of the
monster until Abrams himself confirmed
that the monster was dead sorry guys
number five actors didn’t know what they
were auditioning for Rob Bobby wants to
say bro
best of luck in Japan I love you so much
and I’m proud of you
we’re sure that in any other case if an
actor or actress was asked to audition
for a film with no script and no story
synopsis they’d be slightly suspicious
to say the least the fact that the 2008
film was a JJ Abrams production yet
featured young relatively unknown actors
led to even more mystery during the
casting process the script for the movie
hadn’t been finished yet and no audition
material was provided so actors instead
had to improvise re-enacting scenes from
previous Abrams productions like alias
things were the other way around
seriously number four no aliens in the
original script it’s on the way home
from work and it looked like a flash
bright red 10 Cloverfield Lane has
extremely subtle connections to the
first film but can you imagine if it
didn’t have aliens in it well believe it
or not when the original script was
brought in in 2012 there was no mention
of a supernatural or extraterrestrial
element what was the same as the final
film however was the simple premise of
someone locking someone else in claiming
to save them the mess is all taken care
of so just hang loose I’ll go get Dinner
started it started off as a speculative
screenplay titled the cellar
and when it was bought it received the
codename Valencia to keep certain
production details a secret it finally
received the title 10 Cloverfield Lane
with the debut of the trailer number 3
Arg tie-ins we touched on this earlier
but the 2 Cloverfield movies are
connected albeit subtly in a few
yes he did some stuff with satellites
what kind of stuff
satellite stuff one significant part of
the Cloverfield franchise is the
addition of online alternate reality
games or Arg s which give backstory to
the mysterious events of the films
clover fields game led players to
fictional company tag Watteau which
appears in the movie as the reason for
Rob’s departure to Japan when 10
Cloverfield Lane was announced fans
scoured the internet to find that Howard
played by John Goodman in the film
worked on satellites for bold Futura
which was a subsidiary of Taku auto of
course this is just the tip of the
iceberg for online clues hidden in the
films but we’ll let you figure out the
rest for yourselves
number two mysterious trailer releases
[Applause]
audiences worldwide got the first
glimpse of Cloverfield during early
screenings of the first Transformers
before the movie a teaser of a city
under attack by an unknown force was
shown along with a date and nothing else
not even a title this had people
intrigued and curious and generated a
lot of hype a second teaser was released
alongside a showing of Beowulf we had
extra footage the date and this time the
title Cloverfield the fact that the
movie was kept secret from people until
the teaser was released only added to
the allure number one viral marketing
like The Blair Witch Project Cloverfield
and 10 Cloverfield Lane had some
intricate viral marketing campaigns
websites were created entire backstories
connected to one tiny thing in the movie
were manifested brands were built and
there were even fake news reports in
several different languages talk about
effort well it definitely paid off some
of the videos featured background
characters sending videos to their loved
ones while others featured fake news
features of otaku Auto mining facility
accident in the ocean and let’s not
forget about the Japanese slush beverage
known as slush oh that looked real and
delicious do you agree with our picks
check out these other great clips from
WatchMojo and subscribe for new videos
every day
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