Okay, so I'm a total dweeb, but I'm caught-up in all the hype in the run-up to the release of Cloverfield, a new big-action monster movie that opens on January 18. The movie has been benefiting from a lot of internet viral marketing and much of the buzz has been surrounding speculation on what exactly is trashing the Big Apple in the movie. If you believe the rumor-mill, the movie is allegedly pitching an environmental cautionary tale that involves some sort of evil and arrogant deep sea mining corporation that awakens a marine monstrosity. Hey, prick up your ears Nautilus Minerals!For the first time, a few drawings have appeared that allegedly depict the monster. By the look of things, we have ourselves some sort of arthropod crossed with a baleen whale (yeah, that makes evolutionary sense). Interestingly, the sketch indicates that the beast is riddled with arthropod-ish ectoparasites that may also play minor monster roles in the flick. Is it just me or do the parasites look a lot like giant ocean isopods (Bathynomus giganteus)? Oh man, will this make some people happy.
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*drools*
Looks fun, I'll have to catch it when it comes out on video. I think I will start an organization for promotion of marine invertebrates in film.
of course the monster has deep sea origin. you can see a trail in the water in the cloverfield poster.
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