http://www.metafilter.com/tags/1-18-08 Posts tagged with '1-18-08' at MetaFilter. Wed, 11 Jul 2007 12:36:29 -0800 Wed, 11 Jul 2007 12:36:29 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/62840/Also%2Dit%2Dis%2Dmost%2Dcertainly%2Dtwo%2Ddifferent%2Dgirls It's just a <a href="http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/11808/" title="Quicktime Preview.">teaser trailer</a> for a <a href="http://www.1-18-08.com/" title="Ambiguous movie website.">monster movie</a>, but people (geeks) are going <a href="http://www.aintitcool.com/talkback_display/33261#comment_1612999" title="Geeks stay up all night trying to find the hidden meaning in a sci-fi movie. News at 11.">crazy</a> trying to figure out what it's about. It may or <a href="http://www.ethanhaaswasright.com/" title="(Site makes noise) Viral marketing site that turned out to be for something else altogether. Maybe.">may</a> <a href="http://www.aintitcool.com/?q=node/33261" title="J.J. Abrams debunks the Ethan Haas link.">not</a> have some ambiguous <a href="http://www.slusho.jp/" title="(Site makes noise) The corporate site for fictional company Slusho- a character in the trailer can be seen wearing a "Slusho" t-shirt.">viral</a> <a href="http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/07/09/confirmed-slushojp-is-a-cloverfield-viral-website" title="An explanation of the aforementioned Slusho link">marketing</a> associated with it (<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/62586/Ethan-Hass-Was-Right#1753965">previously</a>). Some think it's Cthulhu come to destroy New York, some think it's Voltron. Other less sensible people think it's a <a href="http://imdb.com/title/tt1060277/board/thread/79400287" title="A character in the movie shouts, "It&#0180;s alive! he most definitely does not shout, it&#0180;s a lion!>lion</a>. It is definitely not a <a href="http://aycu03.webshots.com/image/21842/2000986238724940380_rs.jpg" title="A still shot from the movie photoshopped and compared to a stock photo of a lion.">lion</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.62840 Wed, 11 Jul 2007 12:36:29 -0800 1-18-08 abrams cloverfield cthulhu lions marketing movies slusho viral voltron jiiota