While it doesn't officially count as Lost-related, I would be remiss to ignore the unleashing of the official trailer for the J.J. Abrams-produced movie Cloverfield. In fact, there's more than a good chance that Cloverfield has next to nothing to do with Lost, but I happen to believe that a world in which Cloverfield is a Lost movie is the type of world I would like to live in. (For background on my assertion that this movie serves as a segue into Season 4 of Lost, go here.)

Before getting into the specifics of the trailer, I want to give a shout-out to Zap2It god Andrew Grieser, with whom I've engaged in a nearly week-long series of emails that occasionally bear little more content than, "Oh man!" and "I know, totally!" and "I miss my Rainbow Brite dolls!" (The latter's all me, by the way, not Andrew. Just wanted to clear that up.) Mr. Grieser's been absorbing all the net has to offer about Cloverfield, whereas I've largely buried by head in the sand. I've done this for two reasons: 1) I'm averse to spoilers as a general rule, and 2) the longer I hold onto my Cloverfield-as-Lost-movie theory, the happier my life is.

So, keep in mind that if anything below rings false...well, it's all Andrew's fault. That's all I'm saying.

OK, on with the trailer. Times at which the events described occur will be listed in parentheses.

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(0:07) Aaaah, hey you, "Bad Robot" logo. I've missed you. You make the imminent robot takeover of humanity a little easier to digest.

(0:08) Read that title card carefully. As Andrew pointed out to me, not only do they have numerical designations for sites of "sightings," but they have country assignments as well. But I didn't notice that because I was too focused on the number of this particular incident site: 447. Think back to "The Numbers" in Lost. Well, 4 is one of them, the first one in fact. Add that to the second 4 and you get 8 which is, you guessed it, the second of The Numbers. But don't stop there. Go ahead, add that 8 to the next number, 7, and you get 15, which is the third Number. And if you want the fourth Number, go ahead, multiple the first two 4s together. I'll be here when you're done. Too bad this isn't a Lost movie, eh?

(0:22) Aaaaand boom goes the dynamite. When seeing the teaser trailer, I though this explosion might be due to notSmokey, but given the shots of fighter planes 25 seconds later, methinks this was a military strike. So, essentially, the government ordered the napalming of New York City. Damn.

(0:36) Robert Hawkins, seven hours removed from his surprise party, talks to the camera. He looks like he's been running ever since. He insists on ignorance surrounding what's happening, but can we be sure? Then again, I can find no instance of a philosopher named "Robert Hawkins." Maybe this isn't a Lost movie after all.

(0:55) Robert's on the phone, looking for someone named "Beth." I hope she's OK.

(1:00) Hmm, looks like we found Beth: facing a wall, hands over her head, in what looks like a makeshift quarantine zone, with an Army official barking, "There's nothing you can do for her now." Guess she's not OK then.

(1:11-1:12) Andrew emailed me with this hint: "Watch this frame by frame. Trust me." And since I do, I did. And it took me a few tries to see it, but yea, watch what happens behind the makeshift wall. Pay attention to the woman behind the curtain. In particular, watch her body. Good. Gravy. Dude, you have some Beth on you.

At this point we stop the in-depth analysis and take a step back here. What on EARTH is going on? What's attacking NYC? Why the quarantine? Why the exploding Beths?

Remember that the poster strongly hints that whatever is wreaking havoc in NYC came from the Atlantic Ocean (as evidenced by the path in the water). So, something aquatically-based more than likely is the "monster." And thanks to Andrew, I have an idea why it was aquatically-based.

That answer comes next time! But the answer ties into The Hanso Foundation, The Numbers, the Valenzetti Equation, and Jack Shepard's sadsack beard.  I want to do it justice, and so it gets a separate entry.

And in the meantime, enjoy some Slusho!, won't you? You can't drink just six!

Ryan also posts every 108 minutes over at Boob Tube Dude.

Comments

I am obsessed -- I've been poring over this trailer frame by frame. In the scene with the monster, the words "The Text" are awkwardly seen on the side of a building. Too much so to be coincidental. And there's something spray-painted on the back of a street sign when the Statue of Liberty's head comes to a rest.

Andy | Nov 20, 2007 7:33:13 PM | #

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Good call on the spray-painting. First word looks like "Dead"....can't make out the second word.

Ryan | Nov 20, 2007 8:04:32 PM | #

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Something you haven't mentioned that lends credence to your theory that this is a Lost movie intended to lead us into season 4:

It's being released in January, which is usually a "dump month", not a time when such a potentially big movie would be released--unless there's another reason for the timing...

Jason | Nov 21, 2007 3:02:26 PM | #

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I'm not so sure about the Lost connection, unless Hanso is connected to the Tagruato company. Tagruato's deep sea drilling station disturbed the giant monster off of the east coast. Slusho makes people expand. There's a crazy article about how the lovely ladies of Slusho did a taste test with stray animals and the worker class.
We've been following it here:
http://www.booyor.inlawfilms.com/bloggh/tag/cloverfield/

Booyor | Jan 2, 2008 8:12:49 AM | #

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