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2008-01-25 Home Front: Culture Wars

The cultural significance of Cloverfield

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Posted by Mike 2008-01-25 08:14|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 Another interesting thing about Godzilla was that as Japan turned to nuclear power Godzilla became more and more of a good guy. Possibly a coincidence because they were dumbing them down for kids by then but fascinating none-the-less.

Posted by rjschwarz 2008-01-25 10:52|| 2008-01-25 10:52|| Front Page Top

#2 Very interesting analogy.

Posted by anonymous5089 2008-01-25 11:54|| 2008-01-25 11:54|| Front Page Top

#3 Great, Jonah. Now tell us the meaning of Gamera, Prince of Space, and Invasion of the Neptune Men. Oh, and what's the deal with Mothra? C'mon, really: a giant moth?

The handheld-camera gimmick allows for a before-and-after effect in that the horror is being recorded over an old tape of the protagonist and his girlfriend on a carefree day capped by a trip to Coney Island.

Tape? How quaint.

Posted by Angie Schultz 2008-01-25 12:45|| 2008-01-25 12:45|| Front Page Top

#4 Good catch Angie.
Why I won't see it (that is even before I heard about the camera work) is that scene in the commercial where the head of the Statue of Liberty flies through the air and hits the corner of the building, and there is a big explosion - what exploded, the stone? the copper?

Posted by swksvolFF 2008-01-25 15:02|| 2008-01-25 15:02|| Front Page Top

#5 swksvolFF, there were probably computers in the building. They blow up all the time...

...in Hollywood at least.

Posted by rjschwarz 2008-01-25 17:18|| 2008-01-25 17:18|| Front Page Top

#6 GODZILLA = "JACK BAUER" RUNNING OUT OF TIME???

*PEARL HARBOR = Leftism-Socialism's declaration of war - you know, PEACE - agz US + DemoCapitalism
* MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE [Denzel] = agz the CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC + Separation of powers, aka GOVT = US DEMOCRATIC GOVT.
* CLOVERFIELD = Science???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-01-25 19:45|| 2008-01-25 19:45|| Front Page Top

#7 That's very interesting Joseph. Wish you would develop it further.

Posted by SR-71">SR-71 2008-01-25 22:00|| 2008-01-25 22:00|| Front Page Top

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