Cloverfield Alternate Ending Screen Shots
Source:ShockTillYouDrop.com
April 5, 2008
My, my, my... Paramount opened a can of words yesterday when press copies of the forthcoming
Cloverfield DVD arrived in mailboxes (including ours). Before we get into some of the new clues and viral marketing that have cropped up because of this release, let's take a quick look at the two alternate endings the disc presents.
SPOILERS AHEAD!
Both present the exact same ending with Rob and Beth whimpering in the tunnel before the bombs drop and nuke the monster.
Alternate ending #1 substitutes the ferris wheel coda for some footage on the subway platform featuring Rob chasing Beth around before their trip to Coney Island.
Alternate ending #2, as director Matt Reeves explains in his commentary, suggests that Rob and Beth may have been rescued and also gives the viewer a chance to see the moment the camera was found. Below you get a glimpse of a man cleaning Rob's camera lens post-destruction... Otherwise, no other new footage, per se.
Now, onto the speculation. A symbol (seen below) has been making the rounds on various
Cloverfield sites - including
Tagruato. This same symbol adorns the security sticker sealing the DVD and is accompanied by a "Property of the U.S. Government" stamp. What's it mean? Beats us. Is it simply one more layer to this film's secrets? It's obviously a sword of sorts - what does the "410" stand for? Release date for
Cloverfield 2, perhaps?
Comments
Posted by: john on April 5, 2008 at 15:07:00
yay first
Posted by: Boom on April 5, 2008 at 15:44:46
Yay second.
Posted by: N_R_23 on April 5, 2008 at 15:59:37
Yay, Third!
Posted by: r2fu2 on April 5, 2008 at 16:47:59
yayayayayayaya, 4th mofo!
Posted by: Glanton on April 5, 2008 at 17:05:28
Here's hoping for optical image stabilizer.
Does that work with video-cams btw?
Posted by: joe asylo on April 5, 2008 at 17:31:55
nah, already date for a sequel.i believe it, when tom cruise star to act normal, what ever that is.
Posted by: zhulok on April 5, 2008 at 19:05:05
that image looks like a person holding something up hmm... Sounds interesting.
Posted by: clovie2 on April 5, 2008 at 19:42:33
Photo kinda looks like the Space Needle in Seattle... hmmm...
Posted by: clovie2 on April 5, 2008 at 19:49:21
the new york comic con also starts on the 18th of this month... the debut of something clovie-related possibly?
Posted by: krs on April 5, 2008 at 19:57:32
Yayy, I'm like.....10th.....wow, were all losers.
Posted by: WHO CARES?? on April 5, 2008 at 22:52:45
Uhhhh How about this: It was an over hyped p.o.s.!!! that we all got sooooo into That abrams did'nt even have to bother giving a title!!!!!, Everyone has read soo darn much into every frame of this crap that they could "leak" (what a joke) an image of a pile of dog crap and there would people debating it's secret message!!!!!...It was a shoddy attempt at a monster movie!!! PERIOD!!! Let's all get the fudge over it and look to the new movies...Sorry been holding that in for months now lol
Posted by: bear420 on April 6, 2008 at 00:40:32
hey to who cares and all others who talk **** about this movie i love how you waste your time ragging on this movie when deep down you probably like it but dont want to say anything becuase your boy freinds think its gay so you just go along with it to be cool and iam sure you say what a waste of time it was yet your wasteing your time to write how much you thought this movie sucked so if you think your wining by posting your crap your not this movie is because your still talking about it lol this movie rocks and to anyone who thinks not i bet deep down inside they think it rocks just a lil bit too so keep wasteing your time i know the truth your not foolin me or anyone else
Posted by: theluis.com on April 6, 2008 at 04:40:55
i've had the alternate endings posted on my site for 2 days now!
http://theluis.com/2008/04/video-photos-cloverfield-alternate.html
Posted by: jedimarc on April 6, 2008 at 09:03:20
yesssss...14th...recognize
Posted by: hooplah on April 6, 2008 at 15:38:57
i paid to see this in the theaters and honestly it wasn't all that good. that friend that kept on talk like the entire movie was just plain annoying. i wanted to walk out on it just for that reason alone. the ending was below par. it wasn't suspenseful. the actors all-in-all were good but the movie itself was poor. it was very much so over hyped and under developed. the only redeeming quality about the movie was that the teaser trailer for the star trek movie. other than that this movie was particularly good, but also it wasn't the worst movie of all time either. that honor i bestowed upon Pootie Tang many years ago.
Posted by: lrod on April 6, 2008 at 17:17:35
the symbol could be something concerning the company rob worked for
Posted by: rejectpeanuts on April 6, 2008 at 18:11:52
On the bottom right of the new picture on "http://www.1-18-08.com/" when flipped over the same "mysterious symbol" is present. FYI.
Posted by: Ryan Rotten on April 6, 2008 at 23:40:53
TheLuis - sorry, but ripping these from the DVD is illegal and we're sparing ourselves the "cease and desist" letters that would come from Paramount's lawyers.
Posted by: hooplah on April 7, 2008 at 00:57:06
if mr. hahn from linkin park directed this movie like he did with his short film "the seed" then perhaps this movie could've been saved, but then again they are out touring on the projekt revolution '08 tour so i'm sure he wouldn't stop for this flick.
Posted by: flawsy on April 7, 2008 at 12:10:54
well, I dont know if y'all watched the same movie as me....but Cloverfield, like everything else JJ has done, is over-hyped, sub-par bull****. i know all y'all pre-pubeys will all get your panties in a bunch now and rag on me, go ahead. You liked it, I didn't. The Host, p*sses all over cloverfield from a great height, hell, even the old godzilla movies do. People videoing everything...even while they're running under the monster's legs....yeah right. Is it from space? Is it a mutant? Does anyone care....I for 1, do not. Whoever told JJ he could direct or write (Lost...nuff said) needs tossing in the trash with this movie. IMHO, this was something not worthy of the cutting room floor. I mean, big monster that way, lets all run in the other direction. But as we're being filmed, lets run..TOWARDS the monster so we can film it.
Posted by: anonymous on May 3, 2008 at 19:26:52
4-1-09
#410 (what does a backwards nine with a sword through it look like?)
Posted by: George on May 9, 2008 at 15:51:10
Maybe it's a missle through the monsters head on 04.10
Posted by: ..... on May 9, 2008 at 16:39:19
No,flawsey,nobody is going to rag on ya,you just sound like another a hole.thats all.cloverfeild was awesome.
Posted by: cal on June 14, 2008 at 06:35:14
i dont know... 24??
Posted by: Enigma on May 10, 2009 at 19:59:10
In my humble opinion, the blurred numerals in this "teaser" pic symbolize either one of these things-the time code in the corner of a vid-cam's recording screen or a possible release date of some kind. It also seems definitely plausible to me that the blurred pic is an artistic rendering of the creature's claws grasping the side of a wall/building. In other words, "It IS alive."
A return-and therefore a sequel appears to be inevitable. Also, the wikipedia entry for this film and JJ's recurring "Slusho" references seem to support this inference.
Just my opinion though so take these things as you will. Good luck.-N.
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