Comments on: Untitled J.J. Abrams Project Suddenly Becomes Far Less Intriguing

By: Vic

Vic — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 13:29:46 +0000

Brian,

Thanks for clarifying. I thought you might have meant something different.

Regarding people not wanting to see a monster movie: If it’s an ENTERTAINING monster movie, people will show up.

Vic

By: darkbhudda

darkbhudda — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 02:53:34 +0000

Wreck?

I’m guessing it’s a monster….

train.

That eats people.

Well, more probable than sentient black smoke.

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 02:26:51 +0000

Vic,

I’m sure many people would agree that the world’s #1 monsters included the likes of Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot, and Ghengis Khan, etc. For the sole reason of trying NOT to turn this into a political debate I’ve left out any current leaders. The #1 monster is a human. Nothing comes remotely close to the death and destruction brought about by people.

Viruses are often times a swift and effective killer but we’ve gotten a lot better about controlling them and quarantining people in infected areas. Viruses were once a force to be reckoned with. These days they are the stuff of science fiction because in reality they have a low death count as opposed to #1.

Nuclear radiation / fallout is #3 though we as a human race have very little exposure to it. We’ve seen what the bombs of WWII did, but we have no modern examples of this monster with which to compare the other two. Perhaps it’ll remain that way, perhaps it won’t. The movie, “Right At Your Door” is certainly one I’ll watch.

Abrams might just be making this film for kids or something. He can’t honestly believe that adults in this day and age will see this as anything more than lame.

By: Kane Adrian

Kane Adrian — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 02:24:41 +0000

I think it’s a no brainer… isn’t it? I mean, really… there’s no denying humans cause the worst atrocities.

But… back to the matter at hand…

;o)

By: Screen Rant

Screen Rant — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 02:07:36 +0000

Do you have any particular humans in mind? Or is this one of those self-loathing “the planet would be better of without us” posts?

Vic

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 01:37:26 +0000

I think the date ought to be the title, and I’ll step forward and say that I think this one will be lame. I’ve never cared for any of the monster movies. The #1 monster on this planet is a human or humans. The #2 monster is a virus. The #3 monster on this planet is nuclear radiation / fallout.

Filming a movie about a monster these days simple doesn’t do it for me. Abrams won’t get money from me so easily.

By: Kane Adrian

Kane Adrian — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 00:42:18 +0000

Wow… can you tell i just woke up…? My spelling was crapola just then.

By: Kane Adrian

Kane Adrian — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 00:36:24 +0000

Vic, I knew it was a ‘monster movie’ – though I admit to losing a little interest weeks ago when this was announced – but i thought it might be a little more subtle. You know, like the ‘monster’ in Lost – mysterious and seemingly omnipresent.

I’m well aware this could still be great… I just thing there’s been a viral marketing misstep if these rumoured titles were put out by the studio. they just make it sound so ‘B-grade’ (in a bad way).

By: Vic

Vic — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 21:12:56 +0000

Yup, I think the best thing would be if it ended up being called….

“1-18-08″

Vic

By: jerseycajun

jerseycajun — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 19:48:29 +0000

I could and likely am way off here, but wouldn’t it be the coolest thing ever to keep the real title of the movie in doubt until the first audiences see it for the first time in the theater?

I doubted it when rumors said “Monstrous” was the title, and I doubted even more that the title was going to be “Overnight” and I still doubt it now that the current nom-du-jour is “Wreck”.

It would take an obscene amount of effort to keep it under wraps, but it’s a cool notion nonetheless.

By: Zachary

Zachary — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 18:30:37 +0000

I agree. And I also believe that they didn’t except people to think of it in such terms and now they’re struggling to keep there fan base happy.

By: Vic

Vic — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 16:59:40 +0000

The problem, I think, is that they started the viral/hype campaign a couple of months too soon. It has already peaked and lost steam and the movie is still 4 months away.

Vic

By: Zach

Zach — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 16:25:22 +0000

1-18-08 Has in my opinion alot of it “hype” if you will. Especially in it’s ARG community. (Alternate Reality Game)Only because people thought this would be another Lost ARG. Which to me is most of it’s community. There has been more names changes for this movie than P. Diddy himself. But I agree, Wreck is horrible. 1-18-08 as was stated would be perfect. That one day is when the world stopped. When possibly the world would have to unite to stop this common enemy.

I have high hopes for this. I remember watching the trailer for the first time at the Transformer premier and seeing the reaching (along with me) of the crowd after that trailer was over. It was just enough to make you want to look alittle deeper.

But, there hasn’t been really anything knew since the poster. To sum up, I agree. The hype and popularity of this film has been shot down.

By: Heath

Heath — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 14:07:02 +0000

I heard the name was OVERNIGHT (rumored, of course).

heath

By: Vic

Vic — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 14:05:14 +0000

Kane,

I don’t know where you got the idea that it was ever anything but a monster movie. The big mystery has been what form the monster would take in the film.

“Monstrous” was a pretty cool title, but “Wreck?”

Oy.

Vic