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Cloverfield [BLU-RAY] (Paramount Home Entertainment, 6.3.2008) Disguised under deliberately goofy, yet deliciously edible-sounding, aliases such as Cheese and Slusho, Matt Reeves' Cloverfield was produced and rushed into theaters under an equally appetizing shroud of secrecy. From last year's incredibly elusive Super Bowl ad to the film's viral marketing campaign, Cloverfield had everybody scratching their heads and drooling in anticipation. Aside from the as-yet untitled title and the Blair Witch-ian visual style, the film's biggest appeal was the enigmatic creature who was last (un)seen hurling the decapitated head of the Statue of Liberty onto the crowded streets of New York City. All we knew about the mysterious beast was that it was big and angry. Now that the highy-anticipated project has come and gone, one question has fortunately been answered: Cloverfield was a major success. (continued)

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"At the end of the day, your ideas in a book have less impact than if you had summed them up in two paragraphs on the most widely read blog at the most-read time of the day, so why do you spend two years on it?" -- Emily Gould, the recently-resigned Gawker editor, talking to New York's Vanessa Grigoriadis for a 10.14.07 profile of the then-Gawker crew called "Everybody Sucks." A wise and well written piece...worth 15 minutes of your time.

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on December 1, 2007 at 11:13 AM

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MAGGA says ...

ok im drunk and leaving for a party, but is that pivture of mackuley culkin relevant

Posted by MAGGA at December 1, 2007 12:47 PM

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christian says ...

What a sad terrible way to make your bones while dying of apathetic irony.

Posted by christian at December 1, 2007 12:49 PM

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MAGGA says ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDnoE-wuhoo

Posted by MAGGA at December 1, 2007 12:50 PM

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BurmaShave says ...

I haven't the time to read the piece, but in case it smacks of admiration, let's all remember that Emily Gould is disturbingly snarky, somehow smarmy though she's a woman, and also soulless beyong all reasonable human levels. Beware, if you watch her talk too long you'll get a rash:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-avakrRUaU

Posted by BurmaShave at December 1, 2007 1:31 PM

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George Prager says ...

I like her.

Posted by George Prager at December 1, 2007 2:00 PM

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christian says ...

You would.

Posted by christian at December 1, 2007 2:09 PM

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George Prager says ...

I like girls.

Posted by George Prager at December 1, 2007 2:16 PM

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christian says ...

That video of her with Kimmel is revealing. Just watch her eyes bug at every charge in mock Valley Girl surprise. She's clearly so used to being around other dead souls she can't compute the challenge.

I don't like Kimmel much but he PWNED this idiot creature.
Of course, nobody asked if she would like her private space turned public. But she's the blank face of the new TMZ generation. Yay.

Posted by christian at December 1, 2007 2:17 PM

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George Prager says ...

And Gawker has never posted anything that wasn't 100% true, accurate and wise.

Posted by George Prager at December 1, 2007 2:18 PM

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BurmaShave says ...

Prager, your "I like her" was in response to MAGGA's video, yes?

Posted by BurmaShave at December 1, 2007 2:18 PM

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George Prager says ...

She won. Kimmel looked like what he is...someone suffering from urethra shrinkage

Posted by George Prager at December 1, 2007 2:21 PM

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christian says ...

And she looked like what she is...a real ugly doll suffering from soul rot.

Posted by christian at December 1, 2007 2:30 PM

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George Prager says ...

It's OK, guys. So you're just not sophisticated enough to GET Gawker. The references go over your head. I knew guys like you when I went to college in the Midwest. They were from small towns, they majored in Phys Ed, they went to Bible study on the weekends...they were basically rubes. But they were nice guys, like you guys are nice guys. At least you guys aren't total rubes, you guys know about movies.

Posted by George Prager at December 1, 2007 2:37 PM

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PerfectTommy says ...

"I don't like Kimmel much but he PWNED this idiot creature."
I'm the last one who should talk about typos at this site, and this is a very understandable key slip.
But still, I've been having fun thinking of what it is to "PWN" someone.

Posted by PerfectTommy at December 1, 2007 2:37 PM

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MickTravis says ...

I think you're going to like the internets, PT.

Posted by MickTravis at December 1, 2007 2:49 PM

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frankbooth says ...

I read somewhere that the cooler kids have started using "Google" as a verb.

Posted by frankbooth at December 1, 2007 2:59 PM

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Glenn Kenny says ...

Here's a possibility Ms. Gould would be wise to entertain: What if your ideas are not in the least worth articulating in the first place? In any case, good luck to her in whatever field of endeavor she next opts to toil in.

Posted by Glenn Kenny at December 1, 2007 3:01 PM

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BurmaShave says ...

PerfectTommy, what you are, we once were. What we are, you will become.

Posted by BurmaShave at December 1, 2007 3:02 PM

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Gnome Sayin says ...

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought he was looking at another Culkin kid. Scary.

Posted by Gnome Sayin at December 1, 2007 3:19 PM

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Griff says ...

Always grand to read the dribblings of folks who have done nothing in their life except comment on the lives of others. Nothing like working from the safety of a virtual foxhole to insult and demean people you don't know. As Ecclesiastes said, "One fool can destroy the works of many wise men." It would appear to be a convention of fools over at Gawker.

Posted by Griff at December 1, 2007 4:03 PM

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rocco says ...

"At the end of the day, your ideas in a book have less impact than if you had summed them up in two paragraphs on the most widely read blog at the most-read time of the day, so why do you spend two years on it?"

Because a (good) book will endure for generations while a blog post is but mere static????

...and did you just say "PWNED" christian??? Aren't you the one who rails against the affectedness of texters and iPhone owners?

Posted by rocco at December 1, 2007 4:15 PM

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cjKennedy says ...

She's like some kind of golem my generation has finally exorcised our collective irony and uber-cool, snarky, indifferent posturing into. Let's kill her and make sure it never returns.

I don't really need to read the piece do I?

Posted by cjKennedy at December 1, 2007 4:30 PM

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PerfectTommy says ...

Okay, I googled "PWNED" and am an idiot. But you see, I came from a small town and I majored in PE and went to Bible studies on the weekend and...

Posted by PerfectTommy at December 1, 2007 4:37 PM

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cjKennedy says ...

Don't worry PT, why I myself had to Google it once upon a time myself. The only difference is I already assumed it was something special to the internets instead of a typo.

Posted by cjKennedy at December 1, 2007 4:46 PM

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christian says ...

"PWNED"

it be more aicn/video game lingo.

and i thought it would be funny to use it.

never again!

Posted by christian at December 1, 2007 4:49 PM

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Dirty Harry says ...

Christian: For once, you and I are in 100% agreement. These people and their ilk are the worst.

The. Worst.

Posted by Dirty Harry at December 1, 2007 5:02 PM

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PerfectTommy says ...

Okay, I might as well admit it now..."Perfect Tommy" is just another one of my brilliant satirical creations, a clueless mope who enjoys posting about movies with a hopeless, middleclass sensibility. So whenever you disagree with him or he makes a mistake, remember it is all just a very clever injoke that you are not party to. (Note how "Perfect Tommy" ends a sentence with a preposition, something I would never do.)

Hunter Tremayne

Posted by PerfectTommy at December 1, 2007 5:26 PM

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corey3rd says ...

Please explain how Moby Dick would work as a 2 paragraph spooge on Gawker? Maybe 90 percent of the political books written by TV pundits could work since their extended titles tell the entire story.

Posted by corey3rd at December 1, 2007 5:36 PM

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cjKennedy says ...

Good one, PT.

Posted by cjKennedy at December 1, 2007 11:01 PM

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thatrader says ...

Once more. Emily Gould getting her ass handed to her by of all people, Jimmy Kimmel.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-avakrRUaU

Posted by thatrader at December 2, 2007 6:52 AM

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George Prager says ...

Christian: For once, you and I are in 100% agreement. These people and their ilk are the worst.
The. Worst.
Posted by Dirty Harry at December 1, 2007 05:02 PM

I rest my case.

Soulless? Emily Gould is Son House compared to the host of "The Man Show."

I didn't know there were so many Puritans on HE.

Posted by George Prager at December 2, 2007 8:04 AM

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