Cloverfield Easter Eggs
I was hoping to see the movie Cloverfield while it was still showing in theaters last year. But as with the latest series of major movies hitting the big screen, I eventually missed on catching this one too.
Bedridden since a few days back, I luckily chanced upon this movie in HBO.
The entire film is shown to look as if it were a video recording recovered by the US Department of Defense. A presentation style not unlike how the movie Blair Witch Project did it around 10 years ago.
Since its official release, the movie has gotten a lot of mixed reviews. Some loved the relatively distinct perspective used in presenting the story. Some hated that it only took around 75 minutes to finish. With this particular film, I will leave the formal reviews to the experts.
Before seeing the movie, I was aware of at least two easter eggs hidden in the film:
- a background scene near the end where something was shown mysteriously falling from the sky
- a barely audible clip at the end of the credits saying something like… “help us” but when played in reverse (backmasked) actually says… “it’s still alive”
That was until I saw this clip on the web. It discusses the items above, as well as a third easter egg that I was previously unaware of.
The third secret is a dharma logo ingeniously hidden in a frame of the film. As you may know, Cloverfield is produced by J. J. Abrams — the same person who produces the hit TV series “Lost“. Thus, the dharma connection.
By the way, since Abrams also produced the recent movie adaptation of Star Trek, there was also a scene in that film connecting it to Cloverfield.
With all these, one can’t help to think that a Cloverfield 2 movie might be coming out soon. 
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Tags: easter eggs, j.j. abrams, lost, star trek
June 29th, 2009 at 10:36 AM
maybe lost meets cloverfield meets star trek.
i wasn’t aware that jj abrams produced it when i saw it last year.
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Troy Reply:
June 29th, 2009 at 11:07 AM
wouldn’t that be interesting! hehe
rumors have it that abrams is now working on the next sequel for mission impossible. maybe we can include that as well in the mix.
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July 9th, 2009 at 10:42 PM
hey Troy. Thanks for inspiring me to create my own blog. I’m really enjoying it. I also added a flag counter. Nakaka-addict. I hope to be global and have all the flags in my blog. Congrats. You have so many visitors already round the globe!
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Troy Reply:
July 13th, 2009 at 10:14 AM
Thanks Andrew.
I got to visit your site before. And I’m so happy you got to set up your blog. Congrats on joining the bandwagon.
Will visit your site again. Keep it up.
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July 17th, 2009 at 5:36 AM
Ohhh grabe tong film na to enjoy talaga ako manuod. Heartbreaking yung scene with the lovers (I love y- ack!).
Hmnn super short naman ang LOST reference pero that’s cool they inserted that in. Hehe.
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March 18th, 2010 at 8:22 PM
uhm yeah i can digg it
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