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	<title>Comments on: Blog for a beer: Cloverfield special edition!</title>
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	<description>From Modern Mythcraft to Magical Surrealism</description>
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		<title>By: RetroitRegulator</title>
		<link>http://www.fantasy-magazine.com/contests/blog-for-a/blog-for-a-beer-cloverfield-special-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-658</link>
		<dc:creator>RetroitRegulator</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2008 03:25:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think its the Geico Lizard.  He was feeling small so he  visited Roger Clemens and did a bunch of roids and HGH.  He went into a rage cause no one in New York wants to save 15% on their car insurance.

Didn&#039;t you see his name on the Mitchell Report?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think its the Geico Lizard.  He was feeling small so he  visited Roger Clemens and did a bunch of roids and HGH.  He went into a rage cause no one in New York wants to save 15% on their car insurance.</p>
<p>Didn&#8217;t you see his name on the Mitchell Report?</p>
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		<title>By: Mr.Dave</title>
		<link>http://www.fantasy-magazine.com/contests/blog-for-a/blog-for-a-beer-cloverfield-special-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-656</link>
		<dc:creator>Mr.Dave</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2008 01:31:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Personally, I really liked the one single giant zombie scenario.  It could have possibilities involving spores (it could be a spore-filled zombie with a cloverfield growing on its back, or it could just have a cloverfield on its back because it was raised out of the ground from beneath a cloverfield) or it could just be a giant kaiju raised from the dead.  (&quot;Hey, didn&#039;t we kill that giant ape?  What&#039;s it doing back in New York again?&quot;)  

The scary thing about a giant kaiju zombie is that you can&#039;t kill it easily - you have to destroy its brain, which may be very small and well protected.  It might also be hungry for brains, gobbling up people wholesale because it is just too much trouble to crack open their tiny skulls.  Or maybe it would just bite people&#039;s heads off and throw away the bodies.  The giant zombie also might go after other living dai-kaiju and try to eat their brains - thereby also turning them into giant zombie monster versions of themselves.  Maybe something like that happened to the Statue of Liberty - except when the giant zombie monster found the head was empty of brains it got mad and threw it into the city.

I am also suddenly reminded that there was a giant Frankenstein kaiju movie:
http://buncheness.blogspot.com/2007/07/cinema-shithouse-frankenstein-conquers.html

Maybe the giant zombie could be the reanimated corpse of the giant Frankenstein monster?  Or, even more disturbing, maybe the giant zombie kaiju can be sewn together from the parts of various other dead dai-kaiju.  Or (and for some reason, this really icks me out) it could have been made by painstakingly sewing or otherwise scientifically/magically melding together entire graveyards (Cloverfield cemetary?) of corpses to create one giant zombie corpse.

Yeah, I&#039;d watch that movie.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Personally, I really liked the one single giant zombie scenario.  It could have possibilities involving spores (it could be a spore-filled zombie with a cloverfield growing on its back, or it could just have a cloverfield on its back because it was raised out of the ground from beneath a cloverfield) or it could just be a giant kaiju raised from the dead.  (&#8220;Hey, didn&#8217;t we kill that giant ape?  What&#8217;s it doing back in New York again?&#8221;)  </p>
<p>The scary thing about a giant kaiju zombie is that you can&#8217;t kill it easily &#8211; you have to destroy its brain, which may be very small and well protected.  It might also be hungry for brains, gobbling up people wholesale because it is just too much trouble to crack open their tiny skulls.  Or maybe it would just bite people&#8217;s heads off and throw away the bodies.  The giant zombie also might go after other living dai-kaiju and try to eat their brains &#8211; thereby also turning them into giant zombie monster versions of themselves.  Maybe something like that happened to the Statue of Liberty &#8211; except when the giant zombie monster found the head was empty of brains it got mad and threw it into the city.</p>
<p>I am also suddenly reminded that there was a giant Frankenstein kaiju movie:<br />
<a href="http://buncheness.blogspot.com/2007/07/cinema-shithouse-frankenstein-conquers.html" rel="nofollow">http://buncheness.blogspot.com/2007/07/cinema-shithouse-frankenstein-conquers.html</a></p>
<p>Maybe the giant zombie could be the reanimated corpse of the giant Frankenstein monster?  Or, even more disturbing, maybe the giant zombie kaiju can be sewn together from the parts of various other dead dai-kaiju.  Or (and for some reason, this really icks me out) it could have been made by painstakingly sewing or otherwise scientifically/magically melding together entire graveyards (Cloverfield cemetary?) of corpses to create one giant zombie corpse.</p>
<p>Yeah, I&#8217;d watch that movie.</p>
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		<title>By: Chuck</title>
		<link>http://www.fantasy-magazine.com/contests/blog-for-a/blog-for-a-beer-cloverfield-special-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-622</link>
		<dc:creator>Chuck</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2008 23:26:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It just now occurs to me that the pollen thing and Livia&#039;s idea about love could be feasibly combined.  (After all, what &lt;i&gt;is&lt;/i&gt; polleniznation, really -- no matter how deadly allergic it is?)

And, in the end, what might the defeat of the monster represent?

The rejection of all the destructive, explodey love.

Sad.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It just now occurs to me that the pollen thing and Livia&#8217;s idea about love could be feasibly combined.  (After all, what <i>is</i> polleniznation, really &#8212; no matter how deadly allergic it is?)</p>
<p>And, in the end, what might the defeat of the monster represent?</p>
<p>The rejection of all the destructive, explodey love.</p>
<p>Sad.</p>
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		<title>By: Sean Wallace</title>
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		<dc:creator>Sean Wallace</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2008 16:09:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This was actually a difficult contest, and so we come to a monstrous tie, between Chuck and Neil Clarke . . . and a special shout-out to Livia&#039;s!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This was actually a difficult contest, and so we come to a monstrous tie, between Chuck and Neil Clarke . . . and a special shout-out to Livia&#8217;s!</p>
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		<title>By: Edward Brock</title>
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		<dc:creator>Edward Brock</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2008 03:14:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Having finally breached the dimensional veil that separates our worlds, the Old Gods have returned. Mighty Azathoth is the first to cross over &amp; bring chaos to our world.

The others will soon follow.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Having finally breached the dimensional veil that separates our worlds, the Old Gods have returned. Mighty Azathoth is the first to cross over &amp; bring chaos to our world.</p>
<p>The others will soon follow.</p>
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		<title>By: Paul Jessup</title>
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		<dc:creator>Paul Jessup</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:51:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>BTW, Jim Henson as a banjo playing muppet does exist

http://youtube.com/watch?v=zGTs-ooDZq4&amp;feature=related

Not just something I made up, I swear.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>BTW, Jim Henson as a banjo playing muppet does exist</p>
<p><a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=zGTs-ooDZq4&#038;feature=related" rel="nofollow">http://youtube.com/watch?v=zGTs-ooDZq4&#038;feature=related</a></p>
<p>Not just something I made up, I swear.</p>
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		<title>By: Chuck</title>
		<link>http://www.fantasy-magazine.com/contests/blog-for-a/blog-for-a-beer-cloverfield-special-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-618</link>
		<dc:creator>Chuck</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:15:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>1.  The Cloverfield monster is a traveling ecosystem -- literally a semi-sentient clover field -- from outside our world, or possibly from a part of our world we have no access to (subterranean, parallel world, etc.).

2.  The smaller -- but still somewhat large -- skittering creatures are wingless bees, or maybe regular, but giant, &lt;i&gt;winged&lt;/i&gt; bees that choose not to fly at the moment because Earth&#039;s environment (less oxygen, greater gravity, etc.) won&#039;t allow them to fly -- or maybe the giant bees are just lazy.

3.  The &quot;exploding woman&quot; in the trailer explodes because of a massive allergic reaction to the otherworldly pollen spread by the presence of the partially sentient clover field and wandering giant bees.

...here comes the important part...

4.  The reason why you can&#039;t drink just six Slushos is because Slusho, by a miraculous coincidence, happens to contain the exact antihistamine that will counteract the catastrophic allergic reactions triggered by the alien pollen.  But you can&#039;t drink just six; you have to drink at least &lt;i&gt;seven&lt;/i&gt; to get enough of the accidental antihistamine.

...and...

5.  The information about Shusho will be revealed in a life-saving plot twist in the last five minutes of the film when Matt Reeves is terminated from his post as director of the film and J. J. Abrams replaces him with M. Night Shyamalan.

6.  M. Night Shyamalan will take further liberties, and the Cloverfield monster will be driven back toward the sea when a street-side toy vendor afflicted with hypertrichosis -- excessive body hair, which he has dyed fluorescent green -- discovers he can repel the beast by throwing his inventory of illegal Chinese toys at it (turns out the monster hates lead-based paint and GHB more than we do).  As the retreating beast is about to back into the sea, it trips over the Statue of Liberty&#039;s head, which had been dragged there by the kid with Down&#039;s Syndrome (using his dad&#039;s psychedelically-painted tow truck) who just innocently wanted to repair the Statue of Liberty.  When the monster trips, it flips over, landing in the water clover field-side &lt;i&gt;down&lt;/i&gt;, instead of &lt;i&gt;up&lt;/i&gt; as it had intended, killing all the Clover and wiping out all the alien pollen.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>1.  The Cloverfield monster is a traveling ecosystem &#8212; literally a semi-sentient clover field &#8212; from outside our world, or possibly from a part of our world we have no access to (subterranean, parallel world, etc.).</p>
<p>2.  The smaller &#8212; but still somewhat large &#8212; skittering creatures are wingless bees, or maybe regular, but giant, <i>winged</i> bees that choose not to fly at the moment because Earth&#8217;s environment (less oxygen, greater gravity, etc.) won&#8217;t allow them to fly &#8212; or maybe the giant bees are just lazy.</p>
<p>3.  The &#8220;exploding woman&#8221; in the trailer explodes because of a massive allergic reaction to the otherworldly pollen spread by the presence of the partially sentient clover field and wandering giant bees.</p>
<p>&#8230;here comes the important part&#8230;</p>
<p>4.  The reason why you can&#8217;t drink just six Slushos is because Slusho, by a miraculous coincidence, happens to contain the exact antihistamine that will counteract the catastrophic allergic reactions triggered by the alien pollen.  But you can&#8217;t drink just six; you have to drink at least <i>seven</i> to get enough of the accidental antihistamine.</p>
<p>&#8230;and&#8230;</p>
<p>5.  The information about Shusho will be revealed in a life-saving plot twist in the last five minutes of the film when Matt Reeves is terminated from his post as director of the film and J. J. Abrams replaces him with M. Night Shyamalan.</p>
<p>6.  M. Night Shyamalan will take further liberties, and the Cloverfield monster will be driven back toward the sea when a street-side toy vendor afflicted with hypertrichosis &#8212; excessive body hair, which he has dyed fluorescent green &#8212; discovers he can repel the beast by throwing his inventory of illegal Chinese toys at it (turns out the monster hates lead-based paint and GHB more than we do).  As the retreating beast is about to back into the sea, it trips over the Statue of Liberty&#8217;s head, which had been dragged there by the kid with Down&#8217;s Syndrome (using his dad&#8217;s psychedelically-painted tow truck) who just innocently wanted to repair the Statue of Liberty.  When the monster trips, it flips over, landing in the water clover field-side <i>down</i>, instead of <i>up</i> as it had intended, killing all the Clover and wiping out all the alien pollen.</p>
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		<title>By: just curious</title>
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		<dc:creator>just curious</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 19:59:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Charley the Unicorn is out to recover his stolen kidney... and he&#039;s pissed off!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Charley the Unicorn is out to recover his stolen kidney&#8230; and he&#8217;s pissed off!</p>
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		<title>By: Jonathan Wood</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jonathan Wood</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 19:48:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think it&#039;s likely to be the biggest disappointment of the year.

Either that or a coalesced golem of China Mieville&#039;s head shavings...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think it&#8217;s likely to be the biggest disappointment of the year.</p>
<p>Either that or a coalesced golem of China Mieville&#8217;s head shavings&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Neil Clarke</title>
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		<dc:creator>Neil Clarke</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 19:45:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>More proof of my Lucky Charms theory comes from the pages of Discover Magazine:

&quot;Over the decades, the marshmallow bits have undergone radical transformations in shape, size, and color. At first it was just pink hearts, yellow moons, orange stars, green clovers; they were magically delicious. Then the mutants began to appear. Blue diamonds. Purple horseshoes. Red balloons. Swirled whales. A rainbow. A snowman. A pot of gold. The Eiffel Tower. The frosted oat nuggets have stayed the same all along. But that plain and unchanging substrate has only served to highlight the jarring mutability of the so-called marbits. What mysterious forces are shaping the evolution of Lucky Charms?&quot;

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1511/is_8_20/ai_55248808/pg_1

Given the mass quantities of this mutagenic cereal that Lucky has consumed over the last 45 years, his monstrous transformation shouldn&#039;t be a surprise to anyone.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>More proof of my Lucky Charms theory comes from the pages of Discover Magazine:</p>
<p>&#8220;Over the decades, the marshmallow bits have undergone radical transformations in shape, size, and color. At first it was just pink hearts, yellow moons, orange stars, green clovers; they were magically delicious. Then the mutants began to appear. Blue diamonds. Purple horseshoes. Red balloons. Swirled whales. A rainbow. A snowman. A pot of gold. The Eiffel Tower. The frosted oat nuggets have stayed the same all along. But that plain and unchanging substrate has only served to highlight the jarring mutability of the so-called marbits. What mysterious forces are shaping the evolution of Lucky Charms?&#8221;</p>
<p><a href="http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1511/is_8_20/ai_55248808/pg_1" rel="nofollow">http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1511/is_8_20/ai_55248808/pg_1</a></p>
<p>Given the mass quantities of this mutagenic cereal that Lucky has consumed over the last 45 years, his monstrous transformation shouldn&#8217;t be a surprise to anyone.</p>
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