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Post by **Ben** » July 10th, 2007, 10:32 am

Merged the threads.

No-one want to make the Cloverleaf connection?

Post by **Meg** » July 10th, 2007, 10:38 am

NO. ]:[

Anyway, this article suggests that there are several sites out there that no one has found yet relating the the movie -

http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Abrams-G ... -5718.html

Oop, and the trailer is up here -

http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/11808/

Post by **Dacey** » July 10th, 2007, 10:57 am

Sweet. From my understanding, many people were already posting bootleg copies of the trailer anyway.

Post by **Ben** » July 10th, 2007, 3:12 pm

Great trailer...though that Statue Of Liberty head doesn't look big enough.

Post by **Meg** » July 10th, 2007, 3:16 pm

I think it's just part of the head, but yeah, that struck me as well.

Post by **James** » July 10th, 2007, 4:31 pm

Actually (according to Wikipedia stats) they may have it right.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Liberty

Head from chin to cranium - 17 feet 3 inches (5.26m)
Head thickness from ear to ear - 10 feet (3.05m)

Post by **Ben** » July 10th, 2007, 5:53 pm

Didn't look that big to me. Maybe the size of a man in length, say 6ft.

Yep, it might be part of the head, but artistic licence comes into play and it just didn't look that impresseive. Could have pushed it a couple of feet more to get the impact.

This is a small nit-pick in what was otherwise an intriguing trailer though. Gotta be aliens, right? Paramount basically wanted another, better War Of The Worlds and this is what they're getting...?

Or it's a romantic comedy about talking animals and we're all being led up the garden path...

Post by **James** » July 10th, 2007, 6:44 pm

I thought it was the width of the street which would make 17 feet about right. I could be remembering it wrong though.

Post by **Ben** » July 11th, 2007, 11:43 am

It looked like it only too up half the street.

Why are we getting so picky over a special effect?

Post by **Meg** » July 11th, 2007, 1:43 pm

Well, you brought it up...

Post by **James** » July 11th, 2007, 1:59 pm

Because it was a particularly cool effect!

Post by **Ben** » July 11th, 2007, 4:35 pm

...but not big enough.

Post by **James** » July 11th, 2007, 8:33 pm

...but still cool.

Post by **Ben** » July 12th, 2007, 9:32 am

Yes, it was a cool...<I>idea</I>...

Post by **Meg** » July 12th, 2007, 10:39 am

Picky, picky.