@tcql yeah, we apparently have both been burned by 'ole JJ

i really liked the first cloverfield tho so i guess that goodwill still bleeds into other things with that name, perhaps against logic

@alyx so i actually somewhat enjoyed 10 Cloverfield Lane too, but it felt a bit like (because it was) a script that had nothing to do with it until JJ decided to make it Cloverfield

@tcql that move's OK but i liked it less than the average person it seems

i was glad the ending went in the direction it did, though. john goodman being "right" is more interesting than him being a mundane everyday psychopath

@alyx yea. the ending was good, just felt like a lot of the rest was unnecessary in a way. I get the point of it was for it to be suspenseful "is he a psychopath or not?"

but likeeeee... we saw aliens in the first film. the name of the film literally says Cloverfield. it'd be quite ridiculous if the ending hadn't gone how it did?

so tbh, gimme more badass alien fighting, less hollywood depictions of mental illness as always dangerous

@tcql good analysis. yeah, i just, didn't get much from the events of the vast majority of the flim. hence my ennui toward it

(were the C1 monsters aliens? i thought they were not, but it's been forever)

i don't think a cloverfield movie would ever have much badass alien fighting though. i get the feeling the franchise, if it has any consistency, is more about twilight-zone style shit happening and people having to deal with that unthinkable sci-fi crap becoming reality... and it not necessarily ending well for them

well, we'll see if that holds!

@alyx hmm ya true, too much straight up actiony stuff would fell odd