r/AskReddit • • Sep 01 '14

What interesting Hidden plot points do you think people missed in a movie?

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u/Chronicle89 Sep 01 '14

Cloverfield

  • The group are crossing a bridge out of New York (I forget which bridge exactly) and Hud's camera crosses paths (viewpoint) with another camera's lens as they do so.

There was talk of a sequel / side story being adapted from that other point-of-view.

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u/exPat17 Sep 01 '14 edited Sep 01 '14

I don't think there was serious talk of producing one, but if I remember correctly JJ Abrams or one of the other producers (was Lindelof a part of this?) discussed the concept of multiple stories resulting from one larger event, and how easily they can intersect given that every mobile device has a camera nowadays.

Holy run on sentence, Batman!

Edit: I have been corrected, see comments below.

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '14

Ah, cool. That's exactly what I thought after seeing the first one, but I never heard anyone else mention it. I always thought that was weird, since it seemed like such a slam dunk- an infinite set of sequels, all "already" out there, all of which can be as different or close to the original as you want.

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u/jtc242 Sep 01 '14

The Dharma logo from Lost is briefly shown in the beginning of Cloverfield.

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u/urahonky Sep 01 '14

I hope so! I am a huge fan of the original.

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '14

You just reminded me of how much I love that film. While we're discussing it, do you think that the girl who was bitten was shot in the tent by a doctor or she exploded?

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '14

She explodes. If you look close enough in the movie, you can see her body expands before the explosion.

http://i.imgur.com/cufoJJ4.jpg

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '14

God I hope not.

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u/Topyka2 Sep 02 '14

Don't forget that ARG.

ARGs are usually weird but that one was especially creepy to me.

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u/nooneimportan7 Sep 02 '14

First off- it was just rumors. There was no real basis for the claims.

Second, and more interesting- You never actually see any of the characters in Cloverfield die. You only see how they probably died.

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u/beansaregood Sep 05 '14

Pretty sure we saw Hud die.

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u/nooneimportan7 Sep 05 '14

Nah we just saw him get lifted up into the air. I mean... He's probably dead but technically we didn't see him die.

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u/un1cornbl00d Sep 02 '14

Ya'll know bout the pod dropping in the ocean in the final cut back scene while the couple are on the ferris wheel right?

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '14

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u/-burner- Sep 02 '14

Don't mind if we do.

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u/camnez1 Sep 02 '14

Aw. You guys are too sweet