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Friday, January 18, 2008 12:00 AM

"Cloverfield"

Do we really need the horror of 9/11 to be repackaged and presented to us as an amusement-park ride?
By Stephanie Zacharek

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  • Saturday, January 19, 2008 09:33 PM

    Root of Godzilla vs. Cloverfield?

    Godzilla - those who lay waste to our cities are likened unto a giant radioactive lizard. Which may be appeased by innocent children at times in order to save the day.

    Cloverfield - those who lay waste to our cities are likened unto a giant crustacean. Which in order to save New York City, the authorities just had to nuke the city in order to save the day.

    At least that is what I am gathering.

    Well maybe JJ Abrams has distilled this whole 9/11 and the ensuing war on terror down to it's essence. The government must destroy American in order to save the day and defeat global terrorism or a giant crustacean, whichever you choose to believe in.

    So I guess that makes JJ Abrams an artist again.

    So I should get some dramamine before seeing this or just close my eyes?

    —rupert_c Read rupert_c's other letters

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