Significance of the word Cloverfield
In the Cloverfield franchise every film have Cloverfield in the title but what is the significance of "Cloverfield", In 10 Cloverfield Lane it was the address of that area but in first film I can't understand its significance. Am I missing something? Does this word have some significance for the franchise?
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In and Out of Universe Answers:
It's the name or codename of the Government's case and the out of universe answer is that it's road/exit JJ Abrams takes to work at the Santa Monica office.
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The film was initially named Cloverfield. This changed several times throughout production before it was decided that the original title would be used. Matt Reeves explained that the title was changed frequently due to the hype caused by the teaser trailer. "That excitement spread to such a degree that we suddenly couldn't use the name anymore. So we started using all these names like Slusho and Cheese. And people always found out what we were doing!" The director said that "Cloverfield" was the government's case designation for the events caused by the monster, comparing the titling to that of the Manhattan Project. "And it's not a project per se. It's the way that this case has been designated. That's why that is on the trailer, and it becomes clearer in the film. It's how they refer to this phenomenon [or] this case", said the director. The film's final title, Cloverfield, is the name of the exit Abrams takes to his Santa Monica office. In turn, the road used to lead to the Santa Monica Airport, which originally bore the name Clover Field.[citation needed]
One final title, Greyshot, was proposed before the movie was officially titled Cloverfield. The name Greyshot is taken from the archway that the two survivors take shelter under at the end of the movie. Director Reeves said that it was decided not to change the title to Greyshot because the film was already so well known as Cloverfield.
The film received a subtitle in Japan, where it was released as Cloverfield/Hakaisha (??????????/HAKAISHA Kur?b?f?rudo/HAKAISHA). The subtitle "Destroyer" was chosen by Abrams and was translated into Japanese as Hakaisha (??? lit. "Destroyer") by Paramount Japan at his request. The subtitle Kishin (?? lit. "Demon[ic] God") was chosen for the manga spin-off, Cloverfield/Kishin, released exclusively in Japan. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloverfield
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Why is it called Cloverfield monster?
Origin. The Cloverfield Monsters are a species of extra-dimensional evolving lovecraftian life form monstrosities who had originally came from a unknown world that were brought to our universe through a malfunction of the Particle Accelerator in the Cloverfield Station orbiting Earth.What is the Cloverfield monster supposed to be?
The Cloverfield Monster is known as a \u201cLarge Scale Aggressor\u201d, or \u201cLSA\u201d for short. Speculated to be a creature of either underwater or interdimensional origin, Clover is an infant specimen of its species, separated from its family.What is Cloverfield based on?
It is based on Uziel's original spec script God Particle which, like 10 Cloverfield Lane, was initially unconnected to the Cloverfield title.What is The Cloverfield Paradox theory?
The Cloverfield Paradox suggests that the Cloverfield films all take place across several alternate timelines. The space crew in The Cloverfield Paradox are responsible for bringing monsters and aliens into all of the separate timelines (and therefore, all the separate films).Cloverfield Paradox: How All 3 Movies Are Connected
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In the first Cloverfield movie, it was the government/military code name for the "incident" involving other-dimensional aliens. Neutral-sounding code names are used by the military in real life. Examples: "Fat Man", "Little Boy", and "Tuskegee Experiment".
However, that doesn't explain why that specific name was chosen.
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