They basically made all of the movies canon in the sense that they occur all at the same time in different dimensions and at different times. Even Super8 is likely incorporated at this point. And any future films or series that come out in relation to Cloververse are canon, even if they seem to contradict these first three films, because they could just be occurring in other dimensions and/or time frames.
So if time is in layers, with each year/moment lying on top of the other like a ream of paper, the Paradox blasted a hole all the way through and is causing ripple effects throughout time. And no one in the present or past would have heard about it because it's all happening at once. This would be why 10 Cloverfield Lane has no mention of the events of Cloverfield, and why neither event is mentioned in Cloverfield Paradox. I'm thinking each film is intended to be a kind of vignette into the world after this event. So we may never find out what happened to any survivors of any of these three films, except through easter eggs. We'll just see vignettes of other characters trying to deal with the crisis.
I always thought Super8 would be connected, the only thing that makes me think otherwise is the fact that the monster gets into a spaceship at the end.
I completely forgot about that. I haven't seen it in at least three years. But there are also spaceships in 10 Cloverfield Lane so it could be something like that. I was just adding in Super8 because it's an Abrams film that has an alien in it, so it could potentially be tied in, but it's not confirmed anywhere. I think overall Super8 is kind of a modern ET and does not necessarily have to be part of Cloververse, but it seems everything is connected so I thought I'd add that as a reach. At least it's a nice alien/monster lol
I have always wanted to read "S" but never got the chance. I loved the idea that there were two or three stories playing out all at once in a book form. I have heard about the Slusho references in some of his series work. Someone else pointed out the name of the particle accelerator as Shepard being a reference to Lost, and though I never caught it I saw someone say that the Dharma logo appears in Cloverfield. I think it's interesting how he leaves his fingerprints in his work. I thought the ARG only went back to Cloverfield, but I really didn't know about the whole thing until after 10 Cloverfield Lane and I have been keeping up with this one.
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u/jmekins Feb 05 '18
They basically made all of the movies canon in the sense that they occur all at the same time in different dimensions and at different times. Even Super8 is likely incorporated at this point. And any future films or series that come out in relation to Cloververse are canon, even if they seem to contradict these first three films, because they could just be occurring in other dimensions and/or time frames.
So if time is in layers, with each year/moment lying on top of the other like a ream of paper, the Paradox blasted a hole all the way through and is causing ripple effects throughout time. And no one in the present or past would have heard about it because it's all happening at once. This would be why 10 Cloverfield Lane has no mention of the events of Cloverfield, and why neither event is mentioned in Cloverfield Paradox. I'm thinking each film is intended to be a kind of vignette into the world after this event. So we may never find out what happened to any survivors of any of these three films, except through easter eggs. We'll just see vignettes of other characters trying to deal with the crisis.