An "avid reader" of named "Nelson" sent me this picture which may or may not be "real", but depicts the "Cloverfield monster". 

As you can see from the detail, it’s basically a whale with crabs, like your mother (saw that one coming, didn’t you…).

At this point, I could tell you why I find this totally lame/awesome in the context of various movie monsters and their particular strengths and weaknesses, but then I’d have to kick my own ass.  Any way you slice it, it’s still a movie about a giant monster.

And that’s not nearly as cool as a tiger escaping from the zoo and attacking three guys (killing one).

They suffered "pretty aggressive bite marks," [police spokesman] Mannina said.

Man-eating tigers 1, JJ Abrams 0.

UPDATE: According to commenter Bandit2037, "It’s not the monster, a guy named Doug Williams drew it for a Cloverfield contest."  Should we trust him? Sure, why not.

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