Meh i've been wanting to see transformers.... this makes me wana see it all the more.... is the add still showing? If so then I need to go like..... this weekend.

Two words: Dramatic license.

What other trailer do you think people were likely to remember after seeing another Michael Bay special effects blowout like Transformers?

"Dude, what about when Optimus blew off the Statue of Liberty's head, man?"

"Dude, that was so not in Transformers. That was a preview for coming attractions!"

"Righteous."

But I digress (specifically, to )

How could it be a Halo movie in any way? I mean the trailer took place during the present time and what would a Halo movie be without a well known Halo character? And it would totally screw up the timeline of Halo. Nice thought though.

I think it's clear what happened to the Statue of Liberty--the Ghostbusters were driving it using the power of love, in an effort to fight the Flood. And the Flood, using the power of hate, won.

Eh I don't still don't buy it. Even if it was a Halo movie you would think the Earth would keep something in its history books about a parasite that they could use during the Halo time line. Also how would we be able to kill the Flood now days? Seems to me we wouldn't stand a chance.

We're also assuming that cloverfield will take place in our time line. It is perhaps a safe assumption, but what we saw doesn't eliminate from consideration that it is in line with Halo CE or thereabouts.

In the short film Arms Race (download it off XBL if you haven't seen it, it's pretty cool) they show the construction of warthogs, soldiers being fitted and armed, as well as a pelican. The means of construction and setting for the film (what looked like an oil barge) weren't so "super future-y" that they were unrecognizable from our own time. The movie could take place in the future, just not the future of the Jetsons.