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[Fehdman_Kassad]

Paraffin is suspended in Crude Oil, it is a byproduct of oil drilling, so it is another way of raising profits.

[Dr. Awkward]

Tagruato's secret agenda/motivation...

[Him Who is He]

The main use for the wax is to coat the cups you put slusho in...the ones right near the machine....


random post i know.

[ViOlAtOr]

great posts everyone...

[dalphx]

[Dr. Awkward]

[dalphx]

Exactly DR, When I hear "our" question comes up "Am I included?"

[Euchre]

"Exploring our world,"
Says to me that they feel possession of some world, but is it a realm of their own and not so literally something like a different planet? They are exploring the ocean (which actually encompasses most of this planet), does that mean they feel the ocean is their true home?
"Ensuring your future."
This says to me that they are acting upon our futures, as if in some sense of control over it. Basically, they feel they are defining our future - but is it a future we want?

If they were aliens, I'd expect:
"Exploring your world, Ensuring our future."

[AfterDystopia]

I would say you get ten points for stupidest use of smileys... ever.

[Hurley]

Guys, what if Ganu and company aren't the bad guys that everyone believes. What if Ganu has actually run across something *Off* before. Wasn't it Ahab, in his quest to defeat the white whale, that actually BECAME said whale. He knew, almost preternaturally, where to look for it, because he was a part of it, and it him. I think if i had caught a glimpse of something lurking deep within the oceans depths, and knew it had destroyed someone i loved, and i had the capitol and manpower to back my quest, i would do everything in my power to track it down. Including cut-throat tactics, developing new armament, and using every resource at my disposal.

Exploring our World, Ensuring your Future.

Against the unknown.....

[brettoniasam]

[Hurley]

[Melampus]

Actually, there is that article on the Tagruato page entitled "Investing in the Future of Energy" which might be interpreted as reflecting well on the company (in terms of being 'good guys'), but it could also be a bunch of crap, ala Bold Future "ensuring our future." Tagruato wants to be the one to sell people the energy they will need, and while they express some 'concern' for the environment, maximizing returns to their shareholders is still the bottom line (as it should/must be for most corporations, by law).

"Well, not much new there..."
- Rosencrantz (Gary Oldman), Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead

Still, Ganu Yoshida might not be a 'bad guy' in all this. That's a distinct possibility. I'd like to see it, actually - it would go against the stock/cliche role of the originating scientist we're so used to seeing in monster movies.

[Hurley]

Yeah Mel, but how do we KNOW he's the originator?

Noriko found the DSI, apparently, and died for the knowledge. Ganu wanted to know what his mother died for, and followed through. In the process he may have found our monster, and once seeing it, and what it had done to him personally, he reacted like any true hero would. I think, while Slusho! is definitely IG, it is just a by product of what he was originally after.
Revenge.
You look for the enemy, find it, identify it's weakness, and engage it. I think Ganu is riding the white horse in this one. My feeling, Ganu's the hero in this piece. Took a while, but it makes sense in a poetic way.

[Melampus]

I only meant "originator" in loose, monster-movie kind of way, i.e., a scientist who is 'closest' to the monster, relative to the rest of the characters, and who can offer some kind of explanation as to why the monster is now killing/eating the rest of the characters.

And, Ganu being a hero: I can totally see that. In fact, I'd like to see it. I'd bet that Ganu is at least more hero than villain in all this. So, I say: YES and AMEN to your proposals, Hurley.