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[LaNcEleCtriKuTion]

Speculation on GP/Tanker relationship

[zooboomafoo]

Re: Speculation on GP/Tanker relationship

[suckaH]

Re: Certain it's the tanker blowing up?

[Slusho Addict]

the nearest projectile seems to break apart into smaller ones as it starts to fall, so I don't think it is a barrel.
Having said that, I don't have much experience with explosive barrels in real life.

[Roztox]

[LaNcEleCtriKuTion]

zooboomafoo, I meant "A random boat" not "random boat". Typo there. And the reason i said random was because it found out the Taggy ship wasn't real, so it grabbed a random boat near the capsized Taggy ship, not the ship itself. And to add on my theories:

If it constantly grows, GP'll break out of the tanker like a cocoon, maybe through the hull, so the news copters couldnt see it.

Also, for my other theory, it lives WAAYYYY below sea level, maybe near molten levels. GP may also have limited burrowing abilities, but can only do it in softer ground underwater. The dirt up here is littered with debris and hard ground, so maybe he gets evn MORE pissed, and his bad day becomes worse.

'least he has a reason for trashing Manhattan now

[Nighthawk]

[Some Thing]

Regardless of the specifics, it's looking like the oil tanker has something to do with the monster's appearance...if for no other reason than the Tagruato logo on the ship.

What's not clear, is that the tanker is somehow involved in the large explosion shown in the trailers.
It's highly probable that they'll never show what caused it.

[Roztox]

[JimiJons]

[avpruler]

lol, I think that the monster destroyed the tanker and rushed the city, because it was maybe 1/2 a minute after the tanker hit the news that there was the big explosion in the center of the city, that thing was quick with its work! plus musta been luggin around SOLs head, because it was a while after the explosion that it lugged it at the building

[Nighthawk]

I'm assuming that, when the news report comes on, the SOL is still intact. I might not have much faith in the media, but I would like to believe that a news helicopter might notice the little detail of the SOL missing her head...

I'm guessing that at the time of the newscast the monster's swimming between islands.

That brings up an interesting point: the SOL's head bounces off the street less than a minute before we see the creature down the street. So unless he can swim over a mile and walk half a mile through Manhattan in under a minute, he's been carrying the SOL's head around like a baseball all along.

[xboyonfirex]

[Time Gap]

[LaNcEleCtriKuTion]

[LaNcEleCtriKuTion]

Okay. Time to get serious. If the movie really lapses like that, will there be a chance at the end of the movie where an Army official turns on the camera and starts to view its contents? If so, I have a totally sequel-making ending:

-End of PoV as the camera shuts off. Reverts to Hollywood style film-
Some Army General talking to the Dept. of Def in Washington D.C.

"And so, ladies and gentlemen of the Department of Defence, as you see in this "Cloverfield" evidence, we're dealing with something surreal. An order for immediate wartime supplies must be ordered- this thing is still out there. While we are still safe in D.C., I reccomend..."

Monster Roar. GP is approaching the nation's capital.
Screams and everything as GP is attacked by emergency forces.
Boom. GP is on the screen in full HD view, not the Handheld view. The General sees it out of the window and curses. GP goes into a seizure and grows. Now it's waay larger than before.

The monster yells out a more intense roar as jets, tanks, and soldiers engage into battle.

Screen says either "To be continued..." or the credits roll.

This is one of the best cliffhangers that I can think of.