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[Angstfild]

[QUESTION]The explosion

[OliMango]

Could've been a gas truck or something along those lines. Who knows, who cares?

[Trixx]

maybe the tagruato oil tanker

oil is flammable...would cause a fair sized explosion

[ScubaSteve1717]

everything the monster touches seems to explode for some reason

[Angstfild]

The explosion was unnatural. There was really no mushrooming effect.

The fireball just grew, things flew out from it and that is all that we are left with.

Just an odd part of the movie that seems to have no place really.

[d0nu7]

I thought the explosion looked like it was in the air almost. My first thought was the tagruato oil tanker but it isn't up high enough perspective wise (I don't think) for the explosion to be seen like that. I really cannot think of what it could be. Maybe the shot was made hastily for the trailer and then it was included due to it being such a prevalent image in the minds of many.

[Animaniac]

I think the assumption is that the explosion was the tanker (since its on fire later, and wasnt when the newscast happened). The problem is the explosion happened at City Hall (well, the park in front of it) Meaning either MGP found something there that blew up alot when he stepped on it, or the Military was already dropping ordinance on him at that point.

No spoiler tag as theres nothing in this post that wasnt in the ads

[Transparent Blue]

It can't have been caused by the oil tanker, when they reach the bridge you can see it's still intact (though on fire). An explosion from the inside would've ripped it to shreds, if the tanker could somehow withstand and contain an explosion like that then the fireball wouldn't have grown to the size it did.

I think this is the most likely case:

[Roe]

I wondered about military action myself.

In one of the 1-18-08.com photos there is a night vision shot which shows a ton of fire power on something in the water--I choose to believe this was before the attack on NYC, and not after. Perhaps it's just a short while before the attack on the city. We know the Coast Guard was involved with the Chuai station collapse from the news accounts as well.

Perhaps the military was trying to take some last action before it got to the city and dropped a really big bomb on it?

[6slushos]

[sowht]

 Thoughts

[stellacotton]

I didn't know a tentacle destroying the bridge was a fact. I thought it was the tail of the monster. Tentacles are usually used in combinations of two or more for gripping. What was it doing with the other tentacles while using just one to destroy the bridge? I didnt even see tentacles on the monster.

[sowht]

[6slushos]

i was thinking about what you said about the tentacle and the tail.
and i really think its a tail. because this monster could be both a land and water creature.
the thing we see on the bridge is the tail, as for the body?
it could be in the sea. why not? we can diminish that possibility because the people on the lower bridge saw it first then started running.

[stellacotton]

When the monster is on all fours he's really not that tall. Just a guess but no more than 5-7 stories tall. It's hard to say but he's definitely low to the ground and stealthy.