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[META][TRAILHEAD] 1-18-08: Possible new arg/puzzle?
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SisBear
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 		I was reading through the AICN talkback pages, and there is a user there (going by the name of VITM) who says that the Slusho.jp history has changed (or will change tomorrow). He acts like he is someone "in the know". I don't know if he's the real thing or not, but if anybody wrote the history down and can compare, then we can see if there's anything to what he says.

Here's the link to the talkback page:

http://www.aintitcool.com/talkback_display/33457#comment_1635856

His first post is on July 26th at 06:10:52 PM.

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SisBear wrote:
I was reading through the AICN talkback pages, and there is a user there (going by the name of VITM) who says that the Slusho.jp history has changed (or will change tomorrow). He acts like he is someone "in the know". I don't know if he's the real thing or not, but if anybody wrote the history down and can compare, then we can see if there's anything to what he says.

Here's the link to the talkback page:

http://www.aintitcool.com/talkback_display/33457#comment_1635856

His first post is on July 26th at 06:10:52 PM.


As of 12:23 AM Eastern, there is no change.
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 		Guess we'll check again tomorrow, then.

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 		Ok i just heard jj talking about cloverfield when he says he wants his own

type of monster does he mean one whos painted in the stars and

stripes ?

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JimmieBJr wrote:
SisBear wrote:
I was reading through the AICN talkback pages, and there is a user there (going by the name of VITM) who says that the Slusho.jp history has changed (or will change tomorrow). He acts like he is someone "in the know". I don't know if he's the real thing or not, but if anybody wrote the history down and can compare, then we can see if there's anything to what he says.

Here's the link to the talkback page:

http://www.aintitcool.com/talkback_display/33457#comment_1635856

His first post is on July 26th at 06:10:52 PM.


As of 12:23 AM Eastern, there is no change.


9:19AM Eastern, still no change.

OCD I choose you!

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engdude wrote:

9:19AM Eastern, still no change.

OCD I choose you!



LOL! Laughing

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Erikson wrote:
I'm not even sure anymore what the clues are supposed to lead us to. I mean are they supposed to tell us what an original monster looks like? Is it supposed to reveal the name that they said will be revealed later? What are we trying to find out?

If it's based off of an animal lets start eliminating the already used animals. Lizard (including dinosaurs) , Monkey , Squid , Moth , Worm , Marshmellow (?), and for good measure lets strike of Robot .

Maybe it is a shark with legs! That's pretty original. Or a mutant whale that had his brother speared and he's out for revenge. Oh maybe it's a giant duck because of the whole land/air/sea thing on Slusho! After all it does say Ducky on the .jpg's! (yes I know that doesn't mean anything!)

Bah! ARG's normally aren't this hard, are they?


People have been spending soooo much time and energy trying to predict what's going to be in the movie, but the movie will most likely be the starting point for the ARG, in the same way that watching LOST was the starting point for playing "The Lost Experience." The ARG will most likely involve the backstory - the explanation as to where the monster came from and why it attacked NYC, but NOT what's going to actually be in the movie itself. They want the ARG to be something people can play for a while - if it's about predicting what you'll actually be able to just watch in January, then it would be rather pointless. That would be like playing "The Lost Experience" in order to find out what happened in some episode of LOST. Finding out stuff that's NOT in any episode - now, that makes sense. And, finding out stuff that's NOT going to be in the movie would also make sense, i.e., backstory.

Also, this is going to be a hand-held Blair Witch style movie, so there probably won't be any explanation given AT ALL about what's happening and why. Maybe a little - in the beginning or end - but, if it's going to maintain any kind of "realism" at all, then there's no plausible way that we'll learn anything about the origin of the monster during the viedos of Rob & company fleeing the attack. If Rob is somehow 'involved' or if they happen to bump into some wild-eyed scientist who tells all - anything like that would be way too formulaic to be "realistic." A realistic movie would have them running for their lives, but not knowing anything other than what they actually witness. If you were in an attack on NYC, you wouldn't know squat about the how's and why's of it until much later, after it was all over; and even then, it would take a while to ever figure out what actually happened and why. (if you think this wouldn't 'work' for a movie, think of War of the Worlds: no backstory needed there; the aliens attack, it's bedlam, and then they just... die).

If you think about it, the Blair Witch style makes for the perfect ARG companion movie - b/c it's the only style that can get away with NOT revealing much, if any, backstory - and, that way, they can make up whatever the hell they want in the ARG, and they could keep it going for as long as they wanted. AND, the movie will still stand on it's own - again, b/c it's a Blair Witch style approach which needs no explanations of WHY anything's happening. The less explained, the better, in terms of intense realism. What makes this ideal is that playing the ARG won't be required to enjoy the movie - so, they can still market the movie to a mass audience, and at the same time, to ARG fans as well, i.e., the ARG will be totally optional. And, ideally, you'd play the ARG with a copy of the DVD at hand, so you could look for clues that have been planted in the movie itself. Besides, there may not even BE an ARG, just marketing. But, if there is, it will probably not be about predicting what we're going to able to see for ourselves in a few months.

I don't know, though - just a thought.

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Melampus wrote:
Erikson wrote:
I'm not even sure anymore what the clues are supposed to lead us to. I mean are they supposed to tell us what an original monster looks like? Is it supposed to reveal the name that they said will be revealed later? What are we trying to find out?

If it's based off of an animal lets start eliminating the already used animals. Lizard (including dinosaurs) , Monkey , Squid , Moth , Worm , Marshmellow (?), and for good measure lets strike of Robot .

Maybe it is a shark with legs! That's pretty original. Or a mutant whale that had his brother speared and he's out for revenge. Oh maybe it's a giant duck because of the whole land/air/sea thing on Slusho! After all it does say Ducky on the .jpg's! (yes I know that doesn't mean anything!)

Bah! ARG's normally aren't this hard, are they?


People have been spending soooo much time and energy trying to predict what's going to be in the movie, but the movie will most likely be the starting point for the ARG, in the same way that watching LOST was the starting point for playing "The Lost Experience." The ARG will most likely involve the backstory - the explanation as to where the monster came from and why it attacked NYC, but NOT what's going to actually be in the movie itself. They want the ARG to be something people can play for a while - if it's about predicting what you'll actually be able to just watch in January, then it would be rather pointless. That would be like playing "The Lost Experience" in order to find out what happened in some episode of LOST. Finding out stuff that's NOT in any episode - now, that makes sense. And, finding out stuff that's NOT going to be in the movie would also make sense, i.e., backstory.

Also, this is going to be a hand-held Blair Witch style movie, so there probably won't be any explanation given AT ALL about what's happening and why. Maybe a little - in the beginning or end - but, if it's going to maintain any kind of "realism" at all, then there's no plausible way that we'll learn anything about the origin of the monster during the viedos of Rob & company fleeing the attack. If Rob is somehow 'involved' or if they happen to bump into some wild-eyed scientist who tells all - anything like that would be way too formulaic to be "realistic." A realistic movie would have them running for their lives, but not knowing anything other than what they actually witness. If you were in an attack on NYC, you wouldn't know squat about the how's and why's of it until much later, after it was all over; and even then, it would take a while to ever figure out what actually happened and why. (if you think this wouldn't 'work' for a movie, think of War of the Worlds: no backstory needed there; the aliens attack, it's bedlam, and then they just... die).

If you think about it, the Blair Witch style makes for the perfect ARG companion movie - b/c it's the only style that can get away with NOT revealing much, if any, backstory - and, that way, they can make up whatever the hell they want in the ARG, and they could keep it going for as long as they wanted. AND, the movie will still stand on it's own - again, b/c it's a Blair Witch style approach which needs no explanations of WHY anything's happening. The less explained, the better, in terms of intense realism. What makes this ideal is that playing the ARG won't be required to enjoy the movie - so, they can still market the movie to a mass audience, and at the same time, to ARG fans as well, i.e., the ARG will be totally optional. And, ideally, you'd play the ARG with a copy of the DVD at hand, so you could look for clues that have been planted in the movie itself. Besides, there may not even BE an ARG, just marketing. But, if there is, it will probably not be about predicting what we're going to able to see for ourselves in a few months.

I don't know, though - just a thought.


You hit the nail on the head.

In fact, I was in the US when the Blair Witch Project premiered, and the night before, the Sci-Fi channel aired an ARGish puff piece to build credibility for the movie (i.e pretending the events in the movie were real).
It featured fake interviews with the characters family, and many other material that never featured in the movie.
This totally supports your theory about the actual ARG starting after the movie is aired. I think that in the next six months we'll basically be involved in a scavenger hunt of sorts for various clues about the movie, and it's back story. So we have a long road ahead of us.
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 		New Picture up at slushozoom.com along with new hidden text...

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 		*Sigh*... once again...
Anonymous wrote:
New Picture up at slushozoom.com along with new hidden text...


Blah blah blah please use search blah blah 3 and 4 postings of inaccurate information, blah blah blah. Slushozoom.com is a gamejack, blah blah blah, not valid information.

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Anonymous wrote:
New Picture up at slushozoom.com along with new hidden text...
GRRRRR

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 		 monster idea
im just looking at the poster again, behing that one building, it seems to be awfully bright... and for the time of day when that head was thrown, doesnt the poster seem really light anyway.. maybe its some sort of... sun or fire monster type thing, that could certainly explain the increased heat and risen sea level, Very Happy

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 		Re: monster idea
sturnteer wrote:
im just looking at the poster again, behing that one building, it seems to be awfully bright... and for the time of day when that head was thrown, doesnt the poster seem really light anyway.. maybe its some sort of... sun or fire monster type thing, that could certainly explain the increased heat and risen sea level, Very Happy


I think that comment was almost worse than all the kids still going "Theres a new picture on the website" or "check out slushozoom.com"

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 		oh stop takin everything to seriously, its only a 'kin film, or is it now illegal to speculate

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