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[sam.weir]

"Concerning the possible complexity of the movie itself, I'm not sure why you'd expect JJ Abrams to be involved in an uncomplicated, straightforward monster-go-smash movie. Not all monster-movies are created equal. "

the only reason i say this is because the only real piece of info about the film we received from him at the comic con was that in the coming months we'll be receving a REAL poster, a title, a REAL trailer. that, to me, sounds like the death of our little ARG i'm afraid. then it will just be another advertised film. nothing to figure out at all until you see the movie.

[Melampus]

If there is an ARG, then they must have worked it all out before they started filming the movie; and, J.J. Abrams supposedly cut the trailer himself.

SO, there could be clues hidden in the trailer... like this map-poster. Assuming there is or will be an ARG, it's a legit. possibility to be explored.

But, there's also a good chance that, even if the map is part of the ARG, it's still just a "prop" - we'll find out what it means later, as we learn more about the backstory (in the manner of a House of Leaves Lat. riddle) from other sources.

Still, on the off-chance it will lead us somewhere -

I agree with deletia that the map on the left is most likely New Jersey (I checked out Google maps and it looks pretty close). And, yeah, those markings would be down near Liberty State Park. I liked the idea of actually going to those locations and finding clues there, somehow. But, the markings aren't very specific - most are just lines, covering several blocks of city. In fact, they're very odd markings - in what contexts would a person have reason to mark a map like that? Any ideas?

And, sam.weir - I don't think J.J.'s comments about a real poster and new trailer mean the end of any pre-movie ARG, unless you were thinking of the game being about finding movie "spoilers." In that case, yeah, it's not gonna happen. But, if the ARG is the House of Leaves Lat. Riddle thing, then it's already started, and it will continue to creep along slowly until the movie comes out and, then, it should get much more involved. In the meantime, we can still look for oddities and note possible leads, etc. Anything in the trailer is fair game, if it's true that J.J. edited it himself. But, we should speculate with many grains o' salt, since if any of this HoL Lat. Riddle theory is right, then we're still very early in this whole thing, so whatever wild theories we form now will become moot when more solid info. starts coming to light.

[deletia]

I appreciate those caveats. You're right- we should proceed to speculate, but only with so many grains of salt. My hope is that either 1) this will give us a solid lead as things do begin to develop more quickly, or--less likely, I'll admit--2) the game has fully begun already, and this could provide us with a clue as to our next big breakthrough.

[Anteros]

The ledger in the middle separates the left side of the map from the right.

While the left side does look like it may be Jersey, what if it's the right side in detail and the ledger is used to point out details?

Just a thought. Can't see it too clearly.

If that's a real map I hope someone here finds a copy.

[Melampus]

Because of that ledger, or column of text, in the middle, I think it's gotta be a train/subway map w/schedule information as the text. I can't think of what else would have maps and a dense table of text/info. like that, except maybe some kind of nautical chart, but they're maps of land, not water. Anyway, those markings are still strange for a subway/rail map.

They could just be markings of specific places, but done in a very sloppy way.

[Anteros]

I took a closer look at it and the left side of the map does seem, to me, to be a detailed view of lower Manhattan. Perhaps your idea about a train schedule is correct and the sites crossed out are the places where he takes the subway.

Damn, I wish we had a clear look at this map.

[Kingpin]

[SLUSHO_ZOOM!]

Seems a bit far fetched...

[Kingpin]

Re: [SPEC] Trailer:map - A party; Manhattan goes up in flames

[SLUSHO_ZOOM!]

Nah.

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deletia

[SLUSHO_ZOOM!]

Who cares?!

[Deren-kun]

Re: Who cares?!

[SLUSHO_ZOOM!]

You're right.

[Deren-kun]

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