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[SPEC] Slusho: Am I the Only One that Thinks?
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Prime_SoCal
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 		If ALL the threads here were like this one, we'd so have this solved by now.

I love it when people just randomly throw out their ideas... It serves to move us along so much easier to a possible solution

It's far better than coming out with a global theory of everything that has huge holes in it, and then vainly trying to defend it.

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KitsuneRisu
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 		What if the entire slusho site is ENTIRELY an analogy? Could it be possible that the history and terms aren't exactly talking about the creation of a delicious, refreshing frozen drink?

Maybe SLUSHO, per se, isn't really involved.

Now I can't even begin to think about how to warp it, but I do invite people to try.

Maybe this flavour thing that they found isn't really the flavour altogether. Maybe it's a baby monster or something. A magical monster that they would use to eventually take over New York?

Or something like that....

But I find it hard to think that Slusho isn't envolved entirely. It HAS been used in previous shows by J.J., but this is the first time it's been developed to such a degree. I'm fairly certain that it plays some sort of key.. Otherwise, what information are we supposed to extract from the site?

Of course...

The realistic view is that the only purpose of the site is to sell T-shirts. Maybe we should all accept that as truth.

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 		I agree with the general thinking that Slusho! doesn't play a big part (at least I pray it doesn't), but the History on the creepy Slusho! website is so unusual for a drink that SOMETHING has to come from it, even if only that the drink was so popular in Japan they ran out of the "secret ingredient" (Slurm), and started looking elsewhere, perhaps a trench in the Atlantic Ocean near New York. Okay, it's a stretch, but that website totally creeps me out. I'm just tired of looking at the same shite all the time, and finding nothing. I have a vivid imagination, but I get bored easily, too, and right now, I'm bored, bored, bored, bored......

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 		i'm pleasantly surprised with this tread. i've been praying since my first post that no one here actually thought slusho would even be mentioned in the film.

PostPosted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 2:33 pm
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 		Slusho...
Those of you assuming Slusho will play no importance in the movie are correct. Whether it will be in the movie or not is up for debate. I can guarantee that the monster is not brought forth by Slusho. Why you may ask? Well, I will share with you alla little insider information I aquired. Whom I received it from I will not say. Whether you believe me or not I do not care, I am here to share some info so don't bother with the flaming as I will not respond. What I state below is 100% fact straight from a team member on the production crew.

The monster is not robotic. It has scales. When the creature drops scales they hatch a creature of their own that looks like that of Raptor. There is a lot of death in the movie, eating, consuming of people. Our characters are some of the ill fated. There is no specific target of the creature. It shows up, eats, destroys, and then it leaves as quickly as it came; from the ocean.

Again, believe it or not, I really don't mind either way. I am just sick and tired of not having any new information on this movie. So, I share with you what I have been given as a gift from a friend. Good day.

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 		Re: Slusho...
Anonymous wrote:
Those of you assuming Slusho will play no importance in the movie are correct. Whether it will be in the movie or not is up for debate. I can guarantee that the monster is not brought forth by Slusho. Why you may ask? Well, I will share with you alla little insider information I aquired. Whom I received it from I will not say. Whether you believe me or not I do not care, I am here to share some info so don't bother with the flaming as I will not respond. What I state below is 100% fact straight from a team member on the production crew.

The monster is not robotic. It has scales. When the creature drops scales they hatch a creature of their own that looks like that of Raptor. There is a lot of death in the movie, eating, consuming of people. Our characters are some of the ill fated. There is no specific target of the creature. It shows up, eats, destroys, and then it leaves as quickly as it came; from the ocean.

Again, believe it or not, I really don't mind either way. I am just sick and tired of not having any new information on this movie. So, I share with you what I have been given as a gift from a friend. Good day.


i choose not...... http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/08/21/cloverfield1-18-08-sources-say-the-monsters-are-not-raptor-like/

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 		As I said above Sir believe what you will. However, do not always believe what you read. Just saying...

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 		I wholeheartedly agree. I'm sick of all the posts desperately trying to make a connection between Slusho and the monster itself. Slusho will probably be an integral part of this ARG (if it can be called that) but have very little to do with this movie (such as a character is wearing a Slusho shirt, they drink Slusho, etc. nothing more).

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Anonymous wrote:
As I said above Sir believe what you will. However, do not always believe what you read. Just saying...


He is doing as you say, hes believing a credible source over a guest who suddenly reveals some information on a forum, then quotes hes fed up of having no new info about the movie. Not the kind of thing someone with a decent source would be worried about I imagine Wink.

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 		Absolutely Golf! Very Happy

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Melampus
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 		Re: Slusho...
Anonymous wrote:
The monster is not robotic. It has scales. When the creature drops scales they hatch a creature of their own that looks like that of Raptor. There is a lot of death in the movie, eating, consuming of people. Our characters are some of the ill fated. There is no specific target of the creature. It shows up, eats, destroys, and then it leaves as quickly as it came; from the ocean.

Again, believe it or not, I really don't mind either way. I am just sick and tired of not having any new information on this movie. So, I share with you what I have been given as a gift from a friend. Good day.


There's no reason to believe this is from a real source, but... there's also no reason to believe it's NOT from a bona fide source. As our friend says, "believe it or not." If nothing else, this is a point in his/her favor for credibility.

It sounds plausible, in terms of the range of what I'd expect from this movie. The idea of bits/scales breaking off forming smaller killers is pretty cool - I could see that working for this style of movie. It's easier to sustain a 2 hour movie w/lil' killers stalking the characters, rather than having the characters be 6 out of the whole population of NYC running from the same general disaster of falling rubble and distant roars, etc.

But, then, maybe not.

I don't know, though - I like it. Shows up quickly and leaves - mayhem, intense and insane, etc. It's at least the kind of story I've been expecting, assuming the movie isn't bone-stoopid, e.g., it's all Rob's fault b/c his Dad got him a job in R&D at Slusho and he cut corners to beat out the competition and gave birth to a monster that's coming specifically to dish out some 'payback' just for Rob!! Surprised Sink your teeth into that crap! Pray with me, that this doesn't turn out to be something worthy of a South Park parody. We would certainly live to regret the time spent on this so far if it turns out to be a movie that Michael Bay could have made better.

No official statement has been given about whether it's just one monster or a multitude (somehow). Some rumors got spread about a big thing w/smaller "raptor-like" creatures, and then some articles were posted saying those rumors just didn't wash. So, there's no 'proof' that there won't be a big thing w/lil' things running amok underfoot. Anything is possible at this point.

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 		I don't doubt that tidbits will start leaking out left and right now that all the filming is in the can... This means a whole new group of FX and post production houses will be getting their mitts on the footage and have MUCH new info about the direction which will be taken in the movie...

The hype this movie has gotten is phenomenal and so has the interest of everyone in the Sci-Fi realm, so little nuggets as our guest has chosen to drop on us are going to become the rule rather than the exception here and elsewhere.

I know I have my sources here in SoCal looking out also, but no one has seen anything yet...

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Oniduo
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 		no raptors
I dont believe that the scales of the monster fall and form raptor monsters. If that were the case then what was the point of Rob and uh..beth? hiding under the bridge? An insanely huge monster that spawns raptors could have easily eaten them WAY earlier in the movie and hiding under a bridge wouldnt have been a wise place to hide from them. Also from the footage that the awesome 'Nooneimportant' shows that it appears that the bridge fell on top of them or there was a freak rock and dust storm this to me would appear that the beast crushed them under the bridge...so i assume. Also for scales of a monster from the ocean are actually raptors how could something like that survive without us knowing? If it was just one or two great big monsters sleeping in the depths of the ocean that is much more believeable than 10,000 plus scales turning into raptors. It would obviously symbolise JJ's needs or the writer's needs, to compensate..... *tee hee* A giant intimidating monster with a lot of little ones to do the dirty work. Also that just wouldnt be appealing, who cares about the little ones we want the big one!

Like in the first Jurassic park movie, what did almost everyone look forward to seeing? The T-Rex! Yeah the raptor was cool and all the other ones but we wanted to see the big daddy!


JJ better not have little raptors >.>

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Melampus
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 		That's a very good point - to draw attention away from the big one would be a bad move. It would be an irritating distraction, rather than anything new and cool.

Also, now that I think about it, it would probably be more difficult to keep it realistic and relatively cheap if there are little raptor things involved - to make those look real (and, I mean Blair Witch real - which is a VERY high/strict standard) would be exceedingly expensive. The ones in Jurassic Park were passable, but that's b/c it was a big budget Spielberg movie - we were willing to suspend disbelief. But, if they had tried to present those in a Blair Witch style, it would have been a joke. Then again, the little things could be anything - we say "raptors" but they don't have to be that complicated.

Anyway, on 2nd thought, any raptor-like things do seem unlikely. Good reality check, there, Oniduo.

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 		Dam this is a much better topic than the one I just made

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