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[QUESTION] About the trailer
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Melampus
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 		Sorry - had to mention this - I just switched on the t.v., and there's a documentary on the History Chanel right now, called "Tusnami 2004: Waves of Death." cue: Twilight Zone music.

Anyway, what's wrong with the monster idly wrenching the head off the SOL and then carrying it for a while, until it meets with some kind of military and/or volatile-NYC-infrastructure event, causing the big explosion we see from the roof, and then, in reaction to that event, the monster hurls the head it had been carrying. After all, that big explosion seen from the roof happens right before the monster roars for the 2nd time, and then, shortly after, the SOL's head comes flying uptown. Seems like the thing tripped over something volatile, or was met at the shore w/a military response - either way, something went boom and it made the monster mad, so it threw what it had been carrying (SOL's head).

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 		Why am I so bugged by the fact that the SOL head in the trailer is way TOO SMALL to be the real SOL head? In reality the head is big enough for people to stand inside the crown looking out through the windows.

The head on the street is at least only about 50% to scale. What's with that? Poor CGI IMHO.
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 		well nothing is wrong with that, i just think that the monster would probably rip the head off, chuck it as a first form of destruction that caused the major explosion and then it smashed up some buildings picked up the head again and threw it.
the only real problem i have with the carrying the head idea is that it would be extremely heavy, but this is clearly an exremely strong monster and my (if i actually thouoght of it) idea covers (half) the explosion as well. i just like the simplicity of it killing two birds with one stone.

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konamouse wrote:
Why am I so bugged by the fact that the SOL head in the trailer is way TOO SMALL to be the real SOL head? In reality the head is big enough for people to stand inside the crown looking out through the windows.

The head on the street is at least only about 50% to scale. What's with that? Poor CGI IMHO.


its irrelevant the scale of the head, weather it is the true size or not can be debated but when it comes down to it i dont think it really matters, just like i dont think it matters why the head was thrown, or where the head was thrown. JUST WHAT I THINK

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konamouse wrote:
Why am I so bugged by the fact that the SOL head in the trailer is way TOO SMALL to be the real SOL head? In reality the head is big enough for people to stand inside the crown looking out through the windows.

The head on the street is at least only about 50% to scale. What's with that? Poor CGI IMHO.


Wasn't there a thread about the SOL Head size? I agree with you. It was the first thing I noticed in the trailer. Is there a 'mini' SOL nearby?

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Melampus wrote:

So, here's an idea for you: it's not an "overnight" movie. The monster attack may end by dawn, but our "slusho seven" may meet their end well before sunrise.

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One thing that 's been bugging me is the teaser poster seems to be at dawn yet there is a wake in the water. Could this be after the monsters' night of destruction and the wake is it going back where it came from?
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nooneimportant77 wrote:
well nothing is wrong with that, i just think that the monster would probably rip the head off, chuck it as a first form of destruction that caused the major explosion and then it smashed up some buildings picked up the head again and threw it.
the only real problem i have with the carrying the head idea is that it would be extremely heavy, but this is clearly an exremely strong monster and my (if i actually thouoght of it) idea covers (half) the explosion as well. i just like the simplicity of it killing two birds with one stone.


That's definitely still a possibility - the monster chucks the head, causing the first explosion, and then picks it up again for another throw.

And, I can easily see them scaling down the size of the SOL's head just to allow it to land in the street - after all, that iconic image is a big part of what makes the trailer so intense & memorable. And, b/c of the movie posters, I don't think it's supposed to be anything other than the actual SOL head. I think we're supposed to suspend disbelief about the size of the head, to allow for that 'iconic' event - of it landing in the street.

And, Red Walrus, maybe the poster is supposed to signify the monster leaving the city, but I don't think so. I think the wake and bits of debris falling from the SOL in the poster is just some artistic license w/time-frame. The "flow" of things in the poster seems to be going into the city, not out of it. I'm thinking here of the wake in the water, but esp. the wake in the smoke between the gap in the buildings.

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Melampus wrote:
And, Red Walrus, maybe the poster is supposed to signify the monster leaving the city, but I don't think so. I think the wake and bits of debris falling from the SOL in the poster is just some artistic license w/time-frame. The "flow" of things in the poster seems to be going into the city, not out of it. I'm thinking here of the wake in the water, but esp. the wake in the smoke between the gap in the buildings.


Cool, you just saved me from having to type that same explanation again. High five...

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 		omg wait a minute....if the body of the statue of libertie is hollow....you can see inside from the scratches...would the head be hollow too? When it hit the ground it made a hollow sound but when it rolled it didnt show like any open parts like the body did......

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Oniduo wrote:
omg wait a minute....if the body of the statue of libertie is hollow....you can see inside from the scratches...would the head be hollow too? When it hit the ground it made a hollow sound but when it rolled it didnt show like any open parts like the body did......


Yes, the head is hollow. The thing to remember is the trailer's set at night, and as the interior wiring for the lights in the crown would have been destroyed when the head was torn from the statue none of them would be working so the interior would be dark.
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