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[MonTag]

"its alive" is quite interesting, if a giant "thing" is attack your city the first thought to cross your mind isnt "its alive", its Holy shit! run, by saying "its Aline" that indicates to me as if somehow this was something that perhaps was'nt always alive, or thought to be dead. But it is early and i am sleepy so this just may be me rambling on*yawn*.

[wizkey]

Just a guess here, but maybe they where watching the news and the reporter on scene says something like:

"The airforce has bombed the creature and it isn't moving anymore. The threat is stopped"

Then everyone hiding indoors comes outside and the thing stands up, so people see it live and in it's full glory for the first time, prompting the line:

"It's alive, it's huge!"

It's probable that I would say that if anything I thought was dead turned out to be alive still.

Jeez, I've done it with animals I thought were dead but weren't in real life before.

[Blacraven]

that still doesnt explain the second "its alive" line, if the creature was presumed dead on the NEWS, everyone wouldve known what the hell they were running and hiding from, due to the continued major havoc going on. but instead, his friend begins to explain to him what the deal is before he was rudely interupted by crashing glass.

- why after they were obviously hiding, would he have to say that? He wouldnt, unless robs a retard and doesnt know that hes on the run from... A FREAKING HUGE MONSTER

[sOuLii]

uhm something came to my mind when i saw the poster of the movie... we all know we see the statue of liberty and its head thorn of... but we cant see the island its standing on... what if the creature was part of the island or the island itself ?! you know those storys of giant turtles mistaken for islands from fantasy novels... now if i wake up and notice someone put a steel construct on my back i would seriously be pissed and rip it apart

oh... and you would surely be surprised to see coney island walk next to you and yell "its alive !"

[Melampus]

Regarding the "it's alive" comments...

I think everyone is forgetting that this movie is not being presented as a classic monster movie. In a classic monster movie, everyone knows that a monster is attacking - that fact is not mulled over; people know it and they move on. THIS movie, though, is being presented as something real, so the characters will react as a person might actually react in a major crisis. And, here's the thing: imagine you are in NYC and suddenly there's explosions and alarms and people screaming - you would NOT think, "oh, must be a monster attack." And, even after people ran past yelling, "it's alive! it's huge!" you STILL probably wouldn't think, "oh, must be a monster attacking the city." Unless you saw it yourself, you'd never believe anyone who told you a monster was attacking - you'd think they were nuts. And, even if you did see it yourself, you might still be wondering what's REALLY going on, i.e., you wouldn't believe your own eyes.

The "it's alive! it's huge!" line in the first trailer makes sense because nobody would think that something big and alive (i.e., monster) was attacking the city; they'd all think it was terrorists or something political, but never a MONSTER. I mean, c'mon. When Hud or Hawk tells Rob "it's alive" in the ruined store, it's easy enough to imagine Rob not totally buying the reports of a monster attacking. Again - who would?!

So, give the writers and actors some leeway here, is all I'm sayin'.

[Horned1]

Here is my take on the "it"s alive" exclamation. I think that something big washed ashore near the Statue of Liberty, like a pod or a shelled creature curled into a ball. It may have even been partially submerged.

It was presumed dead, but perhaps it was only dormant as it was adjusting to the pressure and temperature of the surface. They may have sent out teams to look at it, but many began to get sick, so Liberty Island was quarantined until they could figure out what to do -- not telling the public why of course.

I suspect that Rob knows about the outbreak through his work with Tagruato, which explains his lack of surprise, and his apparent lack of concern for the monster outside when he's asking for help because "she's dying."

In any case, the "thing" that washed ashore would have been all over the news, so when it suddenly awoke and started its redecorating of NYC, people would naturally be surprised that it was a live, and that it was bigger than first suspected. Hence the line "it's alive, it's huge."

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[Dlac]

what does bother me...

...in the trailer, someone off camera is pretty adamently trying to get Rob's attention in that convenience store or whatever, in the middle of this craziness, repeatedly saying "Rob!" until Rob turns and he says "I saw it, it's ali--*explosion*"

this doesn't seem lke a throw-away panicked exclamation like the teaser's 'I saw it, It's live, It's huge"

It seems like an awkward exchange, as if the guy needs to tell rob, as if rob would have some perevious knowledge. I dunno, obvious speculation...

Then again, yes, in the movie this could fall sometime after they've maybe thought the monster was killed, but the focus on telling rob specifically that it's alive(which i assume he says, but he does get cut off) bothers me.

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[wizkey]

I was wondering if the only reason for the second it's alive comment was only to dispel the crazy 'it's a lion' debates.