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[Katw0man]

suckaH wrote:

[TheAirman]

[I'M HUGE!]

[Katw0man]

The Airman wrote:

[SuperSquirrel]

there are other posts which show which national guard and AF units are closest to the NY area to respond to this crisis. I apologise as I cannot remember right off which boards showed these areas. I know Eucher?sp? was one of the posters

[Bacon Army]

[m0r1arty]

Maybe it's 3 whales in a trenchcoat!?!?

-m0r

[Super King]

I came across a PDF file while searching google that I think might help put perspective on our radar queries.

http://www.nopp.org/nopp/project-reports/reports/05depros.pdf

On page 2, you can see what two humpback whales look like on radar imagery. So if we extrapolate this to a blue whale, it would look exponentially larger.

[suckaH]

[Mystlyfe]

The poster certainly seems to suggest the monster moves at extreme speeds, as it has managed to tear a chunk deep enough into the city that you cannot no longer see it before its wake disappears from the water.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/Godkin/Cloverfieldposter.jpg?t=1196647484


On a more serious note, given the content of the teaser, its highly unlikely the monster approached in a very "traditional" fashion. The party is interrupted by an "earthquake" with a simultaneous roaring/moaning/animal noise. The news report is speaking of this earthquake as well as the noise, but no mention of any sightings of any creature or anything else coming from the water (something of this magnitude would, hopefully at least, be mentioned on the breaking news as well), or elsewhere. When the party-goers reach the roof (presumably shortly after they're watching the news report), there is another roaring sound, this time accompanied by a massive explosion in the heart of Manhattan. While there certainly appears to be no military explanation of this explosion, it does not entirely rule out the chance that the explosion was caused by the military (or man in general) in response to the appearance of grumpypants.
The easiest conclusion that I can gather from extrapolating this data is that the monster appeared very rapidly, most likely from underground. Once again the news mentioned no sightings of anything approaching from the coast or from the air, making it seem likely the monster more or less "appeared" after the earthquake. The earthquake could easily have been caused by the monster (starting) breaking through the ground of New York. A massive tremor is sent out that temporarily derails power, although not violent enough to take it out permanently (although back-ups generators can be responsible for power being regained), as not only does the party regain power, but all the lights are on in the skyscrapers when the explosion occurs. Within what I assume is a matter of minutes either the monster itself, or the [military] response to the monster triggered some form of massive explosion within Manhattan.
There are, of course, some faults in my theory. If a giant monster broke through the ground of NYC, it would be likely that would be reported, at least in some rumor form, by the NY1 news. My best explanation for this is that the initial earthquake was only either the monsters first attempt to surface, or the beginning of a longer sustained effort, as it obviously didn't carry enough force to cause long-lasting blackouts around the city.

[m_talon]

Short answer: It takes a little bit to mobilize military. You have to get the soldiers equipped, load them up, and get to the destination. Same with pilots and planes, unless they just happened to be flying by.

My guess is the Navy/Coast Guard saw something moving at a good clip towards NYC, but they couldn't stop it. Even if they depth-charged it, it probably kept coming. They could have notified the National Guard, but they may not have realized it was amphibious. By the time it pops up and starts rampaging across Manhattan, the damage is done.

Nobody in the news would have known exactly what was going on unless they were RIGHT THERE when it comes ashore. Given the power of this critter, anyone present was probably toast. Then, by the time the news does get wind, we're already past the explosion/SOL head tossing. None of our cast is near a TV anymore.

Super short answer: We're looking at mere minutes passing between landfall and explosion. No way anyone would have known what was coming and could prepare for it, nor would the news be able to cover it before the party heads out into the streets.

[11808fan]

I like the ideas so far -

Grumpypants "floats" up to the shore, a big mound of green whale-looking flesh that's 5 (10) times the size of a blue whale. This would back up the "it's alive" line we all like so much. He then "wakes" up and starts his mayhem.

Or (and I like this one better), he's cooking towards the coast, and even if the Guard saw him on radar (and how would you not), there just isn't a whole hell of a lot of time to react before he's on top of Manhattan tearing up the place.

Threw the SOL head at something, like a helicopter... very plausible. And scary, as it would suggest intelligence to use tools as well as the ability to grasp - anyone else thinking opposable thumb?

Lastly, I feel that grumpypants is looking for something/someone. Even the dumbest animal, regardless of how tough it is, would try to evade being hurt. If he's (it's) getting shot at, wouldn't it go back to the water so as to avoid more injury? The answer is yes - unless it's still looking for something it wants. No?

[john locke]

Ahem Catwoman, you said
"I'm gonna go be an argumentative little hooker and say, do you have any proof it doesn't have anything to do with "bloop"? I'm sorry, but I think that a movie possibly featuring a monster bigger than the largest animal on Earth is just too cool of a thing to pass up--sorry, I'm a woman that loves destruction and mayhem. Out of curiousity, did anyone on the UF boards mention that they sent "BLOOP!" to Happy Talk? I realize it was a long time ago, but as I was a filthy lurker at the time, I've always wondered... just asking."


THATS HOT!!!

[Mystlyfe]