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[Ra88]

[Spec] Alive: The monster's name?

[airteff]

Interesting.

I still get the feeling that the reason for the it's alive line is in responce to the earth shaking. Hence that wasn't an earthquake but something that is alive.

But your theory I think is a way better explanation

[Transparent Blue]

Strange that they'd name it that, but still (slightly) possible.

And airteff, the woman asks "What is it? Is it coming this way?" so everybody knows by that time that it's not an earthquake.

[keeno_82uk]

i don't like that theory. simple as. Its far fetched

[Subject 117]

It's always bothered me that.

In both trailers, "It's alive!"

Seems an odd thing to me to say, like you don't expect it to be, as if you had seen it before and it wasn't alive then. If its a big scary monster then you would expect it to be alive, if my cooker grew legs and came after me I may say "it's alive!"

Had they seen it before maybe?

[W-Three]

Your missing something.

Rob said 'SomeTHING attacked this city' implying he didnt know what it was.

The marines, also stated that they didnt know what it is.

Sorry, but the majority of the population knowing what this monster is is out of the question.

[Kingpin]

Plus, as names go... there'd be a lot more appropriate choices than 'Alive' which is after all a descriptive word and not a titular word*.

* With the exception of Alive!, but that's a minor exception.

[Juice]

Re: [Spec] Alive: The monster's name?

[djspankypants]

i do not think the monster is going to really get a name.

[Lawlbringer]

I don't think it's going to flow like that.

"I SAW IT, IT'S ALIVE, IT'S HUGE!"

kind of equates to

"I'm hungry."

and you asking me for my driver's licence because you think my name is Hungry.

[imnutty]

i still dont udnerstadn why they stress that its alive so much. When there in the store in the Second trailer i think HUD says to rob..." rob rob its alive"

Well no shit i think he knows its alive if its destroying the city and there hiding like wtf!?!?/

[fleabit]

I doubt that's the name they give it. But I am confused about the second "alive" comment in the trailers. The first, probably first sighting, ok... he might say "it's alive, it's huge." Maybe it washed up on the beach earlier in the day, or whatever as some have suggested.

But the second time, it was well into the movie. They obviously by this point KNOW the thing is alive. Why say it again? Unless perhaps this scene is after the bombing scene by the military jets, and people thought it had been killed. And once he realizes it didn't die, "it's alive" might make a bit of sense.

Still weird tho.

[British Guy]

first 'It's Alive' - as stated, because people would be speculating, earthquake, meteor strike, huge gas or electrical explosion, terrorist attack, etc.

second 'It's Alive' (in shop) - presumably much later into the running time after the main characters have witnessed massive firepower directed at the Grump from Army and Air Force and assumed it dead or fatally wounded.

[Slusho Addict]

It's a LION



It's huge!

[W-Three]