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Stumper67 · Veteran Joined: 18 Oct 2007 Posts: 97

Addressing why the monster would move around so fast, I have two points:

1. This monster is having heavy weapons fired at it constantly... Of course it's going to move in a frantic, nonsensical pattern... It's an animal getting pounded on by very powerful weapons... As we see late in the film, our attacks do have an effect on it, they just don't finish it off... It's obviously going to run away from whatever is attacking it, sporadically fighting back like any frantic and cornered animal would do.

2. One reason why it may have returned to the water and to the Brooklyn Bridge is that there was a huge congregation of food there. They were evacuating people, so there was a huge amount of people concentrated on the bridge.

**Posted:** Mon Jan 21, 2008 5:43 pm

cowboyfromhell

J.J. reffers to only one monster,Reeves refers to only one monster,the military refers to only one monster,the news refers to only one monster.I do think the military would know if there were more than one,and they say "IT" as in singular.

**Posted:** Mon Jan 21, 2008 5:55 pm

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Saw it again, and how does this monster sneak up on Hud, Beth, and Rob in the park, if it's not a smaller one than the main monster?

Can it walk on its tiptoes?
Is there a stealth mode?

The giant monster than was storming through the city, knocking over buildings, and ripping the heads off of statues could not have quietly crept into the park, and snuck up behind them in the matter of split seconds in which Hud picks up the camera as Rob and Beth run away.

**Posted:** Mon Jan 21, 2008 6:24 pm

BeliyPlaschik · Kilroy Joined: 21 Jan 2008 Posts: 1

Well what of the small parasite like creatures that came off the main monster? Does anyone think that after feeding they could have grown as well and it could have been what killed Hud?

**Posted:** Mon Jan 21, 2008 6:40 pm

blaaaaaah · Unfettered Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 313

Come on guys. You're going to worry about his height THAT MUCH. Godzilla varied in size depending on the situation. Sometimes in the same movie.

Maybe Clover was smaller in the scene with HUD, but it was only to make his demise more intimate.

**Posted:** Mon Jan 21, 2008 7:28 pm

batsman415 · Boot Joined: 19 Jan 2008 Posts: 11

WOW. theres only one monster, simple as that. The reason you don't see the red bubbles ( don't know what else to call them) during the bombing scene is because they are a tender part of the body (or at least they look it), so he keeps them covered. As for him getting from one side of the city to the other, I think its absolutely possible. THE SOB IS FAST. We know he can jump insanely high, so whose to say hes not jumping across Manhatten. I'm not saying hes the only big guy( we know he has a mom, and thats crazy in itself) but hes the only big guy we see in this movie.

**Posted:** Mon Jan 21, 2008 8:01 pm

TickleMeCthulhu · Kilroy Joined: 21 Jan 2008 Posts: 1

"Anyone see Jaws?

Anyone ever wonder how Jaws, some 50 ft shark, could possibly attack from below, under the legs of kids in 10, maybe 15 (ok, 20, tops) feet of water, and remain in that trajectory for at least 5 DA DUH, DA DUH's?
"

Jaws was about 35' long.
From memory:

Hooper: It's a 30 footer!
Quint: 35.

Also, although it's unlikely, I like the whole idea of the monster following Hud around because he had, at some point, drank Slusho(someone mentioned that- is it mentioned elsewhere on this forum?). The monster DID land a more-or-less direct hit on Jason on the bridge, and it did seem to be attacking just about every place the camera was, and it did eventually kill Hud and leave Beth and Rob alone.

As for more than one monster- I doubt it. Pretty sure that the military would have put that together, even in the confusion. Then again, they were, what, 42 minutes late with the Hammer Down operation.

**Posted:** Mon Jan 21, 2008 8:51 pm

Trixx

this theory is totally bogus!!!

there is only one MGP seen in this movie

period

**Posted:** Tue Jan 22, 2008 1:13 am

Ghidra99 · Veteran Joined: 16 Jan 2008 Posts: 127

**Posted:** Tue Jan 22, 2008 2:38 am

danieltx13 · Kl00 Joined: 21 Jan 2008 Posts: 42

**Posted:** Tue Jan 22, 2008 2:55 am

TheRabbit · Boot Joined: 19 Jan 2008 Posts: 54

I just saw the movie tonight, in a great theater with amazing sound, you could hear the *thumps* of footsteps during the opening sequence showing paramount/bad robot.

You couldn't hear any footsteps before or as Hud is running towards the camera, you hear and see one footstep as he picks up the camera and spins around to see what Beth and Rob are staring at.

Two possible explanations, one, the monster is laying unconcious due to having just leapt at a helicopter and coming crashing back down to earth right after being carpet bombed. He wakes up right as Hud comes by for the camera.

Two, the monster is standing there the whole time watching the whole scene, the people on the ground don't notice him because he's just standing there relatively still watching them, to them they would just see a couple huge tree trunks stretching up towards the sky. That idea is from Euchre on IRC.

**Posted:** Tue Jan 22, 2008 3:08 am

crow · Veteran Joined: 07 Aug 2007 Posts: 112

I think that there are more than one monster, but not in manhattan.
We know that MGP is a baby, so this most mean there must be a mother or father around.

Now, as for the scene with HUD at central.
Think of it like this, He just survived a helicopter crash, your definitely in shock, your mind is set on GO! in this case Hud's is get the camera and go, he's looking at the camera as he approaches, not paying attention to his surroundings, for all we know, MGP could have lowered himself to scour for food, or what not.

**Posted:** Tue Jan 22, 2008 5:44 am