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JRODCA · Boot Joined: 20 Mar 2009 Posts: 12

I think these guys are just big JJ Abrams fans.

Abrams TED Talks speech was all about the mystery of not knowing. And a "Mystery Box" he received as a kid but has never opened because that would ruin what he has imagined could be in it. It was a very cool speech and shined a lot of light on his creative process behind Lost etc.

http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/01/10/video-jj-abrams-at-the-ted-conference/

Direct to TED video: http://www.ted.com/talks/j_j_abrams_mystery_box.html

So these guys being fans of his work it would only make sense that they paid homage to him with the Lost music and mystery box thought. As for the HL tie-in... who doesn't love HL? Smile

edit: added TED link

**Posted:** Fri Mar 20, 2009 2:00 pm

otakreg · Boot Joined: 19 Mar 2009 Posts: 11 Location: Maryland, USA

I like the idea of this: an independent project that pays homage to multiple franchises and borrows ideas from them in order to make something new. At least, I think that's cooler than if it were just some corporate-sponsored viral...

Any hope of getting more info from the magazine guy, either more complete images or barcode info?

**Posted:** Fri Mar 20, 2009 2:17 pm

Nighthawk

**Posted:** Fri Mar 20, 2009 2:27 pm

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Delusional · Entrenched Joined: 16 May 2005 Posts: 839

This was looking neat until the Abrams connection was mentioned. I despise everything that man has created.

**Posted:** Fri Mar 20, 2009 2:45 pm

JST · Guest

JJ Abrams connection

**Posted:** Fri Mar 20, 2009 4:19 pm

Chaoticsouls · Boot Joined: 19 Mar 2009 Posts: 31

No way this can be clover field related at all. Also did you guys watch the video they submitted to mythbusters on their youtube account? The video HAD THE BOX show up in it. So was that shameless self promotion or what? I just don't see how scifi can be cloverfield related. You saw the spaceship and advanced technology used in the film.

**Posted:** Fri Mar 20, 2009 4:45 pm

insanekaosx · Boot Joined: 30 Nov 2007 Posts: 17

Advanced tech, yeah, but I thouht that was just a fancy helicopter, not a spaceship.

I had an engineering major friend of mine take a look at the equations. He says the top one, with the dx.dy.dz such was just random crap. Nothing real.

I'll have my math major friend take a look as well when I catch up with him.

**Posted:** Fri Mar 20, 2009 4:54 pm

Chaoticsouls · Boot Joined: 19 Mar 2009 Posts: 31

**Posted:** Fri Mar 20, 2009 5:12 pm

Ascerendant · Guest

**Posted:** Fri Mar 20, 2009 5:22 pm

insanekaosx · Boot Joined: 30 Nov 2007 Posts: 17

I'm of the opinion its just a group of guys that are putting something fun together. They took from Half-life and Lost, and I really doubt that they are planning a real crossover of the two. That would be too weird even for them.

I was pretty sure it was blood, yes. probably hit something when he fell after... whatever he was waking from?

**Posted:** Fri Mar 20, 2009 5:23 pm

hillankukka

just wanted to let you know that i noticed this:
at some point in the phone book myth video a familiar symbol shows up.

here's a link to the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sIB2kL-BWc&feature=channel

and the screenshot i took: http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/a6al-2-jpg.html

nothing special, but i don't think it has been posted before...

**Posted:** Fri Mar 20, 2009 5:42 pm

Chaoticsouls · Boot Joined: 19 Mar 2009 Posts: 31

**Posted:** Fri Mar 20, 2009 5:50 pm

Chaoticsouls · Boot Joined: 19 Mar 2009 Posts: 31

**Posted:** Fri Mar 20, 2009 5:52 pm

crawnn · Guest

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=826886

**Posted:** Fri Mar 20, 2009 5:54 pm