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[VirtuallyQuinn]

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[Pixiestix]

[VirtuallyQuinn]

[Melodyman]

Wonder why Swamp Pops decided to use a picture of a radioactive safety warning sign for their 'Sold Out Long Term Shelter Supply'?

[Kajisan]

@Merz: sry, copy paste in german language from your blog:


http://merzmensch.blogspot.de/2007/07/1-18-08.html

Dort sind lediglich mehrere virtuelle Schnappschüsse der Katastrophe (Anzahl steigend) zu sehen. Auf dem ersten Foto sieht man Rob, der seine Abfahrt alkoholtechnisch zelebriert. Im Hintergrund sieht man den Plakatauschnitt "WE'LL MISS (you, Rob)". Fundige Kinofreaks stellten diesen Ausschnitt auf den Kopf und lasen es als "551W 773 M" ("551 West" and "773 Avenue M"), suchten auf Google-Earth - und fanden: "I got only 2 locations, both of which were in New York near Ellis Island where the Statue of Liberty resides.". Und diese Freiheitsstatue spielt ja im Trailer eine markabre Rolle.


When i read "how" people got the first clue..and if there is some ARG happening for the new movie, then we probably need to look through everything again. Didn't remember the "WE'LL MISS" stuff was more or less some complicated start for having a clue.

So, it all started with words that became some sort of numbers/coordinates.

I already found some sort of cloverfield restaurant in Paris ^^
I still think there is a deeper connection with Paris rather than Swamp Pop.

[Pixiestix]

[kosmopol]

@Kajisan, you're welcome!

Yes, I also recall how the CF ARG developed and escalated quickly! same was with Star Trek ARG, where on some party photos you could see coordinates.

@Pixiestix, @Falco, @others: thank you for remembering how CF ARG begun, it was awesome!

And (coincidence?) the whole Star Trek ARG story begun in a Paris cafe
(10CFLn French theme: a wink to ARG-players? same Puppet masters? or just weird coincidence?).

And important thing: the most valuable clues in JJ ARGs came from a very sudden direction, like random Craiglist entry, OG scientific forum postings, news pages etc.

[AntaresMHD]

I am also getting slowly in the "no ARG" team this time. I am considering the idea that if they wanted to do it, they would've started it on November 2015, when they had the certainty (and the "go ahead") to work on the movie marketing, and that would've given them at least 4 months, 2 to tease the idea of an upcoming sequel and its implications, and 2 to provide some backstory beforehand. Otherwise, anything they could reveal in this small timeframe might be pointless.

The trailer was released barely 3 days ago officially, if we don't count the midnight "leak" (of which I agree with Pixiestix, from day zero I thought it looked way too good for a trailer recorded from a movie theater), and that might seem like little if we don't consider the fact it's 3 out of 56 days total, less than 2 months to properly viral this thing. I believe enough buzz has been generated with the whole "Cloverfield pseudo-sequel" to add another factor to it, an ARG that might be too rushed for Bad Robot's standards. I am pretty sure the trailer doesn't even show half the movie, just like Cloverfield's didn't (and I'm also ruling out the "leaked" script relevance altogether), but beyond that I can't see any leads beyond what we know about Swamp Pop, and that could also be them trying to keep people interested in something for their own profit (who's to blame them?). So we shall wait and see I suppose.

[danteIL]

Here's my personal killjoy speculation:


This movie was apparently filmed in Louisiana last year. The production designers acquired Swamp Pop (as a nearby, available product) for the bunker, and even used it in a critical scene.

Possibility A: The Swamp Pop people were aware of this during the filming of the movie.

Possibility B: The Swamp Pop people were NOT aware of this during the filming of the movie but quickly became aware of this when the trailer came out.


Either way, the Swamp Pop people (perhaps with Bad Robot approval, which is more likely with Possibility A) decided to have fun with this, and added this little easter egg to their website. The French is there because a lot of their products have French-name connections, and they are trying to be whimsical and mysterious. They have seen the trailer and enjoyed the original Cloverfield movie, and so are obviously keenly aware of both the nuclear fallout connections as well as the bomb shelter connections, not to mention 4813. In sum, so far nothing has come from Swamp Pop that couldn't have been derived either from knowledge of the original movie or the trailer. If they give us something new, then that would be more convincing.

The movie site and poster so far just seems to have nothing other than a spooky image. The trailer might still contain something (e.g., jukebox numbers) so that remains to be seen.

I'd love to be proven wrong. /killjoy

[zack54]

Unsure if this theory has been mentioned before.

If you watch the trailer again, the scene where MEW retaliates to Goodman by smashing the bottle to his face, has anyone been able to pinpoint what brand of beverage was in that bottle? There is a label but the trailer goes way too fast for me to see what it is. I am able to pause it on the frame but it gets to blurry for me to actually see what it says. I want to say I see the makings of "Swamp" but don't want to go to far. Goodman is also seen at the table with a similar bottle. If it is indeed a SwampPop beverage, the email leads that everyone has been investigating doesn't seem too crazy.

Again, not sure if anyone noticed this. I wasn't sure how you guys found out about SwampPop to begin with and maybe this was how. Sorry for being redundant if so...

[VirtuallyQuinn]

[Distraction]

Ok, not sure if grasping at straws or not.

Played around with the Swamp pop retailer map. I switched to satellite and got this
http://s226.photobucket.com/user/Katesmommie/media/c.jpg.html?filters[user]=53493603&filters[recent]=1&sort=1&o=0

for giggles I pulled up mapquest and inputted the address for it and got this

http://s226.photobucket.com/user/Katesmommie/media/b.jpg.html?filters[user]=53493603&filters[recent]=1&sort=1&o=1

a totally different picture.

Then for giggles. after I had the map from the swamp pop site send me to google maps, I clicked on an area inches away from the bar area and had it give me directions...and it wound up giving me 5 hour directions using the area from mapquest

so I don't know if this means theres something in the satellite view we should be looking at? They did mention humid, and being that the swamp pop barr location is near a bed of water....

[slusho!666]

[Koala Bro]

This de escalated very quickly. Is it the taking down of the 'humid' tweet which changed everything

[Melodyman]

Well, today is a federal Holiday and Bad Robot is closed. (tried to call for ANY info on this).. Suspect if this is a real game, we should know in the next few days.. With a 5 million budget and short lead time, whatever game they may have budgeted is probably going to be short and cheap!