Cloverfield Addiction
So, I'm really caught up in this speculation surrounding J.J. Abrahms' secretive monster movie, tentatively called 1-18-08 (the release date), Cloverfield, the parasite, or Slusho, depending on who you talk to.
The buzz started with the release of the trailer in front of Transformers the Movie. The untitled trailer, available at http://www.apple.com/trailers, shows a going away party for a guy named Rob. During the party, being filmed on a hand-held camera, a monster attacks NYC. You never see it, but you do see the head of the statue of liberty get chucked down the street.
There are a lot of theories on the movie and several connected "viral" websites meant to kick up the buzz factor. One of the websites is http://www.1-18-08.com/.
The other website is http://www.slusho.jp/
Now, the 1-18-08 is obvious. it's the release date of the film. But what about this "slusho" stuff?
Slusho is a drink from Alias and Lost, both are Abrahms projects (like Big Kahuna burger shows up in Quentin Tarantino films) and if you look carefully, when the guy suggests they go to the roof, he is wearing a slusho shirt. Also, buzz is that on the filming site, the project is referred to as Slusho.
The three big theories surrounding this movie are 1: it's Voltron, 2. it's a new Godzilla film, or 3. It's based on H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos, of which, "Call of Cthulhu" is the centerpiece story. Read it here: http://tmoct.co.uk/lovecraft/callofcthulhu.htm
I am a follower of the Cthulhu theory. Abrahms has said that Lovecraft inspired some of the obscure plotting behind Lost and he's a fan.
It's WAY too dramatic and horror-inspired in the trailer to deal with giant robot lions from space and Drew Goddard is not the writer for the upcoming Voltron film. So, no, it's not Voltron. And the person in the crowd says "It's ALIVE! It's huge!" Not "It's a lion."
Additionally, Toho is NOT allowing any Godzilla or Godzilla-related films. They have a Godzilla ban in place on the intellectual property. It ain't Godzilla. Period.
A little more evidence that 1-18-08 is about Cthulhu.
Go to the Slusho website and read the history.Ganu, the discoverer of Slusho, discovered the secret ingredient on the sea floor. Cthulhu and his city of R'yleh is on the ocean floor off the coast of Japan, where Ganu is from.
Ganu, after discovering the secret ingredient, gets the inspiration to turn it into slusho from dreams. Cthulhu speaks to his followers in dreams.
"Rob" is going to Japan (perhaps to go work for slusho?). Note that he seems not as surprised as everyone else.
On the Slusho website it says the secret ingredient needs to be kept cold. Look at the temperature on the newscast, and remember that it's supposed to be January 18 in New York City. That's a severe heat wave for NYC in January. They are calling the monster "the parasite" according to many sources.
I think it's something Cthulhu related that had to be kept frozen, Rob was on his way to Japan to work for Slusho. There was a heat wave, and "it" awoke. "It" is a parasite inside Slusho that gives it its addictive flavor.
So note that on July 13, at 4:20 P.M. I made this prediction. Let's see how close I was in a few months or as more details are released.
The buzz started with the release of the trailer in front of Transformers the Movie. The untitled trailer, available at http://www.apple.com/trailers, shows a going away party for a guy named Rob. During the party, being filmed on a hand-held camera, a monster attacks NYC. You never see it, but you do see the head of the statue of liberty get chucked down the street.
There are a lot of theories on the movie and several connected "viral" websites meant to kick up the buzz factor. One of the websites is http://www.1-18-08.com/.
The other website is http://www.slusho.jp/
Now, the 1-18-08 is obvious. it's the release date of the film. But what about this "slusho" stuff?
Slusho is a drink from Alias and Lost, both are Abrahms projects (like Big Kahuna burger shows up in Quentin Tarantino films) and if you look carefully, when the guy suggests they go to the roof, he is wearing a slusho shirt. Also, buzz is that on the filming site, the project is referred to as Slusho.
The three big theories surrounding this movie are 1: it's Voltron, 2. it's a new Godzilla film, or 3. It's based on H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos, of which, "Call of Cthulhu" is the centerpiece story. Read it here: http://tmoct.co.uk/lovecraft/callofcthulhu.htm
I am a follower of the Cthulhu theory. Abrahms has said that Lovecraft inspired some of the obscure plotting behind Lost and he's a fan.
It's WAY too dramatic and horror-inspired in the trailer to deal with giant robot lions from space and Drew Goddard is not the writer for the upcoming Voltron film. So, no, it's not Voltron. And the person in the crowd says "It's ALIVE! It's huge!" Not "It's a lion."
Additionally, Toho is NOT allowing any Godzilla or Godzilla-related films. They have a Godzilla ban in place on the intellectual property. It ain't Godzilla. Period.
A little more evidence that 1-18-08 is about Cthulhu.
Go to the Slusho website and read the history.Ganu, the discoverer of Slusho, discovered the secret ingredient on the sea floor. Cthulhu and his city of R'yleh is on the ocean floor off the coast of Japan, where Ganu is from.
Ganu, after discovering the secret ingredient, gets the inspiration to turn it into slusho from dreams. Cthulhu speaks to his followers in dreams.
"Rob" is going to Japan (perhaps to go work for slusho?). Note that he seems not as surprised as everyone else.
On the Slusho website it says the secret ingredient needs to be kept cold. Look at the temperature on the newscast, and remember that it's supposed to be January 18 in New York City. That's a severe heat wave for NYC in January. They are calling the monster "the parasite" according to many sources.
I think it's something Cthulhu related that had to be kept frozen, Rob was on his way to Japan to work for Slusho. There was a heat wave, and "it" awoke. "It" is a parasite inside Slusho that gives it its addictive flavor.
So note that on July 13, at 4:20 P.M. I made this prediction. Let's see how close I was in a few months or as more details are released.
posted by Dark Lord at 4:11 PM
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