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Not a new website or trailer but an observation of the graphic used at the trailers.apple.com website for 01-18-08.

Usually for effect the graphic artists will shade out some areas to provide contrast or add a touch of mystery or focus to an image. But in this one I think that it is actually a silhouette of the creature or creatures.

Now, if it is just one critter then it is obviously leaving New York to head out to sea. If there are two creatures is one following the other INTO New York?

Just wondering because in the trailer the city area bursts into flames and then the head of the Statue of Liberty is tossed inland. If this is the case then did the monster transform from a human into the beast from drinking 6 slushos and then head out to sea?

The comment, “It’s alive, it’s huge” might lead one to speculate that a previously inanimate or dead thing might have been on display in New York but it wasn’t quite as dead as the people thought? Did it revive and not like finding itself in New York city?

The time is drawing closer, where are the new hints and clues?

Not sure if the Abrams people have a sense of humor or if this is a legitimate clue. In either case, “Slusho is people!!!” Got it from the Happy Talk section of slusho.jp Have to click through about 20 different sayings, some seem like clues and some… well, seem like a bit of fun.

Yes, grab and edge of a picture with your pointer and give it a quick virtual flip. Not all pictures have writing, but two of them have right now.

Click for a bigger image.

The guy in the Slusho t-shirt’s initial is J, and Jamie Lascano is the blond.

A fourth picture has been posted at www.1-18-08.com. The timestamp on this picture is 1:24 AM, 36 minutes later than the last picture posted. It shows what appears to be a member of the military carrying an M16 rifle with an M203 grenade launcher attachment and some 40 mm grenades in a bandoleer across his back. I am not sure but it looks like the M16 is suppressed (has a silencer), but that might just be the shadowing.

Three other people are in the shot, two women (one of them running) and another person of indeterminate gender, possibly a woman wearing glasses.

If the military is on scene that quickly to be mixing with the crowd (the news report was on at 12:32 AM) then this “surprise” monster attack was not too terrible a surprise to the government or at least military authorities at this point of the situation.

BONUS INFORMATION!!!

THIS is definitely NOT the monster, but it would be ribs if it was.

Over at trailer.apple.com and at their own website 1-18-08.com we have a new J.J. Abrams movie being previewed/promoted.

I am a big fan of the Alias franchise, not so much for LOST, so I am very curious about this movie. A side note that J.J. Abrams is to helm the new Star Trek movie coming soon.

But what about this movie? I have seen speculation that the critter is everything from Godzilla to Cthulhu. I believe a clue to the storyline is found at a website slusho.jp and clicking on the History button.

Here we get the story of the “drink” slusho and its inventor. The story goes that a world wide quest for the most unique drink ever made ended in the disappearance of Norinko and the family business left in the hands of her only son Ganu.

Ganu, not wanting anything to do with the family drink business, Ganu becames an undersea scientist. On one of his many scientific journeys he stumbles upon the very same unique ingredient his mother lost her life to find. In a dream (where he drinks the ingredient and grows to fantastic size) he gets the inspiration to add the ingredient to his mothers soft drink empire, now run by his cousin, to make the most unique drink in the world.

Does this mystical ingredient actually turn out to be the germ of Cthulhu, waiting to be loosed on the surface world? Is this just another run of the mill monster movie akin to The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms? It looks interesting, even though the mandatory “destroy the Statue of Liberty” scene is the first glimpse of this super secret movie.

Here is an update: zimm41 has this to say

Romans 1:18 “For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness”

So what in biblical mythology has connections to the slew of references in the trailer? The three great monsters.

In Jewish belief, Behemoth is the primal unconquerable monster of the land, as Leviathan is the primal monster of the waters of the sea and Ziz the primordial monster of the sky.

1) The first monster roar is accompanied by an earthquake (Behemoth)
2) The second monster roar is accompanied by a huge fireball (Leviathan, for it can breathe fire)
3) The third monster roar is accompanied by the flying Statue of Liberty head (Ziz).

Not convinced?

The guy who says “maybe we can get a better view from the roof” has the Slusho logo on his shirt. Slusho is a classic J.J. Abrams icon, and it has appeared in both Alias and Lost, which are his shows.

Slusho.jp has, by now, been confirmed as a part of the viral marketing campaign revolving around 1-18-08. Japan. Strangely enough, the character Rob, who is present in the trailer, was gonna fly to Japan a day after that party and the monster events.

Let’s have a look around on that site. Not all pages are accessible. But there is an odd feature about the pages that are available. The main page background is on land, the Downloads page background is on air, and the History page background is on sea.

Furthermore, the six buttons on the main page cause popups of various animals, namely a Horse, a Whale and a Bird. Behemoth, Leviathan, Ziz.

Maybe there is a Rampage video game tie in somewhere?

I have a new update on the 4th picture at 1-18-08.com.