But I can’t think of any monsters which qualify. Surely not Tyrannosaurus, or any other -sauruses. I’d be hard-pressed to believe a dinosaur capable of swatting the Statue of Liberty’s head clear across the harbor.

And yet I have this nagging feeling that there was some fifties creature feature which had a name like that…

But Chicago is such a benign town that nobody wants to see it destroyed. Especially after we’ve left it to live elsewhere.

The large body of water, unfortunately, isn’t terribly deep- and is much less so after ‘Beginning of The End” (all those dead grasshoppers…)

Also, when you consider it, it IS harder to destroy.. coastal cities are threatened when something hits the ocean – and there’s a LOT of ocean. The mishigami is keen, but not a lot more likely to be hit than Chicago itself… that is, anything devestating that hits one will immediately affect the other. No drama there.. just >poof

They’re probably not 35mm negatives either. The guy’s holding a High Definition digital camcorder in the 12:04AM shot… if our party-goers are sufficiently geeky, one could have a portable photo-printer that would easily fit in a backpack or large handbag. Those “process” digital imagery in seconds, printing out on regular 4″x6″ photo paper. Some even come with their own battery, Bluetooth tranceiver, and print server built-in so you don’t have to plug in the camera or power plug.

Marvelous gadgets we have in this-here 21st century… *grin*

— Steve

The photos were taken a few minutes before the attack, but they couldn’t have been *processed and printed* before the attack. Those aren’t polaroids.

And just FYI, that quote is accurate (sort of), but just means he hadn’t heard about the revolt yet. They didn’t have CNN in the 18th century.

Can you explain what mean about Al-Qaeda and the Statue of Liberty? I’ve seen the statue get destroyed in plenty of movies, and Al-Qaeda had nothing to do with any of them. Like Planet of the Apes. Or Deep Impact.

http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=19964&start=4755

These guys are the ones who play viral campaigns all the time, and they’ve started cracking some of the clues. For instance, the notes on the back of those photos? They lead to the Myspace page of one of the characters, Jamie Lascano:

http://www.myspace.com/jamielascano

I’d follow it further, but I’m already tied up in the Halo-themed viral in my copious spare time. *groan*

— Steve

Go to http://www.aintitcool.com/ and type “Cloverfield” into the search box to see the progression of their reporting…then try “Abrams” and get a little more. They’ve also revealed the nature of the teaser campaign…the poster you posted is just part of it. That poster will appear (in fact it appeared last week in a very clever marketing ploy) with the heading “MONSTROUS” at the top, followed by another one with a different image, heading “BARBAROUS”, followed by “FEROCIOUS”, then finally with an image revealing the title.

Go to http://www.aintitcool.com/ and type “Cloverfield” into the search box to see the progression of their reporting…then try “Abrams” and get a little more. They’ve also revealed the nature of the teaser campaign…the poster you posted is just part of it. That poster will appear (in fact already has in a very clever marketing ploy) with the heading “MONSTROUS” at the top, followed by another one with a different image, heading “BARBAROUS”, followed by “FEROCIOUS”, then finally with the reveal of the title.