I was not one of the lucky ones to see the new JJ Abrams mystery movie trailer before Transformers, but I've been hearing snippets about it all week. Anyone else curious?
The most recent revelation is that all of the Ethan Haas stuff- which a lot of people were assuming was tied into the movie- was actually for some new RPG/game thingy coming out this fall. It makes me SO glad that I didn't waste time trying to solve the various puzzles on the Haas site.
If Ethan isn't in the game, though, that discredits a lot of the theories that were being developed, most notably the thoughts of a Cthulhu/Lovecraft connection. There's definitely a monster of some sort, but not necessarily one of the Old Ones.
What I found interesting is that the studio was systematically removing the phone-captured trailer from YouTube. I mean, it's a trailer right? Basically a commercial? You should think they'd want people watching it. Or maybe that was just to help build the hype. The trailer is now available online and let me say that I think it is a MASSIVE help to finally be able to understand what people are saying... and to hear the noises they hear.
Another theory debunked: The voice yells, "It's alive," not "It's a lion," so those who persist in the theory of it being a Voltron movie will have to try their luck somewhere else.
And for those attending Comic Con, keep your eyes peeled for unattended items like video tapes, discs and memory sticks. Someone on the promo team for the movie said,
Others have referenced past promotions where memory sticks containing songs from a band's new album were left in the bathrooms of some related venue and another con where copies of The Ring (or probably the movie from The Ring) were left for folks to find.
Another clue may be on the Slusho site. Maybe that "deep sea ingredient" is the egg sac of some deep sea monster....
The most recent revelation is that all of the Ethan Haas stuff- which a lot of people were assuming was tied into the movie- was actually for some new RPG/game thingy coming out this fall. It makes me SO glad that I didn't waste time trying to solve the various puzzles on the Haas site.
If Ethan isn't in the game, though, that discredits a lot of the theories that were being developed, most notably the thoughts of a Cthulhu/Lovecraft connection. There's definitely a monster of some sort, but not necessarily one of the Old Ones.
What I found interesting is that the studio was systematically removing the phone-captured trailer from YouTube. I mean, it's a trailer right? Basically a commercial? You should think they'd want people watching it. Or maybe that was just to help build the hype. The trailer is now available online and let me say that I think it is a MASSIVE help to finally be able to understand what people are saying... and to hear the noises they hear.
Another theory debunked: The voice yells, "It's alive," not "It's a lion," so those who persist in the theory of it being a Voltron movie will have to try their luck somewhere else.
And for those attending Comic Con, keep your eyes peeled for unattended items like video tapes, discs and memory sticks. Someone on the promo team for the movie said,
Let me give you a hint: the people behind the marketing for this movie assume that if you see something lying unattended at comic-con, you will assume it's okay to steal
Another clue may be on the Slusho site. Maybe that "deep sea ingredient" is the egg sac of some deep sea monster....
I just don't believe the entire movie will be filmed as if a real person recorded it with a personal video camera. What I saw in the preview as very bad filming. Why would anyone intentionally film the movie poorly? 
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