UPDATE: Looks like it’s back to normal, nothing changed as far as I can tell, too bad.
Thanks for the comments and forum posts about this.
Apparently when you head on over to the 1-18-08.com site you are being redirected to paramount.com . Not sure exactly why, maybe updating the site? Usually all that is done offline and then instantly updated so I’m not sure about that. Or maybe that part of the marketing campaign is overwith and they are going to start something entirely new… who knows. What do you guys think? I’ll keep an eye out for any changes over there, but let me know if you guys see anything.
August 23rd, 2007 at 9:26 pm
For me, right now, it’s going to Paramount. I saw an image of the poster on the site, but all it does is link to the trailer page. Maybe a new trailer’s coming out?
August 23rd, 2007 at 9:43 pm
Looks like the 1-18-08 page is back up with no apparent changes.
August 23rd, 2007 at 10:13 pm
Looks like it’s still redirecting on my laptop…
August 23rd, 2007 at 10:16 pm
even stranger is warbloid.com and warbloid.com/ganu do the same thing hmmmmmm. . . .
August 23rd, 2007 at 10:32 pm
Mm … it’s still redirecting to Paramount, for me.
August 23rd, 2007 at 11:22 pm
might wanna see this http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=380177#380177
August 23rd, 2007 at 11:24 pm
This isn’t my experience. In fact, if you go to the 1-18-08.com site and arrange the photos in order, one of the photos flips and has this message on the back:
Lascano, Platt and Robbie Jan 2008
Robbie,
Here, use this photo to send a message of my hotness far and wide!!! I’m gonna miss the hell out of ya!!
Love Jamie
Don’t know quite what it means, but…
August 24th, 2007 at 12:05 am
Updated! Go to the Paramount site and watch the row of four little windows under the main movie banner. There’s a link to a new 1-18-08 site! Here’s the shortcut:
http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/11808/
Not much new material, but still cool.
August 24th, 2007 at 1:35 am
well i headed over there and nothing has changed…well i cant tell.looks the same.what do you think?
August 24th, 2007 at 7:04 am
1-18-08.com is now back up and seems to be the same as before.
August 24th, 2007 at 7:11 am
Steve: that site has been up for awhile now, since just after comic-con. It looks like nothing at all has changed, too bad.
August 24th, 2007 at 7:59 am
Oh - well that sucks. Damn.
August 24th, 2007 at 10:50 am
Actually, all of the photos flip. Aside from the
“Lascano, Platt and Robbie Jan 2008
Robbie,
Here, use this photo to send a message of my hotness far and wide!!! I?m gonna miss the hell out of ya!!
Love Jamie”
there’s another one that says
“Dont forget who takes care of you!
Love J”
August 24th, 2007 at 11:16 am
Wow, Steve Mort and Chris really cracked to the code… the pictures flip over??!?!
*extreme sarcasm*
August 24th, 2007 at 5:12 pm
Actually, they seemed to have added a new tidbit, not sure if its actually a hint/clue/whatever
but if you leave the window open on http://www.1-18-08.com for 6 minutes or so (omg 6 bah..) you’ll hear a .wav of the roar from the movie. I definately dont remember that from before it linked to paramount.
August 24th, 2007 at 5:21 pm
this sound clip plays if you leave the 1-18-08.com site open for a little while
http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/files/sound1_1187997095.mp3
August 24th, 2007 at 5:30 pm
Hell yea, if you stay on 1-18-08.com for like 5 minutes or so now……. all of a sudden you hear this roar sound similar to the one in the trailer…. I’m just going to keep it up on as one of my tabs on my browser to see if any other sound effects play if you stay on the site for a longer time….
August 24th, 2007 at 5:35 pm
Hey guys. Go to 1-18-08.com and let the site sit for 5 minutes. You will hear the monster roar! This is the best news we have gotten in weeks.
August 24th, 2007 at 5:44 pm
I think the real crack is this “webloid.com/ganu”
August 24th, 2007 at 6:26 pm
if you stay on the website for about 6 minutes, you will hear the roar of the creature. You may want to turn you sound down, its a bit loud.
August 24th, 2007 at 6:29 pm
Something has in fact changed. 6 minutes after you load the site there is a 10 second monster roar. Some people think it’s the 2nd roar from the trailer, and yet others think there is something embedded in it. I’m not bullshitting, Check out these forums.
http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=20896&start=120
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1060277/board/nest/83447999
August 24th, 2007 at 6:53 pm
ok. it looks like 01-18-08.com is back up again. and while it looks the same, there’s something new in there. if you leave the site open for about 10 mts or so you will hear a roaring sound. it sounds somewhat different from the movie trailer. i know its not much but it gave me quite a scare since i wasn’t expecting it. i tried it three times and it works, you just gotta be patient!
August 24th, 2007 at 8:03 pm
READ READ READ… WATCH 1-18-08.COM FOR SIX MINUTES WITH YOUR VOLUME UP AND YOU’LL GET TO HEAR THE MONSTER!!!!!
August 24th, 2007 at 8:56 pm
check it out…haven’t seen this posted…I had the 1-18-08 site up and was looking at other stuff…after about 5 minutes, that roar sound from the trailer plays…
August 24th, 2007 at 9:03 pm
1-18-08.com back up. The currently known update? Wait for 6 minutes with speakers a full volume and you will hear a rock’in new roar!
August 24th, 2007 at 9:15 pm
when you go to 1-18-08 and wait 6 minutes there is now a roar…it was updated sometime today…so there you are…something new
August 24th, 2007 at 9:17 pm
If you wait for a while on 1-18-08.com a weird roaring sound comes on
August 24th, 2007 at 10:43 pm
Well I just got the shock of my life.
Having left the 1-18-08 window open, I was surprised when 5 minutes later, the sound of The Monster blasted out through my speakers. I refreshed the page, and sure enough, after 5 minutes it played the same audio clip. I don’t know how long this feature has existed (I don’t know if anyone has had a reason to leave the site open for 5 minutes before), but it’s the first I’ve seen any mention of it. I can’t imagine that it has any deeper meaning, or purpose other than to startle the hell out of you, but I found it quite interesting to say the least.
I have left the window open since the last monster roar, and nothing has happened since.
August 25th, 2007 at 12:05 am
I learned from the projectcloverfield.com site that when you go to http://www.1-18-08.com, if you wait for six (6) minutes, the monster’s roar will sound.
Pretty cool!
August 25th, 2007 at 12:15 am
So what do you all think of the sound clip that plays after about 5 minutes? That wasn’t ever there before.
August 25th, 2007 at 12:36 am
If you leave it for 8 minutes, there is a ROAR by the monster. Turn your sound upp full blast, its very quiet.
August 25th, 2007 at 12:58 am
If you stay at 1-18-08.com for about 7 minutes….you will now hear the monsters roar.
August 25th, 2007 at 1:02 am
God damm Jesus Christ!!!!!!!!!
Go directly to http://www.1-18-08.com/
and wait six minutes doing nothing…
wanna ever hear a monster?
I almost craped my pants!
August 25th, 2007 at 1:04 am
Go to 1-18-08.com and leave it open for EXACTLY six minutes.
You’ll hear a pretty fuckin’ sinister noise. The monster roaring.
August 25th, 2007 at 1:22 am
Sit at http://www.1-18-08.com for exactly six minutes
August 25th, 2007 at 9:00 am
I haven’t checked it out in a while, so maybe I’m just remembering this incorrectly.
But regarding the close-up shot of the two women’s faces, is it just me or is that thing / object behind them clearer than it used to be?
I remember it looking like just sort of a blurry image. Now it actually does look like some kind of creature face.
August 25th, 2007 at 9:05 am
1-18-08 Website update!! Not a visual one, but an audio one! Found this from going on the AICN site , if you go to the main website for the movie and wait - you get audio ( It’ s just the isolated roar from the trailer) but at least it’s something new!
You have to wait a few minutes for the sound, but it does mean they’ve started to freshen up the sight at long last.
Dushku
Liverpool, England.
August 25th, 2007 at 6:16 pm
On the source of 1-18-08 there’s a link to the site’s code: http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js
I was scrolling through it , I have no coding knowledge whatsoever but I saw this phrase;
“expires=Sun, 18 Jan 2038 00:00:00″
Sunday, 18th 2038?
WTF
August 26th, 2007 at 2:29 am
Wow, 25 concurrent posts of the same damn thing. Doesnt anyone read before they post anymore?
August 26th, 2007 at 9:59 am
Aurolyn, I have to approve all comments due to spammers trying to post millions of links to stuff. Therefore 25 comments were waiting for moderation when I woke up saturday morning, it happens when I can’t sit in front of the computer constantly
August 26th, 2007 at 10:00 am
Bobface:
The google urchin stuff is just the google analytics, it just tracks how many people goto the site. Has nothing to do with the site as far as the movie goes.
September 26th, 2007 at 11:17 am
Looks like the site might be down again…? I’m getting this message:
Service Unavailable
The server is temporarily unable to service your request. Please try again later.
Reference #6.cc06ec3f.1190826896.1237ffba
Anyone else?