QWhat is the 'Hammer Down' protocol?
AA hammer down protocol (aka 'carpet bombing') is a last resort measure in which a target location, such as a city, town, state or even a country, is completely destroyed using highly explosive detonation devices like nuclear weapons or napalm bombs in hopes of eliminating a hostile entity.
QWhat happens to Lily after she leaves in the helicopter?
AWe don't know. After her helicopter leaves, we don't see her again. One thing that suggests she might have died is that Lily has not logged back into her MySpace account. She has this in common with Hud and Marlena, who both unquestionably died, and Rob and Beth, who probably died. (Note that the real-life MySpace accounts for fictional characters are part of a marketing campaign; and no one is obligated to take publicity into account.) The survival of Lily has at least two arguments in its favor. Or rather, her survival has one argument in its favor and one common argument against it proven wrong. First, Rob lists the persons he saw killed by the monster -- Marlena, Jason and Hud. He doesn't mention Lily, which at least suggests that he believes she's alive. Second, after the second helicopter takes off, we see a flaming mass thrown into a military truck. Many people have assumed that this is Lily's helicopter. But if you look closely it is obvious that the wreck is actually a truck. The mass is too small to be a helicopter, and a pair of headlights can be seen on the front. The special effects featurette on the DVD confirms that the flaming wreck is indeed a truck and not a helicopter (although, again, no one need take into account any evidence outside the film itself).
QWhere does the monster come from?
AAbrams says, "The concept for the monster is simple. He's a baby. He's brand-new. He's confused, disoriented and irritable. And he's been down there in the water for thousands and thousands of years." Where is he from? "We don't say deliberately," notes the writer, Drew Goddard. "Our movie doesn't have the scientist in the white lab coat who shows up and explains things like that. We don't have that scene." However, the film gives some clues. You can clearly see an object flying into the ocean behind Rob and Beth in the closing shot, though many internet commentators believe that this is a satellite that was part of the marketing campaign for the film.In the "viral" marketing campaign for the film, there were hints concerning the "Bloop" incident. Several times during the summer of 1997, the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration recorded an ultra-low frequency underwater sound using U.S. Navy "spy" sensors 3,000 miles apart. The origin of the sound is still unknown, but the frequency of the sound meant it had to be much louder than any recognized animal noise, including that produced by the largest whales, and much louder than the sounds produced by the Cloverfield monster. Also in the viral campaign were several news reports concerning the destruction of an oil drilling rig, further linking the creature to the deep ocean.On the website for "Slusho" it says an ingredient in the drink is found in the ocean that can "turn a man into a monster" and also the maker of the drink dreamt that he was "a small fish and when he ate the ingredient he turned into a giant whale".
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