1-18-08 Picture Update

9/28/07

1-18-08 Picture Update

9/28/2007 |

Posted by Dave and Thomas

After months of very little activity (except a little roar in August) the official site for 1-18-08 has added another picture to its gallery. This time it features something a little out of the ordinary.

What looks like a Japanese (I assume) chef is seen in the kitchen really enjoying a tray of unknown food items. Flip the picture over and a bunch of Japanese text is scrawled over it. Since I'm no expert in Japanese it will take some time to figure out what it really is. However, a quick guess is that it is a recipe from the cook pictured. The fractioned numbers and ordered list make that my guess.

Update: The guys and gals at unfiction didn't take long to figure it out. Original post of the translation is here. It is indeed a recipe and here is a quick translation:

Everybody, thank you for viewing! I'll introduce this week's delicious recipe.
Please make sure to keep this one cold!

*Skinless chicken breast - 2,
cut in halves
*Soumen (a kind of japanese noodle) - 10 oz.
*Watercress -
1/2 cup cut into small strips
*Turnip - 1/2 cup, thinly sliced
*Shiitake
(japanese mushrooms) - 1/2 cup
*Chicken stock - 1/3 cup
*Sake (japanese
rice wine) - 2 tbsp.
*Sugar - 1/2 tsp.
*Ocean-bottom crab - one

In a small saucepan, stir together 1/3 cup water, chicken stock, sake, and sugar. Chill it until it becomes cold. Grill the chicken breast on both sides for about 8 minutes, and then chill. Boil the noodles for about 3 minutes, and then run under cold water until chilled. Mix the watercress, turnips, and mushrooms into the soumen. Slice the chicken thinly and arrange on top of the soumen mix. Just before you serve, put the crab in the sauce and pour over the noodles generously.

Go go Oishii ("delicious") Chef!

Labels: 1-18-08, 1-18-08 movie, cloverfield, Slusho

13 comments:

Anonymous said...: hey this is kinda obviosly pointing out teh only itme that it doesnt list and thast teh crab... in teh ingredients above it doesnt list crab .. btu for some reson it lists it in the bottom? seems kinda opdd...i mean if it an entire reciupe woudlnt you include the crab?; September 29, 2007 at 1:43 AM
Anonymous said...: hey this is kinda obviosly pointing out the only item that it doesn't list and the crab... in the ingredients above it doesn't list crab .. but for some reason it lists it in the bottom? seems kinda odd...i mean if it is an entire recipe woudln't you include the crab?

sorry for the previos post my mind was talking faster than i could type:(; September 29, 2007 at 1:45 AM
Anonymous said...: this picture really has nothing to do with anything.
JJ, come on, we need something better than this.; September 29, 2007 at 8:44 AM
Anonymous said...: I notice that it says "this week's delicious recipe". Perhaps this is an indication that the site will now be updated on a more regular (say weekly) basis. Still though, this is an awfully silly addition.; September 29, 2007 at 12:17 PM
Anonymous said...: you guys are really missing the point, this is riddled with clues if u;ve been paying attention. This thing about keeping things chilled and cold keeps on poping up, especialy with the frozen depths of the sea, and plus that the deap sea crab is never once cooked in the recipie, "make sure to keep this one cold" or frozen or wut ever, big clues if u ask me. Could be an indication that the monster or wut ever, is dormant in the deep sea when frozen, is drilled awake and reaks havok in NYC. but tht last part is just me specualting.; October 6, 2007 at 5:14 PM
Eric Philbrick said...: 'ocean bottom crab' - one

ingredients do list the crab.; October 9, 2007 at 12:47 PM
Unknown said...: http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=393526#393526

that was on another site....the crab thing is wrong its honey or something check out the site and read all the stuff it tells you there; October 10, 2007 at 8:28 AM
Unknown said...: And i am not sure if this has been said so i will tell you it is NOT Godzilla 2...they are already in the making for that... they released that info a while ago...so that way those rumors are gone. if that helps yay if not sorry

if any one has time email me and let me know whats going on and if that new site helped u or not...

banche13@hotmail.com; October 10, 2007 at 8:31 AM
Jac said...: hei ppl, i joined today to check on the general updates and found a lot of cool info.. lol so many ppl is seeing monsters all over the (posters) place?..after reading the translation from the recipe i thought maybe this "deep sea crab" could be the so called parasites the main monster carries? the ones the new trailer rumor refers?

one would think that they tested this thing to be safe for consume and all..but then again the idea stuck to my head..maybe ppl will start getting sick and the cases will appear on YMR? cheers -Jac-; October 12, 2007 at 4:14 AM
Anonymous said...: Guys,
The facts are that there is a reference to Slusho on the T Shirt of one of the protagonists, if you then visit the slusho website you will find that it is made by the Tagruato Corp. One of their activities is deep sea drilling in the deepest parts of the ocean. And lo and behold one of the ingredients of slusho is something from the sea. Therefore The drilling has awakened 'something' at the bottom of the mid atlantic trench (tagruato site) and it is attracted to the ingredient used in slusho, which is a worldwide favourite - I mean you cant just drink six! Consequently we have a movie about a hungry big thing that wants to drink soda made from fish, it is so pissed off at being wakened that it tears the head off of the statue of liberty and subsequently seeks slusho......; October 16, 2007 at 2:49 PM
Anonymous said...: During the viral marketing carried out on Lost there were sinister sounding corporations with apparently real websites and identities. This aint new stuff. The whole thing is starting to piss everyone off now.
It is all heading for a big dissapointment now. The movie may be in fact a comedy about how to whip up a frenzy about something pointless and for a laugh Paramount have said 'what if we have a big monster that drank fake soft drink, wouldn't that be a blast?' The marketing opportunities are endless, you can buy Slusho T Shirts - it is only a metter of time till Coke Inc bring out real Slusho. Six just wont be enough at 2 bucks a pop.
Studios are just finding new ways to squeeze out cash from its customers.
HMPHHH!!!!!; October 16, 2007 at 2:57 PM
Anonymous said...: Just to put this out there. The re-occurrence of 6 may be of interest to some. Also, if you read the history of Slusho, it's apparent that the secret ingredient was found, and they didn't know what to do with it at first. Then, the inventor of Slusho had a dream in which he drank the ingredient and grew from a small fish to a giant whale. Thought I'd throw that in.; October 20, 2007 at 8:58 PM
Anonymous said...: If this is repetitious then I apologize. So I was digging through the TAGRUATO Corp webpage and found an interactive map with the locations of the company's ocean drilling sites. Several were opened on Feb 25 1995. So I googled that date and found nothing of significance, so I googled the date with "ocean" and found an article about a japanese deep sea exploration that was published on that date . . . weird. here's the link.
http://technology.newscientist.com/article/mg14519664.000-voyage-to-the-bottom-of-the-sea.html; December 21, 2007 at 1:17 PM

What is Cloverfield?

Welcome to 1-18-08 Project Cloverfield Blog.

Cloverfield is the J.J. Abrams (Lost, Alias) produced monster flick directed by Matt Reeves. Get caught up on all the Cloverfield news including the viral world of Tagruato, TIDOwave, and Slusho!? And now Aladygma?

However, I love viral campaigns. Cloverfield taught me the fun of being involved with the viral world of movies and TV. That's why I'd like to branch out this site to cover some of the major viral campaigns as they are developing. Feel free to drop me a line or tip on any you find interesting.

Welcome to Cloverfield

Very few facts emerged from the viral campaign that was Cloverfield. It all started after a short, teaser trailer for Cloverfield appeared with the Transformers movie in early July of 2007. Since then, speculation surrounded what the title of the movie would be (Monstrous, Overnight, etc...) and what the monster really is and why it is tearing up New York City.

A few pictures and covert videos from the film showed up online and there were only a few core facts we knew of including the poster, the teaser trailer, and a few websites at 1-18-08, Tagruato Corp, and Slusho .

In November, the official full-length Cloverfield trailer was released that helped open up the story as well as cement the "Cloverfield" name for the movie. A short glimpse of the Cloverfield Monster was seen but for most people they still had little or no clue as to what it was.

The movie centered around five young New Yorkers throwing their friend a going-away party the night that a monster the size of a skyscraper descends upon the city. Told from the point of view of their video camera, the film is a document of their attempt to survive the most surreal, horrifying event of their lives. Cloverfield opened the weekend of 1-18-08 and set box office records for a movie in January with a monster take of over $40M. Continue to check back here for updates on the mystery and viral campaigns of Cloverfield.

Get Started with the Cloverfield Viral Marketing

If you're new to the Cloverfield viral world than let's get started. First off, for the beginners let's look at what we're talking about.

What does viral marketing mean? Click here.

1-18-08.com Updates with pictures randomly. Each picture is layered onto of the previous update and all can be dragged and moved around the screen. Click and hold the mouse to 'grab' an image and move it around. While holding the image, shake it back and forth quickly and it will flip over. Some images have writing on the back.

Slusho This is the Japanese frozen drink made from a secret ingredient gathered from the bottom of the ocean. Slusho gives you a kick and makes you extremely happy. Prior to 1-18-08 Slusho was not sold in the US. However, recent FDA approval gave Slusho clearance to come to the states. Rob Hawkins, the lead character, was recently promoted to vice-president of Slusho and was on his way to Japan the night of the attack. Slusho is owned by the Tagruato Corp. of Japan. Slusho also first made an appearance on J.J. Abrams Alias during a scene where characters buy the drink at a store.

Tagruato This ficticious Japanese company is the parent company of Slusho as well as the Yoshida Medical Research, Bold Futura, and ParafFUN! Wax Distributors. Besides drilling the oceans for Slusho ingredients, Tagruato builds everything from space satellites to medical gear.

T.I.D.O wave An activist group set out to bring to light all the damage Tagruato has done to the envirnoment.

Jamie and Teddy A minor character from the movie, Jamie popped up on a 1-18-08.com picture and the MySpace profiles for the movies characters before getting famous for her "Jamie and Teddy" website. The site is comprised of video journals from Jamie. The site is password protected but can be accessed by the password "jllovesth"

1-18-08 Project Cloverfield - Warning! Spoilers