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[girlfrendonfire]

Josh Minker, Remember back to the casting call

[tytyvirgo]

Yes some people said that in another thread.
At least we know Josh doesn't die

[twodten]

[FilmEdge]

But the casting call was NOT for SUPER 8, as revealed shortly after that story hit: http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=29639

[girlfrendonfire]

This is JJ Abrams we're talking about, just keep that in mind. Plus, it was just an interesting idea I thought about.

[Euchre]

Of course Josh is such a unique name it couldn't possibly be in two films...

I also wonder where one gets the impression that this would indicate a character is going to survive the film storyline? We learned all about the folks in Cloverfield, and all ended up dead with only one possible exception.

[VanGoghX]

[tromatic]

Little Darlings is the new "Cheese"

[girlfrendonfire]

Thank you for saying that, you get it.

[FilmEdge]

I get it too, but apparently two real writers are attached to LITTLE DARLINGS, so are they in on the hoax too?

Granted IMDB can be full of it, but even the Hollywood Reporter had an article about Paramount casting 15 year old girls back in April... over a month before the 'news' broke about open casting for SUPER 8:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3i3d82e5b0896238025a30777dc6867a7e?pn=2

If it's all an ARG hoax, that's pretty elaborate to get THR to do JJ's bidding a month before casting even begins.

I won't underestimate JJ's penchant for such things, but so far I'm not convinced Paramount is using a previous title in their library to shill for SUPER 8 pre-production as the "new CHEESE". With that precedent in place, why use a recognizable name at all? Just invent the next 'meaningless' fake name and go with it.

[tytyvirgo]

[ladywyntir]

[vapor]

I think the assumption is that the film is set in the seventies. So if Josh Minker is a character in the movie and he is now blogging, then he has obviously survived. I think there is sufficient clues to say we will get a 70s or 80s setting for the movie, but one can never be sure.

[jiblington]

josh minker could easily die in the film, what if the film is set a year after it comes out, i mean im pretty sure with the exception of star wars most sci fi films are set in the future, lol

[slinkydge]

If we think the super8 was shot in 79, Josh would have been 16, if 1963 is his birthday.

If he shot it had he blocked it out of his mind for all these years? where had he been keeping hte film, surly not in his mothers hat all this time? maybe he didn't even realise what was on the film until he recently saw it OR perhaps, he saw the film for the first time recently thought that is the scariest thing I ever saw and wrote that on the film to send to whoever he has been communicationg with over the PDP-11.

which brings me back to this question - why is he using a PDP-11 simulator now???? WHY!!!!