The date 1-18-08 doesn't mean much to a lot of people some remember it as the day that Washington, D.C., Mayor Marion Barry was arrested for drug possession in an FBI sting, but to me it means the end to a mystery that has besieged me since July.

The phenomenon of 1-18-08 has been running rampant since the appearance of the first trailer before Transformers.

Ever since, the enigmatic and until recently unnamed JJ Abrams project has been on many computers and even more minds. With the subsequent viral marketing to follow including 1-18-08.com, the pictorial website that sporadically is updated with new interactive photographs revealing character relationships and even a recipe from some crazy looking Japanese chef. Slowly after the discovery of this site people started reporting the findings of Slusho in the trailer and on the internet. A fictional product that people have theorized to be directly linked to the monster in the movie.

There was a host of other viral websites that have cropped up since then, but the only one that has given more clues to what the movie is actually about is the appearance of the Tagruado Oil Drilling Company who, when discovered had announced a new drilling station in the Atlantic that would be operational in November. More recently, the appearance of news reports from around the world about said station collapsing into the sea have surfaced.

For the rest of the world's take on the incident, search Chuai station on Youtube.

Which brings us to today. 1-16-08. Two days before the release, Rob's going away party only twenty four hours away and the movie's release even closer, so many wankers are coming out of the woodworks trying to ruin it for us. Reports leaked from people who have caught early showings are sending reviews into Rotten Tomatoes and Ain't it Cool hoping to give us the scoop on what the movie is really about.

This was originally going to be a report on my theory that it's not Cthullu, it's not Godzilla, it's not Voltron or any of the other theories that have been spouted on the internet, but instead it is a remake of The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms. This is a view that I came to on my own, but have recently discovered that many agree.

Be here on 1-19-08 when the return of Tim's Bootleg Reviews returns.