Angels & Airwaves frontman and Blink-182 co-founder Tom DeLonge has released a trailer for his upcoming film, Monsters of California. DeLonge’s directorial debut is a coming-of-age adventure with a sci-fi twist about teenager Dallas Edwards and his friends as they stumble upon a series of paranormal events in Southern California. Their curiosity, which could be a generational handoff from his father, attracts the attention of a government agency that has its own vested interest in the otherworldly happenings.
The film stars Jack Samson, Richard Kind, and Casper Van Dien in what appears to be a meld of drama, sci-fi, and action, with a hint of punk rock comedic sensibilities. Unique to this cinematic outing about the paranormal is that Tom DeLonge has become a major advocate for the truth regarding aliens and UFOs in recent years. Presenting a far less inconclusive stance on the issue than Steven Spielberg held during 1977’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind, flip-flopping between belief and disbelief over the years, and perhaps holding a little more credibility than John Travolta’s relationship with Scientology propping up the “truth” in 2000’s Battlefield Earth. DeLonge’s film arrives at a time when former US president Barack Obama has recently stated there are aspects of the phenomenon he cannot discuss publicly.
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Those eager to know more about the startling reality we face regarding intelligent off-world (or interdimensional) life engaging planet earth may want to pay close attention to Monsters of California. It will likely be packed with information regarding DeLonge’s well-funded research into the paranormal.
Co-founding the “To The Stars Initiative,” the company’s goal is to shift the common worldview paradigm from what has historically been regarded as a kooky fringe (cue the X-Files theme) mystery of maybes into a profound reassessment of our place in the universe, and the technologically explosive potential of harnessing a more advanced species’ means of transportation and exotic sources of energy. While the topic may be akin to a monkey comprehending physics, DeLonge’s film may be an effort to personify otherworldly phenomena in a way that can be understood by the masses.
However, the film’s title, as well as some imagery present in the trailer, may suggest there is something incredibly dark and disturbing at the heart of the issue, which may be divisive for some audiences. Let us take a look behind the curtain of the UFO coverup to better ascertain what Tom DeLonge’s movie may be all about.
Filling in the Blanks
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The history of cinema is wrought with themes of the unknown. Movies have always been a place to challenge the imagination and conventional wisdom ever-present in our daily lives. It’s a safe place to speculate and propose new ideas. If each film is a kind of religion, some are very popular and have large congregations, while others could be considered cults, with small but loyal members. Across the vast ocean of cinema, collectively, there may be objective truths to some of humanity’s oldest questions.
While some find comfort in the religious realm of The Passion of Christ, others may land on 2001: A Space Odyssey for a more ambiguous assessment of the human condition. Some fans claim there are very specific messages hidden in less critically acclaimed works like John Carpenter’s They Live, and truth may even be lurking in the 1990s Dolph Lundgren schlock-fest, I Come In Peace AKA Dark Angel. The Wachowskis aren’t exactly subtle with their desire to highlight conspiracy theories with The Matrix, Jupiter Ascending, and Cloud Atlas.
The Information Age has birthed a new kind of awareness about something emerging into the greater consciousness. Exactly what that is isn’t entirely clear, but its likely Monsters of California will be attempting to fill in some blanks missing from public school history curriculums. Unfortunately, it’s a bit like trying to traverse King Jareth’s Labyrinth, and there’s certainly a bog of eternal stench you’ll want to avoid.
Dropping Some Cosmic Knowledge
The trailer for DeLonge’s new movie, criticized by some as confusing, features some unique visual effects and frightening creatures that may hint toward a very dark truth. Historically, the arrival of a more advanced people didn’t fare well for the natives. While this assessment is far too simple a metaphor to encapsulate the complexity of what Monsters of California may be attempting to tell us, it does serve as a tried-and-true nugget of wisdom for how to begin to understand the nuances of first contact here on earth.
The film may or may not make reference to ancient astronaut theory, which blows up the issue into far-reaching historical context that’s difficult to comprehend. DeLonge’s film may challenge our view of humanity’s place in the universe by attempting to impart a bit of cosmic knowledge into the hearts and minds of audiences.
