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JJ Abrams movie "reboots": fan service + mystery box chasing = PROFIT!

Fucking hack. Fan service = ride on the nostalgia of the ...
judgmental keepsake machete abode
  12/18/15
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judgmental keepsake machete abode
  12/18/15
What about cloverfield?
Blue crackhouse philosopher-king
  12/18/15
Not a reboot.
judgmental keepsake machete abode
  12/18/15
Its kinda a reboot of godzilla...
Blue crackhouse philosopher-king
  12/18/15
He wasn't given the godzilla franchise and told to run with ...
judgmental keepsake machete abode
  12/18/15
Yeah. I actually hated the latest Star Trek movie.
Blue crackhouse philosopher-king
  12/18/15
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multi-colored heaven
  05/28/25
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judgmental keepsake machete abode
  06/08/25
credited analysis
Unhinged bisexual stag film
  06/08/25
its called a macguffin and has been around since the beginni...
Gold boistinker lettuce
  06/08/25


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Date: December 18th, 2015 11:08 AM
Author: judgmental keepsake machete abode

Fucking hack.

Fan service = ride on the nostalgia of the original, bring back some original characters, have them wink at the audience and be charming, then often die to "make room" for the "new blood"

Mystery box chasing = there's some object that the good guys and bad guys both strive for, it's the maguffin, there's no underlying theme in the movie other than this mystery box chasing, and the mystery box is ultimately hollow and meaningless, he talks about it here: https://www.ted.com/talks/j_j_abrams_mystery_box?language=en

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Date: December 18th, 2015 11:10 AM
Author: judgmental keepsake machete abode



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Date: December 18th, 2015 11:11 AM
Author: Blue crackhouse philosopher-king

What about cloverfield?

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Date: December 18th, 2015 11:12 AM
Author: judgmental keepsake machete abode

Not a reboot.

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Date: December 18th, 2015 11:14 AM
Author: Blue crackhouse philosopher-king

Its kinda a reboot of godzilla...

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Date: December 18th, 2015 11:16 AM
Author: judgmental keepsake machete abode

He wasn't given the godzilla franchise and told to run with it. The prime example of reboots he does this shit to was star trek.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3073734&forum_id=2)#29407176)



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Date: December 18th, 2015 11:18 AM
Author: Blue crackhouse philosopher-king

Yeah. I actually hated the latest Star Trek movie.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3073734&forum_id=2)#29407179)



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Date: May 28th, 2025 1:13 PM
Author: multi-colored heaven



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Date: June 8th, 2025 2:09 PM
Author: judgmental keepsake machete abode



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Date: June 8th, 2025 2:26 PM
Author: Unhinged bisexual stag film

credited analysis

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3073734&forum_id=2)#48997106)



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Date: June 8th, 2025 4:16 PM
Author: Gold boistinker lettuce

its called a macguffin and has been around since the beginning. ljl JJ is trying to literally reboot a trope.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3073734&forum_id=2)#48997323)