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

Fucking hack. Fan service = ride on the nostalgia of the ...
hyperventilating comical prole
  12/18/15
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hyperventilating comical prole
  12/18/15
What about cloverfield?
Nighttime Primrose Travel Guidebook Principal's Office
  12/18/15
Not a reboot.
hyperventilating comical prole
  12/18/15
Its kinda a reboot of godzilla...
Nighttime Primrose Travel Guidebook Principal's Office
  12/18/15
He wasn't given the godzilla franchise and told to run with ...
hyperventilating comical prole
  12/18/15
Yeah. I actually hated the latest Star Trek movie.
Nighttime Primrose Travel Guidebook Principal's Office
  12/18/15
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sickened crotch
  05/28/25
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hyperventilating comical prole
  06/08/25
credited analysis
magical garrison pocket flask
  06/08/25
its called a macguffin and has been around since the beginni...
Salmon Exhilarant Wrinkle Parlor
  06/08/25


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Date: December 18th, 2015 11:08 AM
Author: hyperventilating comical prole

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: hyperventilating comical prole



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Date: December 18th, 2015 11:11 AM
Author: Nighttime Primrose Travel Guidebook Principal's Office

What about cloverfield?

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Date: December 18th, 2015 11:12 AM
Author: hyperventilating comical prole

Not a reboot.

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Date: December 18th, 2015 11:14 AM
Author: Nighttime Primrose Travel Guidebook Principal's Office

Its kinda a reboot of godzilla...

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Date: December 18th, 2015 11:16 AM
Author: hyperventilating comical prole

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.

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Date: December 18th, 2015 11:18 AM
Author: Nighttime Primrose Travel Guidebook Principal's Office

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: sickened crotch



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Date: June 8th, 2025 2:09 PM
Author: hyperventilating comical prole



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Date: June 8th, 2025 2:26 PM
Author: magical garrison pocket flask

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: Salmon Exhilarant Wrinkle Parlor

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)