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

Fucking hack. Fan service = ride on the nostalgia of the ...
Olive hairraiser dragon
  12/18/15
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Olive hairraiser dragon
  12/18/15
What about cloverfield?
Razzmatazz heaven weed whacker
  12/18/15
Not a reboot.
Olive hairraiser dragon
  12/18/15
Its kinda a reboot of godzilla...
Razzmatazz heaven weed whacker
  12/18/15
He wasn't given the godzilla franchise and told to run with ...
Olive hairraiser dragon
  12/18/15
Yeah. I actually hated the latest Star Trek movie.
Razzmatazz heaven weed whacker
  12/18/15
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vengeful nudist hairy legs
  05/28/25
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Olive hairraiser dragon
  06/08/25
credited analysis
Emerald laughsome degenerate business firm
  06/08/25
its called a macguffin and has been around since the beginni...
Irate voyeur
  06/08/25


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Date: December 18th, 2015 11:08 AM
Author: Olive hairraiser dragon

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: Olive hairraiser dragon



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Date: December 18th, 2015 11:11 AM
Author: Razzmatazz heaven weed whacker

What about cloverfield?

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Date: December 18th, 2015 11:12 AM
Author: Olive hairraiser dragon

Not a reboot.

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Date: December 18th, 2015 11:14 AM
Author: Razzmatazz heaven weed whacker

Its kinda a reboot of godzilla...

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Date: December 18th, 2015 11:16 AM
Author: Olive hairraiser dragon

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: Razzmatazz heaven weed whacker

Yeah. I actually hated the latest Star Trek movie.

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Date: May 28th, 2025 1:13 PM
Author: vengeful nudist hairy legs



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Date: June 8th, 2025 2:09 PM
Author: Olive hairraiser dragon



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Date: June 8th, 2025 2:26 PM
Author: Emerald laughsome degenerate business firm

credited analysis

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Date: June 8th, 2025 4:16 PM
Author: Irate voyeur

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

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