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

Fucking hack. Fan service = ride on the nostalgia of the ...
Talking mental disorder
  12/18/15
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Talking mental disorder
  12/18/15
What about cloverfield?
Smoky Rehab
  12/18/15
Not a reboot.
Talking mental disorder
  12/18/15
Its kinda a reboot of godzilla...
Smoky Rehab
  12/18/15
He wasn't given the godzilla franchise and told to run with ...
Talking mental disorder
  12/18/15
Yeah. I actually hated the latest Star Trek movie.
Smoky Rehab
  12/18/15
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Ebony trip area
  05/28/25
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Talking mental disorder
  06/08/25
credited analysis
Godawful cruise ship
  06/08/25
its called a macguffin and has been around since the beginni...
Razzle chestnut set
  06/08/25


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Date: December 18th, 2015 11:08 AM
Author: Talking mental disorder

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: Talking mental disorder



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Date: December 18th, 2015 11:11 AM
Author: Smoky Rehab

What about cloverfield?

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Date: December 18th, 2015 11:12 AM
Author: Talking mental disorder

Not a reboot.

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Date: December 18th, 2015 11:14 AM
Author: Smoky Rehab

Its kinda a reboot of godzilla...

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Date: December 18th, 2015 11:16 AM
Author: Talking mental disorder

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: Smoky Rehab

Yeah. I actually hated the latest Star Trek movie.

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Date: May 28th, 2025 1:13 PM
Author: Ebony trip area



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Date: June 8th, 2025 2:09 PM
Author: Talking mental disorder



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Date: June 8th, 2025 2:26 PM
Author: Godawful cruise ship

credited analysis

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Date: June 8th, 2025 4:16 PM
Author: Razzle chestnut set

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)