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

Fucking hack. Fan service = ride on the nostalgia of the ...
racy pocket flask point
  12/18/15
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racy pocket flask point
  12/18/15
What about cloverfield?
cracking obsidian mood state
  12/18/15
Not a reboot.
racy pocket flask point
  12/18/15
Its kinda a reboot of godzilla...
cracking obsidian mood state
  12/18/15
He wasn't given the godzilla franchise and told to run with ...
racy pocket flask point
  12/18/15
Yeah. I actually hated the latest Star Trek movie.
cracking obsidian mood state
  12/18/15
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Salmon cheese-eating step-uncle's house
  05/28/25
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racy pocket flask point
  06/08/25
credited analysis
Slap-happy indian lodge knife
  06/08/25
its called a macguffin and has been around since the beginni...
Gay Liquid Oxygen
  06/08/25


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Date: December 18th, 2015 11:08 AM
Author: racy pocket flask point

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: racy pocket flask point



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Date: December 18th, 2015 11:11 AM
Author: cracking obsidian mood state

What about cloverfield?

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Date: December 18th, 2015 11:12 AM
Author: racy pocket flask point

Not a reboot.

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Date: December 18th, 2015 11:14 AM
Author: cracking obsidian mood state

Its kinda a reboot of godzilla...

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Date: December 18th, 2015 11:16 AM
Author: racy pocket flask point

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: cracking obsidian mood state

Yeah. I actually hated the latest Star Trek movie.

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Date: May 28th, 2025 1:13 PM
Author: Salmon cheese-eating step-uncle's house



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Date: June 8th, 2025 2:09 PM
Author: racy pocket flask point



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Date: June 8th, 2025 2:26 PM
Author: Slap-happy indian lodge knife

credited analysis

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Date: June 8th, 2025 4:16 PM
Author: Gay Liquid Oxygen

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)