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

Fucking hack. Fan service = ride on the nostalgia of the ...
flesh pea-brained hall chad
  12/18/15
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flesh pea-brained hall chad
  12/18/15
What about cloverfield?
Aphrodisiac business firm
  12/18/15
Not a reboot.
flesh pea-brained hall chad
  12/18/15
Its kinda a reboot of godzilla...
Aphrodisiac business firm
  12/18/15
He wasn't given the godzilla franchise and told to run with ...
flesh pea-brained hall chad
  12/18/15
Yeah. I actually hated the latest Star Trek movie.
Aphrodisiac business firm
  12/18/15
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ruddy doobsian casino pervert
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flesh pea-brained hall chad
  06/08/25
credited analysis
cyan spectacular stock car
  06/08/25
its called a macguffin and has been around since the beginni...
Puce Mediation Legal Warrant
  06/08/25


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Date: December 18th, 2015 11:08 AM
Author: flesh pea-brained hall chad

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: flesh pea-brained hall chad



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Date: December 18th, 2015 11:11 AM
Author: Aphrodisiac business firm

What about cloverfield?

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Date: December 18th, 2015 11:12 AM
Author: flesh pea-brained hall chad

Not a reboot.

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Date: December 18th, 2015 11:14 AM
Author: Aphrodisiac business firm

Its kinda a reboot of godzilla...

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Date: December 18th, 2015 11:16 AM
Author: flesh pea-brained hall chad

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: Aphrodisiac business firm

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: ruddy doobsian casino pervert



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Date: June 8th, 2025 2:09 PM
Author: flesh pea-brained hall chad



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Date: June 8th, 2025 2:26 PM
Author: cyan spectacular stock car

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: Puce Mediation Legal Warrant

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)