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

Fucking hack. Fan service = ride on the nostalgia of the ...
Geriatric doobsian cumskin
  12/18/15
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Geriatric doobsian cumskin
  12/18/15
What about cloverfield?
Shivering orchestra pit community account
  12/18/15
Not a reboot.
Geriatric doobsian cumskin
  12/18/15
Its kinda a reboot of godzilla...
Shivering orchestra pit community account
  12/18/15
He wasn't given the godzilla franchise and told to run with ...
Geriatric doobsian cumskin
  12/18/15
Yeah. I actually hated the latest Star Trek movie.
Shivering orchestra pit community account
  12/18/15
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fiercely-loyal soul-stirring cruise ship
  05/28/25
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Geriatric doobsian cumskin
  06/08/25
credited analysis
Khaki French Chef Tanning Salon
  06/08/25
its called a macguffin and has been around since the beginni...
bearded adventurous toilet seat
  06/08/25


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Date: December 18th, 2015 11:08 AM
Author: Geriatric doobsian cumskin

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3073734&forum_id=2#29407126)



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Date: December 18th, 2015 11:10 AM
Author: Geriatric doobsian cumskin



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Date: December 18th, 2015 11:11 AM
Author: Shivering orchestra pit community account

What about cloverfield?

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Date: December 18th, 2015 11:12 AM
Author: Geriatric doobsian cumskin

Not a reboot.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3073734&forum_id=2#29407151)



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Date: December 18th, 2015 11:14 AM
Author: Shivering orchestra pit community account

Its kinda a reboot of godzilla...

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3073734&forum_id=2#29407161)



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Date: December 18th, 2015 11:16 AM
Author: Geriatric doobsian cumskin

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.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3073734&forum_id=2#29407176)



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Date: December 18th, 2015 11:18 AM
Author: Shivering orchestra pit community account

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: fiercely-loyal soul-stirring cruise ship



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Date: June 8th, 2025 2:09 PM
Author: Geriatric doobsian cumskin



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Date: June 8th, 2025 2:26 PM
Author: Khaki French Chef Tanning Salon

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: bearded adventurous toilet seat

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)