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

Fucking hack. Fan service = ride on the nostalgia of the ...
sinister peach yarmulke
  12/18/15
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sinister peach yarmulke
  12/18/15
What about cloverfield?
aqua azn rehab
  12/18/15
Not a reboot.
sinister peach yarmulke
  12/18/15
Its kinda a reboot of godzilla...
aqua azn rehab
  12/18/15
He wasn't given the godzilla franchise and told to run with ...
sinister peach yarmulke
  12/18/15
Yeah. I actually hated the latest Star Trek movie.
aqua azn rehab
  12/18/15
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gaped menage kitty
  05/28/25
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sinister peach yarmulke
  06/08/25
credited analysis
Doobsian laughsome philosopher-king chapel
  06/08/25
its called a macguffin and has been around since the beginni...
Trip Flesh Shrine Associate
  06/08/25


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Date: December 18th, 2015 11:08 AM
Author: sinister peach yarmulke

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: sinister peach yarmulke



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Date: December 18th, 2015 11:11 AM
Author: aqua azn rehab

What about cloverfield?

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Date: December 18th, 2015 11:12 AM
Author: sinister peach yarmulke

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: aqua azn rehab

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: sinister peach yarmulke

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: aqua azn rehab

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: gaped menage kitty



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Date: June 8th, 2025 2:09 PM
Author: sinister peach yarmulke



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Date: June 8th, 2025 2:26 PM
Author: Doobsian laughsome philosopher-king chapel

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: Trip Flesh Shrine Associate

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)