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

Fucking hack. Fan service = ride on the nostalgia of the ...
stubborn chapel halford
  12/18/15
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stubborn chapel halford
  12/18/15
What about cloverfield?
Fuchsia flirting set
  12/18/15
Not a reboot.
stubborn chapel halford
  12/18/15
Its kinda a reboot of godzilla...
Fuchsia flirting set
  12/18/15
He wasn't given the godzilla franchise and told to run with ...
stubborn chapel halford
  12/18/15
Yeah. I actually hated the latest Star Trek movie.
Fuchsia flirting set
  12/18/15
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Shimmering wonderful field
  05/28/25
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.,.,.,.,.,.,..,.,..,.,.,.,.
  06/08/25
credited analysis
butt cheeks
  06/08/25
its called a macguffin and has been around since the beginni...
barnabyjones
  06/08/25


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Date: December 18th, 2015 11:08 AM
Author: stubborn chapel halford

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: stubborn chapel halford



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Date: December 18th, 2015 11:11 AM
Author: Fuchsia flirting set

What about cloverfield?

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Date: December 18th, 2015 11:12 AM
Author: stubborn chapel halford

Not a reboot.

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Date: December 18th, 2015 11:14 AM
Author: Fuchsia flirting set

Its kinda a reboot of godzilla...

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Date: December 18th, 2015 11:16 AM
Author: stubborn chapel halford

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: Fuchsia flirting set

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: Shimmering wonderful field



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Date: June 8th, 2025 2:09 PM
Author: .,.,.,.,.,.,..,.,..,.,.,.,.




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Date: June 8th, 2025 2:26 PM
Author: butt cheeks (✅🍑)

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: barnabyjones

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)