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

Fucking hack. Fan service = ride on the nostalgia of the ...
Passionate peach deer antler
  12/18/15
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Passionate peach deer antler
  12/18/15
What about cloverfield?
180 underhanded immigrant
  12/18/15
Not a reboot.
Passionate peach deer antler
  12/18/15
Its kinda a reboot of godzilla...
180 underhanded immigrant
  12/18/15
He wasn't given the godzilla franchise and told to run with ...
Passionate peach deer antler
  12/18/15
Yeah. I actually hated the latest Star Trek movie.
180 underhanded immigrant
  12/18/15
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Slippery indian lodge
  05/28/25
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Passionate peach deer antler
  06/08/25
credited analysis
bearded chestnut kitchen wagecucks
  06/08/25
its called a macguffin and has been around since the beginni...
bat-shit-crazy community account
  06/08/25


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Date: December 18th, 2015 11:08 AM
Author: Passionate peach deer antler

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: Passionate peach deer antler



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Date: December 18th, 2015 11:11 AM
Author: 180 underhanded immigrant

What about cloverfield?

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Date: December 18th, 2015 11:12 AM
Author: Passionate peach deer antler

Not a reboot.

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Date: December 18th, 2015 11:14 AM
Author: 180 underhanded immigrant

Its kinda a reboot of godzilla...

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Date: December 18th, 2015 11:16 AM
Author: Passionate peach deer antler

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: 180 underhanded immigrant

Yeah. I actually hated the latest Star Trek movie.

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Date: May 28th, 2025 1:13 PM
Author: Slippery indian lodge



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Date: June 8th, 2025 2:09 PM
Author: Passionate peach deer antler



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Date: June 8th, 2025 2:26 PM
Author: bearded chestnut kitchen wagecucks

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: bat-shit-crazy community account

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)