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

Fucking hack. Fan service = ride on the nostalgia of the ...
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What about cloverfield?
chartreuse station
  12/18/15
Not a reboot.
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Its kinda a reboot of godzilla...
chartreuse station
  12/18/15
He wasn't given the godzilla franchise and told to run with ...
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  12/18/15
Yeah. I actually hated the latest Star Trek movie.
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credited analysis
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its called a macguffin and has been around since the beginni...
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Date: December 18th, 2015 11:08 AM
Author: sapphire supple trailer park doctorate

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: sapphire supple trailer park doctorate



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Date: December 18th, 2015 11:11 AM
Author: chartreuse station

What about cloverfield?

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Date: December 18th, 2015 11:12 AM
Author: sapphire supple trailer park doctorate

Not a reboot.

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Date: December 18th, 2015 11:14 AM
Author: chartreuse station

Its kinda a reboot of godzilla...

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Date: December 18th, 2015 11:16 AM
Author: sapphire supple trailer park doctorate

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: chartreuse station

Yeah. I actually hated the latest Star Trek movie.

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Date: May 28th, 2025 1:13 PM
Author: Apoplectic razzle school place of business



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Date: June 8th, 2025 2:09 PM
Author: sapphire supple trailer park doctorate



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Date: June 8th, 2025 2:26 PM
Author: diverse rambunctious masturbator cruise ship

credited analysis

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Date: June 8th, 2025 4:16 PM
Author: Buck-toothed brass deer antler location

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...id.#48997323)