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

Fucking hack. Fan service = ride on the nostalgia of the ...
mustard wrinkle
  12/18/15
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mustard wrinkle
  12/18/15
What about cloverfield?
Razzle-dazzle stag film chad
  12/18/15
Not a reboot.
mustard wrinkle
  12/18/15
Its kinda a reboot of godzilla...
Razzle-dazzle stag film chad
  12/18/15
He wasn't given the godzilla franchise and told to run with ...
mustard wrinkle
  12/18/15
Yeah. I actually hated the latest Star Trek movie.
Razzle-dazzle stag film chad
  12/18/15
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Cream bonkers church
  05/28/25
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mustard wrinkle
  06/08/25
credited analysis
magical school multi-billionaire
  06/08/25
its called a macguffin and has been around since the beginni...
chartreuse tattoo mediation
  06/08/25


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Date: December 18th, 2015 11:08 AM
Author: mustard wrinkle

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: mustard wrinkle



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Date: December 18th, 2015 11:11 AM
Author: Razzle-dazzle stag film chad

What about cloverfield?

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Date: December 18th, 2015 11:12 AM
Author: mustard wrinkle

Not a reboot.

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Date: December 18th, 2015 11:14 AM
Author: Razzle-dazzle stag film chad

Its kinda a reboot of godzilla...

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Date: December 18th, 2015 11:16 AM
Author: mustard wrinkle

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: Razzle-dazzle stag film chad

Yeah. I actually hated the latest Star Trek movie.

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Date: May 28th, 2025 1:13 PM
Author: Cream bonkers church



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Date: June 8th, 2025 2:09 PM
Author: mustard wrinkle



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Date: June 8th, 2025 2:26 PM
Author: magical school multi-billionaire

credited analysis

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3073734&forum_id=2E#48997106)



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Date: June 8th, 2025 4:16 PM
Author: chartreuse tattoo mediation

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=2E#48997323)