#jj abrams

[mybeautifuldarktwisteddfantasy]

Getting Lost (2024) A Documentary celebrating the global television phenomenon LOST for its 20th Anniversary. Interview w/ Naveen Andrews

[pomeloinks]

and maybe, this isn’t the end at all.

[trek-tracks]

reminds me of something...

(Thank you to Kepi and @markcampbells of the McSpirk Discord for this terrible idea)

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STAR TREK (2009) dir. JJ Abrams

[artist-issues]

I just NEED everyone to agree with me that Rey's parents are nobody. We should all agree about that. We should collectively, as an audience, say, "clearly the best idea was to have Kylo Ren be a dynastic heir to the major legends of the Force who wants to throw off his family's shadow, while his rival is nobody from nowhere who wants to belong--so we're going to stick with that."

And then, what should have happened is, Rey can finish her story by being able to say, "My parents might have abandoned me, but that doesn't mean I'm worthless." And eventually Kylo Ren can say, "My family might have been powerful, but I don't have to be," and all those other things that they can bounce off of each other as great foils.

It can keep being a good story about accepting past failures and choosing to grow beyond them.

Let's just all collectively ignore Rey Skypatine because of how silly that was. I mean. If they can just ignore the setups in the previous movie, we can ignore their choices in the conclusion. Right?? Right? Tell me I'm right

[astoundingbeyondbelief]

Takashi Yamazaki’s J.J. Abrams-Produced Giant Robot Movie ‘Grandgear’ Debuts First Look

Grandgear, a new movie produced by J.J. Abrams and directed by Takashi Yamazaki, got its first look at CinemaCon and we've got the details.

Takashi Yamazaki is not slowing down. The filmmaker behind the Oscar-winning “Godzilla Minus One” (and its upcoming sequel “Godzilla Minus Zero”) has a new film, his English-language debut, in the works, called “Grandgear.” And those in attendance at CinemCon just got their first look at all the rock ‘em, sock ‘em robot action. The footage was brief but showed a giant robot fighting a kaiju (a giant monster like those seen in the “Godzilla” movies and countless others). The footage had a decidedly ground-level feeling, somewhat akin to “Cloverfield.” This makes sense considering the producer of “Grandgear” is J.J. Abrams, who also produced “Cloverfield” and its follow-ups, “10 Cloverfield Lane” and “The Cloverfield Paradox.”

Debuting teasers for your next two movies on back-to-back days is wild. There have been conflicting reports as to whether the battle involved two giant robots or a robot and a kaiju. Mystery box already in play?

[virtie333]

RIP Gary Fisher

I bet your mom is happy to see you!

[somethingusefulfromflorida]

I hate to say it, but Minecraft operates very much the same way as a JJ Abrams mystery box. I'm not talking about the Minecraft movie, I mean the game itself. The developers suggest a ton of deep lore questions that they have zero interest in ever actually answering, because Mystery Box, speculating at the possibilties is more fun than knowing for sure!

Who dug the abandoned mineshafts? Dunno, doesn't matter. Who built the strongholds? Dunno, doesn't matter. Do the endermen worship the dragon? Will the egg ever hatch? Who captained the flying ships with the elytra? What happened to the ancient cities in the deep dark? What is sculk and what is the Warden wardening over? Where did ancient debris come from? Who built the nether fortresses? Who built the bastions, how long ago, and why are they now just crumbling remnants? Why are there ruined nether portals strewn across the overworld? Jungle temples? Desert temples? Trail ruins? Ocean monuments? Sunken ships? Buried treasure? Dunno, dunno, dunno, dunno, none of it matters at all!

So many hints towards multiple different ancient civilizations, and all of it's just set dressing. They all exist for the Doylist reason of introducing, teaching, and encouraging the use of new game mechanics, but there are no Watsonian explanations and there likely never will be. Why is there a portal frame in the ancient city? Because it looks cool and the redstone underneath it lets new players know that the glowing dust they've been collecting has logical functionality (and even that's just a rudimentary hint; the game has no tutorials, no built-in instructions, everything important is learned via the Wiki).

I love Minecraft, it's my favorite video game of all time, but I think I play it for a very different reason than most people.