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JJ-isms in TFA [Possible spoilers]

WarpFactorZ

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As we know, JJ Abrams loves to include certain things in all his movies: dates, Slusho, the name Kelvin, etc...

On a second viewing today, I noted the stormtroopers were reporting that Rey had not been found in Hanger 718. This is a date that Abrams likes, last seen as the USS Biddeford's registry (NCC-0718) in a deleted scene from Star Trek Into Darkness. I also think I heard them mention TK-514, which was the Kelvin's registry, NCC-0514 (his grandfather's birthday, I believe).

What JJ Abrisms did you spot in TFA?
 
Tosk said:
ATimson said:
Corran Ho-Ho-Horn said:
The actor who played Miles from LOST was in there too. (Ken Leung)
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Not sure that counts, when he showed up on the show a year after Abrams' appears to have stopped contributing...
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Plus, having been in one other Abrams related project doesn't count as a JJ-ism. Otherwise we'd have to count Harrison Ford. ;)
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Ritz!

Also, there's a Family Guy connection here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLGW8WRcipk
 
Making everything in space conveniently close enough to be seen in the daytime sky.

Ugggh, that one is gonna bug me forever.
 
Something about the thingie that needed to be blown up first before blowing up the other, bigger, thingie was "something"-47. Isn't 47 a JJ Abrams ism?
 
Ovation said:
Something about the thingie that needed to be blown up first before blowing up the other, bigger, thingie was "something"-47. Isn't 47 a JJ Abrams ism?
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47 is a Star Trek thing. It pops up in Trek a lot, for unknown reasons.
 
Maybe it was just me but I thought there was a bit of an overload of action in the first part of the film. I know a lot of people had a problem with that in the Star Trek movies. Idk if that counts.
 
General Hux kind of reminds me of Kirk in the Abramsverse movies. That is, Hux is played by a 32 year-old actor. That is pretty young to be a general, especially one who is as high ranking as Hux, who appears to have no superiors other than Snoke. So was Hux instantly promoted to Colonel when he graduated the Academy or whatever the First Order has to train its officers?
 
Hux must be from the first generation of true believers molded by Snoke and the First Order, which may explain his resentment towards Kylo Ren who was a more recent convert yet gets all that special treatment. The old Imperials and anyone alive to watch its downfall would have been unacceptable in an organization like that, without any of the pretense of the Empire that it was some sort of legitimate government.
 
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