J.J. Abrams Talks About His Inspiration & The Mystery Box

by Scott Beale on January 10, 2008 · 4 comments

The latest video from the TED Talks series features director J.J. Abrams (Lost, Alias, Cloverfield) talking about what inspires him and his unopened Mystery Box.

J.J. Abrams traces his love of the unseen mystery — the heart of Alias, Lost, and the upcoming Cloverfield — back to its own magical beginnings, which may or may not include an early obsession with magic, the love of a supportive grandfather, or his own unopened Mystery Box.

Here Are A Few Related Posts You Might Enjoy:

- 1-18-08 “Cloverfield” Trailer Mystery, New J.J. Abrams Film

- Guest Editor J. J. Abrams Turns Wired Magazine Into a Puzzle

- The Original Inspiration For Batman’s Joker, German Actor Conrad Veidt

- The Mystery of Chessboxing: Classic Kung Fu Style

- Hugh D’Andrade Talks About The Paradise Lost Poster

filed under Uncategorized

Written by Scott Beale

Scott has written 4990 posts on Laughing Squid.

Subscribe to content via RSS, Email, Twitter & Facebook.

{ 2 comments… read them below or add one }

1 Ever January 10, 2008 at 6:23 pm

So what’s in the darn box?!

I didn’t know “the guy doing Cloverfield” also did MI:3 and Lost. I’m suddenly less excited :(

Reply

2 James January 29, 2008 at 7:13 pm

I Would just like to thank you for making one of the greatest movies I have ever seen! I couldn’t believe someone was actually going to make a movie that is as realistic as cloverfield. Thankyou!

Reply

Leave a Comment

You can use these HTML tags and attributes: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>

Moderation: All comments are manually approved, so if your comment is approved it may take a while for your comment to appear on this blog post.

Irrelevant, obnoxious, trolling, abusive and spam comments will not be approved. Let's keep things civil and on topic. Basically what we are saying, if your comment does not add to the conversation, it will not be approved.

Real Name & Website: For the most part do not post anonymous comments. Please list your real name and provide a link to your website, blog, Twitter account, etc. You know who we are, so we ask the same of you.

Corrections: If you want to point out a typo or correction, please email us instead. Typo or correction comments will not be approved since they are pretty much useless once they are corrected and then only tend to confuse things.

Gravatars: If you would like a Gravatar to show up with your comment? Just sign-up for an account and any comment with your email address will display your Gravatar.

Previous post: The New Bush Coins, Minted In a Variety of Gallon Denominations

Next post: Laughing Squid Stickers Group on Flickr