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{{quote|''There's a reason that ''Super 8'', its cool thrills, also seems a work of innocence: it takes incidental inspiration from the films of a director who, back in 1979, was the J.J. Abrams of his day. Look closely and you'll see that ''Super 8'' [[George Lucas Throwback|is a medley of tropes from the films of Spielberg's early prime.]]''|'''Richard Corliss''', [[Time (magazine)|''Time'' magazine]]<ref>[http://entertainment.time.com/2011/06/02/super-8-movie-review/ ''Super 8:'' Just as Great as You Hoped It Would Be] (June 02, 2011)</ref>}}
''Super 8'' is a 2011 [[Science Fiction Films|science fiction film]] written and directed by [[J.J. Abrams]] and produced by [[Steven Spielberg]]. It is an homage to classic "adventurous children" movies, particularly those made/produced by Spielberg like ''[[E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial|ET the Extraterrestrial]]'', ''[[The Goonies]]'' and especially ''[[Close Encounters of the Third Kind]]''.
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While filming a scene late at night, they happen upon a freak train crash and barely escape before the authorities show up. Shaken up by the experience, they find that they accidentally filmed ''something'' on their [[Title Drop|Super 8-mm film camera]] in the aftermath of the crash, and soon they're caught up in strange happenings and a secret military operation.
An interactive version of the teaser trailer is bundled with ''[[Portal 2]]'', found in the game's Extras section. There's also a prequel comic book that was bundled into the second issue of the ''[[Batman: Arkham City]]'' comic book tie-in. It details the 1958 events referred to in the film and how Col. Nelec got involved with the situation. It can be read [https://web.archive.org/web/20131211192128/http://www.super8comiccontest.com/ here] (SPOILERS ALERT).
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* [[Adorkable]]: Joe, when it comes to his hobby of making train models or his obvious crush on Alice.
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* [[Aliens in Cardiff|Aliens Somewhere West of Dayton]]: [[Area 51]] stuff happening in a small Ohio town, possibly tying into the rumors that the nearby Wright-Patterson AFB was the storage place of the alien bodies and wreckage from the Roswell crash.
* [[Alternate Reality Game]]:
** Naturally there'd be one. It involves a site about Ice Cream Lollipop called [https://web.archive.org/web/20130112064404/http://www.rocketpoppeteers.com/ Rocket Poppeteers]. There's [http://scariestthingieversaw.com Scariest Thing I Ever Saw], [https://web.archive.org/web/20121231080117/http://www.
** The editing room is especially good as you have to unlock clips and put them together forming one big video (which features the Truck Guy who apparently was involved in some experiments relating to the monster). Clips can be [http://www.movieviral.com/2011/05/18/super-8-standees-provide-links-to-editing-room-clips/ unlocked from looking through Super 8 standees in theaters and watching the title card after the trailer] and [http://www.movieviral.com/2011/05/09/new-super-8-app-reveals-hidden-editing-room/ using the Super 8 app.]
* [[Always Save the Girl]]
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* [[Avoid the Dreaded G Rating]]: Donny saying "fuck" (amongst other curses from the children) and Nelec's unusually {{spoiler|gory death}} were probably put in to ensure a PG-13 rating.
* [[Badass]]: The alien itself.
* [[Badass Teacher]]: Dr.
* [[Bad Bad Acting]]: Averted. Most of the acting in the movie the kids are working on is believably bad. Joe himself was called upon to play a soldier and was particularly stiff. Martin seems to be alright, but Alice slowly started getting so emotional and into character as the wife that she stunned everyone.
** Amusingly, the poor editing of Charles' movie (seen over the ending credits) conceals this, so that she looks just as bad as the other kids.
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* [[Birds of a Feather]]: Joe and Alice both have [[Parental Neglect|neglectful fathers]] and [[Missing Mom|missing mothers]].
* [[Bizarre Alien Biology]]: {{spoiler|The alien is thoroughly weird-looking. It has four arms, feet that end with digging "chisels," and a body with multiple gaps or negative spaces that do not exist in Earth vertebrates. Its face looks surprisingly humanoid at first glance, but the lipped mouth can split horribly into a fanged set of mandibles, and the human-like eyes are normally covered by a reflective membrane.}}
* [[Black Dude Dies First]]: Somehow, both averted and played straight. The first violent scene in the movie involves a train crash, in which Dr.
* [[Bratty Teenage Daughter]]: Charles' sister, Jennifer, who is constantly complaining to their mother about wanting to go to a girl's party, but can't, due to babysitting duties. Used as a plot point, it's the only way Charles is able to get them places during the events of the film by promising to babysit instead.
* [[Brick Joke]]:
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* [[California Doubling]]: West Virginia covered for Ohio.
* [[Calling the Old Man Out]]: Joe attempts to when his father forbids him from spending time with Alice.
* [[The Cameo]]: [[The Simpsons (animation)|Dan Castellaneta]] as the car dealer and composer [[Michael Giacchino]] as one of the deputies.
* [[Captured Super Entity]]: The alien since [[The Fifties]], under less-than-humane circumstances.
* [[Car Skiing]]: Happens when the creature slams into the military bus transporting the gang. Of note is that while the driver does succeed in getting the car back on the ground, the raised tires are totally destroyed on impact, forcing him to stop.
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* [[Her Heart Will Go On|His Heart Will Go On]]: Joe's father eventually comes to terms with his wife's death.
* [[Holding Hands]]: Joe and Alice at the end of the film.
* [[Humans Are
** Averted {{spoiler|with Joe, whose chat with the alien in the tunnel -- "Bad things happen" -- reveals to it that in a way, everybody hurts. And since the alien is holding Joe at the time and establishes a mind link by contact, the alien can see that Joe -- who had by then forgiven Alice's father for what happened -- is right.}}
** From the prequel comic's tagline: {{spoiler|"The Soviets sent a dog. The U.S. sent a ''[[Nuke'Em|nuke]]''." This is actually justified: the Soviets' probe was shot down, causing all the worst reactions...}}
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