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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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* [[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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