The director’s vision has always been somewhat… bland.
Abrams butchered the Star Trek reboot and the Star Wars final trilogy, so my whole childhood.
But more, I blame Disney and Paramount for letting him.
C’mon, your entire childhood? A bit dramatic there.
Abrams butchered the Star Trek reboot
Butchered? That’s an insane exaggeration or you’re being exceedingly dramatic. How did he possibly “Butcher” Star Trek? They were well received! They were widely acclaimed, they did the source material justice in many ways and brought Star Trek - a fandom that was dying to the times, back to a mainstream audience who embraced and engaged with it.
I seriously don’t get how you Sci-Fi fans have such incredibly lofty expectations. The things you want done in cinema to satisfy you simply cannot be achieved. You’d find fault no matter what was presented to you.
You have to understand that creative decisions need to be made to condense TV storylines that typically run for an entire season or volume of comics into 2 hours of screen time, including exposition, character development and world building. It won’t ever be the way you want it, but shitting on people who made those things come to life just means less of it. No one wanted to touch Star Wars after the Prequels. Everyone pissed all over Hayden Christensen’s acting, and now they embrace him like an old friend.
And Abrams didn’t ruin the final trilogy. He was attached to The force awakens which largely followed the same pattern as A New Hope (it was extremely well received at the time), then Rian Johnson turned up for the second, squatted over the franchise and took a massive Mr Whippy all over it, leaving it in an unsalvageable mess for Abrams to polish into a reasonably attractive turd.
@inkican, JJ is a hack who has connections. I’m so happy to finally find others who see it, too! That said… I honestly enjoy Super 8. Still, I’ll include it’s flaws any time I’m tearing his work apart.
I remember watching Fringe and being utterly underwhelmed by it. It introduced intriguing mysteries, with most of them being forgotten by the next episode. I think this is what J.J.Abrams has always been about. The same seemed true for The Lost. Although, I stopped watching it after about 3 episodes.
Jar jar Abrams makes dumb boring movies by committee and board approved jumbo set pieces with the soul of a Pontiac Aztec and the inventiveness of an incandescent light bulb.
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Seriously. Who didn’t notice he’s garbage?
I don’t think I ever liked anything he did, not one thing.
I loved season 1 of Lost. Back then, I had no idea who he was or that there were no answers coming.
I watched lost really late, but i also hardly knew anything about it. The beginning is so much fun, and then it turns more and more into a show where it feels like they have no idea what they want to do with that show.
I think the pilot episode of Lost is one of the bets pilots ever, but it goes down hill really fast.
The pilot is great. And by fast, you mean episode 2. I think the pilot was the only episode I watched that I enjoyed. The rest of the series just feels like work.
Have you tried Fringe? Not a huge J.J. fan myself, but I really loved Fringe
Connections Connections Connections.
It’s telling that someone can be as creatively bankrupt and still thrive in Hollywood.
I’mma go out on a limb and admit that I posted this article knowing that I disagreed with the premise. JJ Abrams is incredibly talented - he proved that with Cloverfield and Super 8. Additionally, he took Star Trek into a new direction despite its challenges and he remains scandal free unlike some other scifi directors (looking at you Bryan Singer). So you can be angry about TFA or Fringe if you want, but the guy does quality work in an industry full of bad actors. Credit where credit is due.
