JJ abrams should be tried for crimes against humanity and I am not kidding. it cannot be understated, the cultural damage he did to film&cinema. particularly the Sci-fi and fantasy genres. Everything was the next last thing before his big dream. Directing Star Wars. finally got it but quit after one. claiming Disney was too strict and besides, he finally got to do Star Wars. He's the reason every new star trek series is crammed to the gills with action movie tropes instead of philisophical questions and campy misadventures. He's the reason Disney is struggling to find a new identity for Star wars, because he set them up for the Rey trilogy and got cold feet after they decanonized EU content to make way for his vision. He's the reason every remake and adaptation is actually just spiteful and mean to the source material and it's fans.
JJ Abrams popularized antagonistic media and as long as it's profitable it will continue to happen. it is movies, tv, games and other entertainment designed to frustrate the audience. to make them groan from a meta standpoint. it is media designed to punish you for knowing anything at all about a franchise or IP. because why else would you LOVE LOVE LOVE the new trilogy, unless you'd never seen Star Wars before. why else would someone be a fan of live action disney remakes, or netflix adaptations, unless they were a new fan that couldn't be goaded into a fight or flight response.
but he's still out there. not directing. but producing films now. that means studios want his spin even if the original director invisioned somthing more familiar. less hostile.
