JJ Abrams dream was to make Star Wars not Trek?

[Lord Garth]

A part of me now fears his career is tainted with star wars, rise of skywalker is already projecting for a dismal opening. again the irony is telling because just exactly 10 years ago, star trek 2009 was on everybody's best science fiction film list of the 2000-2010 decade. I think SFX or empire even named Star Trek 2009 the best science fiction film of the decade. none of his star wars movies is going to be that remembered in this decade, if I was been really harsh, I think this decade will be more about the fall of star wars and JJ is an anchor to that.

Familiarity breeds contempt and The Rise of Skywalker is a Part 9. Not much can be done about that, regardless of the quality. I haven't seen it yet, but it doesn't change that fact. There were a lot of people who went to see a Star Wars movie because it was an EVENT (in all capitals). I wasn't awed by The Phantom Menace -- and neither were a lot of people -- but it did well because of how much of an event it was since it had been 16 years since Return of the Jedi. But with the The Rise of Skywalker, it's immediately following Star Wars films that came out in 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018. So now instead of "We're going to see a Star Wars movie!", it's "Oh, another Star Wars movie is out."

After a few years, The Rise of Skywalker might end up becoming a movie that's more appreciated after the fact. Or maybe not. But the lower box office should be expected now that Star Wars isn't as much of an event anymore.

 

[F. King Daniel]

"Dismal opening"

*sound of Star Trek movie franchise sobbing*

 

[Phoenix219]

I'd like JJ to stay the hell away from anything I like for ever.

I will give him a pass for Fringe.... did he have something to do with Person of Interest? But yes, keep him on TV, not big budget movies. ST:ID felt like one of his amazing 13 episode seasons full of twists and drama and fallout, crammed into 2 hours. Its like we got all the action set pieces, twist reveals, and a bunch of "last time on..." cuts to fill in the narrative, but none of the time for it to actually breath.

 

[Jayson1]

Thus far, Abrams has not successfully broken in to my uber-secure bunker and stolen my VHS of TOS or Star Wars so that is safe...for now...

Thus far, Abrams has not successfully broken in to my uber-secure bunker and stolen my VHS of TOS or Star Wars so that is safe...for now...

To be fair you do have the last working vcr player to play those tapes. Jason

 

[M'Sharak]

In fairness, I wasn't specifically referring to Trek. It is a Star Warsy thread...

True, that.

Which is kind of the problem, as this isn't the Star Wars forum.

It's been the kind of problem found in many, many, many threads started over the years by startrekrcks 1bulma1 serenitytrek1 Cara007 xavier @Dales , in fact:

They're posted in this forum, they name-check Star Trek or one of the Abrams Trek titles, but they mostly want to talk about Star Wars. Or Batman. Or other Christopher Nolan projects. Or other Abrams projects. Or pretty much anything but what actually belongs in this forum. And the threads wander around aimlessly for a page or three, and never get course-corrected, and they end up being closed.

Which, since @Dales hasn't bothered to return, is what's going to happen with this thread, as well.

Some day, star1bulmaserenityrckstrekCaraxavierDales... maybe some day, you'll get one right. But today is apparently not yet that day.

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