I ask, seriously, without sarcasm and with legitimate curiosity...
... why should I expect, in any way, that J. J. Abrams can pull this off?
I can only think of one, single movie of his that was actually pretty good (the one Star Trek reboot), and even that one has one too many plotholes and leaps of logic for me to fully invest in it as a great movie.
And... what else?
Granted, he could surprise me. Maybe Star Trek was a fluke, maybe his less spectacular movies were flukes... maybe he's an M. Night Shaymalan or maybe he's a Spielberg in the making. I don't know yet.
But to entrust a billion dollar franchise to him based on the success of one single movie seems... I want to say "ballsy", but it actually is pretty "stupid".
It's basically the point though that even his detractors have said "at least it's not George Lucas anymore". So there's that.
... why should I expect, in any way, that J. J. Abrams can pull this off?
I can only think of one, single movie of his that was actually pretty good (the one Star Trek reboot), and even that one has one too many plotholes and leaps of logic for me to fully invest in it as a great movie.
And... what else?
Granted, he could surprise me. Maybe Star Trek was a fluke, maybe his less spectacular movies were flukes... maybe he's an M. Night Shaymalan or maybe he's a Spielberg in the making. I don't know yet.
But to entrust a billion dollar franchise to him based on the success of one single movie seems... I want to say "ballsy", but it actually is pretty "stupid".
It's basically the point though that even his detractors have said "at least it's not George Lucas anymore". So there's that.