>>7905493>>7905561The films Abrams directed until this last one were very safe IPs he plays very safe and the magic is starting to wear off. What gets him mercy in the past was he understood the material on a very superficial level. So say for example he directed the Bay Transformers films, they would be the same schlock we got but with more G1 designs and looks and a lot of "remember the old cartoon show?" which would have made many gloss over and forgive all it's sins (The Bumblebee movie proved as much) What got Rian into so much trouble was he had no fucking clue what he was playing with and took all the fluff of a Bay film and made it both boring and nonsensical. You look at Abrams you just see a guy that plays in a toy box unoriginally. You look at Rian and you instantly flash to moments like Luke Skywalker drinking tit milk, Leia nun flying in space or Rose "saving" Finn and he will never be free of that mark he has burned on his face.
Moral from all this: don't get fucking experimental with a established 40 year old story
