Personally, when I look at the Star Trek films JJ Abrams has done, I feel this stuff:
1) The guy does awesome action scenes
2) The guy uses good filming techniques
3) The guy is very "Hollywood" Blockbuster in his approach. Its a totally decent film to see in theatres, but I have pretty much forgotten the film by the time I leave the theatre and am not especially excited to buy it on Disc to watch repeatedly. In 10 years, I will probably be unimpressed.
So basically, I feel like JJ Abrams does not have the ability to create a "Bade Runner" original epic. I hope he aims for greatness and not the best of the generic, in doing Star Wars. But I'm not expecting anything outrageously excellent and original (i.e. When The Matrix #1 came out).
What do you all think?
-
He is a product of the Star Wars originals and was in awe of them as much of my generation was. That makes me hopeful that he will keep the original cast chemistry intact as well as his own statements saying that they are cutting back on the CG and going back to the old methods of filming, aka stop motion and models, for much of the special effects. Those are part of what made the originals so good. So I'm staying positive about it.