#jj abrams

[artist-issues]

I just NEED everyone to agree with me that Rey's parents are nobody. We should all agree about that. We should collectively, as an audience, say, "clearly the best idea was to have Kylo Ren be a dynastic heir to the major legends of the Force who wants to throw off his family's shadow, while his rival is nobody from nowhere who wants to belong--so we're going to stick with that."

And then, what should have happened is, Rey can finish her story by being able to say, "My parents might have abandoned me, but that doesn't mean I'm worthless." And eventually Kylo Ren can say, "My family might have been powerful, but I don't have to be," and all those other things that they can bounce off of each other as great foils.

It can keep being a good story about accepting past failures and choosing to grow beyond them.

Let's just all collectively ignore Rey Skypatine because of how silly that was. I mean. If they can just ignore the setups in the previous movie, we can ignore their choices in the conclusion. Right?? Right? Tell me I'm right

#Rey #Rey Skywalker #Rey palpatine #Reylo #Kylo Ren #Ben solo #lucasfilm #Disney Star Wars #Star Wars #Star Wars sequels #Star Wars sequel trilogy #Rey nobody #Rey of jakku #Daisy Ridley #Adam driver #rian johnson #jj abrams #meta #the last Jedi #the rise of Skywalker #tros

[urban-trek-thru-middle-earth]

Trivia Moments for Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)

#star trek #star trek aos #star trek into darkness #benedict cumberbatch #zachary quinto #chris pine #jj abrams #trivia #uttme

[joe-spookyy]

thinking about the star trek beastie boys paradox. the use of the hit song sabotage by the beastie boys in star trek (2009) raises many questions that go completely unanswered in the rest of the series. since the song is part of the scene and is being not only heard but intentionally played by captain kirk, this means that sabotage exists in the star trek universe. if this song exists, it implies that the remainder of the band’s discography also exists. but the issue here is that in several beastie boys songs, they directly reference star trek and its characters. examples include in intergalactic, where they mention “a pinch on the neck from mr spock”, or in the brouhaha, where they say “this is bones mccoy on a line to sulu.” the fact that captain kirk himself is listening to the beastie boys in this film and again, to one of their lesser known songs (a REMIX of body movin ON VINYL) in the sequel, gives the viewer an idea that he’s a pretty big fan of their music. does kirk simply not notice the fact that they’re literally talking about his friends and coworkers? they literally say HIS name in b boy bouillabaisse: stop that train. or am i meant to believe that he’s conveniently not heard some of their most popular music? intergalactic is their third top song on spotify. there’s no way he hasn’t heard it. is he just really really oblivious? or are the beastie boys just some sort of prophetic gods in this universe? director jj abrams, i applaud your music choices but by making the beastie boys canon in star trek you have opened up a whole can of worms and i don’t intend on letting you rest until you solve this mystery for me. WHAT IS THE TRUTH!

#star trek tos #star trek #star trek aos #beastie boys #spock #kirk #captain kirk #james t kirk #s’chn t’gai spock #spirk #tos spirk #aos spirk #bones mccoy #leonard mccoy #bones star trek #hikaru sulu #sulu #intergalactic #ad rock #mike d #mca #sabotage #jj abrams

[fantastic-nonsense]

honestly as much as I bitch about TLJ specifically, I lowkey think the sequel trilogy was doomed no matter who tried to make them because they were made in Hollywood's peak "absolutely nothing we ever make can be sincere!" era, which is antithetical to how George Lucas approached making Star Wars.

One of the most interesting things about Star Wars has always been how absolutely sincere it was about its themes and message and everything that happens in the movies. Even if it's ridiculous, even if it's objectively silly, nothing is ever really treated as such within the movies themselves. A naive farmboy genuinely does have the skill to take down a planet killing weapon. A slave boy from a backwater planet really does have a key part to play in the fall of the Jedi. A group of three foot high killer teddy bears are treated as serious opponents to Imperial forces. Jar-Jar Binks gets to be a Senator with an instrumental, if small, part to play in the story of the prequels. Everything has its place and every part of the story is treated with equal sincerity.

But nearly everything made in the 2010s always had to be funny or meta or self-aware or subversive or self-depreciating about its message and the genre it occupied. There was always a twist. There was always a "I'm more clever than my audience" or "I know this is dumb, but watch it anyway" vibe being brought to the table. Everything always had to take at least one cheap shot at people who wanted to take a piece of media seriously and sincerely treat it as a story whose creators had something to say.

And meanwhile George Lucas was always just like "I have a story, and I want to tell that story. I don't care if people like it or don't like it. My themes are my themes, my message is my message, and you can just die mad about it if you think it's too naive or sincere."

Any world that is fundamentally built on sincerity and genuine belief in a core set of messages cannot maintain integrity when people who do not wholeheartedly believe in the sincerity of that world's message are put in charge of it. The lack of belief will always shine through. The lack of understanding will pervade every inch of the new entry. The sheepish embarassment of "I know this is dumb guys, but watch it anyway because I'm going to do something ~different~!" will always be the audience's takeaway over anything else the creative team tries to say. Because instead of just making a good movie that both logically follows the other ones and actually adds further depth to the existing themes, they're embarassed to even be trying.

Even apart from the utter lack of planning and the mess of executive meddling that went into the sequels...is it any wonder we got the end result we did when no one involved in the creative process actually genuinely, wholeheartedly believed in George Lucas's message and the story they were telling?

#which...honestly also explains why Rogue One is the best Disney-era Star Wars movie #because it's the only one that actually captures that same genuine‚ unironic love of the genre #and a wholehearted sincerity of the franchise's messaging #star wars #george lucas #jj abrams #rian johnson

[haveyouseenthismovie-poll]

#movies #polls #star wars: the force awakens #star wars the force awakens #star wars #the force awakens #2010s movies #jj abrams #j.j. abrams #harrison ford #mark hamill #carrie fisher #adam driver #daisy ridley #john boyega #requested #have you seen this movie poll

[blogthebooklover]

Therapist Reacts to STAR TREK with guest Amanda Gorman

Yes, THAT Amanda Gorman!

#youtube #cinema therapy #star trek #jj abrams #chris pine #zachary quinto #zoe saldana #star trek 2009 #star trek next gen #star trek enterprise #star trek deep space nine #star trek picard #patrick stewart #jonathan frakes #star trek movies #sci fi #science fiction #nichelle nichols #william shatner #leonard nimoy #george takei #james t kirk #mr spock #hikaru sulu #amanda gorman

[spirktism]

AND HE WAS SO BASED FOR SAYING ITS

#star trek #star trek tos #star trek aos #wrath of khan #star trek wrath of khan #jj abrams

[esqueletosgays]

CLOVERFIELD (2008)

Director: Matt Reeves Cinematography: Michael Bonvillain

#cloverfield #cloverfield 2008 #matt reeves #jj abrams #found footage #sci fi #sci fi horror #horror #found footage horror #found footage movies #michael stahl david #jessica lucas #lizzy caplan #mike vogel #odette yustman #tj miller #drew goddard #2000s #2000s movies #2000s horror movies #cinematography #movie screencaps #movie screenshots #movie frames #film screencaps #film screenshots #film frames #screencaps #screenshots #horror movies

[cinemagal]

21 FILMS OF THE 21ST CENTURY Star Trek (2009) dir. JJ Abrams

#startrekedit #startrekgifs #filmgifs #moviegifs #filmedit #star trek #jj abrams #chris pine #zachary quinto #zoe saldana #john cho #eric bana #space #sci fi #21films #anton yelchin #2000s

[st4r1light]

youre camera roll if you were dating gracie abrams <3

🏷️ - @yumcoldbrew

#gracie abrams #gracie abrams x reader #wlw #gracie #jj abrams #good riddance #good riddance tour #minor gracie abrams #minor #this is what it feels like #bows #pink #coquette #taylor swift

[theladyship]

Sorry JJ but we are not done with Ben Solo!

This isn’t over.

Source of images at top

#ben solo #Ben solo will return #you can’t stop this #adam driver #reylo #kylo ren #jj abrams

[missathlete31]

THIS LOOKS AMAZING!!!!

The trailer for the Blue Angels documentary!

#blue angels #us navy #glen powell #jj abrams #can’t wait #fighter jets

[quasi-normalcy]

Hey sorry we rebooted your boyfriend. Yeah, we rewrote him in accordance with shallow pop culture stereotypes of his character. Really gave him some 'cinematic chemistry' with his best friend. Yeah, there's already an advertisement up claiming that 'this is not your father's Your Boyfriend'. No I don't think they put any particular thought into that slogan. Yeah, anyway, we're trying to appease a bunch of alt-lite YouTubers who say that you're cringe. Things aren't looking great for your relationship. Sorry.

#your boyfriend #star trek (2009) #rise of skywalker #jj abrams

[fantastic-nonsense]

I assure everyone that I would never give JJ Abrams of all people credit he doesn't deserve. But the man has given multiple interviews over the course of the last nine years about the narrative trajectory he originally envisioned when he, Michael Arndt, and Lawrence Kasden created The Force Awakens. I'd have to be both flat-out stupid and ignoring basic tenets of media literacy to pretend he didn't set up clear and obvious character arcs for the new cast of characters in TFA that Rian Johnson then deliberately chose to ignore

#star wars #sw fanwank #jj abrams #local Jewish man creates Neo-Nazi convert who kills his last major avenue to de-radicalization at the end of the movie #and then somehow people came out of that with 'he's on the path to redemption!' instead of 'he's actively choosing the Dark Side' 😭

[one-time-i-dreamt]

James Cameron and I got high and watched the Avatar movies. We were going to follow up with the 2009 Star Trek movies but James Cameron said that JJ Abrams was a big nerd.

#dream #Movies #james cameron #jj abrams #Avatar #Star trek #Drug mention #Drug tw

[haveyouseenthismovie-poll]

#movies #polls #super 8 #super 8 movie #super 8 2011 #2010s movies #jj abrams #j.j. abrams #joel courtney #elle fanning #riley griffiths #requested #have you seen this movie poll