Analyzing Evil: J.J. Abrams From Disney Lucasfilm

The fourth ripoff episode featuring JJ Abrams, the corporate hack who has 0% originality.

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Person Description
Jeffrey Jacob Abrams (born June 27, 1966) is an American filmmaker and composer. He is best known for his works in the genres of action, drama, and science fiction. Abrams wrote and produced such films as Regarding Henry (1991), Forever Young (1992), Armageddon (1998), Cloverfield (2008), Star Trek (2009), Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019). Abrams' films have grossed over $4 billion worldwide, making him the eighth-highest-grossing film director of all time.

Abrams has created numerous television series, including Felicity (co-creator, 1998–2002), Alias (creator, 2001–2006), Lost (co-creator, 2004–2010), and Fringe (co-creator, 2008–2013). He won two Emmy Awards for Lost – Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series and Outstanding Drama Series.

His directorial film work includes Mission: Impossible III (2006), Star Trek (2009), Super 8 (2011), and Star Trek Into Darkness (2013). He also directed, co-produced and co-wrote The Force Awakens, the seventh episode of the Star Wars Skywalker Saga and the first film of the sequel trilogy. The film is his highest-grossing, the fifth-highest-grossing film of all time not adjusted for inflation, as well as the most expensive film ever made. He returned to Star Wars by executive producing The Last Jedi (2017), and directing and co-writing The Rise of Skywalker (2019).

Abrams' frequent collaborators include producer Bryan Burk, producer/directors Damon Lindelof and Tommy Gormley, actors Greg Grunberg, Simon Pegg, Amanda Foreman, and Keri Russell, composer Michael Giacchino, writers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, cinematographers Daniel Mindel and Larry Fong, and editors Maryann Brandon and Mary Jo Markey.

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[thehealthy-man]

Never let J.J. touch anything that resembles Star Wars ever again.

[jasontodd]

That is why he is Jar Jar Abrams. But he did accomplish one thing: The prequels are hated no more, as the sequels unified the hate against them.

[BennysGamingAttic]

Imagine hating literally half of George's work, and getting creative control of his movie empire.

[Doomzdayxx]

It's pretty clear that Abrams was born in to what he was doing. He didn't really need to "claw his way up" like a Cameron or a Spielberg. Abrams was basically given everything.

[fnord]

The problem with mystery box writing, is that you must open the box eventually.

[roam]

J.J. Abrams is essentially that one kid in the science project who brainstorms ideas, but when it comes to putting plans in motion his only contribution to the project is the idea and proceeds to take credit for the team's hard work when in reality he did next to nothing

[ganykaliya]

The tragedy of JJ Abrams is that if he worked in marketing and advertising he would be considered a visionary. His marketing campaign for Cloverfield was everything his films are not: original, innovative and creative. In fact, the mystery box is basically the structure of any marketing or advertising campaign. JJ's talent is basically to build hype and interest, delivering on that hype and interest should have been left to others.

[yammt]

He has literally helped devolve cinema. First he and Lindelof ruined Lost by never having an ending. He had Spock yell because he thought he was cute. He admitted he/Kathy never had a plan for Disney Star Wars.

That man is a fraud.

[binary]

I personally hate Abrams because he oversaw the Cloverfield franchise, which had an amazing first film but was followed up with horrible sequels with very little connection with the original. He had a great idea with the first film and proceeded to do nothing with it.

[sirg-had]

Credit where it's due, he can film a chase sequence.

Also: He's a talentless hack, a terrible writer, and he couldn't stick an ending with superglue.

[ShadySliver]

I’m still pissed the fact they didn’t even have a game plan set for their trilogy and just slapped together what they thought would make sense when in reality it was nothing but plot hole after pointless plot hole for a bland story with no originality.

[darthprime]

"What are stories but mystery boxes?"

[Roofhack]

During film school around 2013 I had a debate with another student about Abrams (before this drama). He basically said you couldn't deny that he was a good film maker. I said, can he effectively organize people and produce effectively? Sure, but he is not a true artist in any sense. Now I feel very justified lol.

[catelynstark]

JJ Abrams is what happens when you give all creative control to the wrong people

[FMK]

I have one suggestion, for the "Analyzing Evil" videos, whenever you end them, say the line: "What are stories but mystery boxes?" in a grim and serious tone. That way, it will remain tonally consistent with the rest of the video and the eerie background ambiance/ambience/music.

[MSpotatoes]

Also known as "Lense Flair" and "Destroyer of Galaxies far far away" He should never be allowed near a film set again.

[jaxxpool]

And this is how the dark era first began…. The era of the infamous philosophy…..What are stories but mystery boxes…..

[mistermeow]

It's an interesting stance to blame Abrams not Rian Johnson and you are right for it. The mystery box was what killed the sequel trilogy as it was a time bomb Abrams left in it as they were already problems appearing in The Force Awakens. The Knights of Ren, Fin's Force sensitivity, the reason for Luke's disappearance, Rey's origin, the origin of the First Order, who Snoke is, it is a film filled with a series of inconclusive threads left to Johnson to essentially answer with little to no guidance.

Episode 7 is a case in point of the mystery box's poison to story telling.

[Nvenz]

"A leech who relies on other people's work to make his fortune" Is the PERFECT description for this weak and uncreative hack.

[apstrike]

I literally don't understand how movies as bad as the sequel trilogy can be made when there are a million writers of fanfic and commentators on YouTube who, despite not getting paid a dime, write dramatically better content.