Comic Strip Critiques Filmmaker's Impact on Sci-Fi Franchises
This Dorkly comic strip illustrates a critique of filmmaker J.J. Abrams' influence on major science fiction franchises. The two-panel image depicts a caricature of the director dismissing established lore in both the Star Trek and Star Wars universes. In the first panel, he waves away 'Deep Space Nine,' while in the second, he dismisses the 'Expanded Universe' of Star Wars. The comic highlights fan frustrations regarding how reboots and creative changes can affect the perceived continuity and legacy of long-standing intellectual properties.
"Highlander 3: The Apology" .... I mean, if they can retcon the universe before JJ, they can retcon it after him, too. Undo 7-9 for Star Wars and leave the time travel alone in Star Trek ... like they never happened (except for the movie about the whales)...
I'll just leave good old deep space 69 here and walk away.
Kurtzman and the other hacks don't get to decide Star Trek lore. What they're making isn't Star Trek. Nothing made after Enterprise is canon.
The Kelvin Star Trek movies take place in a different timeline. The prime universe including DS9 is still going on
Rian Johnson.
My sister is a huge fan of the show Lost and believes that Abrams can do no wrong. I told her that he was the wrong fit for both Star Trek and Star Wars, in large part because he tried to turn Star Trek into Star Wars and with Star Wars he just did his bullshit mystery box storyt
Alex Kurtzman is the main responsible for New Trek being the piece of shit it is today.
I can't really speak on the Star Trek side, but a lot of us feel that if Ruin Johnson wasn't involved, and JJ had the whole thing, maybe, just MAYBE, it wouldn't have been the complete cannon-ball-into-a-septic-tank that we got. Yes, TFA was a lazy remake of the originals, with s
Didn't he introduce the super annoying lens flare "effect"?
Dude leaves giant plotholes in everything he touches. He must have some good friends...