#fuck you jj abrams

[ghostextremist]

I will never forgive aos for taking christine chapel away from us

#fuck you jj abrams #Star Trek #aos #as an aos stan I must say… fuck aos

[trek-tracks]

I feel like I simply. Could Not take the pressure of writing an official Star Trek novel or novelization, because, as someone who loves making silly jokes For The Bit, the potential repercussions are so intense.

You write one line about Spock getting drunk off the sucrose in a mint and suddenly there are 50,000 fics about Spock's addiction to chocolate and everyone has to rethink the entirety of the chemical properties of the Vulcan diet

Can you imagine what a misplaced pun might do

#star trek #star trek tos #spock #star trek iv: the voyage home #star trek iv #the voyage home #the one with the whales #vonda mcintyre #trek books #trek novelizations #all due respect to ms mcintyre your work was wonderful #but the vulcans getting drunk on chocolate thing has never resonated with me #and it's amazing what fanon will do with the smallest things #or you could be jj abrams and just fucking canonically blow up vulcan for shits #we are not the same

[livepasthope]

the thing about the kelvin timeline. hi. the thing about the kelvin timeline as a concept is it is so devastatingly good. like here we are in the future imagined by the original series and what do we do? we take this story that imagines a better, more tolerant universe and we strip it of all its optimism. we take this story and set it in a new timeline the nexus for which is a moment of catastrophic violence. and then that timeline is sealed by the destruction of an entire planet. and not just any planet. vulcan. the home of the people that initiate first contact, the event that is largely accepted as the catalyst that allows an earth decimated by ww3 to become an earth that could be home to all of starfleet. that's a fucking fascinating way to do a reboot. it's horrifying! when scotty says "this is clearly a military operation. is that what we are now" that's the whole question! and the answer seems to be yes! but we don't ever meaningfully engage with that question. or what it means for our characters and their lives and choices. and to top it all off, none of it was intentional! it's just that jj wanted to be making star wars instead. but nevertheless i am here. i am still here.

#god even the fucking uniforms being all black with just a strip of color #it is giving catws cap suit #rotating a version of into darkness in my mind that was more like catws and less like jj abrams tries to get picked for star wars: the movi #and now in the 2020s what are we doing? forced heterosexuality #if i think about it? well! so i don't think about it <3 #sorry i'm rereading a novel lenth aos fic and having feelings about it do you still think i'm hot

[coldgoldlazarus]

Your name is JJ Abrams. You are going to make a movie titled "Star [thing]". You make a pretty fun, if kinda shallow action movie with a few neat ideas and some really excellently-chosen actors, but also unnecessarily blow up a planet or two and add a couple of other questionable worldbuilding decisions that will negatively impact the franchise down the road. But overall, it is too well-directed and enjoyable a movie for most people to really be mad at in the long run.

A few years later, you decide to follow it up with the cinematic equivalent of a crime against humanity, that relies on mindless nostalgia and expanding on the prior-mentioned kinda bad decisions from the first movie, to just wind up doing unbelievable damage to the franchise you love, setting the tone for a bunch of high-budget but varying-quality television followups.

Also somewhere in there will be another film connected to these two, by a different director than you, that will take the good elements of your first film and expand on those instead while excising the bad, and generally bring enough good energy to mostly (if unfortunately not entirely) offset the damage your second one did.

Am I talking about Star Trek or Star Wars? Yes.

#not a reblog #star trek #star wars #jj abrams #but seriously the parallels are real #Star Trek 09 = The Force Awakens #ST Into Darkness = Rise Of Skywalker #ST Beyond = The Last Jedi #I feel like the moral of the story here #is you're probably fine letting JJ direct a movie for your franchise #but only once #and it might take some damage control afterward #but if you bring him back for a second go #then he WILL fuck everything up #and you will regret it #also dont let him blow up any planets

[timesnewreader]

Warning discussion of the recent JJK manga chapters and previous arcs. MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD (and I’m sorry idk how to do the read more thing on here)

I’m dissatisfied and worried by this weeks chapter of JJK. The sentiment of “I like it when a character steals the show” is one thing, but just having a character take center stage out of the blue is a different story. I’ve been burned before so I hope it doesn’t end up like this, but I’m worried this is going to turn out like the last season of Game of Thrones. Like you do all this plot and character development and then abandon it at the last moment just to defy expectations which ultimately just makes your story worse. In this case I don’t think it’s about defying expectations intentionally, but I think Gege just genuinely hates Gojo so much that they’re nerfing the story. From my perspective, JJK has always been Gojo’s story. Like he’s not the protagonist but he’s the central character to the narrative. His relationship with Suguru, and now with the shade of Suguru that is Kenjaku, is what made all of this possible because of the Star plasma vessel mission. I genuinely don’t think that Gojo should have been brought back yet or at least that he shouldn’t have fought Sukuna. I kind of think the manga would be better if he never fought Sukuna now or any other time. I hope this fight is good, at this point anything could happen and I’ll keep my fingers crossed that I’ll like it, but I’m not excited for it. In fact I’m kind of angry because to me this should be Gojo’s fight. It still could be who freaking knows at this point, but to me this should be Gojo trying to reclaim Suguru’s body and finally give him rest and have closure for himself. Like I know I’m insane for Gojo but I also just genuinely think that’s what would be most narratively satisfying. Which would make Sukuna a fight for Yuji and the Jujutsu tech kids. I don’t know if that one would hold up in court but I’ll stand by the Gojo stuff. I don’t know, I just hate to see potential go to waste and it’s starting to feel more and more like that’s where JJK is heading. I genuinely, desperately hope not. But I’ve been hoping they’d say sike for months now and it feels less and less likely each week.

Watching the anime makes it even worse because there are so many moments that could pay off so well or lead to excellent parallels that just… haven’t. They still could, but with Gojo “dead” and showing no signs of return, Megumi in Sukuna purgatory, nobara in eyeball purgatory, so many characters forgotten off screen, and Yuji just having no screen time I’m just having trouble staying invested. Gege made me care for these guys!! And for the potential of a plot with them facing what Kenjaku had planned!! But the culling game was so weird and confusing and what’s happening now feels like they’re pulling at straws!! Like did they just not have it planned out this far?? Ouhg. Like I said I hope I’m wrong, I’d love to be wrong. I just needed to vent about this because the Shibuya arc is genuinely an excellent piece of writing. It’s devastating and sets up so much room for potential consequences and growth. And, so far at least, the results have not met up to that excellent set up. I wish them the best and I hope they stick the landing, but I’m not nearly as excited or invested as I once was.

#jujutsu kaisen #jjk #jujutsu kaisen spoilers #jjk spoilers #I kind of consider the mini maki arc a in connection with shibuya because while it’s a kind of pay off #I consider it set up for a new direction for her character #there have def been parts of the culling game I’ve enjoyed and maybe I’m being short sided #but they all feel like they’re not leading anywhere because of the new chapters #truly that last page bugged the shit out of me #mother fucker I barely remember who you are!!!! THIS SHOULD BE GOJOS FIGHT #and after choso and Yuki to I’m just pissed #like bro what is happening #feels like Gege did some fucking jj abrams mystery box bs and we all know how that turned out #idk #I still care about all of the individual characters #it just feels like Gege doesn’t #and so they’re abandoning those characters stories despite it making the overall story significantly worse #ouhg I’m going to bed #I’m begging you get better soon jjk #timesnewrants

[varuunsith]

everytime i read or hear someone say they hated TLJ because it took away the hopeful aspect of star wars I'm – I'm? Did we watch the same movie? It's there. The thing is that sometimes hope stumbles and fall. We get weary and sometimes fall down a rabbit hole and it seems that there's no way out – but there is. Hope always prevails. Hope and love and the will to do good by each other. It's all in the movie. Just... put your neurons to work and truly watch the narrative? It's all there. It's barely subtle. It's also the middle movie of a trilogy in which, narratively, is when characters are supposed to stumble a bit.

#not gonna tag this as star wars bc sequels haters are annoying as fuck #and blaming rj for the luke thing is kinda stupid too #like. the previous movie literally opens up to “luke skywalker has vanished” #it wasn't rj's doing. he just had to figure out what the fuck could be seem as such a crippling failure that would luke of all people #to give up #and personally i think he did a great job out of the writing bind jj layed out without thinking #plus the fact he had to cram +6 story arcs in a single movie at the same time #RoS is another thing completely #anyway all of this to say that i am in jj abrams' walls and i will shove my arm inside his ass when i can #imagine being so childish that you undo all the work layed out before bc you don't like who did it

[thebusylilbee]

im so glad Pedro got the role of Joel, that way at least if The Mandalorian becomes unbearably bad due to Disney milking it to death I'll always have an alternative Pedro Show to watch of better quality

#the mandalorian #jon favreau you stupid fuck did you learn nothing from JJ Abrams' sw trilogy ?!? #pedro pascal #the last of us #bee tries to talk

[pedro-pascal]

i think rian johnson and Tony Gilroy should work together for star wars

i wish rian johnson would have made something on his own vs. taking the second movie of a trilogy which he wanted to yeet out of the stratosphere

#like i still can't get over how he wanted to say a big fuck you to jj abrams #was TFA perfect? no. but you should have respected the base characters instead of destroying them #anonymous

[ghostextremist]

no bc like why tf DID they cut out the sam kirk scene before jim steals the car in the first aos movie??? like that’s genuinely egregious

#like WHO decided that #Star Trek #aos #fuck you jj abrams

[dykeredhood]

Hucc should’ve shot Kylo Ren in the head after he bisected Snoke and then was knackered by Rey

#it’d’ve been a MUCH MORE INTRIGUING PLOT #esp with the Knights of Ren having no leader and being exiled to WHEREVER they can’t stomp fresh grime through the halls of the flagship #the way that Rey should’ve cruelly killed Kylo by decapitating him #fuck redemption for a man who’s in his late 20’s #[sic] I can’t recall exactly how old that sod is #EITHER WAY #jj Abrams I’m going to beat you up #personal #rant in tags

[daincrediblegg]

in an act of desperation for more star wars content I have regretfully decided to watch the sequel trilogy again (with the exemption of ROS for my own sanity)

#yes I will be filtering out the bad bits with my OWN edits in my head which frankly make more sense and disney should have hired me to do #and all the shit that s&p no doubt had a hand in fucking up royally to the detriment of storytelling #everyone is going to kill me for saying also that the only solid through-line is ben solo's whole shit- and rey's also up until ROS #for the record this really is my only option I have watched all of clone wars I have watched all of rebels (kanan x hera FTW) #I have literally nothing except perhaps to watch The Mandolorian and TBOBF again and I won't let it come to that until season 3 of Mando #is about to drop #also controversial but Rogue One is kinda meh. It walked so Kenobi could force-jump kick-flip through the air over it. #I respect it for that service but nothing more #also I was firmly in the 'rey is a kenobi or perhaps a jinn' camp back when TFA came out and I still am but also liked that TLJ made her #a nobody so I'm conflicted #WAS convinced the guy Poe was talking to on Jakuu was related to Rey and now with the new info in Kenobi I can become more convinced he was #obi wan's brother but hey... hindsight is a bitch of a thing ain't it JJ Abrams? you fucking CUCK #anyway enough speecy spicy hot star wars takes and on with the show #oh yeah and S&P totally made rose tico happen bc Poe was supposed to be the feature alongside finn in that entire storyline #bc s&p is homophobic (no shade to the actress tho she's cool it's just a raw deal). you can't change my mind I know I'm right

[theskoomacat]

whenever it gets dry i should go into the forest and try making a fire for the first time in my life. like, from scratch.

#you really don't have to care #is low key obsessed with being prepared for any survival situation; barely leaves her room #picard in his fucking...... velvet leather biker jacket #on one hand it's atrocious on the other it would be funny if he kept it #but fr i LOOOOOVE the TNG uniform. god the way everyone's shoulders are accentuated. the tasteful rank studs #i only hate with passion deanna's "you can see my entire camel toe'' awfully colored jumpsuit #i doubt the TNG uniform can be topped; jj abrams' production certainly hasn't managed to

[mybrainproblems]

still thinking about that ask by the person who triggered themselves re-reading a fic they already knew would upset them and then blamed the writer and it's like. i think i have experienced the one and only situation where the author IS to blame for triggering and upsetting their readers. bc this was a situation where they didn't tag for both a trigger AND the fact that 95% of the fic was [pairing 1] and the last 5% was endgame [pairing 2].... wherein [p2] was a notp for the vast majority of [p1] shippers. (oh my god the ship wars. the attempts at doxxing. the death threats. the suicide baiting.)

so readers got upset! both the trigger and the notp were completely untagged and when ppl asked the writer why they didn't tag it and to at least to tag it now so future readers weren't blindsided, the writer's response was "well if i tagged the trigger and the (notp) ship then nobody would read my fic"

which like. THAT is the writer's fault and them being a selfish dickhead. not you choosing to blow past tags. not you deciding to re-read something that triggered you already and you know will trigger you again.

wtf y'all.

#ngl i did start a whisper network awareness campaign so ppl didn't read that fic bc it was SO upsetting to a lot of p1 shippers #it triggered me to the point where i was hyperventilating on the bathroom floor & i heard similar from other readers (it was BAD) #i'm so glad i had already visited [irl city] at that point bc i don't think i'll ever be able to set foot there again after reading that fi #but yeah. i think that is one very extreme case and i did end up making an (untagged) post about that fic & why to avoid it #partly bc i had so many ppl come to me about how much it fucked them up to read that fic not knowing the trigger & ending #i cannot get over the shittiness of a writer refusing to tag dealbreaker triggers and notps bc they wanted more hits #there were a couple writers in that fandom that just absolutely refused to tag things bc it would 'spoil' the plot #like. are you jj abrams (derogatory) or something? #multiple writers in that fandom refused to tag triggers. the untagged MCD fic was a whole pile of wtf. #(so what it wasn't one of the ship characters?! it was a rare fic that treated this character with kindness only to shock kill them off!) #anime fandom man!!

[namimikan]

i'm genuinely so curious to watch modern day star trek, and i hope i'll get proven wrong, bc part of me genuinely thinks star trek is incredibly ill-suited for modern day tv

star trek is not a character driven show. star trek in it's seven seasons barely has character development. the writers barely know how to characterize everyone until they sort of figure it out in season 3, which is also helped by the actors being impeccable.

i wouldn't even say that star trek is a show reliant on characterization or character interplay. i don't think characters grow on the show, they're not quite characters, but i wouldn't say they're symbols either. there's continuity, they reference things from before, but they're also... people who do their job, and don't let personal problems interfere with duty for most part.

there's no real plot. each episode is shoving these characters in a new situation and wondering how they'll react, trying to figure out how they'll try and reflect society today, if there's any issues to be remarked upon. sometimes they don't have a good answer for this problem, and call it a day anyway. but there's no real overarching plotline -- yes, voyager's goal is to try and go home, cut corners, etc, but it's so threadbare; ds9 is maybe closer, but even as sisko bears witness to the cardassian-bajoran aftermath, getting pulled in bc he's chosen by the prophets, we still get 'oh something random exited the wormhole, and i still think there's an air of impersonalness about the day to day life on a station.

and like. listen, i love star trek tos-voy. i am more than happy to dip in and out and watch episodes randomly, bc there doesn't really need to be a 'last time on star trek'. i wouldn't change it for the world.

but watching s1-2 of tng, and like. in modern day? cancelled within five episodes. but i -- i love this weird meandering show, and writers doing bizarre things every five minutes, the stupid low/nonexistent stakes, because that's life on the uss enterprise, baby! hell yeah, lwaxana troi solves the assassin plot last minute, bc sometimes that's just how it goes!

and i'm just curious to watch the newer content one day, bc while i don't think it's going to be bad, just different. i still don't think tv's current format of short seasons, and character drama is necessarily... very star trek compatible.

#trekking stars #but also: they kept the philosophy in right? you didn't fuck up like jj abrams did for aos right???? #but also please: no spoilers!!!

[asouthfacingfridge]

Why is it So dark? How is it so dark?

WHY AT THE LIGHTS POINTED AT THE WALL?!

#i have many problems with modern-trek but so many scenes being poorly lit despite the stupid number of lights on EVERYTHING #fuck you jj abrams; this is your fault you fuck

[bifrosted-flakes]

Star Trek AOS is like hello I hear you like a silly space show from the late 60s we’re going to be making a prequel and giving you more lore isn’t that so fun :D :D :D Oh the characters… yeah we hollowed them out until all that was left was a shell with the one (1) character trait we decided was their whole personality and we filled the rest of their dry, lifeless husk with marvel characters.

#jj abrams im coming to your fucking house to beat you to death with a bag of hammers #sorry this aggressive I’m full of rage :/