The problem is Abrams was never sure what was going on in Fringe, or any other project, either. The mystery of Fringe or Lost gets completely ruined by the fact that there isn’t a solution and never was.
I will forever be confused at how the most hated line from the sequel trilogy wasn’t “a good story for another time.” It was so classic Abrams in all the worst ways that I very nearly left the theater and I still feel a tinge of rage ever time I see that scene.
If anything, Abrams should just make trailers, I think that could actually be something he’d be really good at: driving up hype. He wouldn’t actually have to deliver on anything (which is where he falls apart), just set up a mystery (“Is this a good movie?”) and then he has nothing else to do with it.
This would actually be a brilliant use of his skillset. He very evidently doesn’t research anything about the source material or care what the film is about, which fits modern movie trailers perfectly.
The problem is Abrams was never sure what was going on in Fringe, or any other project, either. The mystery of Fringe or Lost gets completely ruined by the fact that there isn’t a solution and never was.
I will forever be confused at how the most hated line from the sequel trilogy wasn’t “a good story for another time.” It was so classic Abrams in all the worst ways that I very nearly left the theater and I still feel a tinge of rage ever time I see that scene.
If anything, Abrams should just make trailers, I think that could actually be something he’d be really good at: driving up hype. He wouldn’t actually have to deliver on anything (which is where he falls apart), just set up a mystery (“Is this a good movie?”) and then he has nothing else to do with it.
This would actually be a brilliant use of his skillset. He very evidently doesn’t research anything about the source material or care what the film is about, which fits modern movie trailers perfectly.