Which film did JJ Abrams reboot better: Star Trek or Star Wars?

[PLG1962]

Originally Posted by BluBonnet

You liked Super8?

I thought Super 8 was good if I can throw my opinion in

[AaronJ]

Originally Posted by BluBonnet

You liked Super8?

Loved it.

Come to think of it, I've liked everything I've seen with Elle Fanning.

[toddly6666]

Originally Posted by spanky87

The Force Awakens isn't a reboot though, it's a sequel.

So is Star Trek too (remember old Spock?), but it's not the point - the question is really did he make the new Star Trek better or the new Star Wars better or word it however you like but which one did he succeed at better?

[AKORIS]

Originally Posted by BluBonnet

You liked Super8?

are you saying you don't??

that was an awesome film!

[BluBonnet]

Originally Posted by AKORIS

are you saying you don't??

that was an awesome film!

That's the problem I have with many of his movies. They are just derivative... They take stuff that has been done well and more or less try to imitate it as closely as possible. Originality is not JJ's forte, imho.

[crazyBLUE]

Originally Posted by AaronJ

Conversely, I've liked everything I've seen from J.J.

I agree

Originally Posted by BluBonnet

You liked Super8?

I thought Super8 was well done

[Roonan]

Originally Posted by toddly6666

But then again, that theory is based around how even Lucas could not even make his prequels seem similar in tone/style to the OT.

Maybe they aren't meant to be the same, but to complement each other. Weird, I know. How does Lucas dare to not repeat himself? Creativity? Artistic freedom? Who needs that?

[MrSmearkase]

Super 8 is awful, chock-full of unearned emotional beats and too enamored with Amblin-era Spielberg to attempt anything unique.

Great cast of young actors, though.

[Dispatch Ninja]

I enjoyed super 8 as well. Even liked the monster.

[BluBonnet]

Originally Posted by MrSmearkase

Super 8 is awful, chock-full of unearned emotional beats and too enamored with Amblin-era Spielberg to attempt anything unique.

Great cast of young actors, though.

Exactly. JJ can be a little too enamored of the style that other directors developed. Without industry connections, he might very well be making fan films today.

[mastadge]

Originally Posted by BluBonnet

Without industry connections, he might very well be making fan films today.

Well, that and the box office returns on his movies.

[toddly6666]

Originally Posted by Roonan

Maybe they aren't meant to be the same, but to complement each other. Weird, I know. How does Lucas dare to not repeat himself? Creativity? Artistic freedom? Who needs that?

Whatever you want to call it, Lucas should have kept his "creative and artistic" prequels hanging on his own walls and not release them into the art galleries for everyone to see.

In that Force Awakens premier interview with Lucas, he did say he works on his own films in his spare time, but just for himself not for the public. Just like a true artist.

[AeroK]

Originally Posted by toddly6666

Whatever you want to call it, Lucas should have kept his "creative and artistic" prequels hanging on his own walls and not release them into the art galleries for everyone to see.

In that Force Awakens premier interview with Lucas, he did say he works on his own films in his spare time, but just for himself not for the public. Just like a true artist. [/

When I read that I had an image of George Lucas playing in a sandbox with action figures in my mind.

[Batman1980]

Originally Posted by Gamma_Winstead

My power to use the force has been diminished

The Dark Side clouds everything.

[stvn1974]

For the quality of The Force Awakens to be lower than Abrams two Star Trek films he would have had to use a shovel.

[Samus Aran]

He only rebooted Star Trek. He continued Star Wars.

[Spirit Zero]

Haven't seen Star Wars yet, but even though I enjoyed the first Star Trek reboot, there's no denying he turned the classic franchise into an action flick. At no time was it ever a real Star Trek movie, don't even get me started on 'Into Darkness'.

So probably Star Wars.

[Petra_Kalbrain]

Question is invalid by its own design.

Star Trek was a reboot that goes back and reinvents the story of the characters while overwriting the films that came before it. Star Wars is a sequel that does not change anything about the films that came before, but embraces those that came before and integrates those stories into the continuation of the character arcs.

Your query is... illogical.

[octagon]

Originally Posted by AeroK

When I read that I had an image of George Lucas playing in a sandbox with action figures in my mind.

Well, actually, if you considering tearing up the Chicago lakefront playing in a sandbox...

(and ftr I was very excited when we got the bid for the museum. my enthusiasm has waned (to say the least) after seeing the site and design proposals)

[Roonan]

Originally Posted by toddly6666

Whatever you want to call it, Lucas should have kept his "creative and artistic" prequels hanging on his own walls and not release them into the art galleries for everyone to see.

Why? Because you don't like them? Why should your subjective movie preferences condition the ability for others to see an artist's work?

Originally Posted by toddly6666

In that Force Awakens premier interview with Lucas, he did say he works on his own films in his spare time, but just for himself not for the public. Just like a true artist.

Artists that show their work to the public are not true artists? What are they? Fake artists?