Like I said elsewhere, I think JJ was an okay choice to reboot the franchise: his writing lacks substance but it's not as insultingly bad as George's, and he knows how to get a decent performance out of his actors. He knows how to make something that's shiny but forgettable, and sadly "shiny but forgettable" is leaps and bounds ahead of the prequels. I'd say "shiny but forgettable" is exactly what the franchise needed to get back on its feet. The problem is, that while that may be a good strategy to revive the franchise, that's not a good way to conclude it. :/ If it were just TFA, I might be more hopeful, but "shiny but forgettable" also describes
Star Trek XI (would a subtitle have been too much to ask for???) and Into Darkness to a T.
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