• Thatuserguy@lemmy.world
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        11 days ago

        Sorry I can’t read your comment. The 20 lens flares he put on screen still have me blinded

        Edit: to be clear. I don’t think his movies are bad per say. They’re just painfully mediocre.

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          11 days ago

          The JJ lens flare then made it into DISCO although I think they toned it down a bit for SNW. I checked out of SFA after 3 episodes so I don’t know if they continued to be flare happy there.

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            10 days ago

            For better and worse, Discovery took a lot of cues from the Abrams films, being more action focused, with flashier effects and cinematography, for example.

            It got toned down as time went on, but there were parts here and there in Discovery where you can tell they were trying to replicate the films.

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              10 days ago

              Yeah, the Disco premiere was very action-oriented, very JJ coded. I was like, ok, they’re trying to draw in viewers with a flashy beginning, but hopefully they’ll start being a proper Star Trek show soon. Oh, well. Happily, some people liked the show, but it wasn’t my cup of tea.

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            10 days ago

            DISCO? SNW? SFA? I guess with concerted effort I can use context clues to figure it out but like, how often are you typing these things?

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              10 days ago

              We’re in a Star Trek community. I think most people are going to understand those without an issue.

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                    9 days ago

                    Wouldn’t that exact point lend itself to the idea that spelling out obscure acronyms would be beneficial for people passingly curious to the conversation? Or is this some s-tier wagyu elite topic gatekeeping that must separate itself? I don’t think that’s very Federation of you, bud.

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        11 days ago

        He’s always the wrong choice for anything that calls for the bare minimum planning and substance, but that’s what they keep giving him. He has good instincts for cinematography but shouldn’t be trusted with anything that requires an actual plot.

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          11 days ago

          Now I kinda want to see him make an Avatar movie.

          (Blue skinned aliens, not ATLA. Although his ATLA would probably be better than what we got.)

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            11 days ago

            He would probably announce a trilogy, spend the first movie setting up some mystery in Pandora’s core and then would never follow up.

            spoiler

            And somehow Quaritch would return, but Cameron has that covered already.