Originally Posted by
manofsteel1979
While it feels weird to sort of quasi defend Abrams (I think the guy is way overrated), the "story" that had been attributed to him supposedly "admitting" the Star Wars sequels had no plan was actually a quote about some new television project he was working on and he was asked whether or not it was better to have a plan or not to have a plan. Certain nerd based websites and internet personalities immediately declared that he was referencing Star Wars in his quote, which he never did,and splashed it all over as such,and other lazy websites then reported that "JJ Abrams admits he didn't have a plan for Star Wars" based on those other click bait articles and videos. Now,he may have been indirectly referencing his time on Star Wars, but he never said it was, at least in the interview that the quotes came from.
Also,as for Abrams "killing " Star Wars and Star Trek...the thing is neither franchise was particularly flourishing before he joined up with them. Star Trek was floundering before Abrams. The last two Next Gen movies bombed at the box office,and on the television front,ENTERPRISE was canceled 4 seasons into what was supposed to be a 7 season planned run and Star Trek left TV all together for the first time since 1986/87,and basically disappeared for a few years. Star Trek.was for all intents and purposes,dead.
Star Wars was faring better,but the franchise was still struggling to overcome the stink of the prequels,with George' Lucas long gestating proposed Star Wars syndicated live action series all but dead in development due to lack of funds, with the only ongoing content The Clone wars cartoon and 3D re-releases of the Previous movies on the docket,the first of which (the 3D remaster of The Phantom Menace) doing very poorly. Aside from that,Lucas had little ambition to do any more Star Wars movies himself and only had "treatments " for a sequel trilogy he was using as a selling point as he was actively looking to sell Lucasfilm to another studio and retire. He had already put Kathleen Kennedy in charge of the day to day operations at Lucasfilm before he sold to Disney.
After Abrams there is apparently another Star Trek movie in the works and another couple new series in development,with the existing ones being renewed. in the case of Star Wars sequels were huge at the box office, the Mandalorian is the hottest thing going on streaming with plenty of more series and yes,movies on the way. I personally am luke warm on Abrams contributions to both, but he didn’t exactly kill Star Trek or Star Wars. If anything he helped get the ball rolling again with both after both franchises had ground to a halt. His stuff may not particularly be great works of art,but they were successful enough to allow both Franchises to exist again. He may not have saved them,but he certainly didn't kill them.
That being said, as I said earlier,I'm attempting to keep an open mind to what this Superman movie until we see something concrete other than speculation. It may be great or it may suck. Based on Abrams "Fly By" script...let's just say I'm glad he isn't writing the thing. Also if it is just a stand alone elseworlds tale,then other than his name and money, I doubt this film will have many if any of JJ Abrams tropes or fingerprints on the project.
I do wonder if he will also produce the next "proper" Superman movie after this. Meaning mainstream big screen continuity Superman. As long as he doesn't write the screenplay or the story and as long as he doesn't direct it, again I don't think we will have to worry too much about the usual JJ-isms.