New ST Movie; How To Suck As A Filmmaker

1 - Show lens flares that in real life would indicate the natural lighting will BLIND people, realistically. So do it for effect, not realism, and not for any reason that adds (but subtracts from) the story.

2- Rip off every single line of dialog from previous films in the series, so that no character shows any growth or development, but rather de-volution.

3 - Make the ending titles interesting, but as monotonous as hell so your audience can't stand it.

4 - Disenfranchise true Trekies so we lose all respect for you.

5 - Disenfranchise all true filmmakers so we can see you for the no talent POS rip off artist you really are.

BenB wrote: 1 - Show lens flares that in real life would indicate the natural lighting will BLIND people, realistically. So do it for effect, not realism, and not for any reason that adds (but subtracts from) the story.

2- Rip off every single line of dialog from previous films in the series, so that no character shows any growth or development, but rather de-volution.

3 - Make the ending titles interesting, but as monotonous as hell so your audience can't stand it.

4 - Disenfranchise true Trekies so we lose all respect for you.

5 - Disenfranchise all true filmmakers so we can see you for the no talent POS rip off artist you really are.

Rip Off is OK so long as you call it a 'homage'!

Love him or hate him, JJ Abrams is undoubtably very successful in both film & TV.

Here's an interesting recent interview with BAFTA where he mentions lens flares & the big one, Content is King, actual story is far more important than technique.