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* JigsawPuzzlePlot: His "Mystery Box" concept is built around keeping secrets and raising questions so that an audience will keep guessing. After ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness'' took this approach with [[spoiler:Khan]], a backlash started to emerge against it. The problem is that according to critics, he always [[AntiClimax forgets to put something interesting, satisfying or impactful in said box]] or [[TheUnreveal anything at all]], essentially leading audiences like donkeys with a carrot on a stick. That is not counting the possibility of TheChrisCarterEffect happening.
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* TheReveal[=/=]TeasingCreator: His "Mystery Box" concept is built around frequent use of JigsawPuzzlePlots in his works involves keeping one element of a project under wraps during marketing so that an audience will to keep audiences guessing. After ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness'' took this approach with [[spoiler:Khan]], a backlash started to emerge against it. The problem is that according to critics, he always [[AntiClimax forgets to put something interesting, satisfying or impactful in said box]] or [[TheUnreveal anything at all]], essentially leading audiences like donkeys with a carrot on a stick. That is not counting the possibility of TheChrisCarterEffect happening.
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'''Jeffrey Jacob Abrams''' (born June 27, 1966) is a producer, writer, director and creator known for his work on ''Series/{{Felicity}}'', ''Series/{{Alias}}'', ''Series/{{Lost}}'', ''Series/{{Fringe}}'', ''Film/{{Cloverfield}}'', ''Film/{{Armageddon}}'', ''Film/MissionImpossibleIII'', the ''Film/StarTrek2009'' film, its sequel ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness'' and ''Franchise/StarWars:'' ''Film/TheForceAwakens''. He has won several Emmys and Golden Globes during his roughly 20 years in the industry.
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** ''Film/{{Armageddon}}'' (writer)
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** [[ParentalIssues Daddy Issues]]. Whether it's Alias with the lead's dad's FaceHeelRevolvingDoor, killing off [[Film/StarTrek2009 James T Kirk's]] biological dad to introduce an abusive stepfather to his backstory, to Rey and Finn's antagonistic parental surrogates in Star Wars Film/TheForceAwakens.
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** [[ParentalIssues Daddy Issues]]. Whether it's Alias with the lead's dad's FaceHeelRevolvingDoor, killing off [[Film/StarTrek2009 James T Kirk's]] biological dad to introduce an abusive stepfather to his backstory, to Rey and Finn's antagonistic parental surrogates in Star Wars Film/TheForceAwakens.''Franchise/StarWars:'' ''Film/TheForceAwakens''.
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* TheReveal[=/=]TeasingCreator: His "Mystery Box" concept is built around keeping one element of a project under wraps during marketing so that an audience will keep guessing. After ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness'' took this approach with [[spoiler:Khan]], a backlash started to emerge against it. The problem is that according to critics, he always [[AntiClimax forgets to put something interesting, satisfying or impactful in said box]] or [[TheUnreveal anything at all]], essentially leading audiences like donkeys with a carrot on a stick. That is not counting the possibility of TheChrisCarterEffect happening.
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Has the notable distinction of being the only director (so far) tapped to helm ''both'' a ''Franchise/StarTrek'' and a ''Franchise/StarWars'' movie. As of 2019, he's gotten to direct two of each. HilariousInHindsight, anyone?
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* ''ComicBook/SpiderManBloodline'' (co-writer, with son Henry Abrams)
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** [[ParentalIssues Daddy Issues]]. Whether it's Alias with the lead's dad's FaceHeelRevolvingDoor, killing off [[Film/StarTrek2009 James T Kirk's]] biological dad to introduce an abusive stepfather to his backstory, to Rey and Finn's antagonistic parental surrogates in Star Wars Film/TheForceAwakens.
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** ''Film/{{Armageddon}}'' (writer)
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* EarthShatteringKaboom: Another common occurrence in his science fiction movies. ''Film/StarTrek2009'', ''Film/TheForceAwakens'', and ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker'' all depict at least one planet being blown up by the BigBad.
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* SciFiWritersHave/NoSenseOfDistance: His forays into space opera have shown that he has serious issues grasping the scale of interplanetary and interstellar distances. ''Film/StarTrek2009'', ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness'' and ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker'' all contain egregious examples of this trope but ''Star Wars Episode VII: Film/TheForceAwakens'' takes it UpToEleven.
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* SciFiWritersHave/NoSenseOfDistance: His forays into space opera have shown that he has serious issues grasping the scale of interplanetary and interstellar distances. ''Film/StarTrek2009'', ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness'' and ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker'' all contain egregious examples of this trope but ''Star Wars Episode VII: Film/TheForceAwakens'' ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' takes it UpToEleven.
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* SciFiWritersHave/NoSenseOfDistance: His forays into space opera have shown that he has serious issues grasping the scale of interplanetary and interstellar distances. ''Film/StarTrek2009'' and ''Film/StarTrek2009'', ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness'' both and ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker'' all contain egregious examples of this trope but ''Star Wars Episode VII: Film/TheForceAwakens'' takes it UpToEleven.
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* SciFiWritersHave/NoSenseOfDistance: His forays into space opera have shown that he has serious issues grasping the scale of interplanetary and interstellar distances. ''Film/StarTrek2009'' and ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness'' both contain egregious examples of this trope but ''Star Wars Episode VII: Film/TheForceAwakens'' takes it UpToEleven.
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** He also seems to love depicting scenes where the protagonists explore the [[SceneryGorn massive metallic wreckage of giant vehicles]], which usually dwarfs the characters in scale. The train crash in ''Super 8'', the debris field of destroyed Starfleet vessels after a battle with Nero in ''Star Trek'', and the wreckage of Imperial war machines scattered across Jakku in ''The Force Awakens'' are only a few examples of this.
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** He also seems to love depicting scenes where the protagonists explore the [[SceneryGorn massive metallic wreckage of giant vehicles]], which usually dwarfs the characters in scale. The train crash in ''Super 8'', the debris field of destroyed Starfleet vessels after a battle with Nero in ''Star Trek'', and the wreckage of Imperial war machines scattered across Jakku in ''The Force Awakens'' and ''The Rise of Skywalker'' are only a few examples of this.
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* TheReveal[=/=]TeasingCreator: His "Mystery Box" concept is built around keeping one element of a project under wraps during marketing so that an audience will keep guessing. After ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness'' took this approach with [[spoiler:Khan]], a backlash started to emerge against it.
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* TheReveal[=/=]TeasingCreator: His "Mystery Box" concept is built around keeping one element of a project under wraps during marketing so that an audience will keep guessing. After ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness'' took this approach with [[spoiler:Khan]], a backlash started to emerge against it. The problem is that according to critics, he always [[AntiClimax forgets to put something interesting, satisfying or impactful in said box]] or [[TheUnreveal anything at all]], essentially leading audiences like donkeys with a carrot on a stick.
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** ''[[Film/ANewHope Star Wars]]'' is one of Abrams' favorite films of all time and he later directed ''[[Film/TheForceAwakens Episode VII]]'' and is now signed on to direct ''[[Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker Episode IX]]''.
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** ''[[Film/ANewHope Star Wars]]'' is one of Abrams' favorite films of all time and he later directed ''[[Film/TheForceAwakens Episode VII]]'' and is now signed on to direct ''[[Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker Episode IX]]''.
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** He also seems to love depicting scenes where the protagonists explore the [[SceneryGorn massive metallic wreckage of giant vehicles]], which usually dwarfs the characters in scale. The plane crash in ''Lost'', the train crash in ''Super 8'', the debris field of destroyed Starfleet vessels after a battle with Nero in ''Star Trek'', the wreckage of Imperial war machines scattered across Jakku in ''The Force Awakens'', etc...
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** He also seems to love depicting scenes where the protagonists explore the [[SceneryGorn massive metallic wreckage of giant vehicles]], which usually dwarfs the characters in scale. The plane crash in ''Lost'', the train crash in ''Super 8'', the debris field of destroyed Starfleet vessels after a battle with Nero in ''Star Trek'', and the wreckage of Imperial war machines scattered across Jakku in ''The Force Awakens'' are only a few examples of this.
** Several of his movies also feature scenes where the characters get attacked by large, nasty, frequently multi-limbed alien creatures with varying degrees of relevance to the plot. The entire plot of ''Cloverfield'', the rathtars in ''The Force Awakens'', the alien in ''Super 8'', the giant red squid-shark monster that attacks Kirk on Delta Vega in ''Star Trek'', etc...
** Several of his movies also feature scenes where the characters get attacked by large, nasty, frequently multi-limbed alien creatures with varying degrees of relevance to the plot. The entire plot of ''Cloverfield'', the rathtars in ''The Force Awakens'', the alien in ''Super 8'', the giant red squid-shark monster that attacks Kirk on Delta Vega in ''Star Trek'', etc...
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** ''[[Film/StarWars9 Star Wars Episode IX]]'' (director, co-writer with Chris Terrio)
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