Mieville on Abrams

This seems just about right to me:

I’ve never met [JJ Abrams]. I am not a member of his fan club or anti-fan club. I disliked Cloverfield a very great deal. I disliked Star Trek intensely. I thought it was terrible. And I think part of my problem is that I feel like the relationship between JJ Abrams’ projects and geek culture is one of relatively unloving repackaging – sort of cynical. I taste contempt in the air. Now I’m not a child – I know that all big scifi projects are suffused with the contempt of big money for its own target audience. But there’s something about [JJ’s projects] that makes me particularly uncomfortable. As compared to somebody like Joss Whedon, who – even when there are misfires – I feel likes me and loves me and is on some cultural level my brother and comrade. And I don’t feel that way about JJ Abrams.

One thought on “Mieville on Abrams

  1. Yes.

    I actually enjoyed the new Star Trek quite a bit, but this is exactly how I feel about JJ Abrams. Joss Whedon is doing nerdy projects because he’s a nerd and they’re the things he loves, and he’s lucky and talented enough to be able to make his living creating them. JJ Abrams is doing nerdy projects because they’re what’s hot right now; when they’re not hot anymore, he’ll move on to the next thing and never look back.