J.J. Abrams' Wife Made Him Lay Off The Lens Flares

[@kingben9834]

His wife is a hero. Thank you ma'am.

[@CapitalJ2]

+KingBen98 I didn't even notice them, or even knew what they were until after both Star Trek films, and then I saw that people were saying he used them way too much.

[@Dirtfire]

+KingBen98 heroine.

[@nuttedlemons]

+Dirtfire god dammit man i wanted to do that

[@anti-depressant]

+lemonw You wanted to do heroine? ;-)

[@TrveIrrlicht]

Should have told him to stop ruining entire franchises instead.

[@ydin9]

What is he talking about? The latest lens flares he had in his movie killed 3 or 4 planets.

[@rachel89075]

😂

[@sagew7377]

That’s just him toned down 🤣

[@MariOmor1]

Five, actually

[@mariokarter13]

His philosophy is to start every story with a lens flare. Hur hur

[@bassiroucamara5711]

I see you everywhere

[@mariokarter13]

Pfannkuchenwissenschaftler Shit. I need to level up my sneaking skill :3

[@bassiroucamara5711]

YOU CANT LEVEL UP IN TLOZ

[@mariokarter13]

Pfannkuchenwissenschaftler Looks like someone hasn't played the new Wii U game yet :3 With how little information we have right now I wouldn't be surprised if they experimented with a leveling system.

[@bassiroucamara5711]

+mariokarter13 LET THE HYPE GET STARTED

[@13ullseye]

That woman is a hero.

[@benjaminthomas1682]

Give me J.J. Abrams and Lens Flares over Michael Bay and Explosions any day!

[@Nickelodeon81]

That's like saying a bucket of vomit is better than a bucket of feaces.

[@MariOmor1]

I’ll rather take Rian Johnson and subverting expectations

[@niccolom]

Thank you, Katie! Gosh I hated those lens flares.

[@unvergebeneid]

+niccolom Well, I kinda liked them for the most part. That being said, I was glad he didn't lens flare the shit out of Star Wars. That would have been awful.

[@TheBizzle1984]

+Penny Lane It wouldn't have made sense in Star Wars, there were lens flares in original Star Trek, so in that case it was a visual callback to the source material.

[@lanteanboy]

+Mr. D I have three words for you: The Force Awakens

[@uncreativename9936]

+Mr. D Think Hey now we have.... The new Ford GT suck it Ferrari! Other than that I got nothing

[@unvergebeneid]

***** Well, you say it with enough bitterness to last for five retirements. Speaking as a European who enjoyed most of Abrams's movies, including Star Wars.

[@lawoftheeast]

I really liked the lens flares in the first Star Trek, but moderation is key.

[@CapitalJ2]

+lawoftheeast I didn't notice them, or even know what they were until after I watched both Star Trek films, and then I heard people saying he used them too much.

[@KCH55]

I agree

[@lawoftheeast]

CapitalJ2 Yeah, it's gotten pretty silly. I thought they added to the immersive quality of the first film. It was refreshing after some of the more static space sequences in the Star Wars prequels.

[@mariomguy]

+lawoftheeast The lens flares in that movie should've been nominated for best actress in a lead role.

[@alexanderg1935]

Yep, same

[@5easy]

haha if jj kissed him it could have became the weirdest running joke in late night

[@kappaross6124]

it looked like he was going for it lol

[@WhtSqurl]

Colbert was 100% committed to it for a second.

[@slendy-5880]

...Did they almost make out?

[@Lordlock2]

+Jacob K almost... :'C

[@BlueWoWTaylan]

+Jacob K Yep... Helen Mirren got a taste of Colbert, I assume J.J wanted some as well O.o

[@HeartsandMachineGuns]

They pay attention to the lens flare, but I'm more concerned about his addiction to bloom.

[@SamMasghati]

I dont care what people say, he's one of the greatest filmmakers of our time!

[@mikaelr.9676]

+Sam Masghati I'm so glad you exist.

[@Relytia]

I agree, JJ is awesome.

[@beccalowry6437]

Agreed! He's such an amazing visionary but still seems incredibly laid back and easy going. Can't wait for 10 Cloverfield Lane!!

[@MagicSkeleton]

+Sam Masghati I do like JJ, but he has brought absolutely nothing new to filmmaking. He's good at what he does, but I don't think he's done anything innovative, remarkable or particularly meaningful to his craft...yet.

[@4seeableTV]

+Sam Masghati He's made some fun films, but NEVER a great one.

[@TheVista22]

I won't lie in star trek the lense flares was spot on on each scene I love it.

[@Hellebus]

Watch it again when Kirk is first looking at the ship on his bike before flying off to the academy. You'll see the lens flare that has NOTHING to do with the effects of the ship. Completely bad camera work.

[@JacobDavidCCunningham]

That was awesome the Hellen Miren reference hahaha

[@brendaaraujo7059]

Hahah Ikr?

[@Borednesss]

I never even noticed the lens flares until people started poked fun at it. They seemed pretty natural in Star Trek

[@NS1973]

Abrams is a student of Spielberg and Lucas. His philosophy for storytelling most likely mirrors theirs- the good news/bad news pacing scenario. Like so: Good news, Indy- you found the cave! Bad news, Indy- you've got to go through a bunch of traps! Good news, Indy- you got past all of the traps! Bad news, Indy- you missed one! Good news, Indy- you escaped! Bad news, Indy- there's a tribe of pissed-off natives chasing you! Etc, etc, etc...

[@Justen1980]

+NS1973 good news, their tank has a jeep on top of it! Bad news, MACH DEN KUEBELWAGEN SPRENGEN!

[@wickkidda]

Riiight, his WIFE was the one who said it, not the Internet.

[@ecyor0]

+wickkidda Hey, you listen to people who actually have your best interests at heart.

[@literallyalois2966]

J.J. going for the kiss was the best.

[@olivsk1]

He was leaning in for a kiss but stopped at the beginning.

[@mitchbrown4803]

I love how J.J just abruptly says, THANKS! Fucking hilarious

[@arthurfurniss4147]

0:16 most awkward hug ever.

[@rachel89075]

+

[@DieMasterMonkey]

Every time I see one of his films: "I guess, in this story, we're taking on the perspective a glass camera lens. Huh."

[@Hmoo424]

I hope she convince him to quit directing.

[@wissawa333]

I'll take the lens flares. I love his movies!!

[@westernfilet]

Michael Bay, you listening?

[@damo3923]

0:14 passionate kiss turns into a hug

[@DakotaScott42]

Admitting you have a problem is the first step J.J.

[@4thQuarterkaiR0s]

man,that is some cool ass music!!

[@babadattelundhuso]

I will miss all the Flare

[@wiiagent]

ITS ABOUT TIME!

[@anirudhmenon4234]

Am I the only one who actually didn't mind the Lens Flares?

[@24OscarM]

I'm right there with you buddy

[@GreenPartyHat]

I don't mind most of them. But Star Trek into darkness had too many

[@jaggerra7]

+Anirudh Menon I like his lens flares and I hope he continues using them. Having said that, he did need to tone it down a little because it was starting to get in the way of the acting.

[@jinxedfoxy13_Heather]

+Anirudh Menon I didn't even know what they were talking about lol Now I'll prolly take notice.

[@svenjansen2134]

Once i notice them they start to irritate.

[@preetastic]

I think Colbert just dropped one of Coco Chanel's life lessons here! Less is more

[@rosebyanyname]

George Lucas made twelve accounts to downvote this video with...

[@christiegreenwood2642]

+Rose Weldon You know, I actually see him doing that. XD

[@REaDComicsau]

JJ is so cool

[@3Quetzalli]

Bless you, woman.

[@happy543210]

thank you for rebooting episode 4 into episode 7, jar-jar!!

[@DissociatedWomenIncorporated]

Glad she didn't tell him that during Fringe.

[@simonkempe1212]

Force awakens only works because most of the characters were already pre-definied, JJ really isn't good at building character through his directing, only chase/action scenes.

[@JohnnyBRad]

+Simon Kempe I would say he's certainly great bringing new life to already established series. MI:3, The first Star Trek, and The Force Awakens, and even Cloverfield (although he only produced it) was sort of a reboot of the big monster movie genre. He's good at just giving it a fresh retooling then sending it on its way. He doesn't handle maintaining franchises as well. Although I am a fan of Super 8, but that really is just the ultimate homage to Spielberg.

[@simonkempe1212]

+Nick Haddad Yes he is good at capturing a "mood" in a scene/movie. But the reality is that should not be enough for him to get the title of "next spielberg" and he has been given so many opportunities to do great, but it always falls a little short.

[@starlinguk]

+Simon Kempe He co-wrote the Force Awakens script with Lawrence Kasdan, though.

[@jonasstoerfeuer4193]

I think he is great at building characters. Yes, the force awakens by far isn't his best work, but when you look at his Star Trek films or Super 8 - they have great charakters, at least in my view. And I feel like there are few people that manage to tell HUGE stories still centered about flawed, loveable characters as well as JJ.

[@hoblpank]

Hey JJ what's in the box what's in the booox what's in the booooox

[@letsgoBrandon204]

You can do lens flares, no problem. When you start noticing them (when just casually watching), you've gone too far.

[@squirrelknight9768]

yeah, she should get a medal really!

[@austin12923]

Such a likable guy

[@PolarPhantom]

Man, you have a JJ video with a title that doesn't mention Star Wars and people are far more civil.

[@habi_sabi]

I read "J.J. Abrams' Wife Made Him Lay Off The Lean"

[@AttilatheThrilla]

LOL to Star Wars for not winning a single academy award when they were nominated in a ton of categories.

[@loomman5296]

I didn't even notice the lens flare until someone pointed it out to me. When I rewatched The Force Awakens, it was all I could notice. I'll be looking out for it in Episode IX.

[@bendillion1444]

A JJ Abrams master class would be nice.

[@BrandonMcBadass]

i feel like JJ and Steve can be described the same: Glasses, Dark Hair, Blue Suit. but he also looks like Leonard from the Big Bang Theory

[@austinlempke3203]

That was an awkward beginning

[@CmdrSloanne]

One thing I still hate besides JJ's obsession with Len's flares is that weird and annoying Lost finale. basically revealing they were all Dead and in Purgatory from the very beginning and everything they went thru was just in a way a dream.

[@just-joshing]

Abrams only worked on the pilot for Lost. He didn't work on the rest of the show.

[@CmdrSloanne]

Joshua French your right, but was he the Exec.Producer of the show. he could have told them no that plan or suggested a better ending,

[@LogDod]

I love Abrams' lens flares. True, they can be overdone A LOT but i would be very disappointed if JJ stopped using them..

[@ColinPoole]

The way Stephen said "In front of a LIVE audience" seemed weird in front of his live studio audience.

[@annasanchez5877]

mrs.abrams is a national hero.

[@grappaduraone]

thanks catie!

[@emmettdel]

Never realized how much his eyes look like Stephen Speilberg's

[@yaldabaoth2]

For a moment there, I thought the guest was the 2001 version of Steven Colbert.

[@therkoth]

I love his work in the Big Bang Theory :)

[@imanovx]

Why 0:14 looks like Stephen wanted to kiss JJ? Pls say, that not only me had seen that

[@wajiraniadhihetty5170]

Not just you lol

[@rwmorey71]

That's funny because I think Honest Trailers did a thing about Abrams and the lens flare.

[@karlwa641]

The opening to Infinity War had better lens flares than this man's entire career

[@restorationcarpetcleaning4140]

Bruce Dickinson: guys, I really like the episode… you know I felt like it’s really lacking in one area… I need more lens flare

[@Searibox]

#makestarwarsgayagain

[@MrWhoDare]

His wife has allowed him to polish his already impressive directing/editing skills. Way too much lens flare at times.

[@idawg7332]

She should have told him to be more original. Every movie he's directed is either a sequel, reboot, or ripoff even super 8

[@marcziegenhain8420]

J.J. please do us one favour: No more Star Trek.

[@darkskull1155]

0:13 that was awkward.

[@ArturoPR84]

they have the same stylist

[@4seeableTV]

The thing with Abram's lens flare is that it's not organic. Lens flare from the old days was there because they hadn't become as skilled in blocking stray light into the lens. When you saw flares, it was from existing light on the set or on location. But Abrams forces it unnaturally with guys on the side, shooting a flashlight into the lens for the sole purpose of producing a flare. Very lame. If he's so enamored with flare, he should just yank off the lens hood and let it happen naturally.

[@nellstreitz6964]

Okay, but I've never had so much fun making fun of something as those lens flares. A tribute to the fallen lens flare.

[@aydenmarietta4906]

My opinion on lens flares: Star Trek 2009 wasn't that bad with the flares. But into darkness used them way to much. It wasn't till 2016 that I noticed that force awakens had lens flares. But, JJ didn't make them that bad. I'm not defending JJ but that's just my opinion

[@changstein]

JJ Abrams turned Star Wars into a cash grab

[@30seconds2impact]

+Jeremy Seinfeld Actually George Lucas did that years ago.

[@changstein]

TourDeForce He already had more money than he knew what to do with...The prequels were just a poor attempt by a senile, old genius. But you can't say they were to please the financial backers and studios. Abrams has effectively made the new movie completely derivative, wholly unoriginal, and just plain stuffy. The music, the writing, the acting are all completely out of sync and an insult to what star wars once was.

[@30seconds2impact]

+Jeremy Seinfeld Well the prequels sure as hell weren't just an indie pet project by Lucas, there was plenty of merchandising and marketing involved, hence they were also a cash grab from a corporate/shareholder perspective. Abrams didn't sellout on anything that wasn't sold already (no pun intended).

[@wolfgangmozart187]

I'd have cheerfully accepted the lens flare overuse had Jar Jar Abrams not written each of the classic characters like an idiot. Han has de-volved back into what he was in A New Hope and has grown in no way. Leia is not a jedi? Senseless. Luke is a running coward the entire film. Ok... why people like this again?

[@TheRubberStudiosASMR]

The lens flares kind of take you out of the film. Plus they hurt my eyes

[@noelcrenshaw7969]

It has to be awkward to be that one person in the audience who woos when nobody else does

[@maureenmclean5203]

i DON'T KNOW HIM.

[@khalidhenry3857]

But lens flares are his trademarks

[@josephcapaldi6014]

Someone send him a fake 'I Love You' note. It works wonders.

[@JLPicard1648]

"Visual effects should take second priority to emotional effect" he said after handing Star Trek Beyond over to a former Fast and Furious director...

[@TheTuubster]

Jar-Jar Abrams ... the most successfull unoriginal director/writer in Hollywood. He is basically a remixer of original stuff others created in the past.

[@mikaelr.9676]

+TheTuubster Let him be...He brings them back to life. If it wasn't for star trek 09, I woudn't care about star trek in general.

[@julianwebb919]

He makes well made, exciting and emotional movies, he doesn't have to be the next Stanley Kubrick

[@GamingPenis]

+Mr. D i agree man the new star wars was bad. plain and simple

[@basegnome]

+Mr. D Really? Ep 7 made you stopped caring, not ep 1-3? And what was so bad about it? Yeah I know the story was a rip-off of ep 4 but it was just as (if not more) enjoyable than ep 4

[@GamingPenis]

+basegnome questionmark

[@hearttoheart6164]

J.J. Abrams and Steve Young... Separated at birth?

[@tyro244]

Now make him lay off the shaking camera. :: VOMIT SOUNDS ::

[@dmed312]

JJ would look so much better with a full face long beard

[@getheroutofthetruck]

king of homogenized remakes

[@chiko5479]

Man, I was hoping he would say something about the ARG.

[@hyperion1028]

Yes!!!

[@FlipperWolf]

+Christian Escorcia There's an ARG ? :o

[@chiko5479]

+FlipperWolf Dude... go on Reddit right now. It's almost done now, but you can catch up on it all in the 10 Cloverfield Lane subreddit. :)

[@FlipperWolf]

Christian Escorcia Yeah, I'm reading it right now, that's so cool :) Too bad I missed it all x)

[@shademonki13]

Yeah, it's damn cool.

[@Laybackk1]

How are they NOT related?!

[@hootyhaha]

THANK YOU!!!!!! :) I love JJ. But the flares even flooded the tv show FRINGE early on. I started waiting to count the flairs instead of paying attention to the show. Brilliant story teller, movie maker, etc. etc. none the less.. just slow down the flares. I still like flares though.

[@wrickmu]

Why are the "First" comments still a thing?

[@0007Shawn]

+Shounak Mukherjee First!! ( JK it's for the kick of knowing that u are the person to inaugurate the hate comments )

[@kerenton5897]

TFA was garbage. Some of the prequels were easily better.

[@Diggnuts]

Jarjar Abrams is a hack.

[@CapitalJ2]

Anyone else not care about the lens flares? I didn't even know what they were, and didn't really notice them after watching the Star Trek films.

[@thisguy4505]

- Star Trek ☠️ dead - Star Wars ☠️ dead - Superman, attempted murder 🤏 I wish his wife had made him stop making movies.

[@JediKnight207]

I actually liked the lens flares.

[@markconrad9619]

photoshop lens flare ftw

[@gamermx7]

lol

[@EdwinCastillo]

I wonder what scene from Star Trek he was referring to...

[@catherinehogue3656]

Quoting Coco Chanel now are we LOL

[@Hollyweed1]

Thank God. It was horrible to watch that Star Trek with all that fuckin flare. God damn son!

[@devindugamage537]

so this is Gracie's dad,

[@farmerboybill]

This is the guy I hate for ruining Star Trek, but love for bringing back Star Wars. I'm so torn......

[@TheManyNations]

JJ's storytelling philosophy is to blatantly rip off someone else's story, make it worse, and cash in with special effects.

[@rapper250]

REY IS LUKE"S DAUGTHER BECAUSE JJ ABRAMS HAS NO IMAGINATION!

[@joebuck4957]

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