TMC
01-07-2016, 04:45 AM
http://www.theatlantic.com/notes/2016/01/jj-abrams-fixer/422874/?utm_source=yahoo
Alias worked so well because of who Abrams was collaborating with. This is clearly apparent given the stark decline in the show’s quality once John Eisendrath left after the end of season three. The short-lived—but, I thought, thoroughly enjoyable—Undercovers was a similar partnership. By contrast, Lost was really the brainchild of Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof more than of Abrams. Which is not a dig! Abrams is a prodigy at shepherding really, really good science fiction (Fringe, Almost Human, and Person of Interest, to name a few on television, and Cloverfield on the big screen, for example).
Alias worked so well because of who Abrams was collaborating with. This is clearly apparent given the stark decline in the show’s quality once John Eisendrath left after the end of season three. The short-lived—but, I thought, thoroughly enjoyable—Undercovers was a similar partnership. By contrast, Lost was really the brainchild of Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof more than of Abrams. Which is not a dig! Abrams is a prodigy at shepherding really, really good science fiction (Fringe, Almost Human, and Person of Interest, to name a few on television, and Cloverfield on the big screen, for example).