I've seen probably a half dozen things JJ has worked on, but none of them end up being any good. He normally starts out with a pretty good premise, but it rapid

I've seen probably a half dozen things JJ has worked on, but none of them end up being any good. He normally starts out with a pretty good premise, but it rapidly becomes apparent that he doesn't know what to do with it. Besides Star Trek (at least the first one, the second one is a different story) and Star Wars, Fringe and Super 8 jump to mind. Fortunately Stranger Things got to be what Super 8 could have been.