{"id":721,"date":"2013-01-27T16:36:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-27T21:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/2013\/01\/27\/is-j-j-abrams-the-right-man-for-the-job-see-for-yourself\/"},"modified":"2013-01-27T16:36:00","modified_gmt":"2013-01-27T21:36:00","slug":"is-j-j-abrams-the-right-man-for-the-job-see-for-yourself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/2013\/01\/27\/is-j-j-abrams-the-right-man-for-the-job-see-for-yourself\/","title":{"rendered":"Is J. J. Abrams the right man for the job? See for yourself"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"166\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-FBaO7P5qOnM\/UQWPd2Nmr7I\/AAAAAAAAAV0\/1rKPPwtTjhE\/s320\/jj_abrams_51826.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The entertainment world went nuts this weekend over news that filmmaker J. J. Abrams will be helming the next installment in the <i>Star Wars<\/i> franchise. Apart from the sci-fi conflict of interest with his work on <i>Star Trek<\/i>, the biggest question is whether Abrams&#8217;s work gives him the chops and wherewithal to take on, arguably, the biggest brand name in entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>Abrams has a longer history as a producer than as a director, but his distinct, complex style has influenced every production he&#8217;s touched. If you want to get a better idea of what &#8220;far, far away&#8221; will look like in a few years, dig into our collections and watch some of the works that Abrams has influenced.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0386676\">The Office<\/a>, Season 3: &#8220;Cocktails&#8221; \u2013 HU DVD 4018 <br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0411008\">Lost<\/a>, The Complete Series \u2013 HU DVD 4501 &#8211; 4537 <br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0796366\">Star Trek<\/a> \u2013 HU DVD 7084<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1119644\/?ref_=sr_1\">Fringe<\/a>, Season 1 \u2013 HU DVD 7981 &#8211; 7987 <br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1650062\">Super 8<\/a> \u2013 HU DVD 9288 <br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0317919\">Mission: Impossible III<\/a> \u2013 HU DVD 10699<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1229238\/\">Mission: Impossible \u2013 Ghost Protocol<\/a> \u2013 HU DVD 10699\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The entertainment world went nuts this weekend over news that filmmaker J. J. Abrams will be helming the next installment in the Star Wars franchise. Apart from the sci-fi conflict of interest with his work on Star Trek, the biggest question is whether Abrams&#8217;s work gives him the chops and wherewithal to take on, arguably, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[290,355],"class_list":["post-721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-directors","tag-related-movies","tag-timely-things"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/721\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}