Picture from JJ Abrams Admits Addiction… To Lens Flares
Lens flares galore -- those stylish streaks that appear so frequently in the new Star Trek movies. Image ©Paramount

JJ Abrams Admits Addiction… To Lens Flares

Okay, it’s a stretch from a parenting perspective, but it’s always important to teach our kids about not overdoing something. Like when they tell a joke and get a laugh and then they keep repeating the same funny line for weeks. Now JJ Abrams is helping us all know when enough is enough. At the Blu-ray release for Star Trek: Into Darkness a journalist from Crave Online asked him about his love of lens flares. Take a click and watch…



A few years ago if you asked people what a lens flare was most wouldn’t be able to tell you. If you’re still in that category it’s the shimmering band of light that pops across the screen when a light source shines into the edge of a lens. Often seen as a defect or undesirable element JJ Abrams, director of the two latest Star Trek movies and the new upcoming Star Wars films, turned this lemon into lemonade in a big way with the new Star Trek series. But he used it so frequently that it has become an ongoing joke.

So remember kids, don’t overdo the gimmick!

More details about the movies mentioned in this post…

Star Trek Into Darkness

Star Trek Into Darkness

A shadow falls across the universe when a powerful enemy arrises.