My eyes! The Visual Instrument and Sensory Organ Replacement does nothing!
Still the best variant of this idea:
My high school graphic arts teacher: “I see you using lens flare, it’s an automatic fail for my class, got it?”
This motherfucker:
What if it’s accidental lens flare?
They were talking about the built in Photoshop effect.
What if sunlight hits your Photoshop at just the right angle?
“I swear, don’t fail me, just close the window shades!”
“THERE ARE AN UNCOUNTABLE NUMBER OF LIGHTS!”
Tinkerbell has a posse.
le gem
Polarize the view screen
Our shields can’t repel lens flares of that magnitude!
Activate lens flare deflectors
“Curtains, sir?”
“Yes, the curtains.”
It’s the Allspark! Wait, no, it’s the Borg.
Lol … the Borg cube transforms into a pyramid
At some point there was an explanation that the lens flares were supposed to be subtext, a visual representation of the old phrase “bright future” and for a microsecond it almost made sense…until you realized how stupid that sounded and unbelievably annoying it was on screen.
I think JJ attempted to use lens flares as a kind of directorial “signature,” (like Lucas’ wipe transitions or Wes Anderson’s symmetrical framing) but it just annoyed people and JJ is a hack.
Them: how can we justify making money?💲💰💸
You, with an actual brain: hrmph!😦😞
we watching the Picard S3 finale when they’re back on the D (or E?)
