make death irrelevant, it really shows they have no comprehension of death and the stakes posed by it, so there's no drama or anything and thus no entertainment.
I disagree. It depends on the story. Making death irrelevant can make extremely difficult to create drama and the feeling of danger, there's no risk and no stakes anymore. But... that doesn't mean there's no entertainment. Konosuba, for example, is a damn good series where the main character has been resurrected several times. Actually, it has become a running gag with him trying to flirt with the afterlife goddess every time. This case, it serves the story.
The problem with Abrams is that he doesn't think long term. His stories are just instant gratification, anything that feels fine now, no matter it breaks tone and story and it makes it a mess that won't work down the road. Sometimes the mess is obvious at the end of the movie (Super 8) and sometimes it takes 2 o 3 movies to reach its full messy potential (Star Trek).
But it's not about resurrection o long range teletransport specifically. Those things could work in some stories, they won't in other ones. It's more like Abrams is unable to think beyond the current scene, and he's unable to see what will break the story later on.
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