All valid points. All the casting, action, CGI, fan-service, nostalgia, explosions, visuals, cool hardware/vehicles, etc. in the world can't fix a poorly-written, incoherent and limp story. In fact, a well-written, engaging story can often overcome lousy casting, action, CGI, etc. I've seen it many times. But these fools put every cart imaginable before the horse, and this is what you get: a story, and characters, that is impossible to give an honest, genuine damn about.
Hopefully some lessons were learned.
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