@onelson A fair point. Of the new trilogy I found this first one the strongest and best executed, but then all the cool stuff I thought they were setting up kinda got squandered in the second two and replaced with, uh, less cool stuff.
So I guess where I land is "the fan service in The Force Awakens is pretty enjoyable but then they let the Worst Fans dictate the second two, and my disappointment is immeasurable"