God, Nev, I read your review drunk and I was having vertigo afterward. It was dizzying but super on point (Also I can tell you might be a D&D fan, which I appreciate). I’m also surprised how your theories regarding Snoke lined up as well as it did with what we ended up seeing.
I agree with NFB. A better director would have taken where both TFA and TLJ left off and progressed those stories through synthesis. I don’t think Abrams did that whatsoever. It is like he kept what he liked from TLJ, and blatantly retconned what he didn’t like.