Abrams has no respect for what makes Star Trek the franchise it was, he just wants to make marketable action films and nothing more. Whatever directorial style people think he has is either taken from Spielberg or bland and forgettable.
Damon Lindelof is a con man. He doesn't care about writing a good script, he just wants to fuck around with the audience and take their money in the process. People think there is something deeper to his work, but it is more shallow than a dry rain puddle.