Hot mess? You know what’s a mess? 1,2 and 3. All copies of those should be destroyed and MiB flashy thingies should be used to remove any memory from everyone in the world. And then they should be made correctly, in a way that sets the stage for 4, 5. and 6, and work as part of a unified whole.
7, 8 and 9 weren’t that bad, except in the minds of Abrams fanboys. Do they have problems? of course. Even 4 and 5 have problems. But not as many as 1-3.
While we’re at it, can we have the Abrams Star Trek retconned away? Everything in the new parallel universe continuity just be buried in a dump? Thank you!