This is the 12th entry in a surprisingly long series of posts about Star Trek’s future and its fandom called Crisis of Infinite Star Treks.
Trevor Law over at Nerd Union is worried about Star Trek and its future.
There’s worries about how Paramount is handling the movie franchise and worries about whether fans will spring for the extra ducats required to sign up for CBS All Access.
As I’m being reminded with all this “Saturday Morning quarterbacking,” Star Trek fans are a nitpicky lot. I’m not going to absolve myself from this. I mean, most normal humans would have seen December’s trailer and been like, “Huh. Action-y.” I had to research global box office numbers and angst about it online.
I think at this point, it’s probably good to remind ourselves that although many of us are Star Trek fans because its stories make us reflect on the human condition, they are made by humans.
No matter how much you revel in the great stories Trek has produced, it has also produced dreck.
Here’s hoping we have more of the good stuff.