Thru the 80's to 2005, they added hundreds of Episodes with new Characters in TBG, DS9, Voyager and Enterprise - always in the Trek Universe. Why they went back to Kirk, Spock, etc Instead of following the process that worked so well for almost 20 years was unbelievably STUPID. They could had launched a new installment with new characters, and left the original characters of Kirk, Spock, etc, to be what they were. STUPID decision!

Jar Trek
Was garbage dumbed down for the morons who like Fast and The Furious and 300.

The JJ ABrams "Kelvin" ST universe worried me when it first was underway, because I didn't think anyone would be able to step into those iconic characters easily. But the cast they selected pulled it off, and I was drawn in by Anton Yelchin's presence as Chekov - he truly shines in all three films, but in "Beyond" in particular. It's also the the only Abrams ST film I haven't rewatched, because it's just too damn hard. Yelchin was his generation's iconic young actor - able to play almost any role and be totally convincing, and he quickly became a favorite actor of my wife and I after seeing him in the criminally underseen "Fierce People" in 2007. His tragic death in a freak accident at 27 robbed the world of so much he had yet to give, and even that may not have been enough, since in the wonderful and gut-wrenching 2019 documentary "Love Antosha", it was revealed that he had been afflicted with Cystic Fibrosis since the age of six, and never knew it himself until he was 18; his parents never let him know the full extent of his illness to ensure he was able to have a full childhood, so he wouldn't dwell on his illness - he was told he simply had a breathing condition, and as a result never let things stop him as a rising young actor. So his life probably would have ended far too young anyway. And knowing how much his co-stars from many of his films loved him as an actor AND as a person as well, I can understand the cast having his loss in mind as they consider a fourth film. Hopefully, it will go forward, as I like this cast (much better than "Discovery"s version of some of the characters - Karl Urban positively CHANNELS DeForest Kelley as McCoy), and hopefully they will find a way to write Chekov out of the storylines in a happy way (off to get married, run a computer institute, etc) and continue on their voyages "where no one has gone before"...

I liked Star Trek 2009. Next one not so good. Have not watched the other one. Production costs high. If you do not pull in more then a half billion it's a bust.

Good. I never liked this version of the franchise.

Thank God. They've been crap anyway.