A dozen years after near-death, Star Trek’s future may be stronger than ever

Review of TV and movies after Enterprise ended.

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/05/a-dozen-years-after-near-death-star-treks-future-may-be-stronger-than-ever/

Plenty of Trek fans and reviewers have analyzed this decision (and the resulting timeline) since. I generally find Abrams’ approach favorable but acknowledge there have been some real problems along the way. In short, 2009’s Star Trek was a fun ride and a serviceable backdrop for getting the band together, 2013’s Star Trek Into Darkness started strong but went off the rails in the back half, and 2016’s Star Trek Beyond—possibly benefiting from lowered expectations after Into Darkness—wrapped a decent (if not terribly complex) story in a lot of the same flash-and-pop fun vein of the 2009 movie.