How Hollywood Killed Star Trek 4 Times

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Starfleet Academy being cancelled is only the latest example of Hollywood’s long history of killing Star Trek. From NBC cancelling The Original Series, to the decline of the Next Generation movies, the failure of the J.J. Abrams Kelvin timeline, and Paramount Plus cancelling Star Trek shows after years of franchise overexposure, this video breaks down why Star Trek keeps dying, why Hollywood keeps mishandling it, and how one of the biggest sci-fi franchises in history became a case study in franchise self-sabotage.

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• 0:00 Intro
• 0:52 The First Death: TOS
• 2:46 The Second Death: The Berman Era
• 6:19 The Third Death: The Kelvin Films
• 8:35 The Fourth Death: Starfleet Academy

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For decades, Star Trek stood apart from every other sci-fi franchise. It wasn't built on spectacle or action, it was built on big ideas, moral dilemmas, and characters solving impossible problems through curiosity and hope.

So...what happened?

Well, Paramount bet the future of Star Trek on quantity over quality. Much of the modern era traded thoughtful storytelling for glossy visuals, constant action, and streaming-first "content."

From Discovery and Picard to Section 31 and beyond, so much modern Star Trek has struggled to live up to the legacy Gene Roddenberry created.