Roddenberry Entertainment COO, Trevor Roth, on the Current State of Star Trek

Roddenberry Entertainment's mission is to keep what makes Star Trek special in all the licensed Trek properties. Alongside Rod Roddenberry, Trevor Roth helms the ship. Trevor stopped by the Den of Geek Studio at South By Southwest Film Festival to talk about the current state of Star Trek as well as his favorite Trek collectible!
The Den of Geek Studio at SXSW is Powered by ebay
----------
Read more: www.denofgeek.com
----------
Follow Den of Geek:
Website: www.denofgeek.com
Twitch: / denofgeektv
Facebook: / denofgeekus
Twitter: / denofgeekus
Instagram: / denofgeek
TikTok: / denofgeektv
----------
By Experts. For Fans. The only thing better than watching, reading, or playing something you love is helping someone else discover it. Den of Geek is dedicated to serving the interests of today’s entertainment enthusiast.
----------
#roddenberry #startrek #enterprise

[@Rottedlucky]

I'm sure they're trying their best considering how competitive and uncertain entertainment is now. I think Strange New Worlds comes pretty close to being true Star Trek. Maybe someday we'll get the perfect balance.
Good luck, Rodenberry Entertainment.

[@canadianguy1955]

The state of Star Trek is in the gutter. Just like the Star wars and the Marvel brand. The leadership of these products all seem to fail to understand what made the previous ones so popular. And then proceed to write the series so poorly that the vast majority of series fans just give up on the product. I know I've completely given up on both those Disney properties, as well as Parmaount+'s filler content that they slapped the Star Trek name on.
It's like we are in a generation of Trek where it wants to be literally anything but Star Trek. Discovery is a action show with main character syndrome more then a Star Trek Sci-fi show (Poor Buffy knockoff). Lower decks is an animated comedy, Prodigy is an animated children's show, Picard a Nostalgia show like Cobra Kai, Academy a Teen Drama show and then another Action movie with Section 31. The only Trek they've made out of 7 projects is Strange new worlds, but the entire crew talk like teenagers instead of Officers in a military structure.
I've been referring to modern trek as feelings in hallways series for a long while now. Where every episode we get interpersonal drama, relationship issues or past trauma speeches. Where every body talks like an LA or Toronto teenager. Where the ships run like magic, and the science only goes as far as "That's the power of math, people".
The state of Star Trek is in the gutter and people like Trevor Roth, Alex Kurtzman or Akiva Goldsman, are the reason it's no longer a culturally relevant series. They clearly do not want to make Star Trek, and are using this series as a foot in the door to make anything but actual Trek. Filler content for a streaming service is what the series has turned into. The series will continue to be culturally irrelevant, with low viewership for as long as these people are in-charge of this series. They've followed in the footsteps of Marvel and Star wars, by devaluing the product with large amounts of content that ignores what made the previous shows and movies so great.
Sadly I'm at the point where all three of those series are a write off. I see something new announced from them and I don't even think of trying it out, I just assume it's going to be not worth the time. Creatively bankrupt is the best way I can describe the lot of it. But that's what I've come to expect from shows designed for Streaming platforms. More designed for the scroll the phone while having TV on for background noise crowed. Then for the audiences that made them successful to start with. Trevor's conclusion in this interview proves my point.

[@Rottedlucky]

I wouldn't quite say 'the gutter' but I totally understand what you're saying.. I'm 24 but I grew up with Original Series and Next Generation and Original Series is my favourite. Strange New Worlds certainly gets closer to being truly Star Trek but its sooo diluted for a more casual audience... I wish the show was nerdier, more philosphical, with more "ship-in-the-bottle" and "creature-of-the-week" episodes. I wish there were less continuity errors. I wish the camera would caaalm down. I hate what they did to the Gorn...
I think that it is probably impossible to have a more niche classic-styled Star Trek show anytime soon because streaming shows like this have to compete with so much more than TV shows did. Now there's UA-cam, TikTok, online videogames, and people are busier and poorer. Shows have to fight so hard to keep the viewer's attention.
Thats how I see it anyways.