Alex Kurtzman’s ‘Star Trek’ Era Is Being Unfairly Criticized

Before J.J. Abrams finished his Star Trek movie trilogy with Star Trek Beyond in 2016, Alex Kurtzman started a production company called Secret Hideout in 2014. His work on the films led to his studio being chosen to bring Star Trek back to television, which resulted in the 2017 premiere of Star Trek: Discovery. While the show’s look and feel seemed connected to the alternate “Kelvin Timeline” movies, it was actually set within the original Star Trek universe – the same one as The Original Series and The Next Generation. This new style initially alienated many longtime Star Trek fans, and that feeling hasn’t entirely disappeared. But after a decade of new Star Trek shows and movies, has the criticism been fair?








