Old Trek vs New Trek - Bonus Trek 7, Ep 148

70s Trek: Star Trek in the 1970s

In July of 2021, the YouTube channel "The Popcast” posted a video entitled "This is how STRANGE NEW WORLDS will bring OLD TREK and NEW TREK Together!" The video discussed the divide between fans of Old Trek, Star Trek episodes and movies produced between 1966 and 2005, and fans of New Trek that began with J.J. Abrams 2009 Star Trek film. The video told us of a recent survey that took place across YouTube, Reddit and Twitter. 2000 Trek fans were asked how they identified with 3 statements. Here they are:

1. New Star Trek is good, I wish people would just accept the changes.
2. I’m watching because it’s Star Trek, but I really hope it gets better.
3. It’s a dumpster fire! I hate it and I’ll never watch new Star Trek.

Here are the results:

-28% said New Trek is good, and people should accept the changes.

-32% said they were watching because it’s Trek, but they hoped it would get better.

-40% said it’s a dumpster fire and they won’t watch.

That 40% number by itself is alarming. But it’s really staggering to see that 72% don’t think it’s good or won’t watch it at all!

Co-hosts Bob Turner and Kelly Casto have some opinions about why this might be happening...And of course, it’s all unofficial.