Nerdrotic Live Stream of a Spock Action Figure Beats Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Premiere

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The disastrous debut of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy just got even more embarrassing — and this time, the comparison came from a Nerdrotic livestream of literally nothing happening.

The livestream was funny. Gary Nerdrotic came on at the end, because there were a whole lot of superchats and he wanted to acknowledge them.

I gave up a Kurtzman Trek a long way back. Kurtzman clearly didn't understand Star Trek, and he didn't respect Star Trek, or Star Trek:TNG, Deep Space 9, or Voyager. I never liked Enterprise, but then I generally don't like stories involving time travel. With a very few exceptions, they are cheats. But at least Enterprise didn't try to rewrite and vacate all of the lore of what was produced before it came along.

Some of the Star Trek movies were good, and some not so good. The later ones were mostly made by people who didn't understand Star Trek. Well, the first movie was horrible. "Spectacle" was never what Trek was about. They didn't have the budget for spectacle.

Apparently Gary's livestream is still online, though not active. It is not published, and so I can't find the link. Like a good Martini, it was a creation of the moment.

I haven't seen Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, and I won't. (See comments on Kurtzman Trek above) OK, they admit it is not made for fans of the original material. The marketing screamed Space: 90210, the early reviews from people like Alan Ng of Film Threat were horrible. The general reviews, now that it is released, are no better.

I will list a couple.

• Critical Drinker After Hours - Drinker's Chasers - The Utter Disaster Of Starfleet Academy

  That is a part of a panel discussion, just the portion on Star Trek:SA.

• Mr H Reviews Live Archives - Star Trek Starfleet Academy BOMBS

  Also a section of a panel discussion

• Call me Chato - Star Trek: Starfleet Academy. The BEST Kurtzman Trek, EVER!

Paul Chato had the best line, and it sums up my feelings.

Because this is Kurtzman Trek, I'm expecting this will be trash. I'm not going to pretend to be objective. In fact, you might say I'm planning on hating this. I have long ago made peace with the idea that my Star Trek is dead, and this is not Star Trek.

Except I have no plans to watch it, as Paul did. Star Trek: The Next Generation was a miracle in some ways. They took the essence of Star Trek (the original series) and carried on in the same tradition, though the first season is fairly unwatchable at this remove. That lead to everything that came after. Though they lost their way, as they made more money. (The last couple of movies were awful, but not as awful as the reboot.