10 Times Gene Roddenberry Hated Star Trek
Gene Roddenberry was very proud of the universe he created, but also very protective…
Star Trek is a science fiction media franchise that offers a progressive vision of humanity’s future. This wonderful world of interplanetary peace and progress has been explored through multiple TV series, several movies, video games, novels, and comic books.
Star Trek’s creator, Gene Roddenberry, was passionate about the franchise throughout his life. He constantly advocated for Trek to portray an earnestly optimistic future for humanity, one that mirrored his own hopes for a better tomorrow.
But he wasn’t always satisfied—sometimes complaining about the greatest moments in the brand’s history. In the video below, the folks at What Culture outline 10 times that he was unhappy with something that happened in the Star Trek universe…
10 Times Gene Roddenberry Hated Star Trek
ABOUT STAR TREK
The Star Trek brand kicked off in 1966 with the TV series Star Trek (now called Star Trek: TOS or “The Original Series”). Originally airing for only three seasons, the show followed the voyages of the U.S.S Enterprise, a starship built by the United Federation of Planets in the 23rd century, “to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before.”
When creating Star Trek, Gene Roddenberry’s inspirations included TV western Wagon Train, the 1956 space horror film Forbidden Planet, Jonathan Swift’s 1726 satirical travel novel Gulliver's Travels, and C. S. Forester’s historical naval military Horatio Hornblower novels.
Star Trek has since expanded to include multiple spin-off television series, two different film series, plus novels, games, comics, toys, and other media adaptations. After the conclusion of TOS, several members of the original cast continued to portray their characters (and more) in the 22-episode Star Trek: The Animated Series. They also appeared in six feature films before the film series passed the torch to the cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Star Trek spin-off series include:
Star Trek: The Animated Series (ST:TAS)
Star Trek: The Next Generation (ST:TNG)
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (ST:DS9)
Star Trek: Voyager
Star Trek: Enterprise
Star Trek: Discovery
Star Trek: Picard
Short Treks
Star Trek: Lower Decks
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
Star Trek: Prodigy
Over the years, Star Trek has often been a champion of diversity—going all the way back to the original series. One member of that cast, Nichelle Nichols, even leveraged her role to make a real-world impact and bring diversity to NASA.
