Friday, 12 June 2015

Is Star Trek dead?

With more and more science fiction on TV and in film becoming Earth based and/or A.I. based, is the age of space based sci-fi gone?

With the pending release of the next phase of Star Wars and rumours of a Babylon 5 movie reboot you may think the genre is alive and well, but, since the end of Star Trek: Enterprise in 2005 there has been a distinct lack of space based sci-fi on TV.  Instead the likes of Eureka, Defiance, Revolution, Extant and other Earth based sci-fi shows have filled the airwaves. 

Is the age of Star Trek dead?
Will space based science fiction be confined to the big screen from now on?