Star Trek: New Worlds (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Yeah, I think we all knew I was going to do this the moment I wrote it in yesterday’s review of the first episode of Star Trek: Discovery.
Star Trek has had numerous spin-offs since it started in 1966, each with its own opening credits that made it stand out but, if done right, still felt like a continuation of the mythos. And since I have a fascination with intros it should be no surprise that the last two series have been problematic. They were good intros but those intros lack that Star Trek vibe. (Also only one of the last two shows were what I’d call “good”, but that’s judging on one episode. They could both be bad as we go on.) But what makes a Star Trek intro…a Star Trek intro?
There have been seven official Star Trek shows. There have, as someone will possibly point out, eight intros if you count “The Cage”, the unaired (until recently) pilot that was rejected and later reworked into the two-part episode “The Menagerie”. For the purpose of space I will be focused on these eight series, ignoring tweaks that were made as the series went on to represent cast changes and improved special effects (including the re-done classic series) because I’m not that pedantic. I also won’t be looking at the movies and video games, or any fanfilm or fan series. This is still going to be very video heavy though. I’m sorry to people on slower connections and Patreon who has to click a bunch of links.
