And for those following along, the Eugenics Wars took place in the early 1990s. The rest of Star Trek ends up hinging on this pretty tightly despite it being a minor detail until Wrath of Kahn. That's what you get when your most popular movie features a very interesting character with a background in a historical event you now can never ignore.
Voyager ignored it, but Voyager ignored a lot of things. Before we had Kurtzman Trek, we had Berman Trek, and he managed things pretty badly, leading, in my opinion, to the decline of the brand in the 2000s.
And for those following along, the Eugenics Wars took place in the early 1990s. The rest of Star Trek ends up hinging on this pretty tightly despite it being a minor detail until Wrath of Kahn. That's what you get when your most popular movie features a very interesting character with a background in a historical event you now can never ignore.
Voyager ignored it, but Voyager ignored a lot of things. Before we had Kurtzman Trek, we had Berman Trek, and he managed things pretty badly, leading, in my opinion, to the decline of the brand in the 2000s.