I don't understand the hatred for the Abrams movies. What was there, 1 and 1/2 good Star Trek movies in over a dozen attempts before then? Star Trek was always a TV franchise, and the only way to have it be a viable film franchise was to do exactly what they did.

The movies weren't what killed the franchise - it was Discovery, Picard and the rest.

In fact the movies could have reinvigorated the franchise had they been paired with another TNG, Voyager or DS-9 style series set 30 years after TNG which was in that same cerebral, thoughtful, hopeful vein as classic Trek. The dumber, flashier movies would have been a great "gateway drug" to "Real Trek" on the TV to keep the "True Trek" fans happy, and probably would have subsidized the whole operation. Those movies were pretty decent for what they were.

I don't understand the hatred for the Abrams movies. What was there, 1 and 1/2 good Star Trek movies in over a dozen attempts before then? Star Trek was always a TV franchise, and the only way to have it be a viable film franchise was to do exactly what they did.

The movies weren't what killed the franchise - it was Discovery, Picard and the rest.

In fact the movies could have reinvigorated the franchise had they been paired it with another TNG, Voyager or DS-9 style series set 30 years after TNG which was in that same cerebral, thoughtful, hopeful vein as classic Trek. The dumber, flashier movies would have been a great "gateway drug" to "Real Trek" on the TV to keep the "True Trek" fans happy, and probably would have subsidized the whole operation. Those movies were pretty decent for what they were.