Comment on "Star Trek is dying." How would you sell it to a younger audience?
ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 1 week agoI’m struggling to find it now, but I read a Jonathan Frakes interview last year (I think) where he expressed a similar sentiment.
Basically, he said that the fans that he sees at conventions are getting noticably older, and there aren’t as many younger people joining the fold.
hopesdead@startrek.website 1 week ago
He would be a better judge of that observation. However I was at STLV last year and there was a sizable number of younger fans (especially those who are teenage). Maybe not a lot.
ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 1 week ago
Sure, I don’t think anything is absolute. But I think there’s a general impression that as the older fans literally die off, there aren’t enough younger ones to replace them, let alone expand the popularity of the franchise.
hopesdead@startrek.website 1 week ago
I think PRO is a step in the right direction.
ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 1 week ago
Agreed, though it seems unlikely that we’re going to get any more of it, sadly.