tbh, i’m not sure you’re correct. most other franchises are either more devicive or do not have the same cross generational appeal.
Star wars is highly devicive
Stargate was widely loved but currently only exists for a single generation
BSG was great but didnt achieve the same culture permiation that star trek did
if your updates included a new kernel try installing the kernel headers for the new kernel.
then if it’s still not working reinstall the nvidia driver.
i used to daily drive debian with proprietary nvidia drivers and it would break with every kernel upgrade
from memory, so almost certainly incorrect, the fix was simply something like
sudo apt install linux-headers-`uname -r` && sudo reboot