Comments on: Wil Wheaton and Rod Roddenberry On Abrams Trek

By: Garovorkin

Garovorkin — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 01:29:51 +0000

I was never a fan of Wesley Crusher I hardly noticed when he left. when he did leave The Next Generation there wa’n't much of an outcry among the fans. at least none that I can recall hearing about. The sad part is that Will Wheaton can act, (does anybody remember Stand By Me?), but unlike other former trek alumni being typecast was not such a blessing. I haven’t seen him in anything substantial since his stint on The Next Generation. Which is to bad really.

By: Rusty

Rusty — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 02:41:35 +0000

Wheaton made a lot of good points there. And I totally agree with this being Star Trek’s last chance. This definitely needs to be awesome if Star Trek is going to make any sort of comeback into the modern media.

By: Edith Keeler

Edith Keeler — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 03:34:07 +0000

When did Wesley start shaving? I must have missed that.

By: Battletrek

Battletrek — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 09:17:19 +0000

People should really grow up.

By: Oregon Trek Geek

Oregon Trek Geek — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 23:05:14 +0000

I too thought that Rod’s comments were a tad ominous….

Wil Wheaton sure seems like a nice guy.

I’ve never heard of Bif Bam before, but that was a great video… :)

By: NZorak

NZorak — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 21:45:22 +0000

#25

I lost a first post a while back. Or maybe that was just Anthony editing it out since my comment was “First!”

Anyway, I’d like to point out that Wil Wheaton is the only man on the planet to have a copy of the Book of Exalted Deeds that is signed by all three of its authors. If that book sold as well as they tell us, that might actually mean something some day.

By: Mark Lynch

Mark Lynch — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 21:20:30 +0000

Or perhaps even a bridge officer…….. ;)

By: Mark Lynch

Mark Lynch — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 21:18:17 +0000

I think Wil Wheaton is a genuinely talented individual and I enjoyed his work on TNG.
His character got off to a poor start, which is more to do with the writers. But he (Wesley) eventually ended up being much better developed. It was a shame that Wil left when he did, as I think it would have been interesting to see the full development of the character from child to man against the backdrop of the ST universe.

Hey! I think it would be a great idea to have a part for Wil as a bridge office on the new Star Trek movie.
What about it JJ? He could even be an ancestor of Wesley’s….. :)

I oughta be a producer or something you know. ;)

By: mctrekkie

mctrekkie — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 20:15:05 +0000

The Wesley character, was, perhaps burdened with Eugene WESLEY Roddenberry’s vision of what he remembered or wanted to remember about the “Boy genius” mythos (Like Tom Swift… etc)

Perhaps the myth it needed a bit of an update for the 80’s and 90’s

I think I remember seeing Will Wheaton way back in either an Outer limits or a Twilight Zone or something- good stuff.

By: Closettrekker

Closettrekker — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 17:33:33 +0000

#45–”but, if you aren’t true to yourself, you’ll never attract someone that shares your interests.”

Very true, however I never meant to imply that I wasn’t. Star Trek was “one” of my interests (no one else I knew was a Trek fan), but it hardly defined me. I WAS a jock (and I’m still a HUGE sports fan), and dare I say a fairly popular guy. If I had known someone who shared my interest in Star Trek, it would have made it more enjoyable, but I did not. In fact, in my whole life, I have never met a person who loved Trek as much as I do, yet still shared enough of my other interests to warrant becoming close to them. My wife laughs at my interest in Star Trek, but that’s okay. My kids like it, and that’s great! They have become the Trek friends I never had (although they cannot seem to get behind TOS, the way their dad does).