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Wil Wheaton Says He was Vilified by Star Trek Fans for His Opinion on the New Movie

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By GustavoLeao / 16:30, 28 July 2008 / Star Trek: Nemesis

Comicmix posted the third and final part of their extensive interview with Star Trek The Next Generation actor Wil Wheaton. Here are few excerpts from the interview.

Regarding his recent criticism of the new Star Trek movie, Wheaton said "I recently wrote that I was worried about the new Star Trek movie being good, and I was vilified by Star Trek fans for having the temerity for expressing an opinion about this.  Like I don't deserve to have an opinion about this." 


"It was like I farted in church. It was just like the very few times I wrote anything political. It's as if, because I was a celebrity at one time, I'm not allowed to have these opinions as a voter and as an American."

Asked about how he writes a story, he said "Recently I've tried to describe the story in one sentence.  Kind of like I'm pitching it to myself. Let's see, if I was to pitch my first Star Trek manga, it was "Kirk tries to stop a civil war before it becomes a generations-long conflict."


"Obviously, there's more to it than that, but in that kind of situation I don't have to worry about the characters because I know who they are. I don't have to make them up."


"There's another story that I'm working on right now and I'm still figuring out the characters. I know what's going to happen to the guy who is the main character, but that's just like putting gas in the tank and stepping on the pedal. The subsequent journey is about how this guy reacts to and shapes the events around him and how he changes. Once I get that one-sentence thing down, then I start thinking about the characters and who they're going to be."

The full interview is here



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RE: I don't villify him for worrying about it being good. | Report this post to moderator
By: OkeydokeyObi (Odo's file, contact) @ 14:59:31 on Jul 30, 2008 | Edit History (1)

I can honestly say that until I first read the "you're just jealous" response a few weeks ago on another Will Wheaton discussion, I had never thought about wishing I was on the show instead of him. Not once. I was 13 when TNG came out and as I have said before, I never really had an opinion of him one way or the other. I thought the last episode he was on (when he hooked up with some pseudo american indians and went off with the traveller) was completely awkward. Wesley acted like a total jerk in that one, and I am quite certain that's the only time I ever had an opinion of his character, one way or the other. I don't really think of him as a principal character that needs to be on the show or in a movie.

No, it's only recently that I have formed a negative opinion of him, primarily through the occasional blog reading but also through interviews. I don't have anything against him, I just have a feeling that I wouldn't like him very much in person. And he really does put himself out there with that blog so im pretty confident in saying that.

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The dog is a gentleman; I hope to go to his heaven, not man's. -Mark Twain


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