They are on netflix now, and I have watched the first couple episodes with the kid....
Wesley Crusher was a highly functioning retard, wasn't he. Sort of a retard savant.
Ahhh, the future, where retards are allowed on the bridge.
Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 2:27 pm
by Leisher
I was not a Wesley Crusher fan. I'm honestly not sure why so many geeks munch on Will Wheaton's nuts.
Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 2:57 pm
by GORDON
Because a few years ago he started a blog and said SORRY YES I KNOW I MADE STAR TREK SUCK SORRY.
Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 3:27 pm
by Leisher
How does that translate into him being uber cool?
Sure, he stepped up and admitted his character dragged down the show (and don't get me started on Alexander!), but how does that one admission make him a nerd prince?
Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 8:01 pm
by Malcolm
He was on Star Trek when he was fucking ten or something. Your ass would've killed to spend time on a make-believe space ship for two seconds a day when you were ten.
Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 11:01 pm
by TPRJones
I think the main reason Wil became cool is because of his writing. The man can spin a nostalgic yarn like few others. And old geeks are very nostalgic.
Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 7:22 pm
by GORDON
Malcolm wrote:He was on Star Trek when he was fucking ten or something. Your ass would've killed to spend time on a make-believe space ship for two seconds a day when you were ten.
My ass paid $40 to be on a make-believe Enterprise-D bridge for 5 minutes at the Las Vegas Hilton when I was 34.
Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 9:38 pm
by Leisher
He was on Star Trek when he was fucking ten or something.
That doesn't make him Jesus.
To make a direct comparison, I don't see the geek universe worshiping Brian Bonsall or Marc Worden.
Truthfully, I don't hate Wesley centered episodes. I hated how they implied he was some sort of savior or the next evolution of humans. It was ridiculous and piss poor writing.
Still, I would watch a hundred Wesley episodes instead of one Alexander episode.
Your ass would've killed to spend time on a make-believe space ship for two seconds a day when you were ten.
I would today, but what does that have to do with anything?
I think the main reason Wil became cool is because of his writing. The man can spin a nostalgic yarn like few others. And old geeks are very nostalgic.
Ok, this seems like a legit answer. What has he written?
I've read the first two and liked them. Just a Geek is excellent. At least it is if you were into arcades, Atari 2600, Nintendo, Star Wars action figures, and that sort of thing as a kid. If not, then maybe not. I'm almost exactly the same age he is, and I suspect it's the nostalgia factor that really matters.
His blog is also often worth reading. He writes a lot about his family, and being a geek dad, which seems to resonate really well with many people.
Here's a video (part 1 of 5) of his keynote at PAX 2007 which was pretty good, and also gives you an idea of the flavor of what his writing is like. IMO it's also pretty good to watch just on it's own sometime: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8053106498373322993
Besides, did you see him on The Guild? He was so awesome! No one plays a complete dick quite as well as Wil Wheaton. Oh, sure, he's also been good on Eureka and Big Bang Theory, but The Guild is really where he's done his best work.
Seriously, though, I think it's just because he's turned out to be a good guy, he presses all the right nostalgia buttons, he's been willing and able to write some very personal and touching stuff that resonate with others of his generation, and while he's an actor and a writer and a celebrity it is also very clear that he is "one of us" in pretty much every way that phrase could be meant in reference to all levels of geekdom.
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Posted: Thu May 03, 2012 1:43 pm
by GORDON
The entire TNG cast recently got on stage together for the first time since the show ended, at some con.
Here is a bit about Wheaton talking about what an idiot he was:
It still holds up pretty well, but there are a lot of moments where you can see their lack of foresight.
My biggest criticism of the whole series, aside from it ending far too soon thanks to some dipshit executive at Paramount, is that season 7 SUCKED.
There were a couple of episodes that were good, but the rest weren't just mediocre, they were terrible.
The worst episode of the whole series was the one about warp fields damaging space.
The best? Best of Both Worlds.
Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 12:59 pm
by GORDON
That was a 2-parter, but really, the episode immediately after with Jean Luc going home was also brilliant, and it could surely be called a 3-part episode as a whole.
Posted: Fri Jan 17, 2014 12:40 pm
by Leisher
Two nerds break onto the sets when the show was filming and try to make their own documentary. They were eventually chased off set, and left their camcorder behind. This is that footage.
Did this not age well, or am I missing something. Never watched it, started at S1:E1 and am having a lot of trouble with the cornyness and build up with lack of follow through.
Separation during warp is extremely dangerous and no room for error.
Proceed to warp 9.5+ which is far beyond red line for the engines.
Begin separation.
Ship separates.
Good job everyone.
Why act like it's going to be a big deal, and then just do it with no fan fare. I expected a build up of suspense. Will it work? Will anything go wrong? Anything that put us on edge? Nope. Why bother acting like it's a big deal?
There was a man in a miniskirt. The ship did a hairpin turn while at warp speed.
Although, I can't wait to see Riker sit down.
Star Trek:TNG
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2018 11:37 am
by TheCatt
Did they ever separate again? Maybe once?
Star Trek:TNG
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2018 11:44 am
by Cakedaddy
They made a bigger deal of the reattachment. Everyone was all tense through the whole thing. Tense looks shared between each other, etc. The captain described it as a routine operation.
Riker seeing Troy. . . hilarious.
Star Trek:TNG
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2018 12:39 pm
by GORDON
Season 1 was corniest. S2 had the new doctor which no one liked. It really picks up season 3, and the "Fire" cliffhanger is considered one of the best in all of tv.
For you the suspense will last two minutes. For those of us who watched it live, it was nine months and no internet speculation.
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2018 12:42 pm
by GORDON
The biggest problem with TNG was Roddenberry. He was trying to make episodic 60s TV in the 80s. He had the fan base to get away with it... But most consider the 3-parter, which allowed a storyline time to expand a little... Some of the best.
When he died, most people consider the show got better.