WIL WHEATON dot NET: 1.5

Congrats Wil! BTW, best Hannuka gift I got this year was a wwdn mouse pad (my friend knows me so well)

Some how i dont think anyone will mind.
Most of us want you to finish the thing so we can read it.
Editors are mean arent they.

damnit nearly first!

I'm sure it will be great. I can't wait to read it.

-pygmy

Yeah!!! Awesome news! I can't wait to see the finished product!

Mojo mojo mojo (maybe it'll make the process go faster *grin*)

Ok so....I just won "The Last Prostitute" & "December" on ebay yesterday, im so freaking excited. The Last Prostitute is such a good movie, i havent seen it in years.

Anywho to this book. I dont read...i mean...i can, but im very picky about books. I dont think i have read a book since high school and that was about 6 yrs ago. I am really really looking forward to your book Wil. I have never in my life been so anxious to read a book. EVER! Good luck with the "red letters" and cant wait for the finished goods!

Lisa Marie

LoL... I'm in college, and an English major to boot, and trust me, grammar is one of those things that eludes damn near everyone...

Oh yeah and one more thing, i love how in your "Watch" section you have "Toy Soldiers" as the movie. THAT MOVIE ROCKS! I own it, and i cried when you...well i wont say it for the few that havent seen it. Its one of my favorite movies of all time.

Ok im done, i promise.

Lisa Marie

Hey, sometimes we wait for days for a Blog entry. So what's wrong with a few days of intense typing for the HMIC?

This monkey finds it inspring. Gonna go type now.

hoo-hah, Is that your impression of Pacino? Not bad. Here's mine: Hey F**k you, okay mane?

Bring on the book!

Oh, I should add,

Don't let some editor's version of English Grammar screw up the voice of your work.

The writer is the artist, man, and if, for example, "Best. Thing. Ever." aren't complete English Grammar Sentences, who gives a rat?

So use your editor's notes as a guideline, not as a Gospel. (You knew that, didn'tcha?)

Congratulations, you're another step closer to publishing. "Writing for the WWDN will probably be a little light for the next few days." Just a few days? It must not be so bad after all. Surely we'll be seeing your book in the first quarter of 2003?

Someone once told me that a good way to edit is to read your writing out loud. Even though written English is different than spoken English, when reading, most people are actually speaking the words in their mind. You know, some folks actually move their lips (which really slows down your reading speed). So if it doesn't sound right, it doesn't read right.

Good luck! Sending you positive energy ~~~~~>!

WOO-HOO!!!

****Red letter manuscript revision mojo****

Aww...Poor Pimp Daddy Wil!!
He finally gets the "bloodied" up draft back. From yet another English major about to take a walk down that long aisle (go me!) to another writer (go you!), let me tell you now, editors will never be happy with your final product. Even when you've done all you can and you've changed everything they've told you to change, there will always be something else...
I just HAVE to know (because this is the way my weird, copyediting/proofreading mind works), did they give you a list of the actual copyediting/proofreaders marks so that you could translate what they were telling you? Do you know what a # means? Oh forget it...pass it here...I'll help you translate...

MOJO MOJO MOJO !!!!!!!!!

I watched you get your ass shot off in Toy Soldiers last night. Love the Soprano's accent. Why didn't you just shoot that guy?? You had a perfect shot!

Congrats! I loved the WDHM reference. Here's one of my favorite sites to haunt: http://www.doombuggies.com
Cheers!

Hey Wil when can we expect the book to hit shelves and will you come to Seattle to promote it?

yay, manuscripts! hurrah!
so, presumably, wil, the reason they called you and asked you to plug their book to us is that your interview might be one of the "favorites" that's going into their book? or is that just wishful thinking?

Congrats on getting to the next step in the book. Since your an almost published writter now, you want to write a 15 page paper for me on the Roman Empire? *Looks up with hope in her eyes* C'mon, you know you want to.

Wil, your right, that is absolutley hilarious. Well worth pimpin'. Please accept my thanks on the day of your of your getting back the red letter version of your book. And may your first book be a masculine book.
"Grammar for fscking idiots 1101" I took that last semester..it sucks.
Good luck with the book...hear from ya later.

I'm so glad they used the pseudonym "Dave Shore" when they wrote that article, so that no one would know the name was actually "BURNS!"
What? Oh, Jesus Fuck, I've let the cat out of the bag!

A thoroughly satisfying post. Well done Wil.

Wil's happy again! Yay!!!

Laughing my fscking ass off, by the fscking way, at that fscking funny piece of fsck, shst dsmn fsck

:)

Very descriptive...are you in the Onion book or do we fall head over heels knowing the book contains an interview with Pauly Shore...ha!

Dood that was funny :)
enjoyed much :)
I agree with Jake. You must come to Seattle to promote your book! big old book tour for wil!!!!

I just might have to buy the Onion book. And alot of other things from that website. Loved the story, made me laugh at work. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing!

Tiana

And after my parking ticket last week, I say, "RIGHT ON!"

i'd like to hear dan rather recite that copy!...that's the real news man...that's the kind of language we need to hear more of in presidential press conferences...come to think of it...it's already there if you read between the lines.

Well shit my britches and call me a fuckin potato butt...Good for you Wil!

The onion bit was pretty lame.

Good luck getting your book revised! Grammer has always been one of those concepts that has eluded me. Can't wait til it comes out!

The Toy Soldiers link--I bought that a couple of weeks ago (enjoyed the movie very much, by the way), and recognized the ensemble in the first few scenes as the same one from the "embarassing 80's shot" that was making the rounds a few months ago.

So, just curious, dude, why take the hit for that photo? I mean, it's a promo shot, right, and you're in costume? There's gotta be a way to say "Sure I'm a geek and proud of it, but that particular photo is not evidence of my general geekitude, because it's a promo shot for a movie--not my real clothes." Or words to that effect.

Ah, grammar schmammer. Your monkeys just want the book!

This is easy. Wait until you have to decide which picture of yourself to place on the book cover. I'm sure the good people at Fark would lend you a hand in deciding.

Parking tickets suck.

Here's to future cheesey book signing photos!

Oi Shpeaks goodd Ingerlish Oize duz....

I dont think many right thinking people (who are sick and tired of being told by right thinking people etc) will notice the grammar unless it is on a Slack-jawed-yokel level....It's not..Is it..?

*watches belief system crumble*

Anyway, Anticipation Much?

I think...yes

quote: "I pet my cat as I typed this, by the way, just to get the right mood."

So does that mean you're stroking your pussy? ;) ;)

(ducks and runs)

Since you are such an Onion god, see if you can get back "Ask Sir Mix-A-Lot."

Wow.. Wil's pimping worked :) I ordered a copy of the onion book.. I got it from buy.com though, since it was only $10 with free shipping..

Should be a cool coffee-table book :)

Thx Wil!

..eagerly awaiting the release of your book...

I just laughed my ass off at that Onion article. Just today I actually got a parking ticket when I left my car for 10 min! It was just too relevant. heh heh

Can't wait to read the book Wil! Good luck with the revisions.

Oh god. I'm crying I'm laughing so hard. I remember when I first read this I was in class and couldn't stop laughing. I had to get up and leave. FUNNY!

Mr. Wheaton, I'd just like to reiterate that YOU RAWK.

I mean, it's not enough that you were on TNG, and in some cool movies, but now you're all grown up, a real responsible human being not holding up liquor stores like some other former child actors we could mention...

But you're also a great writer, you're into frikkin' OINGO BOINGO, and now you're quoting from the frikkin' HAUNTED MANSION.

Did I mention that you rawk? I said that. OK.

Hay Will,

Glad to see that you didn't disappoint all us monkey's today.

I read your message before you added the additional stuff and was a little concearned...

I hoped that you were not sitting at your computer playing games feeling sorry for yourself...

You, "unlike the ASS HOLE i shall not mention" have earned the respect of the entire "Geek" community. You have earned that because of the type of person you are...

Sorry, but in regards to that whole thing from earlier this week... "If you can't change it, you can't control it, the only thing left is to FUCK IT!!!"

By the way do you really read all this SHIT???

Let me know...

ROFL...ok, I see why you laughed your butt off at the Onion article. *cackle*

*lotsa red-marking, book-editing mojo* Good luck with the red marks and no worries on the light blog-posting!

Oh yeah, you gonna come to Seattle to promote it when it finally hits the shelves?? ;)

Congrats on the book Wil! Wab't wait to read it and thanks for the autographed pic!

Ashley

Your editor "works for free because he's such a great guy"? I hope you mean that he's someone you know who's doing a line-edit job on this before the MS goes out to the publisher or something. You're not going the vanity press route, are you, Wil?

Yog's law: Money flows *to* the writer. You shouldn't have to pay anyone to publish your stuff, especially since you've developed a good voice and already have a reputation that could do very pretty things to your future sales numbers.

I could rant further, but all you really need to know is here:

http://www.sfwa.org/beware/

Great news about your manuscript... My friend has a mantra - "there is no good writing, only good re-writing". :) Grammar is never anyone's forte.

I was reading a couple of reviews of Nemesis, and it seems that you are listed in the credits (one even said you had a 'cameo'. Maybe some of your scenes made it in the movie after all. :) I certainly hope so.

Hahah, that's a good one wil, although I think the first time I saw Herbert Kornfield was the funniest thing they've ever done :-)

Nice story. Sounds so familiar...

If it makes you feel better, I'm wearing a T-Shirt to the Las Vegas Nemesis premire tonight that says...

Oh my God! They cut Wesley!

You BASTARDS!

Well, when this book hits the New York Best Seller's list and you make mega bucks from it, I hope you send a note to (Rick = Richard = DICK) farking Berman and smear the shiznit all in his face!

Ya know, I graduated from high school in '93 and truly don't recall reading any books since then. Looks like it's time to start. Yep!

aww, fuck. :)

That one is pretty damn funny. Thanks for sharing it.

My favorite News in Brief of all time is "Hamburglar Urges Senate Subcommittee to Robble Robble Robble." Happily, they included it in their archive pages.

http://www.theonion.com/archive/archive_nib06.html

Congrats Wil!
That's got to feel pretty damn good!

That's awesome.. I think I remember seeing the Parking Ticket bit before. However, the funniest Onion bit ever is here:

http://www.interface-design.net/theonion.htm

As a tech support person, it's even funnier :).

Anyway congrats on your book, Wil. If you need more free editors, I'd be happy to help. I am Ms. Anal - when it comes to grammar.

Wow, Wil! Congrats... That's got to feel really good (knowing how good it felt to finish the 80+ page first draft of a thesis chapter...) Way to go, and your posse's just waiting to rip it off the printing presses!

And EnglishBen, don't make me have to start singing "Oi've Got a Brand-New Coimbine 'Arvester", or we'll *all* be sorry... ;)

Speaking AS the editor, I can assure you that I didn't edit the life out of Wil's book. I'm as much a fan as anyone else.

The Onion story is hilarious. My favorites of all time are the one about the "Super Monkey Collider" and "Madeleine Albright Visits Some Totally Fucked-Up Nation". Remember either of those? Alas, both have long since disappeared from the archives. Maybe Uncle Willie can get them back...

Parking tickets suck!

Re: The Onion story

It never fails to Amaze me how loud the "GUILTY" yell!

the onion is brilliant! i only wish i were as clever as they are. i'm going to print 'shit parking ticket fuck' b/c that's just too funny to NOT have on the fridge.

thanks for pulling the strings.

"In it, he told me that they've collected some of their favorite AV Club interviews, and put them together in a book called "Tenacity of the Cockcoach."

Cockcoach? I think that is probably the worst job I can think of. "C'mon team...you can do it...aw screw it." ;)

oh, and my fave came from the question section right after 9/11 (too f.in hilarious how they rotate the same photos) and it was a ? like "should flight attendants have guns?" and one of the guys answered in a way that was like, "shit yeah they should, that way they could say, "i SAID put your motherf.in tray in the locked and upright position...." or something to that affect. i laughed so hard and my 87 year old grandma sure got her kicks from it, as well!

That. Was. Hella. Funny.

Yes,that Onion article is rather funny, one of my favorites, but mostly because I had a friend perform it onstage once. A farking riot, lemme tell ya!
But I figured if you thought that was good, I have a site here you might also like, its along the same line of humor.

www.1001insomniacnights.com

There are several parts to it, click on timeline to get to the goods. Anyway, it was something that I found and thought I would share.
Cheers!

Holy cow, that was the funniest thing I've read in awhile. Just what I needed to take the stress off finals. Thanks :D

*falls over laughing*

My favorite Onion article (will be always and forever) is the one about putting Christopher Reeve on top of the Washington Monument.

Classic.

Wil:

Thanks for the heads up on the Hm site-that's hysterical! I thought I was the "only" that loves the Haunted Mansion! Fugget about the
grammar-if Junior and his destruction of the
English language can be in the WH-you can write a book!

By the way-TNN ran the STNG where the Borg turn Picard into a Republican-sorry-a half Borg-and
when Riker gives the order to crash into the Borg ship-the look on Wesley's face is priceless-
"oh S###-he's serious!"

Patrick Stewart should have gotten an Emmy for that show and the episode with his brother-great
acting!

Good luck with the blue marker, Wil!

Jesus Fuck you cant post that shit that makes me laugh that just fucks up my keyboard when I shoot pepsi out of my gawddamn nose on my fucked keyboard damnit!

The much anticipated 'Life and times of Uncle Willy' grows ever nearer!
(Puts on Mr Burns voice)

"Excellent"

Fuck!? Your favorite word?!

oh my head -- God bless the onion! i love that news story. i remember reading it once and nearly falling out of my seat. almost as funny as "Man Walks on Fucking Moon," which i still laugh just thinking about. thanks for getting them to send it to you and sharing it with wwdn readers. your pimping will pay off. we own all the onion books and i may just buy the new one on uncle willie's recommendation.

So will the book be available to those of us up in the "Great White North"? (That's Canada for those of you wondering). Can't wait to sink my teeth into the book.
Hopefully the pages are pre-seasoned? ;)

I'm off to see Star Trek: Nemesis! Bad script and worse bootleg reviews aside, I'm pretty excited!

35 bucks for an autographed pic? Man...wish I could get some one to give me thirty five bones for scribbling on a piece of photo paper.

Wil, your grammar does NOT suck. I would be overjoyed if all my students could write essays with as few grammatical mistakes as there are on WWDN.

Although you do use some of those funny American spellings. ;)

Hey Fucky! I was gonna boycott Star Trek Nemesis, but then i saw that your sorry ass got cut so now I'm waiting in line as I write this! You made me cut myself in STand By Me, and your character was killed (and rightfully so) in the first half hour of Deep Core. See you in the unemployment line jerk.

The Onion continues to score great hits like this! But yeah, this is just about perfect.

I should forward you my last F*cked Company sporadic in which Pud, our intrepid FC hero, gets shouted down at a techie conference. Its funny as hell and true too!

In fact, here's a link to it
http://home.pacbell.net/figan/PudsSporadic.htm

d. burr is right: The Onion article is even more funny if you imagine Dan Rather reading it. But don't take my word for it, go try it.

No seriously, right now.

Go.

** Pardon me for changing the subject of the thread... Wil, it was nice to see you in uniform this morning in ST:N. I'm sorry your dialogue was cut.

The Onion is excellent, so I applaud your taste in humour, sir. If you're feeling far out one time, and you'd like to try something ostensibly British (don't ask me why), check out the Framley Examiner, which is loosely based on local newspapers on this side of the pond.
http://www.framleyexaminer.co.uk

WORST STAR TREK MOVIE EVER!!!

You should be proud your dialogue was cut. I certainly wouldn't want to be associated with that abomination they call Nemesis.

It was just awful.

Fuck, my goddamned favorite Onion article has to be the fucking "O.J. Simpson" issue after that shitbag asshole was fucking found innocent, goddammit. Nearly every fucking article was about that dickhead fuck, with such great fucking headlines as "O.J. Simspon Denies Having Played Football." Shit, that was fucking good.

Of course, the "Our National Nightmare of Peace and Prosperity Is Finally Over" article (after Dubya stole the White House) was good, as was the classic "Christ Returns to NBA" article, complete with a picture of His Holyness doing the famed Ascension Dunk.

Wil, kudos for not even mentioning a certain movie that came out today. Maybe *I* shouldn't have mentioned it. I'm, reluctantly, going to check it out tonight and maybe I'll share my thoughts with the other Monkeys here tomorrow. If I weren't going with a buddy I haven't seen in ages I probably wouldn't bother at all. My wife's waiting to hear what I think. I'm not sure what you liked about the script you read, but the critics are not being kind.

Roger Ebert may have written the best review. He said what a lot of us have thought for awhile now. Here's the link:
http://www.suntimes.com/output/ebert1/wkp-news-startrek13f.html

Fuck.

Another excellent British humor (or is that humour? ;) site is www.thebrainstrust.com . It featured the fantastic headline "Foot and Mouth Breeds Homicidal Supersheep", or something like that...

Dear Mr. Wheaton:

I know your time is precious, so I'll reduce what would be a lengthy, poetic, eloquent and moving letter to basic "highlights":

1. I'm a lifelong fan. Even before STAND BY ME (which stands as one of the best movies ever made about childhood), I remember your performances in THE BUDDY SYSTEM and as the voice of Martin the rat in THE SECRET OF NIMH, and always admired your talent, humor, and intelligence.

2. I liked Wesley, and don't understand why the character has such a bad "rap". (Isn't it true that during the run of the show, you received more fan mail at Paramount than either Michael J. Fox or Bill Cosby?)

3. I'm anxiously awaiting your new book! Though it's not my day job, I'm an asipiring writer myself, and just published my first novel this past October. (I'll spare you the details of the book itself. Of course, all the good reviews are true, while the bad reviews don't know what the hell they're talking about.)

4. I know a copy editor in NY who works VERY cheaply, and am best friends with a graphic designer -- both might be able to assist you with anything if you needed it. They were invaluable resources with helping me get my book off the ground.

5. Happy holidays, and my best regards for your future endeavors!

Kindest regards,

Adam McDaniel
www.adammcdaniel.com

Ha. I love that parking ticket bit.

-Resident Kitten Killer

'Boy, are there a lot of red letters! I need to go back to college in a big way, and take a "Grammar for fscking idiots" class.'

Heh - see what reading too much Slashdot gets you Wil? :-)

Good luck with the book.

CY

Hope the book turns out well man! Oh, and 'Watch' 'Toy Soldiers', wernt you in that? Oh, heh yes you were, and I thought it was a great movie. Thats a different cover shot then I have on my VHS, but hey thats cool.. wait Im rambling about nothing.. ok then

Wil - I just saw nemesis and you were in fact in it after all! No speaking parts, but there's several shots where you're clearly visible...

I'd say the film was a bit better than Insurrection, but nowhere near first contact. I'm off to see it again in a few hours though... :)

I read in a slashdot comment (so it must be true!) that Brent Spiner said on MTV that there would likely be more ST movies if this one was a financial success... so perhaps it isn't the end after all.

Wil, quite glad to see you in several wedding shots in "Nemesis" and with a cast credit in the film (I stayed late to specifically check). Were you expecting this?

Folks, if you see the movie, do NOT explain every plot development to your clueless-about-Trek girlfriend and wife. It will only piss off the Trek fan who is sitting to the right of your wife.

As has been stated, you were in "Nemesis." I stopped paying attention to what was going on during the wedding scene to look specifically for you. It's too bad you weren't more visible or focused on. I feel like I know you, and to see you on a real, live movie screen would just be cool.

Anyway, I thought the movie was pretty good (I totally did not realize that was Dina Meyer as the Romulan), but it's the only Star Trek movie I've seen in its entirety. I think it will be a financial success, which might mean you get to be in the next film. Now that would be cool.

Wil,
It takes alot of patience to write a good book. I hope nobody ever holds their breath, waiting for me to write one. Since school I no longer revise. I know your book will turn out fine because most of the things you have put your mind into have turned out good.
By the way, your twin brother was shown in the new star trek movie. He did not speak but he was shown. It was worth seeing because, to me, it was a fun way to spend a part of my day. Those editors and directors are so unpredictable.

FG

Wesley got some screen time (even if it was w/out dialogue). What I don't understand is why they cut Ashley Judd (unless those damn Star Trek chat rooms were lying to me all along). Yeah Wil!

Wil,

I just noticed that you set your "Watch" graphic to be "Toy Soldiers".

This is ironic because I just saw it again last weekend on cable, and wanted to ask you about it.

In the scene just before you die, you beat up a guard and take his gun. Then you run outside and get killed! What WERE you thinking? You had the drop on the sucker! You just waved your gun around while the fsker pulled out his gun and blew you away! You KNEW there were guards outside.

Even if you didn't want to shoot him from behind the door, you still should have been able to blow him away, prop him back up, and blow him away AGAIN!

Kids today. Just don't know when to camp.

;P

I went to see Nemesis today in montreal friday 13th for the premier at 1pm with 2 of my friends (WE'RE DIE HARD TREKKERS) and we loved it. We were looking for you WIL but I've known your site for quite a while and I was aware that you wouldn't be there. Well I liked everything except that DATA had to give his life to save Jean-Luc Picard and Enterprise-E, I thought they did a backup of DATA on to B-4 and that it would then be used to restore Data into B-4's body but I'm not sure I understood that part but is B-4's singing Data's song a sign that Data will be back ?? I was surprised to see that at 1pm when movie theatres are not so crowded well for Nemesis it was sold-out meaning the movie is going to do well I hope and it also means there'll be an other movie.

Thanks Wil!!

Wil,

saw you in nemesis...how could they not explain how your character was there in a starfleet uniform? and whats up with the wraith of khan rewrite (world destroying type weapon...major character dies, yet his memories/consciousness are saved)

Mccoy - spock
B4 - Data

and wheres my "Don't worry, its dark in hell too" line from riker?

i hope the DVD is full of xtras....good to see you in the beginning scene though

Hold up. Isn't there some sort of contract that there are going to be six movies total anyway? What is everyone so worried about? (Starts sweating from nervousness) I can't live without my TNG.

On a lighter note, you're ageless, Wil. I saw you on The Weakest Link and you in no way looked 30 years old, dude. I guess that's a good thing.

Way to go, Wil! You'll be the next Stephen King or Michael Crichton! When you get the book published you have to have a huge splashy book signing. Please let your loyal friends at WWDN know cause I want one too!
(Preferably at night cause I work!)

LOVED the piece from The Onion!!!!!

:)

Scott

Pissed that you didn't get to go to the Premier. Waiting very anxiously for the book. Trying to help convince local conventions that you would make a great guest.

Oh well for everyone there is cool website you all should visit.

www.actsofgord.com

It's the stories of a man that used to own a video game store. I work in the Game Industry and currently work in a game/hobby store. I can so believe his stories because I want to strangle at least one customer a day.

Amy

Hey, Wil! Long time reader, first time, uh... commenter. Yeah. So, thanks for the Onion bit, it's great. I got in a little trouble for trying to forward it to myself at work, but it made me giggle. Just got back from Nemesis, and my friends and I (who have a fundamental love for Trek, but aren't die hard Trekkies) were really pleased to see you in the reception scene. We'd gotten the impression that you were completely cut from the film, and it's great that you didn't! No lines, but you looked great! And you got your name in the credits anyway, so it's officially on the resume, right?

yaay i'm looking forward to that book! even though i have 2 books already on my nightstand and 5 other ones(most by Stephen King, and he just keeps writing more whew!) on a shelf so yours will be the 8th. but i think i'll read it before those 5 others. otherwise i'd never get to it! =D

I know a lot of people have said it, but I was so excited to spot you in Nemesis, I slapped a few people around me and made them notice that fuckin WIL was up there. God, they hated me, but it was worth it. I'm guessing they cut out dialog-y stuff, but just seein ya there was awesome, made the movie for me (That and the writing and mad fuckin CGI).

Just good to see ya, man. Snoogans.

-Satch

The worst about people editing stuff (for me, anyway) is I'm Canadian and we spell things different, and my American friends and Microsoft don't believe me when I say "It's 'Colour', dammit!" So at least you have spell checkers on your side, Wil. And grammar is just stupid =^^=;;

Wil,

that is the fucking funniest bit of fucking fuck I have ever read.

best wishes to you and your family....

lots of good mojo your way.......

Matt......

I just saw STNG: Nemesis and I was totally psyched to see you in the opening scene. I was suprised, since I thought from your blog you weren't in it at all. It would have been great to see more of Wesley, but I'm glad you got in for a bit!!!
I've been a fan of yours since Stand By Me and I was a computer geek/athlete who loved Wesley's character on ST. It was great to have such a smart young role model when I was younger. Your blog is great and I'm glad to see things are picking up for you.=)

Hey Wil,

I too was psyched to see you in the Wedding Table in Nemesis... but, sigh.

--SPOILERS--

The movie's writing left a lot to be desired. The cast made a noble effort to overcome the lameness and "does not compute" dialogue and plot twists. Excuse me-- Picard would freeze instead of disposing of the Bad Guy and trying to find a way to stop the Really Bad Thing from happening? Uh, no. And Data's exit was no "The needs of the many..." moment though I'm sure Brent wanted it to be. And why concoct a new race (whose name is based on an Earth myth-- puh leez!) and a new villian when there are many from any of the series you could bring back for recognition's sake?

So let Berman have his petty ways and his megalomaniac toys. He's broken the toys, as far as I'm concerned, which is a shame. You know who you are, Wil, and you're for real.

How does it feel to be on-screen, essentially in the background, with no dialogue, for about 2 minutes? How much does that pay?

Wil, dude -

I just saw you in Nemesis! :):)

Was this a new race? We've known for a long time the planet Romulus had a twin Remus. And there was a mention in the movie of the Remans participating in the Dominion War...so I wonder if they showed up on DS9....I missed most of the episodes from the last couple seasons of that, so I don't know.

As has been said...It was great to see Wil when I thought he had been cut completely. (Did you know, Wil, that you would be in the scene visually, or was this a surprise to you too?)

I rank this movie #2, after TWOK.

You're right. Data's exit wasn't the "needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few." Data's exit was "I will gladly sacrifice myself in order to save the life of my friend(s)." An equally powerful exit.

B4 has the knowledge and memories of Data, but from what I gathered, doesn't have the mental ability to process it. A "slow" Data, if you will. Perhaps he will "improve" himself over time.

The movie definitely leaves room to continue. Just as fans have pleaded for years for an Excelsior movie...perhaps there will now be an equal desire for a Titan movie. Or maybe they'll bring in the Voyager, DS9, or Enterprise casts...they have a lot of directions they can go.

And of course...as long as Trek is profitable, there will continue to be Trek. Paramount is a business, first and foremost. And Trek is their cash cow. To think anything else would be silly. They will beat the cow long past the time it becomes a dead horse.

So i went to see Nemesis last night (part of a double feature with Harry Potter) and I was impressed ... one of the better of the TNG films.

Anyway, I just wanted to say I was glad to at least see Wil in a couple of the wedding scenes (even if he didn't get to say anything) and see his name in the credits ... Berman is still one of the biggest asses on earth, but it was still nice to see Wil and his name. Which, upon reflection is sort of weird, yet cool ... really sort of the core of what this whole website is about.

Anyway, congrats Wil .. both for your brief appearance and on getting the draft of your book back.

I too was sad to see Data go. I think they introduced B4 for that exact reason, so that some form of Data could be in later movies (I mean, you can't kill someone like that off). He does have all of Data's memories, but too much time was spent by both Data and the others discussing how it is not the memories that make a person who he is. Data says something like, "B4 has my memories and is structurally similar to me, although he doesn't have the same quality of neural pathways, but even if he did, he would not be me." Therefore, the "true" Data has to be gone, although I think that B4 will fill his role in any future films. However, it wouldn't be right to call him "Data" since he's not really Data, so that will be something that will have to be worked out.

Yes, B4 is "slower" than Data. Towards the end when B4 was singing, I heard the people two rows behind me say, "They got the retarded Data." I feel sure he will be upgraded for future appearances, but the whole identity thing will have to be resolved.

I'm glad that dumbass rick berman left you in the movie for at least to scenes. So they were not speaking roles, but you were back in the Star Trek universe, and with a credit to boot. Can't wait for the DVD to come out so we can see your deleted speaking scene. This will only happen if Rick "Dumbass" Berman ever visits your site, and reads the comments that we have ALL wrote about him.

P.S. Goodluck with the re-writes. When it comes out as a movie, cut ALL of Rick Bermans scenes. And don't sell it to Paramount!

Glad to see the book thing is going well. :D

Just got back from seeing Nemisis. My friends and I cheered when we saw you on screen and again at your appearance in the credits.

And the finger each time Berman's name appeared onscreen. Cocksucker.

god damn fucking shit fuck that was funny!

Wil, I'm quite possibly a much bigger 30-year-old geek than you are. Or maybe I just have too much free farking time on my hands? Either way I got a good little chuckle out of that story from Onion...

But I did it in a geeky way ;)

First, I found this text to speech program over at download.com, this one to be exact:

http://download.com.com/3000-2248-10167938.html

I downloaded and installed the program, then I copied and pasted the story from Onion into the text window, and let the computer read the story out loud to me. I thought that was too funny!

I told you I have too much free time on my hands!!

WebNuT!

Wil,
OK, I hope this movie puts the ha, ha, ha, in your ho, ho, ho. You can not learn enough about drama or comedy. I still hate improvising.

FG

Wil,

He was probably just a parking officer doing tickets.

PS Glad I found a way to let you know how as a kid growing up with Star Trek, Wesley was inspiring to me. I'm glad to see you're doing good things with your life.

Anthony
anthony10851@yahoo.com

WIL!

About 4 of us, all Walt Disney World employees and loyal readers of WWDN, called in sick to go see Nemesis yesterday.

WE CHEERED AUDIBLY when you turned up onscreen- we thought you'd been cut completely. I also must note that we stayed through the credits to cheer again when your name popped up. Just wanted you to know that the crew here from Pirates of the Caribbean is lookin out for you!

The P-CREW

Shit! Fucking parking ticket! Fuck!

That sounds like a lot of the guys I know could have said that one

saw nemesis on Sat. .... picked you out almost immediately at the table... made the movie worthwhile... not that that's the only reason I think you're awesome... You go beyond Star trek... you're just... cool

To the people who spoiled the movie without warning...

YOU SUCK.

Hey Wil, you appear to very hostile young man. Perhaps if you're not a fan of parking tickets you should refrain from parking illegaly. Suck shit, dumbfuck.