Spiffy

Good morning!
I’m checking my email, while the kid’s sausage sizzles on the Foreman Grill, and I was sent a link to this story on Trek Galaxy. It’s an interview with Rick Berman, about Nemesis. It’s a good article, and I call attention to this section:


STM. We know now that Kate Mulgrew and Wil Wheaton will appear in Star Trek: Nemesis as Admiral Janeway and Wesley Crusher, respectively. How did their appearances come about? ”
Berman: “John Logan, who wrote the script, very much wanted Kate to portray an admiral that we had and Kate was delighted to do it. We have a wedding in the movie and guests at the wedding include Wil Wheaton and Whoopi Goldberg.”
STM: Did anyone have to twist your arm to get Wheaton back in there? He’s been under the impression that you didn’t like him.
Berman: “You know, that’s so funny because somebody else told me that. I can’t imagine why anybody would think that way. I’m very fond of Wil. Somebody else, not someone from the press, said to me, “Wil is very interested in being in the movie, but we hear you don’t like him.” I can’t imagine where that came from.”
STM: Actually, it came from Wil. He’s said that he lost favour with you because of the way he left Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Berman: “That could not be farther from the truth.”
STM: The wedding, as we all know, is between Deanna (Marina Sirtis) and Riker (Jonathan Frakes), so it seems like an ideal opportunity for Majel Barrett Roddenberry to reprise her role as Lwaxana. Will she be back? ”
Berman: “Nope. There’s a plot point I don’t want to give away, but there’s a reason.”

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183 thoughts on “Spiffy”

  1. Well, we’ll all look forward to seeing the movie when it comes out.
    Enjoy those sausages.

  2. OK, not once, not twice, not even three times but the last FOUR times I’ve been to WWDN, Wil had just posted something and then was either 1 or 0 comments. I’m positive that means nothing to anyone, but it’s really freaking me out.
    -s

  4. Well, you know, we samurai types are quick. (; (Or just happen to be playing online before it’s time to go into the office…)

  5. Hehe…
    I for one cant wait until the movie comes out..
    Although I’m starting to wonder if my wife will get very upset or not.. She had enough problem with the way Voyager ended and how they wrot

  6. *Mutters* Preview button Syndrome… Too close to the post button.. *L*
    Just was about to finish my thought on the way they wrote the Admiral Jayneway character in the Voyager final…. Was not really something I liked… or hope to see in a movie. Lets hope for a better Admiral this time.. *L*

  7. Hmm… A plot point that Berman doesn’t want to give away… Hmm…
    I got it!
    Luxanna Troi isn’t at the wedding because Wesley kills her!
    Wouldn’t that be a sight to see?

  11. I’m sorry to comment on the full interview rather than the bit that really interests us (about Wil), but this is bothering me: Berman takes full credit for the opening theme of Enterprise. Is he mad? Does he want to be hunted down and smacked?!

  14. Hmmm…so, Wil, should I believe things are cool with you and Rick Berman? I dunno-that seems like the classic denial “no, really, everyone’s happy” answer.
    I am definitely looking forward to this movie though.

  16. ymous_annon said: “Was Berman pissed at Roddenberry?”
    If he didn’t, he’d be the one writer who wasn’t at some point…Roddenberry (and it’s not like I knew him or anything, this is all from what I’ve read) defended his standpoint on the show diligently, and that’s putting it mildly–so, yeah, he’d butt heads with the other writer’s now and again.
    But he was usually right. 😉

  17. “Kate Mulgrew and Wil Wheaton will appear in Star Trek: Nemesis as Admiral Janeway and Wesley Crusher, respectively.”
    Respectively? Thanks for clearing that up. I was confused for a second there.

  18. Wil Wheaton _is_ Admiral Janeway. Kate Mulgrew _is_ Wesley Crusher… in STAR TREK XI: A LITTLE FAUX PAS WITH THE TRANSPORTERS
    At cinemas from April 1st.

  20. WOW,,Wil agreed with my comment (about Spudnuts
    being one of the best things at WWDN) I feel so
    honored…SIR..you WERE being honest..right?
    YES,,bring on “THE MOVIE”!! The reason we love this site is in somones post..(sorry forgot
    exactly WHOM)…
    THE GREY MATTER LIVES!!!
    Group Hug required here..

  21. Wil, just want to say that you’re the greatest. I’ve been laughing out loud at the last few entries — it’s a great thing to be able to do that at work. It’s a pleasure, as usual.

  22. The boys can’t have sugary breakfast cereal, but you feed them sausage?
    As a creative person, Berman’s a good politician.

  23. > Um…we’re not talking about the same movie any more, are we?
    Maybe not, but it could be a winner. Someone call Paramount! This could be a blockbuster!
    (Or, more likely, straight into the bargain bin _at_ Blockbuster… in fact, straight into the “look, we don’t care, if you being these back we’ll get really tetchy because we don’t want the buggers” bin.)

  25. No Majel? And I was so looking forward to a full frontal Betazoid wedding.
    I love the smell of sausages in the morning. It smells like……
    cholesterol.

  26. Heh. That’s a good one. “I never had anything against Wil.” Mmmm hmmm. I guess Berman is just proving he fits into the Hollywood stereotype. And people occasionally ask me why I didn’t go to California?

  27. ACK! Wil… some of us are trying to avoid spoilers for Trek X – can you pleeease label them or something?
    That said… did anyone really expect Berman to come out and say “Oh yeah, I was a shit to Wil in the past?” lol 😉

  30. I was just kinda wondering how well cheese racing would work on a George Foreman. Since it’s the only sort of grill I’m likely to have anytime soon. . . .off topic. . . tired. . .time for class. . .YAY Star Trek X. . can’t wait to see it. . . have friends who are sick of hearing about it. . . again, time for class *sigh* *dashes off*

  31. Wil, I just stumbled across your blog, and I have to say, it rules. I’m also 29, so I can relate. Keep up the great work. 🙂

  32. ok I wanted to see the movie ever since you said you were going to be in it but knowing that Whoopie Goldberg is going to repirse her role as Guinen makes me wanna be the first in line.

  34. What about Mark Hamil? What’s he going to be in this movie?
    Damn Berman doesn’t give any hints as to where Mark is, does he?

  36. Fredster…
    I’m always about the cheese!
    You cannot wish the death upon the cheese much like I cannot wish death upon your spectacles and sports coats!
    Flag on the play!

  37. What the fuck is this constant George Foreman Grill shit?
    Why not buy a couple hunnert and put a 38-cent WFS bumper sticker on it and sell it on your merchandise page as the Wil Wheaton William Fucking Shatner George Foreman Grill?
    Or better yet, paste a photo of Scott Bakula next to the WFS sticker and get Corey Feldman to sign each one.
    Then it can be…
    The Wil Wheaton William Fucking Shatner Bakula’s Package Corey Feldman-autographed George Foreman Grill.
    And then we haven’t even talked about where Vanna and her hook fit into this whole cooked meat scenario? Can you say Ron Popeil/Wheel of Fortune rotisserie chicken?
    You celebs are thick as bricks.
    Have you learned nothing from the world of high business finance and global business corporation mergers and takeovers business?
    One celebrity’s stock falls… you buy him out.
    Why don’t you OWN Corey Feldman?
    Your stock is on the rise.
    Acquire.
    Don’t just stand there waiting for a paycheck…
    Move!
    I would never, ever buy the George Foreman Grill. Ever. But I sure as fuck would buy a grill which could crisp my breakfast links under the steaming, tallow-spattered visage of Bakula’s Package.
    Think big.
    We are the public.
    We have money.
    And we are not at all smart about how we spend it.

  38. I was on the exercise bike this morning, and caught the last couple of minutes of The Curse.
    I only have one question.
    The end of the movie, after the old farmer gets a pitchfork in the breadbasket, Zach Hayes (Wil) and the mysterious stranger try and escape the house sinking into the earth. Naturally, you climb the stairs, but when you reach the door at the top of the stairs, the door explodes. Naturally…
    What I found was interesting was how enthusiastically the mysterious stranger grabs and hugs Zach – I suppose in an attempt to save him from door-schrapnel. I suppose one could argue that his enthusiasm was just a cover for his unyielding desire for Uncle Willy.
    Thoughts?

  39. Send Berman a “Wil Farking Wheaton” coffee mug. Sounds like his comments were code for “he’s ok, hire him” to other producers. Or he saw the same Jack Benny biography….

  41. Re all this showbiz stuf:
    The kids are Nolan and Ryan.
    Nolan Ryan is a pitchre.
    Wil si in a profession that makes piteches.
    ITS AN EVIL CONSPIRACY!!!!!11
    And I didnt even need kEvin Bacon to connect the dots.
    –NT

  42. Uhmm Will.. I think you need to submit your results for the photoshop contest.. you have something awful in a tizzy!

  44. Hey does everbody agree that there will truely be a wedding between Riker and Deanna?? I have a weird feeling that it could just be some kind of dream seqence…or something not quite real in the movie.

  48. Ok, or maybe Rick Berman is suffering from a severe recto-cranial inversion. We may never know.
    Anyway, this post made me wonder if anyone who reads this was active on the Star Trek BBS on Prodigy back in 1992. I wrote a parody song about Lwaxana using the tune Roxanne by the Police, but I can’t quite remember how it went.
    Lwaxana,you don’t have to doff that dress tonight!
    Naked in a mudbath,
    You don’t care if it’s wrong or if it’s right..

  49. Am also glad that Deanna and Riker are heading for the alter…but yeah, kinda suspicious that it’s the real thing. So Berman says all is well regarding Wil…also suspect. Must be national paranoia day this side of the 49th. All this talk of sausages has made me hungry. mmmm…

  50. Or maybe Rick Berman doesnt like Wil because Wil has a major attitude problem.
    Grow the fuck up, Wil.

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