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.”

183 thoughts on “Spiffy”

  1. Well I couldn’t leave the thread with THAT kind of negativity dangling there. Where did that come from, anyway?
    Let’s let the love shine in, shall we? Or at the very least, keep the snarkiness out.
    Berman is being very. . . diplomatic, it seems. But what could he say, really? Even if he didn’t like you, he’d be incredibly immature to exclude you because of it. AND if he didn’t like you, he certainly wouldn’t say it in an interview. Only a real arse would do that.
    Anyway. Feel the love, Mr. Wheaton (Sir!). No baseless, energy-wasting hatred here.
    be well

  3. wil sucks = rick berman
    or
    wil sucks = coward
    I am roughy.
    You can call me Russ, because that’s my real name and I don’t have to hide from the big bad and scarey Wil Wheaton.
    Do you? He’s really pretty average in stature as far as 20-somethings go.

  4. “We are the public. We have money.”
    Speak for yourself, dude. I’m in graduate school. I have student loans that could rival some mortgages. (;

  5. Artisticspirit said –“The last episode of Voyager seemed that every good writer jumped ship…Why is that?”
    That’s easy, cause the show wasn’t doing so well in ratings, they wanted to finish it. Since the show could have gone on for…well, quite a long time, they needed a quick fix.
    Startrek has always had a fixation on timetravel, and the paradoxes associated with it.
    So why not end the series that way?
    heh. 🙂
    Wil rules.
    Drax’n

  6. Well, and I’m only going to point this out once…Wil HAS admitted when he’s been wrong, or an outright jerk, and more importantly why.
    Roger Avary on his site even admits that he feels like he fucked over Wil–and feels bad about it.
    Big men admit when they’ve been assholes.
    My opinion.
    My name is Rob Matsushita, and I am an asshole.
    “Hi, Rob Matsushita.”

  8. I don’t have a problem with “wil sucks.”
    Celebrities need to be told they suck and that they need to grow the fuck up and they NEED to be photographed naked from a helicopter or have their “home videos” stolen and broadcast on the Internet.
    It’s all about balance.
    It keeps them centered.
    99.9% of the comments at this site for Television’s Wil Wheaton are overwhelmingly positive. I’d say our boy has turned the corner.
    TOO MANY people love him now.
    He needs to remember his roots.
    Remember where he came from.
    WWDN needs [email protected] and wil sucks.

  9. draxenn,
    Well they did a poor job of at least trying to be true to the character’s personality MO and history. It looked like really sloppy work. I loved Voyager flaws and all but that last show was painful to watch along with the last season.

  10. I have a problem with wil sucks.
    Sure the big-headed ego-maniac actors-wanna-be-writers-and-husbands-and-webmasters need to be told, but it’s just like any other form of constructive criticism…
    Have the common courtesy enough to give reasons and explanations and show some civility or find yourself ignored.

  11. I’m ok with Wil’s comments about Berman (which are obviously positive now), just as long as he doesn’t say “Rick Berman LIKES me!” when he accepts his first academy award.

  20. Suck your alloted portion of rocks.
    But do so with circumspection.
    Perspective.
    Wil is not our friend.
    He may be our leader.
    He may even be our god.
    But he is not our friend.
    Look at the person to your right.
    Now look at the person to your left.
    THEY are your countrymen. Your compatriots.
    And they gots your back.
    And when the shit finally does hit the fan, you know who you can count on.
    One of these days, celebrities and fans will tangle in the streets, barricades will be built. Battle will be joined.
    Who do you want in your foxhole?
    Wil Wheaton?
    Vanna White?
    George Foreman?
    Scott Bakula?
    Corey Feldman?
    Maybe you DO want one or all of them.
    But.
    They won’t be there.
    I will be there.
    Rob will be there.
    wil sucks will be there.
    Yes.
    Even [email protected] will be there.
    All of your fellow posters at WWDN will be there.
    Transcending national boundaries, sexual orientation, political ideology…
    We’ll all be clumped likewise for the throwdown-epic.
    But celebrities keep to their own.
    Who knows how they came amongst us…
    Were they carried here from some distant star, their seed born across a great expanse of eternal vacuum, finally to attain purchase on this barren rock?
    Sure, they are beautiful, but…
    They are not apes.
    As we are.
    Never forget that.
    Ever.

  21. Wil, So does that mean that you will considered for the next trekie movies? or possibly the next series? Also from the interview, it looks like your role is “with the wedding” Is that it? or are you in more of the movie then just the wedding? I mean any role is good, money is money, just I would like to see you in a more larger role thats all. l8r

  24. WTF????? Ok, I’m all for knowing SOME of what is going on, but it would be KINDA nice to not know (for those of us who are perpetually out of the loop for one reason or another, i.e., me!) who is getting married!!!!
    Ok, I’m done with the rant.
    Tangent: Can’t winamp, for once in it existence on my computer shuffle through songs that are NOT by the Beatles or Matchbox 20?? Huh??

  26. You used my word! SPIFFY! SPIFFY!
    I have many versions of spiffy…shpiffy, spif, spuffy, spuf, shpuffy, piffy, spifarifarifarous….
    In fact, me and my friend like to walk around school saying spiffy at random people and laughing at their strange expressions.
    Err…I know this was random, but I couldn’t help it when I saw spiffy as the headline…
    ~Sarah

  27. hmmm… TNN is havin a wes centered marathon on the 17th…. could be interesting… hmmmmmm… *big cheesy grin*

  28. We’re all human. Yeah, even celebs, even though they don’t act like it at times.
    We all could use a bit of humility every once in a while. Even celebs.

  30. Wil Wheaton?
    God! I hate that guy!
    —
    I’m working on that SA vs FARK contest. Rather than just spend 5 minutes on it, I’m working on it over a period of days, so the results are of a quality that SA readers and FARKers have come to expect.

  32. Ah Wil,
    You’re a quality minded individual, I like that in a person. Um, what’s SA? I got my t-shirt today!!! And it’s snazzy (No, I will not fix your computer). My boss probably won’t find it amusing as I am the (tongue in cheek here) tech person at work. Tough Chit!!!! Have a great night, think I’ll go write in my own journal now 🙂

  36. I don’t believe it.
    My last Star Trek movie was The Undiscovered Country.
    Now I’m going to see my first Next Generation flick because Wil’s character has been invited to a flippin’ wedding?! 🙂
    I hope Wesley Crusher spoils the reception and finally reveals himself to all as the dark and decadent slavemaster of the galaxy, or something like that…

  38. oooo, hot lava
    Warning – do not eat alouette or rondole garlic and herb spread on normal bread. It tastes like feet.
    no, worse than feet. it tastes like Tori Spelling’s career.

  40. >
    Whoo hoo! What did I win? I’ll take door number four (is that the one with evil behind it?).
    Oh, and jbay, to get anything out of your head, just sing to yourself,
    “Plop, plop,
    Fizz, fizz,
    Oh what a relief it is!”
    over and over. And over.

  45. Is anybody in our foxhole gonna have a hook?
    I mean, Vanna’s got one and you know she’s on their side. We’ll need a hook.
    Posted by Karla, whose name and time will not show up, we know not why.

  48. Hey Wil!
    I just happened to pick up this week’s People magazine, and ZOWIE, there you were! Congratulations, Yay for Wil! 🙂

  49. Hey, I found a great excuse to rant once again about T’Pol. According to the promo on Trek Galaxy the Vulcans are reassigning her off the Enterprise on tomorrow night’s episode. Does that mean she’s really leaving? Does that mean they might introduce a new Vulcan character who talks like a Vulcan instead of like 7-of-9? I like built babes in skintight outfits as much as the next guy, but the one thing that has ruined Enterprise for me from the start has been Jolene Blalock’s pouting, petulant, unimaginative Vulcan characterization. I know it’s not all her fault, there are writers and directors involved, but to paraphrase Galaxy Quest, did she ever actually WATCH the show?
    Whew, I feel better now that the medication is kicking in.

  50. 1) Go into the bathroom.
    2) Turn off all the lights.
    3) Light six candles.
    4) Place them in a semi-circle.
    5) Chant “Bloody Mary” twelve times.
    6) On the thirteenth, yell “Bloody Mary, come out!”
    7) Vanna White will appear and cook you some brat and onions on the Wil Wheaton Grill.
    8) Enjoy.

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