That THAT, Comic Book Guy!

eBay is auctioning tons of really cool TNG things. They have original scripts, some props, and some stuff from some other shows.
Included in this huge lot of stuff is a series of memos written by Bob Justman, one of the main creative producers and a very cool guy, to Gene Roddenberry. In the memos, Bob gives notes on the various scripts and story ideas.
This memo is about the episode “Code of Honor”:

“Next problem. No Wes. We have Will Wheaton on a 13 out of 13 deal — just like our other regulars. We pay him whether we photograph him or not. If we don’t use him, all his teenybopper fans are going to be disappointed and we won’t be taking advantage of one of our new show’s greatest assets. I’m told we’re not using him because our writers don

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Wil, we have a problem. Somehow I have recieved several hits from web searches that involve, “Nude Wil Wheaton”, “Naked Wil Wheaton”, and other such queries. I wonder if you could make them stop. I’m having insidious nightmares. I mean, not that you are ugly, but dude. You’re a dude.

Wil also had some kick-ass jeans, back in the day.

I have to say that I’m the same age as Wil, and have been a fan ever since my mother took me to see Stand by Me. Teeny Bopper was never a word that could be associated with me…I was your typical misunderstood Goth who hated everyone. Everyone but Wil Wheaton. He was my guilty pleasure. I started watching TNG after Wil left, only because my college roommate was a devout Trekkie. I didn’t even know Wil was on it until it went into reruns. You’re right, Wil about Wesley being a serious dork, but you did a fantastic job with a shitty role. Much kudos to you. I’m a major indy lover and have seen a couple of yours. You are PHENOMENAL man. Keep it up, and I’ll keep watching.

Nice post. And being older than Wil, I was certainly not a teenybopper! I’m sure there are tons of memos out there and a book of them would sell no problem. There must have been a memo something like – I know damn well that outfit on Wil sucks. Who the hell dressed him in pleated velour curtain material, and that color? For Christ’s sake talk to the wardrobe people and make them change it. And kick the writers. Don’t they know how to write, Wes? Maybe have them bring in a love interest for Wes, some waxy-assed bombshell, that ought to boost the ratings. – or not.
And the writers must have had problems because they couldn’t write Tasha either. No wonder she wanted out as well. To big a cast? Not enough air time to fully utilize all actors? Whatever, it was and is still the best Star Trek series, with TOS a close second.

I’m seriously going to have to watch TNG again (its been a little while) now because I don’t remember wes’s costume other than thinking he looked awesome in it, particularly his ass. Hehheh. Hormones, ya know.
😀

Those “teenyboppers” — if we think 13-17 in 1988 — are now nearly-30s and thirthysomethings.
Some of them are soccer moms, some are MonkeyBoxers (and some are both). 😉
I know the price would go sky high, but it would be neat if Wes got Bob Justman’s Wes Memo.

*groans* “teenyboppers” *Shivers* I almost feel insulted by that word. I was 12 when the TNG series started and in high school senior year when the TNG was ended.:( So yeah the show was in my teenage years but never was it a show that was attractive to my age because they placed a youngster in it. Pluhease! I liked Wes but I was liking the show for its celebration of smart people. I wish hollywood would stop insulting young peoples intelligance. I can’t believe that even the makers of Star Wars even lowered themselves to placing the infamious “Jar Jar” in the movie in ordder to attract a younger audiance. Pluh!

THE “TEENYBOPPERS” TURNED INTO THE POSSE!!!!
And of course they did not know what to do
with “the Wesley character”! He was too smart
for everybody else..But we loved him and we
love him still…sniff sniff.

blue cat what does that mean?

Teeny Bopper fans were truly the best fans

Man if they do make Lefler and Wesley married, that’d fuck over Peter David’s version of Lefler in his New Frontier series. And if they fuck over that series, I aint seein the movie. 😛

“Roxy”..it just means we/they turned into Wil’s “posse”!
As far as the rest of my post I always felt that the writers did not utilize the “Wesley” character
to their best advantage. It kind of seemed that
they REALLY did not have a clue most of the time
how someone his age would act or think. Just my
opinion..

Hello Wil~
I like Star Trek. Always have, probably always will. I’ve watched all the original series episodes, all of TNG, a good bit of DS9, some Voyager, a little less Enterprise… Seen all the movies, good and bad. Even (*gulp*) been to a few conventions. And no, this wasn’t meant to be a confessional; there’s a point, I promise.
Of all the Star Trek franchises that have graced television over the years, the one show I will consistently watch over and over again is Next Genneration. It really was a fabulous show. It grabbed and held my attention more than any other, touched issues that were thought provoking and meant a lot to me at the time, and I find myself watching the reruns with almost the same excitement I did the first time I saw them, sometimes more depending on the episode.
Ok, so maybe I’m biased. But to me it was more than just a show. It was family dinner Sunday nights gathered around the TV, where we’d all watch it, glued to our little 15 inch tv, and then my dad and I would hash out possible upcoming plots together afterward. It was hearing the ooo’s and aaahhh’s of my little brother when there was a space battle. It was becoming more and more fascinated with the special effects that made me fall in love with computer animation and persue a degree in it. It was just…cool. And when I watch it again, those are some of the things I remember, not how badly written Wesley may have been, or how the script could’ve been better. I’d take a “bad” Next Gen rerun over any other “good” episode from any of the others, anyday, man…
Even the Wesley episodes.
Take care,
~Teri

new frontier series? dude i think u need to get out of the trek universe for a while.. they sell lives in everquest maybe you should look one up there? 🙂

The memo speaks volumes about whole problem with what happened to you: they didn’t know how to write (at least, know how to develop a character).
One of the first problems was that they stuck your character literally in the driver’s seat. How are you supposed to develop any teenage angst that people can related to when you’re given the ultimate job right away? They should have at least shown jealous Star Fleet grads tripping Wesley in the hallways or something. I think the later, frustrated, rebellious Wesley made much more sense as a character.
Speaking of driver’s seat, I think your character should have at least gotten into a fender-bender with the family starship.

The books aren’t canon…never have been. The writers for tv episodes and the movies have always been given free rein to depart from what was written in the books. Lots of contradictions between the two medium.
That said…Peter David was given what no other Star Trek novel author has been given…his own ship and characters to work with, along with a few secondary characters to connect his ship to what everyone’s seen on tv…such as Lefler. With his own ship populated by his own characters…the predictable nature of most Trek novels was removed….the reader couldn’t be sure that all the main characters would be alive and the same at the end of the novel….things could happen that couldn’t happen in other Trek novels.
The New Fronteir series is quite good. Peter David is a very talented author. I highly recommend his novels for fans of the show. I still remember scenes from his novel Q-in-Law as if I saw them on tv. Imzadi was also quite memorable.

Is the title of this post supposed to be “Take THAT, Comic Book Guy?” Or I am just missing something?

Luke, it just means your eyes are better than ours.

Wil Wheaton Dot Nerd.ha ha jackasses.

Oh if only we all could discover memos on e-bay validating our existence.
Will, that thing is either fiction, or it’s priceless. Get bidding.
sg

Oh if only we all could discover memos on e-bay validating our existence.
Wil, that thing is either fiction, or it’s priceless. Get bidding.
sg

corey feldman go to hell you no working piece of filth.

Wes wasn’t such a bad character.
You know who/what drove me nuts.
Darwin.
Remember darwin the dolphin? From Seaquest DSV? For some reason, someone thought it would be cool to make an underwater Startrek.
Wow man.
Anyways, just like ST, there was a boy genius, but he had a bad attitude….and…a dolphin.
Someone else thought it would be a good idea to make this hyper intelligent dolphin communicate through a computer….which had a strange kiddie voice.
Darwin…good!
Yeah. Kudos to wil and wes.
Boodos to Darwin the dolphin.

“Is the title of this post supposed to be “Take THAT, Comic Book Guy?” Or I am just missing something?
Posted by luke at June 10, 2002 04:27 PM”
I think you must be right. I have been trying to work out if I’m missing some clever joke, but I think it’s just be Wil losing his mind: he is nearly 30, after all. 😀

“it’s just be” ? What’s that meant to mean? I have obviously lost the plot also. And I’m only 24. *sigh*

Wil should switch to Mac OS X and do one of those new Apple ads (http://www.apple.com/switch):
“I used to use the central computer on the starship Enterprise. After I quit that job I switched to a crappy PC. Now I’ve switched to Mac OS X and I am much happer. My name is Wil Wheaton and I am an actor, a comedian and a web logger.”
I think it would be great.

DARWIN WAS THE BEST PART OF “SEAQUEST!!!!
Really. Well Daggit was kinda cool too.

“Kirk’s fucking Captain’s chair?”
OK, you just conjured the worst possible mental image EVER. Thanks a bunch.
I’m with John — I too remember scenes from “Q-in-Law” as if I’d seen them on TV. Peter David is about the only Trek author I bothered to save from my more fanatical TNG days.
“Comic Book Guy” — I’m pretty sure he was based on an actual comic book guy here in town (after all, Matt Groening did grow up around these parts, from what I understand). Snicker.

Wil Wheaton Dot Nerd.ha ha jackasses.
Posted by corey feldman at June 10, 2002 07:56 PM
HAHAHA that was a funny comment.

New topic PUHLEEEEASE!!!

new frontier series? dude i think u need to get out of the trek universe for a while.. they sell lives in everquest maybe you should look one up there? 🙂
Posted by hops at June 10, 2002 03:14 PM
And responding to this jackass. I never knew I was in the trek universe. . And I defiantly have a life kiddo, and just what the hell is everquest????
-Chelsey

“Teeny bopper”…sounds like they were in the wrong decade…no wonder they had trouble writing for Wil. He was too cool and they didn’t know how to handle that. I was a teen with STNG was on but certainly wouldn’t have called myself a “teeny bopper.” Even though Wes could be annoying sometimes, I enjoyed Wil’s talent greatly and wished they had written better material to suit that talent.
Ness

And there’s a subplot-line involving Wesley in Q-in-Law that, imho, tops all other Wesley plotlines ever. I think Wil might agree he wished he could have had a chance to film it….
Lets just say someone is extremely pleased with the assistance Wesley gives him, and in return, offers him a gift.

I’ve been racking my brains for weeks now trying to put a name to a certain STTNG episode I had bouncing around my head. Turns out it wasn’t an episode but the above mentioned book Q-in-Law. It was so brilliantly written I remember it as if I watched it on TV.
Peter David’s a genius. If you havent read this book, get it now.
I would love StarTrek 11 to be based on it. And if Wil has read it, a million wild horses wouldn’t keep him from playing Wesley THAT randy.

KJB…
This one’s for you.
http://webpages.charter.net/rmmatsus/Spudnuts/threeway.mp3
The new Spudnuts mp3.
“The Threeway.”

I feel oddly patriotic after listening to the audio gift given to us by Rob. The hell with Wil and his auctions, I bow to the notion of giving Spudnuts his due! American women, please give this man that which is his for the taking…
Spudnuts, I salute you! No, I HELLA salute you!
Hella.
Hella.
Hella.
God bless the USA! (And go, Lakers!)
Now, back to the Wil Wheaton Celebrity Fun Hour already in progress…

Hahaha, I was one of those teenyboppers…! I know y’all have heard this a million times, but Wesley is the reason I started watching TNG. I was channel surfing, went past whatever station TNG was on at the time, and thought, “Gosh, he’s cute. What’s this?”
As for the book of memos, Wil–I don’t know about TNG memos, but Leonard Nimoy discusses a few original series memos in his book _I Am Spock_. There’s one about all of the possible names for Vulcan characters…Spork, Spilk, Spook…it was great. *chuckle*

Well Will I saw at least 2 good episodes of you in STar Trek. There was the one with the traveler. (max Headroom?) and the one with the Nanites.
William Shatner said his tunic went for $40,000 and he is expecting his chair to go for something like $1 millllion dolllars. (dr evil) muah ha ha ha ha ha.
CHeck out my website Im uisng an LCARS format and I have seen at least 1 or 2 others LCARS format pages. Keep up the work on the site. Keep at it. If you can reengineer nanites you can do anything.