Star Trek: 10 Things You Didn't Know About Wesley Crusher
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There's an interview by Patrick Stewart on the Bluray set that says "Wil Wheaton said, quitting the show was bad for Wil Wheaton the actor and very good for Wil Wheaton the person."
Will is a komplex person wit a very thorn up personal history. We man not liket his moving away from Star Trek, but if this step made him a bit more whole as a person I am honestly happy for him!
very good for the fans too
@@pauloricardo-wn6ps oh look a bot pushing the same narrative that is now crusty and old
@@xBINARYGODx sorry you like bland characters for some reason, but time is not gonna make 90% of wes' scenes any interesting
He also talked a lot about it in a podcast with gates McFadden.
I loved this! It might be my favorite of the things you didn’t know about a character videos.
I liked his appearance in the "A Time to" series of TNG books that took place between Insurrection and Nemesis. They really go into detail on The Travelers and their rules in one of the books and Wheaton's comments on their rules against interference with the people from their lives from before becoming Travelers is in line with that.
I remember back in the day.
Wesley Crusher was despised by boys.
BUT the girls back then lusted after him like the plague.
I remember it vividly for back then girls were not into sci-fi. Then suddenly they were LOL
There have always been girls interested in sci-fi. The sci-fi world (Fiction/movies/tv) has always been male-dominated. Very few Science Fiction writers wrote decent female characters(50s/60s were great for it w/Asimov and Heinlin). Times are changing, thank goodness.
Yup. Basically discounting the value of female fans.
Wesley is just the Star Trek version of Adric from Doctor Who
I never hated or had an issue with the Character Wesley or the actor who played him.
I was around 10 when TNG came out. I liked the character because he was a young kid doing amazing things. And like any other kid Wesley never got any respect unless he got frustrated and asked for it. What kid who wouldn't identify with that.
I have a lot respect for Will. He has to go through all of that hate for so many years and he is still happy to be a part of Star Trek and the fans.
Thanks.
I adore Wil Wheaton and wish the absolute best for him (and I never hated Wesley).
I don't think the character of Wesley Crusher was hated at all. He was a little "different" but not hatable.
It was actually Wesley who got me into Star Trek. When I was four years old, my dad showed me "The Man Trap", saying it was like Star Wars. But seeing the lady turn into a monster scared little toddler me away from Trek. Then one night, I'm 14 years old, and channel-surfing after my usual viewing marathon was disrupted by network rescheduling, and I stumbled across Wesley speaking with Mendon in "A Matter of Honor". I was surprised to see a person near my own age driving a gigantic starship, because I'd never conceived anything like it. This was a weeknight rerun, at the time. So, I began watching the weeknight reruns, and learned about Deep Space Nine, which had two more young people my age (Jake and Nog), even if they weren't in the same position as Wesley. So, yeah, DS9 became the first Trek series I followed from beginning to end. That's one thing I like about Star Trek - even though I'm now in my mid-40s, I can still feel like the teenager I was when I first saw Wesley Crusher. Thank you, Wil!
I discovered Star Trek: The Next Generation in 1991, when I was seven years old. I don't remember which episode it was, but I was hooked on Trek after that!
I never met (irl) a Trekkie who said they actually hated Wesley in my corner of the planet (I don't live in the US). And I certainly didn't. Back in the 90's I watched TNG as a young teenager and I always preferred smart people over "cool" people. Beeing a teen myself I often emphasized with his annoyance at not beeing heard by the adults, now, as a mom, I understand Beverly's struggle too😂. Wil Wheaton wasn't on my radar for quite some time, but I do now enjoy his content. So I'm ready for more Wesley Crusher in Trek!
I never met anyone who actually likes him. He is seen as a speck of crap on an otherwise enjoyable piece of media, like neelix or dax
We would have star trek watch parties and run "shut up wesley" clips before we started.
Couldn't stand him then, can't stand him now.
@@jjbees7911 Never liked his character and the dude as a person is an ass.
As a gifted kid, Wesley REALLY resonated with me. At that age where you don't care too much yet about things being realistic in any way, and as someone who at times was catapulted into the adult world without wanting to ("can you explain thing X to your classmate? You're done with your own tasks anyway, and I'm busy here right now") and at other times longed for being included MORE in that world ("why doesn't anybody take me seriously and act like I can't possibly know what I am talking about just because of my age?") I really wanted to be seen in that way my mind somehow imagined Wesley to be seen: where he was allowed to pilot the Enterprise, because the adults in his life understood that he was able to.
It was only when I myself got older that I started to see the annoying way in which he was often written. Cause that's the thing with Wesley, in my opinion: him being annoying isn't a feature of the character, but of the writers. Anyway, I still have a soft spot for him. But an even softer one for Will Wheaton: he seems like a really cool dude, and both his character and Will himself were done dirty. He doesn't deserve the hate.
I agree - he never deserved the hate. I loved his character.
I was a precocious kid. I always liked Wesley and identified with him. Never understood why people didn’t like the character. Never understood why people called me a know it all. These things are not connected
Oh, no, of course not connected. It's tiring to be forced to shut up about things you want to share, so that you won't be considered a show-off and a know-it-all, doesn't it? Also, not easy being fluent in 4 languages by 14 (I live in a bilingual country, so I had an edge)
The older i get, the more i appreciate Wesley. I really wish he had been in the last season of Picard. I still think he is really Picard & Beverly's first kid. Wesley acted like Picard was his dad, he never really seemed interested in learning about his late father, but very interested in Picard and making him proud.
I feel absolutely the same! Back then there were rumors, that Wesley was not Jack Crushers biological son, but Picards. And beside of that although I loathed back then at Wesley, I kinda digged the performance of Will Weathon. He filled up the role of the first generation Trekkies for the TNG series.He brought us wehre we needed to be to understand Star Trek.
So Will Weathon if yo ever, most likely not, but still, if you ever read this, know you made a lot of us into real Trekkies.
You are quite wrong, he often asked about his father and wanted to know more about him. There was absolutely nothing indicating that he was Picards son. It's just wishful thinking on your part.
@davidponseigo8811 all I ever heard him say was his father died when he was young. Never heard him ask anyone about Jack Crusher (senior).
He literally asked in the fourth season episode "Family". And watched a message from his dad on the holodock, recorded before he died.
You're acting surprised that a young human being could become emotionally attached to a living human, treat that human as a surrogate father figure in the absence of the real dad, and in making that surrogate father figure proud, when that living person could give the praise and affection craved, unlike what a dead dad could do. That's not evidence for Picard being dad, that's just what happens with kids in real life a lot when dads aren't around for whatever reason.
Wil Wheaton is older now than Patrick Stewart was in season 1.
We’re all old, now.
@@UtahDelaCruz So we are 😭😭
"NDAs have an exclusion for family" has such a double meaning for Wil considering it was Gates who let that slip -- while it feels like Wil has two or three Space Dads that stood in for his apparent absolute bastard of a Bio-Dad (Gene, Patrick, and personally I sometimes think the strongest male role model in his life was Jonathan) there's always been something to the fact that he always calls Gates "Space Mom" and not only that, Anne Wheaton calls her "Space Mom-in-Law". No word if Nolan and Ryan Wheaton call her "Space Grandma" though.
Personally, I always liked Wesley. In a similar vein, I always liked Adric in Doctor Who.
WHEATOOOOON!
My oldest son is called Wesley after the great character. His gran used to call him Crusher
Poor kid lol
I named my son James with a middle name Tiberius and his last name is burk so yeah lol
The writing of the character bothered me..Mr Wheaton never bothered me
I always thought of Wesley as the Star Trek version of the 80s kid. After all, when the parents needed someone to program the VCR, who did they turn to?
CaptainRC, great comment, lol!
I never knew Ron Moore was in the navy. That explains so much.
I think I only hated Wesley in Season One. He did get better as the series went on though never to a point where he was one of my fan favourites. Ahsoka Tano in Star Wars: The Clone Wars started off a little similar, but when she improved she was a much interesting character.
Wesley Crusher and Prequil Anakin Skywalker.. blame the writers, not the actors
I'm really glad you mentioned Wheaton's appearance on Michael Rosenbaum's podcast. That whole episode of the podcast is incredible and well worth anyone's time to listen to.
That was a fantastic interview
I always hated the Wesley Crusher character. My animosity didn't carry over to Will Wheaton because I blamed the writers, not the actor. However, when Wheaton appeared as himself on The Big Bang Theory, I discovered that I loved the grown up that seemed to enjoy making fun of himself, his former character, and the Star Trek fan base. I credit Wheaton for bringing that character to life in such a wonderful way, but also the TBBT writers who did such a great job with every episode.
lol "hated" why? never mind, don't answer, no answer you give won't have already been said by the influencer you got the thoughts and feelings from.
@xBINARYGODx The Wesley character was insufferably smug on TNG. I also hated the Counselor Troi character. My wife and I called her "Counselor Useless" in every episode in which she appeared except one, Dark Child. And, my opinions regarding Crusher and Troi were formed many decades before "influencers" existed. I don't listen to such people now, either.
@@badbiker666 "The Child" no such episode called "Dark Child". And THAT ep was panned as being one of the worst in the TNG series along with Shades of Grey and a few others.
@@andrewmurray1550 You may be right. I am unfamiliar with that one. I misnamed the episode to which I referred. I meant, Season 7, Episode 7, "Dark Page." My bad.
If there’s one thing that sums up Roddenberry’s limitations as a creator, it can be nothing else than thinking a male character inherently has more storytelling possibilities than a female character when the basic backstory and personality descriptions are the same
Will is such a genuinely nice guy. I've met him a few times and I've always enjoyed our interactions.
He is an opinionated arrogant kuck
I've seen the exact opposite he has managed to piss off everyone he has ever worked with and his political views or the way he engages in them...
@@darthbane2669 I'll take "Bullshit MAGAts say" for $5000 please, Mayim.
I saw Wesley as me, when I was 12 years old at my first Star Trek Convention. Considering the hell that Wil Wheaton was put through during TNG by his folks, I will go full on Klingon on any Wesley/Wil critics. Hank Green approves!
Qapla‘ ✊🏽
P'Tak!
I was 6 years old when TNG was aired for the first time in my country.
Wesley was just this other kid for me, that happened to live on this space ship with his mom.
So I can't relate to these haters on the internet.
Idk, but most things ive read about wesley Crusher showed most Trekkies liked Wesley Crusher.
We didn't liked Wesley, we were Wesley! Will did a great acting as a proxy! Wesley as much as I hated him back then, was the reason I got into Star Trek after all.
While he did not appear in the final season of Picard, the behind the scenes video of Wil touring the rebuilt bridge of 1701-D was very heartwarming… and the fact that he got to sit at his old station, and the captain’s chair was great!
I always really liked Wesley, especially as I was watching TNG as a kid myself. It wasn’t until years later, I realised I probably had an early crush on him too (especially once he got his own uniform!). Wil Wheaton himself is an absolute legend in the fandom now and it’s so sad that his home life was so toxic at the time.
Wesly back from his first year at the academy is hottest Wesly.
I liked Wesle Crusher because he was a very smart kid.
He wasn't the most popular character, but he was memorable.
great job on Westley, please give more for Barkley
@kaysimpson, or a list of the times Riker stood up & yelled, "WORF!!!" when he inadvertently blew something to smithereens😂
Bar...oh, you mean Broccoli?
I think a lot that helped Will wheaten and his popularity was his appearances on the Big Bang theory. He was really good on there.
Did I zone out? But what's the deal with Nancy Reagan??? Did the Reagan administration think that Wesley Crusher was a role model for all American teenagers (because he stays in school and doesn't do drugs)?
PS Star Trek needed more Mädchen Amick and Ashley Judd. There are surprisingly many interesting female characters in TNG that we never see more than once.
Ah, the immortal arch enemy of
one Dr Sheldon L. Cooper .
All together now "Shut up Wesley!" the biggest joke from that being that in all later appeances on other shows both Trek & not Wheaton has been great, in what I've seen at least, still cant shake that Picard put down from my mind though
Another thing ya didn't know: He has a Pasadena bowling team named after him.
If this isn't showing true love, I don't know what else.
@@Hydracat404 Sheldon named them.
I've got the shirt!
@@mikemillette4936 Pics or it didn't happen ! 🤓
I was half expecting Kovich to be a much older Wesley and could had tied into Picard season 2 ending
that would have been a very interesting twist!
OMG not the SAO Kirito clip.... I am dying.... the editor is a ledge for that.... 🤣🤣🤣
I loved Wesley as a kid, it wasn’t until the internet became a big thing that I heard people didn’t like the character 🤷🏻♂️
Same here.
I wish Picard (the series) had dealt more with Dr. Crusher's feelings of guilt over losing Wesley. We get that one line to Picard (the character) that he has taken both sons from her, but exploring that more would have been nice. It's kind of funny that Wil Wheaton said how one of the rules of being a Traveler is that you can't interact with people from your former life because it might screw up their timeline--but isn't that exactly what leaving did to Dr. Crusher anyway? She left Starfleet to protect her second son arguably out of guilt for losing her first. It's a shame the franchise hasn't better handled Wesley because there's still quite a bit to unpack in his relationships.
Wil is getting to be an old man! oh, hell, he's just slightly younger than me! CHAOS!!
No, I still don't like both the Crushers, no doubt the writing, I did enjoy Wil in The Big Bang Theory, and as much as I dislike the Picard series, I did enjoy the Doctor showing how the Bridge Tactical position is meant to be performed
i wont mind to see him again at some point
I was 6 when TNG premiered so to me Wesley was awesome. He was my hero.
There always seems to be a strong dislike to young, intelligent people, those who show great aptitude and knowledge that outstrips their elders whom decide that they must suppress those young to ensure their "status" in life's heirarchy, I think that's what the basis for most of the hate towards the character stems from, not helped by some pretty poor writing (not to mention treatment of the actor on the show itself) that didn't help him at all... :(
He had his moments where he was able to shine, especially his last few episodes.
If there is a legacy spin off he might appear as he has a half brother now.
honestly hearing what happened to Will and other actors in Star Trek just goes to show that the issues plaguing the industry have sadly always been there, the industry as a whole needs to change to survive. Making someone pass on a role, then cutting him after he did what you asked him to is such a low blow. I've gotten the chance to meet Will at Emerald City Comiccon in Seattle a few times, nothing but a great person he is, and to be treated like this (many others have been too) is just another sign of the changes needed. The actors do not need more money, they need respect and humanity from their producers and directors. Money means nothing if you hate coming to work every day, but still want to do the thing you love. I would never treat anyone in my studio like this, I wouldn't have one left if I did.
I liked Wesley a lot until he went to the academy, I thought he was making a lot of stupid decisions and backslid as a maturing person. It was his last TNG episode that redeemed all of that for me. He was being a dummy because he was in the wrong place. It was a good closing of his story. I really enjoy reading and sometimes replying to his live tweeting while watching the LA Kings play. Go Sharks! ;-)
I liked Wesley
Oh Sean….Wesley Crusher had the ultimate character arch…look where he left off with the Traveler..
Awesome. 🏜🕺🏻🐕🏖
Why is there a picture of Nancy Reagan behind will in the thumbnail? Did I miss something? Did the former first lady get sucked through a wormhole into the future to become a leader of the Federation? I have so many questions.
Its so sad that sexism reared its ugly head once again on Star Trek and they changed Leslie to Wesley. It's a science fiction show set in the future -- why can't a girl have just as many interested adventures as a boy? I can't think of a single episode featuring Wesley that wouldn't have worked just as well with a girl. And nerdy girls really needed role models back then.
At the end of Discovery with the Kovich reveal, for just a few seconds I thought he was going to be Wesley.
I always loved Wesley and Will Wheaton is an awesome person and actor. He over came so much in his life.
I left this somewhere else once, I have a theory that Wesley is a representation of Gene Roddenberry as he was a Traveler that came back to create Star Trek and try to set us on the right path. Hopefully we don't shoot Spock's Grandpa.
0:36 Update: Spoilers
He shows up in Season 2 of Prodigy!
And the next time you talk a bit slower to be more understandable and to make grammar more destinctable in your speech… 😂😊 take a breath every now and then…
Wesley's mirror universe counterpart appears in Star Trek Online, with Wil Wheaton returning to voice him. The episode "The Eye of the Storm", released in September 2022, reveals that the mirror Wesley is the Emperor of the Terran Empire, who possesses incredible "personal power", including the ability to freeze entire fleets in a "time bubble".
That story was total garbage
That's awesome
That was excellent.
He made a few naive decisions in early season 1 that felt like the writers suddenly started writing a much younger child prodigy than Wesley was actually meant to be, but overall I honestly always liked him and his character only got better with time. His episodes centered around his learning at Starfleet Academy, and especially his exit from the regular cast, were fantastic episodes that I hold very near and dear.
He got an absolutely beautiful moment in season 2 of Picard. It was short, sweet, and perfect. I love Wesley, too, and I thought his send-off couldn't have been better.
I haven't even watched yet but THANK YOU 💖💖💖🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Hope a similar video is done on Harry Kim in the future.
the hate came from some, when young, who were not good looking or getting great grades - so he irritated them and some of those people when grown up, decided to get their vengeance online.
I don't remember anyone at school saying anything about him one way or the other, and if you were a gay youngster like me, you had a crush on him. I was surprised to find the hate later on in life on the internet, and I thought it was just a meme at first. But nope, others who accept most anything an influencer tells them, decided to get cooped into the "grr arg Wesly bad" narrative. So bad, even Will himself tried to play into it, until others pushed back on that over-the-top narrative (Wesley is mostly doesn't fix anything, so can he be marrysue?) and then he pushed back properly too.
The modern internet is really good and taking something minor, getting people to hyper fixate on it, and then exaggerate its good or bad qualities to an insane level, and then for that sort of thing to go viral. It's all narratives, usually not supported by any real facts, propped up by bots and people who apparently cannot think for themselves and are desperate to "belong" (where no such thing is actually possible).
oh nvm, even this video is just repeating myths. Wesley is ultra smart, but not smarter than everyone else in all ways - experience is something he lacks and also wisdom (book smarts are not everything). He is also not perfect, and has been the sole savior once and the sole reason for issues once (without being the savior) - other times he is just part of the team. He is nothing like a Mary Sue.
I always like him!
Being more than couple of years his junior, during the original run of TNG, I looked up to and identifed with Wesley more than the other characters. Of course I had seen TOS in reruns, and very much enjoyed them. But here was a kid! On the bridge! Like me! I think the problem with the Wesley hate was that it didn't take into account how younger viewers saw him as their gateway into the show--unliked the adults or even teenagers equal to or older than Wesley. He was, and he remains, my favorite Trek character for that reason. Through him, I saw myself in that crew of adults doing adult things but In Space!
I never had a problem with Wil Wheaton. I just didn't like Wesley. The character was occasionally good but more often bad. It wasn't realistic that he had so much access to the ship and he was given jobs that were better left to actual commissioned officers and enlisted members of Starfleet. Starfleet was modeled after the US and UK navies. There's no way that either would have allowed a kid that much (or any at all) access to the ship no matter how smart they are. Wesley quit Starfleet, so why was he in a uniform at Riker and Troi's wedding?
From STTNG S3 (which I started full time on TNG) I was major fan of Wesley Crusher. He reminded me of myself, looking for approval.
It WAS Phoenix Comicon, it now is Phoenix Fan Fusion, thanks to San Diego...I wonder what Mr. Weaton would think about this list...
11: he once ate too much chocolate at cadbury world and drank too much on the night after to mean he was all too fragile when it come to signing autographs at the con!
when i was a kid, watching star trek for the first time, i loved wesley. when i watched it as an adult, i still liked him. never understood the hate.
It wasn't the character but the writing of the character.
I agree. They had shoe horned him in to many episodes where he was not needed like the episode "Justice". They are on a diplomatic mission. There was no reason to have Wesley along.
I've liked Wesley, could never understood why some fans disliked the character. I have also always liked Will Wheaton and still do! Maybe I am not your average trek fan? I'd love to see a Star Trek series based on Wesley, as captain of the Enterprise, or even just Wesley the time traveling antagonist.
Wesley was my favorite character, being a preteen at the time, I could relate to him. I was also a fan of Wil Wheaten since Stand By Me.
I always liked Wesley Crusher.
I felt that his relationship with Picard was more than we were allowed to see. I felt a definite sexual "tension" between the two characters whenever they were on set together. Kind of "sugar daddy" stuff.
Picard was too repressed to express his feelings (the writers and censors had similar issues - surprise, surprise) but they were there in sub-text.
Wesley NEEDS to be sitting in the Captain's chair. That was why he was in the series in the beginning.
I was like 8 when ST TNG came out & have always adored Wesley & Will Weaton 💖 Would love to see what happened to him & the Traveler 👏👏
Isn't that Nancy Reagan on TV behind you
I mean Nancy Reagan on the TV behind him
10 Things I KNOW about Wesley Crusher...
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Seriously, though...2:43-2:57 when Wesley enters the bridge in his Starfleet uniform for the 1st time is one of my ALL TIME fave ST:TNG moments. And Gates McFadden selling of the proud Mom was outstanding👍
She treated him like a son, took him to Disneyland with her sibling's kid/s IIRC.
I guess I'm weird in that I always LOVED Wesley... I guess because I had a son who was gifted ... in a sense... and well... he just reminded me of my son. Furthermore STTNG was my all time favorite ST series... I did not ever like DS9... I found the Bajorans to be a bunch of whinners ... they came off as extremely whinny to me... did not like them one bit. There were some characters in DS9 that I liked... but for the most part I didn't like that show. I rank it last nearly every time. I also really liked Voyager... though many didn't. I would even rank Enterprise above DS9... even though I thought that was pretty campy... anyway... just how I feel.
What a sulky, creepy guy! Because his character was so young to have advanced to a post on the bridge of the flagship of the fleet, he should have played that character bold, cocky, arrogant, etc. "Look at me! I'm hot stuff! I'm a kid genius! The girls love me!" They could have written him great scripts. But instead he looked like just another depressed, sulky, whiny, angst-ridden teenager. This guy couldn't act his way out of a paper bag. YUCK!
Nice nod to "Far Beyond The Stars". Kudos. In-jokes abound, like on Armin's desk about a proposal for a teenage girl vampire killer. "No one would believe this". One of my absolute favs. The big shocker for me was seeing Martok without makeup. Mind. Blown.
The character I didn't like was Riker. He seemed smug.
Did you ever notice that it's mostly males who didn't like Wesley. Most women did. I wonder why that was. A lot of guys don't notice when women think guys are cute.
"The Next Generation" is one of my all-time favorite TV series. I was a little kid when "The Original Series" (with Kirk and Spock) came out, and I saw them all. So in the late 80's when I first started watching "The Next Generation", it took me a while to warm up to the show. It seemed that Data was supposed to be Spock, and it didn't fit with me. Everything was weird and different. Now, I *love* The Next Generation - I love Data, and most all the characters. I've warmed up to them, except for Barkley. His character makes me cringe.
I’m 70% sure Wesley Crusher turned me gay. And 15% sure it was Hugh (Borg), 10% sure it was Captain Okona, and 5% sure it was that blond kid raised by Telarians.
You know it'd be fun if they did something with Will Wheaton based on that scene from Picard, and work in that he's just time travelled back to the 24th century, from 2010's Pasadena having had to deal with a particularly annoying 21st century physicist who works at Cal Tech having put him on the pathway to getting a Nobel prize for physics...
Love the Wesley crusher character! Truly enjoying the ready room, go will!!!
I don't know, if Tony Stark is a Mary Sue. Elon Musk. Jeff Bezos. Bill Gates and Steve Jobs definitely are Sue's, even if they are not beloved by all, well ... Steve.
I always loved Wesley Crusher. Star Trek was about human evolution, and I always felt like Wesley was the next step for mankind. I never understood why people didn't see that. All they saw was a teenager. All I saw was potential. I guess you have to think deep to really get Star Trek and this character. By the way, I've watched Star Trek since the original series. I'm a Trekkie for life.
Nice separation from the character and actor for this. It's impossible to tell the story without mentioning both of them, but this was a very nice division, congrats for pulling that off. I don't think I have ever heard the JD Roth thing before, or I just forgot, but let's just say life would be wayyyyyy different. Off to watch Fun House now.
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Always loved Wil in everything I saw him in. Why this person says people didn't like him? He was my favorite character in Next Gen and loved him in Stand By Me. I also enjoyed his moments on Big Bang.
I had a crush on Wil Wheaton/Wesley when I first saw The Next Generation, and he was my favourite character then. (I was a kid, so it's understandable.) I didn't hate him and don't now, but I do appreciate the awkwardness of Mary Sue/Gary Stu characters.
Great video. I liked the Wesley Crusher character and I think Will Wheaton did a fine job. Some of my favourite episodes of TNG include: Where No Man Has Gone Before, The Game, and Remember Me.
I never saw Wesley as being any more improbable than other things Star Trek expected us to accept. A future where humans all give up the pursuit of wealth. An ultra-sophisticated android with a super "brain" that continually fails to understand the most basic slang. A pilot who is suddenly promoted to chief engineer.
All of that is perfectly normal, but a super-smart teenager is just too much.
I didn't know some, but I knew others. So where are the fill-ins for the ones I already knew?
Translation: Your title is incorrect. Instead of "didn't know," it should be "might not have known."
I never understood why so many people didn't like (and even hated) Wesley. I thought he was adorable, and cute as a puppy! He was a child genius...yes, a bit of a stretch, but so is science fiction, overall.
Thank you for the video and all the info, but you spoke so darn fast that I had to pause it every 20 seconds or so to digest what you were saying. My brain doesn't travel at light speed.