# Sad news for Trekkies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 16, 2002, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-news-for-trekkies/124184 "2002-08-16T14:14:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wayward](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a87d85/32.png) [@wayward](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wayward)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2002, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-news-for-trekkies/124184/1 "2002-08-16T14:14:33Z")
Wesley Crusher’s scenes have been cut from the new Star Trek movie. It’s OK. I know it’s hard. Take a few moments. Let the tears flow. Back with me now? Here is the full story from the [man himself](http://www.wilwheaton.net). Stay strong Wil, I love ya. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![dorkusmalorkusmafia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorkusmalorkusmafia/32/7266_2.png) [@dorkusmalorkusmafia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorkusmalorkusmafia)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2002, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-news-for-trekkies/124184/2 "2002-08-16T14:28:35Z")
Good thing. I found him to be obsessively whiney and superior. Death to Wesley Crusher! Die die die! He only has one hit die so it should be a single blow. Die die die! ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2002, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-news-for-trekkies/124184/3 "2002-08-16T14:31:27Z")
Well, there’s always hope for the scene in the extended, uncut DVD version. ---
**Author:** ![peasea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bc79bd/32.png) [@peasea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peasea)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2002, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-news-for-trekkies/124184/4 "2002-08-16T14:40:26Z")
This saddens me as much as the news of the Backstreet Boys being cut out of Attack of the Clones. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2002, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-news-for-trekkies/124184/5 "2002-08-16T14:54:30Z")
Well, so much for that last-man-trapped-aboard-a-doomed-ship scene I was hoping for. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2002, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-news-for-trekkies/124184/6 "2002-08-16T15:06:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by peasea \* > \*\*This saddens me as much as the news of the Backstreet Boys being cut out of Attack of the Clones. \*\* It was 'NSync, and they would have been killed. I still don’t see why people were annoyed by that. I mean, come on! It’s 'NSync…being _killed_! ---
**Author:** ![El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Elvis_Rojo)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2002, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-news-for-trekkies/124184/7 "2002-08-16T15:15:45Z")
Dude, that little journal entry of his was one of the most depressing things I’ve ever read. I’m glad he’s not angry or upset, but just the little story he told about driving down the street, watching the kids play, the dog walking across the street…all that just to get “Yeah, they canned my scene” is really kinda sad. It’s like a failed writer talking about his failed acting carreer. I always liked Will when I was a child, and I’ve seen most of his movies. I wish him well, and it’s sad to see Wesley die. ---
**Author:** ![TelcontarStorm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3ab097/32.png) [@TelcontarStorm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TelcontarStorm)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2002, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-news-for-trekkies/124184/8 "2002-08-16T15:16:12Z")
For those of you who want a Star Trek universe without Wesly Crusher, you’ll get partial satisfaction reading the novel “Q Squared.” Where Guinan says to Picard…“Something ain’t right here.” ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2002, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-news-for-trekkies/124184/9 "2002-08-16T15:19:42Z")
you no-good #$@^%#! Your thread title had me thinking that another of the ST:OS cast had died. :mad: Do **not** do that to me! :mad: ---
**Author:** ![peasea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bc79bd/32.png) [@peasea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peasea)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2002, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-news-for-trekkies/124184/10 "2002-08-16T15:26:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mobo85 \* > \*\* > > It was 'NSync, and they would have been killed. I still don’t see why people were annoyed by that. I mean, come on! It’s 'NSync…being _killed_! \*\* 98 'NSync Boys from OTown, whatever. They’re all the same to me. Wouldn’t have minded seeing them die, though. ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2002, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-news-for-trekkies/124184/11 "2002-08-16T15:28:22Z")
Hopefully they wipe out everyone from Voyager while they’re chopping an hour out of the film! ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2002, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-news-for-trekkies/124184/12 "2002-08-16T15:31:52Z")
Does this mean we won’t see Ashley Judd, either? That is sad news. ---
**Author:** ![Babar714](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@Babar714](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babar714)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2002, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-news-for-trekkies/124184/13 "2002-08-16T15:59:03Z")
Amen, Barbarian! The presence of any Voyagerness is going to ruin the movie for me, I know it. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2002, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-news-for-trekkies/124184/14 "2002-08-16T16:38:17Z")
Wesley Crusher: the Jar Jar Binks of Star Fleet. ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2002, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-news-for-trekkies/124184/15 "2002-08-16T18:26:32Z")
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! ::Runs off to cry Martian Tears:: ---
**Author:** ![DaddyTimesTwo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@DaddyTimesTwo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaddyTimesTwo)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2002, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-news-for-trekkies/124184/16 "2002-08-16T18:56:31Z")
I’ve never understood peoples’ (person’s??) distaste, or, in some cases, actual hatred of Wesley Crusher. Wheaton is a decent actor, and I thought the his role was written well as any in TNG. Those early episodes were actually rather bad in a lot of cases (no, I don’t have cites, and I’m speaking from the POV of watching reruns, not the original airing. IMHO, if Riker doesn’t have a beard, it’s probably not worth watching). So, what was wrong with Wesley? ---
**Author:** ![stankow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@stankow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stankow)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2002, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-news-for-trekkies/124184/17 "2002-08-16T19:13:16Z")
What was wrong with him? He was a teenager. Teenagers, when written accurately, are the most annoying damn things on television outside of Carol Channing. (Note – Teenagers can be written _well_ and not be annoying. Just not _accurately_.) Also, what kind of half-assed pseudo-military force would put an untrained kid in a position of responsibility aboard a flagship? Answer – none. Not one. Not even in the Future. It’s just stupid. Wesley Crusher – bad. Evil. Must die repeatedly. But Wil Wheaton, judging from his blog, is actually a fairly cool individual, and it’s kind of a bummer that he got ganked like that. Hope he got paid anyway. ---
**Author:** ![kitarak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kitarak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitarak)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2002, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-news-for-trekkies/124184/18 "2002-08-16T20:08:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Little Nemo \* > \*\*Wesley Crusher: the Jar Jar Binks of Star Fleet. \*\* That’s a bit harsh, don’t you think? I mean be fair - Jar Jar binks isn’t _that_ bad. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![capacitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@capacitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capacitor)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2002, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-news-for-trekkies/124184/19 "2002-08-16T20:15:19Z")
No Britney Spears on _Buffy_? Awww, I wanted Buffy to stake her. (Whoa, subtext?) ---
**Author:** ![jab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2002, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-news-for-trekkies/124184/20 "2002-08-16T21:18:38Z")
Man, I thought you wer going to tell us that they’ve confirmed that this will be the very last TNG film. (They’ve certainly hinted that this is the final one in the trailer.) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-news-for-trekkies/124184.md?page=2)