I do–before the show started. They quickly died down after it started. I was open-minded and quickly got into it despite the poor quality of S1 which is a complement to the performers in question. By contrast I dislike all of these 21st century TOS reboots-how many Kirks and Spocks do we have running around now? Half a dozen?
I remember thinking at the beginning that the series had three problem characters: Troi, Wesley and Tasha. Tasha got somewhat better (until she died - and her post-death appearances were even better), Troi was a weak point for some time, but eventually got better plot lines, and Wesley had a really rough first season before getting some better storylines (even if we disregard “The Game,” he was in the first class “The First Duty”).
I always assumed Chekov was brought in to replace Reilly, another youth culture rebel who was killed in the first season. And if the movie reboot of TREK is ever continued, Anton Yelchin’s character should be replaced with a new Reilly.
Reilly?
Killed?
I belivre he was background, and alive, in Star Trek : The Motion Picture.
Reilly is unkillable - he lived down that singing, after all.
As Evaner states, the point of Scrappy from the studio’s POV was to stretch the life of the franchise, which they understood had run out of new ideas as-was. So throw in this new character who, as he points out, contrasts with Scoob&Shag’s usual display of cowardice under pressure so it changes some of the flow just enough to work. (Fred & the girls meanwhile have “split up to look elsewhere”, that’s what they were calling it). Not his fault that the studio decides to just keep eroding the material and cheaping out anyway.
Wesley… heck, Wheaton himself has had things to say about the writing for him. They were just trying too hard those early seasons to justify everyone’s existence.
Evanier also takes pains to point out that he did not “create” Scrappy-Doo, even though he is often credited as such. He wrote the first episode featuring Scrappy, but the character and basic concept were devised by Joe Barbera.