Don’t Be A Dick Day! July 29th

[Shaun__]

He plays evil characters like Wesley Crusher on TV, but seems like a great dude in real life.

Hi! I’m Wil Wheaton, and my birthday is July 29th.


I can think of no better birthday gift than for my birthday to be known as Don’t Be A Dick Day.

dontbeadickday.com

 

[Nordling]

Evil guy? I always thought of his "Wesley" character as a hero type...in fact an exaggerated one.

 

[LadyLuna]

Weasly Crusher was the one good character I know of...

Whil Wheaton is a bit of a dick on Big Bang Theory, and whoever he played on Eureka was just slimey. But I've never had trouble separating the actor from the character... in fact, I have trouble telling that it's the same actor between two different characters!

 

[SoTxBob]

Mr. Crusher, evil character, non flaccid penis day? :shock: Oh my...

 

[geekgirldythia]

Wil Wheaton seems like a very good guy - he just has no tolerance for ...well...people. He does seem to always play dicks Eureka, the Guild, Leverage....I loved Wesley Crusher - but I know a LOT of fans - specially males thought he was whinny and insufferable.... I was a young girl and had a HUGE crush on crusher!

 

[Shaun__]

Wesley Crusher just conned people into thinking he was good, the guy had god like powers and never helped once to save lives after he found out.

 

[Jupiter551]

Wesley Crusher was just nauseating, many think he was a fantasy stand-in for Gene Roddenberry, also a prime example of a Creator's Pet (aka The Wesley):
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CreatorsPet?from=Main.TheWesley

 

[LadyLuna]

Wesley Crusher just conned people into thinking he was good, the guy had god like powers and never helped once to save lives after he found out.

?? Maybe I haven't gotten that far... Q only gave Ryker the powers to my knowledge.

 

[SoTxBob]

Wesley Crusher just conned people into thinking he was good, the guy had god like powers and never helped once to save lives after he found out.

?? Maybe I haven't gotten that far... Q only gave Ryker the powers to my knowledge.

"I'll take 'Trek Trivia' for $1000 Alex." :mrgreen:

 

[Shaun__]

Wesley Crusher just conned people into thinking he was good, the guy had god like powers and never helped once to save lives after he found out.

?? Maybe I haven't gotten that far... Q only gave Ryker the powers to my knowledge.

No Wesley could not get his powers from Q, that would not have been special enough for him.

1. Star Trek Voyager never needed to happen. I sometimes wonder if Rick Bermen and Brannon Braga forgot about all their work on Star Trek: The Next Generation. We encounter The Traveler in three episodes, and in his last appearance, Final Mission, he takes on Wesley Crusher as an apprentice. The Traveler is a being with near godlike powers who can make ships travel thousands of light years in the blink of an eye. He also seems to have knowledge of events occurring outside of his influence (and without the need of a ship's computer to keep him updated).

By means of The Traveler and Wesley Crusher, Voyager would (and should) have been nothing more than a one or two part episode in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. What I see happening on the television screen in my head is The Traveler and Wesley boarding The U.S.S. Defiant with Benjamin Sisko in the captain's chair. I see them finding Voyager in the Delta Quadrant after The Traveler uses his faster than warp trick. Either he or Wesley transports to Janeway's vessel, and I see the godlike duo returning both vessels to the Alpha Quadrant. Problem solved! A seventy-five year journey? I say Wesley Crusher can accomplish it in a day. So think of that the next time you feel like saying, "Shut up, Wesley!"

 

[Red7227]

 

[LadyLuna]

I see. Yeah, I'm still in the Next Generation, where he's just a really smart, helpful "kid".