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From Encounter at Farpoint to Datalore, relive the first half of Star Trek: The Next Generation's unintentionally hilarious first season through the eyes, ears and memories of cast member and fan Wil Wheaton (Wesley Crusher) as he shares his unique perspective in the episode guide you didn't even know you were dying to read. ENJOY snarky episode recaps! EXPAND your Technobabble vocabulary! AMUSE your friends with quotable dialog! BOLDLY go behind the scenes!
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53 of 57 people found the following review helpful.
I remember this future....
By Chris Gladis
There's something inherently sad about child actors. They're called upon to do what older actors have been doing their whole lives, often acting alongside people who know their craft so much better than they do. To match the level of their adult counterparts, they have to work just that much harder, and they still get pigeonholed into fairly flat characters. For a lot of directors, even a poor child actor is good enough to fill out the character that has been created for him or her, so expectations are usually pretty low. In the end, a lot of child actors either burn out or give up.
Wil Wheaton wasn't a bad actor as a kid - anyone who watched Stand By Me can agree on that. He certainly wasn't what he could have become, but as child actors went, he did okay. Perhaps if he had been given the right roles with the right people, he would still be acting today and impressing us with the depth of his talent. As it was, he was on Star Trek: The Next Generation, which sent him down, let us say, a different path.
Wheaton's experience on TNG was one that a lot of the fans (and I count myself among them) seriously under-appreciate. From the age of fourteen, he was given the unenviable role of playing one of the most despised characters in modern science fiction, at least before Jar Jar showed up. In the early heyday of the internet, before liveblogging and Twitter and Facebook, there was Usenet - an early internet discussion group. And one of those early groups was the infamous alt.wesley.crusher.die.die.die. The fans would speak of "The Wesley Crusher Problem" and write horrible fanfiction that would put Ensign Crusher through some of the most depraved torments they could think of. A small, but very vocal segment of the TNG fan base actively hated Wesley and, by extension, Wheaton.
I think he could have easily been forgiven for dropping out of the public eye forever after being treated like that. Fortunately for us, he has chosen otherwise.
With the growth of the Internet, Wheaton has really found his place. He's a tech evangelist and one of the most active bloggers out there, discussing tech, games, family, politics, and whatever else he feels like talking about. He's carved out a space for himself that doesn't rest on his Star Trek credentials, and even if he had never been on the show, he'd still be a fine and upstanding member of the online community.
Surprisingly enough, he does not reject his days as Wesley Crusher, but embraces them. As terrible as it could be sometimes as The Kid - overlooked by writers and directors, hated by fans - he still got to do what most fourteen year-old boys (including this one) can only dream of doing: playing a space explorer on TV. He got to work with a group of fine men and women, and helped to create a show that would be truly beloved around the world. On balance, the good vastly outweighed the bad, and Wheaton was able to fold that experience into his life, making him a better person for it.
Memories of the Future is Wheaton's tribute to his days on Star Trek. As he describes it, the book isn't a salacious tell-all, revealing all of Trek's dirty secrets. It's more like "you're flipping through your high school yearbook with your friends." It's an honest look at the first half of the first season, described only as someone who truly loves it can do: with snark, sarcasm and admiration for the work, but no illusions about when it was... shall we say, less than up to snuff.
It starts with Encounter at Farpoint and goes up to Datalore, covering the first twelve episodes of Season 1 (the summaries of the remaining episodes are forthcoming in volume 2). Each episode is summarized, in a hilarious and sarcastic fashion. True to his geek roots, he manages to work in references to all of the sacred touchstones: Monty Python, collectible card gaming, Dungeons and Dragons, and of course, the other Star franchise which we shall not name. He isn't afraid to call out the writers when they make stupid choices, such as Dr. Crusher asking to bring Wesley onto the bridge during a major diplomatic/security crisis (Code of Honor) or having him casually solve a major plot point that all the experts in the room have been breaking their brains over, and then leave with a snide, "Heh. Adults." (The Battle).
There's quotable dialogue included for each episode, ("Oh, your species is always suffering and dying" - Q, Hide and Q) and Obligatory Technobabble ("Come off the main lead, split off at the force activator, then reversing the power leads through the force activator, repulsor beam powers against Tsiolkovsky!" - Wesley, The Naked Now). There's also a Behind the Scenes Memory, giving us a good look at what it was like for Wheaton to work on the show, often showcasing how little he really knew about what was going on, and a section called The Bottom Line, which looks at each episode in the context of the whole series.
The episode recaps are at once both sentimental and brutally honest. Where there are flaws in the creative process, Wheaton points them out with a kind of rabid glee. Where there are gems of creativity, he shows us where they are as well. It's the kind of look at TNG that could only have been done by someone who was a part of the show and loved it. He writes with clarity and honesty and, just to be sure I point it out again, humor. Lots and lots of humor.
It's a very quick read, and a very enjoyable one. For bonus points, go find the "Memories of the Futurecast" podcast, wherein Wheaton reads selections from the book. It's even funnier than reading it, and is a good way to kill fifteen or twenty minutes. And we podcasters have to stick together, right Wil? You and me, right? Right?
I may be overestimating our camaraderie.
If you're a Trek fan, this book will be a nice visit to a better time. What's more, this will probably make you want to go watch the first season again, if only to see if some of those early episodes are nearly as bad as he's making them out to be. I can't wait for volume 2.
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Riker looks at Troi and very seriously asks what's wrong with his captain. Oh! Cool! We're finally going to get to see Troi use her Betazoid abilities to tell us something more interesting than "Pain! Pain!" This will be the moment when Troi transitions from useless one dimensional plot device into a real character! What's she going to say?!
The camera dramatically pushes in on her, as she looks at Riker and quietly says... "I wish I could say."
- From Battle, Memories of the Future, volume 1
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful.
You'll laugh and learn a little, too
By Jonathan F. Sullivan
In 2006 Wil Wheaton was hired to write humorous reviews of Star Trek: The Next Generation for TVSquad. Unfortunately the gig fell through before all the reviews for the first season were published. What's a guy to do? Publish them as a book, of course!
Wheaton brings his own perspective as a cast member and fan of ST:TNG to bear on the episodes, as well as his unique voice as a writer. The result a humorous look back at the rocky beginnings of the show. (The book covers the first half of the first season; since this is marked as "Volume 1," we can assume that future books will cover more episodes.) Each episode gets a synopsis, a piece of notable dialog, some fun technobabble, a behind-the-scenes memory and an overall grade.
Wheaton doesn't pull any punches on either the poor production (writers and directors are particularly in his sights) or his own portrayal of young Wesley Crusher, and his behind-the-scenes memories say a lot about the pressure those involved in show were under to live up to the Original Series. As Wheaton points out, however, his criticism is tempered with great affection, and he is quick to point out the glimpses of brilliance that would come to fruition two seasons later.
One note: this book is definitely NSFW due to language and "adult situations." That aside, it's a fun look back at the early days of what became the greatest sci-fi show of the 90s. I can't recommend it enough to any fan of ST:TNG.
[N.B.: If you'd like to "try before you buy," Wheaton is releasing excerpts from the as podcasts: [...]
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.
Funny, and brings back my own memories of watching TNG
By karhill54
I NEVER disliked Wesley Crusher. Just thought I'd get that out of the way. I preferred him FAR over Tasha or Troi. I always just accepted his part in the cast as a supporting character and took his presence at face value. I had no idea of all the negative opinions of the Wesley character until well into the 2nd season, and I remember being completely baffled by it and not a little indignant about it on Wil Wheaton's behalf.
I've enjoyed Wil's blog and a several of his other books. He's a very funny and engaging writer and SMART. I'm still a little surprised that he never got a post-graduate degree in engineering or science. He's also especially funny in his too-few appearances as himself in The Big Bang Theory, where even though he's supposed to be "too cool for school," he really fits right in with all those brainiacs. (Note to BBT execs: make Wil a regular character! Or at least bring him in more often.)
But about the book: it's a really quick and easy read, and it's funny with a huge helping of snark. At times, maybe a little too much snark. I understand where he might cringe to see his adolescent self on the screen for jillions of people to see, but his reminiscences are touched with the memories of so many unfortunate and hurtful experiences, both with the stupid-crazy Trek fans AND with some of the people who worked on the show (I should clarify that it was only the production crew that he had problems with, NOT the cast. Thus far I have not read or heard that he had any negative experiences from the other cast members.) None of the bad stories are told here, but I and others who've kept up with him on and off through the years have read enough to know what he's not telling us in the book. None of it was his fault. It was all completely out of his control. As a minor child he was treated poorly and unfairly by the very adults who were supposed to be looking out for him and supporting him. Here it seems as if he's trying to apologize a little for his being there when he has NOTHING to apologize for; he had as much right to be there as any of the other actors and I always enjoyed the too-few Wesley-centered episodes I saw.
Still, unlike myself, HE has long since let that go and he now maintains great warmth and humor as he writes about each of these episodes. I always have had such good memories of the ST:TNG series that I had forgotten some of the truly cringe-worthy episodes that came out of that first season ('Code of Honor' must be the worst 45 minutes of television EVER.) I went back and looked at all the titles of the first season and came up with about 4 or 5 episodes I would be able to enjoy watching again; and really, a couple of my all-time favorite episodes came out of that 1st season. But though there are some really poor quality episodes in the first season, most of them were not really "bad," they just had a little too much lame dialogue and some weak plots. I feel embarrassed on behalf of the cast for some of these episodes, and wonder if at the time they thought the story-lines and plots were as bad as many of the viewers realize these days. If this show had come out NOW and NOT in 1987, it would have barely lasted the usual 13 episodes. But I don't remember having any negative feelings or opinions about it back then; mostly we just thought it was awesome that Trek was getting some updates my generation could identify with and we appreciated that enough to sit through some pretty awkward shows. OTOH, Patrick Stewart was worth watching from the very first scene of the first show, and really rose above some of those lame lines of dialogue. Wil expresses his deep respect for Patrick's talent, and I can share now that, at a Trek convention I went to in the early 90's, I learned that Patrick thought the world of Wil and defended him mightily to an auditorium full of rude and hateful fans. (And it was the appalling behavior in general of that atrocious audience that made me vow to NEVER attend another Trek convention in this city; I was so ashamed just to be among them.)
But I will say this specifically to Wil: I enjoyed your character, I thought you were severely under-used in later seasons in the manner of poor Uhura from TOS, you were treated terribly by the crew, I missed you when you left the show and in "Final Mission," "The First Duty" and "The Game" you proved just how talented you are. When I think of all the cool "Wesley-centered" episodes they could have written for you as you grew older I feel cheated. There are other things I admire about you, but they are unconnected to this book or the show.
Unfortunately, there is only this volume available. It covers only the first half of the first season. It's been 2 years now and there's no indication that we're ever going to get anymore of these stories from him. And I'm really disappointed; I was looking forward to see what he'd have to say about shows like the unintentionally silly and hilarious "Angel One," the excruciating episode "The Child" and later on, favorites like "The First Duty" and "Final Mission," and creepy ones like "The Game" (which I really "heard" more than actually watched on the screen as I spent most it covering eyes.) I'm HOPING he's just busy with acting jobs or maybe other books he wants to finish first. If anyone knows whether there IS going to be a Volume 2 and more, please let me know!
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