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Ask Wil Wheaton Anything
Wil Wheaton [IMDB] is our latest interview victim. Best known here as Wesley Crusher on TNG, Wil has a history doing movies both good (Stand by Me) and, uh, otherwise (see his FAQ). His movie
"The Good Things" just won the grand prize at the 27th Festival of American Cinema at Deuville. His currrent project is "Jane White Is Sick & Twisted". Post your questions for him here, one per post, and we'll forward a few of the highest rated ones to Wil.
When you were on the set of TNG did you ever find yourself running into the automatic doors when there was no one there to open them for you? How about at your house or other places? Was this a problem for any of the other cast members? Did you ever find yourself going to grocery stores and running in and out of the doors just to make you feel better?
So, uh, Beverly Crusher, Troi or Yar?
How many actors have you heard of that took the time to code their own site in php?
Oh, I'm supposed to ask a question...Hmmm...ok: Wil, vi or emacs?
^_^
NetInfo connection failed for server 127.0.0.1/local
Is setting up your own server really fun for you, or just another way to score babes?
/. could building servers be considered sexy.
Only on
Simple question: were you expecting your site to get slashdotted when details of this interview were posted?
"The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike." -- Delos B. McKown
Did the nick name Wuss-ley hurt you personally? If not, can you maybe recommend one that would?
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Obviously, whoever modded this as "flamebait" has never seen an episode of Star Trek with this guy in it.
I think he left that choice out on purpose.
Maybe it just means he's doing worse financially then we all imagine.
As a lifelong geekess whose first crush was on Wesley Crusher, here's a question I'd love answered by Wil Wheaton, as well as the general male slashdot population. Which would Wesley Crusher, in character, prefer? An attractive, yet slightly braindead, clothes/hair/nails oriented girl, or her equally attractive, intelligent geekess identical twin sister? Someone who can't carry on a conversation unless it involves who was seen where, with whom, and what each was wearing, or somone who can argue the pros and cons of which programming language suits a certain task best? What about you as a person?
Any advise for what is essentially the same role as your TNG character in the new "Enterprise" series? You know, the begal puppy.
Should he apply to starfleet academy?
Should he accept a field commision as an ensign?
Should he take a postion on the bridge?
Or perhaps he should just be careful playing with alien puppys on planets with unknown laws?
Thank you.
Given the almost complete focus on your typecast role you seem desperate to escape from, and the ridiculous, disturbing fanboy tone of many of the questions, do you regret having given this interview?
In other words, do you think this kind of publicity is worthwhile?
Have you (or any of the TNG cast) ever rubbed it for good luck?
Sheesh, ask a serious and on-topic question (How can a question about Wil Wheaton under "Ask Wil Wheaton Anything" be considered offtopic?) and get modded down as an offtopic troll...
I suppose I would have been modded up if I had asked something vague and unimportant (and Star Trek related) like "After the recent terrorist attacks on the US and the US military response, do you believe that the idealistic peace portrayed in the Star Trek future is more likely or less likely to be in our future?"
I don't remember anything about a rainbow-fringed jumpsuit.
Wow, i can't believe he knows other OS's exist besides Windows.
How did you feel about being Slashdotted? And did you expect this to happen?
The interview was really and very funny at that, I strongly suggest checking it out. I don't understand why Wil is getting so much attention now, but I can't say I don't welcome it. He really seems to be a much funnier person than the Next Generation series let him be. His responses are funny, and more importantly, informed about the net culture. My favorite is his response about being like a camwhore without the wishlist.
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"Oh, and I'm running Windows 2000, because I'm too lame for Linux. But some day...oh, some day I will learn Linux, and then, from Hell's dark heart I will stab at thee!"
Wil clearly always gets First Post. All those years of doing ST:TNG plots that use time travel to fix $PROBLEM_OF_THE_WEEK have taught him a trick or two. He can post before you even know the story is there!
Come on Jon Katz, you can post under your real ID....
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How do you feel knowing that all the newsgroups on USENET dedicated to you end in .die?
The World is Yours.
Do you have an account here ?
Yeah, I've had it for quite some time. I never put my name to it because I was afraid I'd automatically get modded down.
Have you ever posted here ?
Yeah. But not too often. My motto is "if you don't have something to say that's worth at least +1, don't say anything at all".
Have you ever submitted ?
Yeah.
Have you ever got a submission accepted ?
Are you kidding me? If I had a submission posted, that would make me cool, and that would begin the slow unraveling of the very fabric of space-time.
If this post isn't the poster-child for karma whoring, I don't know what is.
Did you know that scores of gay people I know want to jump your bones?
DrPizza, who's too lazy and too drunk to register for this accursed thing.
Do you keep in touch with any of the actors or actresses from ST:tNG (or any trek, for that matter)? Is it because you're 'pals' with them, or is it more like a secret order of ex star trek performers? Like the stone masons or the illuminati. And, if so, do you have a spiffy song that you sing to celebrate your secret society-ness?
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