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Wil Wheaton to get new role on 'Enterprise'

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the no-i-do-not-look-like-wesley-crusher dept.

hisholiness writes "It seems that a major underground letter writing campaign has secured Wil Wheaton (ST:TNG's Wesley Crusher) a recurring role the current 'Enterprise' series. According to his website, he states, "The details are still being worked out, but basically what they plan to do is have Wesley use his Time Traveler abilities to move through space and time to the NX-01. He'll be written more like the dark, troubled Wesley of 'The First Duty' and 'Final Mission', and less like the gee-whiz Wesley of days gone by." He continues that he will be in 8 of 22 new episodes over the next two seasons."

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  1. I truly hope this is an April Fool's Joke! by rudy_wayne · · Score: 0, Flamebait


    Wesley Crusher is one of the all time worst Star Trek characters. "Enterprise" sucks bad enough without him.

  2. Can't you see you are all getting fooled? by say · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Everyone sitting patiently waiting for a new joke to appear on slashdot, silently lurking in the shadows to be the very first person to comment on how stupid April Fool's Day on /. is:

    You are the ones getting fooled! You are probably the most brain-dead creatures ever in existence; sitting around on a site you claim to be stupid and annoying!

    And congrats to the TacoMan: it actually works :)

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  3. Re:are people even reading by niftyeric · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    &ltsarcasm&gtYeah, screw this! I'm leaving! I don't like it! I'm telling mom!&lt/sarcasm&gt

    Cry me a river, geez. Lighten up.. :)

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  4. We have another weenie!! by NanoGator · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Heh yet another idiotic "I can't stand April Fool's Day post.." brought to you by... another Weenie!

    More info here:

    http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=30393&cid=32 66 779

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  5. Okay by lblack · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Yes, I do have a sense of humor. I am familiar with April Fools and the traditional pranking that goes on during April Fools.

    Yes, I am familiar with Slashdot. I have witnessed April Fools on Slashdot several times. I know the drill.

    Sad as this may be to admit, I use Slashdot to keep tabs on a broad overview of what is happening in a particular substrata of technological society. This is where I get my non-specific little pokes at new Linux packages, attacks (perceived and real) on rights-- particularly of the on-line variety, additional features in existing packages, project forks, appointments in key open-source positions, etc.

    Slashdot serves its purpose to me in two ways: It very often posts something that falls into one of the topics I'm interested in, and very often a comment will be added to that post that provides me with some detailed insight. This leads me off on a researching tangent, and I end up a little bit more knowledgeable than I was before. Hooray.

    The value of Slashdot lies in its shotgun approach to Journalism (save that it's only loaded with certain memetic shells, with the occasional dud like Katz for speed bumps).

    Now, though, on April Fools, I'm looking at the worthless front page -- great prank, guys! It only took 20 minutes to get old, and isn't even as humorous as the much better-executed Suckdot from now-defunct Suck.

    I'm also thinking about all the people who mention their stories being rejected, and who link to those stories, and lead me to discover that, hrm, maybe they shouldn't have been.

    What I'm getting at here is that the world dosn't stop on April 1st, and I'm amazed that you can just call off on reporting and post not-incredibly-amusing-and-obviously-fake articles to the front page all day. Is this just like a really lame vacation where you have to spend the day at your computer for you guys? Does that suck?

    I don't know, one or two posts that were clever, mixed in with real news (stuff that matters) would've been funnier. (if you observed the behaviour of trolls, you'd know that the most successful ones post a somewhat plausible stance to hook the fish, not just random noise).

    Are you guys pretty much saying that Slashdot provides so litle value (or is so understaffed) that when given the choice between reporting and playing dumb pranks, that you pick the dumb pranks and can't multitask efficiently enough to do both? That's really kind of pathetic.

    Feh.

    -m.b. dux/RAAXE [fdAAX xQP!]

  6. So bad I don't even trust REAL news... by weave · · Score: 2, Flamebait
    I was watching CNN today and there was a live conference with Bush and Patakai and that new NYC mayor guy, Rube Goldberg or something...

    Anyway, Bush announced the feds were giving Governors Island back to NYC. I was sitting there waiting for him to say APRIL FOOLS SUCKERS.....

  7. Still in the movies...? by apk · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Hasn't his acting career transitioned to gay porn yet?

    Andy

  8. Oh, no ... Not something FACTUAL! by mfago · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    For those of us who despised the little bastard on STNG, here is the registration info from InterNIC:

    Administrative Contact:
    Wheaton, Wil wil@wilwheaton.net
    2222 Foothill Blvd.
    #E347
    La Canada, CA 91011
    US
    310-201-6565

    Really him? Who knows. The sad part is this address is pretty close to my house... Not that I've been crank calling him or anything.