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Ask Wil Wheaton Anything (Part Deux)
A little over three years ago Slashdot interviewed Wil Wheaton, at the time best known for his role as Wesley Crusher on ST:TNG. Since then his blog WWDN has allowed him a creative outlet that has made the world sit up and take notice. Wil is now a regular participant in ACME Comedy Theatre, has published two books ( Dancing Barefoot and Just a Geek ), has done voicework for video games such as GTA: San Andreas, cartoons such as Teen Titans, and speaks regularly at conventions such as Gnomedex and Linucon. Wil enjoyed the first Slash interview so much it appeared in Just a Geek, and we're glad to have him back for a second go-round. Feel free to fire away, one question per comment please. We'll post his responses once we get them back.
Have you read his book(s)? He wanted out so they wrote him out.
A good example is Bruce Campbell. You see him in a small film like Bubba Ho-Tep or a quickie walk-on like in Spider Man, and then he disappears from the face of the earth. And I always wonder, what pays the grocery bill meanwhile?
I'd suggest reading his book. It's all about the daily life of Hollywood's blue-collar actors.
You should pick up Bruce's autobiography. It's very amusing and he addresses the question you have.
haha, how about this one; why don't you post in your /. journal anymore?
For a brief time, I toyed with the idea of putting all my computer-related thoughts here, my political thoughts at dailykos, and my los angles-related thoughts at blogging.la, but then I decided that it was stupid to do all that, when I could just put them all on my blog.
I still post to blogging.la from time to time, but other than that, I pretty much stay in my own yard at WWdN.
Oh, and I do *all* my goofing off at totalfark, and occasionally UltraFark.
Some of the questions being asked are similar to ones answered in the previous interview. Mod up something else, please.
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He's still an actor. From his filmography, he looks to have been steadily employed.
He filmed a cameo for Nemesis but it was cut. See: http://www.wilwheaton.net/mt/archives/001089.php
Having just finished reading the previous /. interview and some of the ensuing comments, I ran across the same question, worded surprisingly similarly, and, more importantly, answered by señor CleverNickName himself.
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Well, I never had time to write up the ApacheCon report . . . because I got a call late last night to audition for Alias at noon today.
Holy shit. Alias!
While this isn't necessarily an answer to the 2nd part of the question, I can tell you that they did have the character come back in a book series. The series "A Time to..." (there are 8 books, all ending in another word - first book is A Time to Be Born) covers the Wesley Crusher character, and he does actually show up with the traveler.
Interesting question, but it probably won't make the cut. Makes for interesting discussion though, so as someone who gets flamed hard about three times per week in multiple venues, I can offer these points:
1. The angry corrector. Sometimes the flamers tell you something you need to know, like when you say something that is wrong. For this reason, you should read as many comments as you can unless they're obvious trolls.
2. Special needs posters. The people who sling nasty personal attacks are mentally ill and in search of attention. Think "toddler tantrom," if you have any child experience. Best to give them a time out by ignoring them.
3. The perfessers. Some people just want others to think they are smart, so they find one little point somewhere in what you've written and they pontificate about how this tangential fact ruins the whole article, and much they know and you don't, etc. etc. -- basically this is article envy. They're pissed that you have the attention and they do not.
4. Ugly Americans. American culture encourages people to tear down those in the limelight, those who shine brighter, those with more money, etc., even if these properties are only perceptions. In other words, if you envy, attack. (Yes I am an American, no I do not hate America; this is merely an observation of one of the negative points of the society I live in).
After you start recognizing the archetypes of online trolls/flamers/lusers/etc, they seem much less intimidating. Write what you would want to read, post what you would want to comment on, and ignore the idiots of the world. Do more costumes and if you really enjoy it, the joy of creating a good costume, documenting it, winning awards, and getting positive comments far outweighs the mild frustration of reading the negative comments.
-JemNow that the Red Sox have won a World Series, would you say the odds for you to appear again on screen with Ashley Judd have increased expositionally?
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He'll be appearing on the World Poker Tour's second Celebrity Home Game. (Actually, the appearance has already happened, we're just waiting for it to be aired. I think... unless I missed something.)
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