Wesley Crusher

I’ve been watching Star Trek: The Next Generation quite a bit lately, and I just wanted to post a short blurb to state my happiness with Wesley Crusher’s character. Many people are harsh and judgmental towards Wil Wheaton’s acting of Wesley, and Mr. Wheaton in general, but I think it’s brilliant.
First off, it’s a way to get kids into the show. If a fan of TOS is watching TNG when it originally airs, and their kids are in the room, maybe they’ll stay in the room and watch the show. Which gets them attached to it on a weekly basis. And thus it builds the fan base. On top of that, they’ll keep watching the show, and THEIR children will start to watch it, and so on.

Plus the lessons which they teach through Crusher. Things about love, responsibility, friendship and leadership. I dunno. I really just wanted to share that with you. I think he’s a fantastic character, and quite meaningful, as opposed to what many people think or say.
I think that The Next Generation has managed to breathe life past when it was originally aired. A blog friend wrote a post on this topic, and it can be found here.

You can count on the fact that I’ll be writing more on The Next Generation, as I continue through the rest of the series.

~ by njgarrod on January 12, 2009.