After calling recent Star Trek 'shit,' Project Hail Mary author Andy Weir apologized for coming across as 'disrespectful.'
Well, to sort of apologize. He didn’t take back anything that he said or admit it was a mistake to appear on a right-wing grifter’s podcast, but he did seem to regret publicly roastingSpecifically, Weir said he was sorry for coming off as “disrespectful and mean” rather than funny.
. However, being disrespectful, mean, and unfunny is often the M.O. of the person interviewing him: conservative influencer Will Jordan . For context, Jordan set up the question about modernby suggesting it was good news that the Trump-friendly Ellisons had taken over at Paramount. In his post today, Weir admitted that it came off poorly when he said, “They didn’t like my pitch, so fuck ’em!” after explaining that Paramount had shot down one of hisideas. Despite expressing regret over how he came across, the author also argued that his quotes “were taken out of context as salacious sound bites.” In the interview, he mentioned he was friendly with Kurtzman personally, and that he’s a fan of. As these sorts of nonsensical internet wars tend to go, the discussion became less about the show’s actual merits and flaws and more an excuse to whine about howby a right-wing echo chamber happy with last year’s change in Paramount leadership. The only Star Trek shows still in production are the second and final season of. At this point, it wouldn’t be particularly surprising if Paramount ends up handing the reins to a proud “NuTrek” hater.
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