Andy Weir takes some phaser shots at modern Star Trek: 'Those shows are shit'

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Andy Weir takes some phaser shots at modern Star Trek: 'Those shows are shit'
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Admitting he likes Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and Lower Decks, the Project Hail Mary author condemned the rest of modern Trek output.

landing him at two for two in terms of adaptations of his novels being box office and critical successes. Weir has thus been making the public rounds of late to celebrate, includingin which he answered a lot of questions about his writing career, adaptations of his work, and also what he thinks about modern author—who was actually staking out the more moderate position from host Will Jordan, who, at the risk of being reductive, is, Weir was far blunter, laying out the “shit” opinion, and making the claim that all modern science fiction is influenced by the Gene Roddenberry Admittedly, it’s possible Weir just knows there isn’t a bridge here left for him to burn by making public statements like this : He notes in the interview that he actually pitched the current crop ofshowrunners on a show of his own, only to have the pitch be shot down.

The best Weir will grant is that recentarchitect Alex Kurtzman is “a really nice guy” on a personal level—which didn’t stop him from cheerfully celebrating

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