* One of those roles Wil Wheaton got hemmed in by was his role as Wesley Crusher on Star Trek: The Next Generation–one of those old time television serials your dad sometimes watches. Wesley played a young person on a starship and, for some reason, a number of fans (a minority, but annoyingly loud) didn’t care for it. It was a good character that could probably have been better written at times, but for the most part he was a positive role model and a character who inspired many young viewers. I think every science fiction show similar to Star Trek should have a young person or three of some kind or another in it for that very reason.