Memories Of The Future, Vol. 1 (2009) - Plot & Excerpts
Blimey, have I finished this already? Well it is a very easy and entertaining read, and written very much in Wil Wheaton's voice, so it flows quite naturally.Basically, it's great. It's a subjective behind the scenes opinion of some of the earlier episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation, stuffed with stories and comparisons between how the actors felt at the time, and how they feel now (principally Wil Wheaton, obviously). It shines a light on the mess of television production, bordering occasionally on the apologetic when it does.There's also some fantastic insight into how early-internet and even pre-internet fandom worked (remember Usenet, anyone?) and how we all still managed to be behave like we had Twitter and Tumblr, even before we did. Some things never change.It is drenched in references to various shows, memes, and news stories.. but these are layered. There are things everyone will get, things some people will understand, and things that will amuse a select few. There's a certain smugness in spotting a joke or reference that would go utterly unnoticed to someone who was unaware of what it involved. There is one unfortunately jarring joke, an unnecessary swing at Lindsay Lohan's vicodin addiction. It seems to be the only truly hostile joke in the book, and seems oddly out of place. This is a recurring symptom in I guess what you would call popular nerd culture, where all that inclusiveness and understanding drops for a second to make a very crass and mainstream remark, before carrying on as normal.Otherwise a great read though, the kind that will entertain both fans of Star Trek, and fans of television production. I appreciate this is a digest of specific published articles, but feel it could have been longer. If there is a Volume 2, 3, etc, I don't see why they couldn't have been merged together.Nickxx Originally posted on kricketskonfessions.blogspot.comSo I heard about this book online, bought and read it in about 4 hours yesterday. I could have taken a nap because a truely amazing miracle happened and both of my boys slept at the same time, for the same amount of time. But no, I was too busy laughing at Wil Wheaton being snarky.If you're a fan of Wil Wheaton in general and a fan of Star Trek: Next Generation then I highly recommend this book. I love all the snarky retelling of the episodes and the honesty that Wheaton inserts throughout the entire thing.Now, I came to my love of ST:TNG late in game. When the episodes originally aired, I was 1 year old. It wasn't until my college years and into adult hood that I got to see the entire series. And I, unlike many others, liked Weasley Crusher. I had no idea until reading this book why people hated that character so much. Wheaton puts an interesting spin on everything that happened while making those first 12 episodes and now I want to re-watch that first half of the first season to see if I now notice all those little things he pointed out.So if you're a TNG fan, I suggest you read this book. It's only 138 pages long. And I really hope Wheaton continues to write these.
What do You think about Memories Of The Future, Vol. 1 (2009)?
Wheaton's fun recollection of his days on TNG episode by episode. Wish he would do more of this!
—Amychan
Very funny, loved it. Where's Volume 2?
—Reader12723
