Andy Weir takes some phaser shots at modern Star Trek: "T...

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Breaking it down: Admitting he likes Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and Lower Decks , the Project Hail Mary author condemned the rest of modern Trek output.

Andy Weir takes some phaser shots at modern Star Trek : “Those shows are shit” Admitting he likes Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and Lower Decks , the Project Hail Mary author cheerfully condemned the rest of modern Trek output. William Hughes — By William Hughes | | 9:16pm Andy Weir at the Project Hail Mary premiere, Photo: Slaven Vlasic/ for Amazon MGM Studios TV News Andy Weir Copy to clipboard × Copy Link Copy Link — Facebook X Reddit Bluesky Email — 0 Author Andy Weir has had a pretty good March of it, with Project Hail Mary landing him at two for two for adaptations of his novels being box office and critical successes. (and honestly, same)

Weir has thus been making the public rounds of late to celebrate, including a recent appearance on the Drinkers VIP Lounge podcast in which he answered a lot of questions about his writing career, adaptations of his work, and also what he thinks about modern Star Trek shows, to wit: Those shows are shit.

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To be fair, the Martian author—who was actually staking out the more moderate position from host Will Jordan, who, at the risk of being reductive, is the kind of guy who goes on Piers Morgan Uncensored to make broad complaints about identity politics —made it clear that he didnt hate all of the Paramount+ Trek shows, giving the nod to Strange New Worlds , and acknowledging that Star Trek: Lower Decks was entertaining and fun. But when it came to Discovery , Picard , and the just wrapped up Starfleet Academy , Weir was far blunter, laying out the shit opinion, and making the claim that all modern science fiction is influenced Roddenberry Star Trek except modern Trek .

Admittedly, its possible Weir just knows there isnt a bridge here left for him to burn statements like this (for all that it might give the PR team attached to his current film project a headache): He notes in the interview that he actually pitched the current crop of Star Trek showrunners on a show of his own, only to have the pitch be shot down.

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