While Wil doesn't turn his back on Star Trek (he had a role in the last Trek movie, "Nemesis", which wound up being cut), and he still attends conventions. But as shown in the documentary by Denise Crosby (who also left ST:TNG to try and develop her career) Trekkies, the fan aspect of Star Trek has largely become a merchandising arm of the corporate property.
He doesn't mention it, but I wonder if he has seen the indie movie, "Free Enterprise" which stars Eric McCormack as an aspiring screen writer with a fixation on comics and Star Trek, who encounters "Bill Shatner", played by William Shatner, no longer in "mint condition", who wants to do a one-man rap version of Shakespeare's "Julius Ceasar".
In an alternate reality, Wil Wheaton was nominated for an Oscar for his role in "Valmont", and in this one, he is a really good writer and a cool guy.
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