‘Project Hail Mary’ Author Andy Weir Takes a Shot at ‘Star Trek’
The author of Project Hail Mary is firing a photon torpedo at Paramount+’s Star Trek efforts. Bestselling writer Andy Weir criticized modern Trek shows while on the Critical Drinker podcast last week, and even revealed he pitched a Trek show that was shot down by Paramount. The topic began with the podcast’s host, Matthew Marsden, saying how refreshing the box office hit Project Hail Mary has been, especially for audiences who grew up on Star Trek and now suffer from “a lack of” such sci-fi efforts nowadays. “Yeah, I saw a … I forgot who it was — I wish I could remember who it was who said it, some analyst — he said something like: ‘All modern science fiction TV shows and movies have been heavily influenced by the original Star Trek — except for the current batch of Star Trek shows,’” Weir said. Marsden replied, “Yes!” and they both laughed. At first, Weir left that comment open to interpretation, but then added, “I’m Gen X, so my sci-fi was like original series Star Trek …
