Tommy
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MuchToBeGratefulFor — 11 years ago(May 25, 2014 06:09 PM)
The character is based on Wesley Crusher, who was played by Will Wheaton in "Star Trek: The Next Generation" when he was a teen. Note that Tommy in the "Galaxy Quest" TV show was a child when he was on the show.
I think all that is being parodied is having a cast member who was very young when the series was first filmed. I never watched TNG so I'm not sure what else, if anything, is being parodied here. I'm not sure if audiences didn't like the character, or didn't like that he was a minor I guess supposed to be so brilliant he could be on a starship crew even as a teen.
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the_la_baker — 11 years ago(May 25, 2014 06:41 PM)
The character is based on Wesley Crusher, who was played by Will Wheaton in "Star Trek: The Next Generation" when he was a teen. Note that Tommy in the "Galaxy Quest" TV show was a child when he was on the show.
I think all that is being parodied is having a cast member who was very young when the series was first filmed. I never watched TNG so I'm not sure what else, if anything, is being parodied here. I'm not sure if audiences didn't like the character, or didn't like that he was a minor I guess supposed to be so brilliant he could be on a starship crew even as a teen.
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super_rodimus_convoy — 11 years ago(July 14, 2014 01:56 AM)
I thought the character was based more on Chekov. He was the youngest member on TOS (though obviously not as young as Tommy) plus, like Tommy, was a navigator.
Plus, every character was a pastiche of a TOS character, it doesn't make sense to suddenly have a pastiche of a TNG character, especially one that's generally disliked. Conversely, Chekov seems pretty popular. -
ghostdog2041 — 9 years ago(December 20, 2016 07:39 AM)
He was a cross between La Forge and Wesley Crusher.
Incidentally, I feel bad that that actor's career was stolen by Kevin hart.
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