In this exclusive interview, Wheaton spoke to iF about his new role working with Devlin again, his thoughts about the new STAR TREK movie and his life as a TEEN BEAT pin-up in the ‘80s.
 

iF: You’re a big fan of comics and you’re been the voice of many characters on superhero shows – what’s your take on comics and comic book movie adaptations today?

WHEATON: I don’t think it’s possible to make a four-color superhero movie today. We used to joke in the ‘80s that Alan Moore and Frank Miller saved and killed comics at the same time. With WATCHMEN, V FOR VENDETTA and THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS. I was Cosmic Boy on the LEGION OF SUPER HEROES cartoon and I loved the LEGION when I was a kid. I hadn’t read it for 20 years when I got the job to do the voice. So I went and bought one of those D.C. archive hardback editions of old LEGION comics. And these comics from the ‘70s are so wonderful.

iF: What did you think of the new STAR TREK movie?

WHEATON: I absolutely loved everything about it. I thought it was wonderful. I wrote about it for “The Geek in Review” column I write for the Suicide Girls website. I loved the new STAR TREK movie. I had a lot of fun in it. It looked and sounded great.

Read the entire interview here.

Wil is such cool guy. I am just going to admit it…I had a huge crush on him when he was on Star Trek! I love that he is a comic book fan!

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