‘Project Hail Mary’ Author Andy Weir Rips Paramount+’s New Woke ‘Star Trek’: Their ‘Shows Are Sh*t’

Andy Weir, the author of the hit science fiction book Project Hail Mary, says that Paramount+’s various new Star Trek shows are terrible.

The bestselling writer spoke to podcaster and Youtube movie review show Critical Drinker and revealed that he made a pitch to Paramount+ on an idea for a new Star Trek series but was blown off by the streaming network.

Critical Drinker host, Will Jordan, praised Hail Mary as one of the best actual science fiction movies in quite some time, and juxtaposed the success of the film to the terrible ratings Paramount’s several recent Star Trek shows earned.

“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