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Star Trek Picard is not Star Trek

Because Wes would never use idiomatic language
“You’re wish is my command” doesn’t seem to be a contemporary slang expression. Is it from “I dream of Genie” or just the Aladdin story in general. If it’s the latter, it’s more derived from classic literature which is different from “Dude, I got into the Daystrom Institute!”

Isn’t “skipper” a term for the captain of a boat? Were teens in the 90s saying that a lot?
 
They did? Pretty sure the English I heard in TNG was straight up 20th Century English.
There definitely was certain attempt at elevated language in TNG and they avoided contemporary slang. Sound a bit like period piece that way. I liked it, it gave the impression that we are watching people from another era. Now, I have no problem with cursing, but there definitely are certain turns of phrases in Picard that feel jarringly contemporary to me.
 
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Vomitive is what this series is becoming. This will never be Star Trek. I don´t care about people who is saying this is Star Trek and so good, this is shit. Just that,
 
Its just that Discovery and Picard are available on streaming services that give them more leeway to allow that kind of stuff.

I don't see the problem myself as long as the situation requires it.
 
“You’re wish is my command” doesn’t seem to be a contemporary slang expression. Is it from “I dream of Genie” or just the Aladdin story in general. If it’s the latter, it’s more derived from classic literature which is different from “Dude, I got into the Daystrom Institute!”

Isn’t “skipper” a term for the captain of a boat? Were teens in the 90s saying that a lot?
Missing the point.
 
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