I didn't want to go back to the profanities issue in STP. I merely mentioned it as an example of a ridiculous addition (by Chabon, I presume) which has no place in a Star Trek production.
I find none of the arguments in favor of the strong profanity use convincing. I have nothing against such words being used in a Michael Scorsese movie, on the contrary, it's expected, or in any contemporary series taking place in our present time or a similar time and place setting, but profanities such as those uttered by characters in the several STP episodes are unfitting, inappropriate, unconvincing, contrived - to the point they sound irritatingly artificial, and only for the sake of cursing so that they can probably appeal to immature teenagers - and, above all, are as characteristic of Star Trek as porn is. It's actually something that wouldn't be fitting in any science fiction series, for that matter, let alone Star Trek series (I can't recall they ever used any swear words let alone such profanities in all the 9 seasons of the X-Files). This is a substantial mess up - or a fuck up, if you prefer it - on part of the writer(s). Totally unnecessary.
Some may argue that swear words had been used before in Star Trek. Yes, in various forms - as expletives, and in much milder forms, either in Klingon or French, etc. Those are practically nothing compared to the excessive and unnecessary use in the STP episodes, which, compared to the approx. 0.5-1% of the total number of episodes (or episode time) as well as the movies of the aforementioned previous Trek series/movies, extends to at least 30% of total number of STP episodes, which in this case is 10 or 11, so, almost every or every other episode. We've been through this before in the other thread.
I find none of the arguments in favor of the strong profanity use convincing. I have nothing against such words being used in a Michael Scorsese movie, on the contrary, it's expected, or in any contemporary series taking place in our present time or a similar time and place setting, but profanities such as those uttered by characters in the several STP episodes are unfitting, inappropriate, unconvincing, contrived - to the point they sound irritatingly artificial, and only for the sake of cursing so that they can probably appeal to immature teenagers - and, above all, are as characteristic of Star Trek as porn is. It's actually something that wouldn't be fitting in any science fiction series, for that matter, let alone Star Trek series (I can't recall they ever used any swear words let alone such profanities in all the 9 seasons of the X-Files). This is a substantial mess up - or a fuck up, if you prefer it - on part of the writer(s). Totally unnecessary.
Some may argue that swear words had been used before in Star Trek. Yes, in various forms - as expletives, and in much milder forms, either in Klingon or French, etc. Those are practically nothing compared to the excessive and unnecessary use in the STP episodes, which, compared to the approx. 0.5-1% of the total number of episodes (or episode time) as well as the movies of the aforementioned previous Trek series/movies, extends to at least 30% of total number of STP episodes, which in this case is 10 or 11, so, almost every or every other episode. We've been through this before in the other thread.
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