I agree. It's one of the most realistic relationships in Trek too, despite Culber being resurrected (it's Trek.. who HASN'T died a time or two) and Stamets having a bit of tardigrade DNA here and there. They have their problems but they work it out.
Paramount apparently still doesn't get it...
- Thread starter IRW Bloodwing
- Start date
When you're trying to see offense to this degree, it might be time to turn off the TV and go outside for some fresh air. People who are hired to write, write for modern young audiences, because that is generally what makes production companies money. The original Star Trek was adopted by a largely young, liberal crowd and that is where it makes its money.
It all comes back to The Simpsons'...
Grandpa Simpson said:
Just throwing everything at the wall AND hoping something will stick.
Well thanks for confirming that our “plight” is “known” and that televising us is some kind of unnecessary social obligation.
You genuinely have no idea how offensive it is to have one’s existence be just something that is tolerated as long as it doesn’t go “overboard”.
I know exactly what's going on here. I won't say it, but I won't pretend like I don't know it either. I'm disappointed it's been allowed to go on this long when it's so obvious.
Some have no idea what struggles people face and lack any kind of empathy.
Indeed.
uhhhh... I'm very confused....what are situations in Star Trek where LBGTQ+ and minority characters supposedly "make no sense"?
I'm hard pressed to think of any situation where a LGBTQ+ or minority person would make no sense, as a gay person I'd say we make sense existing everywhere where straight people exist.
Okay, I suppose except maybe at some a meeting of some right wing anti-LBGT organization....but how many of those happen in Star Trek?
There is no situation in Star Trek where a LGBTQ+ or minority character would be out of place.
Long before SM it was the preserve of tabloid news papers also - British tabloids like the "Scum", Star, Mail etc would use the same writing techniques
I appreciate the insight, since I don’t follow UK tabloids I wasn’t aware
Aye - I don't know if it is common in other countries but if you want to hurt your eyes, brain, and soul go on the Daily Express and read an article or two and see if it doesn't make you wish to be illiterate.
Guessing the writing approach is less common in other countries written media?
I’ve not really noticed it outside of headline keywords in American media. Doesn’t mean it’s not used, just I’ve not noticed
Fair enough - with the sheer volume of news media in America due to the size of the country too I'd imagine it is harder to get a cross sectional view of it than in the UK where there are about 8 "main" papers papers at most so fairly straightforward to keep an eye on them all
Joined the choir invisible, has he? Well, I'm sure their music sucks, too.
No one approved that!
Paramount truly made a huge mistake by not basing their decisions on a poll on this website.
Similar threads
