Spoilers R rated content - what does it add?

Nothing personal, just seemed a little disingenuous, that's all. "Let's ask a question . . . hey, why are all you people posting the wrong answer!"

For what it's worth, expecting some sort of consensus from Trekkies is a lost cause. We're a famously opinionated and argumentative bunch; we never agree on anything.

 

It really is a relevant question though given that Discovery has a different rating.

 

That’s not true.

 

I agree with the OP

 

That’s astonishing.

 

It's a character driven show, it just so happens that those characters are in a war

 

Exactly.

 

And cities made of smoke. I think you need to read my posts you are busy responding to, stop making assumptions about me, and actually read what I said, and please, stop throwing in the insults, because they are coming from your mistaken assumptions and your own prejudices.

 

Eddie, you can make your point without the personal remarks. Please stop.

 

Dysfunctional characters.

 

Are becoming my favorite kind of characters.

 

if the characters were functional, there'd be no conflict and without conflict, there'd be no story

 

Humans are dysfunctional. Deal with it.

 

I prefer well-developed characters.

 

And one excludes the other?

 

Dysfunctional characters are usually developing That's the best part.

 

Well, as TOS teaches us, any time humans appear to be too well-behaved, watch out! There's probably an alien spore or insane computer behind it.

"I don't like it, Jim. None of these colonists swear, ever. I haven't heard one 'fuck' or 'shit' since we beamed down. There's something wrong here. It's not natural . . . ."

 

The evolution of swearing on Star Trek.

I thought thought that he let it slide because he was the inventor of the thing and was chuffed that his work could get such a reaction from people. And he wanted to say it himself.

 

Hey, we all know how GR would have wanted it:

 

It's more relevant to show the evolution of the Ratings application to each show. It has nothing to do with enhancing story and everything to do with boundaries.