General Trek Questions and Observations

[The Rock]

In my opinion, this show trying to use modern day lingo will date the show in the future. The more you use it, the less it holds up. Watch TOS or TNG (and Prodigy) and it still works - you can still understand the terms. Use things that are current slang, and by next year it will be out of date.

 

[Candleicious Ghost]

I wonder about little details like how do doctors like Crusher or Pulaski do their job, when it comes to bigger procedures? Has the 24th Century eliminated the need for surgery altogether? Do doctors no longer get their hands dirty doing the nitty gritty in an operating theatre?

How do they treat something like herniated disks or abdominal hernias for example?

 

[Finn]

They had major medical procedures shown on TNG several times.

Hernias are probably treated like removing warts though.

 

[Candleicious Ghost]

They had major medical procedures shown on TNG several times.

Hernias are probably treated like removing warts though.

But I don't think traditional surgery is done like we do today, I think most of the cutting would be gone by their time

 

[Finn]

They still do cutting, like with Picard's heart or Worf's spine, or removing/placing Dax.

All of that stuff like broken bones or cancer can be taken care of without cutting. We saw that many times, with a hypospray or a gizmo on their skin.

 

[Firebird]

In my opinion, this show trying to use modern day lingo will date the show in the future. The more you use it, the less it holds up. Watch TOS or TNG (and Prodigy) and it still works - you can still understand the terms. Use things that are current slang, and by next year it will be out of date.

Including that time Kirk made reference to sticking little girls' curls in inkwells?

 

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

I suppose that's because it's the stuff of parents and grandparent's stories about their childhoods, classic literature and historical setting TV. It may not be currently done, but the reference has persisted.

 

[Firebird]

I suppose that's because it's the stuff of parents and grandparent's stories about their childhoods, classic literature and historical setting TV. It may not be currently done, but the reference has persisted.

The line about inkwells was already starting to become outdated in the late 60s. It's definitely outdated in the 21st century, since nobody uses inkwells in schools.

 

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

Maybe it reflects Kirk's reading choices - he lists examples from old books he likes. Or maybe such pranks came back into vogue in certain settings. Perhaps young Kirk belonged to calligraphy club in school?

"Dipping little girls' curls in inkwells. Stealing apples from the neighbours' trees. Tying cans on-"

I wonder how that last one would have finished? "Dog's tails" or "the back of people's cars"? The apple stealing is certainly still possible - he was a farm boy, so maybe his neighbours had an orchard.

 

[Firebird]

I'm not concerned with the potential ways the anachronistic line could be rationalized in-universe. The point is that TOS was just as susceptible to using contemporary language in its scripts as any other TV series.

 

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

It just didn't stand out as much because it was something people were familiar with, not some new buzzword invented yesterday.