Star Trek Discovery to drop F-bomb (at least twice)
- Thread starter PixelMagic
- Start date
It's going to be awkward for me. I don't mind the language in general or anything it's just that up until the TNG films the worse you ever heard was "bloody", "damn", and "hell".
It was and still is strange to hear "shit" used in those movies (worse yet as they were thrown in only for a cheap laugh). After so many years of nobody really using those words it just became one of the tiny little stitches in the fabric of the universe.
This feels like less of a required or needed change and more of a "hey guys now that we can say fuck in Star Trek we probably should". I'm not really sure I see the point.
It was and still is strange to hear "shit" used in those movies (worse yet as they were thrown in only for a cheap laugh). After so many years of nobody really using those words it just became one of the tiny little stitches in the fabric of the universe.
This feels like less of a required or needed change and more of a "hey guys now that we can say fuck in Star Trek we probably should". I'm not really sure I see the point.
A lot of people here have complained, rightly so, that Trek is so stuffy and formal in it's dialogue. So I have no problem with them sounding more natural, and saying "fuck" while seeing the kinds of shit they are seeing seems pretty damn natural to me.
For me? It is going to stick out like a sore thumb after 700 episodes.
Respect that. I think it’ll just be a nice breath of fresh air after 700 hours of puritanical attitudes in Trek.
It will for me too at first, but don't we want this Trek to be something different rather than a reflection of what came before? Not saying this alone will do that, but I'll take some change where I can get it.
Not sure it is the right change. Have to wait and see how it plays.
This should get you in the mood: https://twitter.com/swear_trek
I'd post a sample GIF but Google might yell at our moderating staff.
Picard: Wesley! Shut the fuck up!
Wesley: I have good ideas! Stop telling me to shut up, you!....you!....motherfucker!
Picard:
You're forgetting The Voyage Home.
That I agree with. It was annoying when the books started doing it.
From the description of the one example in the article, it seems like it will come off as being clunky and weird and not "organic" at all.
Yeah. Really?
Yeah. Really?
Ummm, that's not that far off how my colleagues and I talk at work. So I guess to each his own...
"We no longer succumb to self-censorship in long-running family TV shows. We seek to lower ourselves. We've evolved beyond the need for propriety in language."
The real test will be if they can say nigger, faggot, or cunt. That's how we know we're watching prestige TV.
The real test will be if they can say nigger, faggot, or cunt. That's how we know we're watching prestige TV.
Fucktastic!
A bit more courageous than a pretentious "frak" if you ask me.
A bit more courageous than a pretentious "frak" if you ask me.
My dad doesn't condone homosexuality, but at the same time it's not a deal breaker for him. He's tolerant of other people making their own choices even if he doesn't agree with them.
However, both of my parents are UTLRA sensitive with bad language. Before I watch any movie with dad he asks every time, "Is there bad language?" if the answer is yes, we won't be watching it. When quoting other people who swear, both him and my mom spell out the cuss words "S-H-I-T" or whatever but would never ever actually say it. It's juvenile, but that's just the reality of it.
Okay, confession time. My father is a Baptist minister. He, like your dad, can handle gay couples. He also can handle language. What bothers him is pervasive sex scenes/nudity. When I was a teen he turned off the tv when I was watching "Justice", "Captain's Holiday" and even "Let He Who is Without Sin", the last one before any implied nudity was shown. He got offended by Quark lovingly speaking of jamaharon.
Similar threads
