• gregorum@lemm.ee
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    2 years ago

    Most trek shows were on primetime network television. Once they went to streaming, the swearing came back. 

    Although, even during the primetime network era, we got plenty of alien swearwords, mostly in Klingon. One or two in Romulan.

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      2 years ago

      Yeah, but that was said in a movie where they could potentially have sweared as much as they wanted to. Or at least acknowledged that ‘dumbass’ wouldn’t be some shocking thing to a guy from the future.

      • WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world
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        2 years ago

        Yeah, it’s like the transporters. They were originally made due to the limitations of making a TV show (budget didn’t allow a landing sequence every episode) but they’ve become an established part of the universe now.

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        2 years ago

        True, however, we did get Data blurting out, “Oh, shit!” when Troi crashed the Enterprise saucer section into Veridian III in Star Trek: Generations.

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        2 years ago

        SNW is getting better with its sense of humor.

        Now, PIC… apparently, the 25th century is the century of the potty mouth! It’s old man Picard and old man Riker dropping f-bombs left and right. Even old lady Seven getting in on the fun.

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        2 years ago

        My favorite instance of swearing is in one of the TNG movies (can’t remember which one cuz it’s been forever) when the Enterprise is going down and Data looks up at the viewscreen and the land is coming up fast and he just shouts “Oh shiiiiiit!”