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Picard writers doubling down on criticism (quokk.au)
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https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/im-gonna-start-dating-her-even-harder

Alternate version for Picard S3 fans:

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Panel 1: Person labeled "TREK FANS" shouting "STOP MAKING STAR TREK DARK AND MOODY!" Panel 2: Person labeled "PICARD WRITERS" saying " You know what? I'm going to make season three even darker and moodier."
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[–] 4 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Nah, seasons 2 and 3 were dramatically lighter in tone than season 1. They even stopped cussing! I, for one, miss Admiral F-Bomb.

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  • [–] [S] 6 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    Just did a grep of the scripts. There were fewer instances of the word "fuck" after season 1, but many more instances of the word "shit".

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    You're right, after I posted I remembered Picard telling Q he was "sick of his bullshit". Didn't realise there was much more. But "Shit" seems less offensive than "Fuck", so maybe that still counts as toning down the swearing, even if there was more of it? 🤷

    Silly language critiquing aside, I do remember season 1 feeling much gloomier than the subsequent ones.

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    If you actually care, here is a table. Keep in mind this is probably from an imperfect subtitle OCR transcript or something.

    shitty fucking table

    expletive episode quote
    fuck s01e02 Oh, the cheeky fuckers.
    fuck s01e02 The sheer fucking hubris.
    fuck s01e04 You want to go to Vashti? Are you out of your goddamn mind? I hate that fucking hospitality hologram.
    fuck s01e07 P-Picard can look after himself, and somebody else can find that fucking synth.
    fuck s01e08 shut the fuck up.
    fuck s01e08 for no fucking reason at all.
    fuck s01e08 I'm sorry I had to fucking ruin it.
    fuck s01e10 Have you fucked any of them?
    fuck s01e10 and then I fucking did it again.
    fuck s02e05 to clone their fucking cats.
    fuck s03e04 Ten fucking grueling hours.
    fuck s03e08 Oh, fucking solids.
    shit s01e02 Now, here is some brown, sticky shit.
    shit s01e02 Shit.
    shit s01e03 That's bullshit.
    shit s01e05 Options? Well, if we can't grab him and we can't buy him Then we're shit out of luck, JL.
    shit s01e06 Bullshit.
    shit s01e07 Rios! Shit.
    shit s02e02 And I am too old for your bullshit!
    shit s02e02 Holy shit.
    shit s02e02 Shit.
    shit s02e02 Shit! Shit!
    shit s02e03 term is "for shit.
    shit s02e03 Oh, shit.
    shit s02e03 Shit, Gabi.
    shit s02e03 Shit.
    shit s02e03 "Shit I stole from the Borg Queen.
    shit s02e04 Shit.
    shit s02e04 Shit.
    shit s02e04 Shit.
    shit s02e05 How'd it go, Dad? Shit.
    shit s02e05 Bullshit.
    shit s02e06 to work shit out in there.
    shit s02e06 this bullshit time period
    shit s02e07 we're through all this shit?
    shit s02e08 No shit.
    shit s02e08 Shit.
    shit s02e09 or any of that bullshit.
    shit s02e09 colloquialism, bullshit.
    shit s02e10 Shit.
    shit s02e10 This entire bullshit scenario
    shit s02e10 Bullshit.
    shit s02e10 Holy shit.
    shit s03e01 Shit.
    shit s03e01 Shit! Shit!
    shit s03e01 of the underworld and shit, right?
    shit s03e01 Like shit stolen from
    shit s03e01 I'm talking world-ending shit.
    shit s03e01 take shit from someone like Shaw?
    shit s03e02 Bullshit.
    shit s03e03 Oh, shit.
    shit s03e03 more weird shit at me?
    shit s03e03 Bullshit!
    shit s03e04 I'm just some dipshit from Chicago.
    shit s03e04 Forget about all that weird shit
    shit s03e04 indeed a dipshit from Chicago.
    shit s03e05 can get your bullshit story straight.
    shit s03e06 me some bullshit disease.
    shit s03e06 How much of that goo shit
    shit s03e07 Holy shit, we got her.
    shit s03e08 in batshit circles, I'm all ears.
    shit s03e08 What? That's bullshit.
    shit s03e10 Oh, shit.
    shit s03e10 He still batshit?
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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago

    Okay, I'm convinced, if anything they upped their swearing game. Especially since they still pulled out an F-bomb for "fucking solids" in season 3, which I really should have remembered. Solid data gathering!

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