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[ShadowNate]

I don't think I am bothered by the frequency or the "degree" of vulgarity of the swearing, but there is a trend of using it in such a way that results in poor / uninspired / dumb dialogue which in general reflects laziness or bad skills for the writer or whoever okay-ed the final draft.

The "fuck fuck fuck" scene in The Wire is pretty much iconic and memorable just because of that, and the general explicit language is fitting with the premise.

It's different if the dialogue is between kids or say a young couple and every other word or reaction is fuck or similar. It may work depending on the situation / context but it's almost never clever and at some point it becomes annoying, especially if we're talking about a tv series where you're expected to endure that for months or years of episodes.

 

[Mobilemofo]

My guess it's California culture spreading.

I think NeoGaf should have more swearing. I'm afraid to use the c word here and that ain't right-

Nah. We got swearing on lockdown in the UK. Our own shit not Cali affiliated in any way. We are very good at it.

 

[rkofan87]

Seriously, what happened? Watch a movie or play a game from the 90s and early 00s and everyone talks like a normal human being. Hell, even the old action classics from Arnold and Stallone didn't have this (and if, then only minimal). I remember all the shit talk being very specific to gangster movies back then.

Now it feels like every other sentence is accentuated with "FUCKING" or some other curse word. Am I the only one bothered by this? It's a real problem in modern entertainment.

stick to Mario and the minions my dude

 

[EviLore]

Deadpool & Wolverine had problems with this. Trying too hard.

 

[ahtlas7]

Your asking that on Neogaf?

 

[trikster40]

Seen a few responses with the "That's how people really talk" and "That's how normal people talk".

Um, no, no they don't.

 

[falconhoof]

Seen a few responses with the "That's how people really talk" and "That's how normal people talk".

Um, no, no they don't.

It also doesn't matter if they do. Movies are movies, they exist in the world of cinema, which is less about depicting real life as it is about creating an engrossing experience on screen.

Kinda reminds me of that failed 48 frames a second push which made things look too real, less cinematic and therefore less believable.