Frak

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AURAPTOR

Saturday, March 13, 2010 3:48 PM

Someone else mentioned it, and now I'm in agreement. They're using that word too much. It's not even mildly amusing anymore. WE GET IT! It's a substitute for the F word. I just got annoyed with it being so over used. " You can frak 50 women in one night "

Ok, enough already!

Also, I'm less thrilled w/ some of the plot twists from the last couple eps. Minor things, but they seem to be building on themselves.

I guess it's inevitable for a series to plateau or even take a step back, but at this crucial moment in the early stages, right when reviews have come in fairly favorable, I think things are starting to go a bit sideways. Hope I'm wrong.

Summer Glau can simply walk into Mordor

Bones: "Don't 'rawr' her!"
Booth: "What? she'rawred' me first."

PENGUIN

Saturday, March 13, 2010 3:59 PM

I agree. How many times a day does a "real" person use the "f" word (unless you're a trucker)??

It loses it's effect after a while...

King of the Mythical Land that is Iowa

STEGASAURUS

Saturday, March 13, 2010 5:06 PM

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Originally posted by Penguin:
I agree. How many times a day does a "real" person use the "f" word (unless you're a trucker)??

Or a Marine.

CLJOHNSTON108

Saturday, March 13, 2010 5:14 PM

What a coincidence! Just yesterday I posted this to the IMDb boards...
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0799862/board/nest/158985177

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There Can Be Only One?
Thanks to nuGalactica and now Caprica, I get a twitch in my eye whenever I hear the word "Frak".
Why could they not have more than one curse word in that universe?
And why must it be spoken every 37 seconds of screen time?

...and posted this as my Facebook status < http://facebook.com/chris.johnston2>

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I'd only watched the BSG mini-series, but I'm trying to get into Caprica, and one of the many things bugging me is that THERE'S ONLY ONE SWEAR WORD IN THAT WHOLE UNIVERSE!!! It's "Frak" every 37 seconds!! I'm about ready to bail on it.

I mean, it's "Frak you!" "Frak me!" "How 'bout a good frak?" "Ta-frakkin'-da!!" ad nauseum

ECGORDON

Saturday, March 13, 2010 8:04 PM

I take it none of you care for Martin Scorcese or Quentin Tarantino movies.

I used to work with a guy who used the real F word in nearly every sentence, even over the PA system in the store.

Granted there should be more than one curse word, but I hope they don't start using felgercarb.

CHRISISALL

Saturday, March 13, 2010 10:19 PM

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Originally posted by ecgordon:
I hope they don't start using felgercarb.

I *liked* that word...

The laughing Chrisisall

"I only do it to to remind you that I'm right and that deep down, you know I'm right, you want me to be right, you need me to be right." - The Imperial Hero Strikes Back, 2010

AURAPTOR

Sunday, March 14, 2010 12:18 AM

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Originally posted by ecgordon:

Granted there should be more than one curse word, but I hope they don't start using felgercarb.

See, I LIKE using the word 'frak'. It's fun to say! Frak! Or was... now that it's being bludgeoned to death w/ overuse.... I'm so glad Joss didn't over use 'gorram'.

felgercarb takes too much effort to blurt out. Saying it sounds like you're talking w/ food in your mouth. It just doesn't roll the tongue like a good 'frak!'. I'm not anti-felgercarb...I'm sure it's got a use,somewhere in the 12 colonies.

The writers for Caprica should challenge themselves to avoid using 'frak' for at LEAST 2 consecutive episodes.

Then, if they pass that little test, they should really earn their pay and try to come up with ANOTHER swear word, or at least try to work in a decent felgercarb, once in an episode.

Summer Glau can simply walk into Mordor

Bones: "Don't 'rawr' her!"
Booth: "What? she'rawred' me first."

CALHOUN

Sunday, March 14, 2010 11:41 PM

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Stegasaurus wrote:
Saturday, March 13, 2010 07:06
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Originally posted by Penguin:
I agree. How many times a day does a "real" person use the "f" word (unless you're a trucker)??
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Or a Marine.

Or a steelworker.

NOOCYTE

Saturday, May 28, 2011 7:10 AM

Actually, they took "felgercarb" off the table (EEEwww!) by using it as the name of a Gemenon toothpaste in BSG.

It'd be like saying "Holy Colgate!"

Department of Redundancy Department

DMI

Saturday, May 28, 2011 6:17 PM

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Originally posted by Calhoun:
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Stegasaurus wrote:
Saturday, March 13, 2010 07:06
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Originally posted by Penguin:
I agree. How many times a day does a "real" person use the "f" word (unless you're a trucker)??
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Or a Marine.

Or a steelworker.

I'm not sure what episode of Teletubbies some of y'all live in, but the f-word is in pretty regular use in the world around me, regardless of profession. I find frak an enjoyable substitute, but I kind of agree, too much of anything can turn bad.

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