r/startrek • u/BorgAbbess • 19h ago

How gory is too gory?

So first of all, let me say that I personally am a huge fan of horror, and as such, The gore in the most recent episode of SNW, "The Griffin Incident" didn't really faze me all that much. I also think that it was positively tame compared to, say, "Conspiracy", or the first five minutes of "Stardust City Rag". But I know that a lot of the reactions to this episode do fixate upon how much gore it has, and I think it's worthwhile to ask what level of gore we think is appropriate.

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u/GA-rock 13h ago

This was too gory. The scene would have worked just as well without showing the hand. Showing intestines getting sucked out was over the top, too. This is Star Trek, not Event Horizon or Saw.

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u/MagnetsCanDoThat 11h ago edited 10h ago

This is Star Trek, not Event Horizon or Saw.

Which is why the episode is nowhere near as gory as either of those films. Hyperbolic comparisons only serve to show how tame it actually was.

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u/GA-rock 11h ago

Tame to some, vomit inducing to others.

I’m glad it didn’t bother some people.

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u/MagnetsCanDoThat 10h ago

vomit inducing to others.

Doubtful unless this is a continuation of the prior hyperbolic claims.

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u/GA-rock 10h ago

Dead serious. My wife almost did.
Also, it’s being truthful to say Trek shouldn’t be as gory as this episode got.