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I love Tarantino films; major fan. But I don't think he's capable of nuance or subtext, both of which are heavily used in the franchise. I would also abhor a "hard R" Star Trek film. It would be right up there with the Kelvin films. There's no way in hell the fan base would allow something like that to be canonized. The only alternative I could see is if it involved time travel and all of the "hard R"s were from humans from the past.
Counterpoint: with some subject matter, you don't need nuance or subtext. Hence why IB remains, in my opinion, his greatest work. It's one of the few subjects where you don't need nuance so the good technical aspects of his filmmaking doesn't just wash out in all the blood and gore. All you have to do is cook up a story in the Trek universe where his filmmaking style would be an asset (hint: have the story revolve around killing fascists), don't give him complete control, and make him work in tandem with Star Trek old hands like Brannon Braga or Jonathan Frakes and I honestly think you'd end up with something good.
Personally, I think Star Trek is good enough that it deserves more and more interesting film treatments than it's gotten. Tarantino Trek would upset a lot of people just because it wasn't an anodyne feel-good PG movie, but if it was good, we could end up with other, better directors doing even more interesting things with Trek.
Star Trek itself often has nuance that's about as subtle as being hit in the face with a brick. Need I remind everyone about Let That Be Your Last Battlefield, TOS S3E15.
I think when they say "hard R" here, they mean a strong R rating for the film, not the other hard R for which Tarantino is known.