re: I'm a weak man, I caved and re-watched Game of Thrones. Where it went off the rails...

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There was such an effort to do something that makes people say "ooh, I didn't see THAT coming".

I don't know when that became the cool, edgy thing to do, but it ruined a lot of shows and movies. It might be interesting at the time, but you don't want to rewatch any of them.

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This right motherfricking here all damn day long. Having your expectations be subverted is only cool when the outcome that you didn't see coming turns out to be even cooler than what you expected to happen. It's like filmmakers expect me to think, "Well, I was expecting to see Jon Snow end the series riding on a dragon leading the forces of Westeros to defeat the Army of the Dead and then get crowned king and get to frick Dany for the rest of his life. That would have been fricking rad. What I actually got was for him to end up as a sad sack banished back to a Wall that has no reason to continue to exist. But since I didn't expect or even want to see it, that makes it even cooler than what I was wanting." No one thinks this, and you're right, these movies and shows have no staying power because of it.

And now you've mentioned Star Wars and I'm even more pissed. Goddammit, Rian Johnson, I watch Star Wars to see Luke Skywalker kicking arse with a lightsaber! Why can you not understand this??????