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Okay...I did NOT realize this was in reference to Game Of Thrones. I honestly thought it was another Last Jedi dig. I am way out of my lane here.
Subverting expectations is like any other gimmick. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. I personally am on Team It Works more often than not, but yeah, some twists go beyond the pale. I don't watch GoT, so if you insist it has done so, I have no counterargument. Carry on.
There’s a difference between “subverting expectations” and “pulling shit out of your ass.”
Okay, you know how a lot of the TLJ haters always go "ehh subverting expectations is stupid!" but they usually have ulterior motives for hating TLJ? ...GOT fans are actually right on this one after tonight's episode. It was kind of bullshit.
Basically, tonights GOT didnt subvert expectations... it pretty much just ignored seasons of character development and character logic just to have a shocking and needlessly horrific moment.
Every other episode this season, good or bad, was at least trying to have fun. And I kind of respected that, since I knew we were never getting GRRM's plot. But this... this was just needlessly dark and gruesome.
I do twinge at this pushback against "subverting expectations" because it does feel like audiences want their films/TV to be as safe as possible.
But it's not like I don't see where they're coming from, in our scary and uncertain times it can feel like entertainment needs safe outcomes because the world outside isn't giving us much.
To help clear things up: People were expecting a story about how power and war corrupts, because it's a fantasy piece, to end with peace, love, and rock 'n roll.
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