Post by constonks on Aug 19, 2017 4:46:33 GMT
I'm pretty sick of the "72 Hours Earlier" trope. TV Tropes calls it "How We Got Here".
Look, I'm fine with stories starting in medias res. That's fine! But sooo many stories are weakened by the gimmick of "Look at this wacky situation... now how did we get here?!" It's just a twist for the audience, not anything to do with the characters or the story. That's not a good twist. I mean, I've seen it done cleverly when it's subverted (The X-Files episode "Monday" is a good example), but more often than not, it's trite and overdone - and you can usually see the twist coming.
(Although Rick and Morty made fun of it during the purge episode, so I'm glad to see other people rolling their eyes at this.)
Look, I'm fine with stories starting in medias res. That's fine! But sooo many stories are weakened by the gimmick of "Look at this wacky situation... now how did we get here?!" It's just a twist for the audience, not anything to do with the characters or the story. That's not a good twist. I mean, I've seen it done cleverly when it's subverted (The X-Files episode "Monday" is a good example), but more often than not, it's trite and overdone - and you can usually see the twist coming.
(Although Rick and Morty made fun of it during the purge episode, so I'm glad to see other people rolling their eyes at this.)
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