one thing I am really sick of in movies is the "open with a moment of high tension and then flashback" trope.
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Film Crit Hulk ripped on the John Carter movie for this, talking about how giving him a flashback to his wife and kids dying in the Civil War (a "reveal" to the "mystery" of why he has PTSD) was lazy and hamhanded
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Like it's beating on your skull telling you to make the connection between his feelings about his dead wife and Dejah in the present, rather than just telling this fairly obvious story in order and trusting us to be able to make that connection when it happens
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again, i don't like the trend of "every storytelling beat is a Reveal," but i absolutely understand the incentives. Lost might have ended in shambles, but it clearly pulled in viewers. mysteries keep audiences engaged (tweeting) between episodes, keep them coming back.
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personally i agree that you should default to telling the story straight. it makes for better, more satisfying narrative. but there are strong commercial incentives not to
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