Foreshadowing, a Lost Art

Foreshadowing, a device once reserved for the more mature, and intelligent has devolved in order to appeal to the everyday person. This isn't the kind of reveal that absolutely blew your mind while your parents sat back and enjoyed your reaction. It has morphed into blatantly obvious developments to get consumers talking about their show on social media and spreading buzz for it. In order words it is a form a free advertising. They dangle an obvious event that is about to happen in hopes that fans will create buzz during the week before the episode airs. Movies can't really use the advertising form, but good lord have they wrecked it. I have a very hard time being surprised by movies because I always catch the hints, and the most famous plot twist movies Fight Club and The Sixth Sense were spoiled or me before I was able to view them. So called "twist" endings in any M. Night Shyamalan do not apply. For you see, those movies are full of crap. They spring up a random ending that no one saw coming because no one cares. What was the twist in signs? That Seattle would be the best city in the USA to be, when the aliens invaded because their weakness was... water? Oh wow, that blew my mind, or the village was actually just a collection of crazy Amish people in the woods. My personal favorite would be that mother earth is taking vengeance on people with a breeze that awakens plants to emit some form of hippie non-sense that made everyone kill themselves in creative ways except those who are worthy to walk the earth. His best twist was that the Last Air Bender was garbage, that shocked everyone, good job Knight!