Submitted by SiLeNtE000 t3_124uauj in television
madison_sn t1_je0wpoj wrote
I'm curious about what show you're talking about. For me, it's often about the journey and not the destination. Even if I don't love every part of a show, there's enough that I do enjoy. People rag on Dexter post-season 4, but I find enough that I enjoy that if I do a rewatch, I still watch 5-8. The bad endings get easier to deal with over time. If I never end up rewatching a show where I found the ending lackluster, I still choose to focus on what it was that I enjoyed in the run up to the finale.
SiLeNtE000 OP t1_je11xmt wrote
I watched a show called Yugioh Vrains, which despite being a Yugioh anime had a surprising good plot. The show tackled the idea of what if artificial intelligence has consciousness. It asks the question “can humans coexist with AI’s?”. The main antagonists ran simulations and found that humans can not, and so is not working to destroy the main characters AI, one of the six conscious AI that exist in the world. Later in the show it reveals a flaw in the initial simulation, showing that it grouped all of the six conscious AI together. When you do simulations for each of the AI, treating each as separate people, it is revealed that five of the six AI could coexist with humanity. The only one that could not was one that was the second antagonist of the show, which was trying to destroy humanity.
Then the show takes a 180 in the final season, saying that new simulations where ran, that said humans and AI could no coexist, but it does not give a reason for how these simulations where different than the ones they done in the previous season. They backpedaled on their message, partly because they had to rush it really bad, and partly so that the main character would have to battle his AI companion that they have been with since the start of the series. To me it feels like they overlooked the nuance of the message they where telling which showed how the main question can not necessarily be answered through simulations as the simulations can be easily misleading . To me it is just disappointing that they backpedaled and did so in a way that did not make that much sense.
Sorry for the rant
HauntingTeacup t1_je1nwwe wrote
Glad I stick to the game and don’t watch the anime. I’ve avoided this kind of stress by the sound of it. I’ll need to let my partner know in case he decides to try this, he’s on the original series. I think a friend of mine is on 5d.
SiLeNtE000 OP t1_je2kaea wrote
Thankfully from what I have heard(and me seeing the original) those ones are not as chaotic. But ya if your friends ever does watch Vrains end it after season two. Season 3 rips your heart out for seemingly no reason
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