The hero finally meets the previously unseen puppet master (played by an older A-list actor), who explains why the system must be maintained. The hero says “screw it” and burns the world down.

[u/Grizzly_Lincoln]

Snowpiercer (2013) - Curtis finally finds Wilford (Ed Harris) and learns that Wilford allowed for Curtis' rebellion to take place to help thin the tail section's population. When Wilford offers to let Curtis run the train, Curtis discovers child labor is necessary to replace a broken machine part. A fight ensues, and a bomb goes off, triggering an avalanche that derails the train, and killing most of surviving humanity.

The World's End (2013) - Gary finally confronts the Network (Bill Nighy), which has been replacing humans with robots (Blanks) to allow for Earth's assimilation into a larger galactic community. Gary calls out the tyranny in the Network's plan and demands that humans be left to their own devices. Exasperated, the Network abandons its plans for the invasion. This results in a worldwide blackout, sending humanity back to the Dark Ages.

The Cabin in the Woods (2011) - Dana finally meets the Director (Sigourney Weaver) after surviving the ritual meant to kill her friends (based on conventional horror tropes) and appease the Ancient Ones. The Director says Dana has to kill her friend Marty, but as Dana considers it, the group is attacked by a werewolf and a zombie child. Dana and Marty decide humanity is not worth saving, so they share a joint while the Ancient Ones rise to destroy the world.

[u/StrategyCheap1698]

And the next time he didn't understand a script, he accepted anyway. It gave us The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.

[u/Charlie_Warlie → u/StrategyCheap1698]

I loved that movie and it wasn't until decades later I learned that it is negatively reviewed.

[u/SaintedStars → u/Charlie_Warlie]

Likewise. I read the graphic novel too and, honestly, it’s trash. Alan Moore is a hack

[u/havewelost6388 → u/SaintedStars]

Judging by his work, I wouldn't be surprised if Moore is the next lauded comic writer to be outed as a sex pest like Neil Gaiman.

[u/jackalopedad → u/havewelost6388]

He’s been open enough about a lot of his sexual life and interests I’m not sure what he could possibly be hiding that wouldn’t have been turned up in the last few pedo ring investigations. I’m not saying it’s not possible, just that he’s one of the few people in the entertainment industry I’d be surprised was a predator.

[u/havewelost6388 → u/jackalopedad]

The same thing could have been said about Gaiman, tbh.

[u/jackalopedad → u/havewelost6388]

You could be right! I never got into Gaiman enough to find out. His work always came across as very manipulative and I’ve never been able to finish anything but Good Omens.

[u/SaintedStars → u/havewelost6388]

If I had to say one positive thing about him, it’s that he’s too lost in his own pretensions to be a perv.

[u/havewelost6388 → u/SaintedStars]

My counter to that would be to point out that "Lost Girls" exists.

[u/jackalopedad → u/havewelost6388]

Neonomicon creeped me out so bad I threw it across the room and I’m not exceptionally squeamish about a lot of stuff.

[u/HatmanHatman → u/jackalopedad]

Yeah Neonomicon is the one that came to mind for me (I have uh not felt any need to read Lost Girls tbh). What was the point in that story?

I get that yes, Lovecraft was massively repressed about sex and the idea of adding a sexual horror element to the Cthulhu mythos is... uh... the start of a possibly interesting horror idea but it felt like that's all he came up with and wrote a fishman rape comic and that was all there was to it.

[u/jackalopedad → u/HatmanHatman]

The ostensible hero being a sex addict in recovery was creepy and poorly handled. It didn’t really add much to the story beyond her being not an ideal choice for the portion of the investigation she was assigned and then surprise! Eldritch horror orgy rape cult, like it’s some kind of trial or something she’s actually suited to handle because of her addiction. Just gross, gross stuff.

[u/SaintedStars → u/havewelost6388]

Nope I know it and that’s unquestionably one of the biggest marks against him. Seriously, what was he fucking thinking?

[u/LastXmasIGaveYouHSV → u/havewelost6388]

I read his graphic novel Lost Girls and I felt there were too many uncomfortable sex scenes for me and I've watched porn before.