Yeah, I suspect you're right. A lot of writers probably think too highly of themselves to just take the easy road and give the audience what they probably want to see.
Oh, and speaking of exposition - this had one of the best moments of horrible, clumsy exposition I've ever seen:
---another big spoiler coming up---
Stryker - "I'll shoot him with this adamantium bullet." Lab assistant - "That won't kill him, he'll just regenerate." Stryker - "No, but it will destroy, HIS MEMORIES!"
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Date: 2009-05-04 07:36 am (UTC)Oh, and speaking of exposition - this had one of the best moments of horrible, clumsy exposition I've ever seen:
---another big spoiler coming up---
Stryker - "I'll shoot him with this adamantium bullet."
Lab assistant - "That won't kill him, he'll just regenerate."
Stryker - "No, but it will destroy, HIS MEMORIES!"
I'm not kidding...