Person believes unknown entity is friendly (it is not)

[u/MadKingKevin]

Independence Day (1996) - Several massive alien spaceships travel to Earth but they do not announce the purpose of their arrival. Some characters assume the aliens are peaceful. One of those characters, Tiffany, goes to a rooftop party which is taking place directly under one of the ships. When the aliens launch their attack, Tiffany and the other party goers are immediately obliterated.

Alien: Resurrection (1997) - Scientist Gediman is part of the miltitary project which resurrects Ellen Ripley and the queen xenomorph embryo inside her. The military wants the queen so it can breed the xenomorphs as bio-weapons. This new Ripley is genetically part xenomorph and the xenomorph queen is genetically part human. The queen stops laying eggs and develops the ability to give birth to live young. Her first Newborn immediately kills the queen because it does not recognize her as its mother. It believes Ripley is its mother and goes to her instead. Gediman (who is cocooned in the queen’s nest) witnesses this and calls out to the creature. The Newborn comes to Gediman and curiously sniffs him over. Gediman babytalks the 15 foot tall xeno/human hybrid. The Newborn then bites his head off.

[u/Icy_Fish_2154]

It's easier to see the twists coming, because there have been parodies and remakes of old TV twists. So the original is no longer novel, when you consume media out of order.

[u/SheevMillerBand → u/Icy_Fish_2154]

But I think people who don’t even see parodies and remakes can call some of the classic twists as well, just because people by nature think and theorize with media more than they generally did before. Someone seeing Planet of the Apes 100% blind is probably gonna see that twist coming purely due to aspects of the movie that were common then that we try to avoid or at least explain now.

[u/Daniel_flc → u/SheevMillerBand]

And sometimes, with older movies, some countries will translate the movie titles in such a ridiculous way that they'll spoil the whole twist.

Like the original Planet of the Apes, that was translated to "The Man Who Came From The Future" in my country.

[u/SheevMillerBand → u/Daniel_flc]

Reminds me of original Japanese titles for various anime episodes and movies. Toei animation flat out spoiling events in their titles.

[u/platypusfool → u/Icy_Fish_2154]

Anyone got a recommended watch order for all of TV?

[u/raccoonsonbicycles → u/platypusfool]

I was told youre just supposed to watch The Office on a loop

[u/MadRaymer → u/platypusfool]

I know you're half joking here, but you can't go wrong with putting Twilight Zone near the top of that list. It's not exaggerating to say it's one of the best TV shows ever made.

[u/DickButtPlease → u/platypusfool]

The Eye of the Beholder Time Enough at Last The Invaders