What is so wrong with predictablity?

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If there is one thing I cannot stand in life, it's unpredictability. In real life, that can't really be controlled, but in entertainment, especially a franchise that is clearly established as fictional, it can be predictable. I remember being a Scooby Doo fan for a little bit as a kid. It was never an obsession, just a cartoon I liked to watch. Next to Scooby Doo and the other dogs being able to talk (I remember a puppy and at least two other adult dogs that could), my favorite thing about it was the predictability and according to a documentary about animals in TV shows, the predictability is one of the factors that other people loved.

A lot of Sonic fans seem to hate the cartoon Sonic X because it's so predictable and cliché. I've noticed a lot of predictability in the original Japanese version of it too. But what is so wrong about predictability? Especially in fiction? Before I watch a movie I have never seen before, I have to look up the WHOLE plot first. If someone tells me how something ends, it's not going to "spoil" it for me, because no one can give every single detail and they are not going to be able to experience it the same way I will. I also have no idea what is going on if I don't research the plot first. When I was younger, I hated watching new movies. The only movie I would watch was Lion King. I was obsessed with Titan A.E. for a while and that was the basis for my desire for a bearded dragon. But apparently the character that sparked my interest in lizards is supposed to be a fruit bat. I don't know, it just screams Cyclura cornuta to me. Plus he was voiced by the same person who did Timon. If I hadn't gotten scared by a Titan A.E. trailer at the theater (don't ask me why, I was just weird as a kid), I probably never would have never gotten into Titan A.E.. I remember it was airing on TV one day and I wanted to find out just what freaked me out so much and watched it. Maybe it had something to do with the main character looking kind of like a person who at the time I had a HUGE schoolgirl crush on. The only person I ever had that kind of crush on by the way. Tony Attwood has often said that some obsessions/special interests develop as a way to cope with fears but it was three or four years after that movie had even been released in the theaters after I actually watched it and I was just curious as to what it was actually like.

Anyway, for the most part, I hated watching movies I had never seen before. I was also VERY routine orientated as a kid and had a STRICT daily schedule. As an adult, I never really actually watch TV shows or movies, I just listen to them as I work on my art or do something on the computer. If I'm not doing anything and am expected to "watch" it, even movies I like, my mind just kinda drifts off and I can't really focus. I'm actualy "listning" to Titan A.E. on Netflicks right now. I never realised how LOUD it is and how much of an arrogant dick the main character is. Maybe I never noticed because at the time I was a teenager and going through the "arrogant dick" phase as well.

oh, I love my little routines, too. Even though I wouldn't have admitted it or realized it until recently. I can watch the same movie I love over and over and over no problem. I loved watching the Wizard of Oz every year on tv as I grew up and still watch it sometimes.

I listen to movies too, either in the other room, or sometimes I just lay in a position where I can't see the tv and just hear it. It doesn't bother me and sometimes is my preferred way of watching something. It is more fun that way.

Agreed on unpredictability, it is the worst! When my routines are disrupted, I try to pretend that my day isn't ruined, but it is. It frustrates me that I feel like the optimal solution is to crawl back into bed and try again tomorrow, and this option is usually unavailable. The only way my routines can be disrupted with only minor problems is if I know about the disruption ahead of time and can plan for it.

On a similar note, it drives me bananas when friends want me to do things with them and they don't give me sufficient notice. And then I "have to do it". Or what? Does the fate of humanity rest on my participation? That's not a great selling point for me. I require notification at least 24 hours pre-activity, and no changes of plans unless there has been an emergency. Sounds harsh, but it's the way I roll.

Because predictable means that people can't guess what's going to happen next as they already know what's going to happen, people like new stuff, entertainment that is exciting, and stuff.

I've grown out of having routines, my family and friends broke them so much that it ended up being a complete waste of time and causing my life to be too crappy...
I also can't watch almost any movie without at least reading a bit about it, usually read the spoilers first... It also contributes to my hate of horror films, nothing I hate more then being surprised!
Don't understand peoples love of something jumping out of nowhere making everyone jump in their seats, NTs, who the heck thought of them?

And my routines may have been stopped but I too can't go to things without sufficient notice... My friends call me the 'parent' of the group because I always force them to prepare for whatever the event is far before it happens, or I simply can't go...

The feelings of change and not being in control are probably the worst ones for me to have... Really wish I could understand why NTs think predictability is such a bad thing. It just seriously makes me wonder where in our evolution did NTs get all these weird things about them? If we really did start from monkeys then why did we stop liking things to be predictable and in control? These are the only gaps in the theory of evolution that I don't understand, Why NTs have grown to like/do things that you would think was a waste, therefore get weeded out/useless in evolution... Then again maybe the theory that aspies are then next evolution, ending lots of waste really is correct... Who knows?
Sorry for going off on that rant, habit of mine to go on and on and on and on (Doing it again aren't I? ) /endrant

Wow, I'm the complete opposite. The only thing that doesn't leave me suicidal is a surprise. Predictability is death, for me.