In my last post, I mentioned that I’d lost power. So I was reading a book by flashlight, a book that I’d been looking forward to as it was the last volume in a really excellent sci-fi trilogy, and I was wondering how they were going to resolve the seemingly-unsolvable plot. What happens? No big battle; no jump into a black hole to stop the destruction of Earth; no combining of psychic powers in order to create a super-psychic power and save the world. Nope, just a deus ex machina, leaving me feeling a little cheated.
For those of you who don’t spend their time obsessing over terms like bildungsroman and deus ex machina, the deus ex machina is a plot device, usually a person or an object, that is inserted suddenly into a story in order to solve a seemingly-unsolvable plot. However, plenty of writers don’t like to use these plot devices, as they feel that they are not only cheating the readers out of a good resolution to the story, but also because the writers might feel they are cheating themselves.
You may be familiar with some famous deus ex machinas (I’m not sure if that’s actually the term’s plural form but whatever): the ending of Huck Finn is a well-known example. Lord of the Flies’ ending is also a deus ex machina, along with the ending for War of the Worlds. And I’m sure that if, given the time, I tried to look for more famous examples, I’d come up with a whole list of them.
Fortunately I don’t have the time. But if you want to put up your least favorite deus ex machina, and the emotional reaction you felt when you read/watched it, by all means tell me. I’d love to complain about it with you.
Rami Ungar The Writer 
Finally somebody talking about it !
I hate it so much too … I’m currently watching “Avatar: the last airbending” cartoon , praised by so many people.
But come on man.. EVERY SINGLE F****** complicate situations are suddenly solved by some random bullshit WITHIN SECONDS. Like literally building a whole episode around some plot, then 10 second of nonsense coming out of nowhere -> the end.
People saying it’s enjoyable for adults .. but seriously every time it happens (and it happens .. a lot) I feel how much this is meant for little children , like they can sell anything to naïve kids… I really don’t understand how it is possible so much people don’t see that !
And tbh, even for children, you shouldn’t use that .. it’s just cheap, you can make something fit for children that has a nice build, something meaningful when situations are solved .. it’s not like it’s mandatory to take them as dummy and sell them that everything just goes by magic, common’!