I'm honestly not sure what started the trend (Don't say Fast and the Furious

it was around before then) and honestly, I'm glad it's not "in" anymore. Well, amongst people with taste, anyways.
I feel it's a genuinely good idea, just designed and done completely the wrong way. Like a spinoff of a really good movie by a different director, sometimes things don't come together as they imagined.
Altezzas, with clear plastic, black housings and angel-eye tails (with reverse lamps mounted in the middle). That'd look hot to me. But I'm sure new cars may already adopt a similar idea