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re: Stand by Me (spoilers)
Posted on 3/17/10 at 9:41 pm to Tiger JJ
Posted on 3/17/10 at 9:41 pm to Tiger JJ
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I never understand the age-of-movie argument against spoilers. There's tons of movies that I have never seen that I know nothing about. A good example is I didn't see No Way Out until about 2 years ago. And I was incredibly happy that I had not been spoiled.
ETA: I watched the movie last night with 2 people who had never seen it and knew nothing about it. Their experience would have been clearly much worse if I had said going in: "Oh, let's watch this one. You'll love it because of the following major plot points and reveals which I am about to enumerate for you in advance of your first-time viewing of the film. You shouldn't mind this because the movie is 24 years old."
It's more about if you enter a thread about a 24 year old movie you should know good and well that plot points will be discussed. It is your choice to enter the thread. Watching an older movie with someone that has seen it before that gives away the ending is completely different.
For example I dvr'd tonights Southpark and will watch when I go to bed in an hour or so. I am staying the hell away from the Southpark thread because I know what's in it even though it isn't labeled spoilers.
However a thread about an upcoming Big Brother in which people know what will happen ahead of time because of BB After Dark should be labeled spoilers.
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Posted on 3/17/10 at 9:52 pm to Cash
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It's more about if you enter a thread about a 24 year old movie you should know good and well that plot points will be discussed
yeah, I skip threads like that all the time.
My gripe (and I know JT agrees
) is when some one puts actual spoilers in the title.
Posted on 3/17/10 at 9:55 pm to Cash
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It's more about if you enter a thread about a 24 year old movie you should know good and well that plot points will be discussed. It is your choice to enter the thread. Watching an older movie with someone that has seen it before that gives away the ending is completely different.
Not everyone has heard of every movie. For instance, neither of the people last night had heard of it.
And plot point shouldn't be discussed if it doesn't have "spoilers" in the title. I don't understand why this is so difficult of a concept. If I had just wanted to talk about the cast, I would have not put spoilers, and the thread might have gone like "it's amazing to think where the cast of Stand By Me ended up" and then initiated a discussion about the cast.
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For example I dvr'd tonights Southpark and will watch when I go to bed in an hour or so. I am staying the hell away from the Southpark thread because I know what's in it even though it isn't labeled spoilers.
However a thread about an upcoming Big Brother in which people know what will happen ahead of time because of BB After Dark should be labeled spoilers.
We've talked about it before, and I think it's pretty clear that TV shows are a different matter. I would certainly prefer "spoilers" to be written, but TV threads are just always going to have spoilers by definition, so I do what you do and stay out of them.
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