Paul is Muad'Dib, Darth Vader is Luke's father.

Druhim

I'm certainly not expecting the forum's policy on spoilers to change as a result of this, but I did find this Wired article about how spoilers don't really spoil anything rather amusing.

In fact, the study indicates that people actually tend to enjoy stories more when the ending is spoiled for them. Personally I don't really get the frantic avoidance of spoilers, but I have to confess I was a bit surprised to find that Usagi also sometimes skips to the end of a book or reads spoilers about a film before investing time in following it all the way through.

A duck!

Yeah, this won't result in a change in forum policy.

Druhim

Yeah, never suggested it would.

Druhim

But good job on jumping on that before it got out of hand, right?

Beasteh

snape kills the balrog

BugBoy

y'know what's awful

when there's a cool bit in a movie trailer and you spend the whole movie waiting to see it

but it was cut from the finished film

and you're kept in suspension until it's over and then you're let down

TheStig

My american history teacher said he always reads the end of a book first, because he can't stand not knowing what happens.

Staleghoti

When Bruce Willis was dead at the end of Sixth Sense I...

Rock Lobster!

Yeah, I've never really got that "Well, story's spoiled, might as well not even bother now" mentality. I mean, I like to be surprised but I'm not gonna call the whole thing off just because I know how it ends. Personally it's always been more about how the story unfolds than what happens at the end (or big reveals somewhere in the middle).

Romanian My Escutcheon

I am Keyser Soze.

Grey Ghost

I won't flip my shit over a spoiler, but I like the experience a little better if I go in not knowing the ending or the BIG TWIST, at least

Even if I do figure it out myself halfway through

Rock Lobster!

Rosebud kills Dumbledore.

TheStig

While we're talking about Muad'Dib
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2B6jgkcANRE

Baroque And Roll

I will spoil small stuff for myself, like episodes of tv shows.

But if someone had spoiled any part of Harry Potter for me, I would have been so cross.

Beasteh

spoiler: it's man

Staleghoti

Grey Ghost wrote:

I won't flip my shit over a spoiler, but I like the experience a little better if I go in not knowing the ending or the BIG TWIST, at least

Even if I do figure it out myself halfway through

Yeah I won't avoid seeing a thing if I've had it spoilt, but I definitely feel like it takes away from my enjoyment.

I've experienced this in HBO shows, and animu where I read the manga first, etc

BugBoy

turns out this guy broke his glasses and now he can't see that this book is a cookbook

Druhim

Look, all I'm saying is that Perfect Strangers was more enjoyable to watch in its entirety knowing that Balki and Mary Anne would resolve their differences and eventually get married.

Huntera

I just watched a dev diary for a video game yesterday that had at least like 5 spoilers in it if you knew anything about the game. and I'm like "Really, guys, you decided to use that scene for this?

Usagi

How did I never notice that Stilgar is Ed Hurley from Twin Peaks

Tox

I get where some people can go into a book/game/movie wanting a very native experience, with absolutely no spoilers whatsoever.

I am simply not one of those people. At worst spoilers do nothing for me, at best I actually enjoy it more, because I know what sorts of nuances to watch for.

That said, Fight Club-level twist endings can lose a lot when they're spoiled, so I understand that.

JayKaos

What I hate more is getting something spoiled when I don't know what the hell they're talking about


And then later I'm watching the thing in question and suddenly remember "Wait THIS guy is the one that gets killed soon?"


Okay that only happened like, once but it bummed me out.

Staleghoti

I think what I hate more is going into a movie where I know nothing, predicting what will happen

AND THEN THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS

Huntera

I predicted Shutter Island's ending from the trailer, it's one the reasons I didn't see the movie.

BugBoy

the one spoiler that really really bugged me was finding out the mystery of sissel's identity in ghost trick before I played it

but it was alright, I guess, because there are a ton of other nice twists and reveals in that game

TheStig

Huntera wrote:

I predicted Shutter Island's ending from the trailer, it's one the reasons I didn't see the movie.

Same.

I guessed the secret in Moon, but when I watched the movie I was pleased to find that the secret was revealed like 20 minutes in and the whole movie wasn't a build up to it.

chiasaur11

This is good to know.

See, generally I sponge up spoilers. There are exceptions, things where I go "alright, for this, I go on blackout.", but generally?

Spoiler city.

And Moon is great in its attitude towards these things, yeah.

TankHammer

I really enjoy being surprised by twists and endings so I enjoy going into movies, books and games without knowing what will happen. If they're really well-written/acted then getting an ending detail spoiled doesn't upset me but I do get really upset when somebody ruins an ending without asking me. It waters-down the journey!

Kayura

BugBoy wrote:

turns out this guy broke his glasses and now he can't see that this book is a cookbook

Also, he was Hitler all along.

Aneurhythmia

I find the study's empiricist delineation of narrative forms kind of gross.

Druhim

Aneurhythmia wrote: »

I find the study's empiricist delineation of narrative forms kind of gross.

This conclusion on your part was already spoiled for me though.

Hunter

Gandalf is Magneto

BahamutZERO

put yo goddamn hand in the goddamn box o' pain

Balefuego

I don't like spoilers because you only get to experience a book/movie/game/whatever for the first time once and I like to have that experience as the author/director/designer/whoever intended.

There are plenty of things I've enjoyed or appreciated more the 2nd or 3rd time through because I knew where it was going and could see how things were playing out, but that's what a rewatch or reread is for.

Peter Ebel

I don't really mind spoilers at all. And I'm so happy when I see people throw a hissyfit because of them. It makes more happy than seeing a rabbit.

Framling

I had the Usual Suspects spoiled for me, and I'll tell you that decreased my enjoyment of the film.

Sir Headless VII

I definitely do not enjoy spoilers for movies or t.v. shows but a book might be different. I can't actually remember when I last read a book where i didn't at least have some idea of where it was going. Actually scratch that the book i was reading just before my current book was really enjoyable for its ability to surprise me and I am pretty sure would have been less enjoyable if I knew how it ended.

Peter Ebel

If someone had spoiled the Strain for me, I could have thrown it out instantly.

Framling

Also, is Paul being Muad'Dib really a spoiler? I haven't read the book in a while, but I don't really remember it playing its cards particularly close to its chest.

Sweeney Tom

Soylent green is people

Rosebud was a sled

The South didn't rise again

Peter Ebel

Hitler yells and kills himself.