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Spoilers and the ablooblooing thereof
MKR
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I never can understand why spoilers have such an adverse affect on a person's state of mind. It just seems like the journey to the end should mean more than the end.
Do you have a heart attack when you read a spoiler for something you're reading/watching/playing?
Inquiring minds want to know.
P.S.: This thread dies in the end.
Do you have a heart attack when you read a spoiler for something you're reading/watching/playing?
Inquiring minds want to know.
P.S.: This thread dies in the end.
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Actually, I lie. I look for spoilers when I can
If I care enough about a story to want to know what happened, I usually actively look for spoilers. Knowing the end doesn't ruin stuff for me at all.
i killed her and her death inspired me to make the spoiler tag
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Climactic points, plot twists, whatever happens in a plot of something, unless it is a piece of pointless drivel, is almost always put into the work for a reason, and the build-up to it is also in there for a reason. The timing, what comes before it, what comes after it, they're all very carefully placed to have maximum effect, or to have the most ingenuity, or for whatever reason, but they're timed for a very specific effect.
A spoiler is taking you to the end, giving you the climax, without giving you the exposition or conclusion afterwards. Not only is the climax ruined because the surrounding material is lacking, which causes the effect of the climactic material to be lessened, but it also ruins the surrounding material, because you know what it's leading to already, there's no placement or timing.
It has never had that effect on me.
I read all the spoilers for the season 3 finale for BSG and it was still 100% awesome.
Edit: 1984 is the only situation where it might have mattered to me, but that's only because
Snipped irrelevant stuff.
It doesn't really matter if you can't understand it. It's annoying for many people and human beings expect a certain level of empathy or at least respect (if you are retarded about these things) from other human beings. And the people that spoil films and books and whatnot usually do it maliciously, not accidentally, so fuck everyone that spoils stuff.
You can honestly say that someone can tell you all of the awesome parts of a movie and the end and you won't get annoyed?
You really don't think there's a difference in experiencing a plot and it's twists for yourself?
Have you ever watched seen a movie or anything where you didn't already know what was coming?
The only ones I don't know are
the other one is from twin peaks
I watch such movies all the time. Do you not rewatch movies?
Edit: Mis-read. I watch unspoilered ones too.
Delicious.
He says, "but it sucked, look..."
I said "I know, but still, I'd rather see it for myself."
So the fucker looks right at me and blurts out the ending and says "there, I just saved you money."
I didn't really care about the movie that much but I very nearly clocked him.
Look at... oh, say KoToR. If you've played it, good. If not, get off the forums now and buy it and play it.
Anyways...
No, it's from Dallas.
Also, not being a huge fan of a lot of popular stuff makes avoiding spoilers really easy.
Me: "Dude, Snails dies! He botched his save!"
Ordinary person: "...what?"
shit, that's what i meant
sorry
i thought you were always right
Uh. The specifics about the ending. They were somewhat different from the old version, y'know? And it doesn't matter, like I said. If someone says "don't tell me" and you tell them, you deserve to be impaled.
i am always right
i just made a typo
oh
okay
but isnt a typo
by definition
wrong
I was like, "How the fuck do you not know this? I mean, it's not like it's famous or anything"
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He's resurrected as a zombie.
Also:
No joke, that's what he said. It went like this.
Me: "Eh, at least it'll look cool when the ape dies."
Friend: "Dude, what he dies? Why did you ruin it for me?!?!?"
Me: O_o
You joke but that actually happened in one of the sequels I think.