Tue May 15, 2018 5:25 pm
Tue May 15, 2018 5:25 pm
durdencommatyler wrote:This whole notion of spoilers is such a recent phenomenon. I hate it. We had a full century of filmmaking without the concept.
Tue May 15, 2018 5:27 pm
Strat wrote:durdencommatyler wrote:This whole notion of spoilers is such a recent phenomenon. I hate it. We had a full century of filmmaking without the concept.
Yea but that was pre internet and was much easier for that not to be a thing. The way information and opinions are shared these days is batshit insane.
Tue May 15, 2018 5:31 pm
durdencommatyler wrote:Strat wrote:durdencommatyler wrote:This whole notion of spoilers is such a recent phenomenon. I hate it. We had a full century of filmmaking without the concept.
Yea but that was pre internet and was much easier for that not to be a thing. The way information and opinions are shared these days is batshit insane.
I agree but I still don't get "spoiler culture."
Tue May 15, 2018 5:31 pm
durdencommatyler wrote:This whole notion of spoilers is such a recent phenomenon. I hate it. We had a full century of filmmaking without the concept.
Tue May 15, 2018 5:31 pm
Tue May 15, 2018 5:32 pm
Tue May 15, 2018 5:33 pm
dimejinky99 wrote:Right. So everyone in the last few posts except Strat is ok ok with a film being spoiled on them. And you’re all somehow new to the idea of the internet and how it works? Am I reading that right?
Tue May 15, 2018 5:33 pm
Tue May 15, 2018 5:35 pm
theplatypus wrote:dimejinky99 wrote:Right. So everyone in the last few posts except Strat is ok ok with a film being spoiled on them. And you’re all somehow new to the idea of the internet and how it works? Am I reading that right?
The idea is that the "how" is usually more important than the "what", and I can agree with that. But knowing of certain story elements, especially "shocking" ones, ahead of time can have a dampening effect on their dramatic resonance and the visceral experience of following along with a fiction
Tue May 15, 2018 5:36 pm
Tue May 15, 2018 5:36 pm
dimejinky99 wrote:To platys point
You all live in a society that it was ok to walk out of a film and tell someone about it at work, or in the pub, who hasn’t seen it, and that is ok? Seriously?
Tue May 15, 2018 5:52 pm
LoathedVermin72 wrote:dimejinky99 wrote:To platys point
You all live in a society that it was ok to walk out of a film and tell someone about it at work, or in the pub, who hasn’t seen it, and that is ok? Seriously?
Um....yes?
Tue May 15, 2018 6:04 pm
Tue May 15, 2018 6:11 pm
theplatypus wrote:dimejinky99 wrote:Right. So everyone in the last few posts except Strat is ok ok with a film being spoiled on them. And you’re all somehow new to the idea of the internet and how it works? Am I reading that right?
The idea is that the "how" is usually more important than the "what", and I can agree with that. But knowing of certain story elements, especially "shocking" ones, ahead of time can have a dampening effect on their dramatic resonance and the visceral experience of following along with a fiction
Tue May 15, 2018 6:24 pm
Tue May 15, 2018 6:25 pm
durdencommatyler wrote:That's actually super tame for him. Seems lukewarm at best. I think he probably disliked it more than he expected but wants to stay positive.
Tue May 15, 2018 7:11 pm
theplatypus wrote:durdencommatyler wrote:This whole notion of spoilers is such a recent phenomenon. I hate it. We had a full century of filmmaking without the concept.
I don't have the historical knowledge to back this up, but I don't believe that the concept of people trying to avoid having elements of the movie -- or even, say, a novel-- "spoiled" for them is that recent, even if they didn't have the term "spoiler". Didn't Alfred Hitchcock ask Psycho audiences not to give away the ending? I gotta believe similar things have long been around for mystery novels, stage plays and the such.
Tue May 15, 2018 7:13 pm
dimejinky99 wrote:LoathedVermin72 wrote:dimejinky99 wrote:To platys point
You all live in a society that it was ok to walk out of a film and tell someone about it at work, or in the pub, who hasn’t seen it, and that is ok? Seriously?
Um....yes?
And nobody has ever punched you for doing so? Well I guess not.
You’d be ok if someone you know or a reviewer spoiled a film for you before you’d seen it then?
Tue May 15, 2018 7:14 pm