From over revealing movie trailers, Sony hacks, and people digging deep into downloadable content (such as the recent Super Smash Bros leaks prior to the Nintendo Direct), it seems that there is no safe way to read up on your favorite and anticipated mediums without spoilers galore. I'm well aware that this is nothing new and that I'm ranting but I'm just frustrated.
On the one hand, I can definitely understand why people get upset about spoilers. Because I want to avoid on raining on other people's parades, I'm always careful to not spoil anything myself.
That said though, I'm personally not bothered by them. They don't make me more or less excited for to see or read something. I enjoy things not just for the content, but also the concepts behind them. So when someone says "Oh my God! I can't believe the ending to Super Space Western IV: The Fading Stars! That scene where Lonestar 7 came back online blew me away!" I don't really think anything about it one way or another. I'll still enjoy the event for what it is.
However, the one caveat is if there's a plot twist or a mystery involved. If you spoil that, well, I hate you and I don't want to be your friend anymore.
I definitely agree.
Before I even knew Lost was a thing, it was spoiled for me. Honestly never cared to even start it before that, and it reinforced my decisions after as well.. But I might have loved Lost. I guess we'll never know. /:
Also, don't even tell me there's a twist. Because then I'll be waiting for it, and that can ruin things too.
I avoid spoilers at all costs. Inspired by one of my favorite movie podcasts, I started even avoiding _trailers_.
Imagine going into Mad Max Fury Road and having no idea what you're in for. Even the crazy guitar guy was a total surprise. That's the experience I got, and was amazing.
Thank you for your use of spoiler bars, hahahaha! I've also taken advice from a Podcast, The Geek Generation Podcast, to avoid trailers. I hear one of the trailers for Terminator Genesys spoils the "twist" or "major plot point" or whatever. What podcast(s) do you listen to?
This is not a new thing.
A long, long time ago, I went to see a new movie, that I'd heard nothing about. It was sci-fi, and I was expecting (possibly) something similar to "Alien", which I'd seen recently.
That movie was "E.T". The movie is 100% better, if you have no idea what E.T. looks like, or if he's good or bad. You don't even get a glimpse of him for a good 30 minutes or so (it's actually pretty creepy up until his nature is revealed to Drew Barrymore). I am one of the very few people who have seen that movie as it was meant to be seen, just because I saw it that first weekend it came out.
Perhaps not a new thing, but now I can go online and immediately see someone posting spoilers to a TV on Facebook. Other times I'll see headlines from a site telling me exactly what was leaked from XYZ productions. Much more likely to happen than me being unable to hush up my talking friend before they give away the ending to something.
I work in the industry (QA consultant for a large company - we may or may not have been under scrupule recently DUE to a leak from one of our testers regarding a videogame). And you're damn right it aggravates me - people who do that at my place of work are often shunned, and when I hear of leaks from a project that I know is in-house, I can't help but to think maybe it's one of us and it makes me want to straight up rampage.
Wow, the internal conflicts that could have arose during that must have been insane. I could't imagine how upset various employees must get during a leak. Personally I feel bad (not that bad, but still bad) for Nintendo for going through the trouble to make their Nintendo Direct announcement and then to have a leak go through just a day ahead of time.
If you don't mind me asking, what company or game would that have been? Was it a recent leak? (no worries if you'd rather keep that quiet).
I'd rather keep that quiet indeed - I can't speak too precisely of that I do seeing I am under a NDA.
In terms of movies, tv shows books etc...yeah, but most legitimate sites that handle the media will warn you or avoid spoilers. It's the free wheeling discussion forums like this one where random people decide they're going to be dicks and blurt out crucial storyline details to mess with people that you have to be weary of.
With something like games, where the action is interactive and in some way up to my actions, I don't really care.
Yeah, a good point about legitimate sites being pretty good. I guess my frustration is directed most at social media and independent news sites.
Well, when you're dealing with something like a small blog, they're fighting for their lives. If they get the script to the Harry Potter prequel, where a bigger site might use that to get exclusive interviews by leveraging their contacts in Hollywood, a small site will simply go for the pageviews and post the full script without a care in the world. They're not part of the machine so the machine can't help or hurt them.
But we also go to them because that same freedom means they're more honest with us. They can shit all over a bad movie without risking pissing off some publicist contact they rely on.
- But we also go to them because that same freedom means they're more honest with us. They can shit all over a bad movie without risking pissing off some publicist contact they rely on.
Or advertisers. You can't crap on someone's product if they're using you as a platform for advertisement.