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While i hate reading spoilers for new movies and current TV shows. It is discourteous because not everyone has the chance is seeing a movie of TV show on the day they premier or air. Offenders should be lined up against a wall and shot unceremoniously! And the execution should be aired live on Youtube for our entertainment. If it's for older stuff, well that can also be annoying. But really, that is the risk you run visiting a forum with discussions on film or TV related media.
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Apr 1, 2015 - 5:16 AM
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Tall Guy
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Interesting question, and I don't think there's one fixed answer. And if there were, people would forget (or ignore) it anyway. A time limit is difficult and depends on the circumstances in any case. I smiled at your implication that the sinking of the Titanic might be a spoiler for some people - but of course it might! Ditto Apollo 13, ditto Pearl Harbour, D-Day, the Battle of Britain or any number of historical events that SHOULD form part of someone's general knowledge. Yet I work with younger people from time to time for whom one or more of the above would be an utter mystery of the magnitude of who did what to whom on the Orient Express. And if an arbitrary time limit were imposed on fictional events, where to draw the line? A kid watching A Beautiful Life (or A Wonderful Life, as we refer to it in our house - see, sarcasm isn't restricted to the antipodes!)* for the first time shouldn't have his or her enjoyment spoiled. Supposing one of your grandkids started to watch The Sixth Sense 25 years hence. Would you grouchily spoil it for them? Of course not. Yet that could easily happen on this site. The major surprise in The Crying Game was astonishingly betrayed by the then film critic of The Financial Times, which annoyed me no end. Yet I can unthinkingly give the game away in casual chat about TV shows that I've seen but other people may have recorded. Nobody's impervious to putting one's foot in it. I think a bit of care and judicial use of spoiler codes (sorry, The Thing, but can't be helped!) should cover most reasonable people and occasions. TG * Films actually called "A Beautiful Life" are probably also available
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Apr 1, 2015 - 7:09 AM
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mstrox
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I would say, as far as generally discussing a plot unannounced in an unrelated thread, give a year after a movie or TV episode. That's plenty of time for people to catch something in theaters or on home video, which usually happens 3-6 months after theatrical. If you're writing in a thread about that show or movie, you should be able to discuss anything about it. The onus would be on the person who doesn't want to be spoiled on, say, last night's episode of a hit TV show, to avoid that thread until they're caught up. It's easier to have hard and fast rules on a message board. In person, it's more of a situation by situation basis - like, if you know that somebody is in the middle of watching LOST, don't tell them things that happen in the last few seasons. Or, if you have a friend who hasn't seen Star Wars yet, but wants to, and somehow has avoided every pop culture reference to the Star Wars movies in the last 40 years, don't ruin the end of Empire for them. That's not spoiler etiquette, it's just not-being-a-jerk etiquette.
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Apr 1, 2015 - 9:11 AM
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jenkwombat
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It's cool, Rick. No need to apologize. And, like I said, I was partially joking. And to be honest, I don't have any desire to see 'Titanic" any time soon. I figure, if I've gone 18 years --- and survived --- without seeing the film, I can probably live out the rest of my life sans 'Titanic'. And I see your point about the film being almost two decades old. When it comes to spoilers, in general, just write what you want. That's Free Speech, which to my mind, is always preferable to the stifling lip-zipping that goes on so much these days....
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The problem is solved by simple enclosing the word "spoiler" in brackets - [ ] After the spoiler, complete it by enclosing the word "/spoiler" (note the slant punctuation) again in brackets [ ]. All the spoilage text is blacked out and requires readers to highlight it before reading it. Doesn't this satisfy the problem?
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Apr 1, 2015 - 3:06 PM
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Rick15
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It's cool, Rick. No need to apologize. And, like I said, I was partially joking. And to be honest, I don't have any desire to see 'Titanic" any time soon. I figure, if I've gone 18 years --- and survived --- without seeing the film, I can probably live out the rest of my life sans 'Titanic'. And I see your point about the film being almost two decades old. When it comes to spoilers, in general, just write what you want. That's Free Speech, which to my mind, is always preferable to the stifling lip-zipping that goes on so much these days.... All good!!
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Interesting question, and I don't think there's one fixed answer. And if there were, people would forget (or ignore) it anyway. TG Once again, TG hits it right on the snout. My opinion: There are young people who weren't even BORN when certain movies came out, who might be interested to read discussion of a movie before they've seen it, but don't want a spoiler. To add a spoiler ignores them, which I, in good conscience, cannot do. I'd never tell whodunit for LAURA, or explain the line "Luke, I am your father!" to anyone unless I tell them first it would spoil a certain movie for them. (I did that once with THE CRYING GAME. The person opted to hear the spoiler, and I'm glad I gave him the choice. I think good manners and consideration never go out of style.
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there might be some spoilers in this message. then it becomes "enter at your own risk" dogbelle, the whole forum is enter at your own risk!! ha ha.
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