The reality is that a good yarn can't be ruined by knowing what's going to happen. What makes is a good yarn is the way it's told.
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Yeah spoilers ruin surprises, not stories. Unless it's a bad story build solely around the surprise.
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Don't play Star Wars Battlefront if you haven't seen the new Star Wars yet
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Yeah spoilers ruin surprises, not stories. Unless it's a bad story build solely around the surprise.
Zack Zavage
Member
So many people I know have already run into major spoilers. I'm glad to have watched it today.
Jeez, Star Wars defence force. I didn't mean it as a negative to the film. I just meant it's a shame 'cause it can be spoiled so easy.
"So simplistic" wasn't meant to be a negative?
arts&crafts
Member
Dang man! Spoiler tags!
He didn't post the main spoiler though. Shit gets cray cray man!
Dreamwriter
Member
That really depends, if the viewer is taken out of the movie by expecting the spoiler, then the story has been ruined for them. Which unfortunately means even joke spoilers can be bad for some people.
Also, some stories are designed to have a lot of tension added that a spoiler can remove. Such as, one of the Harry Potter books the author leaked that someone important was going to die in the book. Then she filled the book with fake death scenes
If you knew who was going to die, those death scenes wouldn't be filled with tension.SaganIsGOAT
Junior Member
Again, why are y'all even on the internet if you haven't seen it? Spoilers are inevitable.
BannedEpisode
Member
lol thats pretty great
ChoklitCow
Member
Somewhat related for consoles, this is happening in Black Ops 3 as well. You can turn off user generated content in the settings.
Dawg impersonation: "Those Cheeky cunts."
Dawg impersonation: "Those Cheeky cunts."
jabberwocker
Banned
Who is they?
Jesus invented spoilers when you think about it. "You shall betray me", "I will return", etc.
Simplicity is not a negative in storytelling, and neither is complexity.
No but it does indicate that you think it's a negative if you say, "it's a shame that this is so simplistic"
And he invented the M. Night Twist ending. He was a black guy all along!
The Lamonster
Member
Just got an XBL message from someone called Le Compadre with a spoiler in it. Popped up as a text on my phone...impossible to avoid.
I can only assume it's a GAFer who saw my gamertag in my profile?
I can only assume it's a GAFer who saw my gamertag in my profile?
Gamesadict
Member
Ohh dang. I don't know when was the last time I saw people so desperate to spoil others.
Gotta be careful, then.
EDIT: If you haven't seen the movie yet, remove your gamertag from your profile or ignore new messages, Le Compadre is a gafer and is the one sending spoilers.
Gotta be careful, then.
EDIT: If you haven't seen the movie yet, remove your gamertag from your profile or ignore new messages, Le Compadre is a gafer and is the one sending spoilers.
Ban this filth. Seriousy, how shitty is your life to think this is a good way to spend your time
Sloppy Joe
Banned
Thanks I was just about to play a couple rounds.
IceDoesntHelp
Banned
Jesus christ calm down with the fucking threads.
what's next "Don't eat or breathe if you haven't seen the new Star Wars yet"
what's next "Don't eat or breathe if you haven't seen the new Star Wars yet"
Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
What's your problem with warnings man? Just because you specifically aren't interested in seeing the movie doesn't mean you need to complain about warnings being made to those who're heavily invested in the film.
Live Free or Die
Banned
How do you know if it's a spoiler if you've never seen the movie?
IceDoesntHelp
Banned
i feel there should be a designated thread, not 15 about avoiding this and that. It's just silly.
Crimsonclaw111
Member
It's spread to CSGO too. Good thing I don't care about Star Wars or I'd have to avoid playing anything.
SJRB
Gold Member
You take your basic 100 x 100 px image and you write down the spoiler like:
THIS
WILL
HAPPEN
Done - huge plot point spoilt for everyone. It happened to me and I can assure you three words is enough for a massive spoiler.
That's stupid. If I spoil you the last quarter of Vertigo (basically the revelation) I ruined for you everything that is good about the movie and how Hitchcock fooled you all the way down. That's the beauty of the movie and why seeing it two times is a true cinematographic experience for the viewer. Seeing it while knowing the "twist" but without experiencing what came before it (which gave the twist its meaning and significance) is a ruined experience. There is no more story to experience. And don't tell me Vertigo has a "bad story", please (one of many examples of movies btw, or video games, like Heavy Rain)
Triggerhappytel
Member
This just in: people are dicks.
Rabbit Lord
Member
I don't like being spoiled but people make way too much of it, which is why it's an easy way to troll people.
timmyp53
Member
Freaking ridiculous. Imma do an entire internet blackout next movie.
Dragon Puncher
Member
If you have seen A New Hope, there honestly isn't much left to spoil.
Not everything. If your activity on the internet is about reading random comments from youtube, twitch, reddit, twitter or news site, then yes you may have been spoiled. But if you are careful and do other things than reading comments on social websites then no, there is little probability that you've been spoiled (and lost your time). I can testify of that. If you have a star wars spoiler-free browser extension it reduces the chances too.
Someone's going to buy a billboard add in Time Square its the only way to get the rest.
the_batman
Banned
damn, i would do that if i had the money.
"It's his sled."
Three words. One of the biggest surprise reveals in cinema history. Doesn't take much.
The reality is that a good yarn can't be ruined by knowing what's going to happen. What makes is a good yarn is the way it's told.
¯|_(ツ
Eh, I wouldn't be so categorical. I don't know (or think) it's the case for Star Wars, but sometimes a plot twist is so integral to the plot of the story itself that knowing it beforehand ruins the "journey". If you know information that you should only know after finishing the story, then the way you see that story will be conditioned by that information.
Think The Usual Suspects, Bioshock or Fight Club. You are meant to take those movies at face value, then rewatch them knowing what you get to know at the end. If you spoil them, you lose half of the intention of the movie in the process.
Besides, some people care about spoilers, some don't. Justifying spoiling the movie for those who care about them is a pretty shitty stance, if you ask me.
DJ Lushious
Member
Thanks, MattKeil. Now I'm never going to see Citizen Kane. Ya know, GAF has spoiler tags for a reason.
/s.
Has s/he been banned? Seriously, that's disgusting behavior.
Try and tell that to Creationists. Or, well, just about every Western incarnation of the Jesus story!
Now you've got my attention. What else happens?!