Question about Spoilers

[Dagger75]

I like the formula


I knew there wasn't really time period but it was just odd that after years some stuff is spoilers while others is not.

I guess I wrongly assumed if its on DVD for over a year it was safe. Oh well.

 

[Joshua Randall]

My roommate from college would routinely read the last chapter of a book first. He would specifically do this with mysteries, suspense novels, and other stories likely to have "spoiler"-type endings.

So at least one person out there likes knowing the spoilers in advance!

 

[reveal]

My roommate from college would routinely read the last chapter of a book first. He would specifically do this with mysteries, suspense novels, and other stories likely to have "spoiler"-type endings.

So at least one person out there likes knowing the spoilers in advance!

Or maybe he was Japanese and easily forgot the english-language books are read from left to right......

 

[sniffles]

My roommate from college would routinely read the last chapter of a book first. He would specifically do this with mysteries, suspense novels, and other stories likely to have "spoiler"-type endings.

So at least one person out there likes knowing the spoilers in advance!

I don't read the last chapter first, but when I'm looking for a book to read I usually read the first page, a page somewhere in the middle, and the last page. If it looks like they all go somewhere I'm interested in going, I'll read it. The last page doesn't usually give away any spoilers.

 

[Welverin]

Once you start measure the time since release in years any expectations that spoilers are to be avoided as a matter of course go away. Of course if you know that someone hasn't seen/read something or that a discussion is likely to include people who are unfamiliar with what's being discussed then they should be avoided.

 

[Elf Witch]

When does a part in a movie book stop becoming a spoiler.

Empire Strikes Back- Vader is Lukes father. I don't need spoiler info for this.

Song of Fire and Ice- Stuff about this book is always given in super secret spoiler text.

Wheel of Time- Is not.

The Sixth Sense- Do I still have to talk about this as if I am giving away spoilers.


I bring this up because at work today I mentioned the twist of The Others and someone got made at me cause they didn't see it. Okay, that movie is a few years old, how am I supposed to know if you never saw it. Its not like it came out last week.

Just wondering. What is the ettiquette?

I feel that if something like movies that are at least a year old are out on cable and DVD then I am not going to worry about spoliers. If the person has not seen it by then well to bad. They need to get over themselves.

Books are funny because some people wait until all the books in a series have been written before they read them. Then I always ask before I say anything.

 

[LightPhoenix]

I'd generally agree with stevelabny, though the main reason why Wheel of Time doesn't get massive spoiler protection, while SoIaF does, is because an influential segment of the internet fan community (which I'm in full agreement with) for WoT is pretty adamant about relatively short spoiler warning periods.

And because nothing has happened since book five or six or so.

Like Elf Witch, I usually consider a year as the spoiler period, after which I feel it's really up to the viewer, and not the poster, to avoid spoilers. A year generally includes some kind of DVD release, softcover release, and availability at rental stores and libraries. Not always, of course, but usually, I think.

 

[Tinker Gnome]

Vader is Luke's father!!!?????

Thanks for ruining my life.

I hate you.

 

[mojo1701]

Unless it's a really huge spoiler, like who Keyser Soze really is, then I ask them if they've seen the movie, because that part makes the movie (subsequent viewings still don't ruin it, as you are now aware, and are looking for the hints/clues, etc.)

Spoiler:

Spoiler

It's Verbal Kint, Kevin Spacey's character

 

[argo]

I'd say that about a year/until the next installment is out (whichever comes first). After that the person being spoiled really has to take it upon themselves to screen themselves from the conversation/go see the durn movie already.

However I will say that although a person should not feel obligated to avoid giving spoilers after that time it is still a nice thing to do. Espically if the entire story hinges on the spoiler.

For example: I had the end of The Usual Suspects spoiled for me. It was about a year and a hlaf after the movie came out and it had quite simply flow under my radar at the time. I wasn't really angry at the person since it was such a time since the movie had been out but even to this day I wouldn't discuss the end of that movie without checking first to see if the other person had seen it.

I also had Sixth Sense spoiled for me about a year after its release. It was about that then that I resolved to start seeing more movies in theaters

Later.