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Spoilers!!!

Whose responsibility is it to keep a movie's story line secret? How long should you reasonably be expected to keep the story line secret? The latter is really the relevant question here. We'll use the current example of The Force Awakens, but really the question applies to any movie at any time.

The movie came out on Thursday, the 17th. I saw it that night (which was unusual for me, as I usually wait a few weeks). People all over social media are admonishing others to not spoil it for them, almost in a bully-ish sort of way. Maybe because I am one to not mind if I know the story line before I see a movie, I am insensitive to others, but this kind of annoys me. Why should I not talk about an experience I had just because others have not yet seen it?

On a place like Facebook, I can see it to a point. You can't necessarily control when you'll see a friend's post. But, in a place like Debate Politics, where threads are clearly titled, I say the onus is 100% on the reader. If you haven't seen the movie yet, and you don't want to have the plot spoiled for you, then don't open the effing thread. Period. Again, why should I hold back just because you haven't gotten your arse to the theater? And if you have seen it, stop with the silly "spoiler" buttons. Just talk. People are only in there because they want to be in there.

Now, having said all that, I am not going to be an ass about it. I have not spoiled it for anyone on Facebook... yet. So now my question is: How long should I be expected to wait before I can start talking about it openly on places like Facebook?

I'm thinking a week is fair. Seven days. If you haven't seen it within a week, then it's on you.
 
Whose responsibility is it to keep a movie's story line secret? How long should you reasonably be expected to keep the story line secret? The latter is really the relevant question here. We'll use the current example of The Force Awakens, but really the question applies to any movie at any time.

The movie came out on Thursday, the 17th. I saw it that night (which was unusual for me, as I usually wait a few weeks). People all over social media are admonishing others to not spoil it for them, almost in a bully-ish sort of way. Maybe because I am one to not mind if I know the story line before I see a movie, I am insensitive to others, but this kind of annoys me. Why should I not talk about an experience I had just because others have not yet seen it?

In this case, I would say at the very least 8 days (i.e., through the X-mas holiday) but realistically probably more like 2 weeks. This is a huge movie released right before two consecutive holidays--give people a little time to see it.

And social media is where the problem would manifest itself. Obviously you have the opportunity to avoid a thread or article that alerts you to spoilers in the title or opening paragraph. But a tweet? Not so much.
 
In this case, I would say at the very least 8 days (i.e., through the X-mas holiday) but realistically probably more like 2 weeks. This is a huge movie released right before two consecutive holidays--give people a little time to see it.

And social media is where the problem would manifest itself. Obviously you have the opportunity to avoid a thread or article that alerts you to spoilers in the title or opening paragraph. But a tweet? Not so much.
On the one hand, people might have more time to watch it over the holidays, with paid holidays off, etc.

On the other hand, not everyone has paid holidays off, and/or they might have family obligations.
 
Spoilers!!!

Whose responsibility is it to keep a movie's story line secret? How long should you reasonably be expected to keep the story line secret? The latter is really the relevant question here. We'll use the current example of The Force Awakens, but really the question applies to any movie at any time.

The movie came out on Thursday, the 17th. I saw it that night (which was unusual for me, as I usually wait a few weeks). People all over social media are admonishing others to not spoil it for them, almost in a bully-ish sort of way. Maybe because I am one to not mind if I know the story line before I see a movie, I am insensitive to others, but this kind of annoys me. Why should I not talk about an experience I had just because others have not yet seen it?

On a place like Facebook, I can see it to a point. You can't necessarily control when you'll see a friend's post. But, in a place like Debate Politics, where threads are clearly titled, I say the onus is 100% on the reader. If you haven't seen the movie yet, and you don't want to have the plot spoiled for you, then don't open the effing thread. Period. Again, why should I hold back just because you haven't gotten your arse to the theater? And if you have seen it, stop with the silly "spoiler" buttons. Just talk. People are only in there because they want to be in there.

Now, having said all that, I am not going to be an ass about it. I have not spoiled it for anyone on Facebook... yet. So now my question is: How long should I be expected to wait before I can start talking about it openly on places like Facebook?

I'm thinking a week is fair. Seven days. If you haven't seen it within a week, then it's on you.

Just preface your comments with "spoiler alert". Problem solved. :shrug:

Don't worry about the whiney crybaby little Star Wars geeks. :mrgreen:
 
I agree that a thread in a forum should be open...if you haven't viewed the movie, don't open the thread since the sole purpose of the thread is movie discussion

on FB I agree with countryboy, spoiler alert warning and then away you go
 
In another site I frequent, people title threads SPOILERS and NO SPOILERS. Sometimes, people want to discuss aspects of movies, TV, or other entertainment without dropping spoilers and sometimes people want to talk about specific scenes that naturally include spoilers.
*shrug* it seems a simple enough solution to me. Makes everybody happy.
 
Spoilers!!!

Whose responsibility is it to keep a movie's story line secret? How long should you reasonably be expected to keep the story line secret? The latter is really the relevant question here. We'll use the current example of The Force Awakens, but really the question applies to any movie at any time.

The movie came out on Thursday, the 17th. I saw it that night (which was unusual for me, as I usually wait a few weeks). People all over social media are admonishing others to not spoil it for them, almost in a bully-ish sort of way. Maybe because I am one to not mind if I know the story line before I see a movie, I am insensitive to others, but this kind of annoys me. Why should I not talk about an experience I had just because others have not yet seen it?

On a place like Facebook, I can see it to a point. You can't necessarily control when you'll see a friend's post. But, in a place like Debate Politics, where threads are clearly titled, I say the onus is 100% on the reader. If you haven't seen the movie yet, and you don't want to have the plot spoiled for you, then don't open the effing thread. Period. Again, why should I hold back just because you haven't gotten your arse to the theater? And if you have seen it, stop with the silly "spoiler" buttons. Just talk. People are only in there because they want to be in there.

Now, having said all that, I am not going to be an ass about it. I have not spoiled it for anyone on Facebook... yet. So now my question is: How long should I be expected to wait before I can start talking about it openly on places like Facebook?

I'm thinking a week is fair. Seven days. If you haven't seen it within a week, then it's on you.

This is simple for me. The vast majority of people who would complain about a "spoiler" are ones who are a movie's fanatics and as such they're likely to go to see the movie more than one time. Does seeing the movie the first time spoil their enjoyment of the seeing the movie each successive time? If the movie's a great movie, people will see it multiple times over the course of its time in theatres and even more once it's released to the public and networks.

Time to get over yourselves people. It's not a life changing event.
 
In another site I frequent, people title threads SPOILERS and NO SPOILERS. Sometimes, people want to discuss aspects of movies, TV, or other entertainment without dropping spoilers and sometimes people want to talk about specific scenes that naturally include spoilers.
*shrug* it seems a simple enough solution to me. Makes everybody happy.
That's fair. But, if a thread title is clearly labeled as such, I will have no regard for anyone who comes in then complains because the plot was spoiled for them. They were duly warned.
 
This is simple for me. The vast majority of people who would complain about a "spoiler" are ones who are a movie's fanatics and as such they're likely to go to see the movie more than one time. Does seeing the movie the first time spoil their enjoyment of the seeing the movie each successive time? If the movie's a great movie, people will see it multiple times over the course of its time in theatres and even more once it's released to the public and networks.

Time to get over yourselves people. It's not a life changing event.
Not only that, but said huge fan will be more than likely to see it within the first week of release.
 
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Sorry folks. I just couldn't keep it in any longer.
 
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