7. Spoilers
Not something I ever used to care about and it doesn’t
always pertain to movies. It is an annoyance and more directed at the film goers
than the industry – at least it used to be.
It’s one thing when a fat asshole blurts out the ending to a
movie you were going to see in about 30 minutes time and thinks it’s funny that
they ruined it for you, but it’s another thing entirely when the industry does
it too.
Magazine articles, Facebook groups, commercials, even
trailers on DVDs, all contain some amount of spoilers. Why? It’s like they
assume you sit glued to your TV, or the big screen , the very moment the entire
rest of the world is watching it as well so it’s fine to blab out key movies
less than an hour after the movie or TV is over.
It’s not alright. You’re being a fucking dick. A huge,
ignorant, loud-mouthed dick. No one thinks you’re cool, there’s not a gaggle of
hot girls waiting around the corner to have group supermodel sex with you
because you loudly blurted out the butler did it. In fact, they might knee you
in the groin like you deserve and chances are that’s about as close to any
“action” as you’ll ever get or deserve anyway.
There were spoilers in the “Spiderman 2” commercials that
aired a week or so after it was released. Industry entertainment magazine and
reviews pretty much recap the movie for you so why the hell bother seeing it? A
trailer at the beginning of the 5th season of Dexter, pointed out
how the season ended – that’s awesome, no need to watch it now, thanks. Oh, and
on the flipside, if you wanted to blame the commercials for ruining the
“surprise” of the “The 6th Sense”, you must stay away from me.
Forever.
I’ve removed myself from most of the Facebook groups that
are for some of the few shows I watch because as soon as the episode has aired
they’re making posts about it. Are we that hard up for gossip that now even
movies and TV shows are close enough fodder? Dexter (Season 3 or 4) and Burn
Notice (Season 6) – your Facebook pages are run by assholes.
Luckily, since I stay away from reviews (I’m not a fan movie
critics for the most part anyway, since it’s become a form of entertainment in
itself now instead of an actual relevant critique or review), I don’t have cable so I
don’t see commercials every 15 minutes. My friends are all smart enough and I
think most of them feel the same way about spoilers (although I can point out a
couple I’d like to give a smack to) so they don’t say anything. I’m still surprised
I managed to watch the last Harry Potter movie with no idea what was going to
happen – that was nice for a change.
This isn’t something I blame the studios for, at least not
entirely. When it comes to commercials and trailers they do take a bit of the
blame, it’s the rest of the media and public that take the blame for this one.
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