SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER Explanations of “Avengers: Infinity War”
Posted on April 27, 2018 at 7:27 am
Slate spells it all out for those who have seen “Avengers: Infinity War” and need to have some questions answered.
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An App To Help You Avoid Spoilers
Posted on October 6, 2013 at 3:57 pm
You’ve DVRed the latest episode of your favorite show but haven’t watched it yet. Or you were out of town and haven’t made it to the theater to see the latest blockbuster. There are a lot of arguments on both sides of the spoiler debate. But if you want to protect yourself from spoilers, there’s an app for that! It’s called Spoiler Shield. It blocks all the social media mentions of the movie, TV show, or sporting event you don’t want to know about until you’ve had a chance to enjoy it.
Even Spoiler Shield can’t protect you from your friends or overheard conversations. Maybe in version 2.0.
Are Spoilers Really That Bad?
Posted on August 7, 2013 at 3:59 pm
I love this “Portlandia” skit about spoilers.
The whole issue of spoilers has become very complicated because of all the time-shifting and binge-watching in the way we consume media. I don’t like spoilers and really work hard to keep them out of my reviews. I used to try to read as much as possible about a movie before I saw it but I discovered that I enjoy them more if I know less.
But Esther Zuckerman argues in favor of spoilers on The Atlantic Wire.
Spoilers don’t actually ruin viewing experience, if the show is good I’m not the first person to argue this. Poniewozik himself did it last year. ” takes away the tantalizing sensation of realizing that, in just a few weeks or days or hours, you’ll know this thing that you do not now know,” he writes. “But it doesn’t take away the myriad surprises on the way to getting there, the thrills and pleasures of watching a story play out.” I actually find that if I know the big reveal, I can watch a show more carefully leading up to that moment. Since I watched the entirety of Buffy the Vampire Slayer on Netflix, long after it originally aired, I was primed to most of the big surprises. For instance, I knew that at beginning of season five the show would give Buffy a sister. Knowing that already meant I wasn’t angered by the choice, but more interested in figuring out how that major move was accomplished and why it weirdly worked. Chances are if a spoiler ruined the experience of watching or reading something for you, then it wasn’t worth watching or reading to begin with.
Spoilers can only make you more excited to see something With all due respect to Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner—the don, no pun intended, of spoiler-phobes—but his strict rules for critics actually aren’t doing him any favors. By forbidding critics to write about new characters or new relationships in any way, he kills the element of the tease. On the same note, it’s baffling to mewhy J.J. Abrams didn’t want to use the fact that his villain was in fact Khan as a way to draw people into the theater. (Not that it really mattered; Star Trek Into Darkness still did big business.)
What do you think?
What Do You Think About Spoilers?
Posted on April 9, 2013 at 8:00 am
Do you remember a movie that really surprised you?
Do you remember having a big movie surprise spoiled for you? Did that make the movie less powerful?
Jennifer Richler has an excellent story in The Atlantic about spoilers and why they matter to us. She points out that there are movies like “Argo” (and “Apollo 13” and “Lincoln”) where we know what is going to happen but still feel the tension. And plenty of movies are so good that we will watch them over and over again, even if we already know that — spoiler alert — Darth Vader is Luke’s father. But spoilers take the magic of anticipation away from us. Film School Rejects wrote an equally fine piece about spoilers, inspired by Richler’s article. Most important conclusion from both — in the world of social media, they are almost impossible to avoid. Not to mention these.
Kevin Smith’s new “Spoilers” Show on Hulu
Posted on June 5, 2012 at 8:00 am
Writer/director/actor Kevin Smith (“Clerks,” “Life Free or Die Hard”) has a new web series about movie on Hulu called “Spoilers.” He brings a group to a new movie and they discuss it, and he also interviews guests and does some animated skits. For the first episode they saw “Snow White and the Huntsman” and Carrie Fisher comes over to sit in “the high chair” and talk about how much fun she had decapitating Jabba the Hutt. Smith is a huge movie fan and he loves interacting with the crowd. And yes, Jay (Jason Mewes) shows up, too. NOTE: as its title suggests, the show is best watched after seeing the movie.