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07-17-2016, 09:47 PM
Spoilers may **t ruin plots, they might make them better
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Last December, I had tickets to see Star Wars: The Force Awakens the night after the premiere. While I was at work that day, I was filled with anxiety. What if I overheard someone talking about the movie? What if I accidentally saw something online that gave away a major plot point?
Many can relate to the experience of avoiding spoilers: staying off social media, slipping away from coworkers who are discussing a recent plot development, quickly closing articles with revealing headlines.
The fear is that the experience of seeing it for the first time will be ruined – or, at least, the experience won’t be as good as it could be. It’s why spoiler alerts are everywhere these days (like in (http://www.cinemablend.com/news/1532819/the-role-dan-aykroyd-almost-played-in-the-new-ghostbusters) these (http://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment/ghostbusters-reboot-a-horrifying-mess/) articles (http://www.ign.com/articles/2016/07/11/director-paul-feig-explains-ghostbusters-post-credit-sting) about the new “Ghostbusters” movie), and why sharing unwanted spoilers is considered cruel (http://www.businessinsider.com/game-of-thrones-spoiler-texts-automatically-2016-6). Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/17/plot-spoilers-increase-enjoyment/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Last December, I had tickets to see Star Wars: The Force Awakens the night after the premiere. While I was at work that day, I was filled with anxiety. What if I overheard someone talking about the movie? What if I accidentally saw something online that gave away a major plot point?
Many can relate to the experience of avoiding spoilers: staying off social media, slipping away from coworkers who are discussing a recent plot development, quickly closing articles with revealing headlines.
The fear is that the experience of seeing it for the first time will be ruined – or, at least, the experience won’t be as good as it could be. It’s why spoiler alerts are everywhere these days (like in (http://www.cinemablend.com/news/1532819/the-role-dan-aykroyd-almost-played-in-the-new-ghostbusters) these (http://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment/ghostbusters-reboot-a-horrifying-mess/) articles (http://www.ign.com/articles/2016/07/11/director-paul-feig-explains-ghostbusters-post-credit-sting) about the new “Ghostbusters” movie), and why sharing unwanted spoilers is considered cruel (http://www.businessinsider.com/game-of-thrones-spoiler-texts-automatically-2016-6). Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/17/plot-spoilers-increase-enjoyment/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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