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| edbanky |
Posted - 08/22/2006 : 09:22:11
Anyone else extremely anal about hearing stuff about movie's you've not yet seen? I don't mean the blatant "Joe-Bob dies at the end, and then Francine realizes it was all a dream" stuff. Almost everyone would agree that such obvious spoilers are annoying. I'm talking about virtually anything one might say, whether or not they realize it, that could affect an otherwise prejudice-free viewing experience.
For instance, I don't read any reviews; I even try to ignore trailers and crap on TV. I assume that the film director doesn't necessarily decide how a trailer is set up, so I also assume it's more governed by a marketing team, the intent of which is to draw people to the movie.
So someone might say something as superficially benign as "I'm not giving anything away, but let's just say you will be totally shocked by a turn of events toward the end." To me, despite not telling anything about the particular movie, it still taints my potential experience.
There's nothing I would not give to somehow erase my memory of movies like the following, so I could experience them with virgin eyes:
****WARNING! SPOILER-like stuff below (according to my anal standards)****
Highlight it to see it betterer.
S----P----O----I----L----E----R
Psycho especially. I never saw it without knowing basically what was gonna happen. I will never be able to experience the initial shock (if any) of the climax.
Wicker Man, kind of. I was set up from moment one for a huge shocker ending, so I sat on the edge of my seat, wondering when it would come. Due to this heightened sense of expectation, the "shock" never did come. It made my first viewing of it a disappointment, despite it being a pretty cool flick.
DaVinci Code: Well, duh. But it would've been nice to see it before any exposure to many of its basic "arguments." I have never read the book or anything.
Kramer vs. Kramer. Just kidding.
Soylent Green. Didn't know what was coming, but was told to expect it, so I did--for the whole movie.
Other ones I can't think of right now.
S----P----O----I----L----E----R
****SPOILER ALL GONE****
Anybody else as uptight as me about trying to see films in a vacuum like this?
"The man has led us to his current sound like a basket of eggs."
ScottP |
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| edbanky |
Posted - 08/29/2006 : 12:57:49
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Originally posted by tisasawath
quote:
Originally posted by edbanky
OK, for our next spoiler, I challenge anyone to even TRY to spoil the 2001: A Space Odyssey ending, in less than 100 words.
http://rinkworks.com/bookaminute/b/clarke.2001.shtml
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AAAAWWWWWRRRIIGGHHTTTTT !! !
I spent 45 minutes at that site afterwards. Thanks.
"The man has led us to his current sound like a basket of eggs."
ScottP |
| vilainde |
Posted - 08/28/2006 : 01:42:28
Even worse than trailers: when I'm watching a series on TV (they usually show 2 eps in a row), during the end credits they show a summary of the next episode, spoiling the entire story before I have time to reach the remote control. What the fuck?? The episode starts in exactly 30 seconds, what's the fucking point of ruining it now? I usually spend the end credits running around and yelling to cover the dialogs of what follows.
Denis
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| tisasawath |
Posted - 08/28/2006 : 01:24:56
quote:
Originally posted by edbanky
OK, for our next spoiler, I challenge anyone to even TRY to spoil the 2001: A Space Odyssey ending, in less than 100 words.
http://rinkworks.com/bookaminute/b/clarke.2001.shtml
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AAAAWWWWWRRRIIGGHHTTTTT !! ! |
| TRANSMARINE |
Posted - 08/27/2006 : 00:22:57
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Originally posted by Superabounder
How do you avoid watching the trailer? I used to cover my ears and look at my girlfriend, but after a few years of futility, I just gave up and watch the damn things. And that trailer voice guy..."A man...in search of his home...they said he'd fail..." I guess he never learned to speak in complete sentences.
Mathematics moves at such a crawl
Quit going to movies? It's not like they're any good anymore.
Oh yeah...
She was her sister AND her daughter.
Hank the 8th was a duplicated man
-bRIAN |
| Superabounder |
Posted - 08/26/2006 : 21:00:31
How do you avoid watching the trailer? I used to cover my ears and look at my girlfriend, but after a few years of futility, I just gave up and watch the damn things. And that trailer voice guy..."A man...in search of his home...they said he'd fail..." I guess he never learned to speak in complete sentences.
Mathematics moves at such a crawl |
| TRANSMARINE |
Posted - 08/25/2006 : 16:44:42
I can name that tune in five notes:
duh...DUH...DUHHHHHH..............DUH-DUH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hank the 8th was a duplicated man
-bRIAN |
| edbanky |
Posted - 08/25/2006 : 14:29:40
It all makes sense now. Now there's no point in anyone seeing the movie.
"The man has led us to his current sound like a basket of eggs."
ScottP |
| Carl |
Posted - 08/25/2006 : 13:07:46
He's see's himself as an old man eating at a table and then in bed and there's a monolith at the end of the bed, then a giant baby in space.
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| floop |
Posted - 08/25/2006 : 13:02:14
quote:
Originally posted by edbanky
OK, for our next spoiler, I challenge anyone to even TRY to spoil the 2001: A Space Odyssey ending, in less than 100 words.
"The man has led us to his current sound like a basket of eggs."
ScottP
it was a dream |
| edbanky |
Posted - 08/25/2006 : 12:49:43
OK, for our next spoiler, I challenge anyone to even TRY to spoil the 2001: A Space Odyssey ending, in less than 100 words.
"The man has led us to his current sound like a basket of eggs."
ScottP |
| Carl |
Posted - 08/25/2006 : 07:49:36
They finally did it!! You maniacs!
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| edbanky |
Posted - 08/23/2006 : 18:24:20
Fine! It's made out of people.
"The man has led us to his current sound like a basket of eggs."
ScottP |
| The Marsist |
Posted - 08/23/2006 : 10:42:13
watch out man shes your daughter and hes satan
Art is the child of Nature; yes, her darling child, in whom we trace the features of the mother's face, her aspect and her attitude.
-Beck
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| Carl |
Posted - 08/23/2006 : 10:37:32
He's dead and her head is in the box and I am your faaatherr!!
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| The Marsist |
Posted - 08/23/2006 : 10:35:23
ITS A DUDE!!!!!!!!
Art is the child of Nature; yes, her darling child, in whom we trace the features of the mother's face, her aspect and her attitude.
-Beck
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| speedy_m |
Posted - 08/23/2006 : 09:35:30
And probably only if the cure to cancer secretly has a penis.
he's back jack smoking crack find him if you want to get found
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| starmekitten |
Posted - 08/23/2006 : 09:32:16
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Originally posted by speedy_m
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Originally posted by starmekitten
Um, I haven't seen it....
But you would just guess the twist right away anyway.
Only if I had time between solving world peace and discovering the cure to cancer.
But if I have the time to sit and watch it then yes. Yes I would. |
| speedy_m |
Posted - 08/23/2006 : 09:16:54
quote:
Originally posted by starmekitten
Um, I haven't seen it....
But you would just guess the twist right away anyway.
he's back jack smoking crack find him if you want to get found
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| TRANSMARINE |
Posted - 08/23/2006 : 08:21:55
Rosebud is a sled.
Hank the 8th was a duplicated man
-bRIAN |
| starmekitten |
Posted - 08/23/2006 : 02:25:17
Um, I haven't seen it.... |
| tisasawath |
Posted - 08/23/2006 : 01:31:21
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Originally posted by starmekitten
Spoiler or no, doesn't matter how clever the plot twist, I usually see it coming. It's a blessing and a curse.
just curious, did you see it with The Crying Game?
I was told about the twist before seeing it (people are just too keen on sharing their excitement and the whole surprise experience), but until I saw it I had truly believed that was an actress they used to play that character.
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AAAAWWWWWRRRIIGGHHTTTTT !! ! |
| ScottP |
Posted - 08/22/2006 : 23:15:39
Cheers, edbanky! |
| edbanky |
Posted - 08/22/2006 : 21:10:22
quote:
Originally posted by ScottP
I cant! My dang wiener sort of carls off to the left!
Bucking for a new sig for edbanky are we?
"The man has led us to his current sound like a basket of eggs."
ScottP |
| ScottP |
Posted - 08/22/2006 : 17:57:25
I cant! My dang wiener sort of carls off to the left! |
| Carl |
Posted - 08/22/2006 : 17:23:41
Scott, P into this cup and we'll see if you've been smokin' that wacky backy! ;)
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| ScottP |
Posted - 08/22/2006 : 16:14:19
Movies and weed. I wish I liked them more than I do. While I've had some great experiences with them both, I just can't seem to make either an important part of my life. I know this sounds stupid, but at times I feel like I'm really missing out on something great.
Same with Metallica. Never could quite get it. I've tried and tried. |
| floop |
Posted - 08/22/2006 : 13:52:37
quote:
Originally posted by Cult_Of_Frank
Really? I haven't seen it but that's pretty bad. And yeah, if there is a twist, don't pat yourself on the back about it during the trailer. Let the audience be shocked.
Does anyone else think it would be interesting to see trailers that used footage not in the movies that also doesn't give things away. Or would it be like false advertising?
 "No man remains quite what he was when he recognizes himself."
trailers sometimes use footage not in the film. usually trailers are made before the film is done, and sometimes stuff in the trailers doesn't end up in the film. and sometimes they'll create something that's just for marketing...
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| Cheeseman1000 |
Posted - 08/22/2006 : 13:39:31
Have you seen the trailer for Transformers? Apparently the intention is not to reveal any of the actual robots at all until the film is released. Good luck to 'em.
 Hail to the king, baby! |
| TRANSMARINE |
Posted - 08/22/2006 : 13:27:07
Trailers, as stated earlier, are marketing ploys to sell the product by any means possible. They rarely represent the work itself. It's interesting to note that trailers today actually reveal much less than trailers of the past 60+ years. I watch a lot of classic movies (40's-70's) on dvd and I always watch the trailer after I've watched the movie because they basically tell the whole story from start to finish in 3 minutes...and, sometimes unashamedly so, the entire denoument is presented in the preview!
The best way to NOT have a movie spoiled for you is just to not watch trailers, or read any blog or article which may potentially ruin it for you. You really are responsible for your own actions. If you investigate, you will come up with a result. So just go see a film after it's opened, and pay no mind to trailers. It's that easy.
Oh, and Janet Leigh who is/was basically touted as the 'star' of PSYCHO dies not even halfway into it. Ooops...I meant to put ***SPOLILER*** before I stated that.
Hank the 8th was a duplicated man
-bRIAN |
| Carl |
Posted - 08/22/2006 : 13:21:36
The worst is hearing people on a bus or train or whatever, louding explaining the ending of a new film. Not that that happens to me all the time!!
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| Little Black Francis |
Posted - 08/22/2006 : 12:51:20
Whatever you do, don't visit this site: http://www.themoviespoiler.com/index.html
I quite like it
quote:
... "Dear Sir Charles Chuck Chuckie King of Rock Ruler of the Guitarmen holiest of holy pied pipers, poppabear daddyo blackus frankus blackus top banana king chicken guy I love in a manly country kinda way y'all" OldManInaCoffeeCan
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| s_wrenn |
Posted - 08/22/2006 : 12:06:18
I didn't see the trailer. It might have saved almost two hours of viewing for me.
Did anyone see the trailer for Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind done in the style of an ad for the brain erasing stuff. No footage from the movie was used in it. And it was good.
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| Cult_Of_Frank |
Posted - 08/22/2006 : 12:05:47
Really? I haven't seen it but that's pretty bad. And yeah, if there is a twist, don't pat yourself on the back about it during the trailer. Let the audience be shocked.
Does anyone else think it would be interesting to see trailers that used footage not in the movies that also doesn't give things away. Or would it be like false advertising?
"No man remains quite what he was when he recognizes himself." |
| Broken Face |
Posted - 08/22/2006 : 11:54:53
My friend guessed the Village's twist from the trailer.
-Brian - http://bvsrant.blogspot.com |
| floop |
Posted - 08/22/2006 : 11:33:25
quote:
Originally posted by s_wrenn
When i was watching The Village i got a theory very early into the movie about what was happening (I won't say anything for those who haven't seen it). For the rest of the movie it kept repeating in my head until i said to myself "If this is what’s going to happen, then it'll suck because i ruined it for myself unknowingly".
It turns out i was spot on about the "big plot twist" near the end.
thanks for ruining it for me |
