Do spoilers bother you?

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28 Mar 2010, 1:53 pm

Some people are really disturbed when you tell them how a story ends. This has never bothered me. Sometimes, it's the spoiler itself that makes me want to read the story or see the movie. How do you feel about spoilers?

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28 Mar 2010, 2:16 pm

Well, even though they give something away, I think it's kind of interesting to here part of the story. It also sometimes makes you understand the story line more. It's different when they show the whole story though, then it bothers me.

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28 Mar 2010, 2:20 pm

I don't mind - stuff like that often makes me curious about the book/film.

As Stephen King said "only spoiled people are bothered by spoilers" :wink:

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28 Mar 2010, 3:04 pm

tangentially, what bothers me is how they set up a preview for a movie that tells a completely different story than you'll actually see...

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28 Mar 2010, 3:10 pm

They bother me, because I want to find out how the movie ends, for myself.

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28 Mar 2010, 3:28 pm

What I absolutely loath are those messages that pop up on the screen in the last five minutes of a good film to tell me what is on next! Those make me rage! :evil:

Also hate it after watching an episode of a series when they immediately show a preview for the next episode - I reach for the remote and change channel before I see too much of the spoiler.

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28 Mar 2010, 4:00 pm

I'm not bothered myself. I prefer to see what's on next week (in a series) so I know whether it looks watchable or not! It doesn't always work though... I forgot to watch a programme today... :oops:

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28 Mar 2010, 4:11 pm

Most of the time spoilers bother me because they take away the fun for me in discovering the ending for myself. I don't mind subtle hints as to what's going to happen, but don't straight up tell me what's going to happen.

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28 Mar 2010, 4:48 pm

It depends. Sometimes I can't really be bothered to watch something but still want to find out what happens, but sometimes I want to find out on my own with out being told, and then it annoys me!

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28 Mar 2010, 7:56 pm

Yes, they bother me very much.

I don't like to watch movie trailers, because I don't want to know what happens before I watch.

And when I'm watching a show and the preview for the next episode comes on, I try to change the channel as quickly as possible, or if I can't change it or pause it in time, I cover my ears and turn my head and start making noise and leave the room so I can't see or hear the preview.

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29 Mar 2010, 2:51 am

i LOVE spoilers! they save me the money otherwise spent on a mostly piffle movie to spend on more pressing personal needs instead.

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29 Mar 2010, 12:19 pm

A bit, but I don't consider it "ruined" if I know what'll happen, just a little less exciting. I'll still enjoy it though.

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29 Mar 2010, 2:05 pm

No. I usually enjoy films more when I know how they end.

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29 Mar 2010, 2:17 pm

No, I have to SEE it myself, I'm sighter. I don't care about sb's stories.
If spoilers bother someone, can they watch true-story-movie?

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29 Mar 2010, 2:48 pm

It doesn't really bother me. As a matter of fact, it makes me want to watch even more.

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29 Mar 2010, 4:58 pm

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