i just heard a commentary on npr asking "when is the statute of limitations on spoilers?" its a valid question. of course stuff still in the theatres and just released on video shouldnt be spoiled, but what about the older stuff? to say that everybody's seen it is a big presumption, on the other hand how an you have a meaningful discussion of a certain film without discussing some of the 'surprises". just something to kick around here....

im not sure about where i stand on it. i try to avoid spoiling things for friends, but the other day i was trying to give a friend an idea of the flavor of the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy, and found i really couldnt do that without dropping a few classic douglas adams lines (fortunatly the work is so chock full oif them that even if i blew a joke or 2 for them, its still a tiny percentage).

The only thing I consider spoilers are those that you have to actually see the movie or tv episode for it to be revealed.
Anything in a trailer, preview of next week's show, article or interview is fair game. If you can go to sci-fi.com and read plot synopsis of future episodes I wouldn't consider anything in the synopsis a spoiler. Anything revealed on the cover of a dvd or tape I wouldn't consider a spoiler. No statute of limitations on old stuff. A friend of mine is watching the first season of BSG for the first time on dvd. We talk about it lot and I refrain from telling him anything of what's going on now. He is going to watch Lost for the first time on dvd next. If someone has never seen Witness for the Prosecution wouldn't want to spoil it. Just give a warning at the beginning of a discussion involving suprises

Rosebud is a sled.
Spock dies.
Bruce Willis is dead all along.
Hamlet's uncle did it.

Oh yeah dont forget:
Darth Vader IS Lukes Father

They named the dog Indiana.
Soylent Green is people.
Taylor finds the Statue of Liberty.
"I spoiled it. I finally spoiled it! Damn me all to hell!!!"

Rosebud is a sled.
Spock dies.
Bruce Willis is dead all along.
Hamlet's uncle did it.

That reminds me of the ol' National Lampoon's "Spoilers" page they used to put out every month in their magazines glory days in the mid-late seventies.

Anybody know for sure, did National Lampoon invent spoilers?

Taylor finds the Statue of Liberty.
"I spoiled it. I finally spoiled it! Damn me all to hell!!!"

What really gets me is when PLANET OF THE APES first came out on DVD in the box set, the Statue of Liberty shot was on both sides of the box, the front and back of the case for the movie, the front of the insert, and on the DVD itself. And the main menu has the back of the head shot of the statue.

What really gets me is when PLANET OF THE APES first came out on DVD in the box set, the Statue of Liberty shot was on both sides of the box, the front and back of the case for the movie, the front of the insert, and on the DVD itself. And the main menu has the back of the head shot of the statue.
Well think about it.............
DVD's are usually purchased by people who have already seen the movie who would like a copy of it themselves. :)

What really gets me is when PLANET OF THE APES first came out on DVD in the box set, the Statue of Liberty shot was on both sides of the box, the front and back of the case for the movie, the front of the insert, and on the DVD itself. And the main menu has the back of the head shot of the statue.

Errrr, over thirty years after the film premiered!

The woman who cuts my hair and I were discussing movies last summer. She asked me if I had seen "The Usual Suspects" and I replied that I hadn't. She tells me I have to see it, because it's so good... then she proceeds to tell me important plot points of the movie including the major spoiler about Kevin Spacey. Sheesh, there goes my desire to see the movie... :rolleyes:

To this day I haven't let her forget it.
José

The "Teenage Caveman" is really living in the future, after a nuclear holocaust.
"The Old Man in the Cave" is a computer.
The invisible monster is Morbius' own subconscious.
"To Serve Man" is a COOKBOOK!

Richard Dreyfuss goes with the aliens at Devil's Tower.

E.T. goes home.

Luke blows up the Death Star.

Harry Palmer was in London all the time.

Fay Dunaway is her mother and sister and dies.

Jaye Davidson is really a guy!

The whale kills everybody but Ishmael.

SOYLENT GREEN IS MADE FROM PEOPLE!

Soylent Green is people.
SOYLENT GREEN IS MADE FROM PEOPLE!

So, which is it?? Soylent Green or SOYLENT GREEN? :confused:

'The Village' takes place in modern times.

Paul Newman didn't really shoot Robert Redford.

So, which is it?? Soylent Green or SOYLENT GREEN? :confused:
Just plain 'ol sOyLeNt GrEeN. :p

Hamlet's uncle did it.I guess which it you mean depends on whether you're talking about Hamlet's mother or father...
Shakespeare:
Tragedy - everyone dies in the end
Comedy - everyone gets married
History - a little bit of both
Sonnets - she's a man, baby!!!

John O.

The Village really wasn't a suspenseful, scary thriller.

It....it..it was....a piece of crap!!!!

I say that if you didn't see the first run or the repeat of a certain TV show, you're SOL.

I think that if you don't see a movie after it comes out on DVD within the first month, you shouldn't complain that people are posting spoilers.

Milton burns down the office and collects on the scam.

Only Ripley survives

An invisible creatured from the Id is attacking the crew. The doc dies and the hot chick goes off with the captain.

Daniel couldn't find the symbol to get home and then he does and they kill the alien.

The Terminator kills himself by lowering himself into molten steel.

Ripley is the only one to survive.

The woman who cuts my hair and I were discussing movies last summer. She asked me if I had seen "The Usual Suspects" and I replied that I hadn't. She tells me I have to see it, because it's so good... then she proceeds to tell me important plot points of the movie including the major spoiler about Kevin Spacey. Sheesh, there goes my desire to see the movie... :rolleyes:

To this day I haven't let her forget it.
José

Verbal Kent is Keyser Soze! :tongue:

Oh yeah, well Bond always gets the hot babe!