Posts tagged as Spoilers
Three Rotten Classic Books I Never Want to See Again
When I was in school, I was forced to read any number of books that I hated. By this method, schools do a pretty solid job of turning off many kids from reading for good. God forbid you should read anything "fun," or "readable," or "not boring and shitty." No, no: It's a steady diet of Johnny Tremain and opaque Toni Morrison novels for you. Your assignment tonight is to read 70 pages of Song of Solomon, or slit your wrists and never come back to school. LEARNING. READ MORE
We Like Spoilers
"We hate for the twist endings of movies, TV shows and books to be given away. But here's a bit of relief for those of you who are just now learning that Snape, in fact, killed Dumbledore: Spoilers don't really ruin stories for us. In fact, a new study suggests that we actually enjoy spoiled stories more than those left unspoiled." Also: Snape killed Dumbledore, apparently.
No Great Work of Art Can Be "Spoiled"
Now that we've done the history of "Spoiler Alert," let's discuss appropriate and/or civically obligatory uses. READ MORE
The History and Use of "Spoiler Alert"
In her July 14 article about the premiere of the fourth season of "Mad Men," Alessandra Stanley neglected to include a phrase that precedes potentially revealing facts in film and TV reviews: "spoiler alert." Fans read ahead and the damage was done. A certain string of words made moot a device key to the operation of the "Mad Men" universe-the ignorance on the part of the audience of how much time has lapsed between the previous season and the current one-and she did not give readers the choice of whether or not they wanted to know before the episode aired. The information was placed casually in the middle of a sentence-and so, for some, the fun of the anticipation had been ruined, and something would be taken away from the original viewing experience. Betrayal! Stanley had broken the unspoken agreement. READ MORE
'Inception' Ending Audience Reaction Videos Coming and Going Real Fast
It's very sad that Warner Brothers is yanking everything 'Inception'-related off YouTube with great zeal-it's a reasonable copyright claim on their part, sure, but it's a shame in particular that this video has gone missing-it was an in-theater recording of the audience's reaction to the last scene of Inception. (Obviously people who plan to see Inception and haven't yet should not look read on.) READ MORE
Dear Jonah Goldberg: Did We Really Go to the Same Dragon Movie?
Dear Jonah Goldberg, READ MORE
Horror Chick: 'Sorority Row'
Admit it: you laugh a little when the horror movie killer turns out to be a girl. You think it's funny. Ha ha! The BIG twist...it's a chick! Doesn't really matter which chick it is, or why a 100-pound brunette with Hawaiian Tropic skin and an altered proboscis chose to become a homicidal maniac-it's funny. Gives a film immediate camp status. You know it's true. You raging neosexist pig. Just kidding- I laugh too. Plus I'm a lousy feminist who's pro-Brazilians and anal scenes, so who am I to judge. READ MORE
