Do You Need To Know The End Before You See The Beginning?

Great article! Spoilers never bothered me in the slightest, the more of them the better IMO. But there are certain spoilers that should NEVER EVER be mentionned in an article even if there is a spoiler alert. Like a tragic death that no one could have possibly predicted prior to seeing the film for instance. It's just too big of a bomb to put in a review or scoop article. There's just no need or warrant for it. It's completely uncalled for and really REALLY spoils the fun for everyone. Alot enjoy spoilers but when something that dramatic happens, it's better left to be experienced in theaters IMO.

Oh and here's a big South Park spoiler, THE SIMPSONS DID IT!!!! You name it, what ever South Park wants to do, the Simpsons did it all. So i just spoiled the whole series of South Park for everyone, nyah :P

so awesome how you mentioned lost because that is the one thing i prefer not to be spoiled on. only because it's so much fun theorizing!

when it comes to comics and their movie adaptations i really don't care. in fact with the books i would rather know the ending before i buy a trade or a HC. i've wasted my money way too many times on stories i thought would be good (im looking at you maximum carnage! and you secret invasion!) that i would rather build my collection with actual good stories. knowing what transpires wont take away from the structure of the story or the art. same with a movie. when it comes to IM i already know plenty about him. i know how he became iron man (consider iron man #1 a huge spoiler for the movie lol) and pretty much everything up until now - secretary of defense, head of shield, initiative ect - so it's not like anything is going to happen in a movie that i don't already know about Tony Stark - unless they wanna go the SR route and give him a son! lol

i guess im saying i really dont consider anything about CBMs a spoiler because we already know so much about the character. more than any movie could ever say. it's just fun to see which elements from which books made it into the movie.

if you're afriad of spoilers i'd suggest not reading any of Johns' run on GL because that will probably spoil the next 5 GL movies for you. the fun of it is seeing how it's played out on screen. you can't really spoil anything about stories we've already read.

lost is different because it's not based off a book or comic or anything that's previously been published and there's still more story to tell.

Great stuff Dogs!

I think it depends on the movie, for me.

Right in between.

I will indulge in spoilers up to a certain point but I won't allow myself to become spoiled all the way.


I will pay attention to smaller, less significant spoilers here and there as they come but generally when it gets close to game time and the really good stuff comes out, like TV spots, novelizations, synopseseseses etc then I start to tune it all out.

If the person says something like HUGE spoiler or GIGANTIC REAVEAL I will skip those too.

I have been at this for about ten years now so I have developed a stategy lol

Great article!!! I don't like to read entire scripts, but I don't mind looking at little spoilers here and there. Like SHAMAN mentioned, if it's a major spoiler then I will skip it as best I can, but admittedly, sometimes curiosity gets the best of me.

As far as books go...I read the last page of every book I read first. It usually doesn't ruin too much, but it may hint at who survived and such.

Great article! but who is luke and vader? was he talking about GI joe? no idea!

i read the spoilers, and hate myself after every movie :(

i love spoilers.

it depends on if i really care about the movie and characters. i really don't give a shit about scott pilgrem, but if i had read a spoiler for the actual avatar TLAB cartoon, i would have been pissed. i wish i would have read more spoilers about Star Wars I-III, it would have saved me $60 over a few years.

By the way cool article @Dogs

Terrific article, Dogs.

I avoid spoilers. In fact, I start to avoid 2nd and 3rd trailers now. There's just too much of the film being shown in trailers. Sherlock Holmes is a perfect example of this. By watching the trailer you know how he fights and where. Who wants to know the location of the final battle and all of that prior to seeing the movie? I don't. It used to be that trailers were short and just teased you a little. Now they show all the good highlights and scenes from the movie, allowing you to get a good idea of how things go down. It's more than I care for, but I am "old school" so I am probably in the minority.

T2 - I can't believe no one commented on your comment!!! That is prob the best question I have been asked in this forum!!! Wow, what a mind fcuk!!! Well, it begs the question, if you know it will happen before hand, will it still happen? I guess that would depend if the spoiler is a good one or a bad one. AWESOME QUESTION DUDE!!!

p.s. Yeah Dogs, you've done it again bud!!! Great work! Btw, was there ever an article stating who won the superhero March Madness? I saw that Bats was ahead but never saw anything official. I can't wait until you do another one! Keep it up man (insert erectile dysfunction joke here _______)!!!

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To each his or her own. I just hate when someONE spoils it for me. I was reading the final Harry Potter book and did not know if Harry died in his battle with Voldemort, and was on a bus and happened to overhear another rider talk about the ending (of which I won't mention so I don't spoil it for anyone that hasn't read it yet). I could have screamed bloody murder!! I still enjoyed the book, but by then it was anti-climactic. That's the worst.

T2 - NERF gun movie you say? Hmmmm ... is it rated XXX? Cause you might be on to something there if it is ...LOL

Most of the times I care, sometimes I don't. If I think its going to be plot heavy I don't like spoilers but if its all action I don't mind so much. But I feel that most trailers today show wwaaaaaaayyyyy to much. They for some reason show the "oh shit" moment of the movie which kinda defeats the purpose. oh well, whatdyado?

T2- good question but I think why no one really responded is because, from a philosophical standpoint, it's been explored quite thoroughly and is almost a cliche at this point. Look at the old Greek stuff involving the Oracle, almost everything was a self-fulfilling prophecy(see Oedipus). Not trying to rag on you, just sayin'. It would be tempting to peek, but I'm not sure if I would or not.