There are two types of spoilers - reveals and surprises. Reveals would be Psycho and Fight Club; surprises would be Harry Potter and Hamlet.
For me, the spoiler magnitude is based on how much the shock value should be. You're supposed to be shocked like Luke is to find out that Darth Vader is his Dad. If you already know your empathy is entirely dependent on Mark Hamil's acting which is why no one my age or younger really cares any more.
Tony Stark/Peter Parker is just the progression of the story; there's no moment of oh, he's the hero! so there's nothing to spoil.
And that's why they're called spoilers after all: they spoil one's experience as an audience. Fight Club is a big one for me - I remember what it was liek to have that reveal, and anyone who is spoiled won't experience the film the same way I did in that first watching.
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Date: 2008-Jun-05, Thursday 08:35 (UTC)There are two types of spoilers - reveals and surprises. Reveals would be Psycho and Fight Club; surprises would be Harry Potter and Hamlet.
For me, the spoiler magnitude is based on how much the shock value should be. You're supposed to be shocked like Luke is to find out that Darth Vader is his Dad. If you already know your empathy is entirely dependent on Mark Hamil's acting which is why no one my age or younger really cares any more.
Tony Stark/Peter Parker is just the progression of the story; there's no moment of oh, he's the hero! so there's nothing to spoil.
And that's why they're called spoilers after all: they spoil one's experience as an audience. Fight Club is a big one for me - I remember what it was liek to have that reveal, and anyone who is spoiled won't experience the film the same way I did in that first watching.
Also, dude: HARRY POTTER 6. Not 5.