I was talking pre-LJ.
I'll just jump in my time machine, go back to the twelfth century, and ask the vampires to postpone their ancient prophesy for a few days while you take in dinner and a show.
Giles ,'Selfless'
Boxed Set, Vol. III: "That Can't Be Good..."
A topic for the discussion of Farscape, Smallville, and Due South. Beware possible invasions of Stargate, Highlander, or pretty much any other "genre" show that captures our fancy. Expect Adult Content and discussion of the Big Gay Sex.
Whitefont all unaired in the U.S. ep discussion, identifying it as such, and including the show and ep title in blackfont.
Blackfont is allowed after the show has aired on the east coast.
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esse - Apr 11, 2007 6:10:42 am PDT #9877 of 10001
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 11, 2007 6:58:47 am PDT #9878 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I remember stumbling across a news feed photo of Bianca Lawson as Kendra a week before "What's My Line Pt. 1" aired.
Topic!Cindy - Apr 11, 2007 7:21:20 am PDT #9879 of 10001
What is even happening?
I was talking pre-LJ.
I just meant I seldom find spoilers of the quality I found when spoiling for Buffy and Angel (and almost all of Buffy was pre-LJ for me). I never had trouble finding them.
Strega - Apr 11, 2007 8:18:03 am PDT #9880 of 10001
The guy gets around, oneirically speaking.
Johanna had a dream where Browder was a serial killer. So, reasonably enough, she decided that she shouldn't go off alone with him.
Making out with him in public was perfectly fine, though.
he's got more of an outlet to whine about this than Joss & Co did, but I honestly don't remember spoilers being taken so seriously back in the old days.
Seriously? I do. At least once Whedon got all "true fans don't read spoilers" about it, because I remember the reaction. Ah, this is probably it:
WHEDON: It drives me up the frigging wall that I can't keep secrets, that I can't keep things off the Internet. The crewmembers of my own shows are feeding things to the Internet so that people will know what happens before it happens.
IGNFF: Where's the respect for the chain of command?
WHEDON: Apparently, the chain is only as strong as – well, that weak link that's me. It's not respect for the chain of command, it's respect for storytelling. People just don't have it. But you know what? Not everybody reads spoilers, not everybody lives that way. Those are the people that really love the show. I cannot conceive of a person who wants to know what happens. People who turn to the last page of a book – what universe did they come from? I don't understand it.
Diplomatic! But I can understand why it bothers writers, and why they try to out-scheme the spoiler community. I think the stuff about Starbuck was pretty amusing, actually, but that's me.
why complain that your audience loves your show so much that you *have* to find out what's going to happen?Because that's not the only reason people share/read spoilers. I'm not sure that it's the main reason. Because people go in having already decided that they're going to hate some plot point. Or don't watch at all because they're mad about a spoiler. Or expect to love something, and get furious when it doesn't happen as described. How many times have you seen fans protesting storylines that they haven't even seen yet? Or freaking out over a word choice made by someone who is summarizing a plotline based on something they heard from a friend who was on the set as an extra?
I have no problem with people reading/sharing spoilers; I do it myself, obviously. But it seems disingenuous to claim that spoilers are just a pure expression of love and puppies and rainbows.
Jessica - Apr 11, 2007 8:26:40 am PDT #9881 of 10001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Or don't watch at all because they're mad about a spoiler.
This is the part I don't believe. I know people say they're not going to watch, but I don't buy for a second that it's actually true.
As for people freaking out, well they do that with promos too, don't they? It's different in degree with spoilers, but not in kind. People freak out over a lot of things.
Topic!Cindy - Apr 11, 2007 8:28:46 am PDT #9882 of 10001
What is even happening?
You're not wrong, Strega. The Veronica Mars fandom is in total meltdown and a lot of it is over spoilers.
Because people go in having already decided that they're going to hate some plot point.
This, particularly, seems to me to happen when there is hardcore 'shipping in the spoiler mix.
That said, for me, spoiling is always either an act of love+puppies+rainbows, or an act of self-preservation. I'm often much happier with a show when I let myself spoil for it, and a lot of times when people are railing against spoilers, I find myself liking the spoilers more, because I'm contrary like that.
Topic!Cindy - Apr 11, 2007 8:30:52 am PDT #9883 of 10001
What is even happening?
This is the part I don't believe. I know people say they're not going to watch, but I don't buy for a second that it's actually true.I agree with this though, too.
As for people freaking out, well they do that with promos too, don't they? It's different in degree with spoilers, but not in kind. People freak out over a lot of things.I do see people flipping more about spoilers than promos. It may be a matter of degrees, but still.
Ginger - Apr 11, 2007 8:32:31 am PDT #9884 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
People who turn to the last page of a book – what universe did they come from?
From whatever universe I come from. I'm much more interested in the writing and how a story unfolds than I am in being surprised. I'm more interested in the journey than the destination.
Frankenbuddha - Apr 11, 2007 8:33:58 am PDT #9885 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I do see people flipping more about spoilers than promos. It may be a matter of degrees, but still.
Given how misleading so many promos are, this doesn't surprise me at all.
Fred Pete - Apr 11, 2007 9:13:46 am PDT #9886 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
I cannot conceive of a person who wants to know what happens.
I don't get this part. If we don't want to know what happens, we won't watch the show.
Unless Joss meant, who wants to know so badly that they'll skip the journey there, or the context, or the like.