Comments on: Spoiler Statute of Limitations http://whatever.scalzi.com/2009/03/06/spoiler-statute-of-limitations/ DEVISING A SYSTEM FOR REMEMBERING EVERYTHING Sun, 21 Mar 2010 20:43:18 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: filme porno http://whatever.scalzi.com/2009/03/06/spoiler-statute-of-limitations/#comment-196873 filme porno Sun, 21 Mar 2010 20:23:51 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/?p=6534#comment-196873 interesting !NIce post . it was very helpful form me. have a good day. interesting !NIce post . it was very helpful form me. have a good day.

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]]> By: Tom http://whatever.scalzi.com/2009/03/06/spoiler-statute-of-limitations/#comment-133954 Tom Tue, 10 Mar 2009 22:38:50 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/?p=6534#comment-133954 SPOILER ALERT!!! Rosebud was his sled To Serve Man is a cookbook The ruby slippers can take her home Laura Palmer was killed by her father Darth Vaders is Luke's father Princess Leia is Luke's sister Germany lost WWII The reason you a such an idiot is that you fixate on stupid things like spoilers. SPOILER ALERT!!!

Rosebud was his sled
To Serve Man is a cookbook
The ruby slippers can take her home
Laura Palmer was killed by her father
Darth Vaders is Luke’s father
Princess Leia is Luke’s sister
Germany lost WWII
The reason you a such an idiot is that you fixate on stupid things like spoilers.

]]> By: Chuk http://whatever.scalzi.com/2009/03/06/spoiler-statute-of-limitations/#comment-133850 Chuk Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:26:47 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/?p=6534#comment-133850 I once read a review of the movie <i>Se7en</i> that came out a day or two before opening night, and the first sentence was (spoilers here) "Jura oenq cvgg bcraf gur obk pbagnvavat tjlargu cnygebj'f urnq..." (or words to that effect). This was in a local weekly paper, not just some guy on Usenet. I am a little on the extreme anti-spoiler side, because, as another poster said, you can never get that naive viewing again. Sure, good shows you can watch more than once, but if someone spoils it, you never get to watch it the first time. (I run into them a lot more with TV/movies than I do with books, maybe because I tend to be more on top of books than video.) I once read a review of the movie Se7en that came out a day or two before opening night, and the first sentence was (spoilers here) “Jura oenq cvgg bcraf gur obk pbagnvavat tjlargu cnygebj’f urnq…” (or words to that effect). This was in a local weekly paper, not just some guy on Usenet.

I am a little on the extreme anti-spoiler side, because, as another poster said, you can never get that naive viewing again. Sure, good shows you can watch more than once, but if someone spoils it, you never get to watch it the first time. (I run into them a lot more with TV/movies than I do with books, maybe because I tend to be more on top of books than video.)

]]> By: Laz http://whatever.scalzi.com/2009/03/06/spoiler-statute-of-limitations/#comment-133610 Laz Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:06:51 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/?p=6534#comment-133610 I don't see why it's such a big thing to be polite. Is it going to kill anyone? I'll go out on a limb and say NO! Ask people in a personal discussion or put stuff behind a cut on a blog - whatever. Just show a bit of respect for other folks. It's not bloody difficult, people. The number one problem in the world today is that no-one believes in good manners anymore. It's all 'me, me, me' these days. Show some consideration for others and we can all be happy. This is just one example. I don’t see why it’s such a big thing to be polite. Is it going to kill anyone? I’ll go out on a limb and say NO! Ask people in a personal discussion or put stuff behind a cut on a blog – whatever. Just show a bit of respect for other folks. It’s not bloody difficult, people.

The number one problem in the world today is that no-one believes in good manners anymore. It’s all ‘me, me, me’ these days. Show some consideration for others and we can all be happy. This is just one example.

]]> By: John_T http://whatever.scalzi.com/2009/03/06/spoiler-statute-of-limitations/#comment-133461 John_T Tue, 10 Mar 2009 03:14:28 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/?p=6534#comment-133461 @Michael_GR (#78), There's a very neat plugin for Firefox called ubiquity which allows all sorts of neat features, including translation in the page (so the web page is modified and you can keep reading everything else in context, without going to / from other web pages. My rot13 plugin for ubiquity is available at: http://www.randomloci.com/dev/ubiquity/rot13.php @Michael_GR (#78),

There’s a very neat plugin for Firefox called ubiquity which allows all sorts of neat features, including translation in the page (so the web page is modified and you can keep reading everything else in context, without going to / from other web pages.

My rot13 plugin for ubiquity is available at:
http://www.randomloci.com/dev/ubiquity/rot13.php

]]> By: JJ Brannon http://whatever.scalzi.com/2009/03/06/spoiler-statute-of-limitations/#comment-133445 JJ Brannon Tue, 10 Mar 2009 02:37:55 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/?p=6534#comment-133445 Warning! May qualify as spoiler. Maybe. I hesitate to post this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDDHHrt6l4w Warning! JJB Warning! May qualify as spoiler.

Maybe.

I hesitate to post this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDDHHrt6l4w

Warning!

JJB

]]> By: John Scalzi http://whatever.scalzi.com/2009/03/06/spoiler-statute-of-limitations/#comment-133388 John Scalzi Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:32:15 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/?p=6534#comment-133388 Ooooh, a Fermat joke. Today's gold star goes to you, sir. Ooooh, a Fermat joke. Today’s gold star goes to you, sir.

]]> By: Nick H. http://whatever.scalzi.com/2009/03/06/spoiler-statute-of-limitations/#comment-133386 Nick H. Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:31:04 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/?p=6534#comment-133386 "Also, given the placement of the Comedian’s death in the novel (i.e., right at the beginning)" Evidence for rebuttal: Scream. That the death at the beginning is at the beginning does not make it any less a spoiler due to happening at the beginning. Still, I may have to give you a pass here. As a comment above notes, if you don't know Watchmen, you don't know who the Comedian is until after he dies, anyway. But that's a bare, squeaking, pass! I'm afraid, however, that the margins of this blog entry are not wide enough to contain my full thoughts on spoilers in general. “Also, given the placement of the Comedian’s death in the novel (i.e., right at the beginning)”

Evidence for rebuttal: Scream. That the death at the beginning is at the beginning does not make it any less a spoiler due to happening at the beginning.

Still, I may have to give you a pass here. As a comment above notes, if you don’t know Watchmen, you don’t know who the Comedian is until after he dies, anyway. But that’s a bare, squeaking, pass!

I’m afraid, however, that the margins of this blog entry are not wide enough to contain my full thoughts on spoilers in general.

]]> By: Pipedreamergrey http://whatever.scalzi.com/2009/03/06/spoiler-statute-of-limitations/#comment-133257 Pipedreamergrey Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:51:17 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/?p=6534#comment-133257 There's a whole other dimension to this issue you haven't considered. Spoilers are cyclical. "Snape throws Dumbledore from the astronomy tower" isn't a spoiler to anyone with a pulse under forty today, but ten years from now, it's a surprise to a whole new generation, just like the end of Return of the Jedi shocked me in the mid eighties when Star Wars was suddenly retro-rad. I don't think there's a statute of limitations. I think there's a window of discussion before you're just victimizing a different demographic with your spoilers... Though, honestly... I don't know how the new generations who are being born with the internet already such an enormous part of American culture are ever going to find an opportunity to enjoy any media experience first-hand with so much data swim about. There’s a whole other dimension to this issue you haven’t considered. Spoilers are cyclical. “Snape throws Dumbledore from the astronomy tower” isn’t a spoiler to anyone with a pulse under forty today, but ten years from now, it’s a surprise to a whole new generation, just like the end of Return of the Jedi shocked me in the mid eighties when Star Wars was suddenly retro-rad.

I don’t think there’s a statute of limitations. I think there’s a window of discussion before you’re just victimizing a different demographic with your spoilers…

Though, honestly… I don’t know how the new generations who are being born with the internet already such an enormous part of American culture are ever going to find an opportunity to enjoy any media experience first-hand with so much data swim about.

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