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1. Sargoth (sargoth@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 17-Dec-2017 23:20:20 UTC Sargoth

   I wroted a thing about the new star wars movie thingie
   or, rather, about spoilers in general, as they have been made even more topical with the new war star movie out in the world
   enjoy
   http://streetremix.blogspot.com/2017/12/spoiler-warnings-and-you.html

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   • Hallå Kitteh (clacke@social.heldscal.la)'s status on Monday, 18-Dec-2017 01:07:08 UTC Hallå Kitteh
     SPOILER ALERT: I'm not sensitive to spoilers.
     
     @sargoth I agree that a good movie is a good movie, spoiled or not, and you can rewatch good movies.
     
     But watching a movie knowing or not knowing the spoiler, is it really watching the same movie? I think it isn't. Knowing the twist changes how you see and experience the movie, and I have seen several movies that after I have seen them I immediately want to go back and see them with the new knowledge I gained. If you end up watching it several times, it's never like that first time.
     
     That said, a good movie that you want to rewatch immediately doesn't have that ONE THING that the whole plot hinges on. If it is complex enough, that information that makes you want to see it again needs to be conveyed by the movie itself to really be felt, and then that movie is not really spoilable by a throwaway comment in 140, 280 or 500 characters.
   • Hallå Kitteh (clacke@social.heldscal.la)'s status on Monday, 18-Dec-2017 06:50:01 UTC Hallå Kitteh

     • Elias Mårtenson
     @loke @sargoth
     
     Yeah, I often research a movie a bit before I watch it, to fully appreciate it. :-)
     
     Or if I don't and it's a good movie, I do the research afterwards and then watch it again.
     
     Still, I do enjoy getting surprised by a plot. And watching it the first time is something you never get back. So I partly agree with the spoiler sensitivity.
     
     But then, I suppose I just don't let it get to me too much. Curious. Maybe it's a defense mechanism.