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JohnT
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Capitalist
Mar 1999
time: 00:35
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My position is simple: if you are opening up a thread about a specific work already in release, be it an analysis of Gorecki's 3rd Symphony, a recently released movie, or an already-aired TV show, you should expect to see a discussion of specific plot points. Spoiler warnings are nice, but not needed.
However, if you bring up plot points in a thread not devoted to a specific movie/TV show/piece of music, then you should use the [ spoiler ] [ /spoiler ] tags. This even include threads like "Best ending to a movie" where one would say something like:
quote:
I really loved the ending in Casablanca where Rick,
spoiler(highlight to read):
finally realizing that there are things bigger than himself, convinces Ilsa to get on the plane.
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Now, there will always be a degree of subjectivity about this - everybody knows that
spoiler(highlight to read):
Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker are related
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especially given that this famous surprise plot-twist was the driving force behind the prequels. But then... they may not.
Also, spoiler warnings are necessary when discussing unreleased works - for example, I've already seen Cinderella Man, which is to be released in a week or two, and while it might not really surprise anybody given both the history of James Braddock and the history of feel-good Hollywood fare, the fact is, in the end
spoiler(highlight to read):
he wins the big fight.
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What say you?
In the poll, the last two selections are for you to vote on whether threads about specific works should have spoiler tags within it.
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molly bloom
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Lundenwic
Oct 2001
time: 15:35
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Dammit all, JT, I posted this in the other thread before you precpitately asked for its deletion. 
Anyway:
Do you get fries with it ?
No, I think you're absolutely right with regard to unreleased/unreviewed works- it's simply a matter of courtesy to other people who are likely to be interested in the same film or book not to mention
a) the ending
b) surprises/twists
c) important plot points
because they may become enraged and come round and eat your liver, or your neighbour's ass.
If it's a general post about lots of different films, or different books, e.g., 100 Favourite War Films, My Best Loved Hallmark Greetings Cards, My Favourite Leonard Nimoy Poem, 10 Limp Bizkit c.d.s I Have Incinerated, then I think a little reckless plot/storyline/denouement badinage is allowed.
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Pax
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Spoilers should not have to be used in a discussion of a movie, song, book, video and etc. It should be assumed that if we are discussing the book we've all read it.
Although in a review, recommendation, critique that is encouraging/discouraging people to partake of said item spoilers should be used. It should be assumed that a review won't give away the plot points or the ending.
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25-05-2005 17:34
this explains a lot 
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