DJariya

I did a thread about this many years ago and thought I would do an update and see what you all think now in 2022.

Do you care about movie spoilers? Do you try to avoid spoilers until you actually see the movie? Or do you not care and just read everything about the movie?

Does it depend on the type of movie? Like a big popular IP like Marvel, DC or Star Wars?

For me, yes I do care to an extent. Big popular tentpole movies that interest me I usually try to see right away to avoid spoilers. I work in the media business, so I can't block spoilers from entertainment sites or social media. I use many of those sites for work related reasons. Horror movies I also try to avoid spoilers due to potential shocking twists or kills that are unexpected. I won't read spoiler threads of movies that interest me until I can actually see it and play off someone's comment than making a blind assumption that's wrong and sounding like a jackass.

Wolf359

Yes, avoid them completely. Never understood it, never will.

TomOpus

I selected "Depends" but not due to popularity but due as to whether I'll see it. If I'm never going to see it, I'll see all the spoilers. If I happen to watch it in the future I'll probably forget them anyways.

Hokeyboy

Of course. The whole point of a new story is to take you on a new journey. If you've been there or know how to get there already.... what's the point?

Hokeyboy

I say this as someone who had The Sixth Sense and Usual Suspects both spoiled by Usenet in the 90s.

I don't miss Usenet. Kibo can suck it.

JeffTheAlpaca

Most times I don't want to know the plot before I see a movie.

Kurt D

Mostly yes, but for some, meh! (Like tentpole movies ala Jurassic Park Dominion etc. where the spectacle is the point. Half the time if I see a spoiler I'll forget it while enveloped in the movie anyway.

asianxcore

Yup!

I always do my best to avoid them.

GoldenJCJ

I always do my best to avoid spoilers for pretty much every movie.

Spoiler etiquette has gone to shit in recent years. Movies that are on week 2 in the theater will have spoilers splashed all over social media. Even DVDTalk has gone downhill as far as spoilers go. In many cases, even if I avoid specific threads about the movie, someone will spoil it in an unrelated thread.

TomOpus

There were these assholes (I'm assuming Star Wars trolls) going around Facebook and posting in unrelated discussions that a certain character dies.

Mike86

I said yes. Maybe I should have said depends on the movie or show, but mostly I don’t want to know what’s happening beforehand.

I only seek out spoilers if I don’t care anymore (not a movie but about halfway through Dexter: New Blood is a recent example where I was frustrated and read things before watching the episodes).

Crocker Jarmen

For months leading up to its release, Lightyear had a nice trailer, that gave you the tone of the movie, some of its characters, but didn't really go into any plot. Then the week before it came out, there was a new trailer that made it clear . I really wish I hadn't known that, and feel cheated that I wasn't able to be surprised by this turn of events just as Buzz was. I wasn't expecting anything like that, and would have been surprised.

I liked the first, vague trailer they've been playing for Nope which got me interested in seeing the movie. Now they've switched to a new trailer that seems to be filled with tons more information. I don't know for sure because I haven't seen it. I get up and walk out of the theatre for a couple of minutes when it plays.

stvn1974

Pssst, Luke and Leia are brother and sister and Darth Vader is their father.

John Galt

Yes, I think it's good etiquette to post them appropriately. If I decide to click on one to see what the conversation is about, that's on me.

I got in an argument on another hobby forum a couple years ago with guys who were discussing the MCU and were just posting every major spoiler that ever happens in those movies. Their logic was basically "if the movie's been out more than a week and you haven't seen it, that's your fault". I decided I didn't want to interact with a bunch of idiots like that so it was my last ever post on that forum.

jjcool

Don't care unless it is something that I actually want to see. Then I will try to avoid spoilers for a reasonable amount of time.