Study: Stories Are Not Spoiled by 'Spoilers'

[MaraJade]

It also depends on what the material is: some movies you want to be thrilled and surprised *I find for me, it's usually stuff I nominally know* Like Green Lantern (probably the series I know least about in the comic-book world).

Others, like Transformers: I want to know everything and I'll be either annoyed/turned off by what I learn beforehand (ie, not including a character I'd like/ or something along those lines), so I don't necessarily care if I'm spoiled because I know more about the Transformers world.

That's why I always watch things twice. Once for the sheer unadulterated experience, and second time to pick apart and analyze.

 

[KouAidou]

I think it's more of a choice... If you prefer to be thrilled, then don't spoil yourself... If you want the ingesting of the source material easier, then spoil yourself...

Or if you like both, read it, then read it again.

 

[PyroturtleZX]

I can agree with this. In the simplest form I can explain it, by knowing some part of the ending you can begin to see the clues and hints that are set and it makes the experience generally fun.


Long story short, instead of just looking at the general story you start looking for things that lead up to what you know is going to happen and by doing that you feel smart and perceptive. That's just my take on it.

 

[Mr G]

I dislike spoilers. Hearing something that spoils the ending or gives away a plot twist or a character's fate doesn't dissuade me from watching the show but it does take away the pleasure of seeing it unfold when I already know about it.

A case in point for me is Death Note. I had never read the manga and had never watched the anime. I was talking about how much I loved the anime and this girl I was talking to suddenly and very matter-of-factly blurted, "Death Note sucks after L dies." I won't go as far as to say my world crumbled but a huge plot twist in the show was given away and I was not as shocked as I would have been when the scene occurred since I knew it was coming.

 

[KingRanger]

Darth vader is lukes dad.

Aeris dies.

The matrix isn't real.

 

[musashi03]

Or if you like both, read it, then read it again.

Yeah, that could work. :laugh: