You people are the reason why no one likes spoilerphobes
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Beloved iconic character from the original trilogy to return in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker [see staff post]
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I really wish I hadn't read this thread title.
EDIT: People are playing semantics over the word "spoiler". For most major films and TV series, etc, many people wish to avoid having their narrative surprises spoiled. That doesn't mean this is technically a "spoiler" but it's basically needlessly inconsiderate when you are well aware of the potential to ruin nice surprises.
The onus therefore should be on the OP to be mindful of how meaningful or substantial the information they put in the title might be for audiences whose behavior differ from them.
EDIT: People are playing semantics over the word "spoiler". For most major films and TV series, etc, many people wish to avoid having their narrative surprises spoiled. That doesn't mean this is technically a "spoiler" but it's basically needlessly inconsiderate when you are well aware of the potential to ruin nice surprises.
The onus therefore should be on the OP to be mindful of how meaningful or substantial the information they put in the title might be for audiences whose behavior differ from them.
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This seems like such a meaningless thing to get upset about.
Unless you really, really, really hate Ewoks, I guess.
Unless you really, really, really hate Ewoks, I guess.
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Seriously. We had multiple threads openly mentioning Palpatine is back. And that is 1000000000x a bigger deal.
It's official marketing promotional material.
It's official marketing promotional material.
This thread is the reason why it's getting the poor OW weekend prediction of $200m
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Studios will often release B-Roll making of footage for films before they release as well.
Saying that the studio released it means that you don't have to be at all considerate is absolutely ridiculous. It would have taken no effort to put POTENTIAL SPOILERS in the title. Instead OP decided to spoil a whole bunch of people who didn't have a choice.
Saying that the studio released it means that you don't have to be at all considerate is absolutely ridiculous. It would have taken no effort to put POTENTIAL SPOILERS in the title. Instead OP decided to spoil a whole bunch of people who didn't have a choice.
Well I'd consider that a spoiler too. 🤷🏻♂️
Idk I'm avoiding everything after the first teaser but it's my choice and I know it's the minority so just have to expect to see things I don't want to sometimes.
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Honestly, if I hadn't seen the trailers, I probably could have gone to release date without knowing the emperor was back. I don't actively avoid this stuff, but I don't seek out information or immerse myself in pre-release hype.
Personally I don't care about the Ewok stuff. But it's a bit strange to make that the title instead of something more broad.
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I'm with other folks in saying just update the OP title to something more ambiguous. It doesn't hurt anything.
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I am just going by the standard history here of official marketing material being allowed to be discussed openly without spoiler prefaces. Such as Palpatine's return.
I am still completely baffled how this is being treated as more sacred than the Emperor being back.
Idk I'm not on here 24/7 so I haven't seen those threads. You can't moderate spoilers if there's no agreed upon definition. Not saying someone should. It's just a touchy subject for people.
Gotta love people comparing Palpatine being revealed in the main trailer to a behind the scenes featurette that most people wouldn't watch and wouldn't be played on TV or before movies.
Fact is this whole anger at this is so fucking stupid.
The moment something is used in marketing material it is no longer a spoiler. End all be all of that.
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Uh....this was played on tv.
It aired on ABC...today! They even hyped it up all day during their thanksgiving tv coverage.
Hundreds of millions of people have watched the trailers and know the Emperor is back. Thousands will see these featurettes, and most moviegoers will have no idea about the Ewoks until they see the movie. Except Era.....
Again I'm not salty, but it is kind of lame for people that care.
Um there's a Channel called ABC? Thanks for the Fucking Spoiler asshole!!!
People have to accept that the world does not care about your media blackout. Everyone agrees that major plot spoilers are no good but basic casting and marketing material is fine.
Also gotta love how people are acting like this isn't a big deal, why are we upset, etc,... and yet IT APPARENTLY WARRANTED A WHOLE NEW THREAD lol
The two, of course, intersect. People should learn how to broadcast spoilery information without actually revealing the information fully in the title. It's not hard.
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This featurette aired on network tv earlier today on ABC. So I would say quite a lot more than thousands here.
Is it cool if we start making thread titles about upcoming episode previews for weekly TV shows? It's officially released content by the studio, after all.
Imagine if Cast Away was about to release and somebody made the argument 'It's in the trailer!'
Imagine if Cast Away was about to release and somebody made the argument 'It's in the trailer!'
I think this nails it. There's middle ground to be met.
I feel like the gaming side is way better about this sort of thing. But they also tend to stick to OTs more rigidly.
I mean, I like going into a movie as fresh as possible as all even with "non-spoilers". I can understand the appeal of trying the avoid even the little things, and even I think the spoilerphobia in here is a little ridiculous.
To be fair, I don't think a little warning like "New Behind the Scenes for Rise of Skywalker confirms return of OT character" is too much to ask.
To be fair, I don't think a little warning like "New Behind the Scenes for Rise of Skywalker confirms return of OT character" is too much to ask.
Spoiler culture is out of control.
This is great, I'm glad he'll be there to close out the story!
This is great, I'm glad he'll be there to close out the story!
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The Tom Hanks movie? I don't think you're quite making the point you think you are if so, because I can't imagine anyone would get that upset (outside of those upset in this thread). That's not a movie you watch for the plotting.
Lol how is that even remotely the same thing. The equivalent to that would be "Daisy Ridley returning as Rey in RoS". Come on now.
