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Social media is a reality of my life. Most of my friends that's how they keep in touch these days my family too. I can't avoid it. The sad reality is that between this and people talking at work that unless I see a movie the very day it comes out said movie will be spoiled for me.
I don't think having a movie spoiled for me ruins it in most cases but it does make watching a popular movie a bit more like crossing traffic. You know the light will change you're just waiting for it to happen.
The first time a movie was spoiled for me I was in college. Being a poor college student I hadn't had money to go to the theaters. My school like many had a movie night using one of the lecture halls as a theater. They were showing Sixth Sense a movie I had literally just got done telling my friends I hadn't seen yet not more than 10 seconds before.
As we were going inside to get seats one of my friends goes, "Man I love this movie can you believe Bruce Willis was dead the whole time" if the movie had been like 20 years old at that time yeah that's on me but this movie had only even been on DVD for a short time.
I have literally to this day never seen Sixth Sense without knowing the ending. Drew Barrymore's character from 50 First Dates it's the one way I actually envy her.
At that point I decided I kind of didn't mind spoilers. Heck I like to rewatch things anyway so it never really ruined my love of a movie. That being said I saw The Last Jedi in theaters.
I loved the movie (this isn't about that so please don't make it) and it was the first time in a long time I remembered enjoying a movie THAT much. I realized this is because it's hard for me to scrape together enough money to actually go to a theater for a popular film.
Generally the way it works is that by the time a movie hits DVDs I have been inundated with so many details that watching the movie is more like a mental checklist, "Okay yup they made that joke, did that scene yup there is that thing"
To date the only effective way I have found of "avoiding" spoilers is to not get into TV shows or movies (I can't afford cable and most of my landlords are like "why would I put an antenna on the roof") so if you wait until after the show has ended and people have long since moved on you will forget most of the spoilers you heard and watch the show/movie fresh with no outside influences.
The downside of this is that when you then want to talk about that stuff to people they're like "dude we're so over that show"
For example at some point I plan on starting to watch The Sopranos. By the time I do there will be no one left who wants to discuss it or fan theories or have any fun with the show at all.
So is there a better way to both avoid spoilers and to get to engage in something while it's still relevant enough people will let you talk about it?
I don't think having a movie spoiled for me ruins it in most cases but it does make watching a popular movie a bit more like crossing traffic. You know the light will change you're just waiting for it to happen.
The first time a movie was spoiled for me I was in college. Being a poor college student I hadn't had money to go to the theaters. My school like many had a movie night using one of the lecture halls as a theater. They were showing Sixth Sense a movie I had literally just got done telling my friends I hadn't seen yet not more than 10 seconds before.
As we were going inside to get seats one of my friends goes, "Man I love this movie can you believe Bruce Willis was dead the whole time" if the movie had been like 20 years old at that time yeah that's on me but this movie had only even been on DVD for a short time.
I have literally to this day never seen Sixth Sense without knowing the ending. Drew Barrymore's character from 50 First Dates it's the one way I actually envy her.
At that point I decided I kind of didn't mind spoilers. Heck I like to rewatch things anyway so it never really ruined my love of a movie. That being said I saw The Last Jedi in theaters.
I loved the movie (this isn't about that so please don't make it) and it was the first time in a long time I remembered enjoying a movie THAT much. I realized this is because it's hard for me to scrape together enough money to actually go to a theater for a popular film.
Generally the way it works is that by the time a movie hits DVDs I have been inundated with so many details that watching the movie is more like a mental checklist, "Okay yup they made that joke, did that scene yup there is that thing"
To date the only effective way I have found of "avoiding" spoilers is to not get into TV shows or movies (I can't afford cable and most of my landlords are like "why would I put an antenna on the roof") so if you wait until after the show has ended and people have long since moved on you will forget most of the spoilers you heard and watch the show/movie fresh with no outside influences.
The downside of this is that when you then want to talk about that stuff to people they're like "dude we're so over that show"
For example at some point I plan on starting to watch The Sopranos. By the time I do there will be no one left who wants to discuss it or fan theories or have any fun with the show at all.
So is there a better way to both avoid spoilers and to get to engage in something while it's still relevant enough people will let you talk about it?
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