Spoilers Spoiler-ish Q&A - Star Trek Beyond

exactly. different people have different views on spoilers. Personally I love them. It gives you a good idea about the movie before you see it so you can concentrate on the little things and details. others prefer not to be spoiled. I get that.
What I don't get, however, is the urge to stop people posting in this thread, when they obviously do so on their own free will.

 

I believe it would be difficult for Paramount to enforce the spoiler ban for this film, as many fans are veiled behind the e-personalities they create for themselves for interacting with the Internet community.

People who have seen the film are enforcing the ban onto themselves. The film premiered the last week, and the story, plot, and character arcs have not been revealed. Some details have been released; however, they have not been revelatory for the story, plot, and character arcs.

 

thank you and I hope you are right. I don't want the rt score to deep below 85 or worse 80.

 

I like spoilers. I always have and they have never lessened the enjoyment of anything for me. I think maybe the brains of spoiler-holics are just wired a bit differently.

 

Did they change the transporter vfx?

 

I've never seen what the big fuss about spoilers is...tv and movies are a visual and auditory medium, and reading about a movie isn't the same as watching it.

 

Awesome. Thanks for the hints and spoilers.

I just hope it's better than the last one.

 

All the contracts signed at the premiere as a condition of entry were collected. They explicitly stated reviews and revealing details about this film are expressly forbidden, and went on in great length about potential remedies for breaching said contract. Read the half page of legalese on the back of the invite if you don't believe me.

Even if you take the view Paramount won't sue a fan for breach of contract (very brave in light of recent events), you are violating the wishes of Paramount not to have details of their movie discussed online till the 21st. Put yourself in their shoes. What a display of gratitude it is when a company goes out of their way spending huge money to make fans feel like stars for a day, allowing red carpet access, food, drinks, celeb chats, and a free screening, and all they ask in return is attendees keep their mouth shut for two weeks. We can't even manage that.

I wonder if ignoring an embargo will make Paramount more likely to invite fans to something like this in the future? I thought Trek fans were supposed to put the needs of the many ahead of their own. Guess not.

I slept on returning to this thread. But none of these rationalizations about spoiler codes, promises about revealing only "minor" details (who's to say what "minor" is here anyway?), embargoes applying only to media companies, are factually or morally correct.

After the 21st, when the embargo ends, knock yourself out, ruin every minute of the film if that gives you gratification, but till then, this thread is just plain wrong.

 

Actual question for the OP.

How much does Spock scream and punch things?

 

That or it was cheaper to mass produce ships with warp 4 engines, while reserving the warp 5 engines for the fancy ships.

 

Just a futile way to begin a sentence, sorry.

 

I'm actually confident they don't have my signature on any piece of paper - or even my name recorded except as "Guest" (there were a few ways to get tickets besides Telstra) - but I haven't reviewed anything beyond saying "it was awesome" and giving a MetaCritic/RT prediction. NOTHING here constitutes anything contract breaching anyway.

 

Less than STID.

 

Seriously, there's still a huge swath of what the movie is about that's still unknown, the stuff that actually is significant to the plot. Are you really suggesting that knowing Spock Prime is dead, Carol Marcus isn't in the movie or mentioned, or various technical details related to the Franklin before the movie's release is going to ruin the viewing experience?

Paramount knew when they put this little wine and cheese on that someone was going to talk, despite whatever legal jargon was in place requesting their silence. That's human nature, and if anyone at Paramount really thought nothing from the movie was going to be posted online, then they were being unrealistically naïve and deserve to have their worldview shattered.

And such promises haven't prevented everyone in the fucking world talking about the revelation Sulu is gay. And that is everywhere, all over the internet, on TV on newspapers, the only place I haven't heard it is on the radio, and that's only because I haven't been listening to the radio in the past few days.

The gay Sulu story is huge, and you know what? Not once has Paramount approached anyone with the news on their sites and said "Could y'all remove that spoiler off your site? It's from a movie that hasn't been released yet and the ones who have seen it promised they wouldn't blab." That is their right, and the major legitimate news companies would be required to obey. They haven't, and indeed even CBS News, which is owned by the same company as Paramount is running a story about gay Sulu or more accurately Takei's reaction to it. CBS News is one source who would have to bow to Paramount's wishes and couldn't try to use the "Freedom of the Press" shield. If they're posting spoilers from the movie, Paramount doesn't care.

Sweet shit, Star Trek is not a religion, its fans are not required to live their lives exactly according to its teachings. And even so, the needs of the many VS the needs of the few applies to bigger, important matters, not movie spoilers. Get some damn perspective.

 

I respectfully disagree.

The news that Sulu is gay came from TV interviews that Cho did during the Australian premiere.

The one piece of news that Australian newspapers were able to report on was Sulu is gay. No other details were released.

It was a deliberate piece of marketing on the studio's part to generate buzz which has worked!

 

Thanks Andy.
Just bumping this question because I'm also curious: