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I spoiled Nemesis to myself, so the effect of Data dying meant nothing to me, whereas the people sitting behind me were legitimately in tears when it happened. SHHHH, I don't want to hear opinions about Nemesis. This is about "Star Trek."
So I'm going to vow to not be spoiled.
I'll watch the teasers, trailers, and any OFFICIAL broadcasts or previews, but from this day forth I'll do nothing to intentionally spoil myself.
You should, too. Think about it, it's the first Star Trek we'll have in more than three years of waiting.
Most the people in the audience will have a casual knowledge of Star Trek at best, as this movie is aimed towards the main stream. Don't you want the same experience they'll all get, or are they better than you? You can't have fun and be entertained if you know all the plot points. It's bad enough that I know Spock(s) will be in it, but I'm sure that'll be in the trailer so it's no big surprise.
The hunt for good spoilers is fun. Remember before Enterprise started, we would have a new CG render show up on the boards every week, each time looking convincing? There was even one ship that everyone was POSITIVE would be the NX-01. Remember how the entire Nemesis script leaked an incredibly long time before the movie was out? Like a year before, and no one believed it was the real script. Then in the theater, it was pretty much word for word the same? All that stuff is good fun, but this might be the last Star Trek adventure in a long time if it doesn't do well. $135M+ is a lot of money to gamble with, and if there isn't a huge payoff at the box office, it's sayonara for a long while. If such a thing happens, I'd prefer to have watched it unspoiled this time around.
So anyway, I'm vowing to not spoil myself anymore.
(Edit: This doesn't mean I'm unspoilable. If some a-hole wants to PM me with "Kirk dies in the end, and he's really dead! The whole universe is rebooted!" And I read it, then I'm spoiled. I'm just saying I'm not going to actively search for set pictures and insider reports anymore.)
I spoiled Nemesis to myself, so the effect of Data dying meant nothing to me, whereas the people sitting behind me were legitimately in tears when it happened. SHHHH, I don't want to hear opinions about Nemesis. This is about "Star Trek."
So I'm going to vow to not be spoiled.
I'll watch the teasers, trailers, and any OFFICIAL broadcasts or previews, but from this day forth I'll do nothing to intentionally spoil myself.
You should, too. Think about it, it's the first Star Trek we'll have in more than three years of waiting.
Most the people in the audience will have a casual knowledge of Star Trek at best, as this movie is aimed towards the main stream. Don't you want the same experience they'll all get, or are they better than you? You can't have fun and be entertained if you know all the plot points. It's bad enough that I know Spock(s) will be in it, but I'm sure that'll be in the trailer so it's no big surprise.
The hunt for good spoilers is fun. Remember before Enterprise started, we would have a new CG render show up on the boards every week, each time looking convincing? There was even one ship that everyone was POSITIVE would be the NX-01. Remember how the entire Nemesis script leaked an incredibly long time before the movie was out? Like a year before, and no one believed it was the real script. Then in the theater, it was pretty much word for word the same? All that stuff is good fun, but this might be the last Star Trek adventure in a long time if it doesn't do well. $135M+ is a lot of money to gamble with, and if there isn't a huge payoff at the box office, it's sayonara for a long while. If such a thing happens, I'd prefer to have watched it unspoiled this time around.
So anyway, I'm vowing to not spoil myself anymore.
(Edit: This doesn't mean I'm unspoilable. If some a-hole wants to PM me with "Kirk dies in the end, and he's really dead! The whole universe is rebooted!" And I read it, then I'm spoiled. I'm just saying I'm not going to actively search for set pictures and insider reports anymore.)
So if the writing is that transparent, then no pledge will save us, but for what it's worth, I'm swearing off spoilers (as I always do for any movie or series where I have any respect for the writing at all - I only read spoilers for shows where the writing is so ludicrous it hardly matters what happens).
