I came upon an untagged movie spoiler in a thread the other day, and, rather than cause a stink with the OP, it prompted me to come up with this jingle instead. Sing it to the tune of the original '60s "Spider-Man" theme. Enjoy! Spoiler Tag, Spoiler Tag Don’t forget to use Spoiler Tag Blocks of text, any size Hiding words from reading eyes Look out! Here comes the Spoiler Tag. Is it wrong? Listen bud, Here’s some wisdom and not just FUD You can wreck any thread The answer is overhead Hey, there You’ve found the Spoiler Tag. In the thrill of the fight As you’re typing your line Like a streak of light It arrives just in time. Spoiler Tag, Spoiler Tag Friendly neighborhood Spoiler Tag Good advice, don’t ignore Thoughtfulness can reward. So please, don’t wreck it for the others Think of us movie lovers Please use the Spoiler Tag! If only all of life's problems could be addressed this way!
It's hard not to be spoiled of major events in a movie these days with over-revealing trailers and social media. It's pretty annoying either way - when trailers give away the entire media in a couple of minutes condensed form and when people on facebook/twitter/etc say things like "I can't believe... <major twist or ending of a movie>."
When I see a thread for a Netflix or Amazon show, where they make all episodes available at once, I stay away until I'm done. Or for something that's been out awhile and already finished, like Handmaid's Tale, I stay away. Then when I'm ready to contribute I spew it all out like last night's pizza.
Spoiler - there's a plot twist at the end of Sixth Sense. And Unbreakable. And Signs. And The Village. And...
Spoiler This song also works to "Stairway To Heaven", only you have to drop that last beat from the last measure, every third line.
There's also the strange belief by some that it's OKAY for a trailer to give away the end of a movie it it's old! Like therefore you have seen every movie that isn't new?!?? I watched the trailer for the movie Shane, which I had never seen, this past night, and then during the movie realized after a while that I knew what was going to happen at the end (actually, with 3 or 4 minutes to go). Kind of took away the drama, to say the least. It's infuriating. I think I may never watch another trailer again.
This has been going on for a while. After my mother saw Dirty Dancing I was able to guess every plot point, even though all I had seen was the trailer.
OK but how do I do spoiler tags? Not only isn't it obvious (other sites make spoilers simple) but I can't seem to make the tag work. At least it doesn't seem to work in preview mode. If the process were more intuitive and less cumbersome maybe more folks would use it.
It's built into the web interface of the Forum software. It's the 4th one in the group with the , the icon for inserting images, the icon for inserting movies. Tap on it and you'll find quote, spoiler, code and strikethrough.
Okay. The way to do it manually is to type left square bracket - spoiler - right square bracket, then the content of the spoiler, followed by left square bracket - slash (the lower left to upper right one) - spoiler - right square bracket.
Spoiler This is my spoiler. There are many like it, but this one is mine. My spoiler is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life. My spoiler, without me, is useless. Without my spoiler, I am useless...
that's terrible. I'm sorry to hear that. Trailers are supposed to show you a rough outline of the movie's premise without giving away the ending - or plot points. I see some people are making fun of this whole thing, joking about it, but seriously, it's awful when you're looking forward to seeing a movie for the first time, where everything is new, and you are robbed of that experience, by the trailer. The surprise that goes with a new movie. Imagine if Hitchcock's trailers did that. It's just not right no matter what movie; it should be brand new to you the first time you see it. They need to junk the trailers that wreck movies for folks and make new ones - or just get rid of the old ones if that's the best they can do.
Or just as bad, where they give away the ending of the movie on the cover of the DVD. Yes, I'm looking at YOU, Planet of the Apes.......
Or in local TV promos: "coming up next... Alfred Hitchcock's suspense classic Psycho, the story of a young man who dresses up as his mother and kills women in showers!"
I wondered if this was possible! Did you know... Spoiler ...that you can... Spoiler nest spoiler tags? Holy siht! Amazing the things you don't know sometimes. Have fun! -s1m0n-
