Re: Serenity!

In article <1128074354.956728.289520@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
lauriem@xxxxxxxxxxx (Laurie Mann) wrote:

> *From:* "Laurie Mann" <lauriem@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> *Date:* 30 Sep 2005 02:59:15 -0700
>
> I think it's really stupid to be upset to be told people die. It's the
> "who" and "why" that matters in this particular movie (yes, I know who
> as I saw the movie in June).
>
>

cf Bleak House, where Dickens doesn't so much telegraph every major
revelation in advance, as put it up on day-glo posters. I mean, it's
obvious that Esther is Lady Dedlock's illegitimate daughter from their
first appearances. When he couldn't work out how to tell you a character
is going to die of spontaneous combustion, he writes about it in his
preface.

Conversely, I've heard of people who were so worried about spoilers for a
new episode of a show that they avoided reading all synopses in listing
magazines, all trailers, the continuity announcer's introduction, and
presumably the episode title if it appears on screen.
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