I feel that way about "yay" ahead of time when it comes to previews . . . but not actual spoilers. Like the previews they cut together for upcoming eps? I'm totally there. I cannot tell you how many times in a row I will watch a SPN preview (I'm thinking specifically of when I discovered the preview trailer for Malleus Malleficarum (sp?). Because, dude! That just amped up my anticipation for the ep (which I still have mixed feelings about).
But I guess I look at those a little bit differently than I do actual spoilers. Like, knowing the twists and turns before I get there.
For example: Regarding SG-1, I had NO FRIGGIN' CLUE they were going to do to Janet what they did to Janet. I just sat there, stunned, saying, "Did they just do what I think they just did? That's . . . . That's . . . . That's not right! They did not just do what I think they just did! Oh my gosh! They DID!!!" It would not have had the emotional impact that it did had I known ahead of time.
Btw, regarding Kripke's comment about repeatedly killing off Dean? And it losing its effectiveness? Word. They were always killing off Iolaus in H:tLJ, and after about his third death? It gets old after a while. "Oh, gee. Iolause died. Now Herc has to go to Hades and talk him out of keeping Iolaus." Until Iolaus actually *did* die, like, for good (but not) . . . but I won't go into that.
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Date: 2008-07-28 06:14 pm (UTC)But I guess I look at those a little bit differently than I do actual spoilers. Like, knowing the twists and turns before I get there.
For example: Regarding SG-1, I had NO FRIGGIN' CLUE they were going to do to Janet what they did to Janet. I just sat there, stunned, saying, "Did they just do what I think they just did? That's . . . . That's . . . . That's not right! They did not just do what I think they just did! Oh my gosh! They DID!!!" It would not have had the emotional impact that it did had I known ahead of time.
Btw, regarding Kripke's comment about repeatedly killing off Dean? And it losing its effectiveness? Word. They were always killing off Iolaus in H:tLJ, and after about his third death? It gets old after a while. "Oh, gee. Iolause died. Now Herc has to go to Hades and talk him out of keeping Iolaus." Until Iolaus actually *did* die, like, for good (but not) . . . but I won't go into that.
Eep. Sorry for the digression.
And thanks for playing! :-D