Is there a Christmas episode? Cool!! (Speaking of last year, so relax.)
See, this I do not consider a spoiler. Rather like knowing that they were going to do a "ghost hunters" episode (which I'd been saying for months that they needed to do). I'm kinda perturbed that I now know there's going to be a "time travel" ep . . . and who's going to be in it, but that's not a plot spoiler, just a coming attraction. It was TVGuide.com that had in big ol' headlines how the guest star was going to fit into the story, and that . . . well, I'll live with it, because again, not a huge plot spoiler, but no hopping on the couch with "Oooohhhhh!!!! It's Skinner!" from me.
And I know if I'd actually been at SDCC, I would have been totally cool and excited with seeing the rough cut, because, dude, how could you not? But not having *seen* it? I don't want to know until I can actually *see* it.
Thanks for answering! I'm just curious as to why people would want to be spoiled for a show that is, essentially, supposed to be based on suspense and surprise.
Of course, seeing something coming doesn't mean it still doesn't startle.
I took my cousin's daughter (my first cousin once removed, if you're keeping track) to see Psycho for the first time a few years ago. Big restored movie house, summer film festival. I told her nothing of the movie except that it was really good. She pooh-poohed it that it wasn't going to be scary. At various points in the movie, I'd lean over and ask, "You know what's going to happen, right?" You could tell from the camera angle and what was being shown on the screen.
"Yes," she'd say, a note of anxiety in her voice.
"It doesn't help, does it?" I asked, only slightly wickedly.
"No."
I don't know what that has to do with anything. I just love that story. :-)
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Date: 2008-07-28 11:01 pm (UTC)See, this I do not consider a spoiler. Rather like knowing that they were going to do a "ghost hunters" episode (which I'd been saying for months that they needed to do). I'm kinda perturbed that I now know there's going to be a "time travel" ep . . . and who's going to be in it, but that's not a plot spoiler, just a coming attraction. It was TVGuide.com that had in big ol' headlines how the guest star was going to fit into the story, and that . . . well, I'll live with it, because again, not a huge plot spoiler, but no hopping on the couch with "Oooohhhhh!!!! It's Skinner!" from me.
And I know if I'd actually been at SDCC, I would have been totally cool and excited with seeing the rough cut, because, dude, how could you not? But not having *seen* it? I don't want to know until I can actually *see* it.
Thanks for answering! I'm just curious as to why people would want to be spoiled for a show that is, essentially, supposed to be based on suspense and surprise.
Of course, seeing something coming doesn't mean it still doesn't startle.
I took my cousin's daughter (my first cousin once removed, if you're keeping track) to see Psycho for the first time a few years ago. Big restored movie house, summer film festival. I told her nothing of the movie except that it was really good. She pooh-poohed it that it wasn't going to be scary. At various points in the movie, I'd lean over and ask, "You know what's going to happen, right?" You could tell from the camera angle and what was being shown on the screen.
"Yes," she'd say, a note of anxiety in her voice.
"It doesn't help, does it?" I asked, only slightly wickedly.
"No."
I don't know what that has to do with anything. I just love that story. :-)