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KennyBlanken 5y ago
This anime has been out for longer than many HN readers have been alive and it's extremely well known. I think the calendar on spoiler tags being necessary for NGE has long, long since expired.
- qybaz 5y ago
  I hadn't watched it and it was on my TODO list, but whatever.
  - Lammy 5y ago
    That’s barely a spoiler. You should still watch it :)
- filoleg 5y ago
  Gotta be careful though, because while NGE indeed feels way past the expiration date on spoilers, the Rebuild movies definitely aren’t (the final one came out just earlier this year). And people online definitely like to bring up Rebuild movie spoilers in conversations about NGE. Mostly due to how very inter-connected, yet, at the same, disconnected NGE and Rebuild movies are from each other. TL;DR: agreed on no need to be afraid to spoil NGE, but we gotta be explicit that it applies only to NGE (+the end of evangelion movie, which is the true ending to the show that is absolutely a must-watch; also imo past the expiration date on spoilers), and not to Evangelion as a whole (which would include recent Rebuild movies). But there is no harm in putting a spoiler warning at the beginning, and that’s a nice gesture towards those who might want to watch it for the first time without the storyline being spoiled.
- twic 5y ago
  Several years ago i went to see a screening of Things to Come, the tremendous 1936 adaptation of H. G. Wells's post-apocalyptic (and then some!) novel [1]. The writer and film critic Kim Newman gave a little introductory talk about the film. At some point, he referred to something that happens halfway through; a shout came from the audience, "Oi! Spoilers!". Newman was so thrown by the idea that talking about the plot of a famous 75-year-old film might be considered a spoiler that he stopped his talk and walked offstage. Which was a shame, as he's very interesting, but the film was great, so it was alright. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atwfWEKz00U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atwfWEKz00U
- floppydiskette 5y ago
  I was planning on watching it through with friends within a month or two and I’ve never seen it before. But I guess I shouldn’t have clicked on the comments. Still, a spoiler tag would have been nice but I’m sure it will still be fine.
- Rebelgecko 5y ago
  There's several lifetimes worth of content out there that's older than I am. Some of it I may never watch/read/listen to, but some of it I will, especially the works that are regarded as "classics". I wouldn't be surprised if millions of people first experienced the plot of Dune this year, even though the book is over 50 years old. When I talk with friends who are still reading the books (or waiting for part 2 of the movie) I try to avoid spoiling things as a courtesy. At this point some endings like Citizen Kane have become so memetic that it's impossible to avoid spoilers, but some people still prefer to go in as blind as possible.
Taywee 5y ago
It's not really a spoiler. Shinji has such intense self-doubt and psychological pain from the very beginning. It doesn't really broadside you with him being unable to cope with the pressure of the world's salvation at the end or anything, it's a continual theme throughout the entire series starting at episode 1.
Blackthorn 5y ago
It's a 25 year old series, but it really is the journey that matters and not the destination (partially because the destination is quite honestly garbage).

This anime has been out for longer than many HN readers have been alive and it's extremely well known. I think the calendar on spoiler tags being necessary for NGE has long, long since expired.

qybaz 5y ago
I hadn't watched it and it was on my TODO list, but whatever.
- Lammy 5y ago
  That’s barely a spoiler. You should still watch it :)
filoleg 5y ago
Gotta be careful though, because while NGE indeed feels way past the expiration date on spoilers, the Rebuild movies definitely aren’t (the final one came out just earlier this year). And people online definitely like to bring up Rebuild movie spoilers in conversations about NGE. Mostly due to how very inter-connected, yet, at the same, disconnected NGE and Rebuild movies are from each other. TL;DR: agreed on no need to be afraid to spoil NGE, but we gotta be explicit that it applies only to NGE (+the end of evangelion movie, which is the true ending to the show that is absolutely a must-watch; also imo past the expiration date on spoilers), and not to Evangelion as a whole (which would include recent Rebuild movies). But there is no harm in putting a spoiler warning at the beginning, and that’s a nice gesture towards those who might want to watch it for the first time without the storyline being spoiled.
twic 5y ago
Several years ago i went to see a screening of Things to Come, the tremendous 1936 adaptation of H. G. Wells's post-apocalyptic (and then some!) novel [1]. The writer and film critic Kim Newman gave a little introductory talk about the film. At some point, he referred to something that happens halfway through; a shout came from the audience, "Oi! Spoilers!". Newman was so thrown by the idea that talking about the plot of a famous 75-year-old film might be considered a spoiler that he stopped his talk and walked offstage. Which was a shame, as he's very interesting, but the film was great, so it was alright. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atwfWEKz00U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atwfWEKz00U
floppydiskette 5y ago
I was planning on watching it through with friends within a month or two and I’ve never seen it before. But I guess I shouldn’t have clicked on the comments. Still, a spoiler tag would have been nice but I’m sure it will still be fine.
Rebelgecko 5y ago
There's several lifetimes worth of content out there that's older than I am. Some of it I may never watch/read/listen to, but some of it I will, especially the works that are regarded as "classics". I wouldn't be surprised if millions of people first experienced the plot of Dune this year, even though the book is over 50 years old. When I talk with friends who are still reading the books (or waiting for part 2 of the movie) I try to avoid spoiling things as a courtesy. At this point some endings like Citizen Kane have become so memetic that it's impossible to avoid spoilers, but some people still prefer to go in as blind as possible.

Taywee 5y ago

It's not really a spoiler. Shinji has such intense self-doubt and psychological pain from the very beginning. It doesn't really broadside you with him being unable to cope with the pressure of the world's salvation at the end or anything, it's a continual theme throughout the entire series starting at episode 1.

Blackthorn 5y ago

It's a 25 year old series, but it really is the journey that matters and not the destination (partially because the destination is quite honestly garbage).