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The movie has been out for 21 years now. It's not a spoiler, you're just being reminded how much you've been passed by.
by ajcp 3y ago
The movie has been out for 21 years now. It's not a spoiler, you're just being reminded how much you've been passed by.
- Brian_K_White 3y agoI never saw it.
- unwind 3y agoSometimes new people are added to the world and it can take a while to catch up, though.
- mnsc 3y agoThat is true so I hope you you never mention anything about "blowing up the death star" or you might spoil that as well.
- nytesky 3y agoReally think Luke’s paternal heritage would have been a better example :)
- mkl 3y agoThat one's not really a spoiler. The heroes set out to do that to win, and it's obviously the type of movie where the heroes win. What's less certain is how exactly they'll get there.
- Joeboy 3y agoApologies if this is too much of a spoiler, but you might be a bit surprised by how the film's immediate sequel plays out. Edit: And considering when it was made and who made it, a happy ending was by no means guaranteed. Compare and contrast with the endings of Silent Running or American Graffiti.
- mkl 3y agoThat's partly why the [spoiler] of The Empire Strikes Back is effective, but that movie also has a different tone right from the start (even before that, with the title), and doesn't really tell a complete story but sets up the next sequel to provide resolution and the inevitable heroic victory. Silent Running is a dystopian setting, so the ending is unsurprising, and American Graffiti is a of genre that often has bad outcomes for some characters as cautionary tales.
- jrflowers 3y ago> it's obviously the type of movie where the heroes win How would I know that if I haven’t seen it
- avidiax 3y agoWatch enough movies and you'll know that certain things don't test well with audiences. Is a young girl in peril? Don't worry, nothing will happen to her, the audiences won't like it. Have we been focused on one guy for the first 20 minutes? He definitely won't die, at least until the end. And he will achieve something great regardless; it won't all be for nothing. Did they show a gun in some scene? That's important for later; some guy called Chekhov wants it back. Once you see the boundaries in modern storytelling, it definitely makes things rather predictable. If you want to see a film that breaks some of the rules, watch Brimstone. https://m.imdb.com/title/tt1895315/ https://m.imdb.com/title/tt1895315/
- boomboomsubban 3y agoThose people probably shouldn't click on a discussion thread about a movie they haven't seen.
- Brian_K_White 3y agoThe harder you try to think up rational justifications for being inconsiderate, the more you prove how there are none.
- stavros 3y agoSometimes you just want to talk about stories, though. We can't embargo them forever.
- boomboomsubban 3y agoIf I visit the Wikipedia page of a film I haven't seen, it's my own fault if I get spoiled. Same difference here.
- Log_out_ 3y agoAfter 1 Generation it's cultural bedrock, nobody yells spoilers when a king Kong climb is refererenced.