Spoilers

[ciphergoth]

Someone should invent a calibrated standard scale by which spoilers can be measured, something like the Beaufort or Richter scales so you could just write "Level 1 spoiler ahead for Battlestar Galactica webisode The Face of the Enemy" and people would know what you meant...

And how could I forget to link to Penny Arcade 2005-12-05: As Regards Spoilification

Comments

[babysimon]

Hmm. I assume you're measuring the "seriousness" of the spoiler independently of (say) the age of the show in question. But I'm not sure that really works - I mean, if I say "Vader is Luke's father", that's a *hell* of a spoiler, off the scale. For 1980.

[ciphergoth.livejournal.com]

Heh, I was worried about spoilering lovelybug on that one, who has just watched Ep 4 and will see Ep 5 as soon as my new hard drive arrives, but she'd heard that one before.

Excuse me, must edit post to link to inevitable Penny Arcade reference :-)

[devilgate.livejournal.com]

Of course, Toy Story 2 is a huge spoiler for that.

Charles M Schultz (in the persona of Lucy van Pelt (?sp Peldt?)) spoilered Citizen Kane for me years ago. Not that it matters that much, since it's the most overrated film of all time.

In the story, though, it was a deliberately cruel act: she told Linus while he was watching the film for the first time.

Penny Arcade's 'statute of limitations' point is a fair one, but there will always be someone who hasn't seen any work. Almost anything about BSG would be a spoiler for me, but only if I ever get round to seeing it.

[ciphergoth.livejournal.com]

Citizen Kane - me too!

[lovelybug.livejournal.com]

If for no other reason than that I'm a Simpsons Fan:

[Young Homer and Marge leave a showing of The Empire Strikes Back when originally in cinemas, walking past people still waiting in line]

Homer: Wow, what an ending. Who'd have thought that Darth Vader was Luke Skywalker's father?

Man in line: [groans] Thanks, Mister Blow-the-Picture-For-Me!