Comments on: How about a spoiler alert next time.

How about a spoiler alert next time.

Beholder — Mon, 12 May 2003 17:11:53 -0800

How about a spoiler alert next time.

By: mischief

mischief — Mon, 12 May 2003 17:22:29 -0800

You mean it actually matters? ;-P

By: MrBaliHai

MrBaliHai — Mon, 12 May 2003 17:34:21 -0800

What makes you so sure they were genuine spoilers?

By: mr_crash_davis

mr_crash_davis — Mon, 12 May 2003 17:49:19 -0800

Spoiler alert.

By: Stan Chin

Stan Chin — Mon, 12 May 2003 17:59:29 -0800

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Also, download the Matrix Soundtrack from Apple's iTunes for your Apple iPod. Apple: Think Different.

Also, vote against Bush in 2004. Metafilter: We Won't Notice Advertising If It's Cool.

By: riffola

riffola — Mon, 12 May 2003 18:04:27 -0800

Stan Chin lost his gold star for your sins!

By: hippugeek

hippugeek — Mon, 12 May 2003 18:13:57 -0800

Am I the only one who looks at the comments before clicking a link?

By: mr_crash_davis

mr_crash_davis — Mon, 12 May 2003 18:30:57 -0800

"Am I the only one who looks at the comments before clicking a link?"

No. Most of us never bother with the link at all.

By: clavdivs

clavdivs — Mon, 12 May 2003 18:42:11 -0800

Bush is going to win in 04'.

By: Space Coyote

Space Coyote — Mon, 12 May 2003 18:47:10 -0800

By: lazaruslong

lazaruslong — Mon, 12 May 2003 19:00:04 -0800

why does Stan have that gold star?

/offtopic

By: mr_crash_davis

mr_crash_davis — Mon, 12 May 2003 19:08:24 -0800

It was bestowed upon him by our benevolent leader for this.

By: eddydamascene

eddydamascene — Mon, 12 May 2003 19:44:32 -0800

What makes you so sure they were genuine spoilers?

They aren't. Trinity doesn't die at the end, Niobe does (played by Jada Pinkett).

By: wendell

wendell — Mon, 12 May 2003 19:48:05 -0800

How NOT to Handle Spoilers on MetaFilter
a wendell fuckwit classic

By: eyeballkid

eyeballkid — Mon, 12 May 2003 20:15:46 -0800

That list was satire written by someone who obviously hasn't seen the movie.

"Am I the only one who looks at the comments before clicking a link?"

~~No. Most of us never bother with the link at all.~~

No, most of us never bother with the link, we just post a complaint to MetaTalk.

(by the way, eddydamascene's comment above is a spoiler).

By: Space Coyote

Space Coyote — Mon, 12 May 2003 20:54:16 -0800

Rosebud was the sled he had as a kid.

By: Argyle

Argyle — Mon, 12 May 2003 22:23:06 -0800

She's actually a guy.

By: Hildago

Hildago — Mon, 12 May 2003 23:01:27 -0800

They get back together.

By: _sirmissalot_

_sirmissalot_ — Mon, 12 May 2003 23:07:09 -0800

Nerds.

By: kaibutsu

kaibutsu — Tue, 13 May 2003 01:10:34 -0800

They're the same person.

By: Zosia Blue

Zosia Blue — Tue, 13 May 2003 01:27:52 -0800

Completely off topic, but how did Stan Chin get a gold star? or did I miss that memo?

By: Zosia Blue

Zosia Blue — Tue, 13 May 2003 01:28:26 -0800

Damn it! Should've read all the comments first. Carry on as I duck back into lurk land.

By: Beholder

Beholder — Tue, 13 May 2003 03:28:11 -0800

You have to admit, the whole point of the link would have been lost if it warned that it contained spoilers. The purpose of the page was to piss off those rabid matrix fans we all love to make fun of. ("Dude, it's like Eastern philosophy and Alice in Wonderland, how can you not see how great it is?")

Oh, and the girl in The Crying Game is a man.

I should have been more clear about this. I hated the Matrix (yeah, I know it's fashionable), and reading a spoiler about it was no big deal.

You also mention the Crying Game. Now reading a spoiler about that film would have been obviously much worse, and that's my concern. There are still quality films that contain surprises, and a spoiler warning would be appreciated for those films.

By: sgt.serenity

sgt.serenity — Tue, 13 May 2003 03:48:45 -0800

this thread ends with postroad revealing he is a cheerleader from iowa named becky.

By: yerfatma

yerfatma — Tue, 13 May 2003 04:12:27 -0800

She's his mother and his sister.

By: matteo

matteo — Tue, 13 May 2003 05:00:50 -0800

*slaps Postroad, scratches big cut on own nose*

By: GeekAnimator

GeekAnimator — Tue, 13 May 2003 06:44:09 -0800

They aren't. Trinity doesn't die at the end, Niobe does (played by Jada Pinkett).

couple more days and I get to find out if eddydamascene has a shitty sense of humor or is just a jerk.

By: quonsar

quonsar — Tue, 13 May 2003 06:50:06 -0800

there's a spoon after all.

By: soyjoy

soyjoy — Tue, 13 May 2003 07:09:19 -0800

Hey, there's something I've been wanting to ask for a long time. How did Stan Chin get a gold star?

By: Space Coyote

Space Coyote — Tue, 13 May 2003 07:38:20 -0800

soyjoy: he was the one who figured out that the butler did it.

By: blue_beetle

blue_beetle — Tue, 13 May 2003 08:21:12 -0800

soyjoy: He shot JFK.

By: soyjoy

soyjoy — Tue, 13 May 2003 08:53:08 -0800

soyjoy: he was the guy who came up with this.

Hey, wait a minit! I'm soyjoy!

By: Ufez Jones

Ufez Jones — Tue, 13 May 2003 09:13:11 -0800

Hey, wait a minit! I'm soyjoy!

Hey, howzabout a spoiler alert, fuckwit!