Spoiler- Is it time to drop Spoiler tags for this film?

Barbel · May 30

Following some comments, I'd like to ask opinions on the subject of spoiler warnings for the most important plot event of NTTD.

It took some members a few months to catch the film, but I think it's safe to assume that everyone has by now. If not, please speak up.

There has to come a time when everyone knows, for example, the ending of "The Sixth Sense" or "Fight Club". An older example- "Psycho".

Please discuss.

The Red Kind · May 30

I think it's time to drop the spoiler tag. With the film having been and gone form the cinema for some considerable time, and available on DVD and streaming for months.

AugustWalker · May 30

Yes - this movie is commercially available since over 6 months. Anybody who hasn’t seen it by now is at own fault.

Gymkata · May 30

Long overdue.

Shady Tree · May 30

Let its (the spoiler alert's) death be a particularly decisive and immediate one.

Gymkata · May 30

Going forward, I'd suggest the following:

If a thread has 'Spoilers' in the title, that'll suffice. Anyone who has not seen the movie enters at his/her own risk.

If a thread has 'No-Spoilers' in the title, then it's safe for anyone. If someone posts spoilers accidentally, then call him/her out on it and have them edit their post.

Once a movie has hit streaming/physical media and everyone theoretically has access to it, then spoilers can be included in other threads (like the Imaginary Conversation thread) without any sort of warning. Until then, keep anything spoilery out of peripheral threads. After a certain point, it's an individual person's responsibility to see the film if they're going to participate in the threads.

Barbel · May 30

I'm hoping to get a few more opinions in this thread.

Number24 · May 30

I'm unsure. I tend to favour dropping the spoiler tags, at least in the NTTD sub-forum. I see no reason why members who for some reason haven't seen NTTD would expect to visit there without reading any spoilers. Other parts of the forum is more difficult. Maybe AJB should keep the spoiler tags in other sub-forums, and in that way making sure members who don't want to know the ending don't stumble into it in random threads.