I agree, although I thought it a little odd that a film about Black Panther had so little Black Panther in it - the in-costume character, as well as T'Challa himself, almost seemed like a secondary character in his own movie.

I'll take that in return for An Antagonist Who's Ideas, Motivations, And Decisions Make Sense And Are Emotionally Engaging.

It's like the Amazon recommendation engine gone a little bit crazy. "Someone must like this specific thing. It might be you! So you should buy this other thing! It might be terrible. I have no idea! Buy it."

can you sum it up, so i don't have t watch it?

can you sum it up, so i don't have t watch it?

Bruce Willis is dead right from the start.

I reject that conclusion.

The study was based on averaging user scores. Are we to believe that the average is meaningfully representative of all viewers?

People are generally passive viewers. They like TV shows with no real consequences or complex themes, they need plot summaries at the start of each episode because they didn't pay attention last time around, and enjoy reality TV where it tells you what you're about to see, shows you something, then tells you what you just saw.

Obviously that's fine, if people just view stories as light entertainment for when they want to switch off, that's perfectly reasonable. But averaging their opinions with those of more the more engaged members of the audience is meaningless.

Pretty much

she often watches the end of a film before watching it from the start

You've explained to her that this is fucking mental though, right?

and enjoy reality TV where it tells you what you're about to see, shows you something, then tells you what you just saw.

I can see that some people are OK with it and some even like/want/need it, that needing to know exactly what happens straight away... but I'm not. I wouldn't get all hissy over spoilers but I don't appreciate it, personally, as it reduces the impact to me. It's why i tend to avoid a lot of reviews and trailers nowadays.



Ugh, I really dislike that aspect of how shows are presented now. Especially when they are completely out of context and used as a hook.

I quite like spoilers, because I like going "aha" at the clever foreshadowing, but am unfortunately too thick to work out the twist on my own, and too lazy to rewatch things.

If you don't like spoilers then fine, but I hate Spoiler Nazis with a passion.

"I'm going on a two week holiday on the date *movie* releases, so please don't talk about *movie* at all, until I say you can"

No, fuck off. You've got a week from when the movie releases in the cinema. That's your lot. It's up to you to take action to insulate from spoilers at that point.

1 week from cinema release date for movies.
3 days from first UK air for TV shows.
1 month from release date for games and books.

Ugh, I really dislike that aspect of how shows are presented now. Especially when they are completely out of context and used as a hook.

To my mind, if the characters in the film didn't know it was going to happen, it's a spoiler.

In a similar vein, it bugs me went a film starts out with a scene near from later in the story to then jump back again; I don't need a teaser for a film I'd already committed to watch. The last two films I watched did this with differing results -

The Next Three Days. The scene is a good one, but in the context of the main story, doesn't need repeating.
Swordfish - With the opening scene at the bank being pretty good and the rest of the film being a mess, I was just waiting for the bank scene to come around to see if it would improve the film (it didn't)

I watched Annihilation. I thought it was quite good bar a couple of yawnsome plot points.



And that JJ Abrams was allowed to do multiple cameos as giant lens flares.

5/10

I'd actually forgotten how amazing the A Team is. Why the effy jeffy hasn't it had a sequel?!

I'd actually forgotten how amazing the A Team is. Why the effy jeffy hasn't it had a sequel?!

People are idiots.