WARNING: do NOT go to the browncoats site
POSTED BY: Daikath
UPDATED: Saturday, May 7, 2005 19:45
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Um...the "I've Seen Serenity" thread is supposed to be for people who've seen the film.
There's a warning on the Browncoats site that says if you want to talk about what you saw, go there.
If you go there ANYWAY and get spoiled...and you have the nerve to winj about it...then it makes ya look all manner o' stupid.
Go to the Browncoats site...but, like anywhere else in the internet 'vers, be careful where ya go.
"Take me, sir. Take me hard." -- Zoe
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Take another look Tallgirl. The point is that, at the serenitymovie boards, they have a feature that shows the the latest thread topics that have been posted to. It lists the latest five or so right on the homepage, [regardless of which section they were posted in] so it's not so easy to miss.
Besides all that, there's at troll posting spoilers in his topic headers in the non-spoiler forums. It's really a mess and if you don't want to risk spoilers, I'd advise everyone stay away for awhile until the mods figure out that they can't just sit on their laurels.
SergeantX
"Dream a little dream or you can live a little dream. I'd rather live it, cause dreamers always chase but never get it." Aesop Rock
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Originally posted by fidoone:
I frequent the OB quite a bit, and was lucky enough to see the screening and can say that if you are careful you can avoid the spoilers. Basically, just skip over the home page and go straight to the General Discussion board which is still spoiler free.
Most of the threads in the 'I've seen Serenity' forum were made unaware that they were getting posted to the home page as 'recent discussions.' No one was spoilling it maliciously - just some truly idiotic posters that you can avoid by glazing over that section of the home page.
Good to see you over here FIDO...
Fido is right...the OB created the "I've Seen Serenity" Board FOR people to discuss the movie. So don't go there. Most of General Diss and Firefly Episodes are very spoiler free. I haven't had one spoiler yet and plan on staying spoiler free. Till Sept!!
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Originally posted by Daikath:
Hopefully Joss Whedon will now know that it;s not safe to have screenings when poeple are so eager to spoil the movie for everyone else .to the trolls, I hope your parents are proud of you.
Couldn't agree more on that one Daiketh. The pre-screenings sound great to fans eager for more Firefly, but they definitely have their drawbacks.
SergeantX
"Dream a little dream or you can live a little dream. I'd rather live it, cause dreamers always chase but never get it." Aesop Rock
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Originally posted by Daikath:
Hopefully Joss Whedon will now know that it;s not safe to have screenings when poeple are so eager to spoil the movie for everyone else .
That's not Joss's responsibility.
Movies have screenings.
People go to them. And the people that do, they talk about the movie to other people.And now that we have the wonderfulness of the internet, people can talk about the movie to A LOT of people.
That's the purpose of screening and testing and all of that Marketing Bullshit nonsense. (Me? I think the director should make the movie and the studio should release THE DIRECTOR'S movie. If people aren't happy with it, c'est la vie.)
At our screening Joss was there(!)...with some Suits that I'm sure were from The Studio.
The Money People want to see how the film is received. In this case, they got the Fans. The people who will not only pay to see a pretty much finished film, they'll TRAVEL to pay to see it. (Marketing meeting discussion: "OK, we won't screen it in L.A. we'll screen it in Vegas...and see how many people will go out of their way to get there.")
Believe me...they WANT people to talk this film up. They desperately want this so they can get back the money that they're investing. I know they don't want anyone to spoil it for others, but if that happens, there's nothing that can be done.
Spoilers and trolls, like scalpers, are jackasses.
Anyone who'd go and purposefully "spoil" it for those who haven't seen the movie are going to the Special Hell.
Yeah, THAT one. You know the one I mean.
"Take me, sir. Take me hard." -- Zoe
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Fido is right...the OB created the "I've Seen Serenity" Board FOR people to discuss the movie. So don't go there. Most of General Diss and Firefly Episodes are very spoiler free. I haven't had one spoiler yet and plan on staying spoiler free. Till Sept!!
When you say 'OB', are you referring to the serenitymovie boards? Just an FYI, but most people use 'OB' to refer to the Fox boards, the old 'official boards' for the series.
SergeantX
"Dream a little dream or you can live a little dream. I'd rather live it, cause dreamers always chase but never get it." Aesop Rock
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You can always have poeple who have seen the movie sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement or something to prevent them from leaking out any spoilers.
The actors of American Pie II signed a contract where there fingers would be cut off if they told a spoiler. I don't know if that movie did or not have a screener but I'd think of it as a nice example that movies dont have to be spoiled. Because all it takes is one troll desperate enough for attention.
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Good Grief! Just 'cause a couple jerks are screwing around with things, DON'T let that stop ya from swinging by the Serenity boards. We are a pretty cool group.
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Originally posted by OutlawMusicDJ:
Good Grief! Just 'cause a couple jerks are screwing around with things, DON'T let that stop ya from swinging by the Serenity boards. We are a pretty cool group.
What if that couple of jerks can take away some of the enjoyment one will recieve from watching the movie?
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Ah if ya click on the "message oard" (or any other tabs) at the top pf the main page, you can pretty much avoid the thread titles that are listed (about 1/2 way down) on the main page.
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