Spoiler Culture Threatens to Ruin New-Age Cinema
By: Samantha Olguin
Staff Writer
In the past decade, spoiler culture has increased tremendously and when going to see a new movie that came out or going to watch a show, it is likely that people have encountered one or many spoilers beforehand.
Nobody likes to have a movie or show spoiled for them, so why do people spoil movies or TV shows? In most cases it is a bothersome audience, who spoil movies, but even actors have been known to accidentally release information and give spoilers before the movie or TV show is even aired.
Tom Holland, who plays Spider-man in the Marvel universe, is notorious for accidentally giving out spoilers for any project or movie he is in. According to Marvel Studios, Holland was so vulnerable to leaking spoilers that he wasn’t given any details for the scenes he was acting in.
People are most likely to encounter spoilers when using social media, if a big movie or TV show just came out and is fresh in everyone’s mind, staying off and/or limiting social media use would be helpful to avoid spoilers for any type of entertainment.
When watching a movie or show people want to be surprised and shocked at what the movie has to offer and ultimately enjoy the movie. Sometimes encountering spoilers takes the excitement away, which sucks the fun out of watching in the first place.
It’s understandable why some pop culture websites might do it. Blogs or websites that are dedicated to entertainment and television want to attract readers to the appropriate place to discuss, but it runs the risk of pissing off more people than attracting them.
In most cases, if a piece of information or video/article is being written about a movie or TV show, the creator would put something like “SPOILER ALERT” OR “CONTAINS SPOILERS” in the title, so the audience knows what is in store.
The all caps lettering and the need to put these statements in the title just emphasizes the fact that spoilers are a big deal in today’s day in age and the audience likes to be warned if spoilers are included.
“Personally I hate spoilers and when people spoil a movie for me it just makes to movie less enjoyable and sometimes I don’t even want to watch the movie anymore because people have spoiled the plot or the most important parts of the movie,” said Angela Rios, a Running Start student.
Spoiler culture has become such a huge thing and is a big deal for many people. On the other hand there is a spectrum of people that simple don’t care if they encounter spoilers for an upcoming movie or show that they are planning on watching.
“If people spoil a movie or I come across a spoiler and social media I personally don’t care because I am not going to let other people ruin the movie for me,” said Kim Le, a Green River student.
Living in a world filled with spoilers sucks and there are many different opinions on spoiler culture nowadays.
