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[Felix_Leiter]

Anybody out there avoiding information regarding anticipated up and coming films?

I am totally avoiding all Star Wars Ep.3 info as well as Batman 5 info, but today I made a huge decision. I decided that I will try to avoid as much Bond 21 information as possible. I said that for TWINE and found myself reading spoilers. Same, but to a lesser extent, with DAD. But this is it! I am determined to be surprised in the cinema when I go to see Bond 21.

Anyways, I'd love to hear what film info you guys are avoiding and what you think about steering clear of Bond 21 stuff.

-Felix

[Dunph]

Being a staffie means that you can't steer clear of spoilers which is sometimes a good thing and other times not.

I'm deliberately staying away from Batman 5 spoilers being a huge Batman fan. To be honest, I think that's all I'm really staying away from. Good luck with your attempts Felix_Leiter!

[BONDFINESSE 007]

as a major batman fan of 30 years i am staying away from all batman info, same with bond.......i want to fully enjoy mt two favorite movies, dont want to know anything about them

[Robinson]

It's funny. Somehow, a treatment for SW:ATOC made it's way online, January 2002. When I read it, I was really intrigued by the storyline and the action. However, I was often underwhelmed by the action and the acting. I actually got a hold of the comic book adaptation of ROTJ three weeks before the film(the most anticipated film of the era) was released. Comic book panels still couldn't do justice to the speeder bike chase nor the Battle of Endor.

I also remember reading alot on TWINE and I was actually in London during the filming of the Thames Chase.

Short of seeing film dailies everyday, I don't think too much info will ruin a film for me. Since there are too many missing elements that make a film, a movie- now matter how much info I get, I feel I won't be cheated when the movie's finally released.

[DLibrasnow]

I'm hoping to stay as far away from Bond 21 spoilers as possible....a task I know that CBN will make really hard as more becomes apparent about the movie.

[Joyce Carrington]

Originally posted by DLibrasnow
I'm hoping to stay as far away from Bond 21 spoilers as possible.

So will I. I think reading the spoilers was part of what made DAD a disappointment for me. PART of course...

[BONDFINESSE 007]

well with the media the way it is this day and time its very hard to not hear spoilers or to read them, before the web things were easy, but now we have just to much media, and it takes the enjoyment away from things like james bond

[stromberg]

Originally posted by JoyceCarrington


So will I. I think reading the spoilers was part of what made DAD a disappointment for me. PART of course...

I've always been of the opinion that this was the same with me.

I'd like to stay away from spoilers as much as possible for B21 but this is almost two years away, don't know what will happen until then. Honestly, I know myself good enough that I can answer the initial question: NO, I can't .

[Tarl_Cabot]

I don't care as much about '21. It's '22 that I'm looking forward to, on the 20th aniversery of The Living Daylights, the best Bond film of the last quarter of the 20th Centry. Hopefully '22 will invigorate the series again...I'm ready for a change of Tuxedo model!

[DLibrasnow]

Originally posted by stromberg


I've always been of the opinion that this was the same with me.  

I'd like to stay away from spoilers as much as possible for B21 but this is almost two years away, don't know what will happen until then. Honestly, I know myself good enough that I can answer the initial question: NO, I can't .

Yes, I have been following Bond movie developments on the internet since 1995 and the production of GoldenEye and coverage has only increased in the intervening years!

[Xenobia]

I am very strange this way....I will stay away from spoilers for TV shows that I like, but I don't mind movie spoilers.

I will probably stay on top of the B21 spoilers, and maybe the next Indiana Jones ones too, but after that, there aren't many movies I care about so, it really doesn't matter.

-- Xenobia

[Moore Not Less]

Originally posted by JoyceCarrington


So will I. I think reading the spoilers was part of what made DAD a disappointment for me. PART of course...

I remember reading a newspaper magazine supplement dedicated to Die Another Day. It was full of pictures and information mainly behind the scenes stuff. I also saw the trailer of DAD before the film was released. My expectations were definetely raised and that's part of the reason why DAD was a disappointment for me also.

[Turn]

It's really hard to avoid spoiler stuff these days. Depends on how much exposure you have to magazines, TV shows, the Net, etc.

One place to definitely stay away from is Aint It Cool. Although they label their spoilers better now, their talkbacks can be brutal. I remember when TWINE was in production some wise***** posted the twist (althought it wasn't such a big deal in retrospect) in the subject line. I wasn't too annoyed, but I'd still like to have hunted the guy down just for fun.

[DLibrasnow]

Well Xen...I trust you and the rest of the CBN staff will be diligent in providing spoiler warnings for posts and news items too....everything from casting to plot!

[Double-Oh-Zero]

I'm seriously going to try and avoid any major spoilers for Indy 4 and also any major spoilers for the upcoming Alien vs. Predator. I just saw the trailer and featurette for it over at quicktime.com, and it looks fantasic.

As for the next Bond, I'll pick and choose what I want to know. When the piece of the script from DAD was released, I chose not to read it. It came as a nice surprise when Q called Bond by my number. Still, it's very difficult not to know about spoilers, especially with entertainment shows and the Internet constantly giving away key plot points without warning.

I remember last year just before DAD was released, I didn't know about the bullet in the gunbarrel. I would have preferred not to know, either, but some feller just blatantly mentioned it in one thread without a warning. Boy, I was pissed. Still, before I saw the film, I just sort of cleared my head of any known information about the film, sat back, and was pleasantly entertained.

[DLibrasnow]

Originally posted by Double-Oh-Zero

I remember last year just before DAD was released, I didn't know about the bullet in the gunbarrel. I would have preferred not to know, either, but some feller just blatantly mentioned it in one thread without a warning. Boy, I was pissed.

Yes, the staff have a hard time keeping on top of these things because threads go up instantly, so my hat goes off for all the hard work the CBN staff did keeping us protected for spoilers with Die Another Day

[Felix_Leiter]

Good stuff guys! I completely forgot about Indy 4. I am definitely gonna stay away from that one. I know all of this will be tough, but I think it will pay off in the end.

[Xenobia]

Originally posted by DLibrasnow
Well Xen...I trust you and the rest of the CBN staff will be diligent in providing spoiler warnings for posts and news items too....everything from casting to plot!

Oh absolutely...if you stay away from the main news page, when we put stuff up here

Spoiler

the good ole fashioned spoiler icons will be in effect.

-- Xenobia

[DLibrasnow]

Cool.....I don't visit the main news page anyway....

[Matt O'S oo4]

It is hard to totally avoid film tralier and previews...etc.

I like to watch cabel TV - NON commercial television. These days, even the news carries stories of up and ocming films. You just can't escape them ANYWhERE.

Print media, bus stops, radio, televison, newspapers - you have to be locked in a mason jar to avoid them.

Hopefully any previews that I DO catch will not falsely represent how the film really turns out.

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[DLibrasnow]

Trailers are particularly annoying as I don't think the people putting them together realize how many spoilers they are including in an effort to promote the movie.

[stromberg]

Originally posted by DLibrasnow
Trailers are particularly annoying as I don't think the people putting them together realize how many spoilers they are including in an effort to promote the movie.

That's how it used to be. Watch the trailers for TSWLM: the whole story is told in it.

But today, those people know very well what they are doing. Those aren't movie people any more, they are advertising people. They do marketing research, analyze target audience's reactions and the whole blahblah... And be sure that they have a look at these pages as well, this is a gold mine for them.

Remember when the first DAD trailers were out? There was still wild speculation going on and nobody knew what would really happen (otherwise I think that DAD would have made a little less money).

[BONDFINESSE 007]

i remember on larry kings show when he had pierce brosnan on the night before dad opened last year, and when they would go to a commercial they would show scene after scene of the movie and that took away a lot of my surprise, but i had to put up with it cause i wanted to see pierce, your damned if you do and damned if you dont

[DLibrasnow]

Originally posted by stromberg

Remember when the first DAD trailers were out? There was still wild speculation going on and nobody knew what would really happen (otherwise I think that DAD would have made a little less money).

The trailer for Die Another Day included huge spoilers....we know from the trailer that Bond is captured which I certainly would have only liked to have found out when I was sitting in the movie watching Die Another Day for the first time.

[DLibrasnow]

Originally posted by Xenobia

I will probably stay on top of the B21 spoilers, and maybe the next Indiana Jones ones too,  

Your an Indiana Jones fan Xen....?? You show exceptionally good taste.