On 6/23/06, Kirill Lokshin kirill.lokshin@gmail.com wrote:
(There are, of course, extreme cases, such as [[Darth Vader]], but these tend to be quite rare and can be handled as exceptions to the general rule.)
That's such a famous case, and honestly, since when did the plot of Star Wars affect anyone's enjoyment of it? Similarly, I don't see how you can "spoil" the plot of a Friends episode.
The cases that bug me more are long books, where knowing the ending would really put you off reading it. Or certain films like Fight Club, the Sixth Sense, Unbreakable etc...it's not so much "knowing how the film ends", but "knowing the secret that totally changes your interpretation of the film".
Steve