On 5/17/07, Guy Chapman aka JzG guy.chapman@spamcop.net wrote:
On Thu, 17 May 2007 11:50:03 +0200, "MacGyverMagic/Mgm" macgyvermagic@gmail.com wrote:
Both retaining all spoiler tags and removing all of them are extremes someone is going to be unhappy with, but Three Little Pigs? You can write
an
article on a fairy tale without discussing its moral which means
revealing
the end.
My best one to date was [[Jack and the beanstalk]], but the same applies. And is there really anyone left in the world who does not know the ending of the 1933 King Kong? Or understand what Catch-22 is about?
Guy (JzG)
http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:JzG
You really understand what Catch-22 is about? I thought I did before I read it.
I'm never really sure what spoilers are supposed to be fore--since I'm reading an encyclopedia article to find out about a book, it *just seems rather obvious that the article will contain information about the book*, including plot, characters, themes, author.
KP
On Fri, 18 May 2007 20:33:41 -0700, "K P" kpbotany@gmail.com wrote:
You really understand what Catch-22 is about? I thought I did before I read it.
I think the more times you read it the less well you understand it, but that's just my personal view. It is a masterpiece.
Guy (JzG)
On 5/19/07, Guy Chapman aka JzG guy.chapman@spamcop.net wrote:
On Fri, 18 May 2007 20:33:41 -0700, "K P" kpbotany@gmail.com wrote:
You really understand what Catch-22 is about? I thought I did before I
read
it.
I think the more times you read it the less well you understand it, but that's just my personal view. It is a masterpiece.
Guy (JzG)
http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:JzG
I fear rereading it for this reason, that I will wind up understanding less than after reading it for the first time, which pretty much left me dumbfounded--thanks for the confirmation. It sits at the top of my neurotically-approached-(versus the stack of books I just grab from)-TBR pile, along with *The Big Money* so I don't have to say good-bye to the trilogy too soon.
KP
On 19/05/07, K P kpbotany@gmail.com wrote:
On 5/19/07, Guy Chapman aka JzG guy.chapman@spamcop.net wrote:
On Fri, 18 May 2007 20:33:41 -0700, "K P" kpbotany@gmail.com wrote:
You really understand what Catch-22 is about? I thought I did before I
read
it.
I think the more times you read it the less well you understand it, but that's just my personal view. It is a masterpiece.
I fear rereading it for this reason, that I will wind up understanding less than after reading it for the first time, which pretty much left me dumbfounded--thanks for the confirmation. It sits at the top of my neurotically-approached-(versus the stack of books I just grab from)-TBR pile, along with *The Big Money* so I don't have to say good-bye to the trilogy too soon.
{{spoiler}}
The time line makes no sense because the viewpoint character is crazy.
- d.
I know about King Kong, but I have not even the slightest idea what catch 22 is about. It's really all about placement. If plot is kept to the section with the relevant heading you can do without spoiler tags for obvious reasons. But themes can be discussed based on the essential twist ending or on less important events in a film. When the twist ending is discussed that would obviously spoil the fun for a viewer, the other probably wouldn't. The first would need a spoiler tag, the second wouldn't. If essential plot details are revealed in the lead section. You can't read around them all that easily - again a good time to use a tag. The reader may want to read part of the article without reading the ending so if that ending is discussed somewhere else than the plot section, we should tell them.
Mgm
On 5/19/07, K P kpbotany@gmail.com wrote:
On 5/17/07, Guy Chapman aka JzG guy.chapman@spamcop.net wrote:
On Thu, 17 May 2007 11:50:03 +0200, "MacGyverMagic/Mgm" macgyvermagic@gmail.com wrote:
Both retaining all spoiler tags and removing all of them are extremes someone is going to be unhappy with, but Three Little Pigs? You can
write
an
article on a fairy tale without discussing its moral which means
revealing
the end.
My best one to date was [[Jack and the beanstalk]], but the same applies. And is there really anyone left in the world who does not know the ending of the 1933 King Kong? Or understand what Catch-22 is about?
Guy (JzG)
http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:JzG
You really understand what Catch-22 is about? I thought I did before I read it.
I'm never really sure what spoilers are supposed to be fore--since I'm reading an encyclopedia article to find out about a book, it *just seems rather obvious that the article will contain information about the book*, including plot, characters, themes, author.
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