G'day Gabe,
OK, here's when they will be useful. I want to
know the background of
the Movie X before I go out to see it. You know, the actors, filming
locations, etc. But not the plot. Do I not deserve to know what will
spoil my fun, even when there is a perfectly functioning and
unobtrusive system established for that purpose? ~~~~
You can get all that from IMDb, without the risk of your eye
accidentally picking up information you don't want.
I wouldn't look at Wikipedia if I wanted to avoid a spoiler, whether
there was a spoiler warning or not. The warning is not effective. It
doesn't assist those who you think will want it, and it serves only to
annoy those who don't want it.
--
Mark Gallagher
"'Yes, sir,' said Jeeves in a low, cold voice, as if he had been bitten
in the leg by a personal friend."
- P G Wodehouse, /Carry On, Jeeves/