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MOVIE HORROR STORIESby Joey P. SPOILER ALERT - If you haven't seen The Sixth Sense or read the Star Wars book Vector Prime and don't want certain aspects spoiled for you, then don't read the following horror story. As far as spoilers go, I have three and Entertainment Weekly is to blame for all of them. The first is in regard to The Sixth Sense when it was just in theatres. EW printed on one of their pages a caricature of Bruce Willis's character and there was a very obvious gunshot in his stomach with blood all around it. Didn't take much to put that together. The second involved the movie Seven and was also when it had just hit theatres. They actually published a multi-page feature where they interviewed each of the victims and gave a detailed description of how each were killed... What were they thinking? Given, if you actually read the article then you didn't really care about being surprised by the plot. The last refers to a book and not a movie. When they began publishing the Star Wars extended universe series, The New Jedi Order, the first book, Vector Prime, came out and Lucas had decided to kill a major character from the original trilogy in the book in order to shake up fans who felt that these characters would always be protected. This was a big deal to hardcore fans such as myself. The book had been on the shelves a mere two weeks and I had just started reading it. I was aware that a character was going to die and I was filled with anticipation because my mind was racing trying to figure out who it would be. What do the idiots at EW do just two weeks after the book comes out? In a section at the beginning of the magazine in something called the Mullen Report, he would list 10 different things that were in the media. In one of them in bright, bold, italic, red letters that just draw the eyes, this SOB writes Chewbacca RIP. There was no spoiler warning. Once you read those two words, it was over. This was the biggest spoiler that I have yet to encounter and the anticipation I felt was shattered. I'm still ticked about it and would love to get that Mullen guy alone in a room somewhere. You'd think those idiots would use a little common sense. Johnny: You'd think, but these people just don't seem to care about their readers' feelings. I'm amazed at some movie reviewers and how many spoilers they give away without any sort of warning. Well, not here at the Movie Mark! Not only are my reviews free of humor, but they're also free of spoilers. You gotta take the good with the bad. Moral of the Story: I've said it before and I'll say it again: KEEP THE SPOILERS TO YOURSELF! If you just have to reveal them, then please, have the courtesy to warn your readers and/or listeners. Send your stories to me and let the whole world know just how dangerous going to the movies can be. |
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