Unanswered 17: Spoilers

“You don’t get a second chance to make a first impression” so the infamous phrase goes, and whilst you often have it told to you before a job interview or going on a date, it also applies to a good book or this year’s must-watch box-set TV show.

Inspired in part by the fuss whipped up around the farewell of Breaking Bad, Steev and Nick delve into the dangers of time-shifting our entertainment diet, either by circumstance or by design. If everybody is talking about a thing you haven’t yet seen but want to check out at some point, is it possible to enjoy it unspoiled by others steamrolling their experiences over it? Is it your fault if you chose to do something else instead of grinding through the popular culture checklist, and do you deserve to have the kimono flashed open in your face for not keeping up with the rest of the class?

We try very hard not to spoil the TV shows and movies we cite along the way. Continue reading →

“You don’t get a second chance to make a first impression” so the infamous phrase goes, and whilst you often have it told to you before a job interview or going on a date, it also applies to a good book or this year’s must-watch box-set TV show.

Inspired in part by the fuss whipped up around the farewell of Breaking Bad, Steev and Nick delve into the dangers of time-shifting our entertainment diet, either by circumstance or by design. If everybody is talking about a thing you haven’t yet seen but want to check out at some point, is it possible to enjoy it unspoiled by others steamrolling their experiences over it? Is it your fault if you chose to do something else instead of grinding through the popular culture checklist, and do you deserve to have the kimono flashed open in your face for not keeping up with the rest of the class?

We try very hard not to spoil the TV shows and movies we cite along the way.

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According to Wikipedia: Spoiler (media)
According to Wikipedia: Breaking Bad
According to Wikipedia: Quantum Leap
According to Wikipedia: Lost (TV Series)
According to Wikipedia: Dexter (TV Series)
According to Wikipedia: The West Wing
The Incomparable from 5by5
The Incomparable, episode 160: “Super-secret Sony MiniDiscs”
According to Wikipedia: Damon Lindelof
According to Wikipedia: Brian K Vaughn
YouTube: Saints Row IV—War for Humanity trailer ↓

Early Saints Row IV demo shows the Dubstep Gun: YouTube: Saints Row IV—PAX Demo ↓

IMDB: The Sixth Sense (1999)
YouTube: Robot Chicken: M. Night Shyamalan’s The Twist ↓

Sight and Sound magazine
IMDB: Twelve Monkeys (1995)
IMDB: Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
YouTube: Leaving Las Vegas, trailer ↓

IMDB: Requiem For A Dream (2000)
“BBC, Sky to share Formula 1 rights from 2012” by Kate Goodacre, Digital Spy; Friday 29th July, 2011
MOMBcast—the podcast from MOMBcomics.com

Further material

“Damon Lindelof on Why Breaking Bad’s Finale Let Him Say Goodbye to Lost” by Damon Lindelof, The Hollywood Reporter; Weds 2nd October 2013

Details

Recorded: 02 October 2013
Running time: 1:00’50
Bad language: Yes [3x f*ck; 1x sh*t; 4x ar*ehole]
Feature image source: http://whatculture.com/film/20-most-ridiculous-movie-twists-of-all-time.php/5


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