no more surprises or if the internet were around in the 70's/80's

[spider-neil]

the internet is a good and bad thing as I would have liked to have been surprised with the look/appearance of medusa and the kraken
imagine if the internet were around in the 70's/80's

before seeing the movie
you'd know what the alien looks like in alien
you'd know what the queen alien looks like in aliens
you'd know what the preditor looks in the preditor
you'd know what the terminator looks like under the skin

there must be dozens of other examples

 

[Solidus]

I agree, it is a curse and a blessing. It's fun to get hyped for a movie no doubt, its quite an experience. But then equally you lose that "wow" factor and awe factor. Sadly you are right.

 

[spider-neil]

guaranteed if the internet were around the climatic scene of the nazi's face melting upon looking on the ark would have been in the trailer.

I was seriously annoyed at sam raimi for including the car through the window in the trailer for SM2.

 

[matrix_ghost]

I know they joked about this in Simpsons but imagine if "Luke I AM YOUR FATHER " was leaked

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

Right-wingers would be bashing Star Wars for demonizing the military the way they are with Avatar.


The Ewoks are the Viet-cong! Instead of calling the Na'vi the Teal-i-ban.

 

[Bim]

I know they joked about this in Simpsons but imagine if "Luke I AM YOUR FATHER " was leaked

I've always wondered if the internet was around back then, would they have been able to keep this quiet? well only Lucas, Kershner and Mark knew, but one still has to wonder...

 

[spider-neil]

probably my favorite horror movie ever is american werewolf in london and you just KNOW most of the change would have been in the trailer. the first time I saw the change was the first time I saw the movie and it freaking blew me away so thank goodness there was no internet then.

look how much of the change is in the 'wolfman' trailer

 

[spider-neil]

I've always wondered if the internet was around back then, would they have been able to keep this quiet? well only Lucas, Kershner and Mark knew, but one still has to wonder...

no chance would they have been able to keep that quiet.

 

[matrix_ghost]

I've always wondered if the internet was around back then, would they have been able to keep this quiet? well only Lucas, Kershner and Mark knew, but one still has to wonder...

If you factor how everyone is connected towadays it was bound to get leaked. There could've been a chance of it not leaking during production but definately as soon as the movie came out.

Look at the spoilers that came out when Potter books were released

 

[spider-neil]

I'm surprised they keep the matrix/real world twist quiet in the advent of the internet. to be fair the matrix is 1999 and the internet was relatively new.

 

[matrix_ghost]

I'm surprised they keep the matrix/real world twist quiet in the advent of the internet. to be fair the matrix is 1999 and the internet was relatively new.

Precisely.
That and the fact that most people really didn't see that as a twist. They were more interested in bullet time t:

 

[Matt]

I'm suprised no one mentioned the grand daddy. You'd know Vader is Luke's father.

 

[matrix_ghost]

I'm suprised no one mentioned the grand daddy. You'd know Vader is Luke's father.

DId you even read this thread

 

[spider-neil]

some of my favorite movies of all time

T2 - first time you see the t-1000 raise out of the ground, when the t-1000 'pour's itself into the helicopter'

aliens - queen alien, 'get away from her you *****'


so many classic scenes RUINED if they would appear in a trailer and they WOULD appear in a trailer

the first time you see the dinosaur in JP would have appeared in a trailer

 

[DarkKnight88]

But trailers DID spoil a lot of films back in the day as well. Nothing's different. Just before you couldn't take a trailer and analyze every frame. Before you'd see it in a theater once and try to remember all the information.

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

The Sixth Sense came out in 1999. A couple years later and the spoilers would've been all over the internet.

 

[spider-neil]

The Sixth Sense came out in 1999. A couple years later and the spoilers would've been all over the internet.

I think the internet is okay at keeping MAJOR spoilers under wraps