> Man, it just irks me when the advertising for a movie spoils information about a movie. This first
> got me when I was waiting for _Terminator 2_. You had to be blind and deaf to not know that
> Arnie's Terminator character was a good guy. I mean, the movie poster next to the door to the
> theater read "This time he's back... for good." Result? No tension felt in the first part of the
> movie when he's searching for lil' Johnny. Looking at T2, you can tell that the audience is
> supposed to think "Oh, now there's two Terminators coming trying to kill John Conner."

Actually, I think you're supposed to think "Oh, it's the Terminator again, and another resistance guy, this one played by Robert Patrick."

They go to a lot of trouble to make Patrick's character seem nice right up until he pulls the gun on John.

But, as you say, the advertising completely thingummied it.


> Remember watching either of the two Robin Hood movies that were out a while back (Kevin
> Costner's and Mel Brook's)? Everyone I know who saw both films thought that the surprise casting
> of King Richard was neat (both actors were uncredited). Do you remember that feeling?

No, because I saw these films well after the fact, and already knew who was in them.

I know what feeling you mean, though. It's the feeling I got when I was watching _The Phantom Menace_ and got whopped with the one major plot twist that I hadn't already been told about.

(Which shows that these days, it's not just the advertising. People actually seek out spoilers, and stick them on their webpages, and tell all their friends. The way some people pounce on every little bit of information that comes out about a new movie, you wonder if there's any point them actually going to see it.)

Paul