The big battle of the summer movie season is not Batman vs. Joker (spoiler: Batman wins) or Indiana Jones vs. whatever they are (spoiler: they’re aliens from another dimension. I think.), it’s the spoilerazzi vs. the spoiler Nazis. Entertainment Weekly comes at this most pressing issue of our time from a couple of different angles.
“Welcome to Spoiler Nation,” writes Jeff Jensen, “an irritating minority whose noisy, nosy engagement with Hollywood has deeply aggravated many of its most powerful players — and inspired many others to change the way they do business. How these leaks happen is no mystery. Spoilers have come from every corner of Hollywood, even from agents and studio execs themselves, motivated by the desire to promote an agenda or glean potential audience response.” Some spoiler sites self-flatteringly view themselves as industry watchdogs, making sure that studios aren’t taking undue liberties with their favorite franchise, serial arc or comic book character. Then there are filmmakers like J.J. Abrams who would prefer the hardcore spoiler geeks go get themselves lives, at least until his version of Star Trek comes out in 2009.
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