Grrrrrrr
Okay, I am FANATICALLY spoiler-free. To the point where Joe will mercilessly tease me by going "I've got a spoiler for you--Anakin turns the the Dark Side." Not funny anymore. ANYWAY--- I check my email from the OZ and there's this idiot named Tim (I'm sure not our Tim, because he would've been smarter :p ) emailing spoilers and supposedly touting a site featuring supposed Lucas-written plotlines for Ep 7-9 which involve the appearance of Mara Jade and other EU crapulance. That was a minor annoyance. The major annoyance was an Ep III spoiler he mailed out that looked like this:
spoiler!!!!
spoiler info here. no massive spoiler space, no warning, just spoiler badness popping up on my computer screen.
Now some people's eyes read line by line. If I remember right that's about a 6th grade reading level. Probably lower, but I seem to remember that from college. Proficient and advanced readers' eyes sweep and scan the whole page or in this case screen. So someone who reads at or below a 12 year old's level might've actually HAD some warning. Granted it looked like a fake spoiler anyway, but it's the principle. Those of you on the OZ will probably enjoy my reply.
spoiler!!!!
spoiler info here. no massive spoiler space, no warning, just spoiler badness popping up on my computer screen.
Now some people's eyes read line by line. If I remember right that's about a 6th grade reading level. Probably lower, but I seem to remember that from college. Proficient and advanced readers' eyes sweep and scan the whole page or in this case screen. So someone who reads at or below a 12 year old's level might've actually HAD some warning. Granted it looked like a fake spoiler anyway, but it's the principle. Those of you on the OZ will probably enjoy my reply.