[mynameisvlad]

I mean, it's an 18-year old movie. What did you expect? That nobody ever talks about the plot of movies forever and all time? There's a time when we have to say "okay, people have probably watched it, it's safe to talk about it freely now", and 18 years is definitely more than enough time for that to be the case.

[ekianjo]

> I mean, it's an 18-year old movie. What did you expect?

Huh, like people who are 15 years old who would not have watched it yet ? Do you think people watch all movies that came before them ?

> I mean, it's an 18-year old movie.

It's a 27 years old movie actually. Get your facts right.

[mynameisvlad]

> It's a 27 years old movie actually. Get your facts right.

That... I mean... That just proves my point more. Jesus. I'm sorry that I apparently made a blunder in my quick mental math and provided a more conservative answer than the truth. Stop making it sound like it ruins my entire argument, especially since my argument wasn't even based on the exact number of years.

Instead, my argument was that after a certain amount of time, it's pointless to worry about spoilers because enough time has passed to actually give a person a chance to have watched the movie if it interested them. Stupidly declaring everything a spoiler just makes it so that it's impossible to talk about a movie and have a real discussion, as this article does. If we worried about spoilers for a 27-year old movie, this article wouldn't exist.

[ekianjo]

> If we worried about spoilers for a 27-year old movie, this article wouldn't exist.

So you assume folks who are in their teenage years have to forget about seeing older movies without any spoiler? Is that your conclusion ?

Instead of you know, putting a spoiler tag, which takes 5 seconds when you write an article.

[mynameisvlad]

Yes. They had several years as teens to have watched the movie if they so choose. They decided not to, maybe because they hadn't heard of the movie (and, really, would have probably heard of the movie based on the interests before seeing the spoiler), maybe because it didn't interest them (in which case, whatever, the spoiler won't ruin anything). Too bad for them. They had their chance, they didn't take it. It makes no sense for everyone else to suffer for this absolutely ridiculous hypothetical. And it is ridiculous. It won't happen, and if it does, then big fucking whoop. It's a spoiler. It's not the end of the world. You're making this seem like a far bigger deal than it actually is.

Plus, many platforms don't have spoiler tags by default, so have fun putting these magical spoiler tags in.

Edit: And you know what? If you were a 15-year old teen with an interest in Miyazaki's movies, or war movies, or whatever interests you to want to watch said movie, and you've just been let onto the internet, what are you going to look for first? The movie that you so desperately want to see, or an article about it that could potentially spoil it? Like seriously, that's how ridiculous your hypothetical is right now. The chance of it happening is so absurdly low.

[ekianjo]

> Plus, many platforms don't have spoiler tags by default, so have fun putting these magical spoiler tags in.

you dont need spoiler tags, you simply write down in words:"careful spoilers" in case you can't even be bothered finding a CMS that does spoilers.

> what are you going to look for first?

What if you are on HN, you stumble on this article you had no idea of, and did not know about Ghibli movies - and poof, you are spoiled without warning. That's how ridiculous your point is. The possibility is very real. If you don't see it, no point discussing it further.

[mynameisvlad]

I've already said it, then too fucking bad. Go cry to your mommy. It's a spoiler, so incredibly far from the end of the world. It's like the biggest first world problem there can be. Chances are, it's not even that dramatic (aside from Snape Kills Dumbledore or some other ridiculously huge plot point but those are few and far between) to even remember it when you watch the thing.

You are making a big deal about something that is neither a big deal, nor likely to happen.

I'm not even comment on the fact that this, of all places, is going to be the last place your mind suddenly opens up to the magic that is Ghibli. If you were inclined to enjoy those movies, you would have found them through friends, or anime discussion boards, or some other place, not by looking at some article about war films.