Okay, so I don’t really mind people posting summaries after the series has been released (at which point if you want to know what happens you should just WATCH the series) so long as they are marked, but I CANNOT STAND when people post stuff about content that has yet to be released. Arrrrrrrghhhhh!!!

@Crisu, I’ve never come across a blog whose first lines spoiled something, thanks be, but I’ve been lucky so far.

@Alexis, I respect your spoiler love, though I can’t understand it ^^;.

@bakaneko, my thoughts exactly.

@Emi-chan, I look at spoilers as being the Cliff Notes of the entertainment world. The whole point of Cliff Notes is to help people understand books or text books without having to read them (they’re advertised as a study aid to be used in tandem with reading the book- whatever). I never, and I mean, never used Cliff Notes in school. Maybe that says something about why I hate spoilers….

@Saya, I disagree with having to expect spoilers in a review. National Public Radio (NPR) reviews books and films almost daily, and do so without spilling the beans (at least the reviews I hear). Major newspapers also run reviews which are spoiler-free. I think a review can indeed be spoiler free with a little effort.

@super rats, David and I were discussing this the other day. He was on Ain’t It Cool.com and was reading some talkbacks when some jerk wad randomly commented on Jango Fett. In the title. With NO warning. It ruined part of Episode One for him. (To be honest, though, Lucas had a hand in that too)

@Marie Turner, Is it something like the train-wreck phenomena, where you just can’t look away?

@Alternator, that’s the thing though, review sites shouldn’t be looked at as dens of spoilers. There’s no reason to pepper a review with spoilers. The episode/ plot summary maybe, and that should be clearly marked as such.

—SPOILER (well not really)—
It reminds me of when I watched full metal alchemist, and at the end of the first episode Ed gets attacked by the chimera. The scene had a great pace and setup, but I think it’s thunder would have really been stuffed if you knew what the deal with Ed was… Although on the flipside, any promo-artwork will pretty much give it away, and it would also be hard for any review site not to mention about his situation either.
—End Spoiler—

I guess because of that I actually avoid review sites when it comes to stuff I’m planning on giving a chance (games not included).
However after I’ve watched it I like to read reviews to see if other people thought the same thing I did about it, or noticed things I might have missed.

On a side note, spoilers which require you to highlight them to see them are Tops!

I ado agree that for the most part you should be warned about spoilers, though I think to some extent you can expect a spoiler in a review.