PARKS and RECREATION aka "Everything's coming up Amy"

Do you guys not see commercials?

a) if you thought everyone had seen it, you wouldn't have thought it necessary to comment on seeing it yourself
b) yes, yes you're right, we all spend our working days in other countries and hemispheres watching live American TV at midnight

eff you guys. it's not a spoiler if it's in a tv commercial, even if you don't live in the US and whatever network carries P&R where you are isn't running ads for it. i don't feel guilty about this at all.

clearly

It was a 15-second ad which showed Jerry talking to Ron. I already told you what happened. Now you know as much as I know, except I've seen the image and you haven't. Hardly a spoiler imo.

right well thanks for deciding what constitutes a spoiler on our behalf

Yeah, because we never talk about commercials in threads for US tv shows.

JF's logic is that it must not be that spoilerific if the network is willing to telegraph a whole day in advance

Thank you!

also that everyone in the world willingly watches ads

srsly, quit being a crybaby about this. nothing I tell you about that ad I saw will make it less funny when you actually see the scene.

except now it might because you've been focusing on it like I just slapped your mother.

you spoiling the show itt twice in three days is only 40% of my problem, the other 60% is your attitude

How I Slapped Your Mother

On the fence here; I'd really have preferred not to know, but JF has a point about widely-aired promo material. Generally though if I see or know anything in advance about anything like this I find it better to err on the side of caution.

that exactly is my point, many of us avoid ads so as not to have shows spoiled and jf has taken that choice away from us

Msgboard thread about yr favorite show is a bad place to hang out if you don't want any info abt yr favorite show...

just sayin

will never enjoy show again now, because I KNOW TOO MUCH

on the rare occasion that i watch a new broadcast on television, i always get annoyed by the commercials for following shows and remember why i love hulu so much

the fact that the show is only 20-22 minutes and it's a comedy makes every little detail feel like a big spoiler, like i'm being prepped for a joke i'll see later and the joke won't make me laugh cause it was already in the back of my mind. i even find myself avoiding plot synopses now. basically i already like the show and don't need to be convinced to watch it so advance notice is just annoying.

not railing on you jf just explaining how it can be annoying for some

This is the same thread where people live-post reactions to the show as it's airing, so getting butthurt over one inconsequential post about the commercial on tv the night before the show airs seems like much ado about nothing.

30 rock is terrible for playing long detailed commercials right before it is broadcast! (in canada)

I realize a lot of people in this thread (and in most all of the tv threads) torrent these shows or wait until they air in the places they live, but commenting about an ad for a show shouldn't be considered improper behavior...even if you haven't seen or don't want to see the ad.

xp That happens on NBC too. It almost NEVER affects my enjoyment of the show when it actually airs, though.

can't believe someone spoilered parks and rec

commenting about an ad for a show shouldn't be considered improper behavior...even if you haven't seen or don't want to see the ad.

you're assuming that (a) networks never spoil anything in ads and (b) everyone watches ads. btw commenting on something as it goes out live is fair game because everyone else knows to avoid the thread until they get around to watching it.

yo guys, I heard a major character DIES a the end of he season. Is that true, Johnny?

i.e. if I opened this thread in 18 hours' time and saw a comment about the just-aired death of tom haverford it'd be my own dumb fault for opening the thread

xp uh oh

the only people dying will be the folks at home DYING of LAUGHTER because this show is S0 EFFING HILARES

this is the silliest argument.

try to enjoy the show tomorrow even though one sight gag has been revealed ahead of time everybody!

nrq maybe just stay off the thread - you don't like the show, doesn't mean you have to be a morbs-on-colour-film/geir-on-rap-music dick about it.

yeah this convo is ridic, lay off JF

also didn't this thread have spoilers about the episode with Ron in cornrows and nobody complained about that?

wonder when 'threads about shows' became fans only, a place to write down funny lines from the episode as it happens... 30 rock i guess

nah most TV threads aren't as precious as this one

johnny fever otm, australians are babies, sorry guys, if you dont want to get spoilered move to the united states

I don't understand why AA is one of the people yelling at Johnny Fever when he posted the original spoiler being complained about to the thread...?

I've seen shallow, brooding, 14 year old siblings argue over more important things.

Like when you're all "You suck, Dad!" and latch on to anything just for the chance to argue with him.

^this actually happens a lot in ILX

Re: ad spoilers

It's pretty well known that show runners/creators often have problems with what the network decides to reveal in the ads/promos for shows. I remember this being a big issue for Lost. So network ads can truly be spoilers--as can movie trailers, which usually give too much away.

Once an episode has actually aired, I believe the spoiler filter is off, because even people like me who never watch broadcast tv but instead watch the shows a day or two later on Hulu know to stay away from a message board thread just after real-time airing if they don't want to be spoiled.

If you want to post a link to the spoiler ad and give people the option of viewing it or not, I think that's cool, but don't just blurt it out.

Why not just extend the "stay-away" period to a day or two before airing, rather than simply a day or two after? If the season finale's in 24 hours and you're particular about spoilers why not just hold out another 24 hours?

Will the World End in 2012?

seeing ^^^ revived and reading from this post after reading the argument here made me laugh a lot today

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Every other message board has pretty clear rules about not doing spoilers up to the air time. Or they have "spoiler" and "spoiler-free" threads. Which we apparently can't be bothered with.

Wish we had one of these.

nothing I tell you about that ad I saw will make it less funny when you actually see the scene.

not that I care about Parks & Rec spoilers or anything, but this statement is untrue! everything is funnier the first time you see it. especially when there's context the first time.

It's absolutely ridiculous to cry 'spoiler' when the information is in a promo for the show.

No it isn't. Keep fucking promos out of threads--they are created by network fools not show creators.

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nrq its not so much the 'fan only' thing, its that you just bitch about nothing and it is just bad trolling?

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you guys!

i don't even have anything to say. just stop cuz this is on tonight and we need P&R harmony.