Moffat rages at spoiler revealing fans

[randomgirl666.livejournal.com]

"It's heartbreaking in a way because you're trying to tell stories, and stories depend on surprise. So to have some twit who came to a press launch, write up a story in the worst, most ham-fisted English you can imagine, and put it on the internet..The tragedy is you have to work hard at that now. Stories depend on shocking people. Stories are the moments that you didn't see coming, that are what live in you and burn in you forever. If you are denied those, it's vandalism... You can imagine how much I hate them. It's only fans who do this, or they call themselves fans. I wish they could go and be fans of something else."

You can listen to the soundclip here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-13358447

Moffat subsequently had this to say on Twitter:
"Finally heard my own rant. Grumpy sod. And what a boring, inflection free voice! It's like been told off by the shipping forecast."

Thoughts?
 

 

Comments

[resounding-echo.livejournal.com]

I have no problem with spoiler-lovin' fans provided they clearly post spoiler warnings and aren't jerks about it.

HOWEVER I do have a problem with spoiler-lovin' fans who, after learning said spoilers, get months of build-up and then rant that it was "disappointing" or "lack lustre" once the reveal is made in canon. To me its as much as in the telling as to the actual reveal (take the cancelled-and-forever-loose-ends Carnivale as example), so I think spoiler-mongers can't really appreciate the story the way it is intended.

[heintz57.livejournal.com]

I think that Moffet is right alot of the reasons why I continue to watch DW is because I am not sure what is going on and I love to try to figuire it out on my own.

It is like a mystery novel why know what is happening part of the fun is getting there.

I also like that I don't know because it always adds fuel to my fanfic ideas. I write about my speculations within a story.

[patorisha-4.livejournal.com]

He has a point but if he feels that strongly then he really has to get the BBC to tell the ABC (in Australia) to screen the show within a few hours of it going to air in the rest of the world! We are one week behind. On line, full stop, is a spoiler for us. :P

That is all. :D

[errorsinconduct.livejournal.com]

I don't like spoilers and I do hate it when somebody spoils me without giving a warning, like people did in that speculation thread I started a while back when I specifically marked it "only spoilers for 6x01 and 6x02, no further than that". Lil sods. With the events of the end of DotM, I had finally gotten to a spoiler-free zone after mistakenly watching a promo for series 6, and now I'm stuck with one piece of knowledge and forced to wait for six months or a year for it to happen. I sometimes think I should just go off line (but then what would I do?).

[welshgirl15.livejournal.com]

I completly agree with this! Unless the show has aired (on telly, and not at a screening), then people definatly shouldn't post what happens on the internet. It spoils it for the rest of us! It was especially wrong for the person he's talking about. Moffat was nice enough to allow fans to go to the screenings and someone spoilt it for everyone else!