"No, Marty!"
In Back to the Future, Doc Brown did not want to know anything about his future, as it might effect the space time continuum. But our hero Marty will have none of this, and he does what he believes is the right thing by writing the letter to Doc, warning him of the terrorists that will shoot and kill him on the night Marty goes back in time.
The same dilemma occurs whenever you hear about an awful plot point/device in a movie, one so bad that it will make you completely change your mind about seeing that movie, and you feel that you must warn your friends. Say you find out something awful, like Ewoks and Jar Jar Binks shoot CGI prairie dog missles to defeat the bad guys in the new Clone Wars movie...do you tell your friend(This is just a made up example: I don't know of anything bad in the Clone Wars movie, and I look forward to seeing it)? I know I would want to be told. I would hate to feel ripped off after having spent money to see something that turns out to be horrendous. Now, I'm not advocating spoiling any and everything. I am referring to those instances when you find out a spoiler that is so bad, you feel obligated to warn your friends.
Recently, I did what I thought was my obligation to do and warned a couple of friends about an obscenely bad plot point to an upcoming movie. What I thought was a good deed ended up backfiring on me, as a good friend of mine got pretty pissed at me for doing this. In turn, I got a little pissy myself, as I thought my friend was being a big baby. I mean, I was doing him a favor, because I had warned him about a plot that sucks beyond belief. After having an opportunity to think things over, I think we both have valid points, but I guess I should just err on the side of caution from now on and not spoil anything, no matter how bad it is. And I'm telling you, this particular plot point is BAD.
So, this is my letter of explanation/apology to you, my friend. I promise not to tell you any more spoilers for any movies, no matter how bad they are. But, if I find out that terrorists will shoot and kill you in the parking lot of the mall sometime in the future, I'm still gonna warn you.
