No spoilers!

[Winged_Wheel88]

Tom Hanks blows up a tank with his pistol.

 

[Wingingit]

Tom Hanks blows up a tank with his pistol.

But it was earned...

 

[Winged_Wheel88]

Harry Potter dies.



And then he kills You-Know-Who.

 

[Wingingit]

Harry Potter dies.



And then he kills You-Know-Who.

The first baseman?!?!?

 

[Winged_Wheel88]

The first baseman?!?!?

I don't want to give anything away.

 

[Ties5o11]

The Devils win

 

[Ties5o11]

JK The Flyers win

 

[apachef4]

I don't want to give anything away.

anything was the bullpen catcher.

 

[puckhead]

Hilary Swank gets paralyzed so Clint Eastwood kills her.

a few years ago, the wife and I were flying to London, and we were up in the front of the plane (yay for point sales!)
an older husband/wife were up there as well, and had window seats across from each other.
they were those really daft people who would yell at each other from 10 feet away rather than take out their earphones. It got REALLY fucking annoying.
so, they were watching that movie, and we all knew it because they were so loud about it.
2 hours later, one of them yells to the other "CAN YOU BELIEVE SHE DIED????"

the rest of the cabin collectively groaned. these morons were oblivious.
so I never did watch that movie.

 

[Winged_Wheel88]

a few years ago, the wife and I were flying to London, and we were up in the front of the plane (yay for point sales!)
an older husband/wife were up there as well, and had window seats across from each other.
they were those really daft people who would yell at each other from 10 feet away rather than take out their earphones. It got REALLY fucking annoying.
so, they were watching that movie, and we all knew it because they were so loud about it.
2 hours later, one of them yells to the other "CAN YOU BELIEVE SHE DIED????"

the rest of the cabin collectively groaned. these morons were oblivious.
so I never did watch that movie.

Thoughtless people drive me nuts.

 

[ritari330]

And everyone died.

The end.

 

[elocomotive]

And everyone died.

The end.

Mods! Ritari keeps stealing all my trademark lines!!!

 

[Vadered]

FUCK!

 

[IPostedWhat]

The Hooker dies.

 

[mattola]

The first baseman?!?!?

Who?

 

[mattola]

And they lived Happily Ever After......








The End

 

[puckhead]

FUCK!

did you make it through without finding out?
did you record enough time for all of OT?
and in hindsight, would you have preferred to know in advance?

 

[Vadered]

did you make it through without finding out?
did you record enough time for all of OT?
and in hindsight, would you have preferred to know in advance?

I made it through without spoilers. I live in Minnesota, which means nobody cares about professional hockey because the local high school teams are probably better than the Wild. I avoided newspapers and TV and internet, so I was okay there.

I recorded enough time because I recorded the replay on NHLNetwork, which is the game condensed into a two hour block of time, which means they cut away the unimportant parts (and make it REALLY HARD to follow the flow of the game when faceoffs kept jumping from zone to zone). I also was intelligent enough to cover up the bottom of the TV, where they had the scroll bar with all the scores going, and skip all the commercials, which I imagine were full of WATCH GAME FOUR ON SUNDAY (DEVILS LEAD SERIES 2-1) spoiler bullshit that they always put on the commercials during the replay of the game. Which I would imagine you would only watch if you hadn't seen the original airing.

And no, I would not have preferred to know in advance. I hate that we lost. I hate that we blew not one but two PP chances in OT, one of which was even a real penalty. I hate that we blew a golden chance to not only get momentum back, but reclaim home ice. I hate that Claude Giroux looked like Malkin a series ago. I hate that Scott Hartnell needs to learn that when you are trying to bat a puck out of mid air in a situation which will go badly if you miss, you need to skate like you will miss, which you will if you are Scott Hartnell. I hate that Matt Carle still hasn't learned that defensemen are supposed to play defense. I hate that we outshot the Devils a bunch in OT but lost because we breakout way too fast.

But the one thing I don't hate is that I watched the game. I love watching Flyers hockey. When we win, I'm through the roof. When we lose, I throw things through the walls. Yeah, it hurts to watch your team lose. But I'd be a shitty fan if I only watched when I knew we'd win. It's not just about the final score. It's about cheering for your boys. Shouting when they get a breakaway. Groaning when they take a dumb penalty. Cursing out the official whenever the blow (read: make) a call against your team. Seeing things develop and feeling the anticipation that on this play, this chance, something really fucking awesome might happen. Watching that stuff happen before you, not in some highlight film, is fun as hell. I can't find the same thing in any other sport, or any other team, though I'm sure most of you feel the same way about your team. So yeah, we lost and I'm not happy about it, but I'd still prefer not to know and watch anyway. The same way I watched Primeau tie game six. The same way I watched the Penguins light us up for ten two weeks ago. The same way I'll be watching games four, five, and hopefully six/seven of this series and any other one I can by God's grace get tickets, television, or telescope for. Because, as the shitty hockey ads say, it's the Cup.

 

[kenyg54]

Rest in peace. Oh yeah, Flyers lose game 4 too (OOPS)