![]() Now here's "The Truman Show," with a marketing campaign spilling all the beans. At that moment, I thought-I shouldn't have known the details beforehand! The same thing happened with " The Empire Strikes Back." Magazines had cover photos: "Here's Yoda! He's an old, eccentric, funny-looking creature who's really a Jedi master!" In viewing the film I realized the audience wasn't supposed to know Yoda's identity until he started conversing with the disembodied voice of Obi-Wan. The first was "Terminator 2." On talk shows, Arnold Schwarzenegger beamed, "This time I'm a good terminator! The bad guy is a T-1000, made of liquid metal, which can look like anyone." In the theater, the details are calculatedly ambiguous right until the two terminators confront each other and Schwarzenegger suddenly turns and protects the kid. This is the third time when the advance info has ruined a surprise. ![]() I've already seen the "Truman Show" commercials revealing the secret. My wife showed me your review of " The Truman Show," and I was crushed with chagrin to learn the movie is constructed to reveal its secret slowly to the viewer. ![]()
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