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Toy Story 3 Plot Spoiled...by the Wall Street Journal?
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by Jeff Giles | February 22, 2008
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Watch your backs, movie-spoiler sites -- the Wall Street Journal appears to be creeping in on your territory.

They're new at it, of course, so they aren't quite up on the rules of spoiler etiquette, such as not spoiling without warning your audience -- and certainly not leading off a story with privileged information. Unfortunately, that's exactly what the WSJ seems to have done in a story published earlier this week.

The article, titled "Big Media Companies Want Back in the Game," really has nothing to do with spoilers in general, or any movie in particular, which is essentially why movie sites around the Web have been foaming at the mouth about the fact that it starts off by spoiling the plot outline for Toy Story 3.

Okay, so as spoilers go, it isn't the hugest of deals. But we're still not sharing it here -- and we're not taking it as fact until CHUD's Jeremy Smith reports back from his planned "grilling" of Pixar's Andrew Stanton. Still, if you want to know what the Wall Street Journal thinks will happen in the third Toy Story, follow the link below!

Source: Wall Street Journal
Source: CHUD

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Comments (1-16 of 16 posts) | Reply
Ghost Robot
Ghost Robot writes:
on Feb 22 2008 06:04 AM

I don't really think it was spoiled, since I know most of us were probably interested in this.

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AquaFina
AquaFina writes:
on Feb 22 2008 06:24 AM

Still, it's in bad taste to lead a story with any kind of spoiler, especially when the article has little to nothing to do with the film. Bad writing.

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Ash Trayer
Ash Trayer writes:
on Feb 22 2008 07:37 AM

I don't really consider it a spoiler, since we'll see a brief synopsis in the 1st trailer Pixar shows.

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Dinobot77
Dinobot77 writes:
on Feb 22 2008 09:11 AM

I don't know if you could consider it a spoiler if the movie doesn't get released for another two to three years. Also, I would be curious to know who their source was in the studio. Normally plot lines released this long in advance are really suspect anyways.

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Exode
Exode writes:
on Feb 22 2008 10:09 AM

This isn't a spoiler unless someone planned to pull a Cloverfield and ignore everything up until the moment they enter the theater. The idea presented in the article is a logical next step for the franchise, sounds wonderful.

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tgibfo
tgibfo writes:
on Feb 22 2008 10:42 AM

This looks like less of a spoiler and more of a well-planned leak to get people excited. Looks like it worked.

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jackkovack
jackkovack writes:
on Feb 22 2008 01:13 PM

This wasn't a spoiler. It was a very short 2 sentence general plot outline which is neccessary to get people interested in a movie anyway. The only thing this spoiled is the teaser trailer.

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JoshTee!
JoshTee! writes:
on Feb 22 2008 02:12 PM

I agree. Not a spoiler. That was a plot outline. A spoiler gives something away about the ending -- or something you're otherwise not supposed to know when going in to the theaters.

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Wayward Sean
Wayward Sean writes:
on Feb 22 2008 03:23 PM

I agree with AquaFina. While not exactly a spoiler, it still seems that newspapers need to learn a little self-control when it comes to releasing possibly classified information that someone, fan or executive, might not want revealed without a spoiler warning.

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POPCORNLUMPY
POPCORNLUMPY writes:
on Feb 22 2008 07:38 PM

Thats the plot?
Crap!
I was going for the "buzz goes to tiawan" plot.


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IMAmoose24
IMAmoose24 writes:
on Feb 23 2008 10:29 AM

I'm not too sure about the plot either... but it's pixar, and i don't think they've ever let me down(I heard cars was a disappointment. Glad I never saw it). I was just watching The Incredibles 2 nights ago and realized how great pixar movies are. Both Kids and adults can enjoy it. Sends a good message to the kids and are just plain fun. Go Pixar!

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dethburger
dethburger writes:
on Feb 23 2008 11:02 AM

Hey Moose, don't worry, Cars is pretty good. No reason to avoid it...check the tomato meter.

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Spiderbash
Spiderbash writes:
on Feb 23 2008 04:55 PM

That seems like a great plot for the third movie.

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duckmanx88
duckmanx88 writes:
on Feb 24 2008 03:50 PM

seems great. you shouldn't limit them to a house again. and a new daycare means they can stay there for a long time.

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DRaider92
DRaider92 writes:
on Mar 08 2008 06:55 PM

I dont think its that much of a spoiler since were all going to find out any way but still they should give us a little warning before they give us the plot.

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DRaider92
DRaider92 writes:
on Mar 08 2008 06:57 PM

I dont think its that much of a spoiler since were all going to find out any way but still they should give us a little warning before they give us the plot.

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