A 20-year-old man landed in the intensive care unit (ICU) of a hospital after he spilled out the ending of the movie Star Wars: The Force Awakens at a US theatre, a media report said.

The man, Raymond Chatfield, walked out of a premiere of Star Wars: The Force Awakens on Thursday night and shouted out a major spoiler in front of at least 100 people waiting in the lobby for the next show,thegoodlordabove.com reported on Friday.

“I was waiting in line to see the evening show. Then this kid walks past the line, shouts out the ending and starts laughing. He totally ruined the movie for everyone,” a witness said.

Three men, who were waiting in the lobby, donning suits of Star Wars characters, assaulted and critically injured the man. He was later admitted in the ICU in Bakersfield city, California.

“I saw it all. This guy shouts out the spoiler right? Within 15 seconds, he was on the ground, getting beat up three men,” another witness said.

“At first, the crowd was cheering the assaulters, and I think that made it worse. They beat him up for five minutes, kicking and punching him in the gut,” the witness added.

Police did not arrest the assaulters and allowed them to watch the movie as planned.

“We view this as justifiable assault,” a police officer said.

Source: http://tribune.com.pk/story/1013235/man-lands-in-icu-for-spoiling-star-wars-at-a-us-theatre/

 

Don't mess with Star Wars fans. We take these things very seriously.

It still isn't justifiable. No assault is. I guess he should of expected it, but the police should of still dealt with the people who attacked him. It's a freaking movie, geez.. I love Star Wars like anyone else, but the police shouldn't allow a beating to another human being just for a movie.

who does that? anybody with common sense wouldn't have done that in front of about 100 people. 

Never in my life have I ever felt so divided by what I just saw...

But why do it when he knew he expected for people to get upset? 

He's a piece of shit troll that's why. 

Not justifying it but i would give the guy a punch on the arm for being an ass and spoiling it 

 

And I've heard worse, A guy at cosco beat up an old man for samples 

Edited December 20, 20159 yr by Minato arisato

who does that? anybody with common sense wouldn't have done that in front of about 100 people. 

But policemen letting assaulters off the hook because the assault was "justifiable" is totally understandable.

who does that? anybody with common sense wouldn't have done that in front of about 100 people. 

Someone betting money would do it without hessitation, maybe that was the case (eg: a friend told him that he would give him 30$ if he did that)

But policemen letting assaulters off the hook because the assault was "justifiable" is totally understandable.

no, I'm talking about the person who spoiled the movie for the people who were waiting to watch it. 

I mean, the guy is a total douchebag ass hat for doing that and I think he definitely deserves getting a punch, but getting beaten by three guys into the ICU is a bit much. I wouldn't want those guys getting arrested for doing that, but they shouldn't have beaten a random guy over it. A punch and a shove out the cinema with a fine yeah, but ICU? Nah.

Still, that guy is a total piece of shit for doing that.

no, I'm talking about the person who spoiled the movie for the people who were waiting to watch it. 

I know, but I'm just saying that I think policemen letting the assaulters off the hook was what struck me as the strangest bit.

I rather hear this kind of news than to hear of another mass movie shooting... God that was terrible.

Geez. What the heck is up with the guy?

For some reason...I was waiting for this kind of news to come out one of these days. I have to say that I'm not surprised.

Dang! 

Edited December 20, 20159 yr by XionRoxasSora

Both the person who spoiled the ending and the people who assaulted him are all really crazy.

 

You don't spoil a movie in front of 100 people who are about to watch it for the first time, even if some of them ignore you. You're asking for a whole lot of trouble.

 

And people, I know he spoiled it for you, but is violence the solution? Never, especially about something as casual as movies. I guess I can't fully blame you for defending your fandom, but like I said before, violence is never the answer to getting revenge on someone who does something like spoil a movie.

 

I'm somewhat of a Star Wars fan, but not to the point where I'd totally defend my liking of the movies by beating up people who troll. Only in Smash Bros can I do that.

 

In some ways I'm a hypocrite, but I can't change the past any longer. I can only improve my current self.

 

 

Rock on!

Although he very much so deserved it, the ICU is a bit too much. Still, the police are right for not arresting these people, spoiling something this big that they've probably waited and been hyping over being spoiled just minutes before you'll see it is just bullshit.

firetrucking Star Wars nerds. You don't assault a person into ICU and get off the hook. They should have at least be fined. If this were any other movie there probably would have been people actually dealing with this situation, but since it's Star Wars it gets a free pass.

If you make the conscious decision to act like a real-life internet troll, you pay the price.

 

Seriously, this is like a homophobe going to a homosexual pride parade, holding up a sign that says "All F*ggots Must Die", and then gets beat up for it. It's legitimately hard to feel sympathy for the guy regardless of the outcome.

Edited December 20, 20159 yr by Firaga Sensei

Lol, I was planning on posting a topic about this.

 

All i can say is, 2 wrongs don't make a right, but DON'T freakin' do some returded crap that will guarantee you'll be busted... by nerds. That's just embarrassing. 

While I'd say that the fans might have gone overboard by sending him to the ICU, the guy who ruined the movie for them was a complete jerk and it's completely understandable that fans would get pissed off at him. I'm still mad that I had the movie ruined for me. This is a movie that a lot of people have waited two years for (Even longer for those who just wanted a continuation of their favorite series). A jerk who decides to go and ruin an entire movie for these huge fans should have known he'd get something. He was asking for trouble.

firetrucking Star Wars nerds. You don't assault a person into ICU and get off the hook. They should have at least be fined. If this were any other movie there probably would have been people actually dealing with this situation, but since it's Star Wars it gets a free pass.

Yeah, it's just because they like Star Wars. All "Star Wars nerds" are just violent, unreasonable ruffians. Just like how video games cause violence.

 

Not really, though. This same thing could have happened in other situations. Marvel/DC movies, story-focused video games, anything along those lines. Not all Star Wars nerds are going to beat someone half to death over a spoiler, but they'd definitely get mad.

I was hoping that this be satire. Unfortunately, when I checked the webpage and saw the International New York Times logo...

I was hoping that this be satire. Unfortunately, when I checked the webpage and saw the International New York Times logo...

Same

 

Like, damn, this is pretty messed up. Not only do these dudes beat up the guy for five minutes, but the other people who were there were cheering them on for who knows how long. And the police don't even do a thing either.

Being a douchebag/asshat/troll, as bad as it is, shouldn't result in going to the ICU, and getting spoiled is a pretty shit reason for a "justifiable" assault.

In the end, everyone involved pretty much sucks.

Anyone know what he spoiled? I want to know what he shouted. (I saw the movie last night don't worry. Just put it in a spoiler tag or something)

Anyone know what he spoiled? I want to know what he shouted. (I saw the movie last night don't worry. Just put it in a spoiler tag or something)

The article didn't say, but I'm pretty sure that if people were this mad, it would be...

 

 

Han's death.

 

 

Nothing else in the movie was as big of a spoiler as that was.

I know, but I'm just saying that I think policemen letting the assaulters off the hook was what struck me as the strangest bit.

 

The fact the cops let them free made me lmfao! That kind of shit you'll never see in NYC.

 

Troll had it coming to him. The internet isn't the same as real life, trolls.

I'm really conflicted about this story, to be honest. On one hand, I am very much the kind of person who DESPISES being spoiled, especially about something I'm excited about. Thus, this side of me is very much saying that the moron had it coming.

 

On the other hand, beating up a dude for five straight minutes and putting him in emergency care just for spoiling a movie is straight up uncalled for. The punishment just doesn't fit the crime, no matter how many people he disappointed.

 

I suppose I'll just echo what others are saying: the scumbag deserved some repercussions for being a jerk and basically being a real life internet troll, but he definitely didn't deserve being sent to the hospital or getting beaten by three guys for five minutes. I don't think the dudes who beat the guy up deserved to be arrested as there was some justification, but the extent that they took it to definitely deserved some fines and maybe community service or something.