{"id":13818,"date":"2013-06-25T03:00:20","date_gmt":"2013-06-25T08:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/?p=13818"},"modified":"2013-06-25T03:00:20","modified_gmt":"2013-06-25T08:00:20","slug":"spoiler-alert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/archives\/13818","title":{"rendered":"Spoiler Alert"},"content":{"rendered":"

Does the Dog Die?<\/a><\/p>\n

Do you turn off Old Yeller before the end so you can pretend that he lived a long and happy life? Did a cute pet on a movie poster make you think it would be a fun comedy but it turned out to be a pet-with-a-terminal-illness tearjerker instead? Are you unable to enjoy the human body count in a horror movie because you’re wondering whether the dog’s going to kick the bucket? Have you ever Googled “Does the [dog\/cat\/horse\/Klingon targ] die in [movie title]?”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I imagine this is useful if you are trying to avoid tears and wailing in young ‘uns.<\/p>\n

Funny thing is that there are movies where concern for an animal’s well-being is far from the main focus, and might be considered a little strange, like The Godfather<\/em>. Or there’s Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade<\/em>, which has a happy face because Indiana the dog is OK, but acknowledges that rats are torched and birds collide with a plane.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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