Once upon a time, you didn’t think about a movie until it reached your local theater. And that was a good thing, because they didn't play in small towns until months after the official release. Then as theaters expanded, you’d see trailers on TV a couple of weeks before the movie opened, and that was the first you heard of it. Now, we get every scrap of film development on the internet years ahead of time. And for a fan, it’s not easy to wait for the finished product.
You might think this is about The Force Awakens, but it also applies to the Marvel universe films, Star Trek, or any number of popular film franchises. Sadly, it also applies to TV shows, video games, and books. We get teased too much about them before we ever get a chance to try them out. -via Tastefully Offensive
How we've advanced! What once took Comic Book Guy 7 minutes is something we expect to find on IMDB and Wikipedia.