In overview page for a series, the character an actor plays, should be drawn only from their earliest appearance

There are occasions where the character attributed to an actor, may change, usually due to some plot reveal in the story. In later episodes, the cast list may have this actor playing the role that was revealed but was a mystery until this point. For example, if Tom Cruise plays bob during episodes 1-7 of the show but is revealed to be blackheart at the end of episode 7 and is credited as blackheart in episode 8, the series overview definitely should not list Tom Cruise as blackheart, it should draw the data for who he plays from the earliest episode. I did speak to support about this and they told me I needed to post it as a suggestion and let the community vote on it.

Responses

T

tremault

8 Messages

•

144 Points

6 months ago

In the current example, I decided to see if Rings of Power could be somewhat entertaining. I wanted to know the name of an actor I saw in the first episode. The IMDB page listed an actor who played one character, but he was assigned to a different character that turned out to be a major plot spoiler. This is a major issue for me and has severely damaged the small amount of enjoyment I might have gotten from this poorly received series. This is really not fair and I feel this needs to be addressed. If a character has a secret identity, then surely this secret identity should not be placed right at the forefront of the overview page? It is growing increasingly difficult to find any basic information in a safe manner these days. IMDB was a last bastion and safest place for me to visit to find out basic information without getting a show/movie ruined. Now it seems this may no longer be the case? I sincerely hope that this is an oversight and can be fixed with a code adjustment. i.e. prioritise the character name from the first episode and do not show different data from later episodes if it is different from the first. Note: This comment was created from a merged conversation originally titled multiple episode series, with mystery character, is spoiled in the series overview

1

0

T

tremault

8 Messages

•

144 Points

2 months ago

In the overview page for rings of power https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7631058/ an actor is listed as a character that is not credited as for the entirety of the first season of the show. since the overview page is the first page anybody will see when looking up this show, this is a problem, since it is a major plot spoiler. I've tried to get this rectified for months now, this is not right, why is nobody addressing it?? I had this plot point spoiled for me and it's not fair. Note: This comment was created from a merged conversation Link : https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/data-issues-policy-discussions/character-secret-identity-spoiled-in-overview-page/6829b86091af680d12903a78 Title : character secret identity spoiled in overview page

0

tremault

In overview page for a series, the character an actor plays, should be drawn only from their earliest appearance

tremault

tremault

Related Conversations

Helpful Widget