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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
I've always thought that that the credits aren't there for the sake of the audience, they're there for the sake of the industry. A way to corroborate people's resumes.
Maybe you'd be less disappointed if you stopped expecting things to be Carmen Sandiego movies.I actually took film studies in university...not as mayor, it was just a minor credit. But more or less the first thing which was drilled in my head is that the end credits are part of the movie. Since then I have gotten in the habit of always sitting through the end credits, no matter what movie. Therefore I never missed an end scene (it's not just Marvel movies who have those, you know, a lot of the Disney movies have something like that or at least some funny bits in the credits itself). And yes, I actually do read them. Not every word of them, but I always look out for things like "where was it shot", "who was the composer", "which actor had how many assistants" (it's really funny, the important ones have at least one, the really important ones have two, and on one occasion one actor even had three).
And the occasional jokes...though the "no XY was harmed" is so old, I think the last time I smiled about it was when the end credits informed me that no dragons were harmed during the filming of "Goblet of Fire".
BTW, end credits are actually a fairly new thing. Originally the credits were at the start of the movie. Then they started to split it up as the list of names grew, and listed only the most important names at the beginning. Nowadays there are movies which have only end credits.
edited 13th Oct '15 12:34:31 PM by Swanpride
"The Soul Stone sounds like it'd be a better fit for Ragnarok, anyway."
I dunno. It'd feel like a radical departure not to involve it at all in Adam Warlock's story (Though not quite as heinous and unforgivable unprecedented as leaving Hank Pym out of Ultron's origin). However, if Hela were to show up in Ragnarok as a literal goddess of the afterlife, the Soul Stone would make for a convenient explanation as to why she's more traditionally supernatural in nature as opposed to the other "gods".
edited 13th Oct '15 12:50:18 PM by nervmeister
I could see the Soul Stone being part of Doctor Strange. Perhaps the Eye of Agamotto will contain it.
It's also possible that either Soul or Time will already be in Thanos' possession by the start of Infinity War, and introduced there.
edited 13th Oct '15 12:45:19 PM by Anomalocaris20
You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!Modern credits as we know them are split into two sections: the primary credits where one or two names get the whole screen to themselves, and the big essay of names at the end. The primary credits used to be at the beginning always until George Lucas got kicked out of the Director's Guild for refusing to put them in front of his, but eventually a compromise was reached that the primary credits could be in the back as long as they're before the enormous one. That's why primary credits often get their own flashy slideshow presentation and why the latter credits list the actors names that you've already seen.
Primary credits are a big deal in studio politics because your name is right in the center of the screen in big font all by itself for a while; it's the biggest way to shill your own name in hopes of talent scouts searching for who played that character they liked.
edited 13th Oct '15 12:47:25 PM by Tuckerscreator
Quite possible. Or it could be its own thing, like Mjolnir. I kind of hope its the latter, since I wouldn't mind them cementing just one more layer of mythos in the MCU that's (mostly) independent of the Stones and Celestials.
edited 13th Oct '15 1:30:34 PM by nervmeister
It would be a good way to introduce one of the remaining stones without making the whole film revolve around it the same way the other four have. It just so happens to be on Strange's person and provides him with power but it'd be mostly incidental to the actual plot.
You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!I don't remember where I heard it (it probably wasn't even credible) but it included all the Avengers dying before Scarlet Witch finally took the stone from Ultron, rewinding the events of the film to the party, before Ultron had achieved enough power to kill them all. In hindsight it doesn't make a lot of sense.
I know what you're referring to since it got a bit of coverage before being debunked, but that was someone's Fix Fic for stuff they didn't like about the MCU posing as a "leaked script". The same thing happened just a few months back with Civil War. Some jackass on Reddit posted a detailed summary of the movie that turned out to be stuff he'd just made up.
edited 13th Oct '15 4:46:52 PM by comicwriter
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Eh, I just didn't see the point. He was in there just so they could get him in there. He shows up for like ten minutes total (could be longer, I'm not sure) and doesn't really do much but pick up Thor's hammer. He doesn't serve any direct purpose or function. I'm not gonna say he wasn't cool, because visually he couldn't have looked any better and I liked the way he was portrayed (and this is coming from somebody that has always disliked Vision in general) but he just didn't really...matter.
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Ya but they didn't really explain that until the end, and it didn't really justify his existence entirely. He still looked cool as all hell, but he just felt rushed.
And that was my favorite part of Jarvis. While adding basically nothing to the overall plot he still managed to add that much more charisma to the films he was in. I'm kinda sad to see him go, tbh. :/
They need someone to play The Worf Effect for Thanos and that's practically Vision's job in the comics.

The only times i read the credits are went I think I saw a celebrity whose name I couldn't remember right away.