Once in a while the topic of extra scenes or footage shown during or after the credtis comes up. This summer was especially significant because of the important one shown at the end of Iron Man. My friend Kris over at InContention put up an interesting post talking about these “Stingers”, including a list of what he thought were the best ones of all time:
1) Iron Man
2) X-Men 3
3) Pirates of the Caribbean
4) Masters Of The Universe
5) Constantine
My feelings on these extra scenes swing back and forth a little. On the one hand, getting bonus stuff is always a treat in a film… and that little scene at the end of the Iron Man credits with Samuel L Jackson as Nick Fury was great… BUT….
At the same time, I’d feel ripped off if I missed them. After all… I paid for the movie (in theory), I sat through it… why hide stuff from me? If I didn’t know about the Nick Fury scene at the end of Iron Man and found out later I missed it, I would have been PISSED OFF. Why leave it until AFTER the credtis? Why not just throw it in 5 seconds after the credits start so that people wouldn’t be all the way out of the theater yet?
So yeah… surprises are nice… but I’d be pissed if I missed a part of the movie I paid to see.
What are your thoughts?
