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DetlefK

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2. No, I mean the ones in cinema.

Reply to skippercollector (Reply #1)

Mon Mar 6, 2017, 11:14 AM

Mar 2017

First they were an artistic touch. A "Thank You" for the hardcore fans who stayed through the credits when a movie ran in cinema.

But with the transformation of the moviemaking-landscape towards franchises, they have deteriorated to teaser-trailers for the NEXT installment in the series. They have become the new normal. And now it's noteworthy when a certain kind of movie doesn't have a post-credits scene.

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Are post-credit scenes after a movie the new "hidden track" after a music album? [View all] DetlefK Mar 2017 OP

are they for tv airings? skippercollector Mar 2017 #1

No, I mean the ones in cinema. DetlefK Mar 2017 #2

That is because they are required to show the credits, but Thor_MN May 2017 #3

I think the earliest one I remember swimboy Jun 2017 #4

Closing credits from Ferris Buehler's Day Off were hilarious Stinkfoot007 Jul 2017 #5