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Plex Now Lets You Skip the Credits at the End of Shows and Movies With a Click
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Except unlike every other streaming service they did it right, by making it an optional setting.
The credits also serve as documentation such that if anyone ever needs to return to a film to investigate some details about the people involved in the film, they can go to the film itself. It's like metadata, in a sense. So yeah, keep the credits.
There was nothing preventing people from walking out of the theater once the movie wraps up (as many people do) and this is basically the digital equivalent.
I may not need to know who was the driving team lead, but I do find it interesting to learn that there *was* a driving team. I don't always read the credits, but when I do, I usually find interesting glimpses into what was involved in the making of the movie/show.
I esp. dig them when the end credits song is something that compliments the episode! (dark, moody, bright, majestic, etc.)
I always wait between the possibility of extra scenes and letting crowds dissipate.
Works well with Marvel movies that have mid-credit scenes, Plex said in their testing it did anyway. I have not tested that myself.
Spiderman No Way Home. And it's from Schoolhouse Rock! Was watching the new SR with the few live action skits. They were singing the 3 song, and I realized it.
Unless Netflix has a way to watch your own personal collection, this comment is meaningless.
If we want to go down that road, Netflix copied the ability to pause programming.
Where the heck is the "analyze" option for the library? I am logged into the website and don't see it.
Is this feature working for anyone, yet? I haven't seen the option come up while watching personal library shows.
So I guess you’ve never bought a programme at a theatre? Read the information tags beside works in a gallery? Stayed for the bows at the end of an musical/opera/ballet? Read the inlay card of a CD/record?
Because whilst those will often have additional descriptive information, one of their main purposes is to explain what went into creating the work, and credit those involved.
Honestly I think it is rude of people to walk out before the credits are finished. Besides, sometimes there are little entertaining snippets embedded in the credits or at the end. The Wall Street bull floating through space in the credits of Don't Look Up was pure comedic genius.
I agree, but I’m just saying this kind of feature will hardly change movies like some think it will. The people who wanted to skip credits always had the option to.
I don't mind at a movie, but it's absolutely rude to walk out on theater when real paople are there.
EDIT: But I can sometimes still understand why, especially with places with inadequate exits. State Theater in Easton is horrid with ONE exit. Reading Arena holds way more people, and we were outside within like two minutes.
Actually, if you get the exhibition programme (which most bigger shows have) it often will have those sorts of details.
A difference though, is those people may just be full time employees of the gallery. Whereas for a film they’re employed one-off for that project. I don’t know if that should make a difference… just pointing it out.
But in theatre/opera/ballet etc, all the crew will often be credited.
Yep. Reminds me of "Android/Windows had this x years ago" comments. I'm always like, "So...you'd rather them never implement the feature than implement it 'late'?" LOL! I don't get their point other than just to criticize for the sake of criticizing.
How is not the same thing? What comes after the end credits other than the next episode? So it appears the only difference is 1 button press instead of 2-3.
You never thought that there was a driving team moving the actors and other crew members around? OK. Now that you know about driving teams, is there some reason you can't look in the IMDb now? Why must we have the massive scrolls of stuff? Why not view a "making of" documentary to find out all the teams involved in making a movie?
Most importantly, do you realize there are all sorts of teams involved in making a movie that still are not listed in the credits?
What about all the movies from earlier -- films that never listed such non-creative support staff in the credits? Are you lacking in curiosity about those films?
What about actors that don't get credited for roles in the credits? What's up with that? Is it a "creative" decision for someone to exclude them? You can see uncredited roles all over the IMDb.
What about extras? Why don't we include them? Extras are people, too?
What about the people who made and maintain the roads on the route that the transportation team lead chose for his team? What about the maintainers of the roads, and the traffic cops that patrolled them. What about the people who fueled those vehicles -- with whatever kind of fuel they used? Where do you draw the line with your curiosity? Your inclusiveness is rather shallow.
😆 That's a good one! But I am wondering why you didn't give a nod to the Dos Equis advertising creative team... and the transportation crew that ferried TMIMiTW to all of his most interesting commercials. Stay thirsty, my friend!
Well, I'm just a casual viewer, to whom it wouldn't occur to look things up in the IMDB. I mean, there are people who don't even know about IMDB! End credits are an opportunity to list at least some of the people who contributed to the making of the movie/show. You are right that it's not a complete list, I suspect if you did try to list everyone, including all the extras, end credits could get very very long, maybe even longer than a short tv show. But you seem to be suggesting that if the end credits can't be complete, they shouldn't be there at all, and I disagree with that. It's presence reminds viewers that many people contributed to the making of the show/movie, and if my curiosity is engaged by something that I see there, I may even look them up further through other sources, like you suggest.You never thought that there was a driving team moving the actors and other crew members around? OK. Now that you know about driving teams, is there some reason you can't look in the IMDb now? Why must we have the massive scrolls of stuff? Why not view a "making of" documentary to find out all the teams involved in making a movie?
Most importantly, do you realize there are all sorts of teams involved in making a movie that still are not listed in the credits?
What about all the movies from earlier -- films that never listed such non-creative support staff in the credits? Are you lacking in curiosity about those films?
What about actors that don't get credited for roles in the credits? What's up with that? Is it a "creative" decision for someone to exclude them? You can see uncredited roles all over the IMDb.
What about extras? Why don't we include them? Extras are people, too?
What about the people who made and maintain the roads on the route that the transportation team lead chose for his team? What about the maintainers of the roads, and the traffic cops that patrolled them. What about the people who fueled those vehicles -- with whatever kind of fuel they used? Where do you draw the line with your curiosity? Your inclusiveness is rather shallow.
😆 That's a good one! But I am wondering why you didn't give a nod to the Dos Equis advertising creative team... and the transportation crew that ferried TMIMiTW to all of his most interesting commercials. Stay thirsty, my friend!
Maybe some day end credits would come to be seen as obsolete and people who want to know about who did what to make the movie/show would just be expected to look it up on the internet. After all, very old movies have credits at the beginning of the movie, and you had to sit through them BEFORE seeing the movie! So conventions can and will change. Attaching credits to movies/shows is a convention that developed before there was any Internet, so maybe it does make sense that as Internet access spreads, studios could just include a link people could click to look up the credits instead of having it scroll at the end. I don't think we are quite there yet, where the Internet is ubiquitous enough that there is no need for end credits at all. There are still many people watching in ways that don't involve the Internet. So to reach them, end credits are still needed.
and I have no idea what you are referencing with the Dos Equis. You lost me there!