Comments on Ken Armstrong Writing Stuff: Credits Where they're Due

I always try and stay for the credits. it annoys t...

2009-08-06T10:33:45.506+01:00

I always try and stay for the credits. it annoys the hell out of whomever I'm with
and with Pirates of the Carribean2 it was def. worth it.
p.s Spidey3-only thing good about it was the soundtrack, a band called Stone sour did a lovely dong for it, its called 'Bother'and will make you cry your eyes out for real, its such an sad song...

Yeah, I like to hang around for the credits, and p...

2009-08-05T18:56:43.165+01:00

Yeah, I like to hang around for the credits, and play Spot-the-Nepotism, particularly in the Transport credits or the Stunts credits.

Hate the way most TV stations play the credits at a million miles an hour. Why don't they just stop pretending and not show them at all, like RTE does. Well, like RTE does with programs made by other people. Their own crap has four miles of credits at the end.

Thanks for your comments on this important issue! ...

2009-07-27T17:59:59.638+01:00

Thanks for your comments on this important issue! :)

So many 'stay behind and read the credits' people, it gives me faith.

Apologies too for reposting a post from early last year. I am on hols for a few days and wasn't happy with the hastily thrown together post I did about 'Voucher-Guilt'. I will polish it up and present it to you soon.

Promise. :)

I am a fan of credits. I don't just stay until th...

2009-07-26T17:08:37.061+01:00

I am a fan of credits. I don't just stay until the credits were shown, I actually read them.

I agree; the credits rolling by are like being in ...

2009-07-25T22:56:18.509+01:00

I agree; the credits rolling by are like being in the decompression chamber after a deep-sea dive LOL. It's the necessary space between make-believe and the real world.

In Enniskillen they don't even let them finish; what's with that? If I paid for the film, I paid to see the WHOLE film. Now I'm thinking I should politely complaaaaain a bit when it happens.

I am a fan of staying through the credits...Mel Br...

2009-07-25T21:33:04.697+01:00

I am a fan of staying through the credits...Mel Brooks and John Landis had a habit of putting humourous stuff into them also The Naked Gun movies, those were classic...

Peace - Rene

I always stay and watch the credits. Normally the...

2009-07-25T21:29:09.126+01:00

I always stay and watch the credits. Normally these days there's something funny at the end of the credits you will miss if you don't stay. See my comment above....which must have been from the first time this was posted. Now, I really like finding out where the film was filmed for possible vacation destinations. I was out in New Mexico in June. I went to the Very Large Array where the movie Contact was filmed starring Jodie Foster. I drove all over New Mexico trying to find out where that canyon was that Jodie Foster looks out over at the end of the movie. At the Very Large Array, I asked them and they said it was actually in Arizona. So I called the Arizona film office and found out it was Canyon de Chelly. Turns out I drover right by there as I was driving past Monument Valley. Had I known that was where the last scene of Contact was filmed, I would have made a side trip to that canyon. Now that I know about Canyon de Chelly, you can bet I'll stop there the next time I'm in Arizona. Which very likely will be next May.

Cheers!

One of my main reasons for sitting through the cre...

2009-07-25T20:28:52.058+01:00

One of my main reasons for sitting through the credits is the music. Yes, I've discovered all the bonus stuff too but that's an aside. What I hate are people clambering over you while you're trying to wring the last moments of pleasure out of the damn thing before you have to get on with your life. Which is why Carrie and I always go in the afternoons when the place is practically empty. Actually our local cinema is very good at not putting on the lights too soon.

I'm usually one of the last ones out of the theatr...

2009-07-25T17:02:08.955+01:00

I'm usually one of the last ones out of the theatre. I have to watch all the credits. I spend most of the time while watching a film saying to myself, "Where have I seen her/him before?" (I do this with t.v. programs too and drive my husband mad with our PVR (Tivo) since I'm constantly asking him to back it up so I can reread them.
@DAVE KING - You can always catch the t.v. titles if you have a Personal Video Recorder and a satellite dish.

I need to see movies a second time after I know already who's in them. Then I can actually focus on the story!

Kat

PS- I can't believe you're posting another old pos...

2009-07-25T16:42:54.044+01:00

PS- I can't believe you're posting another old post! Maybe you're sleeping too much.

I like to stay till the end too but always get pus...

2009-07-25T16:40:02.022+01:00

I like to stay till the end too but always get pushed out by whoever I am with. I used to go to movies alone when I was a lot younger and didn't have to pay the full adult admission. Then I could stay to the end and sneak into another cinema to watch another movie right to the end too. Sometimes they put something quite funny into the end credits. I don't rent movies or buy them so I only watch when they come on TV and there they tend to skip the end credits too. Often smushing them into some tiny square so they can start running ads around them. There is far too much push for ads these days. Kind of annoys me how ads are like the new god of this century. Plastered on our buses and every available surface outside it seems. What will future archeologists think of our culture? I wonder that sometimes.

Ken,I think credits are important. Here in Los Ang...

2008-07-09T05:15:00.000+01:00

Ken,
I think credits are important. Here in Los Angeles, most people stay until the end of the credits and they will applaud as if the people with the credits are in the cinema. Sometimes there are outtakes after the credits which are often better than the film.

I completely agree! I wish everyone would stay for...

2008-07-09T05:09:00.000+01:00

I completely agree! I wish everyone would stay for the end credits. I for one love reading them and listening to the music they picked to finish off the movie!

Hope you're having a great trip Ken!

I'm glad Fiendish spoke up. For a while there I th...

2008-07-08T22:54:00.000+01:00

I'm glad Fiendish spoke up. For a while there I thought I was the only person who nips on as soon as the credits start rolling.

Invariably I've consumed a large popcorn and carbonated beverage combination during the feature, and my need to go for a wizz is greater than my need to find out who the second assistant costume launderer was.

Hi Ken,I have awarded you the Arte Y Pico award at...

2008-07-08T10:18:00.000+01:00

Hi Ken,I have awarded you the Arte Y Pico award at my Gewgaw Writings Blog.

I know this is the second. You deserve the award, but you don't have to pass it on.

Cheers!

There was one time I stayed for the credits as hub...

2008-07-07T19:07:00.000+01:00

There was one time I stayed for the credits as hubby was one of the thousands of extras in two battle scenes...he he he...but I never read his name, of course...(naive)

Cheers and happy blogging.

The problem is nowadays that the credits on many f...

2008-07-07T18:27:00.000+01:00

The problem is nowadays that the credits on many films are never ending ... almost as long as the film ... they go on and on and on and acknowledge just about everyone. The Credits or Acknowledgements range from the actors right down to the girl or boy who goes out to buy a box of tissues!!
I think it's a sad state of affairs when so many people have to be acknowledged for just doing their job.

People are in such a rush to get out so they don't...

2008-07-07T18:19:00.000+01:00

People are in such a rush to get out so they don't get caught in a parking snarl. I, too, enjoy sitting and letting the music and credits wash over me. And sometimes you get a bonus scene at the end.

I love reading the people's names and the sometimes vague role that crew members have. But it's hard to read the screen with everyone rushing out of there.

JD at I Do Things

I'm sorry... who are you again?

2008-07-07T16:02:00.000+01:00

I'm sorry... who are you again?

There is something between relief and euphoria in ...

2008-07-07T15:18:00.000+01:00

There is something between relief and euphoria in learning I'm not the only one who stays to read. Fortunately, hubby learned a long time ago that I'm going to remain seated until the roman numerals for the year come into sight. That's fine with him...he hates crowds so having them out of the way suits him just fine. Besides, outtakes, especially from Jackie Chan, are often the best part.

And Dave King, I feel your pain! I watched a movie on t.v. the other night and wanted to see if I had actually spotted a young, chubby cheeked Robert Redford. I had...but I had to go to imdb to find out because as soon as the credits rolled, they were squished to one side of the screen so the channel could scream what program was coming up next!

Guess I'm just not in as much of a hurry as the rest of the world.

Sheesh!!Two bloody minutes before I lock up the ho...

2008-07-07T15:00:00.000+01:00

Sheesh!!

Two bloody minutes before I lock up the house and Fiendish starts a fight!!

That's why I luv ya!! :)

Enjoy the big 'O' - 'full report on my desk...

I don't stay for the credits.What is more, I hated...

2008-07-07T14:54:00.000+01:00

I don't stay for the credits.

What is more, I hated Spiderman 3 and I hate Snow Patrol too (commercia-rock at its most bland).

Nice post though :) I just thought I'd come on and shake things up a bit like.

Yes, especially if one wants to know the people wh...

2008-07-07T14:41:00.000+01:00

Yes, especially if one wants to know the people who had played major or minor roles in the production of the movie, etc.

Sometimes one notices a name or two whom she recognizes as a neighbor/s...lol..

But just like what Ken said, sometimes even before the last scene is done, the "cleaner" starts doing his task and one has no option but to leave...

Now we know what we all have in common...we are al...

2008-07-07T14:18:00.000+01:00

Now we know what we all have in common...we are all the people who stay till the end of the credits! Is it a genetic thing, do you think? Are we the don't-rush-us-people?

And if this is so then who ARE all the other non-credits-watchers? And what are they doing while we're doing all this keyboard-tapping?

x

I haven't been to a movie in a theater for years.....

2008-07-07T12:40:00.000+01:00

I haven't been to a movie in a theater for years...when I did go I didn't specifically stay for the credits...but I always wait until the theater or what ever venue I'm in clears out of the masses...it isn't fun to me to be squished in between people I don't know...

Cheers