This film critic sat through “The A-Team” waiting for an appearance by one of the original show’s cast members.
Nothing, even though the final credits listed two of the old show’s cast – Dirk Benedict and Dwight Schultz.
Either I blinked and missed them, or you need to watch the movie frame by frame to see them in action.
Turns out they did appear in a post-credits sequence. I simply left the theater once the movie wrapped.
My mistake … or is it?
These post-credit snippets can be fun – like the “Avengers” tip-off at the end of “Iron Man 2″ – I won’t spoil it by revealing more.
But studios should give audiences a heads up so they won’t miss these snippets. Frankly, sitting through the closing credits of every film is a chore, but I don’t mind if I know there’s something waiting for me.
So, in the interest of fairness, movies with goodies stuffed in at the end should give audiences a heads-up not to leave the theater. It’s the least they can do for charging us $10 a ticket.
(Photo: Audiences who buy a ticket to see “The A-Team” can see Dirk Benedict, the original “Face,” if they stick around through the movie’s end credits. Bradley Cooper, pictured here, co-stars as Face in the new feature.)
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I kind of like the surprise and personally wouldn’t want the head’s up. I can see why you would though. The cameos by the original Face and Murdock were a nice touch, sorry you missed them.
I loved the A Team movie. I am sure another won’t be made, but it was a fun movie to watch.
I think there should be some type of heads up, many credit rolls can last a very long time, it’d take only one time for me to sit through a 15 minute roll without a payoff to say screw it never again.
I like the way Pixar puts their stuff in at the end.
I knew of the A-Team’s little blip at the end, but the movie itself took away any enthusiasm I had for staying to see it.
It’s funny … when movie critics gather for a movie the talk is often about the running time of a given flick. The shorter, the better. It bespeaks a busy schedule often, but it’s still comical to hear folks who get paid to review movies bemoan a two-plus hour running time.
I’m juggling so much these days with work and blogs that I confess a shorter running time often makes me giddy.
So skedaddling a theater once the credits role is my M.O.
I totally disagree, Christian. An Easter Egg is only fun and worthwhile if you have to WORK for it. Those clips are placed at the end of the credits for a reason, and the reason is that they’re usually only for hardcore fans, and TELLING the entire audience that there there sort of defeats the purpose. If the movie producers genuinely wanted everyone seeing the film to see those clips, they’d put them elsewhere.