ST TFA End Credits

Given that movie studios and sequels generally follow some kind of million monkeys with typewriters model, whatever can happen eventually will happen.

 

I am one of those oddballs that likes to watch the credits because I believe hard-working people should be given their due. Yes, I know it makes no sense at all. I find that blooper reels or credits that are too gimmicky distract from being able to read peoples' names, and they deserve that short moment of recognition.

 

So do you think any kind of epilogue or story element in the end credits is inappropriate because it detracts from recognizing the hard work of the cast and crew, etc?

 

Jabbadabbado, I guess my point about saga cohesion and the consistent role of the end credits as a reflective reminder of both what the film is and what it's a part of just doesn't matter to you, then? I mean...they are having a new anthology film every other year, for crying out loud. Why lopside the saga, when you can just experiment on the anthology films? TFA is one small part of a larger whole which has already established formal norms. It would be like having an airplane with the left wing of a landplane and the right wing of an amphibian plane. It just looks awkward and stupid, and probably wouldn't fly as well, either.

EXACTLY, because that's the full, detailed argument people are giving in favor of keep the current style: "It's bad 'cause it's different". You should open up a straw man factory, CA.

 

If there's an end credits scene with Poe, Rey and Finn eating chicken shawarma I'm going to lose it.

 

Darth_Articulate, I love your new analogy, but I think it's like upgrading the wings of a creaky old passenger jet with little winglets to improve fuel efficiency. It may have only a marginal impact on performance, but it signals to investors an intent to continue upgrading the fleet, and over time these small incremental improvements will add up.

 

As long as you put the winglets on both sides. If you are going to "improve" the credits style of Ep. 7, then you should change the credit styles of 1-6 to match. Personally I don't think the style needs improvement, but cohesion is important. Change one, change'em all.

 

or the PT and OT has a distinctive style and the ST has its own distinctive credit style maybe extending into a second trilogy.

Divide them up into hexilogies, or whatever that word might be.

 

I wouldn't actually have a problem with that if TFA is, in fact, the first of another six part series. However, in that case, John Williams will likely not be around to score the later episodes, so according to you, those wouldn't be Star Wars movies, and once again our cohesion is screwed up!

 

it's a sad thought.

 

Saw a trailer for Mission Impossible with the Blackhawks game in Tampa. Given that movie is less than 2 months out and Kramer is still in radio silence on his site, I'm convinced now that he's working on the Mission Impossible credits and/or titles. Doesn't mean he's not involved with Star Wars, but Mission Impossible makes the most sense for what's happening right now.

 

Unless they specifically mention chicken shawarma in the dialogue shortly before the end of the movie, I don't think you have anything to worry about.

 

They won't mention the word chicken in SW, you have nothing to worry about.

Wampa shawarma though....

 

My second guess about Andrew was that he was working on the Mission Impossible credit sequence, but that turned out not to be the case. After a multi-month absence, he's posted this on his site:

later he says he'll be done in about a month...

so, confirmation that he's

1) working on a movie and
2) working for Bad Robot and
3) "dream come true."

sound like Star Wars in any event, even if it's not a new end credit sequence a la the end of Star Trek Into Darkness.

 

Could be Rogue One.

 

little soon for that I'm guessing. Kramer would be a post production type.

 

I still don't believe it's for TFA end credits. If it is, it'll be the first staggering bad decision they've made so far, IMHO.

 

I'd love to see something new, but odds are, you're right. Question is, what is this credit sequence specialist doing if not that? Bad Robot hasn't ever used Kramer for anything else but that as far as I know.

 

I hope it stays the same for the ST moves. Go wild with the other movies.
Just close your eyes and listen to the music.

 

You don't want the rollicking John Williams score to fade for a moment for little on set bloopers? Daisy accidentally knocking BB-8's head off its magnets. Gwendoline bumping into things and saying "I can't see a damn thing in this."

 

I really don't see them changing the style of the end credits. If they do, I doubt the change will be drastic.

 

Maybe an in-universe display of some kind?

 

i dunno. Is that the kind of thing you'd look outside ILM to get accomplished?

 

Perhaps it's for the intermission.

 

I am also one of these freaky people who will randomly pick a name out of the credits and then spend a good few minutes googling/IMDB searching them.