Though it did exist, Iron Man 1 has set a standard that is pissing theater staff off so much because now every Superhero movie that is in theaters (if not all movies) people are going to be sitting around waiting for Nick Fury or something to be at the end of a movie. Now I don't work at a movie theater so I say, keep it coming, I love post credit scenes!
But it makes me wonder what the future for DC movies is going to be . To a lot of people's disappointment, there was no post credit scene at the end of the Man of Steel alluding to the Justice League or alluding to the next movie.
Although I wanted to see a teaser of the next movie in Man of Steel, I understand why they didn't do a post credit scene. Kal-El is in his very early years as Superman. He's only starting his journey as the savior of Earth and in his mind, he has no idea that Batman exists, or the Green Lantern, or Aqua Man and Atlantis
Totally off topic, I want Aqua Man in the Justice League movie. I know the rumors say its only going to be Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman, Green Lantern and Flash, but I want Aqua Man in on this. Play Injustice, You'll see why.
Back on topic, Kal-El is just getting used to being Superman, the idea of a Justice League has not been conceived in anybody's mind yet.
There are other reasons, Warner Brothers wanted to see how Man of Steel did in the box office, they wanted to see if they'd have the green light from the audiences to make a sequel. And they most definitely did.
But I have to imagine that Warner Brothers were pretty sure that Man of Steel was going to be a success because they know that fans want a Justice League movie more than anything right now... So if they were confident with it, why not give a teaser to the next movie in a post credit scene?
And then I realized, what if they did?
Remember this?
And This?
What if these hints were the teaser for the next movie? You may think, well that's kind of lame and very small but give it some thought.
Marvel already has capitalized on the post credit scene. The obvious choice for Warner Brothers would be to do as Marvel does and make their own post credit scenes. But maybe Warner Brothers wants to make their own unique kind of teaser. A little bit of a Where's Waldo kind of teaser. Enough to give you an idea of what elements are going to appear in the next movie but not enough to give you an indication of what its going to be about.
It's similar to how at the end of Iron Man 2, they showed Coulson finding the hammer of Thor, pointing at what the next movie would be.
Now of course this theory only works if Lex Luthor is in the next movie. But if he is, this may create way that DC sets itself apart from Marvel.
Let's face the facts, DC wouldn't be putting so much force forward into a Justice League movie if the Avengers hadn't come out or had not been such a great success. DC doesn't need to prove that Superheroes in different movies can share a universe, it needs to improve on it, which can be even harder. This may be the one thing they have over Marvel, instead of something as blatantly obvious as a post credit scene, DC may be challenging the viewers to a game of Where's Waldo. If you figure it out, you can get even more excited for the next movie.
Of course, I love post credit scenes. If DC decides to go in that direction, I will be very very happy. But the Where's Waldo game makes me kind of give a thumbs up of approval for DC trying to do something different.
What do you think? Are you a fan of the post credit scene? What is your favorite post credit scene? Comment below, I want to here your thoughts on this.
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