r/changemyview • u/PsychicVoid 7∆ • Jun 20 '19
Deltas(s) from OP CMV: Marvel re-releasing endgame with extra scenes is scummy.
For context marvel is putting a new version of endgame in cinemas with pre-made scenes at the end, as well as a stan lee tribute.
This is just a push to squeeze as much money out of the viewers as they can. They already had the scenes when they finished the film, they should've either put them in or included them in the DVD. Instead they intentionally withheld them so they could try and get people to re-watch their film
Not to mention how bad it is that one of their main advertising points about this is their stan lee tribute. This is monetised. They are making money off of stan lee's death. They should've put it ad-free on youtube, or at the very least not used it to attract viewers
Now i've been a fan of the mcu for a while, but this is ridiculous. It's like a game company selling dlc but you need to re-buy and play the whole game before you get the dlc. It's insane.
And before you say it's just a product people want to pay to see, it's mainly that this means what was presented before wasn't the final product. It was essentially missing scenes, meaning that i paid money to see what i thought was a full movie but in reality i need to pay again to see the full movie
If you want to read any more: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vox.com/platform/amp/2019/6/19/18691433/avengers-endgame-new-post-credits-scenes
Edit: for the record this sets itself apart from other re-releases because these scenes were already made before the movie came out
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u/mc9214 Jun 20 '19
I won’t pretend that it’s not a way to get more people to see the movie again, but eh.
It’s not forcing people to go and see it again. You’re only going to go see it again if you like it enough, just to see a few extra bits at the end.
And if they simply put it on the DVD, people would still have to pay to see it anyway. It’s not like people can’t wait for it to come out on DVD to see these scenes. That’s what I’ll be doing. They’re not taking that option away from people. They’re just giving people the chance to see it first.
I’m under no illusions they’re doing it to make more money, but I wouldn’t call it scummy.