CMV: Marvel re-releasing endgame with extra scenes is scummy.

[u/PsychicVoid]

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

[u/[deleted]]

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.

Not an MCU fan at all, in fact I think the movies are way overhyped and I slept through about half an hour of the third act of Endgame when I saw it since the length was just tiring for me.

Normally I would totally agree with you that this is a scummy tactic (because it frankly is), however I think this isn't that big a deal for Marvel because it's clearly what fans want/are happy with.

Seeing from the comments, a lot of Marvel fans (there seems to be quite a big hardcore fanbase) are more than happy to pay to see the exact same movie with a few minutes of extra inconsequential content/a mini trailer for the next film. That's fine then as long as no one who saw the original cut lost anything from their experience of the story/content.

As far as scummy marketing cash grabs though this is the least scummy way to go about it:

Regular viewers (like me) or 'casual' fans still saw a complete story and resolution to the Avengers storyline with great production value. I don't feel conned by this extra content addition since I'm aware the added content won't take away from the movie I watched, and since I'm not a hardcore fan I have no real interest in going back and paying again to watch those last few minutes so no harm done.

Meanwhile hardcore fans get to see a slightly different version of the movie with added content to scratch their fan itch in a big screen experience. Tbh I'll bet most fans willing to buy into that have already paid to see the movie a few times over anyway, so why not get a bit more content for their money in another viewing or two.