10 Comic-Book Movie Post-Credits Scenes That Weren't Worth Waiting For
8. The Silver Surfer Lives! (Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer)
Most people won't have expected Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer to have a post-credits scene - since it was released in 2007, before the craze truly began - but it did have a brief one, which teased a sequel that ultimately never saw the light of day.
One of the worst parts of the film was the fact that grand, cosmic villain Galactus was reduced to a giant dark cloud, but maybe the post-credits scene would make up for that? Maybe it would reveal that Galactus wasn't just a massive swirl of death, and that the real, humanoid version was still out there somewhere?
Well, screw that, said 20th Century Fox. The scene that we did get featured the movie's other antagonist, The Silver Surfer - who died at the end of the actual movie - floating through space, before his eye suddenly opens.
But... why? The Silver Surfer's change from initially being a villain to heroically sacrificing himself to save planet Earth provided a satisfying end to his story. Attempting to resurrect him just undercuts that sacrifice, making it seem like a triviality rather than the important, selfless act that it was.
This also seems like exactly the type of moment that would appear at the end of a movie before a cut to black, and not something you make people wait until the end of the credits for.
Not only did it fail to deliver anything truly memorable, like a look at the real Galactus (when do you ever hear people mention how awesome this scene was? You don't - it didn't resonate), but it ruined the single best character arc in the movie.