Ben Lindbergh

Or just, you know, sometimes they experiment visually too.

Like the credits are kind of paper craft, almost Paper Mario style.

And sometimes there's just direct 8-bit.

This is NES, this is SNES.

I wonder whether that's just an homage or is that to save some money on the budget maybe.

But, you know, there are times where they get inventive like that.

And yes, maybe it's also an Easter egg in itself, but it's also...

something a little new and different.

And maybe we can, just before the end here, segue to a little bit more spoiler territory.

Though, again, I think it says something about the movie that most of what would constitute a spoiler in my mind is just who's in it and who's not.

What are the cameos?

More so than the actual plot points and story developments.

But I read a study that was published earlier this month

by researchers at the University of Kansas, and much love to all the academics out there, but this, I think, fits squarely into the category of, did we need to study this?

Did this really require research?

I'll read you the synopsis here.

New research from the University of Kansas has found that people with strong connections to a character or story were more likely to spot Easter eggs

And when they did, it not only heightened their enjoyment, but they were more likely to engage in fan behavior, such as posting about the experience online or rewatching.

So groundbreaking stuff here from the University of Kansas.

If you are a fan, you have strong connections to a character or story.