I didn't know IMDB was a British site originally. I knew they have an office in Bristol, they've occasionally advertised jobs there (and I notice are again), but they are 'Inc' and an Amazon company so I assumed they were American. I've just read their history, fascinating (started as a load of Unix and Usenet geeks, yay!). Definitely one of the most useful sites on the Intarwebz.
Not that knowing who the director etc. is has changed my watching much. I remember shocking Minstrel when I said that I didn't know (or much care) who the director and producer of movies were, much the same as I rarely know who the editors of books are -- they are essential people, but not ones about whom I would normally say "X was editor/director so I'll buy the book/movie" (there are exceptions with both, but only a few). I use IMDB and the credits more for "I know that face, where else have I seen them?" (or "hold on, wasn't that $character?"), and occasionally to find who wrote the music or did the effects.
The DVDs of series I've watched all seem to have the credits at least once per disc, including recent ones like Fringe (full credits and outgoing music on each episode on that one at least; OK, I skip them most of the time just as I do the leading credits, because I know them, but they are there). So have the films I've watched on DVD.
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Not that knowing who the director etc. is has changed my watching much. I remember shocking Minstrel when I said that I didn't know (or much care) who the director and producer of movies were, much the same as I rarely know who the editors of books are -- they are essential people, but not ones about whom I would normally say "X was editor/director so I'll buy the book/movie" (there are exceptions with both, but only a few). I use IMDB and the credits more for "I know that face, where else have I seen them?" (or "hold on, wasn't that $character?"), and occasionally to find who wrote the music or did the effects.
The DVDs of series I've watched all seem to have the credits at least once per disc, including recent ones like Fringe (full credits and outgoing music on each episode on that one at least; OK, I skip them most of the time just as I do the leading credits, because I know them, but they are there). So have the films I've watched on DVD.