Cutscenes : to skip or not to skip?

I've played a fair few games in my many years  and one of my biggest gripes is not being able to skip cutscenes and/or credits in games.  I can understand that cutscenes are often integral to the game but there's nothing worse than being forced to watch unnecessary longwinded cutscenes......oh yes there is!  Being forced to watch them again when you replay the game!

I've just completed Super Mario Galaxy (see my previous post) and had thought about playing the game through as Luigi which you can do once you have got all of the 120 stars available.  But I've only made it through 2 levels so far and I am already tearing my hair out because despite you only being able to play this game once you have played the whole thing through to completion, the game is insisting that I re-watch every miserable cut scene and instructions on how to play the game!


It drives me UP THE WALL if I can't skip cutscenes when I want to.

Why force me to re-watch scenes I've already seen?

Mind you, cutscenes are often more bearable than the overly long credits we're forced to endure on completion of a game.  Most of the time you can just shut the game off and be done with it but with SMG, you get the credits and a huge end-cut scene when you have completed the "Center of the Universe level"  BTW, the spelling of Center is not mine :)

This is not the end of the game as such and after you do get that elusive last star, if you want to play through as Luigi, you have to not only replay that level after the last star, but you then have to endure a lengthy end-scene for the SECOND TIME and about 5 mins of credits for the SECOND TIME.

Excuse me while I just scream with frustration and annoyance!

ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Not that any game companies are ever going to see this, but please please please could you all give us the option to skip cutscenes and credits if we want to?  Thanks :)