june gloom on 11/8/2010 at 12:46
So yeah, I'm a sucker for a good TV show title sequence. There are so few really good ones that really give you an idea of what the show is about, or what to expect- most of it's just showing the actors and their names, maybe tacking on the word "and" before the last guy's name, then a "produced by" and that's it. Meh.
So here's my challenge to TTLG- find the best TV intros you've ever seen.
X-Files is one of the more memorable ones for most people I would assume, but my strongest impression of Millennium back in the day was its (
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fylS2x9JiVU) fascinatingly dark title sequence. To this day I wonder if the Silent Hill games (specifically, 2 and 3) don't draw at least a little influence from this.
Queue on 11/8/2010 at 13:02
The pilot for M*A*S*H...nothing can beat the building tension and chaotic order, as the mad scramble to get the incoming wounded triaged and into the O.R., that's portrayed in that initial opening sequence, all while the melancholic strings of 'Suicide Is Painless" drones on.
Perfection.
ilweran on 11/8/2010 at 13:11
Quote Posted by dethtoll
X-Files is one of the more memorable ones for most people I would assume, but my strongest impression of Millennium back in the day was its (
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fylS2x9JiVU) fascinatingly dark title sequence. To this day I wonder if the Silent Hill games (specifically, 2 and 3) don't draw at least a little influence from this.
I loved the original Millennium opening titles. Can't think of anything else that's come close.
addink on 11/8/2010 at 13:17
Sequence of Awesome: (
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYAe0qwg9Yw) Six Feet Under
For some reason I truly hate the (
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kP13bKxy8_I) Bones intro. The music is so ill fitting, as is the logo. And it doesn't help that the show isn't much write home about, it just lingered on and on, and the characters just stayed as flat as they started out, and it still hasn't been cancelled.
Tonamel on 11/8/2010 at 13:17
On the opposite end of the spectrum: Police Squad! (in color)
SubJeff on 11/8/2010 at 13:20
This is easily by far and away my favourite opening sequence. Yeah, visually boring but given the show concept (how they messed up this new re-imagining so bad I just don't know!) and your penchant for "dark" openings dethtoll this, this, is the one:
(
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GccknBnFfTk) V (1980s) - The Final Battle
As for modern sequences; True Blood's is the only one I've sat through for ages. I usually fast-forward title sequences but it's interesting enough to watch every time.
well 30 Rock's too but come on
Kolya on 11/8/2010 at 13:28
(
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dF6HIiWCh7k) Sledge Hammer
And this:
<embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3AmykynKhMw&hl=en_GB&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="480"/>
Vivian on 11/8/2010 at 13:30
(
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPaXZ5ow_q8) Heat Vision and Jack. Back when Jack Black was still reliably funny and Owen Wilson hadn't started turning into Mathew McConaughey on tranquilisers.
Matthew on 11/8/2010 at 13:38
Quote Posted by Vivian
Owen Wilson hadn't started turning into Mathew McConaughey on tranquilisers.
Oh Viv, that is the
best description of him I have ever heard.
I will have to think about awesome intros, but I will say that Eureka / A Town Called Eureka really needs a better one.
