Crowning title sequences of awesome

Thief13x on 13/8/2010 at 01:45

I think the (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uetgavq5tTw) Deadliest Catch intro is pretty damn awesome! Makes me wanna ride my motorcycle if nothing else.

ZylonBane on 13/8/2010 at 02:07

Quote Posted by Tonamel

In addition to (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jm_t3g4RhpY) Police Squad! (which I didn't have the time to find a link to earlier), the (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iF96BunNIw) Freakazoid intro is also one of my favorites.

But... Freakazoid is unmitigated focus-grouped punchline-by-committee shit.

Enchantermon on 13/8/2010 at 03:09

Quote Posted by ZylonBane

Oh yeah... the (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2TqcK_9ujw) Batman: The Animated Series intro.

Wow...I was surprised by how much of that I remember. Been a long time since I've seen that show.

The intros to (http://www.retrojunk.com/tv/videos/15-doug/444/#intro) Nickelodeon's Doug and (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5145Ia7cOdA) Disney's Doug were done well, I think. And the historic/futuristic overview in (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPn-lTytfGo) Enterprise's opening was pretty cool.

Renzatic on 13/8/2010 at 04:23

Quote Posted by Subjective Effect

What is this Rubicon?

AMCs newest show. It's got the acting, direction, decent writing, and some great cinematography. I just dunno if it has the story yet. Ask me again in 3 weeks, and I'll tell you what I think of it.

Scots Taffer on 13/8/2010 at 04:57

Reading the wiki, its list of influences alone makes me excited!

Downloading at the weekend!

PeeperStorm on 13/8/2010 at 05:04

This got me thinking of a few oldies:

(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WZW4groJro) Space 1999. Back then this was The Shit if you didn't care all that much for Star Trek's opening. Extra coolness came from the fact that the credits also contained preview shots from the epsiode itself.

(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Pb5WV1RnXQ) Mission Impossible. Just the music alone made you want to jump up and crawl through some air ducts to steal the bad guys' secrets. All that and episode previews too!

(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MrQYSNYLVc) Creature Features. A local show from the SF bay area and Sacramento. The opening left no room for doubt that you were going to be watching a schlock horror movie hosted by a nerd. Good times.

And then there's anime. I'll second Cowboy Bebop, but there's a few others:

(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hHKmiRwyBU) Higurashi no Naku Koro ni. You got your blood spattered kids licking off the blood, your kids with sharp implements, and your kids with full back tattoos. Completely appropriate for a show where the fatality rate exceeds 100%. By a lot. Very well done.

(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo55__6Bu3U) Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. (at 20:06) Manages awesomeness in spite of the somewhat cheesy 3D. Pretty much says "robots and hot cyborgs will kick ass here". Bonus points for a theme song in Russian, English and a little bit of Latin.

(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BMMAUNlNGw) Elfen Lied. My nominee for the prettiest opening in all of anime. The images are all adapted from works by painter Gustav Klimpt's "gold period", the lyrics (Latin again) are from various psalms.

Kolya on 13/8/2010 at 11:10

It's Gustav Klimt, not Klimpt. And mixing his works with naked anime chicks and a Latin soundtrack is an example of the superficial enthusiasm for European culture that's been prevalent in Anime since the 90s. Definitely needs more angles and crosses.

june gloom on 13/8/2010 at 20:59

That said, Elfin Lied is really good.

Sulphur on 13/8/2010 at 21:09

No mention of (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qjr2IzqalPo&feature=related) Star Trek: The Next Generation?

What kinds of geeks are you people?

ZylonBane on 13/8/2010 at 21:15

Pray tell, what exactly is "awesome" about a series of names appearing over a Windows screensaver?