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Which title sequence was better?

Which title sequence was better?

  • Seasons 1 & 2

    Votes: 9 42.9%
  • Seasons 3 to 7

    Votes: 12 57.1%

  • Total voters
    21

Lance Warren Baylis

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TNG had two title credits: Season 1 and 2 had a "journey out of the sol system", whereas 3 through 7 have a different tact with a few space nebulae and some alien planets.

The first one is my pick, I love the concept and I have issues with the S3 to 7 one (that odd little blip when it pans across to the Enterprise and the join is obvious, a mistake faithfully ported and made even more obvious in the HD version). But what say you? :)
 
(that odd little blip when it pans across to the Enterprise and the join is obvious, a mistake faithfully ported and made even more obvious in the HD version)
It's still in the HD version because it's not a mistake. It's the third shot in the sequence where it transitions from one location to another.
 
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It's still in the HD version because it's not a mistake. It's the third shot in the sequence where it transitions from one location to another.
I'm very aware of that :lol: But it's a transition that produces a weird visual anomaly that sticks out like a sore thumb. No such problem exists at any point in the S1/2 sequence, and one wonders if they couldn't have found a way to do the shot without the starfield getting squashed up like it does. (Certainly one imagines 21st century technology could do it, even though retaining the dodgy transition effect is obviously 'purer').

Like I say I love the visuals in the S3-7 sequence but that bad transition effect just bugs me and takes me out of it IMO. Other people's milage may vary. ;)
 
I like the newer one better, I so much more prefer the sounds, and the visuals too just look nicer to me. Maybe it's the color? I also really don't like the "loopi-loop" thing from season 1's title song, if you know what I mean? I was so glad they changed that.
 
I was actually disappointed that we only got two intro sequences! Part of the excitement of looking forward to a new TV season in the 80s (and before) was the new intro. It made it easier to tell right away (in repeats) when the show was from. TNG was one of the first shows to NOT change the intro year after year.

Actually, now that I think about it, there is a third intro. It's the one from season 5 (? I think) to commemorate the 25 anniversary. The words have a streamer effect.
 
Lest not forget the Season 5 title sequence with the 'Superman Movie' like streamers coming off the title.They ditched that pretty fast, in Season 6 and 7 it was gone. Not sure what they were thinking there.
 
Lest not forget the Season 5 title sequence with the 'Superman Movie' like streamers coming off the title.They ditched that pretty fast, in Season 6 and 7 it was gone. Not sure what they were thinking there.

I mentioned this a few posts ago:

Actually, now that I think about it, there is a third intro. It's the one from season 5 (? I think) to commemorate the 25 anniversary. The words have a streamer effect.
 
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