Voyager wins best opening title sequence of any Star Trek series

[Dream]

http://www.startrek.com/article/the-best-trek-opening-title-sequence-belongs-to

Was this the right call?

Ok, I admit it. I'm not really fan of VOY but the opening was pretty kickass.

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

I'd give it a tie with DS9. But since I have to go where my heart will take me if I voted I'd vote VOY.

 

[R. Star]

Opinions are fickle things and invariably at least to some extent are a reflection of general opinion of the series.

I do wonder if the support for the VOY theme was because of the music itself or the random CGI scenes while it played.

 

[Admiral_Sisko]

It's a good opening. I like Deep Space 9 and Voyager the best, followed by The Original Series.

 

[Greg Cox]

I can see this. I have my issues with Voyager, but that credit sequence was stunning.

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

Enterprise beat DS9 and TOS!!

It's funny how opinions differ outside of Trekbbs. I often get surprised by RL fans because I've read the same opinions here over and over and come to think of them as something monolithic.

 

[Dream]

Enterprise beat DS9 and TOS!!

It's funny how opinions differ outside of Trekbbs. I often get surprised by RL fans because I've read the same opinions here over and over and come to think of them as something monolithic.

You make it sound like ENT slaughtered DS9 in the poll! It only beat it by 1%!

I'm frankly a little shocked that TOS came in dead last. I'm not really fan of that opening, but I thought the iconic status of it would at least put it someone in the middle in terms of popularity.

 

[The Wormhole]

Yeah, whatever else one might say about Voyager, it does have a pretty damn good title sequence.

Surprised TNG did so well, its title sequence is basically just the actors' names with a few fly-by shots of the Enterprise.

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

Enterprise beat DS9 and TOS!!

It's funny how opinions differ outside of Trekbbs. I often get surprised by RL fans because I've read the same opinions here over and over and come to think of them as something monolithic.

You make it sound like ENT slaughtered DS9 in the poll! It only beat it by 1%! .

Did two exclamation points equal a slaughter?

 

[Dream]

Surprised TNG did so well, its title sequence is basically just the actors' names with a few fly-by shots of the Enterprise.

It's the awesome Patrick Stewart as Picard narration in the opening credits.

The voice over with the three Enterprise captains in the series finale of ENT was the only good thing about it.

 

[Dream]

Did two exclamation points equal a slaughter?

I did a double take when I read your post. I had to comment on it since I really liked the DS9 opening.

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

I'm surprised ENT was up there, I would have thought (from too long immersion in this BBS) that it would be far below all others.

 

[R. Star]

Enterprise beat DS9 and TOS!!

It's funny how opinions differ outside of Trekbbs. I often get surprised by RL fans because I've read the same opinions here over and over and come to think of them as something monolithic.

You make it sound like ENT slaughtered DS9 in the poll! It only beat it by 1%!

I'm frankly a little shocked that TOS came in dead last. I'm not really fan of that opening, but I thought the iconic status of it would at least put it someone in the middle in terms of popularity.

Well I liked ENT's theme best of all of them. I'd say VOY's second best, TNG/DS9 in the middle of the pack and TOS is last.

This is very nearly completely the opposite order in the esteem as I hold each series. I'm not going to decide if a show is great or not from a two minute opening theme. That's literally judging a book by it's cover.

 

[MacLeod]

Well to be fair VOY did have a good title sequence.

 

[-Brett-]

Voyager didn't do much right, but I can't complain about the title sequence.

 

[trekkiebaggio]

Yeah Voyager's title sequence was awesome.

And for all the hate ENT gets, the images in the title sequence were awesome. I know the song gets a lot of hate, but seeing the history of the various Enterprises was pretty cool.

 

[Forbin]

Personally I'm bored to tears by both DS9 and V'ger's lethargic, self-important orchestrations. DS9's visuals are dull and repetitive. V'ger's visuals are nice but full of scientific flaws (that ice ring would have to be perfectly smooth and nearly solid to reflect the ship).

TNG's opening is, IMHO, the nicest, the original showing a symbolic cruise outward through our own solar system and into interstellar space, all in one very clever, unbroken take. Then they ruin it by blasting that damn, bombastic nautical theme stolen from TMP. TNG basically doesn't have its own theme, it uses the TOS theme to start, then the TMP theme to finish. But the visuals are nice.

I still don't think anybody has beaten the original, though. I nice simple bosanova with the credits flashing by.

The less said about the Enterprise opening the better. OY!

Just one man's opinion.

 

[The Wormhole]

DS9's visuals are dull and repetitive.

For the first three seasons, yes. But I thought the title sequence from seasons 4-7 showing activity around the station was quite nice.

 

[sonak]

great title sequence-good visually, and good musically.

 

[EmperorTiberius]

I didn't like the Voyager's music, good visuals though, especially planetary rings. As for DS9, I liked the music but the visuals were just so-so. I don't mind Enterprise sequence at all, it's pretty good. But TNG with Picard narrating, fantastic music, and Enterprise visuals take number 1 spot for me. The only weakness are planet visual effects which could have been better, but I guess they were OK for the 80s.