• Welcome! The TrekBBS is the number one place to chat about Star Trek with like-minded fans.
    If you are not already a member then please register an account and join in the discussion!

Great opening sequence

M

magarity

Lieutenant Junior Grade
Red Shirt
So over in the forum for Enterprise the opening sequence is regularly bashed and defended so I'm curious in general, what's your favorite TV opening sequence? The one that best captures the essense of, and sets the mood for the show? And I mean the whole of it; not "the song was great but the imagery was dumb" or vice versa.

I have to say "Sledge Hammer" or "Stargate Atlantis" get my vote for most appropriate opening to show relationship.
 
Stargate: SG1, Magnum, PI, PBS' Mystery, Deadwood, Dexter, Robot Chicken and The Simpsons are some to come immediately to mind.
 
M*A*S*H has a very powerful intro, and it sets the mood very effectively. It's not entirely Representative of the show (at least in the earlier more comedic seasons) but I don't think it was inappropriate.

I also think those Mission Impossible montage intros were really slick.
 
Currently: Game of Thrones. I love that intro to bits.

Also: I liked the Enterprise-intro, B5 of course (esp seasons 3 and 4), Beauty and the Beast (the 1980's version), SG-1 (the syndication-version with the clips), MacGyver
 
I agree on the Sledge Hammer opening. The X-Files was another one where I thought the music and visuals went together perfectly with the tone of the show.
 
Loved the nuBSG opening credits that included clips from the upcoming episode.
 
B5, seasons 3 and 5
Buffy
Angel
Firefly
Space: 1999
Mission: Impossible
Hawaii 5-0
Cowboy Bebop
Ghost in the Shell (both seasons)
The Addams Family
Gilligan's Island
The Jetsons
The Avengers (Steed and Emma)
Mannix

Lots more I can't think of right now.
 
"Six Feet Under" and "True Blood" both have very artistic opening credit sequences, and they're great on their own terms, but I'm not entirely sure whether I'd call them representative of their series.
 
Jonny Quest
Mighty Max
G.I.Joe: A Real American Hero
Stargate SG1
Battlestar Galactica TOS
Twilight Zone
Wonder Woman
The Six Million Dollar Man
Seven Days
Police Squad! (IN COLOR)
JAG
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
DALLAS
 
I really love the opening for Dexter. It's a great demonstration of how twisted ordinary things can look if you simply choose to see them that way, and how someone like Dexter sees the world all the time.
 
In the City of Angels, under cover of Night
People are drowning in a sea of light...
The devil's holding your life on the line -
Angels are calling, praying for time!
Something's got to give - something's got to break -
Before it's too late - before it's too late!
AFTER THE SUN GOES DOWN...


di-QT7X.jpg


Awesomeness. :techman:


Can't forget Walker, Texas Ranger or Early Edition (particularly Gary's narration, though "Time Has Come Today" was excellent also)... I love how the Boston Legal intro bleeds in and out of the episodes' reality... Louie is great... TNG is classic (just recently discovered you can actually see people walking inside the ship during the final fly-by)... The Pacific's theme is heartbreaking, with beautiful visuals... Sledge Hammer! is indeed topping...
 
I love the ballad of Firefly. It sets the tone of the show, blends sci-fi and western, and is catchy as hell.
 
Top 10 opening credit sequences:

Battlestar Galactica
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Dexter
ER
Fringe
Game of Thrones
House, M.D.
Star Trek: Voyager
Stargate Atlantis
The Walking Dead
 
Since nobody's mentioned it yet:

Rome had a spectacular opening. Ancient graffiti come to garish life. Set the tone for the series rather well.
 
EnderAKH said:
I love the ballad of Firefly. It sets the tone of the show, blends sci-fi and western, and is catchy as hell.
Click to expand...
Agreed, but I find the visuals annoying as heck - way too much cutesy super-shiny names! animation and garish colors. I grayscaled the sequence just for kicks once, and found the resulting subtler visuals a big improvement.



Kegg said:
Since nobody's mentioned it yet:

Rome had a spectacular opening. Ancient graffiti come to garish life. Set the tone for the series rather well.
Click to expand...
A great concept, yes, but every time I see it I can't help but be irked at how darn dramped the visuals are. I assume that's intentional; to box you in for two minutes at the start so that the actual outside scenes are all the more impressive.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
If you are not already a member then please register an account and join in the discussion!

Sign up / Register


Back
Top