Intros you just can't skip
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I'm seeing a bit of an anime trend from this thread... makes me wish I could watch more!
If game intros are fair game then I always liked the Custom Robo Gamecube opening, even if it really over-dramatized the things you could do in the game:
If game intros are fair game then I always liked the Custom Robo Gamecube opening, even if it really over-dramatized the things you could do in the game:
Of late, I've found Left 4 Dead 2 to also have an awesome opener:
One stands out in my mind as miles above the rest. I usually don't skip intros, but I actively look forward to this.
Those drums. God damn, those drums...
Those drums. God damn, those drums...
Meh, I'm lazy so fuck videos.
Game of Thrones, Baccano!, Durarara!!, Evangelion, the first intro for Fullmetal Alchemist, Doctor Who, Firefly, the PSone version of Chrono Trigger, the DS versions of FFIII and FFIV, what did I miss...
Also LoadingReadyRun and Feed Dump are the only escapist videos whose openings I'll watch anymore. Seriously, MovieBob? 17 seconds of a single screen of text? For what purpose?
EDIT: Meh fuck it, have some clips.
Game of Thrones, Baccano!, Durarara!!, Evangelion, the first intro for Fullmetal Alchemist, Doctor Who, Firefly, the PSone version of Chrono Trigger, the DS versions of FFIII and FFIV, what did I miss...
Also LoadingReadyRun and Feed Dump are the only escapist videos whose openings I'll watch anymore. Seriously, MovieBob? 17 seconds of a single screen of text? For what purpose?
EDIT: Meh fuck it, have some clips.
Chaosian said:
Nice you both actually beat me to the punch very good choices. Personally there are a lot of intro out there that I absolutely love but I think more people need to go get their friends!!!!!Chaosian said:
Here are some other great intros as well
Erm, excuse the overdose of anime in this thread, but we need to get this shit back on track!
And this alternate version of Voyager is great too.
On the animation front, this one's a particular favorite of mine.
Techno Beethoven. TECHNO. BEETHOVEN.
And this alternate version of Voyager is great too.
On the animation front, this one's a particular favorite of mine.
Techno Beethoven. TECHNO. BEETHOVEN.
Personally I can skip pretty much anything, but being bothered - or even able to - depends on whether I'm watching it on TV, the computer, or some other medium, and if it's easy or even possible to skip the thing.
A lot of my watching of actual series of scripted shows or cartoons recently has been with DVD box sets, and for most of them the makers have been kind enough to put a chapter mark between the end of the intro and the start of the actual content (and in some cases you can skip the recap too), though in one particular case I did end up having to get quite familiar with my DVD player's "seek by time" function, and the 8x fast forward for another.
If it's on TV, or streaming media, usually either you can't skip (naturally), or it's so unreliable or prompts such a loading delay it's just not worth it... maybe I'll go grab a drink instead. VHS or VCD, well, YMMV depending on the hardware. My own isn't too bad for it...
However...
Even my very favourites - works of brilliance like Cowboy Bebop, or nostalgia bombs like Mysterious Cities of Gold and Dogtanian - I have to skip after about episode 2 or 3, and not watch again until the final episode, which gets given the full reverence. They're just too long, and in some cases, as I live in an apartment block without very good soundproofing, may lead to my neighbours either getting annoyed and/or thinking I'm a lunatic (they may be right, but I don't want them THINKING that). Just think about how much time you're going to end up watching that same repetitive sequence over the course of a 26 or 39 episode series (heck, the 13-ep Eden Of The East was bad enough, I skipped it about half the time). The 90-second ones aren't SO bad, you're only going to blow about 45 minutes all-in, but some of the examples given here are THREE OR FOUR MINUTES LONG. Good God! You shouldn't spend as much time over a whole season's run watching the intro/outro as would be taken up by a full episode (or two, or three). That's just insane.
(In some cases, the intro themes were even released as singles (Nadia of Blue Water, The Raccoons)... and the longer ones didn't even need to be extended). If it's being shown on TV once a week, that's not so bad... two or three a night when ploughing through a show on disc, it's just too much, no matter how good it is.
The Evangelion outros get a free pass though, simply because of how often they changed the music...
A lot of my watching of actual series of scripted shows or cartoons recently has been with DVD box sets, and for most of them the makers have been kind enough to put a chapter mark between the end of the intro and the start of the actual content (and in some cases you can skip the recap too), though in one particular case I did end up having to get quite familiar with my DVD player's "seek by time" function, and the 8x fast forward for another.
If it's on TV, or streaming media, usually either you can't skip (naturally), or it's so unreliable or prompts such a loading delay it's just not worth it... maybe I'll go grab a drink instead. VHS or VCD, well, YMMV depending on the hardware. My own isn't too bad for it...
However...
SomeLameStuff said:
...ones like those, I tend to let run (though I'm yet to actually watch much of either show 9_9). Notice the connection? Yep, the theme tunes are either pretty mainstream in terms of music, or missing altogether, and they're less than a minute long - in the case of Megas XLR, barely more than 30 seconds (similarly, the powerpuff girls and other such short-episode Cartoon Network things)Popadoo said:
Even my very favourites - works of brilliance like Cowboy Bebop, or nostalgia bombs like Mysterious Cities of Gold and Dogtanian - I have to skip after about episode 2 or 3, and not watch again until the final episode, which gets given the full reverence. They're just too long, and in some cases, as I live in an apartment block without very good soundproofing, may lead to my neighbours either getting annoyed and/or thinking I'm a lunatic (they may be right, but I don't want them THINKING that). Just think about how much time you're going to end up watching that same repetitive sequence over the course of a 26 or 39 episode series (heck, the 13-ep Eden Of The East was bad enough, I skipped it about half the time). The 90-second ones aren't SO bad, you're only going to blow about 45 minutes all-in, but some of the examples given here are THREE OR FOUR MINUTES LONG. Good God! You shouldn't spend as much time over a whole season's run watching the intro/outro as would be taken up by a full episode (or two, or three). That's just insane.
(In some cases, the intro themes were even released as singles (Nadia of Blue Water, The Raccoons)... and the longer ones didn't even need to be extended). If it's being shown on TV once a week, that's not so bad... two or three a night when ploughing through a show on disc, it's just too much, no matter how good it is.
The Evangelion outros get a free pass though, simply because of how often they changed the music...
