Tv Openings/Movie Intros That Really Stand Out
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**EDIT** Since this is perhaps restricted in some territories, it's the opening sequence for the anime Paranoia Agent. If you can track it down in your area, check it out, well worth a look.
This one has always stood out for me. It's this amazing blend of what SOUNDS like a really cheerful and upbeat, but....really isn't on a lot of levels. Plus the imagery, again, at first, seems really uplifting...until the frame starts panning out, and you start taking into account the little details in the shots. Each person's surroundings, how they're all just laughing....and laughing....and laughing. It's this fantastic contradiction, that encapsulates the mad tone of the show. Sadly the finale of the show totally shit the bed, in typical insane japanese anime fashion, but the first half or so, really solid, creepy, X-Files kind of bizarre. Plus I also just really enjoy the song. Fast drums, high vocals, long notes held to touch the sky, that's my kind of stuff.
This one has always stood out for me. It's this amazing blend of what SOUNDS like a really cheerful and upbeat, but....really isn't on a lot of levels. Plus the imagery, again, at first, seems really uplifting...until the frame starts panning out, and you start taking into account the little details in the shots. Each person's surroundings, how they're all just laughing....and laughing....and laughing. It's this fantastic contradiction, that encapsulates the mad tone of the show. Sadly the finale of the show totally shit the bed, in typical insane japanese anime fashion, but the first half or so, really solid, creepy, X-Files kind of bizarre. Plus I also just really enjoy the song. Fast drums, high vocals, long notes held to touch the sky, that's my kind of stuff.
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Farscape Season 3 opening.
Over the Seasons of Farscape the opening evolved slowly but I think Season 3 is the best incarnation because of how it's his original messages as such but now with more of sort of his inner monologue about how things have evolved in his view as she sees the escaped prisoners as friends etc.
Also
UFO
Also worth bringing up
The Tomorrow People
For those who don't know the Tomorrow people it was UK tv channel ITV's attempt at an answer to competing with BBC's Doctor Who aiming at the same kind of audience so kids / family but that into I mean it's so bizarre it has to be brought up in a list of memorable show intros.
Over the Seasons of Farscape the opening evolved slowly but I think Season 3 is the best incarnation because of how it's his original messages as such but now with more of sort of his inner monologue about how things have evolved in his view as she sees the escaped prisoners as friends etc.
Also
UFO
Also worth bringing up
The Tomorrow People
For those who don't know the Tomorrow people it was UK tv channel ITV's attempt at an answer to competing with BBC's Doctor Who aiming at the same kind of audience so kids / family but that into I mean it's so bizarre it has to be brought up in a list of memorable show intros.
Huh, that's lame. Well, it's the opening to Paranoia Agent , if you can find that in your territory.Video not available bro
I really liked the openings for Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. The artists and animators went all-in on them, and not only do they just look and sound good, but they rarely waste a shot, with almost everything in them either foreshadowing or otherwise reflecting the story.
I mean the third opening bookends with Ed frustratedly slamming his fist into a field of flowers which - considering his injuries in his shot - attentive viewers will understand to be reflective of his frustration - immediately post-Gluttony - at having his goal right in front of him but being unable to do anything about it. But the more symbolic detail is in the difference between the two moments. In the first, he really does slam his fist into the field, sending flower petals flying. In the end, however, he stops himself and unclenches his fist to reveal the flower beneath it unharmed. It's a very deliberate contrast that reflects an underlying theme of the series: Humans may make mistakes - and destructive ones at that - but we have the capacity to learn from them and stop ourselves from repeating them (something the antagonists repeatedly fail to grasp even in the final act of the story).
They openings are all lovingly crafted, and I adore them for it. But, as they kinda get spoilery, I'm only going to link the first here.
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I mean the third opening bookends with Ed frustratedly slamming his fist into a field of flowers which - considering his injuries in his shot - attentive viewers will understand to be reflective of his frustration - immediately post-Gluttony - at having his goal right in front of him but being unable to do anything about it. But the more symbolic detail is in the difference between the two moments. In the first, he really does slam his fist into the field, sending flower petals flying. In the end, however, he stops himself and unclenches his fist to reveal the flower beneath it unharmed. It's a very deliberate contrast that reflects an underlying theme of the series: Humans may make mistakes - and destructive ones at that - but we have the capacity to learn from them and stop ourselves from repeating them (something the antagonists repeatedly fail to grasp even in the final act of the story).
They openings are all lovingly crafted, and I adore them for it. But, as they kinda get spoilery, I'm only going to link the first here.
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These have been a lot of fun to watch and while I recognize some of them there’s lots of new ones on here as well which is really interesting for me.
A show popped up for me on Amazon prime a few days ago and as soon as I saw the cover image the intro has been in my head.
I think this andromeda has so much potential in the first season but after that it just went odd really quickly.
A show popped up for me on Amazon prime a few days ago and as soon as I saw the cover image the intro has been in my head.
I think this andromeda has so much potential in the first season but after that it just went odd really quickly.
If I had to go for an anime opening in particular I really like, I'd probably go with Darling in the Franxx. This is in no small part motivated by me being one of the few people on Earth who actually unironically liked this series, because the opening essentially contains what I liked in the story; a strange melange of melancholy and cheese.
God I fucking LOVE Shadow Raiders. It was just incredible; though sadly truncated.
The sacrifice of the Vizier and Planet Fire was one of the best pieces of television I’be ever seen. The music is grand, the dialogue is top notch - with a bit of Melville for flavour - and just the whole thing is *chef kiss* amazing
I like the i believe quite famous True Detective s1 intro:
Since Part 6 is announced, here's hope the intro will be as good as my favorite one in the series:
Also, i don't even know what this intro is for, but it's amazing...
Since Part 6 is announced, here's hope the intro will be as good as my favorite one in the series:
Also, i don't even know what this intro is for, but it's amazing...
Holy shit, I forgot arguably one of the most famous TV openings of them all. It has a few variations with different casts and incidentals - this is from season six ‘cos Winchester, Potter and BJ are here but Radar hasn’t left yet.
Mostly Anime openings I really dug
Which reminds me, I'm due for another rewatch of Ergo Proxy. Think David Lynch doing a post-apocylptic Sci-fi show with heavy existentialist themes.
Another one I feel like I need to rewatch, because of how satisfying it is to watch.
Sadly, this one isn't nearly as good and while the first episode is promising, the rest of the show just takes way too long to not explain enough. I couldn't get through a second attempt despite having finished it once. And I dig the idea and the time period, but it just fucking crawls in the middle.
Which reminds me, I'm due for another rewatch of Ergo Proxy. Think David Lynch doing a post-apocylptic Sci-fi show with heavy existentialist themes.
Another one I feel like I need to rewatch, because of how satisfying it is to watch.
Sadly, this one isn't nearly as good and while the first episode is promising, the rest of the show just takes way too long to not explain enough. I couldn't get through a second attempt despite having finished it once. And I dig the idea and the time period, but it just fucking crawls in the middle.
2nd GIG had the better animation for its opening, but I find I preferred the song - Inner Universe - from series one of Stand Alone Complex.
It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia
A basic and unassuming intro that does well to hide the absolute insanity that is this show, and it also has some of the funniest gags too;
A basic and unassuming intro that does well to hide the absolute insanity that is this show, and it also has some of the funniest gags too;