Members Soapsuds Posted May 7, 2016 Members Share Posted May 7, 2016 (edited) Edited May 7, 2016 by Soapsuds 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cassadine1991 Posted May 7, 2016 Members Share Posted May 7, 2016 They didn't even finish updating that opening, is it true that they didn't have enough money to do a second version? Is this the "flushing"opening? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted May 8, 2016 Members Share Posted May 8, 2016 (edited) Yes, that's the flush opening. At the time they said that the "flush opening" was too expensive to maintain and thus they got rid of it and went to a cheap bottom of the barrel opening. I thought the opening minus the flush added some punch to the show. Edited May 8, 2016 by Soapsuds 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NothinButAttitude Posted May 8, 2016 Members Share Posted May 8, 2016 I hated this opening so bad. The images, the music.... UGH! Just hated it! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cassadine1991 Posted May 8, 2016 Members Share Posted May 8, 2016 I'm actually quite fond of it tbh 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NothinButAttitude Posted May 8, 2016 Members Share Posted May 8, 2016 I hated it. I at least want to see the world spin around and space or whatever. Only reason I loved the cornfield opening was the theme and graphics. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members robbwolff Posted May 8, 2016 Members Share Posted May 8, 2016 Not true, Mitch. The videos of the scattering of Alan's ashes and Lewis boys fishing are available online. Definitely different locations. The Lewises were shown fishing in a brook (likely filmed in Peapack). Alan's ashes were scattered from a beach along a lake (likely Lake Mohawk in Sparta, NJ, which was the filming location for the double weddings). Brooks like the one Guiding Light used are quite common in that area of New Jersey (my late aunt lived right next to one) and are quite popular for fishing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cassadine1991 Posted May 8, 2016 Members Share Posted May 8, 2016 it's too bad they never released a second version with the other characters 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted May 8, 2016 Members Share Posted May 8, 2016 Which one the cornfield opening or the blue/orange opening? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NothinButAttitude Posted May 8, 2016 Members Share Posted May 8, 2016 The cornfield one. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members robbwolff Posted May 8, 2016 Members Share Posted May 8, 2016 Is it definite that they planned a second version? ATWT only had a cast of about 25-26 at that point. This version featured most of the cast, either at the forefront or in the clips in the background. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NothinButAttitude Posted May 8, 2016 Members Share Posted May 8, 2016 I remember hearing rumblings that there was second version already filmed but I guess it never came out. Honestly, I think the show probably just filmed one opening with the characters they loved to write for (with the exception of Bob, Kim, Lucinda) and center the show around 24/7 at that time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DramatistDreamer Posted May 8, 2016 Members Share Posted May 8, 2016 (edited) JMO but to me, the theme songs appeared to get progressively worse . If they (the producers and execs) knew that ATWT was coming to an end, it might have been a nice nod to history if they could've done a modern variation of the very first theme the show had. If you replace the organs and put in a piano or a guitar, or even sped up the timing of the notes, the first theme could've lent itself surprisingly well to an updated version, in keeping with the 21st century but since I'm reading from comments that the show was cash strapped and couldn't even afford to update the previous openings, I guess they wouldn't have put the time nor the effort into anything requiring more thought or creativity. As a young child, I heard the 1980s theme and I have love for that theme but the first time I heard the original theme (this was after cancellation of the show), I got very misty and began to wish they had acknowledged it in some way before the show went off the air permanently. Edited May 8, 2016 by DramatistDreamer 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted May 9, 2016 Members Share Posted May 9, 2016 New graphics with the old theme…this is what they should have used the last few years... And the new opening…. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DramatistDreamer Posted May 9, 2016 Members Share Posted May 9, 2016 Even though this theme was before my time, the first time I actually heard it, I thought it was such a beautiful theme song. I wished they would've used it or even an updated variation of it in the last few years of the show, even once, maybe for an Anniversary show or something. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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