ITA ITA ITA. I really loved that final shot of Stephanie in her designer duds looking out into space. So 80s "I'm a rich b***** that lives in the hills who's really lonely and has a lousy husband that cheats on me with these floosies half my age" look.

I miss that opening. On the other hand, it was very 80s to me. I don't like the character names at all but it was good they updated it and update frequently. Which is more than I can say for Y&R.

IMO, that opening was timeless. Granted some of the location shots were rather dated, but those beautiful stills were the epitome of what a show called The Bold and the Beautiful should open with. Yes, it was 80s, but the 80s were a time of excessiveness and that's what fashion is, high fashion is excessive, whether it's your accessories or your hair, but it has to be over the top and scream "couture, glamour and wealth." That's what B&B's original opening exemplified. The current one, with the exception of the model, photographer and magazine looks like it represents those living in the slums of Beverly Hills with it's tacky light green background and black letter box featuring a sign of Rodeo Drive in every shot.

The current one, with the exception of the model, photographer and magazine looks like it represents those living in the slums of Beverly Hills with it's tacky light green background and black letter box featuring a sign of Rodeo Drive in every shot.

OMG.

I can't help it. I gotta post that great opening too.

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The cleavage shot!!

Sally Spectra

I can't help it. I gotta post that great opening too.

That opening was great. All they needed to change were the outdoor shots and the fashion shots. Other than that, the cast shots were the best of any daytime soap. They could have even had the main title come together at the end over a collage of still shots of the actors inside a magazine. Oh well, what can you expect? Bradley Bell doesn't have the sense to hire Wayne Fitzgerald like his parents did.

That opening was great. All they needed to change were the outdoor shots and the fashion shots. Other than that, the cast shots were the best of any daytime soap. They could have even had the main title come together at the end over a collage of still shots of the actors inside a magazine. Oh well, what can you expect? Bradley Bell doesn't have the sense to hire Wayne Fitzgerald like his parents did.

I cannot deny the greatness of it. And it seemed relatively cheap to update (photographs/stills, as opposed to video)...and correspondingly was regularly and frequently updated.

I don't understand why Bold, to this day, updates the openings almost instantly...and Y&R ... well...doesn't.

I don't understand why Bold, to this day, updates the openings almost instantly...and Y&R ... well...doesn't.

Probably because it's a 30 minute soap with less drama going on behind the scenes as opposed to Y&R. I'm sure there are more things to worry about over at Y&R than B&B. Besides, B&B only has one opening with cast shots as opposed to Y&R which has multiple, which I think is absurd.

Openings of all these soaps are horrific. Horrific. Stuck in the Middle Ages.

There is a way to bring them to 21st century without destroying the iconicness (DOOL) or legacy, one just has to desire it. And put a little effort into it.

If I were a network honcho/producer/owner, I would organise a competition or something, something like Re-design Days new opening! in which graphic designers, directors, whoever can enter and get a chance to win a prize: your opening will be an official opening and there'll be a financial reward, too. Note that amateurish, awful openings are out of the question. We're talking professionals.

Or better, I'd hire a renowned graphic design studio or something...

Edited June 23, 200916 yr by Sylph

tv show openings in general have been awful in the past decade.

True Blood and How I Met Your Mother are the ones i can think off of the top of my head that have a opening that fits the overall tone of the show that is well done.

Did you see that new opening ATWT has? Y&R could do the same, just 10 seconds of the logo on screen... I hate it that the #1 soap opera has no money to update the opening. I am, however, thankful that we don't have any dead or fired characters in the opening. It's just that there are others that deserve to be in there just as much.

Did you see that new opening ATWT has? Y&R could do the same, just 10 seconds of the logo on screen... I hate it that the #1 soap opera has no money to update the opening. I am, however, thankful that we don't have any dead or fired characters in the opening. It's just that there are others that deserve to be in there just as much.

I think ATWT's opening is temporary. There's a new opening with a new logo coming soon, I believe.

I think ATWT's opening is temporary. There's a new opening with a new logo coming soon, I believe.

You mean this one?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qE_ShK4Pbpc

ATWT ditched the golden opening? I loved that opening! Well the music was awesome... But this short one is so dramatic. Good one... But I love openings with actors more...

Personally, I could care less about the soaps opening as there are far more important things that need to be dealt with.

Edited June 23, 200916 yr by Heyou

Of course, but I still love my openings

Of course, but I still love my openings

We all do.

You mean this one?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qE_ShK4Pbpc

Yep, that would be the one, lol. I still think they may add actors to it, we'll just have to wait and see.