Uuh, it's OK.

But is it just me, or do the music & visuals totally not go together? And I agree about the comparisons to the GL opening -- I thought of that immediately.

Nice closing shot of the Kane women, though!

After seeing this all I can is wow...just wow. What an interesting new opening. lol

It makes me scared to even speculate as to what kind of new opening for OLTL that Frank Valentini is currently working on. Very, very scared...

It cant get any worse than it is now.

AMC new opening sucks....

Edited December 15, 201014 yr by Soapsuds

Am I the only one who wishes they had left the current opening and just shot new shots for the new cast members, reshuffled some of the photos and touched up the graphics to make it true HD?

Am I the only one who wishes they had left the current opening and just shot new shots for the new cast members, reshuffled some of the photos and touched up the graphics to make it true HD?

Nope, and that's what I was expecting. Sigh.

Oh, and why is Annie's shot so short?

Besides Erica, I consider her the most important female on the show! LOL

Angie's shot is intentional. You can barely see her bc she cant see you....

That was so f*cked up.

May your children one day walk into a wall Cheap.

Uuh, it's OK.

But is it just me, or do the music & visuals totally not go together? And I agree about the comparisons to the GL opening -- I thought of that immediately.

Nice closing shot of the Kane women, though!

Nope, it is totally out of sync or something. Does not fit what so ever. The music is way to fast for the style of opening.

Oh, and why is Annie's shot so short?

Besides Erica, I consider her the most important female on the show! LOL

B/c obvs. she is now evil for wanting the best ass in Pine Valley. I really don't know. But I gif'd The Nu-Chandler unit.

It's good. It could be better or worse, but it's all right. I don't like the constant flashes of the title or the big bold letters. They could have just framed the primary clips with a thin white border to give off a "snapshot" look, and the background could have included some kind of scribbled writing on a scrapbook fading in and out with the various location shots (which I like).

Oh, and the beginning is SO blah. I'm guessing when it debuts, the teaser is going to cut to the opening instead of fade to black then fade in on the opening, and so in that context, it'll work. They took the littler guitar twang from the beginning too, so maybe they'll have some kind of lead-in music over the final seconds of the teaser going into ERICA KANE, BITCHES!!!! The shot of Erica, Binks, and Kendall at the end is so random. Who is they smiling at, what is they laughing at? It's reminds me of GH's Menagerie of Men.

I do like the title card, but I'd like it better if we saw more of the photo album theme throughout the opening. And yes, I had the silly assumption that Phoebe, Myrtle, and Palmer (and Mona, somehow) would live on forever in those 42 seconds, so them not being there is kinda

But it's all right. I got tired of the old one years ago, so a change was needed.

ETA: Okay, okay, two more critiques. I wish they could have changed that damn music to something slightly slower (get rid of that wannabe-rawk guitar at the end!), and also, is cramming everyone into one shot a cost-saving measure? If it is, I'm cool with that, but if they could afford it, I wish they'd split the cast up.

Oh, and Jake and Brot look out of place without their ladyfriends in there.

Edited December 15, 201014 yr by All My Shadows

My first impression was "Wow!" but after reading everyone elses' thoughts, I have to agree that I'd prefer they kept a few photos of the former cast like Phoebe and Palmer. It does seem odd that the pages of the book are blank instead. Still, I can't wait to see it on my HD TV!

I may be totally off-base with this but AFAIK it just takes a few hours on Final Cut Pro to make something like that, hardly a massive investment, especially since the visuals are just cut from the show itself. And as far as making two openings, I'd say it's cheaper to make one, since any changes to the visual would involve the same amount of editing, and you have two openings, which means double the initial investment.

and Marissa's shot taking it's sweet little time, while Annie's just zooms on by is soo ugh!

And that is what I hate the most (ok, not really, but it really grates me)... Annie's main picture is beautiful, except you can barely register it bc it zooms on by. All the while, nuMarissa gets wayyyy too long of a shot. I just don't like the Annie/JR/Colby transition - the mind can barely register it, and that sucks.

I also think Brot's is far too long for his backburner character (although I'd love to see more of him).

I don't watch AMC, but even I know that AMC is recognized by that photo album. The fact you only see a brief glimpse of it at the end and the words "All My Children" are no longer on the cover, is my main reason for not liking it. This opening gives AMC no identity, looks too generic and cheap for me.

I don't watch AMC, but even I know that AMC is recognized by that photo album. The fact you only see a brief glimpse of it at the end and the words "All My Children" are no longer on the cover, is my main reason for not liking it. This opening gives AMC no identity, looks too generic and cheap for me.

To be perfectly honest, they'd probably be better off doing a new version of the original "hand opening book" sequence at this rate. Would save tons of editing later on

New opening: "hand" appears and opens photo album, revealing show title; "hand" turns page, revealing portrait of Brian Frons; "hand" flips portrait off; fade to black.