Members Pine Charles Posted December 15, 2010 Members Share Posted December 15, 2010 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted December 15, 2010 Members Share Posted December 15, 2010 It cant get any worse than it is now. AMC new opening sucks.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cheap21 Posted December 15, 2010 Members Share Posted December 15, 2010 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members alexisfan07 Posted December 15, 2010 Members Share Posted December 15, 2010 Nope, and that's what I was expecting. Sigh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pine Charles Posted December 15, 2010 Members Share Posted December 15, 2010 Oh, and why is Annie's shot so short? Besides Erica, I consider her the most important female on the show! LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Clear Drama Posted December 15, 2010 Members Share Posted December 15, 2010 That was so f*cked up. May your children one day walk into a wall Cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Adam Posted December 15, 2010 Members Share Posted December 15, 2010 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Clear Drama Posted December 15, 2010 Members Share Posted December 15, 2010 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members All My Shadows Posted December 15, 2010 Members Share Posted December 15, 2010 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Steve Posted December 15, 2010 Members Share Posted December 15, 2010 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members beebs Posted December 15, 2010 Members Share Posted December 15, 2010 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members alwaysAMC Posted December 15, 2010 Members Share Posted December 15, 2010 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). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wingwalker Posted December 15, 2010 Members Share Posted December 15, 2010 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members beebs Posted December 15, 2010 Members Share Posted December 15, 2010 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members All My Shadows Posted December 15, 2010 Members Share Posted December 15, 2010 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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