Not that it was that bad, I just remember thinking as a kid it was so boring.

On the one hand, the "Seasons" opening for AS THE WORLD TURNS was in line with Irna's original epigram for the show (which I can't recall verbatim, but know it mentioned the changing of the seasons). I didn't realize that until later. But on the other hand, it simultaneously was weird and sad how this opening reflected accurately the sense of lethargy that had crept into the show itself. In other words, if you saw "Seasons" for the first time and believed you were about to watch a very dreary soap opera, you were right.

On the one hand, the "Seasons" opening for AS THE WORLD TURNS was in line with Irna's original epigram for the show (which I can't recall verbatim, but know it mentioned the changing of the seasons). I didn't realize that until later. But on the other hand, it simultaneously was weird and sad how this opening reflected accurately the sense of lethargy that had crept into the show itself. In other words, if you saw "Seasons" for the first time and believed you were about to watch a very dreary soap opera, you were right.

Yeah for sure.... I guess following Marland's death, the show kind of lost its way, and ironically didn't this open debut right around the time of his death? Now, critically, it got its way back with Hogan... but I am sure many longtime ATWT fans probably felt it never found its way back...

Edited January 20, 201312 yr by Adam

AUGH THAT ONE. I swear, whoever thought that was a good idea should've been shot. The music sounds more like something out of an ad for Scrubbing Bubbles, and the visuals are just a bootleg Hold On To Love. Awful.

You know what surprised me most about "True Light"? The fact that John Conboy, of all people, signed off on it. Say what you will about his capabilities as an EP; if nothing else, though, Conboy always gave good opening sequences. All you have to do, really, is watch on YT any of Y&R's '70's or CAPITOL's sequences to know what I'm talking about.

I really hate B&B's current opening....

Yeah for sure.... I guess following Marland's death, the show kind of lost its way, and ironically didn't this open debut right around the time of his death? Now, critically, it got its way back with Hogan... but I am sure many longtime ATWT fans probably felt it never found its way back...

I believe the opening debut 1 or 2 months before Marland's death. I didn't like the music slowed down and piano being used. It reminded me of Y&R and Nadia's theme. For most of the 70's and all of the 80's and 1/3 of the 90's is was powerful strong on and on theme music. I also missed the old classic spinning globe with the rays coming out.

You know what surprised me most about "True Light"? The fact that John Conboy, of all people, signed off on it. Say what you will about his capabilities as an EP; if nothing else, though, Conboy always gave good opening sequences. All you have to do, really, is watch on YT any of Y&R's '70's or CAPITOL's sequences to know what I'm talking about.

Absolutely. Both of Capitol's openings really had a spark to them, and Y&R's is obviously legendary. You'd think the man, with all the money he threw at GL, would have made GL's opening the benchmark of the industry, rather than the laughing stock.

Speaking of awful:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SD0mI4gjnNU

I feel like singing The Love Boat every time I see this. Who thought replacing this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWVS2-LFLy8

Especially with the music they were using in 1981 (which was IMO, the absolute best mix of all of them), was a good idea?

Edited January 20, 201312 yr by beebs

The more I think about it, the more I think all of ATWT's opening sequences under Goutman served as good, running commentaries on the show itself.

The first one (with the "whooshes"): "WE'RE BACK (sort of)!!!"

The second one: "Forget the absence of our globe. Yeah, we know it was our heart and soul, but -- Look! Our actors are pretty!"

The third one: "Where are we? How did we end up here? I thought we were doing okay? WTF, was that a windmill?"

The fourth one: "We [!@#$%^&*] give up."

Edited January 20, 201312 yr by Khan

The more I think about it, the more I think all of ATWT's opening sequences under Goutman served as good, running commentaries on the show itself.

The first one (with the "whooshes"): "WE'RE BACK (sort of)!!!"

The second one: "Forget the absence of our globe. Yeah, we know it was our heart and soul, but -- Look! Our actors are pretty!"

The third one: "Where are we? How did we end up here? I thought we were doing okay? WTF, was that a windmill?"

The fourth one: "We [!@#$%^&*] give up."

Good analysis.

AUGH THAT ONE. I swear, whoever thought that was a good idea should've been shot. The music sounds more like something out of an ad for Scrubbing Bubbles, and the visuals are just a bootleg Hold On To Love. Awful.

It was so trying to copy Hold On To Love. You cannot copy that. That was one of the best openings in daytime ever to me. It ranked right above AMC's Gold Opening and right below GH's FOTH. (HOTOL ranks #2 out of my top three)

Edited January 20, 201312 yr by weareclouds

The third one: "Where are we? How did we end up here? I thought we were doing okay? WTF, was that a windmill?"

The third one really bothered me just because everyone looks so bloated in it. I can't tell if it's a camera trick or if ATWT just hired nothing but actors with really chubby cheeks for awhile. It bothered me more than I feel it should have, but I stand by it. That, and it REALLY bothered me that they had Martha Byrne and Austin Peck do the EXACT SAME "look down, turn head, look up" at the camera in their respective segments, and then edited them to be back-to-back! AWFUL!

The third one really bothered me just because everyone looks so bloated in it. I can't tell if it's a camera trick or if ATWT just hired nothing but actors with really chubby cheeks for awhile. It bothered me more than I feel it should have, but I stand by it. That, and it REALLY bothered me that they had Martha Byrne and Austin Peck do the EXACT SAME "look down, turn head, look up" at the camera in their respective segments, and then edited them to be back-to-back! AWFUL!

I don't know why, but I kind of digged the ATWT 2007 update.... but now that everyone has pointed out all its flaws, I can see why it was not received so well.

Everyone looked very snobby in it too lol. No one really smiled in it. Everyone was saying to the viewers "I'm better than you, bitch".

The third one really bothered me just because everyone looks so bloated in it. I can't tell if it's a camera trick or if ATWT just hired nothing but actors with really chubby cheeks for awhile. It bothered me more than I feel it should have, but I stand by it. That, and it REALLY bothered me that they had Martha Byrne and Austin Peck do the EXACT SAME "look down, turn head, look up" at the camera in their respective segments, and then edited them to be back-to-back! AWFUL!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8wXapGMJmQ

Watching old openings now while my mom is in the same room on a different PC trying to watching Sonny/Brenda/Luke in Puerto Rico on YT. We're drowning each other out. And, I cannot take all this S&B.

I just watched the old AW "You Take Me Away" opening again. I still love it. Sorry haters. And, OMG. I forgot how hot Cass was. Seriously, to me he was always the hottest dude on AW.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8wXapGMJmQ

I hated that opening. Even though it had my Henry in it. And, Bob and Kim (Vets! Yay!) and the original Craig. (There was just too many Craigs.) They could have just stuck Scott Bryce, Hunt Block, Jeff Meek, and Jon Lindstrom in a soap together and called it "All My Craigs" or "The REAL Craigslist"

Also Jesse Soffer (Will)=Better looking Chad Duell.

Edited January 20, 201312 yr by weareclouds

I don't know why, but I kind of digged the ATWT 2007 update.... but now that everyone has pointed out all its flaws, I can see why it was not received so well.

Everyone looked very snobby in it too lol. No one really smiled in it. Everyone was saying to the viewers "I'm better than you, bitch".

I dug the music. It was dramatic and modern and worked well for the show. I just couldn't stand the visuals until they made it a three-second spinning globe at the end of the show's run is all

Watching old openings now while my mom is in the same room on a different PC trying to watching Sonny/Brenda/Luke in Puerto Rico on YT. We're drowning each other out. And, I cannot take all this S&B.

I just watched the old AW "You Take Me Away" opening again. I still love it. Sorry haters. And, OMG. I forgot how hot Cass was. Seriously, to me he was always the hottest dude on AW.

Yeah, I grew up on that opening. I'll never be able to hate it. Though I agree they kept it way too long.