Members Ryan Chamberlain Posted January 19, 2013 Members Share Posted January 19, 2013 To be honest. I thought the logo for Guiding Light. Always made it look like a soda can font. Like, you know...Pepsi Light, Coca Cola Light, and a drink called Guiding Light...really isn't that far off. Also. In that last one. Phillip had one hell of a mullet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members alexisfan07 Posted January 19, 2013 Members Share Posted January 19, 2013 Oh, ages ago Passions was my soap as a teen so I can't hate lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pine Charles Posted January 19, 2013 Members Share Posted January 19, 2013 That was an odd transformation. heh! Janet killing Trevor didn't really bother me. Like I said, the character was done for me when he knowingly married Janet From Another Planet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MissLlanviewPA Posted January 19, 2013 Members Share Posted January 19, 2013 The 1996 GL rock HOTH opening. Just COMPLETELY out of place. The jazz one, however? THAT one I love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted January 19, 2013 Author Members Share Posted January 19, 2013 Oh, I HATE those versions. Both incorporate arrangements of "My Guiding Light" that are overly synthesized; and the 1989 one in particular is way too damn peppy. Plus, by 1988/89, it seemed as if they had done away with any and all "light" motifs whatsoever. "Guiding Light" was just a title, nothing more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members alexisfan07 Posted January 19, 2013 Members Share Posted January 19, 2013 Yea somebody mentioned the GH one. The OLTL was stale cause they never updated the damn shots. Oh I'M SORRY, muthafucking Rex and Gigi got like 800 updates on their pictures. AND NATALIE STILL HAD HER 18 YEAR OLD LOOKING COMBOVER PART AND END FLIP. COOL. I'm not bitter or anything, don't mind me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted January 19, 2013 Author Members Share Posted January 19, 2013 People never believe me when I say this, but I do remember then-EP Michael Laibson trying out even an island- or Caribbean-flavored version of that theme song, replete with steel [!@#$%^&*] drums. LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mr. Vixen Posted January 19, 2013 Members Share Posted January 19, 2013 I totally agree. I'd post a gif but the elders will scorn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pine Charles Posted January 19, 2013 Members Share Posted January 19, 2013 I hate this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJ7vZ3UjLR0 I get it fits with the title, but UGH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted January 19, 2013 Author Members Share Posted January 19, 2013 You know, even the GUIDING LIGHT opening sequence from the Dobsons/Marland era has major problems. The theme song is pretty, if not exactly "hummable". But what on Earth possessed P&G to think that a ray of sunlight trying and failing to shine through the biggest mass of dead leaves I've ever seen equaled "GUIDING LIGHT"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members alexisfan07 Posted January 19, 2013 Members Share Posted January 19, 2013 I gotchu. Not to mention Nora looked like a man in hers. Had to be said! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members juppiter Posted January 19, 2013 Members Share Posted January 19, 2013 But that is the trend for primetime. Daytime is, for once, being contemporary. Yeah, the days of long openings were good but with more ad time they are forced into this. For a "title card" this is not bad IMO; it is actually better than some I've seen in primetime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mr. Vixen Posted January 19, 2013 Members Share Posted January 19, 2013 I love Nora and HBS but the lesbian haircut did her no favors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MissLlanviewPA Posted January 19, 2013 Members Share Posted January 19, 2013 I'm going to risk being VERY unpopular and say that, although I liked the version before it better, the only thing that really bothered me about that last OLTL opening was that it didn't get another update. It eventually needed to change, but the theme itself wasn't as much of an issue to me. ETA: I guess alexisfan07 beat me to that one! I also like the 2004 theme song on its own, especially when the piano intro is added in: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bobt6YHv2-k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ryan Chamberlain Posted January 19, 2013 Members Share Posted January 19, 2013 That pissed me off too. I think only a handful of people other than Rex and Gigi got updated shots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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