3 hours ago, janea4old said:

Omg Today Thurs March 23 CDN (Tomorrow Fri March 24 US)

They misspelled Tracey E. Bregman's first name!

She just celebrated 40 years on the show and you're calling her Tracy? 
She's TRACEY.

 

 

 

Now this is EMBARRASSING. Back in the day sure every soap experienced the occasional end credits goof every now and then….but to have such an egregious error in the opening credits and just let it hit the airwaves without noticing…yeeesh. I’d say somebody needs to be fired for not doing the one job they had to, however my money is on Josh Griffith personally making these credits himself 🤣😂

53 minutes ago, soapfan770 said:

That would’ve been fun!!! I was actually wondering what your thoughts were (sorry if I scrolled past them though funny I found this thread just as I had watched today’s opening lol). 
 

I don’t mind the font, it would have been better if it was in gold than the red for the 50th. The city skyline is completely out of place. As far as Y&R goes it reminded me of the Newman Enterprises logo font.

 

 

The bad thing is this still looks better 29 years later, Nikki head spin and all:

 

Haha, I feel like it's only fitting since in a way Nikki is kind of the new "grand dame" I think Jill deserves the tittle more, but with Jess Walton's schedule and not being on much that won't ever happen unfortunately. 

Overall I guess the intro isn't that bad the more I see it. (Did they finally update Stafford in the dress, with Braeden and MTS now?) Like I said the intros have kind of been uninspired since 2003. 

5 minutes ago, YRfan23 said:

Haha, I feel like it's only fitting since in a way Nikki is kind of the new "grand dame" I think Jill deserves the tittle more, but with Jess Walton's schedule and not being on much that won't ever happen unfortunately. 

Overall I guess the intro isn't that bad the more I see it. (Did they finally update Stafford in the dress, with Braeden and MTS now?) Like I said the intros have kind of been uninspired since 2003. 

I was never a fan of the red 1999 opening & music and they never updated it at all except to edit out the cast who left.  So the 2003 opening was a relief to me as we had the classic score back, and it felt so classy and innovative initially, problem was they never updated those intros as time passed. How many years did we have to see Graz running on the beach lol? The 2012 opening was just something enhanced & refreshed, and Justin Hartley’s personalized version the only thing I remember clearly aside from Jeanne’s last opening of Katherine tossing cash in the air.

The 2017 open has been okay but nothing special. I just saying the other day how nice it was to see MM look fierce again in the opening credits. 
 

And no contrary to a few other posters about saying this was worse that GL and ATWT, no I don’t think this is worse at all. Cheap and tacky for sure, but GL, ATWT, OLTL, and GH all have had worse openings. The saving grace is keeping classic Nadia’s Theme.

11 minutes ago, soapfan770 said:

And no contrary to a few other posters about saying this was worse that GL and ATWT, no I don’t think this is worse at all. Cheap and tacky for sure, but GL, ATWT, OLTL, and GH all have had worse openings. The saving grace is keeping classic Nadia’s Theme.

I said that this is worse than GL's last few openings but your comment ignores the context I gave.

10 hours ago, dragonflies said:

The silhouette at the beginning is definitely not MTS and EB 

 

10 hours ago, dragonflies said:

I watched it during today's show on my tv and it's someone built like MS and JM or  MG

I just noticed that Stafford's gala gown has a full-length veil that that drapes from the back of the dress, so that could fit the silhouette.

Stafford seems to have confirmed that she's the woman in the new silhouette.
 

 

Edited March 24, 20232 yr by janea4old

Joshua Morrow? 🙄

4 minutes ago, YRfan23 said:

Joshua Morrow? 🙄

Frat Boy😂😂😂😂

The 88-2000 opening was hardly groundbreaking at the time, just some poses against a white background. I recall a kind of glittery effect in the early days that was a little chintzy. But it was the first major change and introduced the new logo.

I do like the idea of Victor placing the necklace on Nikki- especially as the show has her enthralled when he gifts her with jewelry, but I wonder Eric would go along with it -in terms of sharing the screen time with Melody.

33 minutes ago, Darn said:

I said that this is worse than GL's last few openings but your comment ignores the context I gave.

It probably did as I only did a quick scan of 7 pages quickly but now that I’ve reread it I understand and respect your point in regards to all of GL’s 2003-09 openings as I did misunderstand your point. 

I do find this opening more comparable to ATWT’s final generic openings it’s last 8 years though as well as the overall state of the show. 

 

12 minutes ago, Paul Raven said:

The 88-2000 opening was hardly groundbreaking at the time, just some poses against a white background. 
 

Yet it in a way it perfectly symbolized something classy and sophisticated Y&R was supposed to be. Of the earlier 1988-93 had unique animations, and we all saw Brad, Ryan, Cole, and Malcolm shirtless in the opening credits as time went on, but the simple opening with cast in formal wear really spoke for itself. I do wish the show had kept up with the cast drawings though.

1 hour ago, soapfan770 said:

It probably did as I only did a quick scan of 7 pages quickly but now that I’ve reread it I understand and respect your point in regards to all of GL’s 2003-09 openings as I did misunderstand your point.

Thank you, I appreciate that.

This discussion got thinking about older soap opera openings. From my observation the majority were very "of the time".

Like the silk sheets OLTL opening screams, to me, sexy Silk Stalkings meets Network Television. Or the AW opening that looked like a hair spray ad from 1987. The Guiding Light opening with the sun shimmering through leaves as Muzak softly plays gets me dreaming about mustard colored decor and the energy crisis.

What exactly is this opening telling us about Y&R in 2023, other than "look we have people you recognize!"? The style of it is only presenting as "I guess this'll have to do". 

15 minutes ago, Darn said:

What exactly is this opening telling us about Y&R in 2023, other than "look we have people you recognize!"? The style of it is only presenting as "I guess this'll have to do". 

And "we don't bother with spelling our actor names correctly"

8 hours ago, janea4old said:

 

I just noticed that Stafford's gala gown has a full-length veil that that drapes from the back of the dress, so that could fit the silhouette.

Stafford seems to have confirmed that she's the woman in the new silhouette.
 

 

Nailed it! I thought it was MS and JM or MG lol

He's at it again, of course he think its funny 🙄

 

 

On 3/23/2023 at 11:25 PM, Paul Raven said:

The 88-2000 opening was hardly groundbreaking at the time, just some poses against a white background. I recall a kind of glittery effect in the early days that was a little chintzy. But it was the first major change and introduced the new logo.

I do like the idea of Victor placing the necklace on Nikki- especially as the show has her enthralled when he gifts her with jewelry, but I wonder Eric would go along with it -in terms of sharing the screen time with Melody.

The anniversary open could have been charachter sketches (like the late 70s/early 80s) which transform into live pictures (like the 88-99 intro). Or they could have re-created the jazzy red intro maybe with a different color like gold instead of red for the 50th. Instead we get a windows movie maker intro with a horror movie font. I wonder if the cast can tell how awful it looks.

This is easily one of the worst soap intros of all time. It really lifts GH's off white epilepsy opening out of the gutter. Idk how soaps are allowed to come on the air with such poor quality. Audience loyalty is truly strong.

I had a feeling Y&R might drop the ball in some way for the 50th, hopefully GH doesn't disappoint. Their 50th celebration in 2013 was epic. 

Edited March 25, 20232 yr by ironlion

10 hours ago, YRfan23 said:

Haha, I feel like it's only fitting since in a way Nikki is kind of the new "grand dame" I think Jill deserves the tittle more, but with Jess Walton's schedule and not being on much that won't ever happen unfortunately. 

Overall I guess the intro isn't that bad the more I see it. (Did they finally update Stafford in the dress, with Braeden and MTS now?) Like I said the intros have kind of been uninspired since 2003. 

I still think it's Michelle Stafford with a male co-star; the dress' movement matches the fabrics of Stafford's dress. As for the male, I'm thinking it's Sean Dominic; you can see shorter-length slacks, and most of the publicity photos have the slacks extra long. Dominic is one of the few men with more tailored-slacks. Others include: Conner Floyd & Bryton James. Michael Graziadei & Jason Thompson are other contenders, too.

Tangent: Stafford looks like the Joker in her shot to me. Just the weirdest frozen grin. I don’t find it flattering at all, and she actually looks great typically.