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What TV show had the best opening sequence for the credits, with the best shots and the best music?
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HemlockGrey wrote:What TV show had the best opening sequence for the credits, with the best shots and the best music?
Evangelion.
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I was always fond of the B5 S5 opening.
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Shoot me if you want, but, I am quite partial to the *sigh* Enterprise opening credits. It really builds it up good.
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"Get Smart!"

It was the coolest. No contest.
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The Simpsons.
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HemlockGrey wrote:What TV show had the best opening sequence for the credits, with the best shots and the best music?
CowBoy Bebop.

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Oh God, the ENT opening sequence pisses me off so much.
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I'd have to say Neon Genesis Evangelion.

But I must say that the first opening for Mobile Suit Z Gundam is fantastic: "Z - Toki wo Koete" ("Z - Beyond Time") is an awesome song.
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I'm partial to the B5 credits....or the original SG-1 credits.....I'm not fussed with the higher budget looking one they changed to....
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Farscape's from season 1 & 2.

What can I say, I really like that song. It goes great with the opening.
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Any of the B5 ones. SG-1 are okay too. A-Team is good.
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I'd also have to say Get Smart

Also, a question, is it just me or does the opening credits of Married With Children have 1/2 a second from National Lampoons Vacation?, the long shot when they've just left Chicago?
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Bebop. Hands down.

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Babylon 5 opening credits, season 3. Good stuff.
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HemlockGrey wrote:Oh God, the ENT opening sequence pisses me off so much.
I finished it with the theme from Perfect Strangers. I think it makes a nice fit.
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Slartibartfast wrote:"Get Smart!"

It was the coolest. No contest.
Oh, yeah, that was GREAT!

That show was great anyways.
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B5 has the best in my opinion S3
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Durran Korr wrote:
HemlockGrey wrote:What TV show had the best opening sequence for the credits, with the best shots and the best music?
Evangelion.
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Battlestar Galactica, Cowboy Bebop, Outlaw Star, and Gundam 0083.
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Battlestar Galactica and Babylon 5.
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