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I Whedon Your Grave » Blog Archive » Opening Credit Redux — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:25:04 +0000

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By: Carrie

Carrie — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:26:41 +0000

Who the heck records on tape anymore?

By: Bucket

Bucket — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:24:08 +0000

Weeds attempted a cool opening credits, but now in its 4th season, they just have a unique little ‘created by animation’
friends kept its creds right the way through its 10 seasons. as well as stargate.

But part of the problem is the way DVDs are setup with chapters now, they usually have a new chapter at the end of the credits, thus making it easy and soooo much more tempting to hit that skip button. I think since the DVD craze, we’ve moved away from conventional TV. and the way we consume it. now days, it is just as easy to pick up a DVD of a show and throw it in rather then having to get out the tape, rewind it, and find the right spot to start and stop, and unless you were me, you used to miss out on the first few seconds because you hit the play button wrong, or not quite on center.

By: aneeta

aneeta — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 07:54:23 +0000

i applaud the new layout, new heading and consistently on-topicness of your recent blogging activity.

buffy credits are somewhat overrated, but i understand your obligatory loyalty to the show that created you. though persnoally, i would have said Superted

By: Carrie

Carrie — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 01:31:02 +0000

I was wondering if that is what happened with you. Fan videos until the cows come home but nothing of remote legitimacy. You can find anything on YouTube! … Except Buffy Credits.

By: Ben

Ben — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:34:27 +0000

“Ben, if you are reading this, you better not get a big head or I’ll have to punch you in it.”

Don’t worry, I don’t read your blog. :p

I totally agree about the 80s stuff. I made a conscious decision to only feature one, and Perfect Strangers came to mind, but that 80s – early 90s period produced dozens of very similar and all equally enjoyable examples of good credits.

I also feel your pain re: the Buffy clip. I spent about 2 hours trying to find a clip before giving up and subbing Gummi Bears at the last minute.