Opening Credits Firefly by Lawman

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Opening Credits Firefly

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Monday, April 23, 2007 5:58 PM

I'm sure someone has answered this before.
I can account for every image that comes out in the opening credits of firefly. except for the horses running in the end. where is that from? its not taken from any scene, i take it.
just wondering.

i just like smackin em.

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Monday, April 23, 2007 6:08 PM

BIONICBATMAN

You're right, it isnt from the show itself. I think it is something that Joss just wanted to be in the credits.
But it is a cool lil clip

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Saturday, May 26, 2007 8:06 PM

REGINAROADIE

Yeah, the image is just there to visually represent what the show will be, which is a mix of the past and future fusing together.

That being said, I'm probably one of the few people that don't really like the opening credits. It just seems to hokey and jumbled, in my opinion.

I also think the BATTLESTAR GALACTICA credits are only slightly better. Like it begins very slow and contemplative as we see the destruction of Caprica, the convoy and the # of survivors (which I like the fact that it keeps updating), and then it picks up with the drums and the flashes of the upcoming episode. It works, but I just feel it's like two separate openings put together.

But my personal all time favorite opening credits is for the new DOCTOR WHO. You have that "Pppppeeeeeooooooo" and then you're being hurtled along with the TARDIS down a wormhole going at breakneck speed before just stopping in mid-space, a wuick wraparound and then being hurtled again through another wormhole. And all the while, you're listening to what is arguably the third most iconic sci-fi theme of all time that promises imagination, danger and exciting adventure. I always crack my speakers during those credits just to send shivers up myself.

The first and second being the themes to STAR WARS and STAR TREK.

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Saturday, May 26, 2007 8:43 PM

GLADIATOR32

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Originally posted by reginaroadie:
But my personal all time favorite opening credits is for the new DOCTOR WHO. You have that "Pppppeeeeeooooooo" and then you're being hurtled along with the TARDIS down a wormhole going at breakneck speed before just stopping in mid-space, a wuick wraparound and then being hurtled again through another wormhole. And all the while, you're listening to what is arguably the third most iconic sci-fi theme of all time that promises imagination, danger and exciting adventure. I always crack my speakers during those credits just to send shivers up myself.

That has to be my all-time favourite too. I adore it, so many good memories

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Sunday, May 27, 2007 4:59 AM

CRUITHNE3753

My favourite bit of the credits... where Kaylee's running down the corridor to the engine room...

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Sunday, May 27, 2007 5:51 AM

JOSSISAGOD

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Originally posted by Cruithne3753:
My favourite bit of the credits... where Kaylee's running down the corridor to the engine room...

Ah, the "Running Barbie" as Jewel puts it! Great bit of credits!

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JOSSIS(Most Definitely)AGOD

Self appointed Forsaken! Been on the list for a while now!

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"Look at me, I'm STUPID!" The Doctor.

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Sunday, May 27, 2007 7:45 AM

CLJOHNSTON108

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Originally posted by reginaroadie:
But my personal all time favorite opening credits is for the new DOCTOR WHO. You have that "Pppppeeeeeooooooo" and then you're being hurtled along with the TARDIS down a wormhole going at breakneck speed before just stopping in mid-space, a wuick wraparound and then being hurtled again through another wormhole. And all the while, you're listening to what is arguably the third most iconic sci-fi theme of all time that promises imagination, danger and exciting adventure. I always crack my speakers during those credits just to send shivers up myself.

Ever hear Orbital's version of the theme?

Just started watching the Eccleston episodes off of this site: http://tv-links.co.uk/
I'm hopelessly in love with Billie Piper now!

Just finished "The End of the World", and I loved this bit...

Cassandra: [about a vintage Wurlitzer jukebox] "And here, another rarity - according to the archives, this was called an iPod. It stores classical music from humanity's greatest composers - play on!" [jukebox plays Soft Cell's "Tainted Love"]

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Monday, May 28, 2007 9:49 AM

TRAVELER

I waited to see that scene of the horses while I watched the series for the first time and they never showed up. I guess it was just as has been said already that Joss wanted to get people into the feel for what he had in mind for the show.

The outer rim is a new frontier and what best points this out but a western feel with horses and Serenity soaring overhead. It is the perfect shot to express this feeling and includes Serenity as a part of this.

Serenity is to Mal and the rest of the crew as Silver is to the Lone Ranger.

Yes, I am old enough to remember the Lone Ranger.

Traveler

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Saturday, June 9, 2007 8:35 AM

ALMANAC

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Originally posted by reginaroadie:
Yeah, the image is just there to visually represent what the show will be, which is a mix of the past and future fusing together.

Indeed...and I'm actually really surprised that people expected the "ship spooks the horses" shot to show up in any episode.

Shows make up shots for opening credits all the time. I didn't expect to see that shot on Firefly for the same reason I don't expect to see the four Law & Order regulars-du-jour walking down a hallway together in any particular episode.

Since I watched Firefly in first-run on Fox, most of the shots in the credits were unfamiliar because many of them are from the pilot, and I assumed that any number of them could've been made up for those credits.

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That being said, I'm probably one of the few people that don't really like the opening credits. It just seems to hokey and jumbled, in my opinion.

If you can't get into the Western-influenced look (the sepia tone, the country music), there probably isn't anything that'll change your mind about it being "hokey"...but what makes it "jumbled?"

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I also think the BATTLESTAR GALACTICA credits are only slightly better. Like it begins very slow and contemplative as we see the destruction of Caprica, the convoy and the # of survivors (which I like the fact that it keeps updating), and then it picks up with the drums and the flashes of the upcoming episode. It works, but I just feel it's like two separate openings put together.

Well...yes. You have just enough time to start pondering the past before you're thrust into the urgent present. That seems like the current version of Battlestar Galactica in a nutshell, which is why those credits work for me.

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But my personal all time favorite opening credits is for the new DOCTOR WHO. You have that "Pppppeeeeeooooooo" and then you're being hurtled along with the TARDIS down a wormhole going at breakneck speed before just stopping in mid-space, a wuick wraparound and then being hurtled again through another wormhole. And all the while, you're listening to what is arguably the third most iconic sci-fi theme of all time that promises imagination, danger and exciting adventure. I always crack my speakers during those credits just to send shivers up myself.

I love the theme music to Doctor Who. Not only is it iconic (and older than the other two franchises you mentioned), but it has at times been my favourite opening music of all. It's timeless and can always be listened to on its own...which also (in a sort of ironic way) makes it the perfect music for that series.

(Thanks for posting the Orbital remix, CLJOHNSTON108.

This theme also benefits from being endlessly adaptable...)

The current opening credits are also great. As a DW fan from way back, I was already onboard for the new series, but seeing that wraparound shot of the TARDIS for the first time really sealed the deal for me.

Edgar Governo
Historian of Things That Never Were
http://www.mts.net/~arphaxad/history.html

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Thursday, June 21, 2007 12:53 PM

GORRAMSPACETRASH

The opening credits are really well done, and the sepia tone and song (with the accompanying action images) really set the tone for the series.

And props to the mention of the Doctor Who opening credits - huge fan here. :) My favourite Who credits from any era would be the first Tom Baker opening credits, particularly the shot of the TARDIS flying down the wormhole towards you I think is an iconic image as any you'd get throughout the original series run. Favourite version of the theme too. :D

-- Gerry Shannon

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Friday, June 22, 2007 11:45 AM

CRUITHNE3753

Anyone notice that the shot of River sat in that typical "angsty teen" pose is mirrored from the actual scene?

Seeing as Doctor Who has got mentioned here, Delia Derbyshire's original 1963 version of the theme tune is a brilliant pioneering piece of electronic music, considering the (lack of) technology at the time.
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Mark_Ayres/DWTheme.htm#Origin
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It was only supposed to be a "musique concrete" rhythm track to back an orchestral score, but she realised it so well it easily stood on its own.

So ironically, the current version of the theme is probably closest to how it was originally conceived to sound by the composer Ron Grainer...

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Friday, July 13, 2007 5:25 AM

DEL

Also gotta love the Dr Who earlier title sequence. Not sure which series it's from but is black and white. The 'wormhole' effect was created by filming the monitor of the actual camera filming the monitor.

Not only a cool effect but also an unintentional (I think) glimpse into the Doctors life. A bit like the Doctor keeps coming full circle in his life.

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