All Time Great TV Openers

[Darwock]

Woot! I can finally view this thread. Thanks charlesr for adding in all the spoiler tags.

Trouble is, every post since has embedded without the spoiler tags. Don't waste his work people!

[Neon Ignition]

Raccoons was a show with serious nuts on it thinking back

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to finish with the effective destruction of the forest and all the characters having to leave because it was too contaminated

[Asura]

Raccoons was a show with serious nuts on it thinking back

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to finish with the effective destruction of the forest and all the characters having to leave because it was too contaminated

Yeah; it's an interesting one. It was a super-low-budget production for Nelvana, but it really seems to have left a mark on a lot of children of the 80s - much more than a show of that tier really should have. I remember very little about it, but I assume there must have been some quality to the writing.

[Mayhem]

It was an interesting show, yes, and I enjoyed watching it. There weren't any true bad guys per se usually (even Cyrill Sneer wasn't completely ruthless and heartless, more the anti-hero Scrooge McDuck type), and it covered some reasonably mature and competent themes without dumbing them down or treating the audience as idiots. Even with Bert as the comedy relief

[PaTaito]

Pfffft the beauty of remembering great themes from the 80's/90's. So many good ones to choose from.





Ok, if nobody else will...





Nothing touches jayce and thundercats mind...i always remember thinking as a teen i'd love to see the show remade with a more mature target audience in mind.

[Asura]

Nothing touches jayce and thundercats mind...i always remember thinking as a teen i'd love to see the show remade with a more mature target audience in mind.

As I said earlier, the collected works of the Babylon 5 universe have a connection as a kind of adult Jayce & the Wheeled Warriors. Same writer and it reused some of the same sci-fi ideas. Unfortunately the follow-up series to B5 (which involved a ship on a journey) was cut short (though it wasn't great, so mixed feelings about that).

The writer has said at events that he feels Jayce can be resolved into B5's timeline.

EDIT: Also, I had no idea there was a Ring Raiders cartoon. I had some of the toys; great little idea for a kid's toy.

[Nu-Eclipse]

Raccoons was a show with serious nuts on it thinking back

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to finish with the effective destruction of the forest and all the characters having to leave because it was too contaminated

Sorry Supes, I think you might have your cartoon shows mixed up somewhat. The series finale of The Raccoons certainly doesn't end like that. Not really.

Episode 11 of Season 5 ("The One That Got Away") has a serious environmental theme running through it and a very sad ending, but it doesn't result in all the characters leaving the Evergreen Forest.

Episode 12 of Season 5 ("Go For Gold!") is the series finale and has a totally different plot.

Only pulling it up because I totally couldn't remember the show ending how you've described it.

[Neon Ignition]

Aah, you're right. That's an unnecessarily bummed childhood memory

[Nu-Eclipse]

Aah, you're right. That's an unnecessarily bummed childhood memory

To be fair, I suspect that Nelvana probably didn't want to end The Raccoons on such a downbeat episode like "The One That Got Away" and strived to make "Go For Gold!" the "good" ending.

[RobRoy]

Supergran!

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Billy Connolly singing the theme tune

[Dogg Thang]

Completely going against the spirit of the thread by mentioning one that is recent but I reckon the opening to season 1 of True Detective is superb.

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[kryss]

As I said earlier, the collected works of the Babylon 5 universe have a connection as a kind of adult Jayce & the Wheeled Warriors. Same writer and it reused some of the same sci-fi ideas. Unfortunately the follow-up series to B5 (which involved a ship on a journey) was cut short (though it wasn't great, so mixed feelings about that).

The writer has said at events that he feels Jayce can be resolved into B5's timeline.

I quite liked the spin off series with Gary Cole in the captains chair.
B5 had some nice drama in the openings, especially season 4.

[Neon Ignition]

There's lots I enjoyed in Babylon 5 despite how it's aged now. Season 3 to early Season 4 is still pure gold

[Nu-Eclipse]

Supergran!

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Billy Connolly singing the theme tune

SHE'S STILL ALIVE!!!

Gudrun Ure is 89 years old. Born in 1926!