My favorite cop show from the 1970's, Starsky & Hutch and the season one opening:
My favorite cop show from the 1970's, Starsky & Hutch and the season one opening:
Avatar: Here's to the late, great Steve Dillon. Best. Punisher. Artist. EVER!
Sapphire & Steel:
The opening monologue implied sapphire, steel, and various other compounds were elements, which was always a head-scratcher, but whatever - it had great atmosphere, and that was more important than making sense.
None of these hold a candle to Mission: Impossible. The intro defined the series, even made the series. It's doubtful it would have lasted beyond a couple of seasons if not for this innovative, driving theme song and episode-unique visuals. It defines the series and the genre to this day, 60 years later.
Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition.
Favorite intro of all time:
Love all the Doctor Who intros as well as The X-Files too.
“Now faith, hope, and love remain, and the greatest of these is love.”--1 Corinthians 13:13
“You had a dream; I have a plan”--Cyclops
“There's no point in being grown up if you can't be childish sometimes.”--The Doctor
Subjective assessment, but tough to argue.
Query: had anybody else ever used MI's gimmick of incorporating scenes from each episode de jour into the opening? That was extra-double cool. If for no other reason, it must have imposed extra cost on each episode (having to edit each episode's intro instead of just popping the stock footage in).
Sure: Space:1999 did in its first season, I,Spy did, and recently the rebooted Battlestar Galactica used that gimmick, too. I suspect Mission Impossible got the idea from the credits of the Bond movie Goldfinger, which showed scenes from the film overlaid on gold-painted body-parts in the opening credits.