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re: Is Superman (1978) still the gold standard for how to do opening credits...
Posted on 1/8/21 at 9:51 am to RollTide1987
Posted on 1/8/21 at 9:51 am to RollTide1987
Tone-wise, the Superman March is perfect. The opening credits which came out the year after Star Wars, made you feel like you were going to see something otherworldly to a degree, and we did.
Aside from Superman '78, I would point to Snyder's Watchmen movie and the Deadpool movies for getting it right from jump.
Certainly, nostalgia plays a big part for me in this discussion, but Batman '89's opening absolutely set the tone that this was not going to be Adam West and Burt Ward. It was dark, the music was a vast departure from anything we had heard in a "superhero" movie, and when you finally realized that we were traversing the Bat Symbol in that sequence, it felt like you were about to be led on the start of a journey. It didn't make you want to run through a brick wall like Superman '78, but it was appropriate.
Aside from Superman '78, I would point to Snyder's Watchmen movie and the Deadpool movies for getting it right from jump.
Certainly, nostalgia plays a big part for me in this discussion, but Batman '89's opening absolutely set the tone that this was not going to be Adam West and Burt Ward. It was dark, the music was a vast departure from anything we had heard in a "superhero" movie, and when you finally realized that we were traversing the Bat Symbol in that sequence, it felt like you were about to be led on the start of a journey. It didn't make you want to run through a brick wall like Superman '78, but it was appropriate.
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Posted on 1/8/21 at 3:13 pm to Michael T. Tiger
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Certainly, nostalgia plays a big part for me in this discussion, but Batman '89's opening absolutely set the tone that this was not going to be Adam West and Burt Ward.
I was 6 and in the theater when this came out so I'm sure nostalgia plays a part for me too but that intro is fricking amazing
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