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Daniel Dare

15-11-2015

Originally Posted by CLL Dodge:
“90% of Hollywood movies these days don't have opening credits.”

The same could be said for a lot of TV show's opening titles too, the trend started towards the end of the 90s, eg. 24, Lost.

Brandon_Smith

15-11-2015

Originally Posted by doctor blue box:
“Some are making a big deal over the lack of opening credits, as though it somehow affected the episode negatively for them.

From my point of view though, it seems perfectly obvious why, with the found footage theme, and more importantly the twist at the end, that the lack of credits actually enhanced the theme of the episode and made the scenario more believable.

I'd go so far as to say that it would have looked a bit silly and disruptive to the episode if there had been opening titles.

The right call for me. Plus, it's only opening titles. I seriously don't get why anyone would care about their absence in one episode anyway.”

The episode was still unengaging with or without the credits, lol.

Brandon_Smith

15-11-2015

Originally Posted by amos_brearley:
“Not last night, it didn't.

I'm at a loss as to why there's such a fuss over this. It was a one-off which fitted the stylistic changes of the episode. No one was in any doubt as to when the show started or whether they were in fact watching something else.”

They could've actually put the opening at the very beginning of the episode before anything so it dosent t take the viewer out the episode when it actually starts. Its them trying to be clever but failing yet again this Series.

Abomination

15-11-2015

Originally Posted by Brandon_Smith:
“They could've actually put the opening at the very beginning of the episode before anything so it dosent t take the viewer out the episode when it actually starts. Its them trying to be clever but failing yet again this Series.”

Whilst I agree that they could have done that, how do you go from unique one-off different opening credits sequence to 'trying to be clever but failing'? It wasn't trying to be clever, it was trying to fit in with the context of the story and its format. How pointless to apply such heavy criticism to something so relatively trivial that lasted about five seconds.

amos_brearley

15-11-2015

How was it trying to be clever? How did it fail?

Brandon_Smith

15-11-2015

Originally Posted by amos_brearley:
“How was it trying to be clever? How did it fail?”

Because for some people seeing the openings would've been the most entertaining thing to happen that episode while trying their best not to flip over to Channel 4 News.

sebbie3000

16-11-2015

Originally Posted by Brandon_Smith:
“Because for some people seeing the openings would've been the most entertaining thing to happen that episode while trying their best not to flip over to Channel 4 News.”

That's all fine, but you if you're going to quote them, you should answer the questions. How was it 'being clever', and how did it fail?

Dan Sette

16-11-2015

Originally Posted by davrosdodebird:
“Mark Gatiss felt that they would take viewers out of the episode and ruin the atmosphere he was trying to create.”

Originally Posted by amos_brearley:
“How was it trying to be clever? How did it fail?”

I don't know about it being clever (different, certainly)

I hadn't thought about it "failing" until I read the post about Mark Gatiss feeling it would take viewers out of the episode.

In which case, for me, it was a fail. After about ten minutes I realised that there weren't any opening titles and then was waiting for them, which, of course took me out of an already not very engaging episode.

mossy2103

16-11-2015

Except that they would not have known it at the time.

Anyway, let's face it, such decisions are taken for creative purposes. In the same way that a director will shoot in 2.35:1, or will choose black & white film stock, we should accept that it was the director's choice, the director's prerogative (even if on a personal level, we thought that it was wrong or did not work).

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