An enterprising gentleman in the US has decided to organise troll bait top ten lists of the worst and best sci-fi title sequences LIKE EVER!!! To save you the effort of going there, they are, complete with YouTube links:
Best
- Firefly
- Space: 1999
- The Six Million Dollar Man
- Doctor Who (Tom Baker and Eccles Cake versions)
- Star Trek: Voyager
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
- Star Trek: The Next Generation
- Mystery Science Theater 3000
- The Greatest American Hero
- Battlestar Galactica (original series)
Worst
- Enterprise
- Cleopatra 2525
- Battlestar Galactica (new series)
- V
- Babylon 5
- Charmed
- Xena: Warrior Princess
- The Bionic Woman
- Manimal
- Land of Lost
Now, clearly the man has both atrocious taste in title sequences as well as a somewhat limited viewing range. Otherwise, how else did all those Star Trek sequences get in there? At the very least, the original series of The Tomorrow People should be in there, as should The Prisoner. On the other hand, he does correctly slam Charmed for mauling a classic Smiths track, and The Six Million Dollar Man titles are classics indeed.
What other title sequences should be in there, do you reckon? If we include serials, I'd definitely include The Day of The Triffids', and if we were to expand beyond SF, I'd add in Callan, Penn and Teller's Bullshit (titles are about a minute in) and Touching Evil. But what would you include?
Related entries
- August 16, 2006: Another candidate for top title sequence
Another entry in the ongoing top titles stakes: The Persuaders! - August 10, 2006: Watch a load of Bullshit
Speaking of Bullshit!, you can watch a whole load of episodes for free over here....
August 13, 2006 | Reply
Ah The Tomorrow People. Not the best show, but the coolest theme music of my childhood!
August 14, 2006 | Reply
"Not the best show".
You, Sir, are Lord of the Understatement! I bow before you.
It had a good premise, but it was absolutely abysmal in practice, particularly once the puppets arrived. Those titles though: absolutely wonderful.
August 14, 2006 | Reply
Firefly could only be described as best credits by someone who is profoundly deaf.
August 14, 2006 | Reply
Whaaat???!!!
"you can't take the skies from me..."
hee.
I do still love the film and the show though