I remember a time when cartoons were pretty damn cool. Cartoons today are now all pretty wishy washy, anime, or attempts to be anime. Once in a while a good series comes out, but in the 80s and 90s they cranked out the good stuff like there was no tomorrow.
In any case, one of the most anticipated part of the cartoon was always the intro. Without the intro how can you know how badass a cartoon is? The anatomy of a cartoon opening was pretty simple and can be found across a large spectrum of the most popular shows.
1) Bad ass or catchy song. Let's face it, if it doesn't stick in your head you probably won't remember it. In addition to some awesome instrumentals, the vocals are the heart of the song. The singers poured their love into singing that intro. They HAD to sing it to earn their bread and water.
2) Animation is top notch. Sure the actual cartoon may have looked poor, but gosh darn it the intro made it look epic.
3) Timing. The intro could range from short to full pledge mini-episode. Which ever the case, it was used up to the last drop.
Iron Man 90s Season 2 Intro. Yes, season 1 opening sucked, but what they did was fixed that up. Watching this makes me feel like a man. Hell if you are a girl this probably made you manly as well. Watching this makes me want to pound some freaking iron and pour hot molten metal into a cast naked. There is not much lyrical words going on but you pretty much knew two things. 1) He's fucking Iron Man. 2) He's gonna fuck you up with his bare hands if he has too.
Iron Man : Armored Adventures Opening. What the hell was that?! First off he's not a man at all, so I don't know what the song is talking about! He's a boy! And I can't even understand what the heck is going on? Ring? What the fuck? Iron man has a super suit and you're talking about obtaining some damn ring?A bunch of people pops up? Who the hell are they and why should I even care about them. Watching this makes me realize something about this Iron Man. 1) He's a douche and let's the public know it. 2) He's a boy trying to be a man but fails. 3) Oh they were singing? I thought it was a bad narration.
Post your thoughts!
In any case, one of the most anticipated part of the cartoon was always the intro. Without the intro how can you know how badass a cartoon is? The anatomy of a cartoon opening was pretty simple and can be found across a large spectrum of the most popular shows.
1) Bad ass or catchy song. Let's face it, if it doesn't stick in your head you probably won't remember it. In addition to some awesome instrumentals, the vocals are the heart of the song. The singers poured their love into singing that intro. They HAD to sing it to earn their bread and water.
2) Animation is top notch. Sure the actual cartoon may have looked poor, but gosh darn it the intro made it look epic.
3) Timing. The intro could range from short to full pledge mini-episode. Which ever the case, it was used up to the last drop.
Iron Man 90s Season 2 Intro. Yes, season 1 opening sucked, but what they did was fixed that up. Watching this makes me feel like a man. Hell if you are a girl this probably made you manly as well. Watching this makes me want to pound some freaking iron and pour hot molten metal into a cast naked. There is not much lyrical words going on but you pretty much knew two things. 1) He's fucking Iron Man. 2) He's gonna fuck you up with his bare hands if he has too.
Iron Man : Armored Adventures Opening. What the hell was that?! First off he's not a man at all, so I don't know what the song is talking about! He's a boy! And I can't even understand what the heck is going on? Ring? What the fuck? Iron man has a super suit and you're talking about obtaining some damn ring?A bunch of people pops up? Who the hell are they and why should I even care about them. Watching this makes me realize something about this Iron Man. 1) He's a douche and let's the public know it. 2) He's a boy trying to be a man but fails. 3) Oh they were singing? I thought it was a bad narration.
Post your thoughts!
The Armored Adventures' intro's "chorus" definitely sounds like it tried to be inspired from the 90's intro. That's sweet and everything, but like you said an intro should have a catchy song that sticks with you against your will.
ReplyDeleteI'm no graphic designer, but it's fairly feckless to use episode clips as an intro if they don't focus solely on the main protagonist(s).
. . .just sayin'.
Oh my god about a month ago i kept singing the theme of the older cartoon u posted like for an entire week non stop! It was stuck in my head and i loved it.
ReplyDeleteand yea, the older intro is WAY fucking better, it was the formula they had at the time, now there's this new formula i guess and it's not as good in my opinion.
makes me wonder if an old school company who made old school cartoons would b successful nowadays. one can only wonder.
that wasn't the intro tho. that was obviously a sneak peak. kindly find the shows actual intro and come back and write this again please.
ReplyDeleteyes the old intro was a lot more epic, but you're making it sound like its a different intro to the same show. it is a different show all together, with different characters, stories, themes and thus should have an intro that depicts that.
the actual intro is for a teeny-bopper audience. in this show iron man is a boy yes, but if you watched it you would know he did not name himself iron man, he was called that by the public. actually give a show a chance before you bash it please.