alg | TV Show Meme! Day 18! (Reply)

My goal for this weekend is to write 5,000 words of the Salt and Silver sequel, so, of course, when I sat down at my computer, I wrote about television instead! Ah, Saturdays...

Day 18 - Favorite title sequence

Um. I tend to hate the title sequence of any show, and feel strongly that it is taking away time better spent telling me a story!!

However, there are two that I think are pretty okay. One is for a show I don't even watch -- a British series about teenagers called Skins. The first two seasons are streaming at Netflix; I got them from a dodgier source a few years ago. Meh. The show itself is not my thing, but the title sequence is great. Watch it at YouTube.

(Relatedly,

obsessive24 made a super great Skins fanvid, set to "You Make Me Wanna" by Usher. I totally recommend clicking through to watch it; there are a few download links, plus it's available streaming. Even if you never watch the show, the vid is great.)

The other one is a show that I watched obsessively: My So-Called Life

Ohhhh loved it. Watched it every week, taped it every week. Then I watched it when it reran on MTV, each episode hosted by the cast (and taped it then, too, for some reason). Even after I bought the DVDs (for $110!), I kept a few of the tapes. The title sequence is great -- good song choice, great clips, good pacing. You know exactly what kind of show you're getting when you watch this title sequence.

And don't you just love it when Jordan Catalano leans?