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Alternative Opening Credits......

Rove

Rove

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Love it. Anyone else get this weird vibe when Jock Ewing appears he resembled Boss Hog from The Dukes of Hazzard? My favourite was the two Miss Ellie's.
 
Luke_Krebbs_Ewing

Luke_Krebbs_Ewing

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Julia's Gun said:
This may well have been posted before, but it really cheered me up this morning:


Lady Montford and Sue-Ellen are my favourites!
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Yeah I posted it in one of the forty fifth anniversary threads. It's quite funny, both versions of Miss Ellie are in it. :)
 
Taylor Bennett Jr.

Taylor Bennett Jr.

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it’s heartwarming to see one of the most pivotal and undersung characters get her due in the opening credits there at the end.

(why is ‘unsung’ a word and ‘undersung’ isn’t, at least according to phone autocorrect)
 
Luke_Krebbs_Ewing

Luke_Krebbs_Ewing

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Taylor Bennett Jr. said:
it’s heartwarming to see one of the most pivotal and undersung characters get her due in the opening credits there at the end.

(why is ‘unsung’ a word and ‘undersung’ isn’t, at least according to phone autocorrect)
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Undersung is what you'd use to describe Afton's singing.

The underused words cringefest and ballybloodyawful aren't used much either!

Okay, I made that second word up! :innocent:
 
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Luke_Krebbs_Ewing

Luke_Krebbs_Ewing

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Here's a great compilation of the opening sequences of Dallas, which includes a variant centre image of Barbara Bel Geddes from season nine. The season three opening from TNT Dallas is the final sequence and contains the iconic three way split from the superior Lorimar Dallas. Enjoy. :)

 
southfork88

southfork88

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Luke_Krebbs_Ewing said:
Here's a great compilation of the opening sequences of Dallas, which includes a variant centre image of Barbara Bel Geddes from season nine. The season three opening from TNT Dallas is the final sequence and contains the iconic three way split from the superior Lorimar Dallas. Enjoy. :)

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This video is not complete with all versions and variations. There is an amazing video somewhere on YouTube with all the possible versions.
 
Snarky Oracle!

Snarky Oracle!

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Alison Carr said:
So in the later years the scrolling images and the 3 way split was dropped from Dallas, maybe too much of a change in one hit. What if there was a hybrid of the two versions combined with a dynamic updated version of the iconic theme tune with the drums featuring more than violins....here is what we came up with!

DALLAS LATER YEARS OPENING TITLE CREDITS REDONE - YouTube
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The Season 13 and 14 titles change was both too much and too little -- they eradicated the scrolling images and the actors' 3 way split, yet the shots of the city were old ones from the previous version (interspersed with actors' head shots to every-other-drumbeat).

It felt dumb and desperate.

I agree with you that a hybrid version of the opening theme design might have worked better, but I'd open with new shots of the city, changing with every beat, and then return to the 3-way split for the actor's credits.
 
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