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got a favorite TV show intro?

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logdrum said:
Yes Schimanski was one of the detectives in the Tatort universe. Tatort started in the 70's I believe and moved from one big city and even included Austria and German speaking Swiss and even Italian Tyrol (which also speak German). I had been following the new seasons in MhZ networks, different leads per ciity country. I think there was also a GDR counterpart before unification Polizeiruf 110. Hosrt Schimanski was in 80's I believe and the local setting was Duisburg. This time around the other famous one is Borowski who I really like. There is a breakdown in Wikipedia. All quirky and memorable characters. In this century, it has definitely become more inclusive to represent the changing demographics in Germany and Austria.

There is also a French counterpart called "Meutre a.." although it's a different locale per Episode. I rarely follow American TV shows and English language shows. I lived abroad when I was in my twenties and acquired some language skills and the best way to keep up is watch foreign language shows. I always need the subs but when I get lucky, I can look away and not miss much.

Music - wise. The Tatort title track remained the same since 1970 except for the key. The newer episodes are played a half-step lower (I maybe wrong on that but it is definite lower). That's how I am nerdy about this. I saw the first who in 1989 and I was staying with friends in Mainz.
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Interesting,


I wonder what it was about Schimanski, that made that particular character / series the one deemed worthy of being dubbed into English, and broadcast in the U.K. as opposed to any of the other characters / series in that universe?

I'm not aware of any of the others having got that treatment (maybe a different one was chosen for each territory), but it always stood out because it was dubbed, featured particularly drab interiors, and was clearly several years old judging by the fashions, hair cuts, and music.

In other words, it was perfect insomniac student fodder, and had a corresponding cult following here in the U.K.
 
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jmlee said:
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Oooof!

Yeah, that is kinda terrible, but I guess they were really trying to hammer home the "this really is a Western! It just happens to be set in space" idea.

I confess, I've seen the movie, but never actually bothered to watch the original series.

I do admire the idea of Star Trek Enterprise breaking away from the traditional, established franchise music aesthetic (though for my money, there was a severe lack of Theremin & frantic bongos in the theme tunes for all the spin-offs), but what they ran with still makes me throw up in my mouth a little bit.
 
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Winslow said:
You should especially since now, it can be enjoyed without commercials, and in the correct episode order (as opposed to Fox's schedule-botched rearrangement).
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At the time, I think it was only available in the U.K. on satellite / cable tv, which I didn't have.

I'll see which streamer it's on, as I've always meant to give it a go - and at least now I'm forewarned to skip the intro :laugh:
 
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Wood and Wire said:
...and at least now I'm forewarned to skip the intro
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The shifting, stop-start meter doesn't make it an easy sing-along, but it grows on you. It also makes sense in the larger context of the show, with people in far-flung, barely-governed outer planets essentially making up the rules as they go along. Another musical selection in one of the episodes is constructed in a similar way, as if it were done by someone with no formal training, teaching himself to bang out a few chords on a guitar just well enough to get some semblance of a song out. The "rustic" disconnect from what one is accustomed to is part of the point.

One also has to bear in mind that such an overt blending of genres was fairly unusual at the time. Battlestar Galactica (the original) was basically "Wagon Train in space," but they weren't literal about it.

Worth watching, in any case.
 
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Winslow said:
You should, especially since now, it can be enjoyed without commercials, and in the correct episode order (as opposed to Fox's schedule-botched rearrangement).
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Firefly is a really outstanding series...I'm part of that long-time dedicated fan base. Captain Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds is the single best starship commander in TV history. It's on Netflix at present (and yeah, the episode order is correct there) afterwards comes the movie. The theme music is admittedly pretty bad and in somewhat the same horrid style as that for ST Enterprise—although perhaps a bit more hillbilly in feel. The theme was actually written by show creator Joss Whedon (Buffy, Avengers etc.) himself. Greg Edmonson did the music and very effectively used some of the same Wagnerian leitmotif technique that was used to fine effect in the original Star Trek series. There is *lots* to like here.:thumbsup:
 
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There was a great talk show (for want of a better description) a few years ago called "As Yet Untitled" hosted by Alan Davies, the theme music for which makes me wish I played upright much, much better than I do. Sadly can't find a link with the music without applause over it, but the show on Prime if anyone is curious enough to give it a listen

(It's also a podcast, and really funny - at least, I think so.)
 
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