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== [[Live-Action TV]] == |
== [[Live-Action TV]] == |
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* ''[[Max Headroom]]'', of course: [[Trope Codifier]] for Subliminal Advertising [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future]]. |
* ''[[Max Headroom]]'', of course: [[Trope Codifier]] for Subliminal Advertising [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future]]. |
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* The new ''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined|Battlestar Galactica]]'' places a blipvert of scenes from the upcoming episode at the end of the main title sequence, an homage to the same device in ''[[Space: 1999]]'' and ''[[Mission Impossible]]''. |
* The new ''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined|Battlestar Galactica]]'' places a blipvert of scenes from the upcoming episode at the end of the main title sequence, an homage to the same device in ''[[Space: 1999]]'' and ''[[Mission: Impossible]]''. |
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** In both cases, highly annoying to those of the [[Spoiler]]-averse persuasion. |
** In both cases, highly annoying to those of the [[Spoiler]]-averse persuasion. |
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** In all fairness, the blipvert sequence is very short and always appears in the same place, so you can know when it's coming up and briefly close your eyes to avoid spoilers. |
** In all fairness, the blipvert sequence is very short and always appears in the same place, so you can know when it's coming up and briefly close your eyes to avoid spoilers. |
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*** Also, they try to show the scenes out-of-context, and often arrange them to lead the audience in the direction of the mid-episode [[Red Herring]]. |
*** Also, they try to show the scenes out-of-context, and often arrange them to lead the audience in the direction of the mid-episode [[Red Herring]]. |
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* ''[[Thunderbirds]]'' did the same in the title sequence, which may have inspired the ''[[Mission Impossible]]'' and ''[[Space: 1999]]'' versions. (Both ''Thunderbirds'' and ''Space: 1999'' were Gerry Anderson productions) |
* ''[[Thunderbirds]]'' did the same in the title sequence, which may have inspired the ''[[Mission: Impossible]]'' and ''[[Space: 1999]]'' versions. (Both ''Thunderbirds'' and ''Space: 1999'' were Gerry Anderson productions) |
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** Therefore not so much a case of inspiration so much as repeating oneself. |
** Therefore not so much a case of inspiration so much as repeating oneself. |
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** In any case it's relatively rare for series television. Most series produce a new title sequence once a season at most; these little previews are of course done for every episode and can't be done until after principal photography for the episode is complete. Bruce Geller's insistence on putting these at the head of every episode of M:I was one of the things that "endeared" him to Desilu and CBS. |
** In any case it's relatively rare for series television. Most series produce a new title sequence once a season at most; these little previews are of course done for every episode and can't be done until after principal photography for the episode is complete. Bruce Geller's insistence on putting these at the head of every episode of M:I was one of the things that "endeared" him to Desilu and CBS. |
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== [[Web Original]] == |
== [[Web Original]] == |
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* There is one about halfway through [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fc8VDuxKQM this youtube video] |
* There is one about halfway through [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fc8VDuxKQM this youtube video] |
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* This [[ |
* This [[YouTube Poop]] (by the legendary Stegblob) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GL5nBkQbuwI at 1:33 to 1:36] |
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== [[Western Animation]] == |
== [[Western Animation]] == |
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[[Category:Advertising Tropes]] |
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[[Category:Montages]] |
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