I Wonder . . .

POSTED BY: Delia
UPDATED: Friday, May 21, 2004 03:53
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DELIA

Thursday, May 20, 2004 3:49 AM

Noticed this watching old episodes of both Buffy and Angel. Every variation on the opening credits seems to have a little "walking scene" at the end, where the entire current cast is seen, well, walking. So I wonder, do you suppose the writers consciously tried to work that in to an early episode each season, or was it just luck?

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WESLEY : Feng shui.
GUNN: Right. What's that mean again?
WESLEY: That people will believe anything.

34CYGNI

Thursday, May 20, 2004 7:25 AM

It was intentional. It started with the Mercury 7 in the movie "The Right Stuff" and has become a standard cinematic shorthand for "here come the heroes"...

SEAFORT

Friday, May 21, 2004 1:52 AM

It's a cliche I'm always a sucker for.
Gets me everytime.
Actually you can date this back to "The Wild Bunch" which is 1969.

"The cosmic baker took us out of the oven a little too early, and that's the reason we're as crazy as we are..."

DELIA

Friday, May 21, 2004 3:53 AM

I know why it's in the credits. I guess it just makes me smile to think of the writers sitting around going "Damn. Gotta get a they're-all-walking-together scene in here somewhere, so they can put it in the credits." Which they probably don't actually do.

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WESLEY : Feng shui.
GUNN: Right. What's that mean again?
WESLEY: That people will believe anything.