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Old 01-05-17 | 05:50 AM
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One of the best in capturing the mood of the film:

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Old 01-05-17 | 08:45 AM
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Wait. So what happened here. Who changed the credits? The one on the left is what I'm familiar with
Old 01-18-17 | 06:17 PM
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The Blob (1988) is pretty damn slick.
Old 01-18-17 | 07:02 PM
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Wait. So what happened here. Who changed the credits? The one on the left is what I'm familiar with
Left video and audio: 1998 DVD
Right video and audio: 2014 DVD (double feature w/The Taking of Pelham One Two Three)
Old 01-19-17 | 12:36 PM
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Thanks but what happened? Which is the correct version original to the film? Did the director change it?
Old 01-19-17 | 08:22 PM
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The Kingdom's timeline intro:
Old 01-19-17 | 09:11 PM
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Yes, the soundtrack to this is fantastic. All guitars!!
Old 04-21-26 | 05:28 PM
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I searched!!! No repeat thread!!! Go OldBoy.

The Thing
Alien


im watching The Thing now and I think that has a great, if not best title card I’ve ever seen. Also, love Alien card too. So iconic both of these are.
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Zombieland is another standout. Die Hard for me as well, but I’m biased being my favorite movie and all. But it did have a nice metal clank sound.
Old 04-21-26 | 05:44 PM
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It’s more the build up and realization that we’re just now getting the title card then how cool the card itself is but …

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Old 04-21-26 | 05:50 PM
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So many broken links. This has to have been posted before, 9 years ago. Best ever! Enter the Void.

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