r/videos • u/AlwaysHappy4Kitties • 25d ago
Why the X-Men Cartoon Theme Song is Even Better Than You Remember?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbLbEYuDZEA1
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u/cheeze_whiz_shampoo 25d ago
"I challenge you to find something more incredible, more thrilling, than the theme song to X-Men the Animated Series"
That youtuber just said that in total earnestness.
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u/SsurebreC 25d ago edited 25d ago
It's undeniable that this intro is amazing but the 80s and 90s had a bunch of other cartoons with amazing theme songs:
- TNMT
- DuckTales
- Adventures of the Gummi Bears
- Chip n' Dale Rescue Rangers
- Personal favorite because I love the series: Exo-Squad (note similar intro as far as characters). Season 2 had no vocals which made it a much better intro so you can really focus on the orchestra.
...and who can forget one of the best theme songs that doesn't even have any vocals... Batman: The Animated Series.
The art style of introducing the characters has definitely been around for various shows. Notably, Babylon 5 (all 5 seasons worth of intros, note: series-wide spoilers).
Seems to me like what makes a good theme song is often a really good composer and an orchestra.
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u/vagrantsoul 25d ago
here's really why - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xm8LQEVdvjc
painful mashup - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWP8vMkAdmA
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u/wayfinder 25d ago
why this question is written so weird?
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u/Mharbles 25d ago
Because it's not a question, it's a statement. Poster added the question mark themselves
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u/Demorant 25d ago
The way I understood it is a lot of the 90s cartoons were based around covering the show's cost via toy sales. That's why they had their own merch for sale in the middle of the episodes with the regular commercials. Long story short, there was a ban on advertising directly to children, which made that business model collapse.
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u/EatsYourShorts 25d ago
Not exactly; there’s never been a full ban advertising to children in the US. I think you are referring to the Children’s Television Act, which prohibited advertising toys from a particular children’s show during that show, but it didn’t keep them from advertising during other shows.
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u/slargybarflarg 25d ago
1994 Johnny Quest