chesme Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 (edited) Being a child of the '80s, I grew up on some odd tv.... my babysitters were Showtime, Nickelodeon/Nick at Night, MTV and of course, HBO. I have absolutly fond memories of sitting in front of the tube with anticipation for new shows of Fraggle Rock, It's Garry Shandling's Show, Tales from the Crypt and Not Necessarily the News (yes, I was old for my age) to name a few. Oh, and of course the movies! But there is one promo from HBO that would inevitably play between all of these that I remember just as fondly... one promo that was so awesome, I was always overjoyed to see it each and every time. In this promo, they had a camera swoop through a large, highly detailed, hand made miniature city. Then, the camera shoots into the sky to meet a floating HBO logo...sounds silly on paper, but it was so neat to see in the early '80s and it made me interested in miniature building and FX. For anyone else that remembers this interesting bit of work, I share this "behind the scenes" video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Et_LsxlX8Y Yes, I might be silly to think of this bit of marketing as a fond memory, but I even remember the music score that played during the short. My mother and I use to sing together "HBO!" along with the music every time. That was crazy bonding/family time in the 80s. Edited March 9, 2008 by chesme Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VelveteenRabbit Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 Ok, that's cool. I always liked the HBO intros also... Now I feel really old though. The idea that someone hand made a brass "HBO" sign 25 years ago that someone could now make on a computer is 15 minutes is a little disturbing. I especially like, "look at the amazing computer controlled camera effects that we're capable of now! *tap, tap, tap*" Pretty classic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Jack Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 Awesome.... HBO was the bomb back in the 80's... I saw sooo many R-rated movies that my parents wouldn't have approved of... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabascojunkie Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 Man, what's with all these 80's flashbacks? I remember all that. Wow, I'm getting old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant_Crunch Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 I grew up in the country. No cable TV for me, until my parents got divorced and Mom moved into town. I don't remember if she got HBO or not as I was usually watching Kung Fu Theater, Comedy Central, or actively searching out the worst B-movies in existance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabascojunkie Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 Worst b-movies ever and you missed out on Megaforce? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Versutus Vulpes Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 Cool... Needs more CAVs though . And amazing how... manual... all of these effects are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant_Crunch Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 Worst b-movies ever and you missed out on Megaforce? What can I say, there's lots of b-movies out there and if it wasn't aired on one of the weekends I was at my Mom's then I missed it. Plus there was all the time spent at my friends exploring the cave system near the Keep on the Borderlands and blowing up Battlemechs. Needs more CAVs thoughI was thinking the same thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orcsoul Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 Yea that was my favorite HBO "intro" too, remember getting to see it before every fraggle rock episode Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haldir Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 B-Movies---USA UPppp All night (with Rhonda Shear & said like her), fun memories of watching those corny shows. Always did like the HBO intros, Starz is similar but doesn't compare to the old HBO ones thou. funny how things like this were really cool as a kid RM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant_Crunch Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 Gilbert Godfrey was also a host for Up All Night, though Rhonda was definitely the preferred host. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon Snack Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 Thanks for posting this. I was humming and whistling that tune all day as I shoveled the drive. We didn't have cable, but my grandparents did. The only place I got to watch HBO was at their house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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