I don't think the relaunch is on us just yet as I would expect some sort of 'leak' of information first (and we have had none) but coming shortly so a chance of airing long symbols and menus that are different to those normally seen before they are gone completely.
I'm liking these menus into idents - they are a great bit of presentation with nice accompanying music and are practical as well informing viewers about what's coming up. It also makes way for a long ident as well.
Did that self portrait menu lead into the ident or was it merely a still menu?
Did that self portrait menu lead into the ident or was it merely a still menu?
Yes, the menu lead right into the ident, as with Invisible Walls, with around 20 seconds of the ident played, shame about the mixer problem at the beginning.
Thank heavens for the nations! The Self-Portrait menu shows why Network were wrong to replace the original BBC TWO box with a translucent, overlaid version on most symbols (this happened when they removed the BBC2 URLs).
As a result, the paintbrush floats in mid-air through the purple box on Self-Portrait, and more disappointingly, the logo no longer vibrates on "Remote" when the 2 crashes into the screen.
Not to mention the network BBC TWO logo is dreadfully anti-aliased. Why has no-one ever corrected this?
Thank heavens for the nations! The Self-Portrait menu shows why Network were wrong to replace the original BBC TWO box with a translucent, overlaid version on most symbols (this happened when they removed the BBC2 URLs).
As a result, the paintbrush floats in mid-air through the purple box on Self-Portrait, and more disappointingly, the logo no longer vibrates on "Remote" when the 2 crashes into the screen.
Not to mention the network BBC TWO logo is dreadfully anti-aliased. Why has no-one ever corrected this?
Well, looking at the points you made there, I fail to see the logic behind why the logo was changed in the first place, let alone why the current one is as aliased as it is!
I think if they do indeed do a new presentation pack they need to get away from this single colour, at least away from a colour like yellow.
Of course the 1991 set had set colours, but due to them been actual models look miles better. In my personal opinion CGI, when done cheaply just looks crap & the models far superior (look at Red Dwarf, even the majority of the cast on the DVD commentaries agree with this)
They remind me very much of the 1991-97 bumpers and trailers, except for one thing, the one thing that no channel sees - the old ones didn't really feature actual people in them! Even this one has someone featured prominently; the others were just of traffic lights, hair clippers and snooker balls, for example - no actual people were in them, which is what, I think, makes them better.
They remind me very much of the 1991-97 bumpers and trailers, except for one thing, the one thing that no channel sees - the old ones didn't really feature actual people in them! Even this one has someone featured prominently; the others were just of traffic lights, hair clippers and snooker balls, for example - no actual people were in them, which is what, I think, makes them better.
Those stings were great back then, the ones I remember most fondly where the velcro one (where the 2 stuck to walls & peeled itself off like velcro) & the motocycle 2 which rode off into the sunset.
Now if BBC 2's new set were like these, they would be great!
