BBC Two 2018 Revamp: New ident ‘Discovery’ - p89 - Page 105

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Robert Williams Founding member 13 August 2019 6:08pm

Somebody else sees the similarities too!

Silk/Escapist, Diary/Reflective, Revelatory/Slinky, Fluffy Dog/Offbeat, Op Art/Thought Provoking and Bold/Giant's Causeway are the ones where I see the links between the old 2 and the curve era.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_igvy-t802o

Whoever wrote the descriptions on the Wikipedia article on the curve idents ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Two_%27Curve%27_idents ) also seems to think some of them are inspired by the old 2s, but like this video, the comparisons are tenuous at best and I can't see it myself.

I think the curve idents are entirely their own thing - any resemblance to the old idents is purely in the eye of the beholder.

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natwel27 13 August 2019 7:03pm

I think it is a given that people are going to make comparisons between the 90's 2's and other sets, so to see some people calling the curves "spiritual successors" only highlights the fact that the curve idents are the best set we've had since 2001.

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MMcG198 14 August 2019 12:24am

Robert Williams posted:

cylon6 posted:

Somebody else sees the similarities too!

Silk/Escapist, Diary/Reflective, Revelatory/Slinky, Fluffy Dog/Offbeat, Op Art/Thought Provoking and Bold/Giant's Causeway are the ones where I see the links between the old 2 and the curve era.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_igvy-t802o

Whoever wrote the descriptions on the Wikipedia article on the curve idents ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Two_%27Curve%27_idents ) also seems to think some of them are inspired by the old 2s, but like this video, the comparisons are tenuous at best and I can't see it myself.

I think the curve idents are entirely their own thing - any resemblance to the old idents is purely in the eye of the beholder.

There is an undoubted connection between Silk and Escapist, Diary and Reflective Neutral. Whether or not the current versions in those two pairings were inspired by their 90s cousins, who knows. However, most of the remaining comparisons in that video - um, no.

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VMPhil 9 September 2019 10:19pm

Recorded BBC Two’s showing of the first episode of Monty Python last night. I’m not an expert with the technical side of things, but it appeared to be broadcast in a slightly narrower aspect ratio than 4:3, so everyone was unnaturally thin.

I’ve noticed this on YouTube videos of old continuity that has been uploaded, and it’s been explained to me on here that this is because YouTube will have treated a non-square pixel source as though it has square pixels. I don’t know how this would have happened to something actually being broadcast on TV.

Maybe I just have a keen eye for these things but if they’d done a whole repeat run like that it would have annoyed me.

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james-2001 9 September 2019 10:51pm

It's the same on the iPlayer version

Which also gives an original airdate of "3rd July 1994"...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p00gz89w/monty-pythons-flying-circus-series-1-1-whither-canada

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VMPhil 9 September 2019 11:08pm

Sight mistake on my part - it was shown on Saturday night, not last night. I watched the documentary beforehand so you’d think I’d remember!

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AxG 10 September 2019 4:55pm

Spotted this on Design Week today, certainly a bit late and hardly anything new; apart from the last image.
An upcoming ident named "Punchy"?:

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VMPhil 10 September 2019 4:57pm

Reminds me of…

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Capybara 10 September 2019 5:12pm

VMPhil posted:

Reminds me of…

Maybe it is supposed to be a "throwback", as per the modern day.

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cylon6 10 September 2019 5:23pm

Thank you The Ident Fan for putting these on You Tube!

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