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Post by Instant Classic on May 5, 2022 11:04:46 GMT -5
For wrestlers entrances? Now all we get the generic name on the titantron. Same for AEW too but not as bad.
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Post by Garyspivey on May 5, 2022 11:09:03 GMT -5
Yes
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Post by Hypnosis on May 5, 2022 11:24:46 GMT -5
I do like Sheamus' entrance graphic with the street setting, but aside from that, it's either awful CGI, or logos.
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2022 11:45:02 GMT -5
Dearly. I utterly detest WWE's current entrance set up. The AR/CGI graphics are my least favorite thing the company has ever done, by an increasingly wide margin. In a vacuum, I think displaying logos for characters can be cool (like the entrance graphics in the WWF RAW and Mania the Arcade Game circa 1995), but the way WWE is currently doing it is an active detriment to the product. For example, no one thinks of this when they think of Roman Reigns:  They just think of his terrible giant statute thing. |
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Post by 4real on May 5, 2022 12:17:26 GMT -5
Yep this and the giant screen set constantly being there reeks of laziness.
As does the booking obviously.
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Post by Hulkshi Tanahashi on May 5, 2022 12:43:21 GMT -5
Yes. Especially David Flair’s. One of the best things WWE ever produced.
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Post by The Legendary Ring Troll {BLM} on May 5, 2022 16:25:49 GMT -5
I remember when I used to watch TNA back in 09, they had the name cards and random graphic trons and then I started watching WWE again with the video trons and I was like "man, that's the difference, stuff like that." Then WWE decided to do the shitty graphic trons and here we are.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on May 5, 2022 18:47:56 GMT -5
Yes, I hate how now it's just their name... nothing that helps setup their character or match highlights, it's a great introduction if you aren't aware of a guy.
On the AR Graphics... they're are really hit or Miss... with way more misses than hits...
If they want to do the big full stage graphics you can still have them include a bordered rectangle to project the titantrons in the middle of it.
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Post by Chiral on May 5, 2022 19:19:50 GMT -5
Yeah they blow now. It's some weird PS2 tech demo floating goofy thing in front of the hugeass tron displaying just  |
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Post by Rolent Tex on May 5, 2022 20:51:45 GMT -5
Yeah they blow now. It's some weird PS2 tech demo floating goofy thing in front of the hugeass tron displaying just CHET…son of SMITH. |
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Post by Cyno on May 5, 2022 21:22:12 GMT -5
I loved the trons that were a big production. Going to just name cards and freaky AR stuff killed a lot of the presentation for me.
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Post by Rudy Gobert Fadeaway on May 5, 2022 21:24:28 GMT -5
So much. Especially the ones where they had like 2 matches to pick from for footage so you got Road Warrior Animal blasting an A out of his angry bulldog face.
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Post by Rudy Gobert Fadeaway on May 5, 2022 21:26:34 GMT -5
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Post by Cyno on May 5, 2022 21:33:59 GMT -5
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Post by A Platypus Rave on May 5, 2022 22:07:02 GMT -5
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Post by A Platypus Rave on May 5, 2022 22:08:24 GMT -5
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on May 5, 2022 22:18:25 GMT -5
Yes and no.
I'll partially be the stick in the mud and say that the video titantron can be a bit distracting. As in, I'm watching the clips of cool moves on the titantron instead of my eyes being fixed on the talent making their entrance.
That said, it's still better than virtually every entrance today. I feel like there has to be a middle ground from "moves drawing my eye off the intended focus of the entrance" and "wrestler's name in a generic font or commercialized t-shirt logo on top of Adobe After Effects backgrounds."
What I really miss are the early backdrops from when WWE first adopted the big LED screens. Jamaican Kofi and Carlito having virtual beaches. Shawn Michaels with the scrolling fans cheering. Miz with the shadows of paparazzi snapping photos. Alberto Del Rio's mansion which was excellently given a WrestleMania boost when he drove his car out of a virtual garage. That's the sort of thing that could compliment characters even better than looking at them hitting signature moves in the background.
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Post by Chris the Bambikiller on May 6, 2022 9:49:49 GMT -5
They should use the money they spend on those awful CGI monstrosities to produce some titantron videos. That's not even nostalgia, it's just admitting that the newer thing simply sucks.
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Post by The Legend of Groose on May 6, 2022 11:38:41 GMT -5
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Post by Feyrhausen on May 6, 2022 11:42:09 GMT -5
I seem to remember reading somewhere that phasing them out had to do with going to HD.
I do know that after they switched to the name trons you would still see the videos playing (for people that already had them) on some of the other smaller screens.
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