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Behind-The-Scenes: HBO “Starship” Intro 1983 Posted by Brandon Lori Every now and then, it’s nice to look back. Get your daily dose of nostalgia from this behind-the-scenes documentary on the 1983 HBO “Starship” intro. Posted on 15 October 2009 \| Tags: behind the scnes, documentary, hbo, Intro, old school, starship, vhs tape, vintage VN:F [1.9.3_1094] Rating: 5.0/5 (4 votes cast) Click here to see the comments (3) or add a new comment Click here to hide the comments 3 responses to “Behind-The-Scenes: HBO “Starship” Intro 1983” Comment by brianwalsh.nyc: Thursday, October 15th 2009 at 5:35 pm \| I feel so spoiled after watching this. VN:F [1.9.3_1094] Rating: +2 (from 2 votes) Comment by ktx: Friday, October 16th 2009 at 11:27 am \| I love the craftsmanship and the techniques involved in producing those old school visual effects (the stargate effect, the colored rays) VN:F [1.9.3_1094] Rating: 0 (from 0 votes) Comment by hoeveler: Sunday, October 18th 2009 at 6:54 am \| Haha… kudos to these guys! My favorite cut… “now with computers…” (cut to terminal station from LOST) VN:F [1.9.3_1094] Rating: 0 (from 0 votes)