Here ya go!
I think I'm missing something here, Rodney........
You're supposed to write down what they mean, like you did for the regular opening credits.
I did the regular credits, it looks like Rodney was going to do the Mirror Darkly ones but forgot to include an attachment or something.
That was R W F Worsley (Notanit), not Rodney.
Those credits suggest the Empire has been around for a long time, at least since the 20th Century.
Scott, am I missing something here? This is only the seventh entry to this thread, and Rodney's is the first, on Monday, May 17, 2021, saying "Here ya go!", not Worsley. Why do you say it's not Rodney?
Rodney created it in response to RWF's Monday, May 17, 2021 - 9:58 am comment on the "Star Trek - Enterprise Credits Explained." board.
Oh, Rodney created it FOR Worsley to submit a list and explain the credits. I see now. I thought Rodney was going to do it, but forgot where the 'enter' key was on his keyboard!
So, I'll beat him to it, courtesy of Memory Alpha's website again;
To help deliver the message that we're "not in Kansas anymore," the words "Star Trek: Enterprise" in these titles change from white to black. (Information provided by Mike Sussman)
The new credits – an amalgam of real world historical footage and motion picture produced clippings – depict World War I fighter aircraft, World War II American troops marching into Paris, a squadron of Stukas, an atomic bomb exploding, aerial carpet bombings, a submarine firing a torpedo, a different moon landing, a T-62 tank, an F-15 Eagle, the destruction of a Klingon Bird-of-Prey, and a battle between Enterprise and the Xindi.
The alternate credits also include scenes from other Paramount Pictures media, notably the television series Call to Glory, the 1927 silent World War I film Wings (incidentally, the first motion picture to receive the Academy Award for Best Picture), and the 1990 feature film The Hunt for Red October.
The image of a Boeing B-1B Lancer seen in one of these shots was used at the start of the 2005 film The Jacket.
The image of an energy weapon blasting through a building was repurposed from the Star Trek: Voyager sixth season episode "Dragon's Teeth".
Two scenes showing World War II era German submarines originated from the 2000 Universal Studios war movie U-571; Universal Studios is the movie distribution partner of Paramount Pictures through United International Pictures.
Writer Mike Sussman's favorite shot from these titles was that of the Emmette-type starship firing on the moon. (ENT Season 4 DVD audio commentary)
I legit cannot remember even creating this board or the reasoning behind it.
I'm just pleased it wasn't another Jeff Winters pile of nonsense....
Steve did a good job in posting about the images, IMO.
Thanks, Tim.
I've been curious about them, too, but never thought to check up on their origins until now.
And they are interesting.