Ok, now that I've seen "The Buck Swaps Here", I've finally seen the Season Five intro, and yeah, it has been spruced up. The most noticeable changes:
- The mansion is a little more ornate on the initial "draw-in", and the landscape is much sharper and more colourful
- Mac really bounces up those stairs now!
- The shot of Mac meeting Wilt is much smaller
- Ed's pupils and eyebrow are proportionally smaller, making his stare a bit more focused
- The shot of Mac meeting Coco is a bit bigger
- Frankie's finally been upgraded to her Season Two redesign, with the pronounced ears, larger eyes and without the dangly sideburn-thingies (what's the correct term for those?)
- Madame Foster's slower to wave, and Mr Herriman is slower to turn and point
- Bloo looks a lot bigger, as do his facial features, especially for his big smile as he turns around, and his leap onto Mac's head has a bit more oomph to it now
- Coco doesn't flap her mouth any more as she runs back and forth
- The title portrait is wider and lighter
Yes, I am a very, very sad man.
I guess once you've seen something about a hundred times, even the smallest changes become glaringly obvious...that's my excuse, anyway.
