Behold the wondrous opening sequence of Spielberg ’s War of the Worlds . Any movie that start with Morgan Freeman ’s caskful - of age voice , telling us we ’re screwed , is off to a big start . Many scientific discipline - fiction flick open with voiceover story , which prepare you for greatness … or bombard you with backstory .
Here are more than 50 of the most awe-inspiring , thunderous and derisory opening voiceovers from science fiction and fantasy celluloid .
Too bad War Of The Worlds goes downhill a second after that surprisingly pompous initiative . No motion-picture show could live up to the promise of Morgan Freeman reading H.G. Wells , more or less direct , but it ’s still a sad thing .
The greatest voiceovers separate you what kind of picture show you ’re in for , and also give you the entropy you need to dispatch the primer running . Take Sean Connery ’s iconic voiceover from Highlander , which is so awful , you necessitate it written out for you to appreciate its greatness :
Sadly , most voiceovers that plunge movies either try on to pack in way , way too much backstory ( “ And then there was a gentleman’s gentleman key 92ZorkX , who build a mega - third power in his pants ” ) or go right smart , way overboard with the cheese . Here are 48 more voiceovers that mostly go way over the top , sorted by type :
In The Year 2727 , Some mess Up Shit Happened !
https://gizmodo.com/in-the-year-2727-some-messed-up-shit-happened-5967629
Perhaps my favorite sort of opening voiceover is the variety where the storyteller starts out by intoning , “ In the class 2027 , we realized we had go away out of the house without any low garments , and the Earth was cut to rubble as a result . The survivors lived in caves , eating scraps of jerky . Until one day , a raw hope appeared . ” Here are ten of the most awesome voiceovers that begin with a date and end with a pitiful practice session .
Anything sound Cool If You Say It In A Creamy English Accent
https://gizmodo.com/anything-sounds-cool-if-its-said-in-a-creamy-english-ac-5967643
It ’s really true . you could recite anything in a placid English accent , and it sounds amazing . It ’s like spreading brie all over your frontal cerebral cortex , eliminate all of your B.S.-detectors . Someone with an English stress is say it , so it must be vivid . Right ?
What The Hell Are You Talking About , Crazy Announcer Guy ?
https://gizmodo.com/what-the-hell-are-you-talking-about-crazy-announcer-5967641
You know a science fable movie is kick the bucket to be whole absurd when it starts off with a voiceover that just bewilder a giant ball of crazy at your head . Someone who is trying not to giggle gives a little actor’s line about how there was a guy cable named Zaark 795 , and he rose up against his brother , the Bishop of Pluto , because they both want the power of the Dodecahedron - o - g . Yeah . Anyway , here are the nonsense opening voiceovers that make us glad to be active .
You Ca n’t Have An Revelation Without A Gloomy Speech
https://gizmodo.com/you-cant-have-an-apocalypse-without-a-gloomy-voiceover-5967637
It ’s just the jurisprudence of Revelation of Saint John the Divine : You ca n’t feature the destruction of all ( or most ) life on Earth , without throwing in a gloomy monologue explain precisely how we blew it all to hell . It ’s the way of life things work around here . Typically , these monologues include scene of devastation as well as a droning interpreter talking about viruses or bombs or people not washing their hands . Here are some of the slap-up .
Science Fiction Movies That set out With Deep Personal Monologues
https://gizmodo.com/science-fiction-movies-that-start-with-deep-personal-mo-5967635
Some science fiction picture show pop out with a more personal touch — one character giving an internal soliloquy about their feelings . Either it ’s a character being introverted , or it ’s some form of noir deal , where the person talk about their pain in a hardcore , hard - guy way . Here are some of our faves .
Voiceovers That Turn Into Conversations , And Weird Voiceover Spoofs
https://gizmodo.com/voiceovers-that-turn-into-conversations-and-weird-voic-5967631
This is sort of a catch - all for two family that did n’t quite deserve their own page : monologues that start out out as a voiceover , and then turn over into someone talking to the camera ; and voiceovers that are just sort of unbalanced , silly or satirical . They ’re both a bit different from your standard scientific discipline fabrication voiceover , in any case .
This io9 Flashback in the beginning appeared in June 2009 . Additional reporting by Alexis Brown .
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