I got tired of the MetroPCS boot animation and decided to see if live logcat and dmesg would work and they do
So if you like watching scrolling text or what your phone is doing at boot:

https://market.android.com/details?id=eu.chainfire.livelogcat.lite&hl=en

https://market.android.com/details?id=eu.chainfire.livedmesg

There are also lite versions.

Edit: make sure you backup your phone before hand just in case.