Opening - Is there a 'middle ground'?

In my experience, the main thing that determines whether the opener will 'work', is whether she is somewhat attracted to you, and also, she just happens to be a fairly social, friendly girl who isn't wierded out by strangers saying 'hi' like so many seem to be

The other thing that is important (on the sets that are receptive) is whether your opener is more of a conversation starter rather than an 'opener' (like 'hi', is an opener, but it's hardly a conversation starter - Whereas opening her by talking about the fight outside is more of a 'conversation starter')

When you ask seddit for advice on opening, it's usually 'just say 'hi'. People do that. Then she looks at you blankly. Then you ask her name and what she's up too/what she does for a job or something (or even make an 'assumption' about her instead as per PUA wisdom), and it tends to die)

The other half use scripted opinion openers and routines. Lots of people claim that this stuff makes you look a bit odd in some cultures, and also complain about how inauthentic and 'fake' it is and they use this as the reason why people get rejected in field reports (I saw someone get berated in an FR recently for his use of mysterymethod style game)

Is there a middle ground? Maybe some clever dude here tends to use certain openers that aren't necessarily a long script or routine, but tends to lend itself to opening up an actual (fun?) conversation as opposed to just being an opener

Lets say you want to open these 2 girls

https://media4.s-nbcnews.com/j/newscms/2018_34/2540681/180822-lgbtq-bar-washington-aloho-opening-night-se-558p_e331e8d6c013316f7b38b83cb525f58e.fit-760w.jpg

(I know they're not hot but whatever)

What is your opener? What is your follow up? And what is your follow-up to the follow up?!! (because girls in the UK won't hook easily at ALL unless she is super social and thinks you're hella handsome lol)