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=== 1st Logo (1987-1993)=== | === 1st Logo (1987-1993)=== | ||
Nicknames: "Grid of Doom"<br />Logo: Against a live-action sky background, a white grid can be seen with its tiles advancing forward. This scene then zooms out to reveal that it takes place on a rich lilac-colored background. Once it's zoomed out all the way, the words "CASTLE" and "VISION" on black squares in cyan can be seen above and below the sky/grid scene respectively. The sky/grid scene then splits in two and a flash of bright light appears in the middle of the screen, causing the logo to disappear and leaving just the background when it dies down.<br />Variants: | Nicknames: "Grid of Doom", "Hypocritical Vision", "Where's The Castle?" <br />Logo: Against a live-action sky background, a white grid can be seen with its tiles advancing forward. This scene then zooms out to reveal that it takes place on a rich lilac-colored background. Once it's zoomed out all the way, the words "CASTLE" and "VISION" on black squares in cyan can be seen above and below the sky/grid scene respectively. The sky/grid scene then splits in two and a flash of bright light appears in the middle of the screen, causing the logo to disappear and leaving just the background when it dies down.<br />Variants: | ||
* On a promo variant, the logo is shorten to when the grid splits in 2 and is silent, all before fading to the beginning of the promo. At the end, some of the titles are then shown on a still of the grid scene, all before finishing off with a slightly faster version of the logo. | * On a promo variant, the logo is shorten to when the grid splits in 2 and is silent, all before fading to the beginning of the promo. At the end, some of the titles are then shown on a still of the grid scene, all before finishing off with a slightly faster version of the logo. | ||
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Availability: Should be available on all tapes with the Castle Vision label from 1987 to 1989, including videos of ''TUGS'', ''Alvin and the Chipmunks'' and ''The Raggy Dolls''. Also appeared on some later releases, including ''You've Been Framed!'' from 1991. | Availability: Should be available on all tapes with the Castle Vision label from 1987 to 1989, including videos of ''TUGS'', ''Alvin and the Chipmunks'' and ''The Raggy Dolls''. Also appeared on some later releases, including ''You've Been Framed!'' from 1991. | ||
Editor's Note:The dated effects and the rapid-moving clouds are sure to unnerve a few, but the scariest thing about the logo is the music; there is very little rhyme or reason to the composition, and the droning and instrument choices sound ominous and foreboding. | Editor's Note: The dated effects and the rapid-moving clouds are sure to unnerve a few, but the scariest thing about the logo is the music; there is very little rhyme or reason to the composition, and the droning and instrument choices sound ominous and foreboding. | ||
=== 2nd Logo (1988-1998?)=== | === 2nd Logo (1988-1998?)=== | ||