Simitar Entertainment: Difference between revisions

'''Simitar Entertainment, Inc.''' was a Minnesota-based company founded in 1985 that released content on VHS, DVD, CD and CD-ROM. It was founded by Mickey Elfenbien and Philip Kives, who were the CEO and founder of K-Tel, respectively. They bought out Pickwick Records and began releasing music. Eventually, they became one of the leading names in budget VHS. They also released many tapes of sports footage, and spun off [[Simitar Motorsports Video]] for this purpose. They also had a short-lived Japanese animation distributor known as Ani-Magine Anime, started by John Litton. In 1997, they became the first independent film producer to release their films on DVD. Simitar Entertainment would eventually go bankrupt and shut down in 2000 after losing a lawsuit filed by Titan Sports (former owner of WWF, now known as WWE) over a 1999 knock-off compilation entitled ''Slammin' Wrestling Hits'', which contained covers of WWF entrance themes produced without their consent. Simitar's film library ended up being sold to [[Brentwood Communications]] (later BCI Eclipse).

'''Visuals:''' On a shady {{color|blue}} background, two separate sets of {{color|gold}} bars at opposite angles merge into each others' spaces in the center of the screen. From the bottom, 3 stacked lines swoop up and rotate 90 degrees to reveal the familiar "S", now in {{color|gold}} CGI, and plasters itself onto the bars. Underneath, a 9th bar drops down and causes the {{color|gold}} text "{{color|gold|''S i m i t a r''}}" to rotate forward.

'''Trivia:''' See it or not, this logo contains an animation error as one of the gold bars protrudes from the right side of the screen before the rest of them do. It may or may not be visible depending on the aspect ratio of the viewer's television.

'''Variant:''' On rare instances, the <u>end of the logo</u> may be used in promos. This can be seen on some products featuring Simitar trailers on Amazon.

'''Availability:''' Appears on 1990s Simitar Entertainment VHS releases, and some DVD releases like ''Dumb Luck in Vegas''.

'''Visuals:''' On a shady denim blue-textured background with some light near the upper-left is a faded square in the center with a shadow drop behind it. A DVD flies around with a dust trailing effect, and parts of the Simitar logo (very much like what you see in the 3rd logo, but slightly re-textured) fly into place in the center. The word "{{color|gold|Simitar}}", now in Futura font, flies around and settles underneath it, and the {{color|silver}} DVD logo (with a CGI DVD and a simple font for "DVD") flies into place under that. The disc seen earlier is part of this. Then the logo starts to "ripple" away before it fades out.

'''Availability:''' Can be seen on most Simitar DVD releases, including ''The Killing Man, Firehouse'', ''Mob War'', ''Abraxas: Guardian of the Universe'', ''Search and Destroy'' (1988), ''Hyperspace'', ''Cybernator'', ''Cartel'', ''Red Scorpion'', ''The Naked Truth'', ''Werewolf'', ''Dead End'', ''Ninja Academy'', ''Bloodstone'', and ''Glitch!'', among others.