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'''Availability:''' Extremely rare. The two films confirmed to have used this logo are ''Rambo: First Blood Part II'' and ''Angel Heart'', all on international prints and early home video releases where this is shown cropped to 4:3 from a print matted to widescreen. The original domestic prints of these films began with a TriStar Pictures logo. ''Rambo: First Blood Part II'', from the 1988 IVE release onward (with the exceptions of the 1989 budget-priced IVE release, which uses the next logo, and the 1991 Live Home Video, 1992 Promotional Concept Group, Inc. and 1995 Avid Home Entertainment VHS releases, which retain this logo), updates this with the 3rd logo. On HBO prints, from when they first started running the film in 1986, the domestic print with the TriStar logo was used instead. Some TV prints of ''Angel Heart'' have the TriStar logo while most DVD releases open with no logo. The Scope version appears on at least a SECAM release of ''Rambo: First Blood Part II'', but it does not appear at all on the British Thorn EMI Video release of said movie. | '''Availability:''' Extremely rare. The two films confirmed to have used this logo are ''Rambo: First Blood Part II'' and ''Angel Heart'', all on international prints and early home video releases where this is shown cropped to 4:3 from a print matted to widescreen. The original domestic prints of these films began with a TriStar Pictures logo. ''Rambo: First Blood Part II'', from the 1988 IVE release onward (with the exceptions of the 1989 budget-priced IVE release, which uses the next logo, and the 1991 Live Home Video, 1992 Promotional Concept Group, Inc. and 1995 Avid Home Entertainment VHS releases, which retain this logo), updates this with the 3rd logo. On HBO prints, from when they first started running the film in 1986, the domestic print with the TriStar logo was used instead. Some TV prints of ''Angel Heart'' have the TriStar logo while most DVD releases open with no logo. The Scope version appears on at least a SECAM release of ''Rambo: First Blood Part II'', but it does not appear at all on the British Thorn EMI Video release of said movie. | ||
''' | '''Legacy:''' A wasted early effort by the company, the logo's short-lived tenure puzzled many in the logo community. | ||
===2nd Logo (May 1, 1986-November 30, 1988)=== | ===2nd Logo (May 1, 1986-November 30, 1988)=== | ||
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'''Availability:''' Extremely rare. It can be found on the 1989 VHS markdown releases of ''Rambo: First Blood Part II'' and ''Angel Heart'' plastering the previous logo. It is also intact on the U.S. VHS, original Laserdisc, Artisan DVD, and Amazon Instant Video stream releases of ''Extreme Prejudice'' (though the original fanfare is replaced with the Goldsmith fanfare on the 1989 VHS markdown release). The iTunes and VUDU print of the aforementioned movie has the Live Entertainment and TriStar Pictures logos. Said logo combo might have appeared on the widescreen Laserdisc release of said film. It also makes an appearance in full on the trailer for the latter. | '''Availability:''' Extremely rare. It can be found on the 1989 VHS markdown releases of ''Rambo: First Blood Part II'' and ''Angel Heart'' plastering the previous logo. It is also intact on the U.S. VHS, original Laserdisc, Artisan DVD, and Amazon Instant Video stream releases of ''Extreme Prejudice'' (though the original fanfare is replaced with the Goldsmith fanfare on the 1989 VHS markdown release). The iTunes and VUDU print of the aforementioned movie has the Live Entertainment and TriStar Pictures logos. Said logo combo might have appeared on the widescreen Laserdisc release of said film. It also makes an appearance in full on the trailer for the latter. | ||
''' | '''Legacy:''' Not an impressive logo by any means, especially considering this followed the under-utilized 1st logo. The theme sounds like something out of the 1970s, and the animation is not the best. | ||
===3rd Logo (January 15, 1988-August 26, 1994, 2015-2016)=== | ===3rd Logo (January 15, 1988-August 26, 1994, 2015-2016)=== | ||
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* It might have appeared on non-Australian theatrical prints of the Village Roadshow Pictures film ''Bloodmoon''. | * It might have appeared on non-Australian theatrical prints of the Village Roadshow Pictures film ''Bloodmoon''. | ||
''' | '''Legacy:''' Generally agreed upon to be one of the greatest logos of the 1980s. The majestic fanfare and the incredible special effects makes this logo prove its worth. | ||
===4th Logo (December 22, 1995, 2015)=== | ===4th Logo (December 22, 1995, 2015)=== | ||
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'''Availability:''' Rare. Seen on ''Cutthroat Island'', the last production by the original company. The later variant was only known to be seen on a trailer for a music concert film. | '''Availability:''' Rare. Seen on ''Cutthroat Island'', the last production by the original company. The later variant was only known to be seen on a trailer for a music concert film. | ||
''' | '''Legacy:''' Characteristically symbolic, this logo preceded a major failure at the box office (in fact, it's even listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the greatest box office bomb of all time). Carolco shut its doors shortly afterward. | ||
===5th Logo (2016-2017)=== | ===5th Logo (2016-2017)=== | ||
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'''Availability:''' Extinct. It was used as the intro on Carolco's website until its closure. | '''Availability:''' Extinct. It was used as the intro on Carolco's website until its closure. | ||
''' | '''Legacy:''' A nice remake of the Laser Light logo, though it lacks the power of the original. | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* [[w:Carolco Pictures|Carolco Pictures]] on Wikipedia | * [[w:Carolco Pictures|Carolco Pictures]] on Wikipedia | ||