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==MCA/Universal Home Video== | ==MCA/Universal Home Video== | ||
===1st Logo (May 24, 1990-May 5, 1998)=== | |||
===1st Logo (May 24, 1990-May 5, 1998)=== | |||
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'''Nicknames:''' "The Clean Globe", "Shiny Globe", "MCA Globe", "Shiny MCA Globe", "90s Globe", "90s MCA Globe" | '''Nicknames:''' "The Clean Globe", "Shiny Globe", "MCA Globe", "Shiny MCA Globe", "90s Globe", "90s MCA Globe" | ||
'''Logo:''' On a black background, we see the following text all centered: | '''Logo:''' On a black background, we see the following text all centered: | ||
<center>{{Huge|MCΛ<br> | <center>{{Huge|MCΛ<br> | ||
'''{{Font color|peru|UNIVERSAL}}</u><br>}} | '''{{Font color|peru|UNIVERSAL}}</u><br>}} | ||
H O M E {{Font color|white|---------}} V I D E O</center> | H O M E {{Font color|white|---------}} V I D E O</center> | ||
with "MCA" in its similar corporate font from before and has a white gradient texture on it and "UNIVERSAL" in its similar font as the movie logo from 1990-1997, but has a gradient texture on it. The text shines and soon afterwards, a globe (showing only the Americas) fades in the center. Then a starfield background fades in behind everything else, then the text shines again. | with "MCA" in its similar corporate font from before and has a white gradient texture on it and "UNIVERSAL" in its similar font as the movie logo from 1990-1997, but has a gradient texture on it. The text shines and soon afterwards, a globe (showing only the Americas) fades in the center. Then a starfield background fades in behind everything else, then the text shines again. | ||
'''Variants:''' | '''Variants:''' | ||
*On some GoodTimes Home Video releases (i.e. ''Car Wash''), the MCA/Universal logo plays normally. The background, however, has moving stars from the 1983 MCA Home Video logo in the background (as opposed to the regular version where the background stays static). At the end, the words "UNDER LICENSE TO" pops up, peeking above the globe as the logo fades out and the words straighten out at the center of the screen. The GoodTimes Home Video logo would follow. | * On some [[GoodTimes Entertainment|GoodTimes Home Video]] releases (i.e. ''Car Wash''), the MCA/Universal logo plays normally. The background, however, has moving stars from the 1983 MCA Home Video logo in the background (as opposed to the regular version where the background stays static). At the end, the words "UNDER LICENSE TO" pops up, peeking above the globe as the logo fades out and the words straighten out at the center of the screen. The GoodTimes Home Video logo would follow. | ||
*Some MCA/Universal releases have a GoodTimes byline at the bottom. | * Some MCA/Universal releases have a GoodTimes byline at the bottom. | ||
*On ''The Making of E.T.'', the logo is sped-up. | * On ''The Making of E.T.'', the logo is sped-up. | ||
*A black-and-white version appears on some releases of black-and-white films (most notably ''To Kill a Mockingbird''). | * A black-and-white version appears on some releases of black-and-white films (most notably ''To Kill a Mockingbird''). | ||
*A longer version appears on the original 1990 VHS of ''Back to the Future Part II''. | * A longer version appears on the original 1990 VHS of ''Back to the Future Part II''. | ||
'''FX/SFX:''' The slow appearances of the globe and the starfield background and the sparkling of the logo. | '''FX/SFX:''' The slow appearances of the globe and the starfield background and the sparkling of the logo. | ||
'''Music/Sounds:''' None. However, on ''The Making of E.T.'', the opening theme plays over the logo. | '''Music/Sounds:''' None. However, on ''The Making of E.T.'', the opening theme plays over the logo. | ||
'''Availability:''' Common. | '''Availability:''' Common. | ||
*This can be seen on almost all of the releases from MCA/Universal during the era, like ''An American Tail: Fievel Goes West'', ''Jurassic Park'', the ''Back to the Future'' sequels, 1991 and 1996 reprints of ''The Land Before Time'' (and its sequels up to the fifth film), ''Exo-Squad'', ''Earthworm Jim'', ''Back to the Future: The Animated Series'', ''The Adventures of Timmy the Tooth'', ''We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story'', and ''Happy Gilmore'' (also makes a surprise appearance on its 2001 Universal Comedy Greats reprint). | * This can be seen on almost all of the releases from MCA/Universal during the era, like ''An American Tail: Fievel Goes West'', ''Jurassic Park'', the ''Back to the Future'' sequels, 1991 and 1996 reprints of ''The Land Before Time'' (and its sequels up to the fifth film), ''Exo-Squad'', ''Earthworm Jim'', ''Back to the Future: The Animated Series'', ''The Adventures of Timmy the Tooth'', ''We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story'', and ''Happy Gilmore'' (also makes a surprise appearance on its 2001 Universal Comedy Greats reprint). | ||
*This made its first appearance on ''Back to the Future Part II'', and also appears on a reprint of the original release. | * This made its first appearance on ''Back to the Future Part II'', and also appears on a reprint of the original release. | ||
*The logo continued to be used well into 1998 on some VHS releases, despite the 1996 Universal print logo appearing on their packaging. Some of the last releases using this logo include ''Liar Liar'', ''The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island'', ''Hercules & Xena: The Animated Movie'', ''The Chipmunk Adventure'', ''The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper: Spooky and Poil Meet the Monsters/Dead of the Class'', ''A Christmas Peril/Three Ghosts and a Baby'', ''Leave It to Beaver'' (1997), and the Extended Edition VHS of Steven Spielberg's ''1941''; with the final known release with this logo being the 1998 VHS of ''To Kill a Mockingbird''. | * The logo continued to be used well into 1998 on some VHS releases, despite the 1996 Universal print logo appearing on their packaging. Some of the last releases using this logo include ''Liar Liar'', ''The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island'', ''Hercules & Xena: The Animated Movie'', ''The Chipmunk Adventure'', ''The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper: Spooky and Poil Meet the Monsters/Dead of the Class'', ''A Christmas Peril/Three Ghosts and a Baby'', ''Leave It to Beaver'' (1997), and the Extended Edition VHS of Steven Spielberg's ''1941''; with the final known release with this logo being the 1998 VHS of ''To Kill a Mockingbird''. | ||
*This also makes a surprise appearance on the Canadian Cineplex Odeon VHS of ''Beyond the Law'' (1993) and the Canadian Alliance Releasing Home Video VHS releases of ''Lauderdale'' (1989), ''Hellgate'', ''Made in L.A.'', ''Playroom'' (1990), ''Quest for Love'' (1988), and ''The Emissary'', among possible others. | * This also makes a surprise appearance on the Canadian Cineplex Odeon VHS of ''Beyond the Law'' (1993) and the Canadian Alliance Releasing Home Video VHS releases of ''Lauderdale'' (1989), ''Hellgate'', ''Made in L.A.'', ''Playroom'' (1990), ''Quest for Love'' (1988), and ''The Emissary'', among possible others. | ||
*The black and white variant can be found on the 1991 VHS of ''To Kill a Mockingbird''. It also appears before the Paramount logo on Starz Encore Westerns' current prints of ''The Virginian'' (1929). | * The black and white variant can be found on the 1991 VHS of ''To Kill a Mockingbird''. It also appears before the Paramount logo on Starz Encore Westerns' current prints of ''The Virginian'' (1929). | ||
*This makes surprise appearances at the end of ''The Secrets of the Back to the Future Trilogy'' documentary on the 2002 DVD release of ''Back to the Future Part III'' (which was part of the ''Back to the Future: The Complete Trilogy'' DVD set from 2002) and the beginning of ''The Making of Jurassic Park'' documentary on the 2000 Collector's Edition DVD of ''Jurassic Park''. Both of these were likely sourced from Laserdisc masters (especially since the latter even has the Laserdisc warning screen intact). It was later intact on the Peacock prints of ''The Adventures of Timmy the Tooth'', and more recently on an airing of ''Foreign Student'' on Screenpix (as well as on The Roku Channel's streaming print). It also shows up at the start of a Netflix print of ''Deep Red'' a recent airing of ''Boss of Lonely Valley'' on Starz Encore Westerns, and a TCM airing of ''Secret of the Blue Moon''. | * This makes surprise appearances at the end of ''The Secrets of the Back to the Future Trilogy'' documentary on the 2002 DVD release of ''Back to the Future Part III'' (which was part of the ''Back to the Future: The Complete Trilogy'' DVD set from 2002) and the beginning of ''The Making of Jurassic Park'' documentary on the 2000 Collector's Edition DVD of ''Jurassic Park''. Both of these were likely sourced from Laserdisc masters (especially since the latter even has the Laserdisc warning screen intact). It was later intact on the Peacock prints of ''The Adventures of Timmy the Tooth'', and more recently on an airing of ''Foreign Student'' on Screenpix (as well as on The Roku Channel's streaming print). It also shows up at the start of a Netflix print of ''Deep Red'' a recent airing of ''Boss of Lonely Valley'' on Starz Encore Westerns, and a TCM airing of ''Secret of the Blue Moon''. | ||
*Surprisingly, on a later VHS reprint of ''Fletch'', the MCA/Universal logo and even the Universal Pictures logo in the film was replaced with the 1997 logo. | * Surprisingly, on a later VHS reprint of ''Fletch'', the MCA/Universal logo and even the Universal Pictures logo in the film was replaced with the 1997 logo. | ||
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'''Editor's Note:''' The name on this logo became outdated in late 1996, as MCA ceased operations by that point, even more so when the movie division updated its logo several months later. Otherwise, this logo has decent animation for its time and is a favorite to those who grew up with it. | '''Editor's Note:''' The name on this logo became outdated in late 1996, as MCA ceased operations by that point, even more so when the movie division updated its logo several months later. Otherwise, this logo has decent animation for its time and is a favorite to those who grew up with it. | ||
===2nd Logo (1990-1998)=== | ===2nd Logo (1990-1998)=== | ||
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'''Nicknames:''' "Airplane Passing Globe", "The Raining Filmstrips", "Rotating Globe", "90s Globe II", "MCA Globe II", "Morphing MCA Globe", "90s MCA Globe II", "From Classic to MCA Globe" | '''Nicknames:''' "Airplane Passing Globe", "The Raining Filmstrips", "Rotating Globe", "90s Globe II", "MCA Globe II", "Morphing MCA Globe", "90s MCA Globe II", "From Classic to MCA Globe" | ||
'''Logo:''' On a space background, we see the rotating globe in the 1930's style rotating. Coming from behind is an airplane passing over the globe, as usual, which flies through the screen, as the propeller becomes {{color|red|r}}{{color|orange|a}}{{color|yellow|i}}{{color|green|n}}{{color|blue|b}}{{color|purple|o}}{{color|pink|w}}. Suddenly, {{color|red|r}}{{color|orange|a}}{{color|yellow|i}}{{color|green|n}}{{color|blue|b}}{{color|purple|o}}{{color|pink|w}} filmstrips are seen falling over the logo before the nebula sky forming from filmstrips. Over the globe, while it changes into its 1990s style and in color, we see these words coming from the left and right sides of the screen (respectively) in their same corporate fonts: | '''Logo:''' On a space background, we see the rotating globe in the 1930's style rotating. Coming from behind is an airplane passing over the globe, as usual, which flies through the screen, as the propeller becomes {{color|red|r}}{{color|orange|a}}{{color|yellow|i}}{{color|green|n}}{{color|blue|b}}{{color|purple|o}}{{color|pink|w}}. Suddenly, {{color|red|r}}{{color|orange|a}}{{color|yellow|i}}{{color|green|n}}{{color|blue|b}}{{color|purple|o}}{{color|pink|w}} filmstrips are seen falling over the logo before the nebula sky forming from filmstrips. Over the globe, while it changes into its 1990s style and in color, we see these words coming from the left and right sides of the screen (respectively) in their same corporate fonts: | ||
< | <center> | ||
MCΛ<br> | MCΛ<br> | ||
UNIVERSAL | UNIVERSAL | ||
</center> | |||
A few seconds later, as "MCA" and "UNIVERSAL" go into their positions in front of the globe, a red orange/yellow gradient fire flies through the screen, forming the words "HOME VIDEO" underneath, with a line above it and the globe stops rotating afterwards. When the logo forms, either the "(R)" symbol or the "TM" symbol fades in on the bottom right of the screen. | A few seconds later, as "MCA" and "UNIVERSAL" go into their positions in front of the globe, a red orange/yellow gradient fire flies through the screen, forming the words "HOME VIDEO" underneath, with a line above it and the globe stops rotating afterwards. When the logo forms, either the "(R)" symbol or the "TM" symbol fades in on the bottom right of the screen. | ||
'''Variants:''' There are three variations of this logo: | '''Variants:''' There are three variations of this logo: | ||
*There is a version where the both the line and "HOME VIDEO" fade in as the comet flies through. That was seen on a demo tape for ''Bird on a Wire''. | * There is a version where the both the line and "HOME VIDEO" fade in as the comet flies through. That was seen on a demo tape for ''Bird on a Wire''. | ||
*There is a short version in which the airplane and filmstrips parts of the logo are cut out and begins with the words zooming and rotating in. | * There is a short version in which the airplane and filmstrips parts of the logo are cut out and begins with the words zooming and rotating in. | ||
*There is a still version of the logo without music. | * There is a still version of the logo without music. | ||
'''FX/SFX:''' The airplane passing the globe, the transition from black and white to color, the letters rotating in, and the fire flying through the screen. | '''FX/SFX:''' The airplane passing the globe, the transition from black and white to color, the letters rotating in, and the fire flying through the screen. | ||
'''Music/Sounds:''' Usually the theme from from ''Back to the Future'' composed by Alan Silvestri, Sometimes, it used a shortened version of the Universal theme (from that era). On promotional VHS releases, a voiceover advertising upcoming releases is heard. | '''Music/Sounds:''' Usually the theme from from ''Back to the Future'' composed by Alan Silvestri, Sometimes, it used a shortened version of the Universal theme (from that era). On promotional VHS releases, a voiceover advertising upcoming releases is heard. | ||
'''Availability:''' Uncommon. It was seen primarily on home video trailers and promotional VHS tapes at the time, as early as a demo tape for ''Bird on a Wire''. The still version appeared on some trailers for ''The Adventures of Timmy the Tooth'' videos, especially the promotional trailers for demo VHS tapes of the show and on the In-School Lesson video of it. Also seen on the trailer for ''The Shadow''. The short version can be found on the 1995 release of ''The Little Rascals''. | '''Availability:''' Uncommon. It was seen primarily on home video trailers and promotional VHS tapes at the time, as early as a demo tape for ''Bird on a Wire''. The still version appeared on some trailers for ''The Adventures of Timmy the Tooth'' videos, especially the promotional trailers for demo VHS tapes of the show and on the In-School Lesson video of it. Also seen on the trailer for ''The Shadow''. The short version can be found on the 1995 release of ''The Little Rascals''. | ||
'''Editor's Note:''' Once again, the name became outdated by the end of 1996. Plus, this is a pretty wasted effort, as it was mainly used for promotional releases. | '''Editor's Note:''' Once again, the name became outdated by the end of 1996. Plus, this is a pretty wasted effort, as it was mainly used for promotional releases. | ||