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===9th Trailer ( | ===9th Trailer (October 20, 1998-March 3, 2009)=== | ||
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'''Nicknames''': "Cavalcade", "T-1000-HX", "Sphere of Doom" | '''Nicknames''': "Broadway '98", "Cavalcade", "T-1000-HX", "The Sphere", "The Blue Rectangle II", "Sphere of Doom", "THX's 15th Anniversary", "15 Years of Quality Certification" | ||
'''Trailer''': In a darkly-lit environment, we zoom in toward a glassy blue sphere, which has clouds rolling and lightning flickering. As the environment illuminates, we see that the sphere is barely hovering over a textured blue floor. Suddenly, the sphere shatters, and the sky is revealed to contain several rolling gray clouds. The glass then liquefies and gathers in the center. Some lightning strikes it and forms a silver THX logo. If you look closely while the THX logo forms, you can see rain pouring down. Then, the environment fades to black as a shimmering blue rectangle is drawn clockwise around | '''Trailer''': | ||
* October 20, 1998-March 22, 2005: In a darkly-lit environment, we zoom in toward a glassy blue sphere, which has clouds rolling and lightning flickering. As the environment illuminates, we see that the sphere is barely hovering over a textured blue floor. Suddenly, the sphere shatters, and the sky is revealed to contain several rolling gray clouds. The glass then liquefies and gathers in the center. Some lightning strikes it and forms a silver THX logo. If you look closely while the THX logo forms, you can see rain pouring down. Then, the environment fades to black as "LUCASFILM", spaced out to fit the width of the THX logo, fades in on top of it and a shimmering blue rectangle is drawn clockwise around the logo (like a laser). The logo fades out as the text "Digitally Mastered for Optimal Audio and Video Performance" fades in. | |||
* May 16, 2002-March 3, 2009: Same as before, but the text "LUCASFILM" is omitted and the text "Digitally Mastered for Optimal Audio and Video Performance" has been replaced with the URL "www.thx.com" with copyright information underneath it. | |||
'''Variants''': | '''Variants''': | ||
*There is an early variant where the THX web address is absent. | *There is an early variant of the 2002 version where the THX web address is absent. | ||
*On some releases, after the THX logo fades out, the text "Digitally Mastered for Optimal Audio and Video Performance" (from the Broadway trailer) appears in the blue line. From | *On some releases, after the THX logo fades out, the text "Digitally Mastered for Optimal Audio and Video Performance" (from the Broadway trailer) appears in the blue line. From 1998 to 2005, "Lucasfilm" was seen above the THX logo, similar to the Lucasfilm Ltd. byline's appearance on the 1995 "Broadway" logo variant. This was removed in late 2005 due to reflecting the 2002 split from Lucasfilm as mentioned above. | ||
*On the DVD release of ''Terminator 2'', the metallic rectangle with the T2 logo carved out appears, zooming toward us. Then, the rectangle gets shot into pieces by the T-800, as seen on the reflection. The pieces then turn into liquid metal like the T-1000 and form the THX logo. After that, the THX logo fades out, and then it contains a message reading "The Best Sound, The Best Picture. You're Watching a THX Certified Feature" appears one by one as each text fades out before the other. Also, the Deep Note in this variant (the ''Terminator 2'' variant) is the same as the Broadway 2000 version. This is also on the Blu-ray releases with some differences: the THX logo fades into the standard logo, the "DIGITALLY" and "MASTERED" (a la Broadway '95) are replaced with "CERTIFIED," and the www.thx.com URL with a copyright notice appears; which served as the basis of Cavalcade. It appears on the Ultimate, eXtreme, initial Blu-ray, and Skynet editions of this film, but not the 2015 remastered or 4K Blu-ray releases. | *On the DVD release of ''Terminator 2'', the metallic rectangle with the T2 logo carved out appears, zooming toward us. Then, the rectangle gets shot into pieces by the T-800, as seen on the reflection. The pieces then turn into liquid metal like the T-1000 and form the THX logo. After that, the THX logo fades out, and then it contains a message reading "The Best Sound, The Best Picture. You're Watching a THX Certified Feature" appears one by one as each text fades out before the other. Also, the Deep Note in this variant (the ''Terminator 2'' variant) is the same as the Broadway 2000 version. This is also on the Blu-ray releases with some differences: the THX logo fades into the standard logo, the "DIGITALLY" and "MASTERED" (a la Broadway '95) are replaced with "CERTIFIED," and the www.thx.com URL with a copyright notice appears; which served as the basis of Cavalcade. It appears on the Ultimate, eXtreme, initial Blu-ray, and Skynet editions of this film, but not the 2015 remastered or 4K Blu-ray releases. | ||
*On the DVDs of ''The Final Countdown'', ''Fox Demo Disc #1'', and ''The THX Ultimate Demo Disc'', the logo fades out before we get to the "Digitally Mastered for Optimal Audio and Video Performance" text. ''The THX Ultimate Demo Disc'' also has the framing of 1.85:1. In the into to the menu, it has a 1.77:1 aspect ratio. | *On the DVDs of ''The Final Countdown'', ''Fox Demo Disc #1'', and ''The THX Ultimate Demo Disc'', the logo fades out before we get to the "Digitally Mastered for Optimal Audio and Video Performance" text. ''The THX Ultimate Demo Disc'' also has the framing of 1.85:1. In the into to the menu, it has a 1.77:1 aspect ratio. | ||
* | *A 4:3 full-frame versions of the 1998 version exists. This can be found on the 1998 30th Anniversary VHS release of ''Chitty Chitty Bang Bang'' (in which this trailer first appeared) and on disc 1 of the 2005 full-screen DVD release of ''The Incredibles''. | ||
'''FX/SFX''': The sphere, as well as it shattering, the thunder, the shards liquefying and merging, the blue box is drawn, and the text fading. Just top-notch CGI all around. | '''FX/SFX''': The sphere, as well as it shattering, the thunder, the shards liquefying and merging, the blue box is drawn, and the text fading. Just top-notch CGI all around. | ||
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'''Music/Sounds Variant''': In the T2 variant, music from Terminator 2 is heard which fades into the Deep Note used in Broadway 2000; the sound design and mix are by Gary Rydstrom at Skywalker Sound according to the credits of the T2 Ultimate Edition DVD. | '''Music/Sounds Variant''': In the T2 variant, music from Terminator 2 is heard which fades into the Deep Note used in Broadway 2000; the sound design and mix are by Gary Rydstrom at Skywalker Sound according to the credits of the T2 Ultimate Edition DVD. | ||
'''Availability''': | '''Availability''': It first appeared on the 1998 Commemorative 30th Anniversary Edition VHS of ''Chitty Chitty Bang Bang'' (in the 4:3 full-frame version), released on October 20, 1998. However, it did not appear again until the 2001 DVD of ''Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace'', and can be seen on several THX DVDs such as ''Alien Quadrilogy'', ''From Hell'', ''The Incredibles'', ''Bayside Shakedown 2'', ''THX 1138'' (fittingly enough), the ''Star Wars Trilogy'' 2004 DVDs, ''Fox Demo Disc #1'', and ''X-Men 1.5''; in THX theaters, and on the video games MLB 08: The Show and ''MLB 09: The Show''. It's also the intro to the menu of ''The THX Ultimate Demo Disc''. Its first theatrical appearance was before ''Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones'' (and is found on that film's DVD as well). The final appearance of the Lucasfilm byline variant was ''Star Wars: Clone Wars Volume One'', released on March 22, 2005, and the remastered variant with the THX website URL but no Lucasfilm byline appears on the French DVD releases of ''Ghost Rider, Abandonnée, Rec, Boxers and Pan's Labyrinth''. | ||
'''Editor's Note''': This logo has a dark atmosphere, but also has very incredible CGI all around. | '''Editor's Note''': This logo has a dark atmosphere, but also has very incredible CGI all around. | ||