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'''Variants''': Throughout the years, this trailer had many different variants: | '''Variants''': Throughout the years, this trailer had many different variants: | ||
*1995 A: The audio was remixed digitally in [[Dolby|Dolby Digital]], [[DTS]], and [[Sony Dynamic Digital Sound|SDDS]] with then-new technology (with the latter | *1995 A: The audio was remixed digitally in [[Dolby|Dolby Digital]], [[DTS]], and [[Sony Dynamic Digital Sound|SDDS]] with then-new technology (with the latter two systems even having special end variants). | ||
*1995 B: Probably the most recognizable THX trailer variant. It was exclusive to home video releases and revised a bit more. The gray text reading "The Audience is Listening" is replaced with "Digitally Mastered for Optimal Video and Audio Performance" in a rounded Arial Light font in white and arranged in the center of the outline. That text appears longer than the regular version, and "DIGITALLY" appears above the THX logo and "MASTERED" appears below that logo. Those texts fade in with the THX logo instead of appearing after the blue outline disappears, and they sparkle while the THX logo shines. | *1995 B: Probably the most recognizable THX trailer variant. It was exclusive to home video releases and revised a bit more. The gray text reading "The Audience is Listening" is replaced with "Digitally Mastered for Optimal Video and Audio Performance" in a rounded Arial Light font in white and arranged in the center of the outline. That text appears longer than the regular version, and "DIGITALLY" appears above the THX logo and "MASTERED" appears below that logo. Those texts fade in with the THX logo instead of appearing after the blue outline disappears, and they sparkle while the THX logo shines. | ||
*1995 C: Both the audio and the trailer is shorter than the standard 1983-1997 theatrical version. The audio (in this, and both 1995 A & B variants) is also in +2 higher (on VHS & LD; +3 on PAL releases), or -1.5 lower on DVDs. | *1995 C: Both the audio and the trailer is shorter than the standard 1983-1997 theatrical version. The audio (in this, and both 1995 A & B variants) is also in +2 higher (on VHS & LD; +3 on PAL releases), or -1.5 lower on DVDs. | ||
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*2010: The trailer is remastered, or recreated, in high definition. The blue rectangle is wider and glows, "The Audience Is Listening" text is in a white Imprint Shadow font and the THX logo glows and shines slowly. Below is a THX Ltd. copyright notice. | *2010: The trailer is remastered, or recreated, in high definition. The blue rectangle is wider and glows, "The Audience Is Listening" text is in a white Imprint Shadow font and the THX logo glows and shines slowly. Below is a THX Ltd. copyright notice. | ||
*2010 A: "The Audience is Listening" text is replaced with "Digitally mastered for superior sound and picture quality," in the same Arial font (a la 1995 B). Debuted on home entertainment releases starting with ''Star Wars: The Original Trilogy'' Blu-ray. | *2010 A: "The Audience is Listening" text is replaced with "Digitally mastered for superior sound and picture quality," in the same Arial font (a la 1995 B). Debuted on home entertainment releases starting with ''Star Wars: The Original Trilogy'' Blu-ray. | ||
*On the 1994 LaserDisc of ''Night of the Living Dead'', the Elite Entertainment logo fades to the THX LaserDisc logo. | *On the 1994 LaserDisc of ''Night of the Living Dead'', the Elite Entertainment logo fades to the THX LaserDisc logo (perhaps fitting since the former logo was also surrounded by a blue box). | ||
*In the DTS-remastered version of the theatrical trailer, the text is centered inside the blue box and is in the same font used in the "Grand" trailer. | |||
'''FX/SFX''': See variants above. | '''FX/SFX''': See variants above. | ||
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** It debuted on VHS with the Masterpiece Collection edition of ''Bambi'', which used the Digitally Mastered variant. | ** It debuted on VHS with the Masterpiece Collection edition of ''Bambi'', which used the Digitally Mastered variant. | ||
** The first release to use the Lucasfilm Ltd. variant was the Masterpiece Collection edition of ''Fun & Fancy Free''. All Disney tapes would use this variant until around late 2001, and then alternated with the Digitally Mastered variant until December 2003, ending with the 2003 remake of ''Freaky Friday''. | ** The first release to use the Lucasfilm Ltd. variant was the Masterpiece Collection edition of ''Fun & Fancy Free''. All Disney tapes would use this variant until around late 2001, and then alternated with the Digitally Mastered variant until December 2003, ending with the 2003 remake of ''Freaky Friday''. | ||
** The 2002 VHS release of ''Atlantis: The Lost Empire'' uses the standard logo, but Spanish-translated releases have the Lucasfilm Ltd. variant instead | ** The 2002 VHS release of ''Atlantis: The Lost Empire'' uses the standard logo, but Spanish-translated and French-Canadian releases have the Lucasfilm Ltd. variant instead. | ||
** It was also seen with the -1.5 lower pitch on Disney DVDs starting in 1999, beginning with the Limited Issue release of ''Pinocchio''. Early releases from 1999-2001 would also feature the Lucasfilm Ltd. credit, but would switch to the Digitally Mastered variant after 2001, with its final appearance being on the 2001 DVD of ''Pearl Harbor'' that December. | ** It was also seen with the -1.5 lower pitch on Disney DVDs starting in 1999, beginning with the Limited Issue release of ''Pinocchio''. Early releases from 1999-2001 would also feature the Lucasfilm Ltd. credit, but would switch to the Digitally Mastered variant after 2001, with its final appearance being on the 2001 DVD of ''Pearl Harbor'' that December. | ||
** The DVD variant made a surprise appearance on an April 16, 2011 Starz airing of ''Toy Story 3'' (or ''2''). | ** The DVD variant made a surprise appearance on an April 16, 2011 Starz airing of ''Toy Story 3'' (or ''2''). | ||
** The VHS variant of the standard logo made a surprise appearance on Disney Channel airings of ''Monsters, Inc.'' prior to October 2008. | ** The VHS variant of the standard logo made a surprise appearance on Disney Channel airings of ''Monsters, Inc.'' prior to October 2008. | ||
** The Lucasfilm Ltd. variant also makes a surprise appearance on the 1998 Japanese VHS of ''The Little Mermaid'' | ** The Lucasfilm Ltd. variant also makes a surprise appearance on the 1998 Japanese VHS of ''The Little Mermaid'' and the 2002 French DVD of ''James and the Giant Peach''. | ||
**Most Pixar DVDs use Tex trailers but this appears on the 2000/2001 DVD of Toy Story 2. | **Most Pixar DVDs use Tex trailers but this appears on the 2000/2001 DVD of Toy Story 2. | ||
** The last Disney releases with this logo: | ** The last Disney releases with this logo: | ||
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*** LaserDisc: The Masterpiece Collection release of ''The Little Mermaid'' on November 3, 1998. | *** LaserDisc: The Masterpiece Collection release of ''The Little Mermaid'' on November 3, 1998. | ||
*** DVD: On an animated film, the 2005 10th Anniversary release of ''Pocahontas'' on May 3, 2005. Overall, the DVD of ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'', released on September 13, 2005. Only Disney's Pixar releases had THX after this point, and they used the Tex trailer through November 2006. | *** DVD: On an animated film, the 2005 10th Anniversary release of ''Pocahontas'' on May 3, 2005. Overall, the DVD of ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'', released on September 13, 2005. Only Disney's Pixar releases had THX after this point, and they used the Tex trailer through November 2006. | ||
*The LaserDisc variant is uncommon | *The LaserDisc variant is uncommon. | ||
**The LaserDiscs they were recorded on are uncommon nowadays. It can be found on select LaserDisc releases from 1993-2000, starting with ''The Abyss'', released on April 7th. | |||
**''Star Trek VI: The Underdiscovered Country'', which was released July 1, 1992, was actually the first THX-certified LaserDisc title (and home media title if demo releases are excluded), despite not being shown on the case. However, since this was part of the test program, no trailer was used. | |||
**Among the releases that use this trailer are ''Terminator 2: Judgement Day'' (both 1993 and 1998 releases), ''Rising Sun, South Pacific, Carlito's Way'', ''Beverly Hills Cop'', ''Schindler's List, 48 Hours, Total Recall, Terminal Velocity, Robocop: Special Edition, Pulp Fiction'', ''Congo, Tron: Archive Collection, Casper'', ''Waterworld, To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everthing! Julie Newmar, Money Train, Jumanji, Tenchi Muyo In Love,'' ''Braveheart, Good Morning Vietnam, The Lawnmower Man, The Rolling Stones: Live At The Max, Pretty Woman, Twister'' (Japan only), ''GoldenEye: Special Edition, Evita, 101 Dalmatians'' (John Hughes version), ''Albino Alligator, Godfather: The 25th Anniversary Collection, Con Air, Moonraker, Alien Resurrection'' and ''Planet of The Apes.'' | |||
**Starting in 1996 with ''Highlander'', the 3rd logo would be used in tandem with this one (though every Buena Vista release used this trailer). | |||
**The last LaserDiscs with this logo would be ''Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace'' and a re-release of the original ''Star Wars Trilogy's Special Edition'', both released in 2000 in Japan only. In the United States, the last release with this trailer (and the last THX-certified release there) was ''Amistad'', released in 1999. | |||
**It also makes a surprise appearance on a Taiwanese LaserDisc of ''True Lies'', and the 1995 Hong Kong LaserDisc of ''Star Wars: Episode VI: Return of the Jedi.'' | |||
*Some tapes and DVDs don't have this logo on the cover or tape but feature it on the movie itself, and vice versa. | *Some tapes and DVDs don't have this logo on the cover or tape but feature it on the movie itself, and vice versa. | ||
*The "restored" variant debuted on Blu-ray with ''Star Wars: The Original Trilogy'' and on DVD with the 2012 re-release of ''Titanic'', before being moved to the beginning with the ''Indiana Jones: The Complete Adventures'' Blu-ray on September 17, 2012. Also available online and on the ''THX Calibrator'' disc. | *The "restored" variant debuted on Blu-ray with ''Star Wars: The Original Trilogy'' and on DVD with the 2012 re-release of ''Titanic'', before being moved to the beginning with the ''Indiana Jones: The Complete Adventures'' Blu-ray on September 17, 2012. Also available online and on the ''THX Calibrator'' disc. | ||
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* The second version is only available on THX demo discs. | * The second version is only available on THX demo discs. | ||
* The Dolby Digital variant was seen in THX theaters from 1995-2000. | * The Dolby Digital variant was seen in THX theaters from 1995-2000. | ||
* The LaserDisc variant can be seen on LaserDiscs from 1996-1999 such as '' | * The LaserDisc variant can be seen on LaserDiscs from 1996-1999 such as ''The Blues Brothers'', ''Volcano'', ''Independence Day'', and others (namely Fox, Paramount, and Universal flicks). | ||
* It was also seen on LaserDiscs from | * It was also seen on LaserDiscs from other major film companies, except for Disney's labels, Columbia (except for the 1998 LD release of ''Close Encounters of the Third Kind'', which uses this logo) and some Fox releases which used the Broadway trailer instead. Warner Bros. would also use this logo for LaserDiscs, but only for the ''Twister'' LD release. The last release that used this trailer was ''Saving Private Ryan,'' released June 29, 1999. | ||
'''Editor's Note''': This is one of two logos that used a theme other than the original Deep Note (At least speculated to be the case for the 1990 revision only), the other being "Grand" (the 4th logo). It proved to be unpopular among viewers. Andy Moorer, in an interview with Twenty Thousand Hertz, recalled that "Nobody liked [the sounds], nobody remembered them".<ref>Twenty Thousand Hertz, June 2018 (part 1 and part 2)</ref> | '''Editor's Note''': This is one of two logos that used a theme other than the original Deep Note (At least speculated to be the case for the 1990 revision only), the other being "Grand" (the 4th logo). It proved to be unpopular among viewers. Andy Moorer, in an interview with Twenty Thousand Hertz, recalled that "Nobody liked [the sounds], nobody remembered them".<ref>Twenty Thousand Hertz, June 2018 (part 1 and part 2)</ref> | ||