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Logo Variations

Written and Compiled by Sean Beard, Matt Williams, Nicholas Aczel, Internet Movie Database and Others.
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Columbia/TriStar

The Mouse That Roared (1959):
The torch lady looks down and sees a mouse at her feet on the pedestal. The torch lady leaves her pedestal, leaving her torch behind. At the end of the film, you can see her rushing up the stairs of the pedestal, grabbing her torch again.
Columbia logo from "The Mouse that Roared"


Bye Bye Birdie (1963): The Columbia torch lady's flame leaps from the torch to form the title of the film.
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Strait-Jacket (1964): The Torch Lady reappears at the end of the film for the closing variant, only her head has been chopped off and is sitting at her feet.
Columbia Pictures (Strait-Jacket" Variant)

Cowboy (1958): the logo has got no company name.

Columbia Pictures (Cowboy" Variant)
Cat Ballou (1965): The Columbia Torch Lady transforms into an animated version of Jane Fonda as a cowgirl who is holding two guns and firing them.

Columbia from "Cat Ballou"

The Man Called Flintstone (1966): The torch lady is replaced with Wilma Flintstone, dressed as the Torch Lady! Unfortunately, Great American edited out this variation when they owned Hanna-Barbera. Shame.
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Thank God It's Friday (1978): We see the Torch Lady posed as in the start of "The Sunburst/Abstract Torch" logo. Suddenly disco music starts playing and the Lady turns animated and gets into a few seconds of dancing. Then she resumes in Torch pose and the rest of the logo plays as normal.
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Charlie's Angels (2000): The logo pans to the right, as the movie starts off in the sky on a plane.
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Ali (2001): The logo plays backwards.
Men in Black II (2002): The torch lady's torch flashes at the end of the logo, much like a neuralizer.
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Eight Crazy Nights (2002): The torch lady is replaced with Eleanore Duvall, who later melts into the torch lady.
Peter Pan (2003, Non-US version): The logo fades into the sky.
Gothika (2003, Non-US version): The logo is tinted blue.
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003): After the logo is done, it goes back to the start point where the movie begins.
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003, Non-US version): The logo is light-blue coloured. This was only in the trailer.
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National Security (2003): The logo morphs into a map. This was only on the trailer.
Columbia logo from "National Security"

Big Fish (2003): The logo plays backwards.
Hollow Man (2000): The logo turns icy. This was only on the trailer.
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The Holiday (2006): The Columbia Pictures and Universal Pictures logos are shortened and cut to the last few seconds.
Stealth (2005): The logo zooms backward through the clouds.
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Casino Royale (2006): The logo is in black and white.
The Grudge 2 (2006): The logo starts as usual, but the torch flickers, briefly causing the Torch Lady to turn into Kayako and the word "COLUMBIA" to turn into "GRUDGE 2."
The Toirch Lady as Kayako in the opening of "The Grudge 2" (2006).

Open Season (2006): The torch lady's torch flashes to preceed into the Sony Pictures Animation logo.
Superbad (2007): A rather neat variation of the 1975-1981 "Sunburst" logo. The byline "a SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT company" is seen at the bottom in the beginning. As the camera slowly zooms into the torch, it disappears. As the "sunburst" is forming, a clock-style transition occurs behind it, turning the background from black to yellow, and after the sunburst forms, several human silhouettes are seen. (The recognizable music wasn't present, however; it just used the movie's opening theme.)
Columbia Pictures (Superbad, 2007)

What Planet Are You From? (2000) : The Torch Lady's normal face is replaced with that of star Annette Benning, in a nod to the oft-noted resemblance between Benning and the Torch Lady.
Columbia Pictures (2000)

Surf's Up (2007, Sony Pictures Animation): The Sony Pictures Animation logo fades in on a white background with snowflakes.
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The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep (2007): The Columbia Torch Lady is wearing a Santa hat and it's snowing in the logo. This only occurs on TV spots for the film, not the actual feature.
Columbia Pictures (The Water Horse variant)

The Messengers (2007): The logo turns black and white.
Columbia Pictures (The Messengers, 2007)

Head (1968): After the end of the credits, we see a psychedelic, almost Art Nouveau looking Torch Lady; slowly the film disintegrates.
Who's Harry Crumb? (1989, TriStar): The Pegasus is pink.
Look Who's Talking Too (1990, TriStar): Normal logo, but the Pegasus has been given a voice from Bruce Willis! It's just like Mr. Ed's, and they even throw in a "Willlbur! I'm Flyyying!" response in there.
Lords of Dogtown (2005, TriStar): A text "Locals only" is painted on the logo with spray paint.
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Davis Films

Silent Hill (2005): The normal sky background is replaced with fog.
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FOX


The Robe (1952): That was (officially) the first CinemaScope movie. It had a new revamped 20th Century-Fox logo at the beginning. There was no fanfare and instead of the dark evening sky, there was a huge red curtain behind the logo.
20th Century Fox (1952, The Robe variant)
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975): The fanfare is played on a piano.
That's Hollywood (1976, TV): Normal Fox TV (1966) logo, but the fanfare is re-orchestrated.
The World's Greatest Lover (1977): Normal Fox (70s) logo, but the fanfare is a "comic" version.
The Beach House (1978): A lightning bolt hits the structure.
20th Century Fox (Baby's Day Out variant)
Baby's Day Out (1994):The logo is on a black background and the searchlights are blue. This was only on the trailer.

The Cannonball Run (1981): Had cars driving all around the 20th Century Fox logo. Sadly, this logo is usually edited out of television airings


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The Art of Seduction (1984): The Fox logo, as normal, but surrounded by Chicago's skyline. It only appeared on trailers for the film.
Revenge of the Nerds (1984): The logo crumbles and falls into pieces, followed by the film's logo rising from the rubble. It only appeared on the trailer.
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Edward Scissorhands (1990): Snow is falling on the (80s) logo.
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Die Hard 2: Die Harder (1990): It's snowing on the logo. This appears only before the DVD menu.
20th Century Fox Snowy Variant


White Men Can't Jump (1992): Normal Fox (80s) logo, but the fanfare is a "funk/rap" version.
Romeo + Juliet (1996): A bullet slices through the 20th Century Fox logo. It only appeared on the teaser trailer for the film.
Volcano (1997): The Fox logo moves up until the screen is black and the credits start. After the logo forms, it moves up from the screen and into the credits.
Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997): The logo gets swept away by water.
Moulin Rouge (2001): Footage of the Fox logo plays on screen in a concert hall behind draped red curtains, and the symphony playing the fanfare can be seen below the stage.
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Planet of the Apes (2001): The background in the logo changes to space and the Fox structure slowly fades into the opening sequence. Also the logo is not centered right.
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Ice Age (2002): The Fox logo, as normal, but blue and with ice and snow on and around it. Only appeared on trailers for the film.
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Minority Report (2002): The 20th Century Fox logo takes place in an underwater scenery.
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Futurama (1999-2003, TV): The 20th Century Fox logo at the end of each Futurama episode is altered to read "30th Century Fox", as Futurama is set in the 31st century.

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Phone Booth (2003): The logo fades into the clouds.

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The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003): The logo does its normal animation, but at the end it turns dark and the structure turns into some obscure buildings.

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Daredevil (2003): The logo turns into something seen though Matt Murdock's enhanced senses. Only appears before the DVD menu.
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The Day After Tomorrow (2004): The 20th Century Fox logo turns blue and storm starts to appear in the background.

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Down With Love (2003): Alternate version of the 1950s logo, with a News Corp. byline.
20th Century Fox logo from "Down with Love"

Dodgeball (2004): A ball knocks down ''20th''. This only appeared on the trailer.
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I Robot (2004): The logo is light-blue coloured. This was only in the trailer.
20th Century Fox (I, Robot)

Kingdom of Heaven (2005): The logo is sepia-toned.
Garfield, Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2004, 2006): The structure reads "20th Century Cat". It's also orange with Garfield's stripes. This was only on trailers.
Ice Age 2: The Meltdown (2006): The weather in the Fox logo changes from snowing to burning hot. This was only in the trailer.
Fox (Ice Age 2 trailer)

Deck the Halls (2006): The structure is decorated with Christmas lights. This was only on the trailer.
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006): The fanfare changes from stereo to mono.
Live Free or Die Hard (2007): The searchlights go out!
The Simpsons Movie (2007): Ralph Wiggum sings along on the 2nd half of the Fox Fanfare. The logo then turns black & white and we zoom up to the moon.
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There was also a variation that had a bitten pink donut in place of the "0" in 20th. This has only appeared on trailers.
The Seeker: The Dark is Rising (2007): The logo plays as normal until the end, when the logo turns orange and a pair of swirls, representing the first sign, appear in the sky.
20th Century Fox (The Seeker" Variant)
Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007): Normal in the film, but in the trailer, it turned black and white.
Horton Hears a Who! (2008): A bee flies over the 20th Century Fox logo. It only appeared on the trailer.
Nim's Island (2008): The 20th Century Fox logo has a transition to the Walden Media logo via a "wipe" effect. It only appeared on the trailer.
X-Men, X2: X-Men United and X-Men: The Last Stand (2000, 2003 and 2006): In every X-Men film, the "X" in the Fox logo remains visible to the end although the rest of the logo has already faded out.
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Australia (2008): The logo is black and white on a front page of an old newspaper. This is only in the trailer.

20th Century Fox (Australia, 2008)
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

A Night at the Opera (1935): On the trailer for this film, it starts with the 30s MGM logo. The lion roars once and fades into Groucho who roars into the camera. The last one is Harpo who also tries to roar but no sound is heard. He then grabs a horn and does some honking sounds with it.
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Petunia National Park (1939): The MGM logo contains an ANIMATED Leo the Lion!
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Blitz Wolf (1942): We see the red/yellow sunburst MGM Cartoon logo, with Leo the Lion roaring in delayed motion as synced to jazzy opening music.
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1959): The standard MGM logo plays, but Leo doesn't roar, he's just looking at the left.
North by Northwest (1959): The MGM logo is seen in monochrome over a light green background.
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Tom and Jerry theatrical features during the Chuck Jones era (1960s): The MGM lion transforms into Tom who meows and hisses.
Switchin' Kitten (1960): The ending of this cartoon has Jerry climbing into a mouse hole decked out with an MGM ribbon. His face gets a bit more vicious as he roars with the MGM lion roar sound!
MGM's The Big Parade of Comedy (1964, B/W): We see the MGM logo with the sign "Out to Lunch" over the circle, hiding Leo's head as he roars. Suddenly the sign flips up to reveal an animated man trapped in Leo's mouth kicking, beating, and yelling "Ow! Ow! Get me outta here!"
The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967): The MGM lion transforms into a vampire.
MGM

Night of Dark Shadows (1971): When the MGM lion roars at the beginning of this film, no sound comes out. The 90s home video release has the normal version instead.


Strange Brew (1983): Standard MGM opening, but the lion, instead of roaring, belches and appears disinterested. The camera then pulls back from the logo and pans towards the Great White North set. A few minutes later, the lion roars in the background, and Bob or Doug comments, "Oh, NOW he roars..."
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The Lionhearts (1998): A lame animated sitcom featuring the MGM lion and his family. No, we're not making this up! Anyway, the animated version of the lion seen in this show has a turn in the ribboning.
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Josie and the Pussycats (2001): The MGM lion morphs into a screaming fan.
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The Crocodile Hunter (2002): The TV promos and the film had a crocodile in place of the lion, while the teaser trailer has Steve Irwin doing his infamous hunting style around the MGM lion.
MGM (The Crocodile Hunter, 2002)


The Brothers Grimm (2005): The second roar is replaced with a wolf's howling.
The Pink Panther (2006): Same old logo, but before Leo can finish his 2nd roar, the inside opens like a door! One of the characters is animated. He leaves, the door closes and Leo is confused.
Casino Royale (2006): The logo is in black and white.
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Screen Gems

Ultraviolet (2006): After the logo has formed, the byline "A Sony Pictures Entertainment company" disappears, word "Presents" appears below the logo in the same font like the words "Screen Gems" and the camera the pans to right, revealing the text "Ultraviolet".
The Covenant (2006): The logo is tinted orange.
Resident Evil: Extinction (2007): The logo is tinted red.
Vacancy (2007): The logo is dark red.
Untraceable (2008): Exactly like the Vacancy variation.


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United Artists / U\

Lions for Lambs (2007): We see the current U\ logo, then the U\ turns red.
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966): The logo is written in a messy roman font and is spelled "VINTED ARTISTS".
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Paramount

Alpine for You (Popeye Short, 1951): An end gag that may have started it all. Bluto's on this mountain top and then Popeye grabs the mountain top with Bluto on it with a lasso. He then punches Bluto and lets go of the mountain top and stars emerge from Bluto's head and form the Paramount logo, as the words "A Paramount Picture" appear below Bluto.


Race For Your Life, Charlie Brown (1977): The Paramount logo is on a pink background after the mountain turns into the finished logo.

Paramount logo ("Race For Your Life, Charlie Brown" variant)


Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (1980): Cameo appearance by the 1975 Paramount logo during the film on an airplane in-flight movie, consisting contained the Peanuts gang sitting on chairs on the plane and on a screen we see a movie countdown leader parody followed by a shot of the finished Paramount mountain logo. This appeared before a film-within-a-film entitled "Laughing Bunnies," which Snoopy and Woodstock laughed out loud at. :P
Indiana Jones Series (1981, 1984, 1989): These logos were replicas of the classic "A Paramount Picture" logo but with Gulf + Western info added at the bottom. The mountain fades from the logo, and becomes:

a mountain in South America (Raiders),
From "Riders of Lost Ark"

a mountain drawing on a gong (Temple of Doom),
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and a mountain in the southwest United States (Last Crusade).

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Psycho (1960): The logo plays, but the words "A Paramount Release" are outlined in black.
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Coming to America (1988): The CGI Paramountain forms as usual (with Gulf + Western byline). It then turns into a real mountain (with stars and text intact), and we zoom in over the top, and past the letters. This is done as Eddie Murphy's character lived in the Kingdom beyond the Paramountain.
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Scrooged (1988): The word "Paramount" and "A Gulf+Western Company" are a blue-silver color, and the camera zooms over the Paramountain into the "Yule Love It!" promo. The theatrical trailer on the DVD has snow coming down from the sky and the camera zooms into the Paramountain.
Black Rain (1989): Normal logo (with fanfare), but fades onto the red sun in Japan.
Event Horizon (1997): Standard Paramount logo animation with fanfare; after the logo fully forms, the camera pans upward into space.
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Hard Rain (1998): The Paramount mountain is seen in much worse weather than normal; the camera pans down from the logo to scenes of flooding.

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South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut (1999): The Paramount logo fades to a regular green snow-capped mountain that can be seen on pretty much every South Park episode. Sadly, this was only seen on US prints of the movie, while international prints of the film use the 1999 Warner Bros. Pictures logo, but it still recovers the music from the logo.
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut


Vertigo (1958): The Normal VistaVision logo, but the logo is darker and in B&W and the clouds are static.
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Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003): It is in the water.
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The Core (2003): After the logo is done, we zoom into the logo which reveals a lava scene.
Alfie (2003): The logo is totally tinted in pink.
Rear Window (1954): The background turns into London City.
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Team America: World Police (2004):The logo plays backwards.
Coach Carter (2005): The logo turns into a drawing (for a spit-second) before turning back to normal.

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Four Brothers (2005): It's snowing on the Paramount logo.
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Zodiac (2007): The 1968-1975 logo is used, except it says only "Paramount" with "A Viacom Company" byline.
Paramount (Zodiac, 2007)

Iron Man (2008): The logo is seen tilted, then plays backwards.This was only on a TV spot.
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008): The 1968-1975 "A Paramount Picture" logo is used, just like in the other Indy movies, except the byline says "A Viacom Company" in the same Arial font.

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Universal

The Birds (1963): A rare variation of the Universal globe superimposed into the picture itself. Was also used in Alfred Hitchcock's "Marnie".
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The Sting (1973): The Universal 1930s "Art Deco Globe" is seen tinted in brown.
Smokey & The Bandit II (1980): An animated car chase around the Universal Globe is seen.
Xanadu (1980): A recreation of the 1929 Universal globe with biplane flying around opens the film. As the opening credits appear, the globe remains on screen and a succession of increasingly modern flying machines (four-engine airliner, Concorde, flying saucer) emerge from behind the Earth. The music changes in different styles of music as the objects appear.
Taken from "Xanadu"



E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982): The Universal logo animation is played backward, so we go from the world out to outer space.
The 'Burbs (1989): We see the normal Universal Globe (looks computerized though), but then the text fades out, leaving only the globe, and then we zoom into the globe closer and closer, until we fly over the town as the opening credits roll.
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Mo' Better Blues (1990): Flavor Flav of the rap group Public Enemy spells out the letters in "Universal" (then says "You've been rollin' for 75 years!" and yells "Yo, Spike! Start the movie, man!") as the 75th Anniversary logo appears on the screen.
The Flintstones (1994): Variation on the 1990 Universal logo; the logo reads "UniverSHELL" and script is carved in stone, and the continents are shown as they look in prehistoric times. The music is a re-orchestrated version of the 1975 Universal Television theme.
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Casper (1995): The globe turns into the moon.
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Waterworld (1995): The Universal 90-97 globe stays visible after the text fades out, and we zoom into the globe as the globe is covered with water.

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Twister (1996): The Universal 90-97 globe, text and byline appears from the clouds.
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The Mummy (1999): The text "UNIVERSAL" disappears and the logo turns into the sun.

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The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (2000): Similar to the above, only the variation is on the 1997 logo.

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Gladiator (2000): A color-change job; this time the DreamWorks and Universal logos are sepia-toned.
Universal Pictures (Gladiator version, 2000)

Josie and the Pussycat (Non-US Version, 2001): The Universal globe transforms into a tongue-stud on one of the screaming girls mouth.
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Jurassic Park III (2001): During the studio introduction, each logo (Amblin as well) is accompanied by a water ripple effect and the sound of a heavy footstep, referencing the first movie.

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The Mummy Returns (2001): Like previously, the "UNIVERSAL" text disappears and the logo this times turns into a scorpion, that is on top of a long stick.
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Revenge in Olympia (2002): A plane passes by the Universal logo.
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2 Fast 2 Furious (2003): The Universal logo gets pimped!
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Van Helsing (2004): The logo changes its colour to black and white and it turns into a flame being carried by a man.
Doom (2005): The Earth is replaced with Mars. When the text fades, we zoom into the Olduvai Research Station.

Universal Pictures (Doom Variant)
Cat in the Hat (2003): Each logo is in the same animation as the book.
Miami Vice (2006): The logo is in a bluish-white color.
Dead Silence (2007): The 1930's logo is used.

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Warner Bros.



Rope (1948)
The WB logo is superimposed on a view of a street. Also looks pinkish.
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Lumberjack Rabbit (1954, Looney Tunes): The shield shoots up towards us like normal... but overshoots its mark so that it looks like it's crashing into the screen! It then moves back to its normal position though. Originally made to be shown in 3-D.
Girl on the Run (1958): The logo looks metallic and odd.
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Rebel Without a Cause (1955):
The Warner Bros logo is above a city at night.

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Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour (1970s): Instead of the normal \\' logo used at the time, we get treated to Bugs and the Roadrunner standing beside a banner less WB shield! "WARNER BROS. TELEVISION" and "A WARNER COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY" are above and below it in the fonts used on the \\' logo.
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The Omega Man (1972): The WB Shield is superimposed over Charlton Heston driving a car.
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Blazing Saddles (1974): The WB shield blows up to start the movie. The Warner Bros Pictures text is also glowing.BlazingBlazing 2
One Crazy Summer (1985): The logo appears as normal. Then, suddenly, it turns into a crudely drawn version of the shield, with wiggling clouds. The Warner Communications byline and clouds dissipate as a REALLY-EVIL looking animated bunny in a beanie cap (like the one seen in the movie) opens the WB shield from inside. He laughs, and then we zoom into his mouth, seeing the "ONE CRAZY SUMMER" title zoom up on us. Scary as hell.
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The Goonies (1985): The logo fades to a skull with crossbones.
Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird (1985): Instead of opening with a normal logo, the movie opens with Oscar the Grouch singing the "Grouch Anthem". Afterwards, we get a brief 2-D animated segment where a cartoon Big Bird finds an air pump and a balloon. He inflates the balloon and it turns out to be a "W", which pops off and flies into the sky, where it morphs into the "W" in the "WB" shield as the rest of the shield forms around it. While this happens, Big Bird announces that "Sesame Street is brought to you today by the letters W and B." The movie proper begins afterward.
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Who’s That Girl? (1987): The Warner Bros. logo with byline appears as animated on a granite background. We zoom up to the logo, the shield opens like a door, and out comes a cartoon Madonna, who closes the shield and poses sexy for the camera. The logo goes up and she moves down to make way for the opening credits.
Warner Bros. Pictures (RARE!)

Batman (1989): The WB shield is almost a light bronze, and the sky is dark blue. The Warner Communications byline is in a different font.


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Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990): Instead of the normal shield logo, a replica of the classic 1936-1963 WB "circles" cartoon logo comes up, with its text and minus shield ("PICTURES, INC." is removed in favor of "A TIME WARNER COMPANY"). The shield then zooms up with Bugs Bunny riding it, and the text fades out. Daffy Duck then comes on screen, angrily, pushes him off the shield ("50 years of you hogging the spotlight is ENOUGH!"), and tries to ride it... well, it doesn't work as good for him :) They also have another Looney Tunes-style ending, with Porky doing the usual "That's All Folks!" ending before Daffy, like before, complains of Porky hogging (no pun intended) the spotlight, saying something to the effect of "60 Years of you doing the end title is enough". Daffy tries to say the end line, but like before, is stopped when the shield with Chuck Jones' credit comes out, hitting him in the face. He gets back up and weakly says "Fade out."
Invasion of the Bunny Snatchers (1991):
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OPEN: A recreation of "The Bullseye" logo with orange circles, black center and "Bugs Riding The Shield." Animation and music is similar to the 1940s Looney Tunes bumper, but the title of the logo reads "WARNER BROS. ANIMATION INC.," and the "LOONEY TUNES" title card reads below "A WARNER BROS. CARTOON MADE IN N.Y.C. AND BURBANK."
CLOSE: We see a recreation of the 1944 Porky In The Drum logo, in which a badly animated "stereotype" version of Porky (whom, aside from also wearing pants, resembles a Terry Gilliam drawing) bursts out of the drum and tries to say his famous line in a pale voice imitation as outer-spacey sound-effects play in the background. A frowning Bugs enters from the left and kicks the fake Porky out, which crashes off screen, then grabs the real Porky and puts him in the drum where he belongs. Porky is surprised for a moment "Oh, oops" then proceeds with his famous line and pose as Bugs exhaustively exits right.

Batman Returns (1992): Same as the original Batman, only with snow in the sky as well.


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Batman Forever (1995): The WB shield transforms into the Batman logo
From Hare To Eternity (1996): The 1992 Warner Bros. Family Entertainment logo is seen as normal, but we do not hear "Merrily We Roll Along" as often plays over the logo, INSTEAD we hear a re-orchestration of the 1936 Max Steiner WB fanfare. Other variations are done on "The Bullseye" opening/closing credits: the open on this cartoon has a Chuck Jones byline, and the close has "That's All Folks!" written over the bullseye in a SMALLER script than usual.
Twister (1996): The shield appears from the clouds. Like the Universal variation.

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Batman and Robin (1997): The WB shield transforms into a frozen Batman logo.
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Conspiracy Theory (1997): The initial Warner Bros. logo with the clouds behind is shown - the camera then pulls back to show the logo as a billboard on the side of a bus.

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Contact (1997): The shield is in a dark crystal blue.

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Mars Attacks (1997): A little flying saucer flies around the WB shield logo.

Lethal Weapon 4 (1998): A huge fireball appears on the WB shield.
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You've Got Mail (1998): The BG changes into a computer screen and the WB logo moves to up-left corner.
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Jack Frost (1998): The logo plays in snow.
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The Matrix (1999): Current logos for both (also includes Village Roadshow), but the colors have been changed to a green tint and the graphics altered so they look "computerish".

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True Crime (1999): The 1984 logo appears, as with all post-1999 Eastwood movies.
Deep Blue Sea (1999): Before the logo is even faded completely, the BG turns black while the shield turns into the 1984 shield and water starts to appear on the shield.

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Wakko's Wish (1999, WB Family Entertainment): The standard "Bugs walks out from behind the shield, does a Vanna pose, and chews his carrot" logo... until Wakko from Animaniacs walks out, does a Vanna pose... and takes a huge bite of the shield! Bugs is not amused.

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Space Cowboys (2000): The Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow logos aren't animated. Also, they are put on a black background and in the same black-and-white color scheme as the first five minutes of the movie.

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Swordfish (2001): The opening studio logos for Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow Pictures flicker as if they were on a problematic computer screen.
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Thir13en Ghosts (2001): The opening Warner Brothers logo is light-grey.
Ocean's Eleven (2001): The opening logos for Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow are light-blue coloured.
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Valentine (2001): The opening logos for Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow are in bright red colour.

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Heist (2001): Same kind of shield used in "Flags of Our Fathers", with clouds in the background and old WB fanfare is heard.

Warner Bros. (Heist, 2001)


Blood Work (2002): The Warner Bros. logo is the 1984 logo with "An AOL Time Warner Company" on the bottom. On the trailer for this film, the 1998 logo with an AOL Time Warner byline is in a shade of blood.

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Ghost Ship (2002): The opening logos are tinted brown, and the typical Warner Bros. logo is instead an intentionally chintzy 50s style logo.

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002): The shield appears high in clouds as the camera zooms through it.
Warner Bros. (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, 2002)

Scooby-Doo (2002): Proceeds like normal until the music ends, when a chunk of the WB shield disappears with a chomping sounds as if it were bit out, and we hear Scooby-Doo do his famous laugh, and then a zoom out has the WB shield turn into a Scooby-Doo dog collar with the initials "SD" on it. Underneath is a "A Mystery Inc. Company" byline.
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Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003): The teaser trailer, which played on prints of Men in Black II, had the shield turning into the liquid metal and melting.
Dreamcatcher (2003): The Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow logos are covered in snow, while the Castle Rock Entertainment lighthouse beams it's light through snow.
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Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003): Just the 1998-present WB logo with the prototype "TIME WARNER" byline but everything but the shield fades out and we see the shield zooming out on the red rings make immediately makes you think "Looney Tunes". The title appears on the rings. Over this variation is the classic instrumental composition of "What's Up, Doc".
Matchstick Man (2003): The sky background is replaced with water.
The Last Samurai (2003): Just the 1998-present Warner Bros. logo with the prototype "TIME WARNER" byline but in a blue and black color scheme.
The Polar Express (2004): The shield is icy on a black background. Also isn't animated.
Ocean's Twelve (2004): The Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow logos aren't animated and the background is multicoloured.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004): The shield is metallic and the camera zooms through it, revealing Harry Potter's house behind it.
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Mucha Lucha: The Return of El Malefico (2004): Bugs walks out eating his carrot as usual then it fades to the Flea eating a doughnut. the background is changed from clouds to a starry sky as well. Then a comet goes across it diagonally and starts the movie.
The Flea and his doughnut

Constantine (2005): After the logo gets done, the background changes hellish, the logo turns into stone and wind crushes the WB shield, into pieces, which are swept to the right side of the screen, also revealing the Village Roadshow logo behind the shield.
House of Wax (2005): The logos for WB, Village Roadshow and Dark Castle are sepia-toned and the the colour in the WB shield is green instead of blue.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005): The shield appears from mist.
Corpse Bride (2005): The clouds behind the WB shield are grey instead of white and the logo isn't animated.
V for Vendetta (2005): The logo is dark grey.
Batman Begins (2005): Logos for Warner Bros. and DC Comics are in black and white, but a little "brighter" than normal.
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005): Same style is used like in the previous Potter film, only this time the background is entirely black.
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Flags of Our Fathers (2006): The Warner Bros is a rendition of the 1997 shield used in "Contact" but in Black and White. Also isn't animated.

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Unaccompanied Minors (2006): A (HUGE) pile of snow falls on the shield, causing it to break in half.
Lady In the Water (2006): The logo plays normally for a few seconds until it cuts to its last few seconds
Fred Claus (2007): There are Christmas lights surrounding the WB shield. Also, it's snowing in the background.
Ocean's Thirteen (2007): A combination from previous Ocean-films: The logos are light-blue coloured and also animated, the background is multicoloured, green and red vertical/horizontal bars, start to appear over the logos and very nice piece of music is heard during all this.

300 (2007): The WB logo is in stone and a mock version of the WB's theme "As Time Goes By" is heard during the first six seconds.

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The Brave One (2007): The WB shield is transparent and the background is a skyline of a city.

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Zodiac (2007): The logo features the 1984 shield with the "A TimeWarner Company" byline.
Warner Bros. (Zodiac, 2007)


The Reaping (2007): The shield is red and already formed, until it gets swept on the left side of the screen, like sand, revealing the Village Roadshow logo behind it.
Warner Bros. (The Reaping, 2007)


Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007): This time the shield is in stone, surrounded by dark clouds, as the camera zooms through it.
Get Smart (2008): The WB shield appears like a machine, then opening to space.
Speed Racer (2008): Each logo is on a kaleidoscopic background created from the logo shown. (Trailer and TV spots only.)
A Looney, Looney, Looney, Bugs Bunny Movie (1981): It starts with the regular logo, then it does the \\' logo with a circle of the 40's cartoon logo which comes out of \\'.
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Walt Disney Pictures

The Big Green (1995): The Walt Disney Home Video logo plays, but it has a green BG and is long. Only appeared on the VHS trailer.
Walt Disney Home Video (1995, The Big Green variant)


Tarzan (1999): After the flash of light revealing the Walt Disney text, the background turns into a jungle.

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Inspector Gadget 1 & 2 (1999, 2003): The logo is mechanized and the white curve line is replaced by a gear.

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Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001): The logo is in steel.
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The Emperors New Groove (2001): The trailer for the movie includes the Walt Disney logo without the "Pictures" text and the castle is orange.
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Lilo & Stitch (2002): The logo gets stolen by a UFO beam.

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The Jungle Book 2 (2003): The logo is in front a piece of cloth behind a blue light as the logo fully animates until it fades and the color changes.
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Piglet's Big Movie (2003): The line drawing over the castle is pink instead of white.
Stitch! The Movie (2003): The logo gets stolen by a TV static screen.
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Return To Neverland (2002): As the curve line animates, pixie dust falls from it.
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Freaky Friday (2003): The logo animates as normal, then turns into a faded parchment page. One of the last movies to feature the original 1985 fanfare.


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Teacher's Pet (2004): The logo is animated in the same style of the movie.

Walt Disney Pictures (2004, Teacher's Pet variant)
Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas (2004): The logo is red over a Christmas ornament on a Christmas tree in the same style of the movie.

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Recess: School's Out (2001): After the flash, Gus, Mikey, Gretchen, Spinelli, Vince, and T.J. play the tune on kazoos while it plays.


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101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure (2003) : Dogs bark to the melody of the logo.
Pooh's Heffalump Movie (2005): The logo turns into a cloud which resembles a castle.
Brother Bear II (2006): Birds fly out from behind the logo.
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Cinderella II: Dreams Come True (2002) : The logo is formed by fireworks and the "Walt Disney" text writes itself.
The Haunted Mansion (2003): The castle turns into a mansion.
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Ice Princess (2005): The logo is blue with ice coming out of the curve line.
Walt Disney Pictures (2005, Ice Princess variant)
Sky High (2005): The logo fades into a shoulette of the Disney castle as seen in the skyline.
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Bambi II (2006): The castle is surrounded by mist.

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The Shaggy Dog (2006): The castle turns into a doghouse. The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006): When the logo fully forms, the camera zooms out to reveal a snow globe surrounding it that Santa holds. He then shakes the snow globe, which causes snow to surround the castle. Enchanted (2007): After the logo fully forms, the camera pans up from the castle into a room in the top middle of it.
Walt Disney Pictures (Enchanted, 2007)

Stitch's Trail (2002): A deleted scene from Lilo and Stitch DVD.The logo is on a gray BG,the logo is all white,and switching letters form the text with sound effects when each thing forms.
Chicken Little (2005):
The logo is on a sky BG, and in the same style of the movie.
Walt Disney Pictures (Chicken Little variant)
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DreamWorks Pictures/Animation


The Road to El Dorado (2000): The logo pans up into the clouds.
Gladiator (2000): The logo is sepia-toned.
DreamWorks SKG (Gladiator version, 2000)

Shrek (2001): The two S's in the logo turn green and grow ogre ears.

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Minority Report (2002): The DreamWorks logo (and the 20th Century Fox logo) take place in an underwater scenery.

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The Ring (2002): The DreamWorks logo plays, but it is in a shade of aqua and a half of the ring is put on the moon, forming a ring.

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Collateral (2004): The DreamWorks logo (and the Paramount logo) are in Black and White.
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Shark Tale (2004, DreamWorks Animation): After the logo gets done, we see the fishing boy who throws his fishing rod, where an earthworm is seen, into water.
Flags of Our Fathers (2006): The DreamWorks logo is in black and white.
Shrek the Third (2007, DreamWorks Animation): The camera pans down from the logo into the clouds (which turn into storm clouds).

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The Kite Runner (2007): The logo isn't animated.
Bee Movie (2007, DreamWorks Animation): A bee comes by and pops all the boy's balloons, sending him plummeting to the ground.
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New Line Cinema

Detroit Rock City (1999):
The music is a rock version of the normal fanfare.
Blade (1998): The logo is tinted in red.
Elf (2003): Just the 1995 New Line logo with the Time Warner byline but there's snowflakes in the foreground and jingle bell sounds at the end of the logo.
Shoot 'Em Up (2007): No Holes are seen on the ladders at the beginning of the logo, then at the end, the ladders are shot at to form the holes.

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Pixar

Toy Story (1995):
The logo is on a black background, the text is white, and no lamp is seen. This was only on the trailer.
Cars (2006):
"Celebrating 20 Years" can be seen when the screen turns black.
WALL-E (2008): Normal logo, but the lamp's light breaks, and WALL-E comes in and changes the bulb. He then tries to leave but the "R" falls. He turns into an "R". This is on the trailer.
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Marvel

The Punisher (2005):
The BG turns Black and the logo is shot at.
Hulk (2003): The BG is green.
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Village Roadshow Pictures
The Matrix (1999): The color has been changed to green and the graphics altered so it looks "computerish".
Deep Blue Sea (1999): The logo is covered up with water.
Space Cowboys (2000): The logo isn't animated and is also put on a black background and in the same black-and-white color scheme as the first five minutes of the movie.
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Swordfish (2001): The logo flickers as if it was on a problematic computer screen.
Ocean's Eleven (2001): The logo is light blue coloured.
Valentine (2001): The logo is in bright red colour.
Logo Variations - CLG Wiki

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Miramax

Kill Bill Vol. 1: The logo goes as usual but at the end the Shaw Brothers logo theme starts and then cuts to the Shaw Bros. logo. After that comes the old Feature Presentation indent.

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Jerry Bruckheimer Films

Gone in 60 Seconds (2000): After the logo gets done, the animation plays backwards segueing into the film.
Kangaroo Jack (2003): Two kangaroos can briefly be seen crossing the road.
Déja Vù (2006): The logo plays normally until half way when it goes backwards. After that, it plays normally.
National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007): Everything else in the logo fades out except the tree, which stays in its place during the opening scene.
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Scott Free

American Gangster (2007): The logo is in black and white.

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logodude logo updates coming 0 Aug 3 2008, 11:54 PM EDT by logodude
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the following logos will be updated soon: walt disney pictures from: fantasia 2000,the emperors new groove (the trailer),the jungle book 2. Universal Pictures from:the flintstones in viva rock vegas,the birds. marvel logos from the x-men 3 trailer and ghost rider. updates are coming
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Alvin&theChipmunks VERY STRANGE!! 2 Jul 29 2008, 5:16 AM EDT by Alvin&theChipmunks
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In the FOX section it says: "Daredevil (2003): The logo turns into something seen though Matt Murdock's enhanced senses." Daredevil came from television, in my country, about a week ago. The Fox logo in that film was absolutely normal. What makes this so strange? Well, I saw the trailers of that film and it wasn't in them either! So, where is that picture from, if it's not from the film or from the trailers?
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Juniorfan89 Logo variations coming up......... 0 Jul 15 2008, 12:46 PM EDT by Juniorfan89
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20th Century Fox from Planet of the Apes (completed)
Universal Pictures from Twister (this plasters over the WB shield in the UK) (completed)
Warner Bros. Pictures from The Invasion
Warner Bros. Pictures from The Brave One (completed)
20th Century Fox from Robots (this isn't from the movie)
Jerry Bruckheimer Films from National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets
MGM from Ben-Hur (1959) (he does not roar just like the first MGM lion, Slats) (completed)
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logoboy95 Logo variations coming up... 0 Jul 15 2008, 6:27 AM EDT by logoboy95
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20th Century Fox from Planet of the Apes (completed)
Columbia Pictures from What Planet Are You From? (completed)
Universal Pictures from Twister (this plasters over the WB shield in the UK) (completed)
Scott Free from American Gangster
Warner Bros. Pictures from The Invasion
Warner Bros. Pictures from The Brave One (completed)
20th Century Fox from Robots (this isn't from the movie)
Jerry Bruckheimer Films from National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets
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JMFabianoRPL Oceans Thirteen logos 0 Jul 14 2008, 11:47 AM EDT by JMFabianoRPL
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That "nice piece of music" is none other than the "Riviera Affair," the very same music (and animation effects!) used for WOR-TV's 4 'O Clock Movie.
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