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Turner Entertainment
Logo descriptions by Lee Cremeans, Sean Beard, James Fabiano and Matt Williams
Logo capture by Eric S. Editions by Shadeed A. Kelly
Video captures courtesy of Mcy919
Background: Turner Entertainment Company, Inc. is an American media company established on August 4, 1986 by Ted Turner as a subsidiary of Turner Broadcasting System to oversee its film library after its acquisition of MGM/UA Entertainment Co. (which is now owned by a consortium led by Sony Corporation of America). Today owned by TimeWarner, the company is largely responsible for overseeing its library for worldwide distribution.
(1987- )
Nicknames: "The Green Globe", "The CGI Globe"
Logo: On a blue/purple gradient CGI starfield, an oblong blue marquee with gold trim (with the word "Turner" in a silver fancy font and the right arm of the T extended over the other letters, and the left arm curled; this is the same as the Turner print logo) moves in, close to the screen from the right. The camera turns left to follow it, and it approaches a green globe, like a planet or moon, positioned in the top left and lit from there and behind. As it approaches, it zooms out and turns its left side (the camera's right) in away from the camera, eventually settling in front of the globe as the camera movement stops.
Variants: There are two versions of the graphic; one with a large globe at the top left and smaller (in proportion) marquee that faces us at an angle at the end, and one (more common) with a smaller globe at the top right and longer, more expanded marquee that faces us head-on. The former is most commonly used as the short version.
And keep these color variations in mind too:
- Red/violet starfield, violet/white/gold marquee, blue planet facing the left, marquee sweeps at a moderate speed after about a second, facing the camera at an angle.
- Blue starfield, blue/white/gold marquee, bluish-green planet facing the left, marquee sweeps at a moderate speed after about a second, facing the camera at an angle.
- Blue/violet starfield, blue/white marquee, no planet, logo sweeps at a moderate speed after about a second.
- Blue starfield, green/white/gold marquee, bluish-green planet facing the left, marquee sweeps quickly as soon as it fades in, facing the camera at an angle.
- Blue/violet starfield, green/white marquee, bluish-green planet facing the right, marquee sweeps at a moderate speed after about a second, facing the camera head-on.
- Blue/violet starfield, blue/white/gold marquee, bluish-green planet facing the left, marquee sweeps slowly after about 3 seconds, facing the camera at an angle.
- Sometimes, the logo is shown in black-and-white.
FX: The starfield, logo and globe, all decent mid-1980s CGI.
Music/Sounds: A triumphant 10-note orchestral fanfare, with a flourish as the logo first appears. The less common short version of this logo features a 5-note synthesized theme.
Music/Sounds Variant:
- There is a low toned theme heard on the Top Cat episode The 1,000,000 Derby on Boomerang.
- On some Turner shows aired on Canada's Teletoon, the logo plays its extended version, but the closing theme plays for half of its length. The other half plays the short logo's music. This was probably done to cover up any HB or Filmation logos.
Availability: Was once found on many movies and shows from the Turner library, though many of the shows have since passed on to Warner Bros Television, or in some cases to Telepictures Distribution, and may or may not be plastered over. This logo was once common on TCM, but now is replaced by a generic TCM logo, even though it will appear a few times on the channel. The print logo itself is still in use, as Turner is a fairly autonomous part of the TimeWarner megalith. This logo can also be seen on The Jetsons and Top Cat, both on Boomerang.
Scare Factor: Minimal to low; some may be startled by the rather loud music, but overall this is a pretty neat and clean logo.
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| Trogga | Still in use? | 1 | Apr 19 2008, 3:05 PM EDT by WizardDuck | |
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Thread started: Jan 27 2008, 9:14 PM EST
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How is this logo still being used today? I haven't seen it on TV in years.
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| Anonymous | Closing logos | 0 | Oct 26 2007, 9:38 PM EDT by Anonymous | |
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Thread started: Oct 26 2007, 9:38 PM EDT
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I seen the Turner Program Services "Globe Logo & Turning Letters" logo on 2 Stupid Dogs, Swat Kats and the final season of Captain Planet on Boomerang, with the Standard and Long versions.
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