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Logo descriptions by Lee Cremeans, Sean Beard, James Fabiano, and Matt Williams
Logo captures by Eric S. and V of Doom
Editions by Shadeed A. Kelly
Video captures courtesy of mcydodge919 and JohnnyL80
Background: Turner Entertainment Co. is a media distribution company established on August 4, 1986 by Ted Turner as a subsidiary of Turner Broadcasting System to oversee its film library after its ultra short-lived 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/violet gradient CGI starfield, an oblong blue marquee with gold trim (with the word "Turner" in silver, fancy letters 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 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:
FX/SFX: The starfield, logo and globe, all decent mid-late 1980s CGI.
Music/Sounds: A triumphant 10-note orchestral fanfare, with a flourish as the logo first appears. The more common short version of this logo features a 5-note synthesized theme.
Music/Sounds Variants:
Availability: Rare in it's original version, common in the warp speed variant. 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. The long version appears before several short films on TCM, but is usually replaced with the current TCM logo on feature films. The print logo itself is still in use, as Turner is a fairly autonomous part of the Time Warner megalith. The short version can be seen on Boomerang's prints of The Jetsons, Top Cat, two Jonny Quest episodes: "Arctic Splashdown" and "Curse of Anubis", and two episodes of SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron. The intro logo can be seen on Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School on Cartoon Network and Boomerang. The enhanced version was recently found before the film Nine 1/2 Weeks on Encore Drama. The short version was also sighted at the end of a Huckleberry Hound cartoon on Boomerang in 2001 (which was odd, as it aired in a three-hour block). It also appeared on the 2000 Warner Home Video VHS release of Shaft (1971).
Scare Factor: Minimal to low; some may be startled by the rather loud music, but overall this is a pretty neat and clean logo.
Logo captures by Eric S. and V of Doom
Editions by Shadeed A. Kelly
Video captures courtesy of mcydodge919 and JohnnyL80
Background: Turner Entertainment Co. is a media distribution company established on August 4, 1986 by Ted Turner as a subsidiary of Turner Broadcasting System to oversee its film library after its ultra short-lived 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/violet gradient CGI starfield, an oblong blue marquee with gold trim (with the word "Turner" in silver, fancy letters 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 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 & white.
FX/SFX: The starfield, logo and globe, all decent mid-late 1980s CGI.
Music/Sounds: A triumphant 10-note orchestral fanfare, with a flourish as the logo first appears. The more common short version of this logo features a 5-note synthesized theme.
Music/Sounds Variants:
- A high tone variant of the long version can be found before the short film The MGM Story on TCM.
- A low tone variant of the short version 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 HB logos.
Availability: Rare in it's original version, common in the warp speed variant. 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. The long version appears before several short films on TCM, but is usually replaced with the current TCM logo on feature films. The print logo itself is still in use, as Turner is a fairly autonomous part of the Time Warner megalith. The short version can be seen on Boomerang's prints of The Jetsons, Top Cat, two Jonny Quest episodes: "Arctic Splashdown" and "Curse of Anubis", and two episodes of SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron. The intro logo can be seen on Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School on Cartoon Network and Boomerang. The enhanced version was recently found before the film Nine 1/2 Weeks on Encore Drama. The short version was also sighted at the end of a Huckleberry Hound cartoon on Boomerang in 2001 (which was odd, as it aired in a three-hour block). It also appeared on the 2000 Warner Home Video VHS release of Shaft (1971).
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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| socoollogos | No planet version | 0 | Apr 27 2010, 6:32 PM EDT by socoollogos | ||
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Blue/violet starfield, blue/white marquee, N-O P-L-A-N-E-T, logo sweeps at a moderate speed after about a second. Where can I this planetless version?
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| Trogga | Still in use? | 1 | Apr 19 2008, 3:05 PM EDT by WizardDuck | ||
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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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