http://www.closinglogos.com/index.php?title=Syfy_Originals&feed=atom&action=historySyfy Originals - Revision history2024-03-29T05:02:52ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.35.1http://www.closinglogos.com/index.php?title=Syfy_Originals&diff=31770&oldid=prevTravis: Created page with "<div class="WPC-editableContent"><font size="3"><font><i><font color="#ffa500">Logo descriptions by</font> BenderRoblox, Shadeed A. Kelly, and lukesams2</i><br/><i><font color..."2020-11-06T13:17:25Z<p>Created page with "<div class="WPC-editableContent"><font size="3"><font><i><font color="#ffa500">Logo descriptions by</font> BenderRoblox, Shadeed A. Kelly, and lukesams2</i><br/><i><font color..."</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div><div class="WPC-editableContent"><font size="3"><font><i><font color="#ffa500">Logo descriptions by</font> BenderRoblox, Shadeed A. Kelly, and lukesams2</i><br/><i><font color="#ffa500">Logo and </font></i><i><font color="#ffa500">video captures courtesy of</font><font color="#333333"> EastmanFilm (BenderRoblox) LogicSmash </font><font color="#ffa500">and</font><font color="#333333"> Pepsi9072</font></i><br/><br/><u>Background</u><font color="#333333">: The Sci-Fi Channel is a cable channel originally devised in 1991 by two Boca entrepreneurs: Mitchell Rubenstein and Laurie Silvers. The network </font></font><font>airs programs that's geared towards science fiction (Sci-Fi), fantasy, horror, and thriller genres. </font><font>USA Networks picked up the concept in 1992 and when Viacom acquired Paramount Communications in 1994, the company controlled Paramount's stake. In 1995, Seagram and Sons, the then-current parent of Universal Studios acquired MCA's stake. In 1997, Paramount/Viacom sold its stakes in the USA Networks to Universal. In 1998, Seagram/Universal sold the USA Networks to Barry Diller, who later became the CEO of Vivendi Universal Entertainment in 2001 after reuniting the USA Networks with Universal. On May 11, 2004, Vivendi Universal sold 80% of VUE to General Electric's NBC to form "NBC Universal" (now "NBCUniversal"). On July 7, 2009, the network was renamed to "Syfy".<br/><br/><b><font><br/>Sci-Fi Originals</font></b><br/><br/>1st Logo<br/>(1992-1999)<br/></font><font> </font></font><div align="center"> <font size="3"><font>[[File:CWiAa43UFGN-X677cIVK8g206747.png|221px|The Sci Fi Channel]]<br/></font> </font><div align="left"> <font size="3"><br/><u>Nicknames</u>: "The Green Flames", "Sciturn", "The Flames From Hell"</font></div><font size="3"><font> <br/></font> </font><div align="left"> <font size="3"><u>Logo</u>: We see a green flame rise up, and while it is slowly turning orange, we see a black circle with the words "<font face="Times, Times New Roman, serif"><b>SCI-FI</b></font></font><font size="3">" in gray above and "CHANNEL" below in white. When the flame is down, it reveals the black circle is a brown planet with rings around it that look like Saturn. The word "</font>PRODUCED IN ASSOCIATION WITH<font size="3">" appear above and move clockwise, along with the planet.<br/><br/><u>Variant(s)</u>:</font></div><div align="left"><ul><li>A version exists where the logo is on a black background, the Saturn is red and the "IAW" text is unseen.</li><li>There's an abridged version that skips the flame portion.</li></ul><font size="3"><br/><font color="#333333"><u>FX/SFX</u>: The flame.</font><br/><br/><font color="#333333"><u>Music/Sounds</u>: A weird bubbling sound when the flame appears. The rest is silent. On some shows, the logo was completely silent.</font></font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><font color="#333333"><br/></font><font color="#333333"><u>Availability</u>: Rare. It was seen on <i>Mystery Science Th</i></font>e<i>ater 3000</i> episodes from the Sci-Fi Channel era. This logo is cut from most episodes of <i>MST3K</i> on PlutoTV, but it can still be seen on one episode, #812 "The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living And Became Mixed-Up Zombies". It was also seen on various Sci-Fi Channel specials and original programs from the period such as <i>The Anti-Gravity Room</i> and<i>Mission Genesis</i>.<br/><br/><u>Editor's Note</u>: The jarring appearance of the flame along with the weird bubbling sound might scare some in a fashion similar to the [[HBO Independent Productions]] logo.</font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="left"><font size="3">2nd Logo</font></div><div align="left"><font size="3">(1996)</font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="left"></div></div><blockquote><blockquote><blockquote><blockquote><blockquote><blockquote><blockquote><blockquote><blockquote><blockquote><div align="center"><div align="left"><font size="3"><iframe frameborder="0" height="228" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/genericvideo/9518df7c3b2674d6602cc72d3d46e62f2173088b" width="408"></iframe></font></div></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><div align="center"><div align="left"></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><u>Logo</u>: We see a weird-looking, cross-eyed smiling man hold up a ping-pong ball featuring the Sci-Fi Channel logo of the era. He holds it up closer to the camera, and the ball starts to flash a red light, gradually flashing slower. ''produced in association with'' fades in beside the ball, then fading out. A byline then fades in:</font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="center"><font size="3">copyright 1996</font></div><div align="center"><font size="3">sci-fi channel all rights reserved</font></div><div align="center"><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="left"><font size="3">The man then pulls the ball away from the camera (with the ball no longer flashing), now looking cross-eyed to the left.</font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><u>FX/SFX</u>: Live-Action.</font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><u>Music/Sounds</u>: Weird UFO-like sounds.</font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"><u>Availability</u></font>: Only seen on "Sci-Fi Con"</font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><u>Editor's Note</u>: TBA.</font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="left"><font size="3">3rd Logo</font></div><div align="left"><font size="3">(1999-2002)</font></div><div align="left"><u><font size="3"><br/></font></u></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><u>Nicknames</u>: "The Weird Splash Thing"</font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="left">[[File:E661ae353b64e17b658867a70c9dcb4b.png|319px|Sci-Fi Originals (2003)]]</div><div align="left"><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><u>Logo</u>: On a black BG, we see the blue-white text "this has been a presentation of" followed by the spaced-out word "SCI FI" appear near the bottom of the screen. Above the "SCI FI" text, the planet logo, now smaller and in blue-white, appears and "shines" while rotating slightly. As it vanishes, the screen is suddenly overtaken by an "explosion" of blue-white "smoke" or liquid, which moves around for a few seconds before the logo fades out.</font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><u>Variant</u>: There's another version where the presentation disclaimer is set more to the top and "presentation" is replaced with "production" and everything is set in bright red.</font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="left"><font><font color="#333333" face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><u>FX/SFX</u>: Relatively simplistic, but cool. The animation was produced by Manhattan Transfer as a part of the "Sci-Fi 2.0" makeover.</font></font></div><div align="left"><font><font color="#333333" face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><br/></font></font></div><div align="left"><font><font color="#333333" face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><u>Music/Sounds</u>: A breathy synth tune accompanied by whispering. The variant used a more dark rendition.</font></font></div><div align="left"><font><font color="#333333" face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><br/></font></font></div><div align="left"><font><font color="#333333" face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><u>Availability</u>: Pretty much extinct on TV. Sci-Fi didn't produce that many original programs around this time, in fact, most shows that initially aired on Sci-Fi (<i>The Chronicle</i> for example) didn't use a logo. The variant was seen on season 2 episodes of <i>G vs. E</i>. It's unknown what other shows, specials and/or movies had this logo, let alone if they had any release outside of the network.</font></font></div><div align="left"><font><font color="#333333" face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><br/></font></font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><font><font color="#333333" face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"><u>Editor's Note</u>: The whispers and the "explosion" at the end might freak some people out.<br/></font><br/><br/><br/><font color="#333333" face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">4th Logo</font><br/><font color="#333333" face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">(2002-2009)</font><br/><br/><u>Logo</u><font color="#333333" face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">: TBA</font></font><font>[[File:JJZ PO1VdFaJPG6lQda5ZA14492.jpeg|238px|SciFi Originals]]</font><br/><br/><font color="#333333"><u>FX/SFX</u>: TBA</font><font><br/><br/></font><font color="#333333"><u>Music/Sounds</u>: TBA</font><font><br/><br/></font><font color="#333333"><u>Availability</u>: It was very common years ago and now it's extremely rare. It was seen on all original programming on the Sci-Fi Channel from this era such as <i>Stargate SG-1 </i>and <i>Stargate Atlantis</i>.</font><font> Also appeared on DVDs of the TV miniseries <i>Taken</i> (2002) and the <i>Battlestar Galactica</i> miniseries.<br/><br/><u>Editor's Note:</u> None.</font></font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><br/>____________________________________________________________________________________________________<br/><b><br/>Syfy Originals</b><br/><br/>1st Logo</font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><font>(2009-2017)<br/><div align="center"> [[File:JsdZLS42MH0V01dZmvumfw338890.png|274px|Syfy Originals (2009-)]][[File:JUabxcSrrCQP6VrLKBiysQ322564.png|273px|Syfy Originals - CLG Wiki]]</div><div align="center"></div></font><font><u>Logo</u>: During the opening theme of the show, the then-current Syfy logo and the words "Original Series" appear.<br/><br/><u>Variants</u>: <br/><ul> <li> There is an animated version of the logo in which the logo is on a white background. Also, the words "Original Series" are purple, the logo is in 3D, and the camera moves away from the logo. </li><li> There is another version (which is the same as the animated version) used in different forms in which the words "Original Series" are moved to the bottom and read "Imagine Greater".</li> <li> Since Syfy customizes the "Imagine Greater" version of this logo on promos for most of its shows, there are incredibly [[Logo Variations - Syfy|many variations]].</li></ul></font><font color="#333333"><u> <br/>FX/SFX</u>: None for the standard version, the zooming out for the animated version.</font><font> <br/><br/></font><font color="#333333"><u>Music/Sounds</u>: The opening theme of the show.</font><br/><br/><font><u>Music/Sound Variant</u>: The animated version uses a three-note synth tune.</font><br/><font><br/></font><font color="#333333"><u>Availability</u>: Near extinction. It was seen on all current original programming from the time on Syfy. The version with the words "Imagine Greater" can be commonly seen on idents, promos, and bumpers that used to air on Syfy. A new debuted on June 19, 2017, thus making this one rarer.</font><font><br/><br/><u>Editor's Note:</u> None.</font><br/></font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="left"><font size="3">2nd Logo</font></div><div align="left"><font size="3">(2017-)</font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><font face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"><u>Logo</u>: On a black background, we see the new Syfy logo (the word "</font></font><b>SYFY</b><font size="3"><font><font color="#333333">" in a blocky font) in</font><font color="#ffff00"> yellow</font><font face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font color="#333333">. Suddenly, the colors reverse for a second, and it cuts back to </font><font color="#ffff00">yellow</font><font color="#333333"> on black, except the two parts are separated, smaller, and in different positions (top left corner and bottom right corner). They slide to align each other stacked to reform the logo. During this, "</font></font><font face="Impact">ORIGINAL</font><font face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">" slides in.</font></font></font></div><iframe align="right" frameborder="0" height="230" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/genericvideo/97c18675609a6af1d3a72d56438fa789afefbb3e" width="407"></iframe><div align="left"><font><font><font face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><br/></font></font></font></div><div align="left"><font><font><font face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><u>Trivia</u>: The new logo went into use on June 19, 2017, to celebrate the channel's 25th anniversary.</font></font></font></div><div align="left"><font><font><font face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><br/></font></font></font></div><div align="left"><font><font><font face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><u>FX/SFX</u>: The invert, the slides.</font></font></font></div><div align="left"><font><font><font face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><br/></font></font></font></div><div align="left"><font><font><font face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><u>Music/Sounds</u>: A reversed low pitch note, and a sped up normal note.</font></font></font></div><div align="left"><font><font><font face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><br/></font></font></font></div><div align="left"><font><font><font face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><u>Availability</u>: Brand new. Should be seen on new airings of Syfy shows.</font></font></font></div><div align="left"><font><font><font face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><br/></font></font></font></div><div align="left"><font><font><font face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><u>Editor's Note</u>: None.</font></font></font></div></div><br/></div></div>Travis