Logos That Go Hard

Here's what the new Paramount Animation logo actually looks like (someone recorded this before Smurfs). The transition is WAY smoother than I expected, since they altered the text and stars during the "Animation" portion. Reminds me of what the TMNT movie did.

My friend Ethan (AKA Bumpy Gaming) just posted a new video (which I got to view beforehand) talking about the confusion of Paramount Animation, mainly in how its brand is inconsistently used that it leads to confusion on what makes a “Paramount Animation” film. Check it out!

Since today is the 20th anniversary of Disney's FastPlay, here's the logo of Nickelodeon's scrapped copy of the concept dubbed "Nick Skip". It was speculated to have been scrapped due to the infamous reputation of FastPlay.

I watched a really good documentary video about the history of Touchstone Pictures, and I learned that there were 1,200 name ideas for Disney’s new adult film label, and while Touchstone became the top choice, Silver Wind Films was second place.

Columbia Tristar

If Sony had kept the movie rights to Sonic the Hedgehog, they would have 100% included a Sonic ring as the letter o in “Sony” which transitions into the Columbia logo.

Does anyone have that logo where you know you’ve seen it before and can remember certain aspects but you cannot for the life of you figure out the name? For me, I remember a film logo with comets and a triumphant fanfare. It played after a movie with Latin music in the credits.

And now in the age of streaming, most kids wouldn’t be able to see the cool production logos because they would just go to the next episode either automatically or manually. Makes me glad I grew up in the time of split screen credits rather than the corner ones they do now.

Yes, I find it confusing that the Paramount Pictures print logo was used instead of the Paramount Animation one, yet the animation division is credited for making Transformers One. Can they at least make a cool variation of the ANIMATION logo for the movie itself?

Is it possible for someone to acquire the Funimation trademark from Sony so that it can start over and return to being a standalone anime dub studio? It did happen with DreamWorks Pictures. It should happen with Funimation.

I think it’s funny and sad that the most popular IP in MGM’s current library came from acquired studios: United Artists (James Bond, Pink Panther, Rocky, Secret of NIMH, All Dogs Go to Heaven) and Orion (Silence of the Lambs, RoboCop, Bill & Ted). WBD has the pre-1986 MGM stuff.