VTD Rostock (Germany)

Logo descriptions by SnowflakesOmega

1st Logo

(1986-1992)

Nicknames: "VTD of Doom", "Metallic Letters of Schizophrenia"

Logo: On a starry background, two metallic filmstrips appear from the sides and move away to the center. A small flash occurs after they meet, causing the big outlined text "VTD" to zoom in, starting slowly and then going fast, and just when it stops, it explodes. The explosion fills the screen and we cut to various scenes from movies. A few seconds later, one of these scenes zooms away so it's revealed to be shown in a "V", stylized as the same "VTD" from before, and then the other letters appear and swirl around with a fast pace. Once they go again to the center, they zoom in just like before and then explode again. We then cut to a black background as the same letters are seen on a black background, flickering for about half a second, before blue thunder comes out and makes the blue text "ROSTOCK", as a blue flash occurs. "ROSTOCK" is seen glowing below the "VTD".

FX/SFX/Cheesy Factor: It was nice CGI for the time, but it's pretty cheesy nowadays. The same explosion effect occurs in all two occasions and it's cheaply chroma-keyed with the space background, and the metallic texture of the letters is also cheap. The mood of the animation and music is also too dramatic.

Music/Sounds: A noisy uptempo jazz-rock theme with the sounds of whooshing, explosions and thunder.

Availability: Very rare. Was seen on VHS tapes of movies and TV shows distributed in northern Germany.

Scare Factor: Medium to nightmare due to the big letters, fast zoom-ins, explosions, thunder, and frenetic music. The darkness of the CGI also doesn't help matters.