Galaxis Home Entertainment (Germany)

Background: The company was founded in 1998 after Galaxis Filmverleih began experiencing success at the box office and on television. Their releases are distributed on DVD and Blu-ray by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment in Germany, Austria & Switzerland, having been previously distributed by Columbia TriStar Home Video.

1st logo

(1998-2003)

Nickname:"UFV - Unidentified Flying Video", "The VHS Galaxy"

Logo: On a space background with a galaxy in the center, two comets coming from the top and bottom of the screen collide in the center. This causes an explosion that reveals a CGI videotape spinning and zooming in before it stops at a comfortable distance at an angle. Then it rotates slightly so that its front faces us. On the VHS tape label is the logo for Galaxis Filmverleih with "Home Video GmbH" in lieu of "Filmverleih".The label flashes and zooms towards us while the background changes to a different space background. Then, the label flips upward to reveal the flipside which contains the Buena Vista International logo (with the castle) and flips again to show the Columbia TriStar Home Video logo. It rotates up and zooms towards the bottom as the Galaxis Home Entertainment logo zooms towards us. Then, the word "zeigt" fades in below.

FX: All the animation in the logo...

Cheesy Factor: ...which would've barely passed muster in the late 1980's/early 1990's, never mind 1998.

Music: The music for the UGC & Europe 1 Video logo (here)with an explosion sound effect and whoosh sounds when the label rotates.

Availability: Uncommon, it can be found on German VHS tapes and DVD's released by the company during the time period.

Scare Factor: Low, the explosion and zooming effects might bother some, but it can't be too frightening compared to the film logo.

2nd logo

(2003-2012)

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