Galaxial Pictures

Background: Galaixal Pictures is a company that produces shows from many diffrent companies. From 2004-2007, Galaixal was the owner of Meow Mix Pictures, thanks to an accidental loophole, forcing Galaxial to own the company for 3 years. Galaixal also makes many of it's own shows. It distributes some shows, too.

1st Logo

(1958 - 1970)

Nicknames: "Insomnia Cure", "Boring!", "Globe"

Note: Galaxial was called Galaxy up until the end of 1970.

Logo: A still capton of many stars, Earth is pictured a fair way back in the center of the screen. The words "A Galaxy Picture" are static over the planet. The logo is in Tecnicolor.

Variations: From 1967, the words zoomed out from the center of the screen. Then at the end of the logo, the words faded out.

SFX: None, besides the 1967 variation with the text.

Cheesy Factor: If the moon were made of cheese, it would still not be as cheesy as this logo. It looked like it was made of a budget of $1. It all looks bad.

Music: None.

Availability: Rare. Since Galaxial only made 8 films during this period, it can be very hard to find. It was last reported being seen about 3 years ago by accident on Network 11.

Scare Factor: Median for the 1958 to 1966 version, because of the quality of the logo (see Cheesy Factor). High for the 1967 to 1970 logo because of the quality of the moving text.

2nd Logo

(1971 - 1979)

Nicknames: "Globe II", "Improvement Over the First Logo"

Logo: We see a starry background with Earth closer to the screen than the last logo. The Earth is rotating, while the stars twinkle in the background. The words "Galaxial Pictures" zoom in from the side of the planet, resting comfortably at the middle of the screen.

Variations: There were a few variations for this logo:


 * On "Juice-Man" (1973) the globe is an orange cut in half, with orange juice coming out of it.
 * On "Space Park" (1976) the globe zooms out at the end of the logo, leading into the first scene of the movie.
 * On "Not Another Sci-Fi Movie" (1978) the stars start glowing about 5 seconds into the logo, eventually making the whole screen white and fading in to the first scene of the movie.

SFX: Rotating Earth, shining stars, text zooming.

Cheesy Factor: Better than the last one, but still a bit cheesy. The text looks the globe looks a bit cheap. But the stars look nice. And the zoom on the text isn't that bad either.

Music: None, sometimes the opening music for the movie.

Availability: Can be seen on releases of the period. And was seen plastered over one of the 1st logos released, but has since been removed.

Scare Factor: Low to medium, the quality may get to some as well as the zoom on the text, but otherwise it's harmless.

3rd Logo

(1980-1984)

Nicknames: "The Zooming Star", "Starshine Globe", "Doomsday Globe", "Globe III"

Logo: It starts out the same as the last logo, minus the text. The logo then zooms in on a star off in the distance eventually shining and fading into a globe with the orange-yellow light over it. "GALAXIAL PICTURES" shimmering fades in on center of the screen.

Byline: On 5 movies from this company during the 1983-84 movie releasing season, the byline "A Coca-Cola Company" ijn the Coca-Cola font is seen below "GALAIXAL PICTURES".

Variation: From July 27, 1984, the part before the shine is replaced with a black screen turning white and continuing as normal. Also, the text "25th Anniversary" in metalic silver is under "PICTURES" in "GALIXAL PICTURES".

SFX: Just great '80s effects.

Cheesy Factor: The start of the logo is the same as the last one, and that one was a bit cheesy. But otherwise, no cheese.

Music: Silent, the opening theme of the movie, or sometimes an orchestral tune, building up to an uplifting tune at the shine.

Availability: Common, seen on releases of the period. But the byline version has been plastered up and is very rare.

Scare Factor: Low, this is a great logo.

4th Logo

(1985-1992)

Nicknames: "Counter-Clockwise Globe", "Zooming Globe", "Globe IV"

Logo: There are 2 versions:


 * (1985 - 1988):We see stars zooming in on Earth, eventully stopping near the screen. The globe is rotating in a counter clockwise direction, is if you were viewing it from the top. "Galaxial" zooms in and stops with the globe.
 * (1989 - 1992):Same as before, but with more glow over the globe.

Byline: Starting in 1991, the byline "A Random Donkey Company" is seen below "Galaxial".

SFX: Quite good.

Cheesy Factor: The counter-clockwise rotation is...different, but is on the next logo as well.

Music: Silent or the opening music of the movie.

Availability: Common, seen on movies of the era. But the 1985-88 version is more rare, because airings on TV usually have this logo plastered over with the 1989 version.

Scare Factor: Medium.

5th Logo

(1993-2004)

Nickname: "Globe Glow", "Globe IV Redux","Globe V"

Logo: Almost like the last one, exept there is a glow at the beginning of the logo fading to the normal level. "GALAXIAL" fades in from a blur. Stars in the background move forward, but stops about 5 seconds into the logo. The globe is still rotating in the counter-clockwise direction. The logo then fades out exept the byline which stays in for a few seconds, then fades out.

Byline: From 1993 - 2000 the byline says "A Random Donkey Company". After Random Donkey's name changed, it became "An RDP Company" from 2001 - 2003. And in 2004, RDP merged with 11 International, so the byline changed accordingly to "A LevCorp Worldwide Company".

SFX: Quite Good...again, but the SFX of other movie company logos at the time were much better.

Cheesy Factor: The glow looks a bit cheap, and "Galaxial" looks out of place a bit. But otherwise, nothing.

Music: An abridged version of the Universal Pictures music used from 1991. Sometimes, it's silent.

Availability: Common. Can be seen on movies of the period.

Scare Factor: Low.

6th Logo

(2005-2007)

Nickname: "Blue Blur", "Where's The Globe?"

Logo: Starts out with a starry background (when is it never that?) twinkling. But after a second or two in the background fades to a blue glow, which then moves around rapidly to the other side. As it does that, "Galaxial" appears, and so does the byline:

A LEVCORP WORLDWIDE COMPANY

The blue background moves around slowly for the next five or so seconds before fading out to the starry background again. Then "Galaxial" starts to zoom in while the byline fades out. Then finally, the logo moves to the upper right hand side of the screen and leaves the screen.

SFX: Quite different to the other logos from Galaxial, but experimenting with this idea has made this an alright logo. Not the best, but it is probably in the Top 20.

Cheesy Factor: The fast moving part when the logo appeared is a bit cheap, but besides that, this is a good logo.

Music: Same as the last logo.

Availability: Very common.

Scare Factor: Low to median, the fast part in conjunction makes it a bit scary for some. Also, many will be annoyed by the lack of Planet Earth that has graced this logo for many years

7th Logo:

(2007-)

Nickname: "Star Globe", "Globe with Stars", "Galaxal Universal Globe", "Globe Formed out of Stars","Globe VI", "Improved Globe"

Logo: On a black BG, we see stars lighting up/wiping in from the top of the screen to the bottom. We zoom out seeing the stars make a globe of stars which forms a still version the Earth. While that's happening, we see the text "GALAXIAL" in the same font and colors of the Universal text at the time come from behind the globe. The text situates it's self right infront of the Earth with the URL under it, www.galaxialpictures.com, in gold fades in under the globe. A byline in the same color as the URL fades in below that.

Bylines:


 * 2007-Present: A LevCorp WorldWide Company

Variants:


 * From 2008-Early 2009, the logo zooms out to reveal that is reflected by the text "50th Anneversary" (The "50" is larger and put above "Anneversary".) in majestic gold.
 * On the rereleases of the movies "Satan"; "Satan 2: Revenge of the Underworld" and "Satan 3: The Underworld Gets Destroyed", the logo is seen on a hellish background.
 * On some movies from mid 2007-early 2008, the logo does not have the byline. That is the result of an editing mistake. (The video above shows that variant.)
 * On Wolverine and the X-MEN: The Movie, the logo is in the same animation of the TV series, Wolverine and the X-MEN, but when the logo fades out, the only part that doesn't fade out is the "X" in "GALAXIAL". The film then resumes as normal.
 * On YouTube Poop Movies from 2008-Present, at the end of the logo, we hear Mario saying the infamous "Where There's Smoke, They Pinch Back." YouTube Poop slogan.
 * On Blu-ray releases from 2008-Present,when the text has formed and the logo is done with it's animation, the byline and web address fades out, the "GALAXAL" text shifts below the globe and they both turn around to reveal the Blu-ray Disc logo.
 * Starting in 2009, the globe rotates like the current Universal globe, counter-clockwize, and the logo is in CGI, but the globe still looks like real earth..

SFX: It's all in the logo section!

Cheesy Factor: Great CGI for the late 2000s, but the Earth is distorted a bit and a little amount of stars are still there around it, but not in 2009 variant.

Music: A slightly abridged version of the current Universal logo music of the time, but the last note is extended until the logo ends.

Avalibility: Current. Can be seen anywhere. But the variant without the byline is rare.

Scare Factors:


 * Regular: None, this logo is calm.
 * Satan series rerelease: Medium to nightmare because the unexpected red background and lightning strikes may freak you out.