corellian77 said:

I'm with 005 on this one.  The idea's very cool as an intro to a bonus disc, but for me, that classic 20th Century Fox fanfare and logo, followed by the Lucasfilm logo, is the start of Star Wars.  Tinkering with it, therefore, seems like a bad idea to me.

I'm sure I'm not alone in saying that, to this day, whenever I'm watching a movie from 20th Century Fox and that logo and music start up, for a fraction of a second I get excited because my brain thinks it's about to see Star Wars (see... Pavlov was right!).  Why mess with something that ingrained our our collective heads?

Indeed he did. However they are talking about replacing the logo
at the beginning of the film itself, not just a clever DVD intro.

A kewl idea, to be sure, but as brash noted, hardly kewl enough to risk bringing down the wrath of Lucasfilm and/or 20th Century Fox merely for the sake of having a nifty intro logo. Fanediting is already a legal grey area, and messing with the original financing studio's logo might be viewed by some as a bridge too far.

As nostalgic as it might be to use the classic 20th Century Fox Logo; the New one used in AVATAR blows it away with better detail and dynamics. A perfect fit for EMPIRE: Revisited in my opinion. I hope Ady will consider using it.

who says you have to mess with it? just have both.

I say, save Adywan the work and let it be the one he feels like doing, and that way it'll be his vision and not someone elses.

"Bingowings" said:

Personally my Pavlovian juices only really get moist when I see the old Lucasfilm logo (I associate the twinkly one with so much disappointment) but it would be daft replace the twinkly one with a nice clean reconstruction of the old one just to get me dribbling...Oh Zeus Plugs did I actually type that?

The new one doesn't twinkle dude. It does; however, have more reflection, and some new geometry, plus a more realistic background. If you want to see a logo that does in fact twinkle, just go watch a Disney film.

Just think of the new Fox logo as ( 20th Century Fox logo: Revisited ).

I think the old original Fox logo is better suited for the unaltered trilogy IMO.

Anyway, Ady probably likes the old logo better, which doesn't bother be at all.

doubleofive said:

 

corellian77 said:

I'm with 005 on this one.  The idea's very cool as an intro to a bonus disc, but for me, that classic 20th Century Fox fanfare and logo, followed by the Lucasfilm logo, is the start of Star Wars.  Tinkering with it, therefore, seems like a bad idea to me.

I'm sure I'm not alone in saying that, to this day, whenever I'm watching a movie from 20th Century Fox and that logo and music start up, for a fraction of a second I get excited because my brain thinks it's about to see Star Wars (see... Pavlov was right!).  Why mess with something that ingrained our our collective heads?

My brain works the same way.

 

You're not the only ones.

From the '97 SE soundtrack liner notes:

It was George Lucas' inspired creative stroke to reintroduce [the Fox fanfare] when Fox released Star Wars in 1977.  Within a few years, the fanfare was in general use again, and to the Star Wars generation, the fanfare became so identified with the films that a truly complete presentation of the music from the soundtrack would be amiss to eliminate it.

I'm going to have to see this new Avatar Fox logo next to the existing one. You know how I like comparisons!

Yes, yes... we're long overdue for a comparison pic!

Jaitea said:

Remember this old one, based on Angel's mock-up.

It's a bit short & Sky_ did a rather nice one originally, but anyway...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rFlKDLTuBk

J

 Iv had a lot of crap load work wise I will get back on this, used or not in the final, simply for the fun factor :-)

im always reading the post by the way just to keep myself updated and also, Iv said this before this forum is like a bloody Australian soap

:-)

Sky_ said:

this forum is like a bloody Australian soap

Having never seen one, how do they differ from American ones, for instance? :p

For starters, I'm pretty sure there's alot more use of the phrase "dingo ate my baby"

I was gonna make a comment involving any or all of the following: koalas, kangaroos and/or wallabys, Vegemite, Paul Hogan, Yahoo Serious, Bruce[s], Monterey Jack, Steve Irwin, drongos, didgeridoos, Kylie Minogue, Chris Atkinson, etc...

...but I didn't.

Ripplin said:

I was gonna make a comment involving any or all of the following: koalas, kangaroos and/or wallabys, Vegemite, Paul Hogan, Yahoo Serious, Bruce[s], Monterey Jack, Steve Irwin, drongos, didgeridoos, Kylie Minogue, Chris Atkinson, etc...

...but I didn't.

In the words of the all knowing TV's Frink

"You just did"

That term is ©  by Frink btw

No, no, I was.