Post by Flowgli on Oct 24, 2016 13:55:59 GMT -5
Greetings, people. Welcome to another session of the infernal court in Sparky's 101 Dalmatians' Commentaries. I'm Flo, your judge, jury, executioner, and big logo fan.
Back in the 1980s and 1990s when video cassettes were in production and a common home media, there were home video distribution companies in many countries all over the world, most of which had logos that have cheap, cheesy, ugly, and outdated animation, even so outdated to the point where they just look too outdated even for their time. Most of said home video logos also have cheap and awful music and sound effects, some of which are also too outdated for their time. Many of these home video logos have been known to scare people with the animations, the pieces of music, and the sound effects used in them. They also have been talked about negatively by many people who are big logo fans for not only how scary they are, but for also how cheap and sometimes lazy and unoriginal they are.
Why am I bringing up home video logos in this commentary? Because that's exactly what this commentary is all about. This video that I'm gonna be commentating on was uploaded this May by No., and just like the the voicemail sent to the Alamo Drafthouse, I'm not gonna commentate on the person who put the video together and uploaded it. Actually, I'm gonna be commentating on a country. The country in this case is Argentina. Argentina has been known for having the cheapest home video logos of all, and I know there are a few other people who uploaded videos in which those logos are shown, but those videos are top lists, and they have explanations put in by the makers of those videos on why they were put in those lists in the first place. This video, however, is simply a compilation of those logos, and that's gonna make it a bit easier for me to commentate on the content featured in this video. So, let's examine the case of "Argentine VHS Logos From The 1980s-1990s". Oh, and I'm gonna be skipping No.'s intro in this video.
*skips to 0:23*
1:08 - Hmm, the Videoman Internacional logo has some kind of road looked at from a one-point perspective that reminds me of the road from the Distant Horizon logo from China, except the Distant Horizon logo has a road that is a filmstrip instead of stripes that alternate green and black, not to mention that the Distant Horizon logo is a lot more appealing than this logo. The road in this logo looks more like a moving walkway in an airport with those stripes moving towards the camera. And the logo itself, the words in a rectangle, appears twice at the same time, which seems unnecessary. I suppose the one at the bottom is the shadow of the one at the top, considering the way the one at the bottom appears. It's still too cheap-looking. The lightning bolts and the sun are cheap-looking, too. And speaking of the sun, it has been described by CLG Wiki that it's a ripoff of Schick Sun Classic Pictures logo, and after looking at both that logo and this one, I'll say that I agree. Finally, the music used in this logo is not original; it's a piece of music called "Message From The Cosmos" by Kitarō. Seriously, Argentina, this is only the first home video logo from you in this video, and I'm already seeing a lot of problems here. Let's move on to the next logo.
1:34 - How ironic that the company that whipped up this logo is called Legal Video, because when I looked up the company on CLG Wiki, I found that Legal Video was a company that distributed Hanna-Barbera cartoons, which are mostly watched by kids, and yet this logo looks not only too cheap and cheesy, but also a bit too adult. I mean, do you guys not see this? A woman's pair of eyes looking temptingly at the viewers, while there are a yellow grid moving upwards, a faint flame, and a lightbulb with a spark inside it, while there's crappy animation of fire in random spots and an explosion effect? And the grid, flame, and lightbulb fade out seconds after the text zoom out under the disturbing eyes, which remain for the rest of the logo, and just like Videoman Internacional, this logo has that Gativideo prototype logo tacked on to it at the end? And while the whole logo plays out, "Generando" by Pastoral is used for the logo's music? This logo is a mess! "Legal Video"? More like "Illegal Video"! It should be illegal for a company to make a logo like this, regardless of what kind of titles said company has or had in its catalog! Now, Legal Video was a division of Gativideo, and Videoman Internacional was what Gativideo was originally known as, and that is why the prototypical Gativideo logo is shown on the logos we just saw from these now-defunct home video companies. Anyway, we're moving on to the next logo.
1:59 - Okay, the VideOmega Entertainment logo isn't nearly as bad as the other two logos we just saw, but it's still cheap, especially with that RCA/Columbia Pictures International Video logo swooping right in and replacing the former logo for the rest of it. At least this logo didn't use a song or a piece of music done by someone else long before this logo was put together.
2:33 - The Plus Video looks okay. It looks outdated with the use of video cassettes, and it looks kinda cheap with with the video cassettes and film reels flying by, and the rectangular lines does seem a bit unnecessary, but this is one of the better of the logos featured in this compilation.
2:39 - In case you people are wondering, the AVH in this logo stands for Argentina Video Home. In Argentina, it was a thing back then for home video companies there to have their names end with "Video Home" instead of "Home Video", which is kinda strange, and we'll be seeing more logos with "Video Home" in their names later on in the video. Anyway, The AVH video looks nice for the time, and the animation done on it is good, too, but the choice of background does seem kinda...random. I also find the synth drone a bit off-putting.
3:09 - Oh, my God! That background for the Optimist logo is terrible! It's just so unappealing to the eyes, especially when it moves around like it does. I actually wouldn't mind this logo if it was a still logo with the word "OPTIMIST" in white, the symbol above it in red, and the wavy line under it in blue or aqua, all against a plain black background without that music, even though it doesn't sound too bad for a logo in the 1980s, and also without the word "PRESENTA" tacked on to it. It's also cheap for this logo to end by being split into multiple copies of it and move out of the screen.
3:49 - Well, the design of the MasterVision logo looks okay. The filmstrips that form the "MV" look kinda cool, and so does the font used for the company name below. I have three problems with this logo, aside from it being cheap. One, the visuals shown inside the logo is the "Star Gate" sequence stolen from 2001: A Space Odyssey. Two, the volume of the music keeps changing from having it there to having it muted. And three, the word "Presenta" that followed the logo looks really tacky. And now, I just need to take a moment to respond to No. about this logo. No., when I looked this logo up, it has been stated by CLG Wiki that the company this logo belongs to was from Spain, not Argentina, and this video compilation features logos of home video companies from Argentina, so why did you include this logo in this video compilation?
4:13 - And now, we get to see the Gativideo logo, and it's kinda cheesy yet looks good for the time. The font for it seems interesting, but the music used for it is Aaron Copland's "Fanfare For The Common Man". What's just complained about here is really nothing compared to what other logos are coming up later.
4:34 - Yes, people, the music used in the LK-TEL Video logo is the same one used in the VideOmega Entertainment logo. That's because both VideOmega Entertainment and LK-TEL Video are the same company, and VideOmega Entertainment is what LK-TEL Video was originally known as. This company altogether is also one that acts as the international distribution arm of RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video--later known as Columbia TriStar Home Video--which is why those logos are shown in these logos. Having those logos featured in these logos the way they are still makes both logos cheap and cheesy, but the way it's done in this logo is even more cheap and cheesy. This logo just cuts to the Columbia TriStar Home Video logo as the music continues playing and cuts back to the former logo, and after it cuts back, the text that appeared in front of the logo for a few seconds looks as if someone added it into it on Windows Movie Maker. The next logo coming up, however, is a lot cheaper and cheesier than any of the other logos we've seen here so far. But don't take my word for it. Just see for yourself.
4:53 - See what I mean?! Now, that is one of the cheapest, most uncreative logos for any company I ever saw! It's just a cheap multi-colored background with nothing happening in the first half, the words that make up the company name appearing to move down from the top of the screen to the bottom until company name disappears and change color for each step it moves down, and worst of all, the music from the Gaumont logo used in the 1970s is used for the entirety of this logo! And what's with the company name? "Producciones Video Home"? Really? When translated to English, and this one should be a no-brainer to everyone, it would be translated to "Productions Home Video", making it the most uncreative name for any company ever! And the way the company name appears, moves steps down the screen and gets bigger and changes color for each step it moves down, and disappears, it looks as if they're trying to make it have a zoom-in effect. If that's the case, then they sure have failed at it. Seriously, Argentina, what were you people there on when you came up with a cheap, sorry excuse for a logo like this?!
6:03 - This logo from Video Vestal seems a bit too long to be a logo for a company. It's not the longest in the history of company logos, since there's another logo coming up later in this video that's even longer than this. Not to mention that this logo seems like something you'd be likely to see at the beginning of movies that were made and released in the 1940s or the 1950s, and this logo was used in the 1980s. It's shot in black and white, it features a sculpture that spins around and around, it has Richard Vagner's "Ride Of The Valkyries" playing throughout the whole thing, and the text that make up the company name is in one of the most common fonts used in company logos back in the earlier decades that I just stated. Also, the way the color changes and the text disappears at the end makes me feel like I'm just entering Hell.
6:24 - There's no doubt at all that the Paris Video Home logo is cheap and cheesy, what with the animation and music, but I will say that the print version of the Eiffel Tower is well-detailed.
6:46 - Now, the Transmundo Home Video logo looks and sounds very dated. The animation on the planet Earth and the text of the logo is so cheap that it actually looks like it's being done as a project on Microsoft PowerPoint. Also, the THV in the logo is a ripoff of the HTV logo; they just switch the "H" and "T" around, that's all. No comment on the text that follows this logo. Well, at least the company name ends with "Home Video" instead of "Video Home", but that's probably the only home video company that has that at the end of its company name.
7:10 - Okay, the Transeuropa Video Entertainment logo would've been okay if the wormhole-like tunnel lighting up the way it does doesn't look like a print logo in motion, the text doesn't look tacky, the announcer speaking doesn't get included, and the text that reads "VIDEO ESTRENOS MARZO 1988", which also looks tacky, doesn't swoop in at the end. This logo looks like crap even by late 1980s standards.
7:49 - *plays losing horn cue from The Price Is Right*
(Play the clip below to actually hear it.)
(And now, back to the commentary.)
You've...got...to...be...kidding me! Oh, f*ck! Where do I even begin with the Enterprise Producciones logo?! The animation and music is blatantly stolen from the Prism Entertainment logo that was used from 1984 to 1992! The Prism Entertainment logo may be dated and not so spectacular, but it still looks cool. But after seeing the animation and hearing the music used the way they were used in the Enterprise Producciones logo, they ruined it big time! They ruined it by freezing the logo in the middle of it, adding cheap graphics into it, animating said cheap graphics very cheaply, and looping the music just to fit it all in! Thanks a lot, Argentina! Not only did you steal the Prism Entertainment logo, but you've also ruined it with cheap graphics and cheap animation thrown into it! Man, you've pissed me off with this crap!
9:47 - Now, this has got to be the longest logo for any company in the world! Seeing the Hammer Video Home logo the way it's played out feels more like a slideshow than a logo, not to mention that it is all just a bunch of old photos of people with soft and slow music. Surprisingly, I actually find this logo the nicest-looking home video logo ever from Argentina. Too bad just about all the other home video logos from Argentina are not nice-looking, as well, so I won't have get on the country's case about them!
10:04 - That company is called High Quality? Really? Well, this logo is anything but high quality. It's too cheap to even deserve to be called high quality. Also, the sound used in this logo is taken from a piece of music called "Frankenstein" by The Edgar Winter Group. And I'm not just reading from CLG Wiki. I actually looked up the video for "Frankenstein" by The Edgar Winter Group, and I heard the entire thing. In part of that piece of music, there's the descending warbling sound that is used in this logo. Come on, Argentina, people are not stupid enough to actually believe that this logo altogether matches the name of the company it belongs to in any way.
10:14 - Okay, is the Kromo's logo supposed to be a snail on a plaque with a shadow for the snail's body but not for also its shell? Because that snail looks a lot more like a deformed brain made of foil on a bent elongated metal capsule. I don't know if the music used for this logo is stolen from something else or not; there's no information about this logo on CLG Wiki at all, not even about the music.
10:33 - MD Video Home is a home video company that was around in the 1990s, and for a logo from that time, especially from Argentina, it is really cheesy. The abstract "md" looks okay, but the way it's animated, especially how it expands, causing the text in the logo to be moved out of the logo makes this logo really cheap. This logo is even cheaper with the still sky background and those video clips flying around and just being there. Why are those clips in the logo anyway? The music for this logo does sound good, though.
11:01 - The design of the Dealer Video logo doesn't seem that bad, but the animation does. The objects and text that form the logo--the planets in the background do not count--leave trails, and the text flipping looks really cheap. The music for this logo sounds okay.
11:19 - Yeah, um, that logo for Godfather Video Gram seems very off-putting. I don't think there's anything wrong with a company logo with a concept like this, but the animation is not only cheap, but also choppy, and the animation, the high trumpets, and the gunshot sound effects just makes the logo come off as a piece of crap.
11:27 - And here's the logo of another Argentine home video company, Hispanoamericana Compañia De Video. The logo is completely still; no animation. The design of the logo doesn't look professional, but it isn't bad. The background is a bit too colorful, there isn't much done on the silver eagle that makes it impressive, and the rectangle that has the text on it has too many diagonal black gradients, making it less silver than it is intended to be. The music for this logo isn't bad, either.
12:05 - Hmm, the "MGV" in the Magnum Golden Video logo reminds me of pieces from a game called Perfection, and so does the way they fit into the matching shapes when they zoom in. The music is quite harmless, but not only is the animation cheap, but it's also simple and slow.
12:22 - That's it? That's the best they could come up with for the Quintavision logo? The word "QUINTAVISION" in dark blue with white outline, flipping up and down, stopping for a couple of seconds, flipping up and down some more, and just being cut out, all on a plain gray background? That's too cheap for a company logo. The music is kinda nice, but it's really nothing worth getting excited about.
12:37 - The design and animation of the Video Clauen logo is all cheap crap. Unless the outdoor setting in the logo is used for a puzzle on Argentina's own version of Catchphrase, that sky has no reason to be black, not only is the setting crappy-looking, but the overall text and the dots that make up the "V" and the way the rainbow comes from the sun and fills the black road are also crappy-looking. Also, the music is clearly a poor extension of the music from the Dick Clark Productions logo! Well, that's just great! We're back to having to sit through logos that have crappy designs, cheap animation, and unoriginal music!
12:55 - That background for the Video Star logo, which consists of the planet Earth, the moon, and the big flashing star is unimpressive and unnecessary. The way the text for the logo is designed and animated, as cheap as it all is, does seem to show that it can do fine without the background. Also, the company this logo belongs to shares the same name with a home video company from the Netherlands, and the music is Beethoven's Symphony No. 5. Using orchestra music in company logos is just unprofessional. Don't do it.
13:09 - Out of all the Argentine home video logos I've seen in this compilation, I find the Auto Nivel logo the best one. I would be lying if I said that this is the best company logo I've ever seen, but I will truthfully say that for a company logo in the 1980s and 1990s and from Argentina, it is pretty good. The design, the animation, and the music is all nice, even though the music kinda stunned me a bit when it changed as soon as the logo is completely formed.
13:18 - Now, the Magia Video Home logo is definitely cheap. The pink background looks unprofessional, the way the white rectangles move in place and the one that has the text in it spins is all cheap, the shapes in the top rectangle that resemble the letters "M" and "V" don't look bad but could've looked a lot better, and the music used is stolen from the Viacom "V Of Steel" logo! Man, Argentina sure was really bad at logos for home video companies, wasn't it?
13:25 - "Sega"? There was an Argentine home video company called Sega? Now, I know that the video game company of the same name that was founded in Japan had nothing to do with this home video company, not only because the video game company does not make movies, but also because even if it does, it wouldn't have a logo that looks like this! I mean, look at this! It's just the word "SEGA" in typical 1980s computer font with the word "PRESENTA" below, with many stars and appearances of the word "SEGA" in a much smaller font all over the place, with an animation of three-dimensional shapes in the background! And the whole thing is in black and white! It's a mess! And the name of the company can't be a coincidence. Both this company and the video game company may be in separate countries in separate sides of the world, but the video game company is famous and universally well-known. There's just no excuse for this home video company to use a well-known name of a video game company as its own name. What's next, a home video company from Argentina called Nintendo?
13:45 - "Super Video"? There's nothing "super" about this logo. Maybe it's trying to be like a logo version of Superman by flying around and leaving trails. Well, it failed miserably right there. The music is also too relaxing for a company that has the word "super" in its name. This logo is just overall bad.
13:47 - Yeah, "Video Lips" is right. It's a home video company, and there's a mark of kissing lips in the logo. There's no animation in the logo, but the logo still just looks dated. I just don't know what else to say about this logo.
14:06 - Ah, it's the predecessor of the Transeuropa Video Entertainment logo we saw earlier in this compilation. This logo of the company seems more surprising than that other one, but I'd say it's kinda better than that other one. This logo still looks cheesy due to the trails it leaves.
14:18 - Yeah, because when I think of a company called Trimark, what comes to mind right away is a poor man's version of the Republic Pictures logo. Actually, no it doesn't; what really comes to mind when I think of a company called Trimark is a still head of a lion on a triangle made from stripes, all in gold. I'm sorry, but this logo is just too cheap and cheesy, and I can't come up with anything else to say about it. Now, the next logo is the last one in this video, and good thing, too, because I've had enough.
14:53 - Ohhh! Man, this logo is an eyesore! The fading from red to the logo, which consists of a red conjoined "VB" slowly moving forward, with trails of the "VB" also moving forward, the background flashing, and the text "VIDEO BEST" in a rectangle, all in red, which makes it look like a stamp, just appearing in front of the "VB". Also, the music used for this logo is "Supernature" by Cerrone. The trails and the flashing background can cause eye strains and headaches, the animation of the "VB" is too slow, the text and rectangle and the way it's added in the logo is all awfully cheap, and the music is stolen, just like some of the other pieces of music in some of the other logos I've watched in this compilation. And I also have to question the name of the company this logo belongs to. "Video Best"? More like "Video Worst"! This logo is sh*t! Way to make a sh*tty logo that contradicts the name of your company, Video Best! You've made the logo for a home video company in Greece called Hi-Tech Video look like it actually fits the name of said Greek company perfectly, and that is saying a lot!
Now, the last seconds of the video is the closing of the compilation from No., so I'm just gonna end it right here.
Seeing all these logos of home video companies in Argentina makes me wonder what kind of drugs the people who worked in nearly all of these companies were on when they made these logos. I mean, I get that cheap and cheesy logos were common for home video companies back when video cassettes were in production and a common home media, and I get that foreign countries for the most part didn't have a big enough budget to make decent, professionally-done logos of the companies they had at the time, but they didn't need to go way over the top in terms of cheapness and cheesiness, and they shouldn't have kept themselves from actually trying by making the best of what they had. Argentina takes the cake for having the cheapest, cheesiest, and most awful company logos ever. There are a couple of logos in this video that I find okay, but it doesn't change the fact that these logos overall are crap. With designs, animation, music, and sound effects that are cheap, cheesy, outdated, stolen, cringeworthy, horrible, and just plain downright overall awful, these logos look and sound like they're actually just throwaway projects made out of boredom instead of actual logos for companies. These logos overall are so cheap and cheesy that they deserve to be tackled by youngbloodfantasy91 in his Logo Outliers series. Speaking of youngbloodfantasy91, I saw that he left a comment on this video and made a reply to the comment he made there to add to his comment; the most interesting part of his comment on this video overall is that he was surprised that he never looked into it. I suppose he was never aware of these home video logos from Argentina until he saw this video. But whatever the case, I have a feeling that he's gonna cover some of these logos in future episodes of Logo Outliers. There are more cheap and cheesy home video logos from Argentina, and they can be found in other videos like the top thirty cheesiest Argentine home video logos uploaded by SnowflakeOmega, who is also known as Random Guy Productions, but the logos in this compilation is enough for me to sit through in this commentary. As for punishment, well, I think Argentina has learned a lot about making better logos than what has been shown in this video as of the posting of this commentary. Look, Argentina, it's 2016, and you people there should know to do a lot better in making logos for your entertainment companies by now. The 1980s and the 1990s have passed a long, long time ago, so there's no excuse to not make good logos for your entertainment companies today. You guys are supposed to be professionals. You guys should know better than what I saw from you guys in this video. I'm just gonna let you off the hook for now. Just don't make any more cheap, cheesy, and crappy logos for your entertainment companies or steal from other logos or other sources, all right? *bangs gavel*
Back in the 1980s and 1990s when video cassettes were in production and a common home media, there were home video distribution companies in many countries all over the world, most of which had logos that have cheap, cheesy, ugly, and outdated animation, even so outdated to the point where they just look too outdated even for their time. Most of said home video logos also have cheap and awful music and sound effects, some of which are also too outdated for their time. Many of these home video logos have been known to scare people with the animations, the pieces of music, and the sound effects used in them. They also have been talked about negatively by many people who are big logo fans for not only how scary they are, but for also how cheap and sometimes lazy and unoriginal they are.
Why am I bringing up home video logos in this commentary? Because that's exactly what this commentary is all about. This video that I'm gonna be commentating on was uploaded this May by No., and just like the the voicemail sent to the Alamo Drafthouse, I'm not gonna commentate on the person who put the video together and uploaded it. Actually, I'm gonna be commentating on a country. The country in this case is Argentina. Argentina has been known for having the cheapest home video logos of all, and I know there are a few other people who uploaded videos in which those logos are shown, but those videos are top lists, and they have explanations put in by the makers of those videos on why they were put in those lists in the first place. This video, however, is simply a compilation of those logos, and that's gonna make it a bit easier for me to commentate on the content featured in this video. So, let's examine the case of "Argentine VHS Logos From The 1980s-1990s". Oh, and I'm gonna be skipping No.'s intro in this video.
*skips to 0:23*
1:08 - Hmm, the Videoman Internacional logo has some kind of road looked at from a one-point perspective that reminds me of the road from the Distant Horizon logo from China, except the Distant Horizon logo has a road that is a filmstrip instead of stripes that alternate green and black, not to mention that the Distant Horizon logo is a lot more appealing than this logo. The road in this logo looks more like a moving walkway in an airport with those stripes moving towards the camera. And the logo itself, the words in a rectangle, appears twice at the same time, which seems unnecessary. I suppose the one at the bottom is the shadow of the one at the top, considering the way the one at the bottom appears. It's still too cheap-looking. The lightning bolts and the sun are cheap-looking, too. And speaking of the sun, it has been described by CLG Wiki that it's a ripoff of Schick Sun Classic Pictures logo, and after looking at both that logo and this one, I'll say that I agree. Finally, the music used in this logo is not original; it's a piece of music called "Message From The Cosmos" by Kitarō. Seriously, Argentina, this is only the first home video logo from you in this video, and I'm already seeing a lot of problems here. Let's move on to the next logo.
1:34 - How ironic that the company that whipped up this logo is called Legal Video, because when I looked up the company on CLG Wiki, I found that Legal Video was a company that distributed Hanna-Barbera cartoons, which are mostly watched by kids, and yet this logo looks not only too cheap and cheesy, but also a bit too adult. I mean, do you guys not see this? A woman's pair of eyes looking temptingly at the viewers, while there are a yellow grid moving upwards, a faint flame, and a lightbulb with a spark inside it, while there's crappy animation of fire in random spots and an explosion effect? And the grid, flame, and lightbulb fade out seconds after the text zoom out under the disturbing eyes, which remain for the rest of the logo, and just like Videoman Internacional, this logo has that Gativideo prototype logo tacked on to it at the end? And while the whole logo plays out, "Generando" by Pastoral is used for the logo's music? This logo is a mess! "Legal Video"? More like "Illegal Video"! It should be illegal for a company to make a logo like this, regardless of what kind of titles said company has or had in its catalog! Now, Legal Video was a division of Gativideo, and Videoman Internacional was what Gativideo was originally known as, and that is why the prototypical Gativideo logo is shown on the logos we just saw from these now-defunct home video companies. Anyway, we're moving on to the next logo.
1:59 - Okay, the VideOmega Entertainment logo isn't nearly as bad as the other two logos we just saw, but it's still cheap, especially with that RCA/Columbia Pictures International Video logo swooping right in and replacing the former logo for the rest of it. At least this logo didn't use a song or a piece of music done by someone else long before this logo was put together.
2:33 - The Plus Video looks okay. It looks outdated with the use of video cassettes, and it looks kinda cheap with with the video cassettes and film reels flying by, and the rectangular lines does seem a bit unnecessary, but this is one of the better of the logos featured in this compilation.
2:39 - In case you people are wondering, the AVH in this logo stands for Argentina Video Home. In Argentina, it was a thing back then for home video companies there to have their names end with "Video Home" instead of "Home Video", which is kinda strange, and we'll be seeing more logos with "Video Home" in their names later on in the video. Anyway, The AVH video looks nice for the time, and the animation done on it is good, too, but the choice of background does seem kinda...random. I also find the synth drone a bit off-putting.
3:09 - Oh, my God! That background for the Optimist logo is terrible! It's just so unappealing to the eyes, especially when it moves around like it does. I actually wouldn't mind this logo if it was a still logo with the word "OPTIMIST" in white, the symbol above it in red, and the wavy line under it in blue or aqua, all against a plain black background without that music, even though it doesn't sound too bad for a logo in the 1980s, and also without the word "PRESENTA" tacked on to it. It's also cheap for this logo to end by being split into multiple copies of it and move out of the screen.
3:49 - Well, the design of the MasterVision logo looks okay. The filmstrips that form the "MV" look kinda cool, and so does the font used for the company name below. I have three problems with this logo, aside from it being cheap. One, the visuals shown inside the logo is the "Star Gate" sequence stolen from 2001: A Space Odyssey. Two, the volume of the music keeps changing from having it there to having it muted. And three, the word "Presenta" that followed the logo looks really tacky. And now, I just need to take a moment to respond to No. about this logo. No., when I looked this logo up, it has been stated by CLG Wiki that the company this logo belongs to was from Spain, not Argentina, and this video compilation features logos of home video companies from Argentina, so why did you include this logo in this video compilation?
4:13 - And now, we get to see the Gativideo logo, and it's kinda cheesy yet looks good for the time. The font for it seems interesting, but the music used for it is Aaron Copland's "Fanfare For The Common Man". What's just complained about here is really nothing compared to what other logos are coming up later.
4:34 - Yes, people, the music used in the LK-TEL Video logo is the same one used in the VideOmega Entertainment logo. That's because both VideOmega Entertainment and LK-TEL Video are the same company, and VideOmega Entertainment is what LK-TEL Video was originally known as. This company altogether is also one that acts as the international distribution arm of RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video--later known as Columbia TriStar Home Video--which is why those logos are shown in these logos. Having those logos featured in these logos the way they are still makes both logos cheap and cheesy, but the way it's done in this logo is even more cheap and cheesy. This logo just cuts to the Columbia TriStar Home Video logo as the music continues playing and cuts back to the former logo, and after it cuts back, the text that appeared in front of the logo for a few seconds looks as if someone added it into it on Windows Movie Maker. The next logo coming up, however, is a lot cheaper and cheesier than any of the other logos we've seen here so far. But don't take my word for it. Just see for yourself.
4:53 - See what I mean?! Now, that is one of the cheapest, most uncreative logos for any company I ever saw! It's just a cheap multi-colored background with nothing happening in the first half, the words that make up the company name appearing to move down from the top of the screen to the bottom until company name disappears and change color for each step it moves down, and worst of all, the music from the Gaumont logo used in the 1970s is used for the entirety of this logo! And what's with the company name? "Producciones Video Home"? Really? When translated to English, and this one should be a no-brainer to everyone, it would be translated to "Productions Home Video", making it the most uncreative name for any company ever! And the way the company name appears, moves steps down the screen and gets bigger and changes color for each step it moves down, and disappears, it looks as if they're trying to make it have a zoom-in effect. If that's the case, then they sure have failed at it. Seriously, Argentina, what were you people there on when you came up with a cheap, sorry excuse for a logo like this?!
6:03 - This logo from Video Vestal seems a bit too long to be a logo for a company. It's not the longest in the history of company logos, since there's another logo coming up later in this video that's even longer than this. Not to mention that this logo seems like something you'd be likely to see at the beginning of movies that were made and released in the 1940s or the 1950s, and this logo was used in the 1980s. It's shot in black and white, it features a sculpture that spins around and around, it has Richard Vagner's "Ride Of The Valkyries" playing throughout the whole thing, and the text that make up the company name is in one of the most common fonts used in company logos back in the earlier decades that I just stated. Also, the way the color changes and the text disappears at the end makes me feel like I'm just entering Hell.
6:24 - There's no doubt at all that the Paris Video Home logo is cheap and cheesy, what with the animation and music, but I will say that the print version of the Eiffel Tower is well-detailed.
6:46 - Now, the Transmundo Home Video logo looks and sounds very dated. The animation on the planet Earth and the text of the logo is so cheap that it actually looks like it's being done as a project on Microsoft PowerPoint. Also, the THV in the logo is a ripoff of the HTV logo; they just switch the "H" and "T" around, that's all. No comment on the text that follows this logo. Well, at least the company name ends with "Home Video" instead of "Video Home", but that's probably the only home video company that has that at the end of its company name.
7:10 - Okay, the Transeuropa Video Entertainment logo would've been okay if the wormhole-like tunnel lighting up the way it does doesn't look like a print logo in motion, the text doesn't look tacky, the announcer speaking doesn't get included, and the text that reads "VIDEO ESTRENOS MARZO 1988", which also looks tacky, doesn't swoop in at the end. This logo looks like crap even by late 1980s standards.
7:49 - *plays losing horn cue from The Price Is Right*
(Play the clip below to actually hear it.)
(And now, back to the commentary.)
You've...got...to...be...kidding me! Oh, f*ck! Where do I even begin with the Enterprise Producciones logo?! The animation and music is blatantly stolen from the Prism Entertainment logo that was used from 1984 to 1992! The Prism Entertainment logo may be dated and not so spectacular, but it still looks cool. But after seeing the animation and hearing the music used the way they were used in the Enterprise Producciones logo, they ruined it big time! They ruined it by freezing the logo in the middle of it, adding cheap graphics into it, animating said cheap graphics very cheaply, and looping the music just to fit it all in! Thanks a lot, Argentina! Not only did you steal the Prism Entertainment logo, but you've also ruined it with cheap graphics and cheap animation thrown into it! Man, you've pissed me off with this crap!
9:47 - Now, this has got to be the longest logo for any company in the world! Seeing the Hammer Video Home logo the way it's played out feels more like a slideshow than a logo, not to mention that it is all just a bunch of old photos of people with soft and slow music. Surprisingly, I actually find this logo the nicest-looking home video logo ever from Argentina. Too bad just about all the other home video logos from Argentina are not nice-looking, as well, so I won't have get on the country's case about them!
10:04 - That company is called High Quality? Really? Well, this logo is anything but high quality. It's too cheap to even deserve to be called high quality. Also, the sound used in this logo is taken from a piece of music called "Frankenstein" by The Edgar Winter Group. And I'm not just reading from CLG Wiki. I actually looked up the video for "Frankenstein" by The Edgar Winter Group, and I heard the entire thing. In part of that piece of music, there's the descending warbling sound that is used in this logo. Come on, Argentina, people are not stupid enough to actually believe that this logo altogether matches the name of the company it belongs to in any way.
10:14 - Okay, is the Kromo's logo supposed to be a snail on a plaque with a shadow for the snail's body but not for also its shell? Because that snail looks a lot more like a deformed brain made of foil on a bent elongated metal capsule. I don't know if the music used for this logo is stolen from something else or not; there's no information about this logo on CLG Wiki at all, not even about the music.
10:33 - MD Video Home is a home video company that was around in the 1990s, and for a logo from that time, especially from Argentina, it is really cheesy. The abstract "md" looks okay, but the way it's animated, especially how it expands, causing the text in the logo to be moved out of the logo makes this logo really cheap. This logo is even cheaper with the still sky background and those video clips flying around and just being there. Why are those clips in the logo anyway? The music for this logo does sound good, though.
11:01 - The design of the Dealer Video logo doesn't seem that bad, but the animation does. The objects and text that form the logo--the planets in the background do not count--leave trails, and the text flipping looks really cheap. The music for this logo sounds okay.
11:19 - Yeah, um, that logo for Godfather Video Gram seems very off-putting. I don't think there's anything wrong with a company logo with a concept like this, but the animation is not only cheap, but also choppy, and the animation, the high trumpets, and the gunshot sound effects just makes the logo come off as a piece of crap.
11:27 - And here's the logo of another Argentine home video company, Hispanoamericana Compañia De Video. The logo is completely still; no animation. The design of the logo doesn't look professional, but it isn't bad. The background is a bit too colorful, there isn't much done on the silver eagle that makes it impressive, and the rectangle that has the text on it has too many diagonal black gradients, making it less silver than it is intended to be. The music for this logo isn't bad, either.
12:05 - Hmm, the "MGV" in the Magnum Golden Video logo reminds me of pieces from a game called Perfection, and so does the way they fit into the matching shapes when they zoom in. The music is quite harmless, but not only is the animation cheap, but it's also simple and slow.
12:22 - That's it? That's the best they could come up with for the Quintavision logo? The word "QUINTAVISION" in dark blue with white outline, flipping up and down, stopping for a couple of seconds, flipping up and down some more, and just being cut out, all on a plain gray background? That's too cheap for a company logo. The music is kinda nice, but it's really nothing worth getting excited about.
12:37 - The design and animation of the Video Clauen logo is all cheap crap. Unless the outdoor setting in the logo is used for a puzzle on Argentina's own version of Catchphrase, that sky has no reason to be black, not only is the setting crappy-looking, but the overall text and the dots that make up the "V" and the way the rainbow comes from the sun and fills the black road are also crappy-looking. Also, the music is clearly a poor extension of the music from the Dick Clark Productions logo! Well, that's just great! We're back to having to sit through logos that have crappy designs, cheap animation, and unoriginal music!
12:55 - That background for the Video Star logo, which consists of the planet Earth, the moon, and the big flashing star is unimpressive and unnecessary. The way the text for the logo is designed and animated, as cheap as it all is, does seem to show that it can do fine without the background. Also, the company this logo belongs to shares the same name with a home video company from the Netherlands, and the music is Beethoven's Symphony No. 5. Using orchestra music in company logos is just unprofessional. Don't do it.
13:09 - Out of all the Argentine home video logos I've seen in this compilation, I find the Auto Nivel logo the best one. I would be lying if I said that this is the best company logo I've ever seen, but I will truthfully say that for a company logo in the 1980s and 1990s and from Argentina, it is pretty good. The design, the animation, and the music is all nice, even though the music kinda stunned me a bit when it changed as soon as the logo is completely formed.
13:18 - Now, the Magia Video Home logo is definitely cheap. The pink background looks unprofessional, the way the white rectangles move in place and the one that has the text in it spins is all cheap, the shapes in the top rectangle that resemble the letters "M" and "V" don't look bad but could've looked a lot better, and the music used is stolen from the Viacom "V Of Steel" logo! Man, Argentina sure was really bad at logos for home video companies, wasn't it?
13:25 - "Sega"? There was an Argentine home video company called Sega? Now, I know that the video game company of the same name that was founded in Japan had nothing to do with this home video company, not only because the video game company does not make movies, but also because even if it does, it wouldn't have a logo that looks like this! I mean, look at this! It's just the word "SEGA" in typical 1980s computer font with the word "PRESENTA" below, with many stars and appearances of the word "SEGA" in a much smaller font all over the place, with an animation of three-dimensional shapes in the background! And the whole thing is in black and white! It's a mess! And the name of the company can't be a coincidence. Both this company and the video game company may be in separate countries in separate sides of the world, but the video game company is famous and universally well-known. There's just no excuse for this home video company to use a well-known name of a video game company as its own name. What's next, a home video company from Argentina called Nintendo?
13:45 - "Super Video"? There's nothing "super" about this logo. Maybe it's trying to be like a logo version of Superman by flying around and leaving trails. Well, it failed miserably right there. The music is also too relaxing for a company that has the word "super" in its name. This logo is just overall bad.
13:47 - Yeah, "Video Lips" is right. It's a home video company, and there's a mark of kissing lips in the logo. There's no animation in the logo, but the logo still just looks dated. I just don't know what else to say about this logo.
14:06 - Ah, it's the predecessor of the Transeuropa Video Entertainment logo we saw earlier in this compilation. This logo of the company seems more surprising than that other one, but I'd say it's kinda better than that other one. This logo still looks cheesy due to the trails it leaves.
14:18 - Yeah, because when I think of a company called Trimark, what comes to mind right away is a poor man's version of the Republic Pictures logo. Actually, no it doesn't; what really comes to mind when I think of a company called Trimark is a still head of a lion on a triangle made from stripes, all in gold. I'm sorry, but this logo is just too cheap and cheesy, and I can't come up with anything else to say about it. Now, the next logo is the last one in this video, and good thing, too, because I've had enough.
14:53 - Ohhh! Man, this logo is an eyesore! The fading from red to the logo, which consists of a red conjoined "VB" slowly moving forward, with trails of the "VB" also moving forward, the background flashing, and the text "VIDEO BEST" in a rectangle, all in red, which makes it look like a stamp, just appearing in front of the "VB". Also, the music used for this logo is "Supernature" by Cerrone. The trails and the flashing background can cause eye strains and headaches, the animation of the "VB" is too slow, the text and rectangle and the way it's added in the logo is all awfully cheap, and the music is stolen, just like some of the other pieces of music in some of the other logos I've watched in this compilation. And I also have to question the name of the company this logo belongs to. "Video Best"? More like "Video Worst"! This logo is sh*t! Way to make a sh*tty logo that contradicts the name of your company, Video Best! You've made the logo for a home video company in Greece called Hi-Tech Video look like it actually fits the name of said Greek company perfectly, and that is saying a lot!
Now, the last seconds of the video is the closing of the compilation from No., so I'm just gonna end it right here.
Seeing all these logos of home video companies in Argentina makes me wonder what kind of drugs the people who worked in nearly all of these companies were on when they made these logos. I mean, I get that cheap and cheesy logos were common for home video companies back when video cassettes were in production and a common home media, and I get that foreign countries for the most part didn't have a big enough budget to make decent, professionally-done logos of the companies they had at the time, but they didn't need to go way over the top in terms of cheapness and cheesiness, and they shouldn't have kept themselves from actually trying by making the best of what they had. Argentina takes the cake for having the cheapest, cheesiest, and most awful company logos ever. There are a couple of logos in this video that I find okay, but it doesn't change the fact that these logos overall are crap. With designs, animation, music, and sound effects that are cheap, cheesy, outdated, stolen, cringeworthy, horrible, and just plain downright overall awful, these logos look and sound like they're actually just throwaway projects made out of boredom instead of actual logos for companies. These logos overall are so cheap and cheesy that they deserve to be tackled by youngbloodfantasy91 in his Logo Outliers series. Speaking of youngbloodfantasy91, I saw that he left a comment on this video and made a reply to the comment he made there to add to his comment; the most interesting part of his comment on this video overall is that he was surprised that he never looked into it. I suppose he was never aware of these home video logos from Argentina until he saw this video. But whatever the case, I have a feeling that he's gonna cover some of these logos in future episodes of Logo Outliers. There are more cheap and cheesy home video logos from Argentina, and they can be found in other videos like the top thirty cheesiest Argentine home video logos uploaded by SnowflakeOmega, who is also known as Random Guy Productions, but the logos in this compilation is enough for me to sit through in this commentary. As for punishment, well, I think Argentina has learned a lot about making better logos than what has been shown in this video as of the posting of this commentary. Look, Argentina, it's 2016, and you people there should know to do a lot better in making logos for your entertainment companies by now. The 1980s and the 1990s have passed a long, long time ago, so there's no excuse to not make good logos for your entertainment companies today. You guys are supposed to be professionals. You guys should know better than what I saw from you guys in this video. I'm just gonna let you off the hook for now. Just don't make any more cheap, cheesy, and crappy logos for your entertainment companies or steal from other logos or other sources, all right? *bangs gavel*