# Fave opening sequences that make creative use of the studio's logo **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 1, 2006, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fave-opening-sequences-that-make-creative-use-of-the-studios-logo/350862 "2006-04-01T18:07:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2006, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fave-opening-sequences-that-make-creative-use-of-the-studios-logo/350862/1 "2006-04-01T18:07:59Z")
You know what I mean. How the Warner Bros. logo morphed into the Batman logo? Or how, the Raiders of the Lost Ark series made use of the mountain shown in the Paramount Pictures icon as a way of starting the actual movie. I love when they do this, it shows some creative tweaking. What’s your favorite example of this? Mine has got to be the Batman morphs that have been done. Cartooniverse ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2006, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fave-opening-sequences-that-make-creative-use-of-the-studios-logo/350862/2 "2006-04-01T18:09:52Z")
I liked the Universal logo morph into a picture of Earth in **Serenity**. Not a morph, but it was cute when, in one of the Road pictures, Hope and Crosby’s travels took them past a mountain that looked just like the Paramount logo. ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2006, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fave-opening-sequences-that-make-creative-use-of-the-studios-logo/350862/3 "2006-04-01T18:11:20Z")
One or both of the X-Men films left the “x” in the Fox billboard lit for a short time after the rest had faded. Not all that impressive, but a nice little touch. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2006, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fave-opening-sequences-that-make-creative-use-of-the-studios-logo/350862/4 "2006-04-01T18:13:09Z")
My favorite is an anti-logo, on the _Simpsons_, when at the end of the opening sequence Homer jumps up from the couch, grabs the FOX logo out of the corner of the screen and stomps on it. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2006, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fave-opening-sequences-that-make-creative-use-of-the-studios-logo/350862/5 "2006-04-01T18:33:41Z")
At the end of “ **Strait Jacket** ”–the 1964 William Castle horror flick starring Joan Crawford–the Columbia Features Logo has her head cut off! ---
**Author:** ![Rachael\_Rage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71c47a/32.png) [@Rachael\_Rage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachael_Rage)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2006, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fave-opening-sequences-that-make-creative-use-of-the-studios-logo/350862/6 "2006-04-01T18:40:46Z")
I’ve never seen the movie but I’ve heard about this - at the beginning of _Waterworld_, the oceans on the Earth in the Universal logo rise up to cover the land. That sounds super-cool to me, I’ve actually been tempted to rent the movie for this bit alone. Can anyone confirm that this is real and someone wasn’t pulling my leg? ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2006, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fave-opening-sequences-that-make-creative-use-of-the-studios-logo/350862/7 "2006-04-01T19:13:50Z")
> [@vaderspal](#): > > I’ve never seen the movie but I’ve heard about this - at the beginning of _Waterworld_, the oceans on the Earth in the Universal logo rise up to cover the land. That sounds super-cool to me, I’ve actually been tempted to rent the movie for this bit alone. Can anyone confirm that this is real and someone wasn’t pulling my leg? It’s real. The only cool things to come out of that movie are that, and Jeanne Tripplehorn in a skimpy costume. ---
**Author:** ![KJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b2d939/32.png) [@KJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KJ)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2006, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fave-opening-sequences-that-make-creative-use-of-the-studios-logo/350862/8 "2006-04-01T22:03:05Z")
I came here to say the Waterworld one. I agree, it’s possibly the best part of the entire movie. I like how they made the Warner Bros. logo green in _The Matrix_. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2006, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fave-opening-sequences-that-make-creative-use-of-the-studios-logo/350862/9 "2006-04-01T23:13:12Z")
For the disco-themed _Thank God It’s Friday_ Columbia Pictures’ “lady with the torch” animates and busts some disco moves. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2006, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fave-opening-sequences-that-make-creative-use-of-the-studios-logo/350862/10 "2006-04-01T23:52:11Z")
Ever see the ending to movies hosted by Elvira? There’s a looped bit of footage with a man like Terry-Thomas striking a gong; the caption says “A Rank Amateur Production” as he hits the gong over and over. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2006, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fave-opening-sequences-that-make-creative-use-of-the-studios-logo/350862/11 "2006-04-02T00:23:26Z")
Sounds similar to the Raiders of the Lost Ark one- on Eddie Murphy’s “Coming to America” at the paramount logo the camera sweeps in and over the mountain revealing the lush valley of the fictional African country Murphy’s character is prince of. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2006, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fave-opening-sequences-that-make-creative-use-of-the-studios-logo/350862/12 "2006-04-02T01:42:13Z")
> [@Revenant Threshold](#): > > One or both of the X-Men films left the “x” in the Fox billboard lit for a short time after the rest had faded. Not all that impressive, but a nice little touch. Bugger it, I came in to mention this one! ---
**Author:** ![Purd\_Werfect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47c2d/32.png) [@Purd\_Werfect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purd_Werfect)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2006, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fave-opening-sequences-that-make-creative-use-of-the-studios-logo/350862/13 "2006-04-02T02:01:39Z")
In addition to the WB logo being green for The Matrix, isn’t that also the first time they used the ripple effect as well? It fit the movie well. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2006, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fave-opening-sequences-that-make-creative-use-of-the-studios-logo/350862/14 "2006-04-02T02:33:11Z")
Although I’ve never seen the film, I’ve seen flipping through the channels the opening of _The 'Burbs_, which zooms in to the neighborhood where the film takes place from the Universal globe. The recent Disney film _Sky High_ opened on a comic-book city skyline, transitioning from the Walt Disney Pictures logo. The Disney castle can be seen in the city skyline. That made me laugh. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2006, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fave-opening-sequences-that-make-creative-use-of-the-studios-logo/350862/15 "2006-04-02T02:34:41Z")
In the movie _Cat Ballou_, the [Columbia Pictures logo](http://www.michaeldeas.com/Mike%20Deas%20Website/site_images/columbia_pictures_logo_520.jpg) is shown, then throws off her robe to reveal she’s dressed as a lady gunslinger and starts shooting as you hear banjo music, whereupon Nat King Cole and Stubby Kaye start singing. “It’s a hangin’ day, in Wolf City Wyomin’…” ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2006, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fave-opening-sequences-that-make-creative-use-of-the-studios-logo/350862/16 "2006-04-02T04:01:54Z")
In the movie _Charlie’s Angels_, the sky in the background of the logo pans directly to the opening scene on an airplane ---
**Author:** ![Ronald\_C.Semone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cc9497/32.png) [@Ronald\_C.Semone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ronald_C.Semone)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2006, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fave-opening-sequences-that-make-creative-use-of-the-studios-logo/350862/17 "2006-04-02T04:08:44Z")
In “The Mouse That Roared” the Columbia Lady with the Torch suddenly blinks and then looks down as a mouse runs out from under her skirt. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2006, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fave-opening-sequences-that-make-creative-use-of-the-studios-logo/350862/18 "2006-04-02T04:20:40Z")
> [@Little Nemo](#): > > In the movie _Charlie’s Angels_, the sky in the background of the logo pans directly to the opening scene on an airplane And in the sequel, the Columbia lady’s torch becomes the fire in a fireplace in the opening scene. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2006, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fave-opening-sequences-that-make-creative-use-of-the-studios-logo/350862/19 "2006-04-02T04:25:13Z")
The Columbia Lady with the Torch is named “[Columbia](http://www.harpweek.com/09Cartoon/SelectThemeReturn.asp?Theme=Theme&TopicID=213&Topic=Symbols,%20Columbia).” She’s Uncle Sam’s wife, or sumptin’. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2006, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fave-opening-sequences-that-make-creative-use-of-the-studios-logo/350862/20 "2006-04-02T04:26:27Z")
> [@Ronald C. Semone](#): > > In “The Mouse That Roared” the Columbia Lady with the Torch suddenly blinks and then looks down as a mouse runs out from under her skirt. Beat by a few minutes, but it has to be pointed that it is a bit frequently cut from TV showings. Rent the movie to see it. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fave-opening-sequences-that-make-creative-use-of-the-studios-logo/350862.md?page=2)