Producciones Optimist, S.A. (Argentina)

(1991-1992)

Nicknames: "Optimist on Acid", "Seizure Optimist"

Logo: A flashing green/purple background zooms out and has a weird drawing that looks like a semicircle with the zig-zag, the word "OPTIMIST" and a wave below it, all black. The "OPTIMIST" and hand drawing both fill in white and red respectively. The wave figure later fills in cyan and "OPTIMIST" goes black again. The flashing background then starts moving. After a few seconds "PRESENTA" in yellow zooms out into the wave and the glitchy background starts to zoom itself into the screen. A few more seconds and various copies of the logo appear and move away as the background gets closer.

FX/SFX: The glitches, shines, and color-changing flashes of the background and logo.

Cheesy Factor: Classic example of a typical Argentine VHS logo. The animation is probably from a Commodore 64. The volume of the music also decreases during the middle of the logo, but that may just be due to tape deterioration on the VHS.

Music/Sounds: An 80's synthesized theme with deep kicks and bells, which slightly lowers volume after/before the first and last seconds of the logo. As said above, this may not be integral to the logo.

Availability: Appeared on two 90's VHS tapes, Apelación Fatal and El travieso.

Scare Factor: Low to high. The logo's unusual and epileptic look, the background zooming into the screen, and the volume increase near the end may surprise someone who isn't expecting it.