Cinematown (South Korea)

(1990's) Nicknames: "Getting Sucked Into The Blue Hole", "MGM/UA Communications In Space... Almost", "MGM/UA Communications In the Lensman Universe", "Cheesy Cinematown", "The Lensman Logo", "The Collision of Lensman and MGM/UA"

Logo: We see a blue wireframe graphic of a vortex. We spin and look down, and then we fade to a blue light tunnel from the opening to Lensman: Secret of the Lens. Then we fade into space, with giant shining stars zooming in (also taken, again, from Lensman: Secret of the Lens), and a spinning globe (with the lands colored tan) zooms in. The globe stops, and a red square logo shoots in from Korea, and moves to the bottom-left corner. The logo then zooms back to reveal itself, showing a huge Korean letter. The orange-ish "CINEMATOWN" fades in below, then flips up to change into the Korean name, which shines in blue. The Earth stops spinning.

FX/SFX: Everything.

Cheesy Factor: First the blue tunnel parts seem to be taken from Lensman: Secret of the Lens, when comparing to the drop on quality of the rest of the logo. The size of the glow of the stars is unnecessarily big and New Zealand is missing from the globe. The logo - including the trail - is very cheaply designed, so does the text. And finally, why did they had to take the MGM/UA Communications and United Artists themes for the 2nd half of the logo? At least the first half's music is original, but couldn't they have kept the synth theme on the 2nd half?

Music/Sounds: An ominous synth theme on the 1st half, then the MGM/UA Communications theme plays, followed by the tail end of the United Artists "Swoosh" theme.

Availability: Seen on tapes released by them.

Scare Factor: Low to medium, due to the dramatics of the logo, though some may be unaffected thanks to the cheesiness and stolen music.