Lightstorm Entertainment/Other

Background:  Lightstorm Entertainment is the production company of writer/producer/director James Cameron.

1st Logo (1993)

Nickname : "The Bowman"

Logo : This is an in-credit logo with the print logo with "A" above the bowman and "PRODUCTION" below the company name and below that is a copyright disclaimer "© 1993 Carolco Pictures Inc./Pioneer LDC, Inc.".

FX/SFX : None, unless you count the scrolling of the credits.

Music/Sounds : Just the closing theme of the movie.

Availability : Ultra rare, appears at the end of the "Making of" feature on the Terminator 2: Judgement Day: Special Edition laserdisc release.

Scare Factor : None.

2nd Logo (1994)

Nickname : "The Bowman II", "The Liquid Bowman"

Logo : On a black background, we see a structure of a bowman, zooming backwards, made out of liquid and using a lightning bolt for an arrow. Then the words "LIGHTSTORM ENTERTAINMENT" flash in below.

FX/SFX : The logo zooming backwards.

Music/Sounds : The opening theme of the trailer.

Availability : Rare. Only seen on the trailer for True Lies, as it was likely a placeholder logo used for the trailer.

Scare Factor : None

3rd Logo (July 15, 1994- )

Nickname : "The Bowman III"

Logo : On a black background, there is a structure of a person below. There are laser lights and firework-like explosions shooting upwards towards the camera. The logo zooms back slightly, then upwards and to the left. It eases out, revealing the logo to be a bowman, using a lightning bolt for an arrow. The logo shines, "LIGHTSTORM" flashes below the bowman, and "ENTERTAINMENT" appears below.

Variant: *The logo is still on Solaris.
 * There's a short version that features only the name flashing below.
 * A still version of the logo appears on the Nintendo DS port of James Cameron's Avatar: The Game.

FX/SFX:  The lights, the camera, the company name appearing. Impressive for 1994.

Music/Sounds : A quiet, but powerful orchestrated fanfare. There are violin sounds throughout. When "ENTERTAINMENT" appears, there is a chime that reverberates for the duration. A portion of the theme shows up in the climax of True Lies (the movie on which this logo made its debut, along with the 199420th Century Fox logo). The music was composed by Brad Fiedel, best known for composing the music for the first two Terminator movies.

Availability : Seen on films from Lightstorm Entertainment, most notably True Lies (the first film to have this logo and the then-new 20th Century Fox logo) and Strange Days. The short version is seen on trailers and James Cameron's Avatar: The Game. This logo doesn't appear on Titanic or Avatar.'''

Scare Factor : Low to medium. The dramatic content and the lights could get to some (this would be especially horrible to a person with epilepsy). None for the still version.