The 007 films that originally began with the Transamerica logos work so much more effectively without any audio. No music for the first 10 seconds, and then you hear the iconic 007 theme blasting through your ears. MUCH more effective opening!
Wow, you have the old Transamerica United Artists logo at the beginning of You Only Live Twice!!!! Awesome! I saw that logo on TBS one time when they played Thunderball.
I remember the You Only Live Twice logo still being used for Her Majesty's Secret Service -- at least I remember that from the ABC-TV (USA) showing in 1976.
I wasn't alive in 1976, but I doubt OHMSS had the Transamerica circle during its early ABC-TV showings (as R.M. Gutierrez said). To my understanding, OHMSS always began with the 1968 Transamerica T, until 1981.
It always bugged me that they froze the George Lazenby image just after he shoots....you can see the smoke from the gun suddenly just freeze. On all others the actor stood still for the entire duration of the 15 secs or so. Maybe Lazenby lost his balance so they had to freeze it. :)
That's true, as most newer prints -save for the last couple films which were coproduced between MGM and Columbia- replace the original UA ident -as Transamerica ceased their corporate relationship with them by 1981- with a newer one ("shining lights", "the new paperclip" or "silver spikes 2K")
They WERE originally high-pitched and fast-tempoed a bit. The contrast is easily seen, if you take Goldfinger's gunbarrel from different editions (VHS, Special and Ultimate editions, BD). The version from UE would be closer to the original sound, on the BD one the tempo is slowed down.
@@StephenPhillips I don't think it has to do with PAL or NTSC. There is a video of the OHMSS gunbarrel captured on special edition DVD, starting with a fast tempoed and high-pitched UA logo (suggesting it was in PAL format), followed by the gunbarrel up-tempoed but in normal pitch! :D
@@StephenPhillips Sorry, I think I misunderstood your comment about PAL as opposed to NTSC! I assume it concerned your discussion about different editions of the films being high or normal pitched! :D
@Aussiemarco The first Connery gunbarrels, Bob Simmons, the stuntman did them. From Thunderball, You Only Live Twice and Diamonds Are Forever, Sean did them. George Lazenby and Roger Moore did all theirs themselves
I have a theory that the reason there wasn't a UA Hexagon for the Bond films before 1967 was because of a distribution/ copyright purpose. Why I think it would only be seen on prints only outside the U.S. As for OHMSS , it's obviously was going to use the blue T Intro since Transamerica was the corporate owners of UA at that time
I saw a video of the gun barrel scene in Dr. No and it had a hexagon logo, but I'm not sure whether or not the hexagon was edited in by the person who posted the video. All I know is that the person who posted it said that this is how it could have been when it was released in theaters.
Love the hats in the early versions! Thank you for taking the time to put these together. I've always wanted to compare them.
The 007 films that originally began with the Transamerica logos work so much more effectively without any audio.
No music for the first 10 seconds, and then you hear the iconic 007 theme blasting through your ears.
MUCH more effective opening!
2:29 Lovin' the '67 logo - groovy baby! 🌼😄
The 1967 logo is my favorite
UA.. ever good old Movies and their intro .. class
Thanks a lot man, now I'm gonna have to pull out my James Bond DVD Collection. Look what you've done now :)
Thank you contributing, it seems MGM is trying to erase their creative logos from history. A shame.
Wow, you have the old Transamerica United Artists logo at the beginning of You Only Live Twice!!!! Awesome! I saw that logo on TBS one time when they played Thunderball.
I remember the You Only Live Twice logo still being used for Her Majesty's Secret Service -- at least I remember that from the ABC-TV (USA) showing in 1976.
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I love all of james bond flims because my dad introduced me to them in 2018 the first james bond that I watched was the spy who loves me
I wasn't alive in 1976, but I doubt OHMSS had the Transamerica circle during its early ABC-TV showings (as R.M. Gutierrez said). To my understanding, OHMSS always began with the 1968 Transamerica T, until 1981.
Glad you included the originals where possible! The DVDs I have use the 2006 logo.
It always bugged me that they froze the George Lazenby image just after he shoots....you can see the smoke from the gun suddenly just freeze. On all others the actor stood still for the entire duration of the 15 secs or so. Maybe Lazenby lost his balance so they had to freeze it. :)
That's true, as most newer prints -save for the last couple films which were coproduced between MGM and Columbia- replace the original UA ident -as Transamerica ceased their corporate relationship with them by 1981- with a newer one ("shining lights", "the new paperclip" or "silver spikes 2K")
blue dots on TMWGG i love them!
On Her Majesty's Secret Service was the only one that was pitched normally, all others are high pitched.
They WERE originally high-pitched and fast-tempoed a bit. The contrast is easily seen, if you take Goldfinger's gunbarrel from different editions (VHS, Special and Ultimate editions, BD). The version from UE would be closer to the original sound, on the BD one the tempo is slowed down.
@@Olya290795 PAL as opposed to NTSC, right?
@@StephenPhillips I don't think it has to do with PAL or NTSC. There is a video of the OHMSS gunbarrel captured on special edition DVD, starting with a fast tempoed and high-pitched UA logo (suggesting it was in PAL format), followed by the gunbarrel up-tempoed but in normal pitch! :D
@@StephenPhillips Sorry, I think I misunderstood your comment about PAL as opposed to NTSC! I assume it concerned your discussion about different editions of the films being high or normal pitched! :D
@Aussiemarco The first Connery gunbarrels, Bob Simmons, the stuntman did them. From Thunderball, You Only Live Twice and Diamonds Are Forever, Sean did them. George Lazenby and Roger Moore did all theirs themselves
@Aussiemarco In Dr. No, From Russia With Love, and Goldfinger, it's stuntman Bob Simmons doing the gunbarrel walk.
**TH-cam nostalgia intensifies**
I have a theory that the reason there wasn't a UA Hexagon for the Bond films before 1967 was because of a distribution/ copyright purpose. Why I think it would only be seen on prints only outside the U.S. As for OHMSS , it's obviously was going to use the blue T Intro since Transamerica was the corporate owners of UA at that time
Good erterrtainment
wow that's cool. Is the PAL system your only option in Germany?
How'd you manage to get your hands on these original prints?
0:11 0:47 1:20 2:00 where’s the United Artists logo?
Did UA not have a TransAmerica animation in scope widescreen? On OHMSS and DAF, they look like they're cut off around the edges.
The movie was in 2.35:1 (aka. Cinema’s Windscreen and CinemaScope)
@@washen_coast I get that, but the logos themselves don’t appear to be in the same ratio.
@@ForceMaximus84 Yeah, that has the same problem that The Simpsons Movie had
Connery was/is the best Bond- No ifs, ands, or buts about it.
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Could USA use PAL?
You forgot the Nintendo/MGM Interactive/Rareware one (Goldeneye, 1996, Nintendo64), followed by the 3-D version of the gunbarrel.
This one was just for the movies, no games.
Its just the movie gunbarrel shots
The first, second, third and forth Bond films don't have a logo? Very strange.
yeah
I believe Goldfinger had a Hexagon, but the others didn't.
In CLG Wiki's United Artists page, Goldfinger has a hexagon.
I saw a video of the gun barrel scene in Dr. No and it had a hexagon logo, but I'm not sure whether or not the hexagon was edited in by the person who posted the video. All I know is that the person who posted it said that this is how it could have been when it was released in theaters.
The same could be said for From Russia with Love, Goldfinger, and Thunderball.
the ohmss one looks terrible!