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  • "Twentieth Century Studios"?

    From Ted Nolan @21:1/5 to All on Sun Aug 15 04:49:27 2021
    Just saw "Free Guy" (it was decent, but not spectacular).

    Anyway, during the opening credits, the Twentieth Century Fox searchlight platform
    came up, accompanied by the Twentieth Century Fox fanfare, but the lettering under the searchlights was "Twentieth Century Studios".

    What's up with that?
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  • From Ted Nolan @21:1/5 to YourName@YourISP.com on Sun Aug 15 05:56:40 2021
    In article <sfa9m4$lb9$1@gioia.aioe.org>,
    Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
    On 2021-08-15 04:49:27 +0000, ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan said:

    Just saw "Free Guy" (it was decent, but not spectacular).

    Anyway, during the opening credits, the Twentieth Century Fox
    searchlight platform came up, accompanied by the Twentieth Century Fox
    fanfare, but the lettering under the searchlights was "Twentieth
    Century Studios".

    What's up with that?

    Because it's now owned by Disney who changed the name a year ago,
    supposedly to avoid confusion, but realistically just to wield / prove
    their power.

    Disney ends the historic 20th Century Fox brand
    <https://www.bbc.com/news/business-53747270>

    Similarly Pixar got renamed as "Disney-Pixar".

    The amazing thing is that Disney hasn't changed the names of any of the >ex-Lucas empire it bought ... yet!


    Huh. I figured that the 20CF opening was iconic enough to be a
    valuable IP. To buy it and ditch it seems odd.

    OTOH, they can now bring it back in the future with great "fanfare".
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  • From Your Name@21:1/5 to Ted Nolan on Sun Aug 15 17:45:40 2021
    On 2021-08-15 04:49:27 +0000, ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan said:

    Just saw "Free Guy" (it was decent, but not spectacular).

    Anyway, during the opening credits, the Twentieth Century Fox
    searchlight platform came up, accompanied by the Twentieth Century Fox fanfare, but the lettering under the searchlights was "Twentieth
    Century Studios".

    What's up with that?

    Because it's now owned by Disney who changed the name a year ago,
    supposedly to avoid confusion, but realistically just to wield / prove
    their power.

    Disney ends the historic 20th Century Fox brand
    <https://www.bbc.com/news/business-53747270>

    Similarly Pixar got renamed as "Disney-Pixar".

    The amazing thing is that Disney hasn't changed the names of any of the ex-Lucas empire it bought ... yet!

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  • From Ted Nolan @21:1/5 to YourName@YourISP.com on Sun Aug 15 07:32:41 2021
    In article <sfaf7f$cf5$1@gioia.aioe.org>,
    Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
    On 2021-08-15 05:56:40 +0000, ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan said:

    In article <sfa9m4$lb9$1@gioia.aioe.org>,
    Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
    On 2021-08-15 04:49:27 +0000, ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan said:

    Just saw "Free Guy" (it was decent, but not spectacular).

    Anyway, during the opening credits, the Twentieth Century Fox
    searchlight platform came up, accompanied by the Twentieth Century Fox >>>> fanfare, but the lettering under the searchlights was "Twentieth
    Century Studios".

    What's up with that?

    Because it's now owned by Disney who changed the name a year ago,
    supposedly to avoid confusion, but realistically just to wield / prove
    their power.

    Disney ends the historic 20th Century Fox brand
    <https://www.bbc.com/news/business-53747270>

    Similarly Pixar got renamed as "Disney-Pixar".

    The amazing thing is that Disney hasn't changed the names of any of the
    ex-Lucas empire it bought ... yet!

    Huh. I figured that the 20CF opening was iconic enough to be a
    valuable IP. To buy it and ditch it seems odd.

    OTOH, they can now bring it back in the future with great "fanfare".

    "20th Century" is wrong anyway. They should really have changed it to
    "21st Century Studios" since it was already "21st Century Fox".



    My memory is that the Searchlights/Fanfare logo always said "20th Century Fox", even into the new millennium. (Which I always thought was a missed opportunity).
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  • From Your Name@21:1/5 to Ted Nolan on Sun Aug 15 19:20:15 2021
    On 2021-08-15 05:56:40 +0000, ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan said:

    In article <sfa9m4$lb9$1@gioia.aioe.org>,
    Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
    On 2021-08-15 04:49:27 +0000, ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan said:

    Just saw "Free Guy" (it was decent, but not spectacular).

    Anyway, during the opening credits, the Twentieth Century Fox
    searchlight platform came up, accompanied by the Twentieth Century Fox
    fanfare, but the lettering under the searchlights was "Twentieth
    Century Studios".

    What's up with that?

    Because it's now owned by Disney who changed the name a year ago,
    supposedly to avoid confusion, but realistically just to wield / prove
    their power.

    Disney ends the historic 20th Century Fox brand
    <https://www.bbc.com/news/business-53747270>

    Similarly Pixar got renamed as "Disney-Pixar".

    The amazing thing is that Disney hasn't changed the names of any of the
    ex-Lucas empire it bought ... yet!

    Huh. I figured that the 20CF opening was iconic enough to be a
    valuable IP. To buy it and ditch it seems odd.

    OTOH, they can now bring it back in the future with great "fanfare".

    "20th Century" is wrong anyway. They should really have changed it to
    "21st Century Studios" since it was already "21st Century Fox".

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  • From moviePig@21:1/5 to All on Sun Aug 15 09:35:50 2021
    On 8/15/2021 3:32 AM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
    In article <sfaf7f$cf5$1@gioia.aioe.org>,
    Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
    On 2021-08-15 05:56:40 +0000, ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan said:

    In article <sfa9m4$lb9$1@gioia.aioe.org>,
    Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
    On 2021-08-15 04:49:27 +0000, ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan said:

    Just saw "Free Guy" (it was decent, but not spectacular).

    Anyway, during the opening credits, the Twentieth Century Fox
    searchlight platform came up, accompanied by the Twentieth Century Fox >>>>> fanfare, but the lettering under the searchlights was "Twentieth
    Century Studios".

    What's up with that?

    Because it's now owned by Disney who changed the name a year ago,
    supposedly to avoid confusion, but realistically just to wield / prove >>>> their power.

    Disney ends the historic 20th Century Fox brand
    <https://www.bbc.com/news/business-53747270>

    Similarly Pixar got renamed as "Disney-Pixar".

    The amazing thing is that Disney hasn't changed the names of any of the >>>> ex-Lucas empire it bought ... yet!

    Huh. I figured that the 20CF opening was iconic enough to be a
    valuable IP. To buy it and ditch it seems odd.

    OTOH, they can now bring it back in the future with great "fanfare".

    "20th Century" is wrong anyway. They should really have changed it to
    "21st Century Studios" since it was already "21st Century Fox".



    My memory is that the Searchlights/Fanfare logo always said "20th Century Fox",
    even into the new millennium. (Which I always thought was a missed opportunity).

    "20th Century". A time whose idea has gone...

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  • From Adam H. Kerman@21:1/5 to All on Sun Aug 15 13:46:13 2021
    Ted Nolan <tednolan> <tednolan> wrote:

    Just saw "Free Guy" (it was decent, but not spectacular).

    Anyway, during the opening credits, the Twentieth Century Fox
    searchlight platform
    came up, accompanied by the Twentieth Century Fox fanfare, but the lettering >under the searchlights was "Twentieth Century Studios".

    What's up with that?

    Interesting. William Fox no longer has an important historical legacy
    that Disney cares about, or it's unacceptable to have another man's name
    on their subsidiary.

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  • From Your Name@21:1/5 to Ted Nolan on Mon Aug 16 10:10:17 2021
    On 2021-08-15 07:32:41 +0000, ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan said:

    In article <sfaf7f$cf5$1@gioia.aioe.org>,
    Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
    On 2021-08-15 05:56:40 +0000, ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan said:

    In article <sfa9m4$lb9$1@gioia.aioe.org>,
    Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
    On 2021-08-15 04:49:27 +0000, ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan said:

    Just saw "Free Guy" (it was decent, but not spectacular).

    Anyway, during the opening credits, the Twentieth Century Fox
    searchlight platform came up, accompanied by the Twentieth Century Fox >>>>> fanfare, but the lettering under the searchlights was "Twentieth
    Century Studios".

    What's up with that?

    Because it's now owned by Disney who changed the name a year ago,
    supposedly to avoid confusion, but realistically just to wield / prove >>>> their power.

    Disney ends the historic 20th Century Fox brand
    <https://www.bbc.com/news/business-53747270>

    Similarly Pixar got renamed as "Disney-Pixar".

    The amazing thing is that Disney hasn't changed the names of any of the >>>> ex-Lucas empire it bought ... yet!

    Huh. I figured that the 20CF opening was iconic enough to be a
    valuable IP. To buy it and ditch it seems odd.

    OTOH, they can now bring it back in the future with great "fanfare".

    "20th Century" is wrong anyway. They should really have changed it to
    "21st Century Studios" since it was already "21st Century Fox".

    My memory is that the Searchlights/Fanfare logo always said "20th
    Century Fox", even into the new millennium. (Which I always thought
    was a missed
    opportunity).

    It sort-of became "21st Century Fox" in 2013 when the publishing side
    was spun-off into a separate company ... but that was the name of the
    parent company that owned "Fox Entertainment Group" (TV shows) and
    "20th Century Fox" (movies), so they may not have changed the on-screen
    fanfare logo.
    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_Century_Studios>

    There are (probably fan-made) versions on YouTube though. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhF6-yEOLgo>

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  • From super70s@21:1/5 to Adam H. Kerman on Sun Aug 15 20:25:21 2021
    In article <sfb5r5$2q0$4@dont-email.me>,
    "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

    Ted Nolan <tednolan> <tednolan> wrote:

    Just saw "Free Guy" (it was decent, but not spectacular).

    Anyway, during the opening credits, the Twentieth Century Fox
    searchlight platform
    came up, accompanied by the Twentieth Century Fox fanfare, but the >lettering under the searchlights was "Twentieth Century Studios".

    What's up with that?

    Interesting. William Fox no longer has an important historical legacy
    that Disney cares about, or it's unacceptable to have another man's name
    on their subsidiary.

    Also "Fox" has a lot of unwanted baggage now due to the cable news
    channel.

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  • From Adam H. Kerman@21:1/5 to super70s@super70s.invalid on Mon Aug 16 02:05:30 2021
    super70s <super70s@super70s.invalid> wrote:
    "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
    Ted Nolan <tednolan> <tednolan> wrote:

    Just saw "Free Guy" (it was decent, but not spectacular).

    Anyway, during the opening credits, the Twentieth Century Fox
    searchlight platform
    came up, accompanied by the Twentieth Century Fox fanfare, but the >>>lettering under the searchlights was "Twentieth Century Studios".

    What's up with that?

    Interesting. William Fox no longer has an important historical legacy
    that Disney cares about, or it's unacceptable to have another man's name
    on their subsidiary.

    Also "Fox" has a lot of unwanted baggage now due to the cable news
    channel.

    I don't think moviegoers ever associated Fox News with the studio, nor
    the television station holdings, nor the gossipy newspapers.

    All snark aside, did Murdoch sell use of the Fox brand to Disney?

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