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Nicknames: "The Ribbon and Mask XII", "Ars Gratia Artis XI","Leo the Lion VI", "Zooming Ribboning", "Metallic Ribboning II", "MGM 2012", "Animated Ribbon", "The Lion's Eye" Logo: On a black background, we see flickers of light. The image pulls back to reveal that it is a pupil, a close-up of Leo's eye. We then see Leo, the ribboning, mask and the words "TRADE MARK" on both sides (from the previous logo, all in gold and metallic) ease back with the ribbons moving, as "Metro Goldwyn Mayer" appears shimmering and eases itself above the ribboning. The company name is darker and appears to have a "shining" effect applied to it. The mask is also different as well. Leo roars as this happens. Trivia: The logo was designed by LA-based graphic design company Shine. FX/SFX: The camera zooming from Leo's eye, Leo roaring, the ribboning, the studio name. Cheesy Factor: Leo is off center and the circle is too small, with Leo barely fitting in. Music/Sounds: The 1995 roar is used, along with whooshes throughout the animation and the sound of a running film projector before the lion roars. The noise dies down after the first roar. There is also an extra growling sound added after the second roar. Music Variants: On the Skyfall teaser trailer, there is a shortened version of the roar. The version seen on Shine's website has the standard 1995 roar without any additional sound effects. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, G.I. Joe: Retaliation, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and 22 Jump Street have the opening theme to the film without the whooshes and projector sounds, just the roaring. Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters and Spectre have the opening theme of the movie with the whooshes and projector sounds and the roaring. G.I. Joe: Retaliation has the 2008 roar track. On the current MGM channel airing of Spellbinder, the 1985 roar track is heard. None for the still variant. Availability: Common. The logo first appeared on the teaser trailer for the James Bond film Skyfall, and made its first appearance on Hope Springs (albeit in a shortened version). Appears on recent films such as Skyfall, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, G.I. Joe: Retaliation, and Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, among others. This also makes an appearance (in full) on Everything or Nothing: The Untold Story of James Bond and the MGM 90th Anniversary trailer promo. Starting with the DVD and Blu-ray release of RoboCop (2014), this is used as a de facto home video logo. The full version can currently be seen on Shine's website. This also appears before the Orion logo on the 2013 remastered Blu-ray of The Terminator. Scare Factor: Low to medium. Although this is a nice looking logo, this can still be an issue for those who can't stand roaring lions. Although the whooshes and projector sounds (along with the darkness of the logo) can scare some, it is definitely a nice successor to the past logos!
