The Cinemax Movie Intro (1994-1997, SVHS/60FPS)

Special thanks to @BoredVHSlover for these tapes! Sourced from an SVHS tape recorded in SP mode.

Recorded before a November 19, 1995 airing of "Munchie Strikes Back"

[GETENT]

Aw yeah! Such a good intro, now in smooth 60fps!

[nick_stuff]

Why is is so extreme. The 90s were such a weird yet cool Time.

[robjackson]

0:46 - the pay TV equivilent of the WB (Cinemax's parent company) Home Video logo of 1986 - 1997. The louder brass fanfare! This was an era of exciting original TV.

[robjackson]

Similar to UPN and WWOR. WWOR's movie intro at the time also had the camera going around a superimposing logo (this case the WWOR "9")

[JHollowayNetwork]

This replaced the previous movie intro that had been used since late 1987 and was used up until Cinemax’s 1997 rebrand.

[TheGamerWithoutACoolAcronym]

I wonder how the heck this got put in 60 FPS? Was it this smooth back in the day?

[robjackson]

If WB really wanted to hit it hard, Cinemax could have been a home media distributor, NOT FUCKING HBO, giving New Line competition, given that Cinemax's feature presentation is equally technical with film strips, towards the end :)

I wonder if New Line's Home Video logo was inspired by this

[robjackson]

indie movie network my ass. CINEMAX has always had the hit blockbusters, in addition to superior original programming/original movies, would not be surprised if they aired sports (like soccer). Even HBO's boxing was Cinemax-influenced, superior important graphics, feature presentation intros, ratings bumpers (wth Tony Clark which fucks HBO's creepy evil rated R voiceover [1994 - 1997; 1999 - 2006]). "GoodFellas" was a Cinemax exclusive premiere in 1991. The pay-TV equivilent of UPN, the real Warner Bros. network, which stomped The WB left and right in ratings 11 years in a row.

[robjackson]

Was this the original frame rate per motion (or was it slow motion like most video uploads would have you believe)?

[robjackson]

Perhaps with an attempt to promote my UPN/Warner Bros./WB flagship :)

I guess I can do Cinemax a new company distribution label with this, but in film, rather than on video
Mine would be a VCR playing with the tape spiral machine playing, and we see film strips, combined with footage from the 1994 FP intro, and as the giant letters and the trumpet fanfare plays, it'll say CINEMAX and "HOME ENTERTAINMENT"

Similar to New Line but a little more over-the-top for WB.

[robjackson]

HBO outdoing Cinemax is only within this decade cause of "GOT". Before, it was CINEMAX that was the leader in quality entertainment. Hit Academy-Award winning movies.
Cinemax still fucks HBO up these days post-"GOT"
Cinemax - hit premiere movies, and it was the exclusive premiere pay TV network of "GoodFellas, " "Sudden Impact, " "The Godfather Part III, " "Code of Silence, " "8 Heads and Duffel Bag, " we have hit popular original TV shows/movies, documentary series like "Reel Life, " the hard-hitting promotional vehicle for popular hit movies in the form of "Beyond the Screen" (1985 - 1997), and "Max on Set" (1997 -), better feature presentation bumpers/graphics, better network graphics, better network V/O.

[robjackson]

Not that CINEMAX panders to the crappy nihilistic evil bullshit HBO loves to with their shitty original "series" (I don't mean "Curb" or "GOT" or "Rome", as those are hard-hitting shows) and movies ("Strapped, " "First Time Felon, " and "Path to Paradise" are exceptions), but Cinemax can do "no one is truly innocent" type fare in their marketing and shows that's more stronger and menacing than HBO. Codelessness of the "Xena" type is just power-on-paper only. It becomes apparent that those types can punch in the face.