{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "Scare Factor", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/181863229688/", "html": "<p><a href=\"/post/8081813409/\" class=\"tumblr_blog\" target=\"_blank\">kontextmaschine</a>:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>So here\u2019s a site for you: the <a href=\"http://www.closinglogos.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Closing Logos Wiki</a>, a collection of production company logos from the end of shows. (This month is 2-D and 3-D Logos Month). Pretty comprehensive, still pretty compulsive in a kind of pre-2007 internet way.</p>\n<p>Mostly seems to be the work of one guy. Fair enough, you read around, you read the descriptions of enough, and you notice each one has a \u201cScare Factor\u201d, which - it\u2019s not really clear what it\u2019s for. Sometimes he seems to be using this for an esthetic critique - he\u2019s not very fond of black/neon color combinations, which makes him not very fond of the late \u201880s-early \u201890s graphics. But sometimes he\u2019s being strangely earnest about it, that the logo is scary or \u201cterrifying\u201d. And then you read enough of these entries, each with their own \u201cScare Factor\u201d section, and you realize there\u2019s not actually a line there, for him.</p>\n<p>And you realize that not only is this site the product of a guy who felt compelled to compile every production company logo he could find, but one of the things he made a point of addressing for every single one is \u201cwhether this production company logo could possibly scare you\u201d. And the answer is sometimes yes! (Another thing he addressed are \u201cwhat are three or four nicknames I could coin for this logo?\u201d)</p>\n<p>Check out all the <a href=\"http://www.google.com/search?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.closinglogos.com+%22scare+factor%3A+high%22\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cScare Factor: High\u201d</a> reviews. Check out the MGM one especially, where a lot of them are fine but one is terrifying because it involves a particularly scary lion, and also banner.</p>\n<p>And now look at <a href=\"http://www.closinglogos.com/page/CLG+Wiki+Rules\" target=\"_blank\">this</a> \u201crules\u2019 page. I mean as petty as any forum mod, though the enthusiasm for putting \u201cBANNED\u201d in red caps is something, but also of interest is the only rule with a listed exception:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>17.) To the Writers and Up: Do not  add personal comments to the articles. That includes personal scare  factors, your own side notes, making the articles your own forum and  telling people not to upload images or videos on the articles (that even  includes locking pages where no one can edit or put up images or  videos). The pages here are for logo descriptions, pictures and videos  ONLY. If you want to share personal opinions, go to the <a target=\"_self\" href=\"http://www.closinglogos.com/page/What+Is+your+Favorite+Logo%3F\">Favorite Logos</a> and <a target=\"_self\" href=\"http://www.closinglogos.com/page/What+logo+scares+and%2For+annoys+you%3F\">Dreaded and Hated Logos</a> pages, or use the discussion feature. If you disregard this rule, you  will receive a warning. If you do it again, you will get another warning  and a demotion, and if it continues, you will be <strong>BANNED!<br/></strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>17b.)  If you must make a thread about a logo that scares you, do it on the  page the logo is described on, and nowhere else. Any thread running  afoul of this is at risk of deletion.</li>\n</ul>\n</blockquote>\n<p>There\u2019s a story here.</p>\n</blockquote><figure class=\"tmblr-full\" data-orig-height=\"1280\" data-orig-width=\"719\"><img src=\"/media/tumblr_pl235dYhkm1qdlop9_1280_113dfd0520d0.png\" data-orig-height=\"1280\" data-orig-width=\"719\"/></figure>", "thumbnail_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/media/tumblr_pl235dYhkm1qdlop9_1280_113dfd0520d0.png", "thumbnail_width": 719, "thumbnail_height": 1280}