Krypton Force

Background

Krypton Force was one of the many divisions of Philip L'Oro International Pictures, who like the others, released various public domain material on home video.

Logo (1987?)

First half of the logo
Second half of the logo

Visuals: On a black background, the gold shield with "KRYPTON FORCE" in the Blackletter font on the top, flying in from the top-left corner and crashing into the centre, sending sparks everywhere. Then, a star from the starting corner flies in and hits the top-left corner of the shield, causing the rooster to zoom inside the shield. The rooster crows, and the shield bounces away to the right. Then it cuts to the primitive replica of the Hyperdrive effect from Star Wars before flash-cutting to the hangar of some spaceship (which was yellowish-white at first before changing to red) in open space. The smaller blue spaceship slides in from the bottom and shoots two beams into the distance, bringing forth a yellow bevelled banner with the words "KRYPTON FORCE" and "THE VIDEO CARTOON CO" on it. After few seconds, the ship zooms away with the banner following, before cutting to the starfield with a meteorite flying from the bottom-left all the way to the top-left corner and disappearing with a ping of light.

Technique: 2D computer animation.

Audio: Johann Strauss Sr.'s "Radetzky March", which starts amidst the BBFC card, accompanied by the sound of the rooster crowing, a boing and some synthesized sound effects. The music itself stops on the "meteorite" part.

Availability: Appears on British VHS releases of Force Five material, such as Sci-Bots (Spaceketeers/Starzinger) and Protectors (Gaiking).