One More Vanished Mini-Major

I forgot to include this one in my last post:

I believe this clip of the Avco-Embassy logo is from the beginning of Vice Squad.  The music heard underneath the logo is unique to the film.  My memories of the logo come from VHS and television viewings of Escape From New York and Paradise (1982).  The company was bought in 1982 by Norman Lear and re-christened Embassy Pictures.  The subsequent blue-backgrounded "E logo" was good, but not up to the high standard of the Avco-Embassy one.

What's a Repli-KONT? Siskel and Ebert on Blade Runner

I don't know, Roger.  Tell us.  I apologize for bringing you one more Siskel and Ebert clip today, but this one is of interest because while both, particularly Siskel, were rather harsh towards Blade Runner upon its original release in 1982, they are decidedly more charitable in 1992 when the film is re-released for the first time as "The Director's Cut."  

In the first clip, listen for how Ebert very effectively makes the word "replicant" his own.  Oh, yeah, he also stresses his fondness for the "special effects."  There's also a smirky review of the Phoebe Cates/Willie Aames "dog," Paradise.