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Universal Pictures (legally Universal City Studios LLC, also known as Universal Studios, and formerly named Universal Film Manufacturing Company and Universal-International Pictures Inc.) is an American film studio owned by Comcast through the NBCUniversal Film and Entertainment division of its wholly owned subsidiary NBCUniversal. It was one of the world's very first major movie studios, as well as the very first major all-American movie studio. Woody Woodpecker serves as the company's official mascot.

Universal Pictures
Experience the whole wide world of the biggest globe, the biggest movie memories, and the wonderful little woodpecker. Welcome to America's very first name in entertainment.
Formerly: Universal Film Manufacturing Company (1912–1923)
Universal Pictures Corporation (1923–1936)
Universal Productions, Inc. (1936–1937)
Universal Pictures Company, Inc. (1937–1963)
Universal Pictures, Inc. (1963–1964)
Universal City Studios, Inc. (1964–1996)
Universal Studios Inc. (1996–2014)
Type: Division
Country: United States
Predecessor: Independent Moving Pictures
Founded: April 30, 1912
Industry: Film
Founder(s): Carl Laemmle
Pat Powers
David Horsley
William Swanson
Mark Dintenfass
Charles Baumann
Robert H. Cochrane
Adam Kessel
Jules Brulatour
Headquarters: 10 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, U.S.
Key people: Donna Langley (chairwoman, Universal Filmed Entertainment Group)
Peter Cramer (president)
Parent: Universal Studios, Inc.
Divisions: Focus Features
Illumination
Universal Animation Studios
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Subsidiaries: Amblin Partners (minority)
DreamWorks Animation
NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan
Rede Telecine (12.5%)
United International Pictures (50%)
Working Title Films
Website: https://universalpictures.com/
https://universalstudios.com/

Why The Globe Spins For America's Very First Name In Entertainment

  1. It was the very first major American movie company in history. It was also the very first major Hollywood studio.
    • On the top of the very first major, it marked the birth of Hollywood.
  2. The all-American filmmaking in its purest form.
  3. They have made many amazing, good, or decent films, examples areː
  4. Its official mascot, is Woody Woodpecker.
  5. The most iconic globe logo is great.
  6. By 2004, it perfectly merged with America's first broadcasting TV network, NBC, becoming its flagship TV network.
    • Speaking of which, even before the two entities merged, NBC (America's first name in broadcasting) and Universal (America's first name in entertainment) also had a great relationship back then.
  7. Great acting in a lot of films made by them.
  8. They managed to create franchises like Woody Woodpecker (its flagship franchise), Despicable Me, Back to the Future, Jurassic Park, The Land Before Time, Jaws, Fast & Furious, The Purge, etc.
  9. Awesome soundtrack for the majority of the films.
  10. Most of their characters are likable and iconic like Woody Woodpecker (its most iconic character), Norman Bates, Quint, The Bandit, Bluto, E.T., Doc and Marty, John Bender, Littlefoot, Dominic Toretto, Jason Bourne, Gru, the Minions, Chris Washington, Max the Terrier, and Buster Moon, among others. Plus, two iconic characters from DreamWorks Animation, Shrek, and Little Audrey.
  11. It was the second major film studio to set up its theme park chain, after Disney successfully.
  12. It is one of the most successful studios along with Disney, 20th Century Fox, Warner Bros., Sony Pictures and Paramount.
  13. The current theme music (Played by Jerry Goldsmith from the 1997-2012 logo and currently by Brian Tyler since 2012) that comes from the logo is well played and can be recognized, while the theme from the 1990-1997 logo (played by James Horner), while not that recognizable to the 1997 theme but other than that, it is beautifully played.

Bad Qualities

  1. They have made some bad or mediocre movies like
  2. Some of their films, even if some of them received a positive or negative reception, were box office flops.
  3. They are often VERY aggressive with their marketing campaigns for their bigger movies, the most important being Despicable Me and Jurassic World.
  4. They have completely destroyed the Jaws franchise. Due to the first Jaws movie being very successful, Universal themselves milked it into oblivion to the point where the last two movies (the ones mentioned above on BQ#1) are considered to be some of the worst movies of all time.
  5. During the 1990s, 2000s, and late 2010s, they made tons of cheap and terribly executed sequels to The Land Before Time.
  6. Just like 20th Century Fox, they have a bad habit of keeping franchises around longer than they should. And only expand them more just for the sake of making money. Like Jurassic Park/World, Despicable Me, Fast and Furious, Jaws, and some DreamWorks franchises like Trolls and The Boss Baby.

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