Millar Gough Ink (My Version)

Background
Millar Gough Ink is an American television, book and film production company that has co-produced and created television series, films, and books, including motion picture programs. It was founded in 1997 by the Smallville creators, Miles Millar and Alfred Gough.

1st Logo (October 12th, 1999-November 10th, 2011)
Nicknames: "Orange-Red Ink", "Ink Bottle Gets the Hammer", "Splattering Ink"

Logo: In an office, a bottle with orange red ink inside of it labeled the stacked words reading with the company name in an Impact font colored in a golden- gradient is shown at the middle. After one of the music variants are played, a hammer (which, if you look very, very closely, you can see a hammer falling down, as seen in the reflection on the bottle of ink) falls down on top and breaks the bottle, causing the ink in it to spread everywhere, covering up the whole screen, transitioning to the next or split-screen one.

Variants:


 * There exists an open-matte version of the logo. There is also a letterbox version of the logo where it is cropped in the 4:3 aspect ratio. This can be seen on 4:3 prints of all episodes of Smallville and the short-lived series The Strip.
 * There exists an 25th anniversary version of the logo. Go here to find out.
 * There also exists an MGI Animation version of the logo. Go here to find out.

FX/SFX: Entirely live-action.

Cheesy Factor: How could there be so much ink in that one, tiny bottle? Also, the transition to the next or split-screen logo is really poorly done.

Music/Sounds: Here are the music variants: All music variants ended with the glass shattering sound, except for the 1999 variant. Sometimes, the sound is louder.
 * 1999: The closing theme of the show, along with the ink spreading sound.
 * 2001-2002: None.
 * Early 2002: An odd, 3-note piano tune, accompanied by an eerie, distorted chorus.
 * 2002-2011: An 13-note good synth-organ ditty, followed by a last note and a glass shattering sound.

Music/Sounds Variants: Availability: Common. First seen on the short-lived series The Strip, and later seen on Smallville and the 2011 remake of Charlie's Angels on ABC. It also made an appearance on the 2006 television pilot of Aquaman, which was initially released on iTunes and later included as a bonus feature on the Blu-ray release of Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths.
 * On the Smallville season 1 episodes "X-Ray" and "Hug", the glass shattering sound is absent.
 * On early season 2 episodes of Smallville, the 2002-2011 variant is somewhat too little quieter before the glass shattering sound appears.
 * Some of the original airings of Smallville use a generic theme and a voice over.

Legacy:


 * For the version with only the sound of the bottle breaking, the bottle breaking with no warning can be jarring to many people. However, for the music version, it may slightly less scary than the earlier version, and it may be favored for fans of Smallville.
 * While the sound of the bottle breaking can be startling for some people (especially the version without music where it breaks with no warning, which could be jarring to many people), some people may find this logo funny.

Scare Factor:


 * 1999: High.
 * 2001-2002: Medium to high. The bottle suddenly breaking with no warning can be jarring to a lot of many people, especially, the long silence can be heard during both this logo and the one before such as the old Tollin Productions logo.
 * 2002: Medium, the piano tune can be creepy.
 * 2002-2011: Low to medium. It is slightly good with the music playing.

2nd Logo (November 15th, 2015-)
Logo: On a black background, we see the stacked words "MILLAR GOUGH". To the right of it is a beaker with a black water drop in it, and inside the drop, we see the  text "INK".

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None, or the ending theme of the show.

Availability: Seen on the AMC series Into the Badlands and the MTV series The Shannara Chronicles. It's expected to appear on the upcoming 2022 Netflix series Wednesday.

Legacy: None.

Scare Factor: Low. The logo can creep someone out, but it's tamer than the last logo.