Re: [MOPO] Could this replace collecting actual movie posters?

2008-12-01 Thread Dave Rosen
osteropolis.com - Original Message - From: Bruce Hershenson To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 6:40 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] Could this replace collecting actual movie posters? Forget Horatio Alger and "Dime Novels", in a few more years the

Re: [MOPO] Could this replace collecting actual movie posters?

2008-12-01 Thread Bruce Hershenson
Forget Horatio Alger and "Dime Novels", in a few more years they'll have forgotten what "paperbacks" were! Bruce On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 5:03 PM, Richard Halegua Comic Art < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > yep.. Ken is entirely correct and of course, this is pretty much what my > post said > what we

Re: [MOPO] Could this replace collecting actual movie posters?

2008-12-01 Thread Richard Halegua Comic Art
yep.. Ken is entirely correct and of course, this is pretty much what my post said what we do, will be forgotten much like the collectors who paid handsomely during the 1950s for "Dime Novels" of the 1880s-1910s you know, those small paperback looking things with western outlaws and Horatio Alge

[MOPO] Could this replace collecting actual movie posters?

2008-12-01 Thread Gerri Farrell
Hello, I am not sure why I decided to use this topic to start posting my thoughts on MOPO... Here's my philosophy on the hobby of collecting movie posters, toys, baseball cards, comics, etc. All the items that bring back fond memories from a time of youth. Most collectors collecting t

Re: [MOPO] Could this replace collecting actual movie posters?

2008-11-30 Thread bqjansen
And not only wild postings. Modern advertizing does not limit itself to one or two ways of spreading the good word. Every possible private and public space that can be used, will be used. We've seen an enormous surge in both huge building sized banners on the one hand and handbill flyers or

Re: [MOPO] Could this replace collecting actual movie posters?

2008-11-30 Thread Ron
One interesting - but likely temporary - roadblock to all this digitalism will be fear of hackers. Some time ago I interviewed someone at the forefront of digital projection systems, and her big concern (and that of the corporation she worked for) was that whatever $$$ the studios saved in mak

Re: [MOPO] Could this replace collecting actual movie posters?

2008-11-30 Thread Ari Richards
ever the movie > > > -Original Message- > From: MoPo List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Ari > Richards > Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2008 11:11 PM > To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU > Subject: Re: [MOPO] Could this replace collecting actual > mo

Re: [MOPO] Could this replace collecting actual movie posters?

2008-11-30 Thread Bruce Hershenson
scovering this area and have yet > to hit their prime as collectors. > > Dave > www.posteropolis.com > > > > - Original Message - > *From:* Bruce Hershenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > *To:* MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU > *Sent:* Sunday, November 30, 2008 5:26 PM > *Su

Re: [MOPO] Could this replace collecting actual movie posters?

2008-11-30 Thread Dave Rosen
sage - From: Bruce Hershenson To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2008 5:26 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] Could this replace collecting actual movie posters? My 5 kids (age 4-15) read EC comics because their dad and grandpa reprinted all of them, but otherwise

Re: [MOPO] Could this replace collecting actual movie posters?

2008-11-30 Thread Ari Richards
films on the shelf? Ari --- On Mon, 1/12/08, Sean Linkenback <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Sean Linkenback <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [MOPO] Could this replace collecting actual movie posters? > To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU > Received: Monday, 1 December, 20

Re: [MOPO] Could this replace collecting actual movie posters?

2008-11-30 Thread Sean Linkenback
From: MoPo List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrea Kanter Maybe one of you could get an article done on you and your collection in one of those airplane magazines Bruce beat you to this by a decade or so. I remember reading one of the Delta in-flight magazines long ago that had an

Re: [MOPO] Could this replace collecting actual movie posters?

2008-11-30 Thread Andrea Kanter
er 30, 2008 7:21 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] Could this replace collecting actual movie posters? I don't understand. Soon, paper will be rarely used. At least, used much less often. Would that not make antique paper items all the more rare? Stamps, posters, autographs... shouldn'

Re: [MOPO] Could this replace collecting actual movie posters?

2008-11-30 Thread lobby card invasion
unday, November 30, 2008 7:21 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] Could this replace collecting actual movie posters? I don't understand. Soon, paper will be rarely used. At least, used much less often. Would that not make antique paper items all the more rare? Stamps, posters, autographs... sh

Re: [MOPO] Could this replace collecting actual movie posters?

2008-11-30 Thread shchapman
D] Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2008 4:50 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] Could this replace collecting actual movie posters? I've been saying for the past 3-4 years.. maybe longer .. that digital displays are the direction theatres will be headed first of all, pr

Re: [MOPO] Could this replace collecting actual movie posters?

2008-11-30 Thread Neil Jaworski
!   Just like stamps.  See any interesing stamp from a far-away country lately?  Ha ha   Zeev     - Original Message - From: Glenn Taranto To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2008 4:04 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] Could this replace collecting actu

Re: [MOPO] Could this replace collecting actual movie posters?

2008-11-30 Thread Richard Halegua Comic Art
rldofmovies.com/Terminator_Trailer/ Enjoy... Sincerely, John Dingle WonderfulWorldOfMovies.com -Original Message- From: Richard Halegua Comic Art [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2008 4:50 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] Could this replace co

Re: [MOPO] Could this replace collecting actual movie posters?

2008-11-30 Thread Linda Noradki
al Message- From: Richard Halegua Comic Art [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2008 4:50 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] Could this replace collecting actual movie posters? I've been saying for the past 3-4 years.. maybe longer .. that digital d

Re: [MOPO] Could this replace collecting actual movie posters?

2008-11-30 Thread Andrea Kanter
I don't understand. Soon, paper will be rarely used. At least, used much less often. Would that not make antique paper items all the more rare? Stamps, posters, autographs... shouldn't we restore, protect, and give high regard to these items? In my experience, if it's about to become e

Re: [MOPO] Could this replace collecting actual movie posters?

2008-11-30 Thread Roger Kim
I must be confused, because I really only started collecting pulps about 4 months ago. I did have a few pulps that I bought many years ago, but I did not really pay much attention to pulps until recently. In August, a friend gave me a ticket to the local Science Fiction Museum, where they h

Re: [MOPO] Could this replace collecting actual movie posters?

2008-11-30 Thread Bruce Hershenson
My 5 kids (age 4-15) read EC comics because their dad and grandpa reprinted all of them, but otherwise they never read a single comic book. But all but the 4 year old are champions on every kind of video game, and they have every kind of system, and so does just about every other kid in this littl

Re: [MOPO] Could this replace collecting actual movie posters?

2008-11-30 Thread Richard Halegua Comic Art
yes Bruce, BLB's are also part of the historical lexicon of collecting. As a matter of fact, BLB's and Pulps have the same problem: only comic book collectors have an interest in them due to the tie between the 3 hobbies. But pulps are in worse shape than BLBs by virtue of % of issues collect

Re: [MOPO] Could this replace collecting actual movie posters?

2008-11-30 Thread Bruce Hershenson
Boy, you really are a ray of sunshine today! In your complete dissing of all paper hobbies, and their inevitable doom (insert maniacal laughter) you left out the deadest of all collectibles, the Big Little Books. Find me a collector of those who is under 75 or so. Bruce P.S. I didn't much care fo

Re: [MOPO] Could this replace collecting actual movie posters?

2008-11-30 Thread Richard Halegua Comic Art
I've been saying for the past 3-4 years.. maybe longer .. that digital displays are the direction theatres will be headed first of all, printing, shipping and storing posters are an expense that studio owners would love to eliminate. Not to mention the employees needed for such a distribution

Re: [MOPO] Could this replace collecting actual movie posters?

2008-11-30 Thread Patrick Michael Tupy
. See any interesing stamp from a far-away country lately? Ha ha Zeev - Original Message - From: Glenn Taranto To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2008 4:04 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] Could this replace collecting actual movie posters? I think some of this go

Re: [MOPO] Could this replace collecting actual movie posters?

2008-11-30 Thread lobby card invasion
N.EDU Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2008 4:04 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] Could this replace collecting actual movie posters? I think some of this goes back to the discussion on silent half sheets going on last week. Certain stars and titles will always be collectible. Things that are hot will

Re: [MOPO] Could this replace collecting actual movie posters?

2008-11-30 Thread Glenn Taranto
RV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2008 11:16 AM Subject: Re: [MOPO] Could this replace collecting actual movie posters? Zeev, Both points taken, it might or might not hurt the hobby. As for me, I was after 1 Sheets like Glenn. LC's were a find after I was collecting 1Shee

Re: [MOPO] Could this replace collecting actual movie posters?

2008-11-30 Thread Patrick Michael Tupy
: lobby card invasion To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2008 7:57 AM Subject: Re: [MOPO] Could this replace collecting actual movie posters? If they stop producing posters, I think collecting will definitely be affected. I think one of the reasons that there are few

Re: [MOPO] Could this replace collecting actual movie posters?

2008-11-30 Thread lobby card invasion
ost young people do not have! Zeev - Original Message - From: Glenn Taranto To: lobby card invasion ; MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2008 11:49 AM Subject: Re: [MOPO] Could this replace collecting actual movie posters? Zeev - Around Los Angele

Re: [MOPO] Could this replace collecting actual movie posters?

2008-11-30 Thread Glenn Taranto
08 9:10 AM Subject: [MOPO] Could this replace collecting actual movie posters? I don't think that this gizmo will replace movie poster collecting. It will replace actual movie posters. Once these "frames" are in every theater lobby will there still be a need to print and d

Re: [MOPO] Could this replace collecting actual movie posters?

2008-11-30 Thread lobby card invasion
don't know of the existance of Lobby Cards. With digital posters, the same fate may await OS posters. Zeev - Original Message - From: Gerri Farrell To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2008 9:10 AM Subject: [MOPO] Could this replace collecting a

[MOPO] Could this replace collecting actual movie posters?

2008-11-30 Thread Gerri Farrell
I don't think that this gizmo will replace movie poster collecting. It will replace actual movie posters. Once these "frames" are in every theater lobby will there still be a need to print and distribute those expensive movie posters? It's not far away. Ken Just Kids _http://www.brook

Re: [MOPO] Could this replace collecting actual movie posters?

2008-11-30 Thread Bruce Hershenson
I like it! I just wish it were more reasonably priced, but over time the price will come down and the quality will go up. Bruce On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 4:26 AM, Glenn Taranto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is a 27" by 41" size in our future? > > Merry Christmas... > > GT > > http://www.brookstone

[MOPO] Could this replace collecting actual movie posters?

2008-11-30 Thread Glenn Taranto
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