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 1Sheets so I don't think it's a
black and white issue. The advent of digital displays may dilute the
new collectors but the scarcity may make posters and LC's more
valuable. Who knows for sure
what's on the horizon? I'll still collect and I've turned on others
who see my posters and LC's so maybe it will be through word of mouth
and if the prices eventually go
up due to supply and demand, perhaps collecting will benefit as other
artwork has.
Hope all had a great T-Giving!
Patrick
On Nov 30, 2008, at 9:52 AM, lobby card invasion wrote:
Glenn,
I wouldn't be surprised if digital "posters" replace the paper
ones, but if they do, where would new collectors get the idea to
collect moovie paper?
As for LCs vs OS, its highly personal a choice, and I don't want to
get into this discussion. Suffice it to say that in movie
memorabilia shows, LCs outnumber larger posters, if for no other
reason than ease of transport and display.
But back to my original point, I think that the elimination of
lobby cards from the advertizing repertoire, have hurt the hobby in
two ways: First, you can't expect new collectors to enter the
hobby, and collect something thay don't know exists. And second,
young people who like the young stars, simply can't get them on
lobby cards. Try and collect John Torturro, Coen Brothers, or
Tarantino on LCs...
Collecting posters requires the space that most 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 Angeles there have been these huge screen billboards
where the picture changes every few seconds. The public HATES them.
And I believe there is a moratorium on them. That would signify
the end of larger size posters for sure. However, I can definitely
see their use in movie theatres for one sheets. It may be just a
matter of time before someone says no more paper use this instead.
My question to you, were lobby cards really a jumping off point for
collectors? I was young enough to collect lobby cards but all I
ever wanted were the one sheets I saw. Lobby cards never entered
into my collecting vision until much, much later. When I saw
interesting title cards from the 1930's.
Glenn T.
----- Original Message -----
From: 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 new collectors coming
into this hobby, is that Lobby Cards have stopped being produced
(with some exceptions) and displayed in theaters, since 1985.
Young people simply 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 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
distribute those expensive movie posters? It's not far away.
Ken
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