Good points, Holiday! Someone should make a movie about all the intolerance there is in the world. Oh wait, someone already did! Maybe Quenton Tarrantino can do a modern re-make (that is one movie I would likely avoid).
Bruce On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 9:06 AM, Holiday Russell <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, Bruce. You're one of the few people on this list that has > tolerance for just about any collecting interest. If more folks like you > participated in the discussions, more folks like me would also participate I > think. > > I collect mostly modern and hypermodern posters for movies that would > obviously be shunned by the majority of those on this list. While I respect > anyone for the right to express their opinion on any subject, I find that > most on the list are intolerant of other's opinions. That leads, of course, > to the many fights that seem to break out. For me, MOPO is basically a > spectator sport. > > But, there is a germ of usefulness that warrants my sifting through the > posts on a daily basis. > > Here's an opinion for all of you to chew on: the modern world does not > belong to us. It belongs to the generation coming up behind us. When you > ask "why are there no young collectors at cinevent" or some such, it's > because you have lost touch with the modern world. Through my two teenage > children, I'm able to keep up by paying attention to what they think is > cool, is "in" and what they think looks or sounds beautiful. It forges a > great relationship between us, and I find more interesting their view of the > world versus the view of a few cronies that are self-absorbed in their own > collecting to such an extent that they would sweep aside movie making over > the past 40 years as basically irrelevant. > > If you care to look, you can see what interests me: http:/ > www.mypostercollection.com > > Holiday Russell > > > On Jun 4, 2009, at 8:16 AM, Bruce Hershenson wrote: > > I am sure we all notice that around 20 or 30 people regularly post to >> MoPo, and yet there are apparently hundreds of other members who receive >> these e-mails, yet never post at all! >> >> I thought it would be nice to give these people a chance to come out of >> the shadows (so to speak), if only for a single post, to explain why they >> never post, and to see what it is about MoPo that makes them want to stay >> members, even though they never contribute. Now of course we know that the >> dealers who solely post for sale or for auction posts are here for the free >> advertising, but how about the rest of you? >> >> Who'll go first? >> >> Bruce >> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com >> ___________________________________________________________________ >> How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List >> Send a message addressed to: [email protected] >> In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L >> The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. >> >> > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > Send a message addressed to: > [email protected] > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > The author of this message is solely > responsible for its content. > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
