Bingo, John! Funny - when I talk to "young" people, many of them actually watch TCM and are interested in classic films. I can certainly say that the ones I talk to are very aware of classic horror.
Nathalie On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 4:52 PM, John Waldman <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, I guess we better dump our old posters from the 30-70's era and start > buying Twilight and G I Joe posters so we'll have something to interest a > new generation of collectors. > John > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Kirby McDaniel <[email protected]> > > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Wed, March 10, 2010 4:18:58 PM > *Subject:* Re: [MOPO] Where is everybody?--- Not on the Oscars!! > > Joe, et al > > If the movie business was reliant on people your age and my age to pay the > bills, it would fold overnight. That's why the Academy decided -- > after a terrible year last year - to emphasize younger performers. The > unspoken truth here, too, is that other than cineastes like the folk > that inhabit this list, even the older audience are interested in the new > blood. It's only us that wants to see Lauren Bacall trotted out there or > Jack Nicholson sit on the front row and grin. Sure that's fun. But the > Academy has a vested interest in keeping things vital. > > We need to guard against sounding like those older folk in the 1970s who > decried the Oscars because the classic stars of the 1930s and 40s were > not such a big deal anymore. > > > K. > > > On Mar 10, 2010, at 1:16 PM, Joseph Bonelli wrote: > > Nathalie, didn't you notice??? EVERYTHING from "The Past" was totally > excised from this Oscar show. The "young" people don't want to see it! > They'll change the channel! > > Joe > > --- On *Wed, 3/10/10, Steven Yafet <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > From: Steven Yafet <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [MOPO] Where is everybody? > To: [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 2:30 AM > > Still reeling from the horror movie homage so charmlessly introduced by > those two twilight duds. Obviously more appropriate people were not > available ;) If you blinked, you missed the one or two seconds of classic > horror. What was this supposed to accomplish? > > Nathalie > > On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 11:31 AM, Doug Taylor > <[email protected]<http://us.mc1136.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > wrote: > >> Am I missing something? There seems to have been virtually no MOPO >> traffic the last few days…not even the normal running dialogue trashing the >> Oscar presentation. >> >> >> Whatup? >> > > > DBT > > Profile <http://www.linkedin.com/in/douglasbtaylor> > > 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]<http://us.mc1136.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[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. > > > 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.
