Dear Mopes and Mopettes - Happy Holidays, safe times and a box of old movie posters someone hands you and says, "I found these in an old house, you want them?"
When I was a kid I probably went to the movies 4 times a week. Would often take a cab from elementary school to the local theater in Asheboro - this was early 1950’s. I was all alone at the first show of some AIP hit like I WAS A TEENAGE WEREWOLF - nobody but me and the occasional bum on the back row sleeping it off. Like my own private screening room. Now, I kind of don’t care where it comes from as long as I can watch an average of a movie a day. Of course being a big 3D fan - I liked them at the theaters - but also watch 3D at home - but for some reason the 3D home choices are being dropped by my providers. What I am a true fan of today is something that did not exist until recently - 10 hour movies - I just watched Mindhunter and Godless and I gotta say - 10 hours of something I like in 2 or 3 sittings is like heaven to me. First noticed the 30 minute scene (pretty much non-existent a few years back) on Breaking Bad. Just totally got into the 1 to 1 moment of it - The Greeks knew what they were talking about - read Aristotle’s poetics - real time minute for minute is the epitome of drama. One can go so deep into story, context, character. 1 to 1 creates a kind of mental 3D that takes one deeper into the story. So, anyway, now all the shows have them - Mindhunter - and what a show or movie or whatever it was that was! - had these 40 minute dialogue scenes between the heroes and chained up mass murderers - jeez, I was on the edge of my seat - did I need thundering hordes - no - just 2 guys in a room with the drama pegging max - Just love it - and just love these binge treats - So things change - they evolve - I still love theaters for the religious aspect of communion - But I started out as a little kid watching TV in the dark and now I am 69 watching TV in the dark and still loving it. When can we just plug it in our neck and be there with the drama? Hope I can live long enough to catch a few of those films. I guess the pornos will be first - Pornos always take the point on the cutting edge of technology. Not sure I got it in me for a 10-hour Be-there-now skin flick plugged into the side of my head. But I am available and eager for what technology has next in store. What do you think movies will be like in 10 years - 20 years - 50 years? The anticipation of it - the trailer etched into the brain - there was always something so exciting about being first to the theater when its something you really want to see. My favorite movie - Forbidden Planet - can’t get away from it - was never the same after I saw it as an 8-year-old. What fun - I think I’ll go flip some dials and see what’s cooking! Alan -- Please Visit Our eBay Store: http://stores.ebay.com/Museum-Store-Gifts > On Dec 19, 2017, at 6:06 PM, Alan Heimann <[email protected]> wrote: > > Responding to another point in the original query..watching movies > particularly on TCM has motivated me to persu buying posters for movies ive > really enjoyed > > On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 8:50 PM MoviePoster Collectors > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > wrote: > Alamo Drafthouse hee-lariously ejected a texter: > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1L3eeC2lJZs > <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1L3eeC2lJZs> > > On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 4:11 PM, Glenn Taranto <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > I have found that going to the ArcLight cinemas lends itself to an audience > interested in behaving. Most likely because they charge a little bit more so > you aren't bombarded with annoying ads before the film. All they show are > trailers. Also they don't let anyone in ten minutes after the movie has > started. > > GT > > On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 1:01 PM, Kirby McDaniel <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Regarding that issue that Robert mentioned about rude audiences in theaters. > Alamo Drafthouse here in Austin keeps audiences polite by throwing out > disrupters, texters, talkers. It works too. > > >> On Dec 19, 2017, at 2:33 PM, Glenn Taranto <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> I mostly watch movies at home. I am privy to numerous free screenings >> through the WGA and SAG. I also pay to see some films. Generally those are >> the ones I feel warrant a big screen/audience experience. Hanging out with >> friends after a film and discussing it over dinner afterward is part of that >> experience. >> >> Since the advent of big screens for the home I confess I am less inclined to >> see the average film at a theater. >> >> GT >> >> On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 12:20 PM, MPC <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> Ha, both of my assistants have/use VCRs, which became obsolete 20 years ago! >> >> Ticket prices have been stable, inflation-adjusted: >> >> http://www.natoonline.org/data/ticket-price/ >> <http://www.natoonline.org/data/ticket-price/> >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> On Dec 19, 2017, at 9:47 AM, Kirby McDaniel <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >>> Througout the VHS era I was contemptuous of home video because of the poor >>> picture quality and, initially at least, the sound was mono. DVD raised >>> the bar a bit. Blu-Ray and 4K and the fact that I am fortunate enough to >>> own an Oppo to play them and an LG OLED TV, clearly one of the best screens >>> I have ever seen, have really meant that I see more films at home than I do >>> in theaters. Still, I think you get something at the theaters that you >>> will never get at home. You don’t have to answer the phone or the front >>> door. The screen is big. The audience is live and experiencing the film >>> with you. >>> >>> In my opinion, ticket prices at the theaters are too high. Do any of the >>> rest of you feel that way? >>> >>> Kirby McDaniel >>> movieart.com <http://movieart.com/> >>> >>> >>>> On Dec 19, 2017, at 5:01 AM, MoviePoster Collectors >>>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> I watched tons o' movies when I was a youngling, but I'm 49 now and my >>>> entire post-college life have attended a movie theater once/twice a year, >>>> if that much. I never paid for cable TV and have never used a DVR, so >>>> rarely watched them at home. >>>> >>>> Now that I'm not working I'm the King of Free Time and have hitch-hiked to >>>> theaters to see "fun"/roller-coaster thrills/sci-fi movies like: >>>> >>>> Blade Runner 2049 (twice) >>>> Wonder Woman (twice) >>>> SW:TLJ (this week, partly spoiled after I unwisely skimmed a negative user >>>> review) >>>> Murder on the Orient Express >>>> Close Encounters 40th >>>> Justice League >>>> >>>> I also feel obligated to support historical films in theaters: >>>> >>>> Dunkirk >>>> Darkest Hour (future) >>>> The Post (future) >>>> >>>> The gameplan was to watch lotsa movies on pretty-cheap streaming services >>>> like Netflix/HBO/etc. but so far I've only watched a grand total of two >>>> (Wizard of Lies/DeNiro and SW:R1). Why? Too busy entertaining/terrorizing >>>> several online forums and watching 3-4 hours per day of MSNBC news shows >>>> and infotainment shows like The Today Show. >>>> >>>> How about you - and also does watching movies motivate you to buy the MP >>>> (yes, almost always for me)? >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Mel S. 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