[MOPO] Whose Signature is This?
Any help on whose signature this might be would be much appreciated (from a Captain from Castile one sheet) http://www.johnreid.helpinghost.com/CAPTAINFROMCASTILLE1SH2.jpg NEW Website: www.moviemem.com JOHN REID VINTAGE MOVIE MEMORABILIA PO Box 92 Palm Beach Qld 4221 Australia 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.
[MOPO] FA: Ending today on E-Bay: Abbott Costello, film noir, Roy Rogers, The Falcon, Doris Day, Robert Mitchum, more!!
Fellow MoPoers: I currently have a nice selection ofvintage posters -- lobbies, insert and one-sheets -- ending today, Saturday, July 1, on E-Bay.Allare offered without a reserve!! Opening bids range from $2.99 to $9.99!! Below are just a few of theitems now awaiting your bids.Just click on the title to go directly to the E-Bay listing: 30 FT. BRIDE OF CANDY ROCK - 1959 - Lou Costello - Insert ABBOTT COSTELLO MEET CAPTAIN KIDD - 1953 - AC, Charles Laughton - Insert AFRICA SCREAMS - 1953 re-issue - Abbott Costello - 1/2 sheet BALLAD OF JOSIE - 1968 - Doris Day - One-sheet BEAU BRUMMEL - 1954 - Elizabeth Taylor, Stewart Granger - One-sheet BEAUTY ON PARADE - 1950 - Lola Albright - Miss USA pin-up - One-sheet BLACKHAWK - 1952 - Comic book hero serial lobby card - Near Mint DATE WITH THE FALCON - 1941 - George Sanders - Beautiful one-sheet on linen EDISON THE MAN - 1940 - Spencer Tracy - Australian one-sheet GORGO - 1961 - Monster classic - One-sheet HIS KIND OF WOMAN - 1951 - Robert Mitchum - Film noir - Lobby card JESSE JAMES AT BAY - 1941 - Roy Rogers, Gale Storm - 1/2 sheet SO BIG - 1953 - Jane Wyman, Sterling Hayden - One-sheet THUNDER ROAD - 1958 - Robert Mitchum - Lobby card WHEN LADIES MEET - 1941 - Greer Garson, Robert Taylor - Lobby card YOUNG GUNS - 1956 - Russ Tamblyn, Gloria Talbott - Teens out west - One-sheet .and more!! Plus a nice selection of vintage movie magazines, videos, DVDs and celebrity 8x10s!! To view all of my E-bay listings, please click on the below link: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQfrppZ25QQfrtsZ0QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ1QQsassZcaptainbijou Please be sure to visit my fully searchable website, www.captainbijou.com ,where over 13,000 items -- vintage movie posters, DVDs and video cassettes, celebrity autographs, collectibles, comic books and more -- currently await your purchase via our secure order cart. Best, Earl Blair CAPTAIN BIJOU www.captainbijou.com 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.
[MOPO] FA: Ending tonight: MARILYN 1963 Documentary Japanese one sheet
Yes, I just have a SINGLE lonely girl ending tonight: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemih=004item=14381218 At a very low price at this hour. Have a look at my other 56 auctions while you're at it! www.posterdemic.com/auctions ebay ID: posterdemic -Erich 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.
[MOPO] FA - WINDOW CARDS, 3 SHEETS AND PROPS ENDING SATURDAY MORNING
COOL STUFF ENDING THIS MORNING ON EBAY - http://stores.ebay.com/Museum-Store-Gifts BENTON ORIGINAL SCI-FI WINDOW CARDS - SAUCERMEN AND IT CONQUERED THE WORLD + MORE 3-SHEETS - MAN WHO COULD CHEAT DEATH, SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON, HIGH SCHOOL CAESAR, AGONY AND ECSTASY + MORE 1-SHEETS - GIMMIE SHELTER + MORE MOVIE AND TV PROPS - BATTLESTAR GALACTIC CUBITS, SHAQ HERO RAY GUN FROM 'STEEL' + SHIELD FROM RKO PROPS, BUCK ROGERS PROTOTYPE PISTOL + MORE! PLUS SOME GREAT STORE ITEMS! BID WITH CONFIDENCE AND ENJOY! ALAN ADLER 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.
[MOPO] FS: ENDING TODAY..... bargains: few browsers since it is a holiday weekend
some already sold with buy it now. remaining item link: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZdialmbbmbbQQhtZ-1 includes: PILLOW TALK ONE SHEET detective story AWAY ALL BOATS CAT ON HOT TIN ROOF, aust R more..more...more thanks 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.
[MOPO] FA EMPIRE STRIKES BACK Orig 1980 US Gone With The Wind Style OS MINT! RARE!
Good Morning, All, If you have an extra minute, please take a look at this ultra-rare one sheet that usually sells for $300 or more. I have it at a starting bid of $49.99 with a Buy It Now price of $150!! You won't find an originalEmpire Strikes Back GWTW Style one sheet in better condition! http://cgi.ebay.com/Empire-Strikes-Back-Orig-80-GWTW-Style-USOS-MINT-RARE_W0QQitemZ180003006664QQihZ008QQcategoryZ60333QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem 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.
[MOPO] FA: Ending Tomorrow-Terror From Year 5000, Roman Holiday, Chinatown
Our latest Internet Movie Poster Auction featuring 250 lots closes tomorrow,Sunday (July 2th) at 10pm CT. http://www.heritageauctions.com/movieposters Included are some exciting posters including such titles as Roman Holiday, Dragstrip Riot, Guys and Dolls, Touch of Evil, Chinatown, Terror from the Year 5000, Butch Cassidy, Cosmic Monsters, Empire Strikes Back, and Joan of Arc! There is a great selection here of top titles of the 50s and 60s as well as very interesting more obscure titles of the 1930s and 1940s! To view all 250 lots click here: http://movieposters.heritageauctions.com/common/search_items.php?Sale_No=56071 Dragstrip Riot http://movieposters.heritageauctions.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=56071Lot_No=25053type=impa56071-tem063006 Roman Holiday http://movieposters.heritageauctions.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=56071Lot_No=25162type=impa56071-tem063006 Touch of Evil http://movieposters.heritageauctions.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=56071Lot_No=25214type=impa56071-tem063006 Joan of Arc (1948) http://movieposters.heritageauctions.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=56071Lot_No=25102type=impa56071-tem063006 Spy Who Loved Me http://movieposters.heritageauctions.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=56071Lot_No=25187type=impa56071-tem063006 Chinatown http://movieposters.heritageauctions.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=56071Lot_No=25034type=impa56071-tem063006 Cosmic Monsters http://movieposters.heritageauctions.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=56071Lot_No=25037 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid http://movieposters.heritageauctions.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=56071Lot_No=25024 Scorched Earth http://movieposters.heritageauctions.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=56071Lot_No=25170 Terror from the Year 5000 http://movieposters.heritageauctions.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=56071Lot_No=25202 Guys and Dolls http://movieposters.heritageauctions.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=56071Lot_No=25082 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.
Re: [MOPO] The best advertising for a movie poster dealer, its free
Now who's making things up, Bruce? Everyone knows it's Zontar, from the planet Venus. Or did you mean Zoltar from the planet Spectra? ;-) _David on 6/30/06 11:23 AM, Bruce Hershenson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Of course, one obvious answer is that they would like to add the items they are bidding to their inventories, and the paranoid among you will surely think it is the result of some price support strategy or some complex shill bidding scheme, and all I can say is that to me those ideas sound like something that came from Zoltan, from the planet Boolebah. snip 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.
Re: [MOPO] (MOPO) Whose Signature is This?
John -- I believe it is Sergio Gargiulo. He was at Fox in the US and also did MY DARLING CLEMENTINE one sheet from 1946: Clementine: http://www.learnaboutmovieposters.com/posters/db/poster.asp?pid=5461 Hope that helps. Channing Thomson in SF On Jul 1, 2006, at 1:07 AM, JOHN REID Vintage Movie Memorabilia wrote: Any help on whose signature this might be would be much appreciated (from a Captain from Castile one sheet) http://www.johnreid.helpinghost.com/CAPTAINFROMCASTILLE1SH2.jpg NEW Website: www.moviemem.com JOHN REID VINTAGE MOVIE MEMORABILIA PO Box 92 Palm Beach Qld 4221 Australia 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.
[MOPO] SUPERMAN a bad remake?
I just received this review from a friend... it seems oddly divergent for the industry reviews, which have been very positive. Anyone have any comments after having seen SUPERMAN (I haven't yet... and now I'm wondering if I should bother)? First, everybody in the cast is brilliant... somewhere else. Dialog? Odd to imagine that in a 2.5 hour film, there really wasn't much dialog, which I blame on problem two: the director. Bryan Singer blows as a director. Good X-Men, not great X-Men. Good documentary editor (AE's Superman story, although he excludes all comic book references that he swipes from: read on). The script, co-written by Singer, has almost nothing new past the original Chris Reeve film 25 years ago. In fact, some of the same lines are re-delivered in this redeux-doo. Hiring the best cast is one thing; giving them literally no wiggle room to use their stuff is another. Go back 25 years and marvel at the effects, then jump to 2006 and tell everybody that the $300 million budget is all on the screen? Hrumph: we must've been at a smaller screen, because nothing got past the point of teasing us that something better was about to happen. It never does. Hype revolved around Singer, his sexual orientation, Routh's package, Spacey's method acting, and anything other than what the film was about. Shades of Seinfeld! It's about two and a half hours long... that's what it's about. Hype aside, it NEVER delivers. If you've seen the trailers, you've seen the movie: no more surprises at all. All of Singer's hype, all of the build-up leads one to think that you're in for a major event. Nope. This is why it didn't play Cannes: it was a WB remake of the original Reeve film, and this Krytonian fan is mighty disappointed. -- Marcus 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.
Re: [MOPO] SUPERMAN a bad remake?
Jr, Its worth the bother, as my friends have reported. I am waiting to go to Imax to see the 2 0 min 3d presentation during the second half. I think your friend would have enjoyed the film but alas he failed to remove the stick up his ass. freeman fisher8601 west knoll drive #7west hollywood, ca90069 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.
Re: [MOPO] SUPERMAN a bad remake?
Freeman:
Plainly put, if you liked the Christopher Reeve
Superman films you will probably like this new versionor is it
really new??
Director Brian Singer manages to emulate just
about everything from the Reeve films (--you'd swear it was shot on 1970s Kodak
Film stock--)includingLuthoronce again moving heaven and earth
(--especially earth --) to secure lucrative beachfront property, too much
Lois Lane (Kate Bosworth) and yet another reprise
ofSuperman carrying the lovely Ms.Lane on another moonlight glide
around the Big Apple...
It's not Superman Returns, it's
Superman Re-Hash.
Newcomer Brandon Routh is suitably stoic -- though
a bit young -- as Krypton's sole survivor and offers an effective
imitation of Reeve's bumbling, dorkyClark Kent. The physical resemblance
is downright eerie at times. If you were hoping for a Kentwith
commanding presence -- ala George Reeves -- you'll be sorely disappointed.
Not that therearen't some nice touches.
Both Noel Neill and Jack Larson make cameo appearances,there's a nod to
the Superman pose on the cover of Action Comics #1, and director
Singerliftslighting, shots andat least one scene fromthe
Fleischer Superman cartoons.The Christ
symbolismis also in full focus this time around
("I am sending you, my only, son to Earth") and Superman is referred to as a
"savior" on more than occasion.
Special effects have come along way since the
Reeves films and the flying sequencesare eye-defying.
Still, the senseof wonderment so integral to
the character seems to have been leftback on Krypton
Earl Blair
CAPTAIN BIJOU
No stick here.
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Jr,
Its worth the bother, as my friends have reported. I
am waiting to go to Imax to see the 2 0 min 3d presentation
during the second half. I think your friend would have enjoyed the film
but alas he failed to remove the stick up his ass.
freeman fisher8601 west knoll drive #7west hollywood,
ca90069
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[MOPO] Box Office vs. Inflation
Y'all, For your 4th of July weekend browsing: I've mentioned this site before, but it keeps getting better (beats out IMDB.com for my money for quick, detailed info on films) and their inflation-adjusted comparison is based on relative ticket prices worldwide throughout the last century, which seems the only practical way to calculate it, so here's a great place to compare what the top 100 films throughout history have *really* made: http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/adjusted.htm -- JR 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.
Re: [MOPO] SUPERMAN a bad remake? Why I love Anthony Lane
KRYPTOLOGY by ANTHONY LANE “Superman Returns.” Issue of 2006-07-03 Posted 2006-06-26 A passing demographer, faced with a crowd lining up to watch “Superman Returns,” will find much cause for reflection. There, in heady profusion, will be the flower of American youth, all of them waiting—with that blend of sullenness and agitation peculiar to teen- age boys—to see whether the special effects will meet their fastidious standards. With them will be parents of both sexes, affecting tedium but actually in the throes of a hidden thrill, hoping for a nostalgic return to the Christmas of 1978, when they necked in the back row to the surge of the John Williams score and the voice of Christopher Reeve. Dotted here and there will be Supermaniacs—some of them sporting red underpants, others in panty hose of royal blue, none of them happily married. Last, and quite alone, will be a weary cinéaste, submitting himself to two and a half hours of blockbuster because, and only because, it represents a final chance to witness the union of Eva Marie Saint and Marlon Brando. They do not physically meet onscreen, but, for fans of “On the Waterfront,” simply to see them together under the auspices of a single movie will be enough. Saint, her beauty still rendered mysterious by that faint air of distraction, plays the mother who adopted Superman when he first fell to earth, and to whom he now pays a return plummet, travelling back to the family homestead by fireball. Brando resumes the role of Jor-El, which sounds to me like a failed airline but is in fact the Kryptonish name of our hero’s father. What this entails is a posthumous holographic rerun of Brando’s meringue-haired turn from the original movie; as Jor-El drones instructions to his son (“You will see my life through your eyes”), moviegoers will be asking why, if the director, Bryan Singer, was hellbent on resurrecting a Brando performance, he had to pick this one. Why not bring back Terry Malloy, from “On the Waterfront,” mumbling reassurance from a bloodied mouth? Who wouldn’t take advice from Stanley Kowalski? Or Colonel Kurtz? One scene with him and even the Man of Steel would snap. Superman, we learn, has been AWOL for five years. He claims to have been visiting his native planet, now a ruinous wasteland. Having dropped in on Mother, he travels to Metropolis in the guise of Clark Kent and retrieves his old job on the Daily Planet. Its editor is Perry White (Frank Langella), whose nephew Richard (James Marsden) combines the tasks of assistant editor and swain to Lois Lane (Kate Bosworth). Lois herself, far from lying idle during Superman’s absence, has by now amassed (a) a son and (b) a Pulitzer Prize, for her essay titled “Why the World Doesn’t Need Superman.” Hell hath no fury like an earthling scorned. Also back in the saddle is Lex Luthor (Kevin Spacey), who has been refining his vocation as an anti-Robin Hood: stealing from the rich, giving to himself, and not even considering the poor. With his band of merry thugs, he grabs magic crystals from Superman’s arctic hideout, which is wondrously framed as a kind of frozen cathedral. What these are I never really gathered, but their potency is plain: just add water, and bang goes the power supply of the Eastern United States. Add more crystals to more water, and up from the seabed rises a fresh landmass, on which—if you are Luthor—you plan to build a whole new continent of your own devising. Picture my disappointment as I realized that, for all the pizzazz of “Superman Returns,” its global weapon of choice would not be terrorism, or nuclear piracy, or dirty bombs. It would be real estate. What does Warner Bros. have in mind for the next installment? Superman overhauls corporate pension plans? Luthor screws Medicare? Spacey certainly enjoys himself in the part, there being nobody else for him to enjoy, and he sprinkles a few grace notes over the basic maleficence. “Krryptonite,” he trills, in celebration of Superman’s least favorite substance. Our villain’s dress sense, too, like that of Parker Posey in the role of his disposable sidekick, has a lustre and a fussy correctness that are tailored to within a quarter inch of camp. Spacey must be one of the few men in the business who can slip into chocolate corduroy and get away with it. I saw him onstage last year, when he played Dexter in a revival of “The Philadelphia Story,” and the arch tone of his delivery gave some of his speeches the swing and kick of a song; all that suavity came to naught, however, when you noticed the wrinkles in his tuxedo—not his fault, just a cinched theatrical budget. Here, in a film that cost more than two hundred million dollars, the clothing is without flaw (save for a polar-white overcoat, which Dick Tracy should have refused to lend out), but the character beneath is in tatters. Spacey
Re: [MOPO] The best advertising for a movie poster dealer, its free
I always thought it was "ZOLTAN" from the Tom Hanks Movie "BIG" David Kuspa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Now who's making things up, Bruce?Everyone knows it's "Zontar, from the planet Venus".Or did you mean "Zoltar from the planet Spectra"?;-)_Davidon 6/30/06 11:23 AM, Bruce Hershenson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Of course, one obvious answer is that they would like to add the items they are bidding to their inventories, and the paranoid among you will surely think it is the result of some "price support strategy" or some "complex shill bidding scheme", and all I can say is that to me those ideas sound like something that came from "Zoltan, from the planet Boolebah".Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com___How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing ListSend a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-LThe author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail Beta. 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.
[MOPO] Need Some Help !!
Hey Guys, Does anyone know how you would findsomeone's ebay user I.d. with justtheir email address? I typed in this person's email address and it comes up as a valid ebay user, but for privacy issues, it doesn't list their ebay user I.d. The reason I ask is that I want to be able to block this person from bidding on my auctions. I would appreciate any help. Thank you. Sue Heim www.hollywoodposterframes.com (800) 463-2994 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.
[MOPO] Superman Returns/THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
I saw SUPERMAN RETURNS in Imax 3D on Wednesday. I was pretty disappointed. The film was so grossly overproduced that any sense of story or character development was totally lost. Kevin Spacey, who should have had a ball as Lex Luthor, was sleep-walking through his performance. The actress who played Lois Lane, Kate Bosworth, is about as appealing in this role as one of those yuppie women on the bus riding to their jobs at a law office downtown. She made me yearn for an interesting take on the character, like Margot Kidder, dare I say it? Overall, a bland film sinking under the Titanic-like weight of its production values. Indeed disappointing. On a more upbeat note, I saw THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA last night. Now that's an incredibly entertaining movie and if Meryl Streep doesn't win an Oscar for that performance, there's NO JUSTICE! Channing Thomson in San Francisco 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.
Re: [MOPO] SUPERMAN a bad remake?
i saw it...would characterize the movie as watchable with a few choice entertaining moments but not much else...spacey was very good...Reeves had an ability to show us different emotions which routh lack's...what could have made this movie better?...more interaction between luthor and supremangeeez supreman nevers lays a hand on lex,gets his but kicked in one scene and thats about it folks...happy holidays-MoPo List mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU wrote: -To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDUFrom: JR [EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent by: MoPo List mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDUDate: 07/31/2006 01:54PMSubject: [MOPO] SUPERMAN a bad remake?I just received this review from a friend... it seems oddly divergent for the industry reviews, which have been very positive. Anyone have any comments after having seen SUPERMAN (I haven't yet... and now I'm wondering if I should bother)?"First, everybody in the cast is brilliant... somewhereelse. Dialog? Odd to imagine that in a 2.5 hour film,there really wasn't much dialog, which I blame onproblem two: the director.Bryan Singer blows as a director. Good X-Men, notgreat X-Men. Good documentary editor (AE's Supermanstory, although he excludes all comic book referencesthat he swipes from: read on). The script, co-writtenby Singer, has almost nothing new past the originalChris Reeve film 25 years ago. In fact, some of thesame lines are re-delivered in this redeux-doo. Hiringthe best cast is one thing; giving them literally nowiggle room to use their stuff is another. Go back 25years and marvel at the effects, then jump to 2006 andtell everybody that the $300 million budget is all onthe screen? Hrumph: we must've been at a smallerscreen, because nothing got past the point of teasingus that something better was about to happen. It neverdoes. Hype revolved around Singer, his sexualorientation, Routh's "package", Spacey's methodacting, and anything other than what the film wasabout. Shades of Seinfeld! It's about two and a halfhours long... that's what it's about. Hype aside, itNEVER delivers. If you've seen the trailers, you've seen the movie: nomore surprises at all. All of Singer's hype, all ofthe build-up leads one to think that you're in for amajor event. Nope. This is why it didn't play Cannes:it was a WB remake of the original Reeve film, andthis Krytonian fan is mighty disappointed.-- Marcus"Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing ListSend 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.
Re: [MOPO] SUPERMAN a bad remake?
Only the Hulk could kick Superman's butt.
Maybe also The Mighty Thor ('cause he's a God, you know!).
Saul
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i saw it...would characterize the movie as watchable with a few
choice entertaining moments but not much else...spacey was very good...Reeves
had an ability to show us different emotions which routh lack's...what could
have made this movie better?...more interaction between luthor and
supremangeeez supreman nevers lays a hand on lex,gets his but kicked in
one scene and thats about it folks...happy holidays-MoPo List mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU wrote:
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mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDUDate: 07/31/2006 01:54PMSubject:
[MOPO] SUPERMAN a bad remake?I just
received this review from a friend... it seems oddly divergent for the
industry reviews, which have been very positive. Anyone have any comments
after having seen SUPERMAN (I haven't yet... and now I'm wondering if I
should bother)?"First, everybody in the cast is brilliant...
somewhereelse. Dialog? Odd to imagine that in a 2.5 hour film,there
really wasn't much dialog, which I blame onproblem two: the
director.Bryan Singer blows as a director. Good X-Men, notgreat
X-Men. Good documentary editor (AE's Supermanstory, although he
excludes all comic book referencesthat he swipes from: read on). The
script, co-writtenby Singer, has almost nothing new past the
originalChris Reeve film 25 years ago. In fact, some of thesame
lines are re-delivered in this redeux-doo. Hiringthe best cast is one
thing; giving them literally nowiggle room to use their stuff is
another. Go back 25years and marvel at the effects, then jump to 2006
andtell everybody that the $300 million budget is all onthe screen?
Hrumph: we must've been at a smallerscreen, because nothing got past the
point of teasingus that something better was about to happen. It
neverdoes. Hype revolved around Singer, his sexualorientation,
Routh's "package", Spacey's methodacting, and anything other than what
the film wasabout. Shades of Seinfeld! It's about two and a
halfhours long... that's what it's about. Hype aside, itNEVER
delivers. If you've seen the trailers, you've seen the movie:
nomore surprises at all. All of Singer's hype, all ofthe build-up
leads one to think that you're in for amajor event. Nope. This is why it
didn't play Cannes:it was a WB remake of the original Reeve film,
andthis Krytonian fan is mighty disappointed.--
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Re: [MOPO] (MOPO) Whose Signature is This?
Thanks for your help Channing and Kirby Its quite unusual for a signature to appear on an Australian one sheet http://www.johnreid.helpinghost.com/CAPTAINFROMCASTILLE1SH.jpg John NEW Website: www.moviemem.com JOHN REID VINTAGE MOVIE MEMORABILIA PO Box 92 Palm Beach Qld 4221 Australia - Original Message - From: channinglylethomson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2006 2:45 AM Subject: Re: [MOPO] (MOPO) Whose Signature is This? John -- I believe it is Sergio Gargiulo. He was at Fox in the US and also did MY DARLING CLEMENTINE one sheet from 1946: Clementine: http://www.learnaboutmovieposters.com/posters/db/poster.asp?pid=5461 Hope that helps. Channing Thomson in SF On Jul 1, 2006, at 1:07 AM, JOHN REID Vintage Movie Memorabilia wrote: Any help on whose signature this might be would be much appreciated (from a Captain from Castile one sheet) http://www.johnreid.helpinghost.com/CAPTAINFROMCASTILLE1SH2.jpg NEW Website: www.moviemem.com JOHN REID VINTAGE MOVIE MEMORABILIA PO Box 92 Palm Beach Qld 4221 Australia 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.
[MOPO] Superman isn't spectacular. So what?
** For god's sakes -- THIS IS A STORY ABOUT A MAN WHO WEARS RED AND BLUE TIGHTS! If you have to think about this too deeply, DON'T go. All that matters to most is whether the film's 2 1/2 hours are a waste of time. It might be for hyper-intellectual-effetes and geeks -- but it was OK for me. United 93 it's not. Spider-Man 2 it's not. A best picture it's not. ** We saw it, liked it and thought it was excellent, not spectacular. ** Unlike dramas or reality-based comedies, most people re-arrange expectations going into a picture like this, based as it is on an American comic-book icon dating back to 1938. They do the same for fantasy or children's films like Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith. And this is truly family entertainment NOT aimed at people who read the New Yorker. Think E.T. or a kid's film without too many swear words or any cinematic close-ups of Brandon Routh's package. This is Superman Returns. ** It's just a movie; it's popcorn entertainment, for goodness sakes -- stuff I prefer during the summer. If you're around kids a lot, this CAN make a difference. All this savior talk and reflections about script and method-acting-quality are too deep for me, man. Most people can do without pseudo-intellectual observations and psycho-analytic profundities being expressed in grave tones by anal-retentive critics. Imagine talking about Superman Returns like that when you go back to work next week. You might as well as wear the scarlet letter S for SNOB painted on your forehead. ** My feelings for Superman Returns were nostalgic. Brandon Routh isn't as good as Chris Reeve, but he comes close, and we esp. liked him during his Clark Kent scenes. I couldn't stand Superman III and IV, released in 1983 and 1987, respectively. Seeing the plains of the Midwest and the Kent farmhouse and outer space and Metropolis felt like re-visiting an old friend. Superman Returns -- with all of its flaws -- could've been horrific. Instead, it's a miracle that ANY of it works. It's reminiscent at times of the epic sweep director Richard Donner successfully applied to his 1978 (and still superior) classic. ** Breaking down Superman Returns like Citizen Kane, with pretentious references like those found in reviews like Anthony Lane's -- is elitist thinking we expect from the New Yorker. I love the New Yorker, but this is the same magazine that went orgasmic about the titanic historic relevance of Brokeback Mountain, which I guarantee will be proven wrong within 2 years. It's dumb trying to sift anything political or religious out of Superman Returns, but people won't stop trying. ** In the end, we enjoyed being in an audience sprinkled with kids and old fogeys with glasses and gray hair. It's that simple. By September, all of this, including what everybody's written, will be forgotten. -koose. 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.
[MOPO] FA: Exploitation Posters
Hey Everybody, Capitol Posters has a group of really cool exploitation posters up on ebay, closing Sunday, featuring burlesque, strippers, bad girls and jungle thrills. Here is the link. http://stores.ebay.com/Capitol-Posters_Movie-Memorabilia-Auctions_W0QQcolZ4QQdirZQ2d1QQfsubZ2QQftidZ2QQtZkm The price is right so check them out. Thanks!Fontaine www.tshirtsoup.com 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.
Re: [MOPO] Superman isn't spectacular. So what?
I agree with David. I wasn't expecting too much from the film as far as great acting. Saw it at the Imax theatre in the Tropicana casino in Atlantic City. I wanted to see how the 20 minutes of 3-D looked considering it was not filmed in 3-D. Looked very impressive on the large Imax screen.David Kusumoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ** For god's sakes -- THIS IS A STORY ABOUT A MAN WHO WEARS RED AND BLUE TIGHTS! If you have to think about this too deeply, DON'T go. All that matters to most is whether the film's 2 1/2 hours are a waste of time. It might be for hyper-intellectual-effetes and geeks -- but it was OK for me. "United 93" it's not. "Spider-Man 2" it's not. A best picture it's not.** We saw it, liked it and thought it was excellent, not spectacular.** Unlike dramas or "reality-based" comedies, "most" people re-arrange expectations going into a picture like this, based as it is on an American comic-book icon dating back to 1938. They do the same for fantasy or children's films like "Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith." And this is truly family entertainment NOT aimed at people who read the New Yorker. Think "E.T." or a kid's film without too many swear words or any cinematic close-ups of Brandon Routh's package. This is "Superman Returns."** It's just a movie; it's popcorn entertainment, for goodness sakes -- stuff I prefer during the summer. If you're around kids a lot, this CAN make a difference. All this "savior" talk and reflections about script and method-acting-quality are "too deep" for me, man. Most people can do without pseudo-intellectual observations and psycho-analytic profundities being expressed in "grave tones" by anal-retentive critics. Imagine talking about "Superman Returns" like that when you go back to work next week. You might as well as wear the scarlet letter "S" for SNOB painted on your forehead.** My feelings for "Superman Returns" were nostalgic. Brandon Routh isn't as good as Chris Reeve, but he comes close, and we esp. liked him during his Clark Kent scenes. I couldn't stand Superman III and IV, released in 1983 and 1987, respectively. Seeing the plains of the Midwest and the Kent farmhouse and outer space and Metropolis felt like re-visiting an old friend. "Superman Returns" -- with all of its flaws -- could've been horrific. Instead, it's a miracle that ANY of it works. It's reminiscent at times of the epic sweep director Richard Donner successfully applied to his 1978 (and still superior) classic.** Breaking down "Superman Returns" like "Citizen Kane," with pretentious references like those found in reviews like Anthony Lane's -- is elitist thinking we expect from the New Yorker. I love the New Yorker, but this is the same magazine that went orgasmic about the titanic historic relevance of "Brokeback Mountain," which I guarantee will be proven wrong within 2 years. It's dumb trying to sift anything political or religious out of "Superman Returns," but people won't stop trying.** In the end, we enjoyed being in an audience sprinkled with kids and old fogeys with glasses and gray hair. It's that simple. By September, all of this, including what everybody's written, will be forgotten.-koose. 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-LThe 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.
Re: [MOPO] Need Some Help !!
Sue: I just tried this out and it worked fine for revealing an ebay ID: http://search.ebay.com/ws/search/AdvSearch?sofindtype=25 If they are outside USA it might be more difficult (impossible) as other countries have stricter privacy laws that eBay assiduously applies. HTH -Erich www.posterdemic.com/auctions From: MoPo List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Susan HeimSent: Saturday, July 01, 2006 4:18 PMTo: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDUSubject: [MOPO] Need Some Help !! Hey Guys, Does anyone know how you would findsomeone's ebay user I.d. with justtheir email address? I typed in this person's email address and it comes up as a valid ebay user, but for privacy issues, it doesn't list their ebay user I.d. The reason I ask is that I want to be able to block this person from bidding on my auctions. I would appreciate any help. Thank you. Sue Heim www.hollywoodposterframes.com (800) 463-2994 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.
[MOPO] WTB: Babylon 5 posters
Hello everyone. One subset of the posters I collect are those of the tv sci-fi series called Babylon 5 and its offshoots (such as Crusade). If you have any original material to offer, I am always interested in considering new purchases. While I prefer posters in the one sheet size or thereabouts (many are approximately 25 x 38), I will consider any interested posters of any kind. Thanks for taking the time to consider my request. Holiday Russell [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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.
Re: [MOPO] Need Some Help !!
Sue, I just tried it again and it appears to not work unless you have had a transaction with that person. Might not be possible unless they've bid on or maybe even won an item from you! -Erich From: MoPo List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Susan HeimSent: Saturday, July 01, 2006 4:18 PMTo: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDUSubject: [MOPO] Need Some Help !! Hey Guys, Does anyone know how you would findsomeone's ebay user I.d. with justtheir email address? I typed in this person's email address and it comes up as a valid ebay user, but for privacy issues, it doesn't list their ebay user I.d. The reason I ask is that I want to be able to block this person from bidding on my auctions. I would appreciate any help. Thank you. Sue Heim www.hollywoodposterframes.com (800) 463-2994 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.
Re: [MOPO] Superman Returns/THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
Channing, totally agree with your verdict on Devil Wears Prada. Recommended on this hot weekend. -Erich -Original Message- From: MoPo List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of channinglylethomson Sent: Saturday, July 01, 2006 4:34 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: [MOPO] Superman Returns/THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA I saw SUPERMAN RETURNS in Imax 3D on Wednesday. I was pretty disappointed. The film was so grossly overproduced that any sense of story or character development was totally lost. Kevin Spacey, who should have had a ball as Lex Luthor, was sleep-walking through his performance. The actress who played Lois Lane, Kate Bosworth, is about as appealing in this role as one of those yuppie women on the bus riding to their jobs at a law office downtown. She made me yearn for an interesting take on the character, like Margot Kidder, dare I say it? Overall, a bland film sinking under the Titanic-like weight of its production values. Indeed disappointing. On a more upbeat note, I saw THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA last night. Now that's an incredibly entertaining movie and if Meryl Streep doesn't win an Oscar for that performance, there's NO JUSTICE! Channing Thomson in San Francisco 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.
Re: [MOPO] Superman Returns/THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
I never warmed to Margot Kidder's 'Lois Lane'. Although, fine in other roles, I never liked her take on the character. Couldn't understand what Clark / Superman would see in her? Not a very nice person it seems and not enough meat on her bones either .. a female 'Skelator' in some shots! I haven't seen the new SUPERMAN yet and given my schedule, will have to wait for the DVD. Thanks for the word on 'THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA' . Shelly Original Message Follows From: channinglylethomson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: channinglylethomson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: [MOPO] Superman Returns/THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2006 13:34:29 -0700 I saw SUPERMAN RETURNS in Imax 3D on Wednesday. I was pretty disappointed. The film was so grossly overproduced that any sense of story or character development was totally lost. Kevin Spacey, who should have had a ball as Lex Luthor, was sleep-walking through his performance. The actress who played Lois Lane, Kate Bosworth, is about as appealing in this role as one of those yuppie women on the bus riding to their jobs at a law office downtown. She made me yearn for an interesting take on the character, like Margot Kidder, dare I say it? Overall, a bland film sinking under the Titanic-like weight of its production values. Indeed disappointing. On a more upbeat note, I saw THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA last night. Now that's an incredibly entertaining movie and if Meryl Streep doesn't win an Oscar for that performance, there's NO JUSTICE! Channing Thomson in San Francisco 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. _ Be the first to hear what's new at MSN - sign up to our free newsletters! http://www.msn.co.uk/newsletters 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.
[MOPO] WTB First Men in the Moon and/or Rear Window
Interested in near mint inserts for First Men in the Moon and Rear Window. If anyone can help, please email me privately with prices and images. Thank you, Nathalie 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.
Re: [MOPO] Superman Returns/THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
Eve St. Marie looked HOT too for an old lady. --- Shelly Whitworth-King [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I never warmed to Margot Kidder's 'Lois Lane'. Although, fine in other roles, I never liked her take on the character. Couldn't understand what Clark / Superman would see in her? Not a very nice person it seems and not enough meat on her bones either .. a female 'Skelator' in some shots! I haven't seen the new SUPERMAN yet and given my schedule, will have to wait for the DVD. Thanks for the word on 'THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA' . Shelly Original Message Follows From: channinglylethomson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: channinglylethomson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: [MOPO] Superman Returns/THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2006 13:34:29 -0700 I saw SUPERMAN RETURNS in Imax 3D on Wednesday. I was pretty disappointed. The film was so grossly overproduced that any sense of story or character development was totally lost. Kevin Spacey, who should have had a ball as Lex Luthor, was sleep-walking through his performance. The actress who played Lois Lane, Kate Bosworth, is about as appealing in this role as one of those yuppie women on the bus riding to their jobs at a law office downtown. She made me yearn for an interesting take on the character, like Margot Kidder, dare I say it? Overall, a bland film sinking under the Titanic-like weight of its production values. Indeed disappointing. On a more upbeat note, I saw THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA last night. Now that's an incredibly entertaining movie and if Meryl Streep doesn't win an Oscar for that performance, there's NO JUSTICE! Channing Thomson in San Francisco 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. _ Be the first to hear what's new at MSN - sign up to our free newsletters! http://www.msn.co.uk/newsletters 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. __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com 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.
Re: [MOPO] Still looking 4 Attackof 50 Insert
if anyone cares to sell one. - Also looking for This Gun for Hire lobby card UNRESTORED with Alan Ladd holding V. Lake's limp body. - Also lookking for This Gun For Hire One Sheet Price is the keymust be 14K-16K. TIA --- Bruce Hershenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: JR A small correction to what you wrote. I DO charge actual shipping (plus $2 for packaging materials) some weeks (like this current week), but I only do so when the items vary in size, weight and/or value quite a bit, and there is no good way to charge a flat rate. Other weeks (when I sell mostly items of the same size), I charge a variable shipping charge, based on the total DOLLARS spent, and irregardless of the total number of items. The costs are these: If your order total is less than $20, U.S. shipping is $5.50 If your order total is $20 to $49.99, U.S. shipping is $7.00 If your order total is $50 to $399.99, U.S. shipping is $8.50 If your order total is $400 or over, U.S. shipping is $10.00 For those who live outside the U.S. I still charge actual shipping (plus $2 for packaging materials), because rates vary so much from country to country. The benefit of the above sliding scale is that those who just get a single cheap item get a break, and that is important as those people are the ones most likely to get upset over what they perceive as excessive shipping. Do I sometimes lose money? Sure. I almost never make even a penny. But it is worth it to have a standardized rate that all but the wackiest of collectors can live with. As to the packaging materials, I always use brand-new custom-made heavy duty boxes, tubes, and backing boards, and I spend the $2 I charge on 99% of the orders I send. I never get complaints about that $2 charge, once they see my packages and tubes! I wish all sellers would adopt these same standards, but I am not holding my breath waiting. For too many sellers (and major auction houses) shipping and handling charges are a major profit center. My least favorite sellers are those that charge a full per item charge for every item you get, and only combine the shipping if you complain (and say it was an error), thus pocketing a LOT of extra money from those who DON'T complain. Incidentally JR, I suggest you re-consider regularly mentioning me in a positive light. You might find that the Hershenson haters out there start attacking you, maybe even calling you a joke, and I wouldn't want that to happen, as I have a lot of respect for you and what you have accomplished. Bruce JR wrote: I agree with what Craig and others have been saying about pumped-up shipping and handling charges that some sellers implement. But I'd like to point out a couple of things: 1) This is a common practice for non-eBay mail-order companies and has been for decades. How many times have you seen the TV ad where they're going to send you a $75 dollar value for ONLY $9.95 and you look at the screen and it says $9.95 plus shipping handling and when you place the order you discover that shipping and handing is $19.95 or more? Using the shipping and handling charge as a way to offer absurdly low retail prices and still end up getting paid closer to a genuine retail price is a common practice,even with the big brand-name catalogs -- let's not pretend it's just an eBay issue. It's just that more and more of those sellers who have been doing regular mail-order and charging excessive shipping charges have now moved to doing business on eBay and have brought their decades-old techniques with them. 2) In a way, eBay encourages this kind of thing by prohibiting sellers from charging users who pay with PayPal or Credit Cards a processing fee. The seller is charged the processing fee -- it is a cost of doing business -- but they are not allowed to pass it on to the customers, at least not up front and honestly. They can't add it to the starting bid, because on all this low-cost stuff that makes their starting bids non-competitive with the 99-cent starting bids of their rivals on eBay. So, the only place left for them to recoup genuine cost-of-business expenses is by pumping up the shipping and handling charge. Note the handling term attached to shipping and handling -- that very clearly means they are not claiming that all of the charge will be spent on the actual shipping cost, but some of it is also for covering handling -- a code word for our cost of doing business and making the profit we feel we need to make to stay in business. So, pumped-up shipping and handling charges are nothing new and there's really nothing that eBay is going to be able to do about it, despite their public posturing. The only thing a buyer can do is be a smart shopper and check out various sellers and compare what their shipping and handling charges
[MOPO] Sell It For You EBAY Store
This is why it's good to work with an actual dealer. This SELL IT FOR YOU ON EBAY-type company is selling an ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT/BOGART Portal Publications poster for $999.99: item #320001410728 Channing Thomson in SF 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.
Re: [MOPO] Sell It For You EBAY Store
This is why it's good to work with an actual dealer. This SELL IT FOR YOU ON EBAY-type company is selling an ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT/BOGART Portal Publications poster for $999.99: I would think this proves that the sell-it-for-you store is better. No real poster dealer could get you $999 for that. ;-) 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.
