Re: [MOPO] Our very first Alamo Drafthouse poster!; What is YOUR opinion of these posters?

2009-06-06 Thread Erich Linder
Some are great, most I couldn't care less about, just like most posters I guess. One of my favorites is for 2001: http://www.flickr.com/photos/japanese-movie-posters/3340269839/ I also like Ferris Bueller, Goldfinger, Tron, and Bullitt -- and I own all of them. Glad you're auctioning one, it wi

Re: [MOPO] My question to 300+ of you: Why are you a lurker on MoPo?

2009-06-06 Thread Richard Del Belso
And where is Walter Reuben? Richard Del Belso Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2009 11:25:02 -0400 From: dreamfact...@hollywooddreamfactory.com Subject: Re: [MOPO] My question to 300+ of you: Why are you a lurker on MoPo? To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU where is the mensch -Ira Rubenstein ?? havent s

Re: [MOPO] Our very first Alamo Drafthouse poster!; What is YOUR opinion of these posters?

2009-06-06 Thread allen day
Busy, busy.   ad --- On Sat, 6/6/09, Bruce Hershenson wrote: From: Bruce Hershenson Subject: [MOPO] Our very first Alamo Drafthouse poster!; What is YOUR opinion of these posters? To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Date: Saturday, June 6, 2009, 8:24 AM After auctioning around 400,000 items,

Re: [MOPO] For Jeff-Off Topic

2009-06-06 Thread Jeff Potokar
tom, your emails are getting to me (directly)... its only my replies to you that are bouncing back to me. jeff On Jun 6, 2009, at 7:05 PM, Tom A. Pennock wrote: Hi Jeff: I don't know what is wrong with AOL. Also tried to pay Cinemaffiche but their payment system will not work. I want

[MOPO] For Jeff-Off Topic

2009-06-06 Thread Tom A. Pennock
Hi Jeff: I don't know what is wrong with AOL. Also tried to pay Cinemaffiche but their payment system will not work. I want the poster badly but can't buy it since the system is rejected by my bank time and time again. I hope they can take Paypal. This is the ONLY way I can get a payment to

Re: [MOPO] Our very first Alamo Drafthouse poster!; What is YOUR opinion of these posters?

2009-06-06 Thread John Waldman
Looks like the same poster art that was used for the DS 27 x 40" to me.  Also used for the DVD cover. Note the art of David Carradine on the upper left of the poster. John Waldman From: Bruce Hershenson To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Saturday, June 6,

[MOPO] OT-tom pennock

2009-06-06 Thread Jeff Potokar
tom..it failed again.. said your computer is refusing emails. is that your only email address? Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List

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2009-06-06 Thread Jeff Potokar
tom, i just tried to reply to your email.. and it bounced back to me twice.. delivery failure. jeff Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List

Re: [MOPO] Who is your personal choice for the "most evil" human movie villai...

2009-06-06 Thread Bruce Hershenson
You would surely love Gary Oldman in True Romance (if you haven't seen it). He's only in five minutes of the movie, but he is as bad as you get. Bruce On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 5:09 PM, wrote: > Rick Masters (Willem DaFoe) To Live and Die In L.A.) > > I also like Gary Oldman's roles in Leon: The

Re: [MOPO] Who is your personal choice for the "most evil" human movie villai...

2009-06-06 Thread Kenwick Cook
Rick Masters (Willem DaFoe) To Live and Die In L.A.) I also like Gary Oldman's roles in Leon: The Professional and The Fifth Element I guess he's too much of a 'monster', but I like: Baron Vladamir Harkonnen (Kenneth MacMillan) Dune **Stay connected and tighten your budget with

Re: [MOPO] Who is your personal choice for the "most evil" human movie villain (one with NO supernatural powers)?

2009-06-06 Thread JANET ORAM
yep ditto, the Reverend Harry Powell is the one that shrieks evil bastard. Tracking down young children etc.. One that always chilled me to the bone was Damien's nanny: Mrs Maylock (Billie Whielaw) in The Omen (1976) and honourable mention would go to Friendo. Simon - Original Message --

[MOPO] American Idol

2009-06-06 Thread Roger Kim
Mopoers, I do not watch American Idol, however I was blessed to see Sanjaya perform a few times when he was a member of the Total Experience Gospel Choir. I almost complimented him on his performance once, but I didn't. That's too bad, because I would have been able to brag that I had a c

Re: [MOPO] OT: Adam Lanbert

2009-06-06 Thread Kirby McDaniel
I thought James Whitmore was MORE your type! Or Jay C. Flippen ~ ~ Love, K. On Jun 6, 2009, at 12:40 PM, Judith Weaver wrote: You're absolultely right, Greg. WHAT was I thinking of How could I have forgotten Ernest Borgnine?? All the best, Judith Judith Weaver 1457 Guava Avenue Melb

Re: [MOPO] OT: Adam Lanbert

2009-06-06 Thread Richard Evans
"Why are all the gorgeous men gay?" What about Ernest Borgnine? I guess he isn't mentioned as an example of a gorgeous man who isn't gay? I had no idea, not that it matters. And incidentally, rumour has it that our beleaguered Prime Minister is the world's worst dressed homosexual. Rich

Re: [MOPO] Our very first Alamo Drafthouse poster!; What is YOUR opinion of these posters?

2009-06-06 Thread Jeff Potokar
Their poster designs and layout remind me of the old Paint By Numbers printed canvases.. i recently saw a few including one for BLADE RUNNER and ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK. i wasn't impressed. Anyone have a brush and paint color A3 to fill in that cloud?? these, to me, are posters advertising the

Re: [MOPO] OT: Adam Lanbert

2009-06-06 Thread Judith Weaver
You're absolultely right, Greg. WHAT was I thinking of How could I have forgotten Ernest Borgnine?? All the best, Judith Judith Weaver 1457 Guava Avenue Melbourne, FL 32935 321-514-4861 - Original Message - From: "jbirddouglass" To: "Judith Weaver" Cc: Sent: Friday, June 05, 20

Re: [MOPO] BOB PEAK ARTWORK Exhibit in L.A.---Article in Today's L.A. Times

2009-06-06 Thread Rixposterz
Thought some of you MoPo'ers out there might be interested in this article. Rick _http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-peak6-2009jun06,0,5997258.s tory_ (http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-peak6-2009jun06,0

Re: [MOPO] David Carradine: The Plot Thickens - Posters

2009-06-06 Thread lobby card invasion
These come to mind: Death Race 2000 Deathsport Bound for Glory(on top of train) Long Riders Serpent's Egg Q and Mean Streets are classics, of course, but David's not on the poster. Zeev - Original Message - From: Toochis Morin To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Friday

Re: [MOPO] Our very first Alamo Drafthouse poster!; What is YOUR opinion of these posters?

2009-06-06 Thread Richard Evans
Something I forgot to mention. The whole issue of whether they are real ads or not. While very few of the print run may be posted up, the images get spread all over the web and the vast majority of the print run sold for profit. Not bad publicity at all, pretty smart. Rich On 6 Jun 2009, at

Re: [MOPO] G RATED sexual lines.............

2009-06-06 Thread Franc
"Is that a gun in your pocket or are you just glad to see me?" FRANC Much funnier than Mel Brooks' ten gallon hat paraphrase in Blazing Saddles. -Original Message- From: MoPo List [mailto:mop...@listserv.american.edu] On Behalf Of Michael B Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2009 12:38 PM To: Mo

Re: [MOPO] Our very first Alamo Drafthouse poster!; What is YOUR opinion of these posters?

2009-06-06 Thread Tom Kirby
I think the best of these posters (e.g. The Searchers, Goldfinger) will hold their value well, as will those where the art is better than the regular issues (e.g. Ferris Bueller's Day Off, one of the few I actually own). I've got Tyler Stout's Blade Runner which is okay and a Flight of the Conchor

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2009-06-06 Thread Alan Adler
HOWDY! FURTHER REDUCED PRICES! ENDING SATURDAY ON EBAY THIS MORNING! http://stores.ebay.com/Museum-Store-Gifts_MOVIE-POSTERS ARCH OF TRIUMPH (1947) INGRID BERGMAN LOBBY VF-XF! ATTACK OF THE 60 FT. CENTERFOLD (1995) SIGNED J.J.NORTH BEE GEES-LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND-LETTICK STORE POSTER! BL

Re: [MOPO] Our very first Alamo Drafthouse poster!; What is YOUR opinion of these posters?

2009-06-06 Thread Richard Evans
Like the idea of the company, don't mind the concept of these collectables, some of the designs are pretty good. But, for me, not the Tyler Stout ones, too cluttered, too samey. Not keen on whatever that illustrative technique of his is, looks computer generated to me, and rather characterless

Re: [MOPO] Our very first Alamo Drafthouse poster!; What is YOUR opinion of these posters?

2009-06-06 Thread Bruce Hershenson
Lots of good info, Kirby! I think that it is really good that these don't look like traditional movie posters, whether or not you like the "look" of them, because what would be the point if they looked pretty much the same? I understand the "Franklin Mint" comparision, and the makers of these wil

Re: [MOPO] Our very first Alamo Drafthouse poster!; What is YOUR opinion of these posters?

2009-06-06 Thread Kirby McDaniel
There may be no need for the quotation marks around that word COLLECTIBLES. I think there is a growing interest in these. MovieArt is beginning to carry them. I'm glad Bruce is auctioning this. I just upped the bid for fun. I'm curious as to the result. Incidentally, there are two Alamo D

Re: [MOPO] Just FYI from ILoveFilms.Com

2009-06-06 Thread Bruce Hershenson
Best of luck! Do you have to stay overnight on the way back, or is it a one day drive? Because if you have to stay somewhere, consider somewhere with a good enclosed garage, because a U-haul parked outside a motel is a real temptation to thieves (not very hard to break a padlock). Bruce On Sat, J

[MOPO] Just FYI from ILoveFilms.Com

2009-06-06 Thread Richard Auras
I don't think I have anything pending with anyone on the group but just a mention that I will be starting my week trip tomorrow.  I'll be flying out at the crack of dark tomorrow morning to spend time with family in Delaware and driving a me-haul back starting Wednesday.  I'll be taking the most

Re: [MOPO] Our very first Alamo Drafthouse poster!; What is YOUR opinion of these posters?

2009-06-06 Thread Dave Rosen
Some are quite good, most are not terribly interesting and the whole enterprise has the whiff of The Franklin Mint about it; ie, instant "collectibles" created expressly for the collector market. But to each his (or her) own... Dave - Original Message - From: Bruce Hershenson T

Re: [MOPO] Our very first Alamo Drafthouse poster!; What is YOUR opinion of these posters?

2009-06-06 Thread Richard Auras
Pretty cool with that Retro look.  We have one of these theatres located here in San Antonio Texas as well and I have yet to go there.  I got 2 free passes to it just this week as a birthday gift from a local radio station (I turned half a century old today) so will have to check it out soon.  I

Re: [MOPO] Our very first Alamo Drafthouse poster!; What is YOUR opinion of these posters?

2009-06-06 Thread Glenn Taranto
I find it a bit busy myself... Glenn T. - Original Message - From: Bruce Hershenson To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Saturday, June 06, 2009 5:24 AM Subject: [MOPO] Our very first Alamo Drafthouse poster!; What is YOUR opinion of these posters? After auctioning arou

[MOPO] Our very first Alamo Drafthouse poster!; What is YOUR opinion of these posters?

2009-06-06 Thread Bruce Hershenson
After auctioning around 400,000 items, we finally are auctioning our very first Alamo Drafthouse poster! For those of you who don't know, the Alamo Drafthouse is a restaurant/theater located in Austin, Texas. They create their own posters for showings of movies. The posters are produced in limited

Re: [MOPO] Who is your personal choice for the "most evil" human movie villain (one with NO supernatural powers)?

2009-06-06 Thread Helmut Hamm
You missed my favorite: David Patrick Kelly (Luther) in THE WARRIORS. I first saw the movie in the summer of '79, and he's still my role model. Helmut This week, we are asking you for the "most evil" movie villain. We are arbitrarily excluding all monsters, animated characters, and any s