Microchip

On 11/7/2023 at 3:45 PM, Eclipse said:

I would, because of this strike me and my whole union have been out of work since june.

In terms of independent productions, outside of the main studio's is there anything available?

Is it just the streaming platforms that are locked down, feeding their own content.   But there are independent content producers with Amazon etc.

Hopefully I'm not being grossly naive here about how the whole system works from your side 

On 11/7/2023 at 2:28 AM, TupennyConan said:

Never quit your day job, unless...

If AMPTP has reached a hardball, firm & final offer, then they must have some alternative to SAG ready to go.   

"firm & final offer" that is so hollow, you can hear an echo coming out of it.

The studio exec's think they hold some kinda of winning hand, which is obviously ridiculous to anyone trying to sit through most of the movies coming out at the moment.

On 8/27/2023 at 11:12 AM, Microchip said:

 

The old label, and the bottom right corner wasn't stained too badly with the usual yellow tinge, I had to have a shot at it.   The last two copies (9.6's) of these books I saw for sale was on Worldwide, both going for $10k each, last year IIRC.   So I'm happy with the outcome.

This book is M.I.A at Comiconnect.  

I've been fully refunded, and given priority at the same price, to buy the book as and when they manage to locate it.

On 11/5/2023 at 8:07 AM, batmiesta said:

The fact that the same book goes for a $200 price difference I meant, doesn't make sense. 

Bidders missed the first one, then chased the second copy harder.   They're last few seconds bids on the first book were too light, then they upped them on the next copy.

An entire series of Star Wars: Visons, with a distinct and unique flavour...  about young girls beating the empire with grit and tenacity.   

On 11/3/2023 at 9:43 AM, media_junkie said:

Not surprising due to the general apathy towards MCU right now.  The big question is "how much lower?"  I mean are we talking a loss of 5% viewership or 30%?

And yikes, just read the article, a 39% drop.  Wow!

This show was the high water mark for MCU creativity in the last 24 months or so.   It's disappointing to see it sliding.  But it's sliding on a weak story, the diversity angle hasn't been overt thankfully.

Let see how series 2 of What-if goes.   The episode with the made up Native American character reeks of "inclusion", but at this point, the plot was hatched within the deep grasp of Kathleen Kennedy's reign.   Too late to salvage expectations.

Hopefully it's not going to be nowhere near as bad as series 2 of Star Wars: Visions 

On 11/2/2023 at 3:49 AM, MatterEaterLad said:

I do worry that we'll eventually hit a peak, where an overwhelming number of older collectors sell/retire/die with no one to replace them.

As the market accumulates too many books without enough buyers, mid-grade SA flattens out for decades (or only matches inflation) while mega keys and ultra high-grade SA books skyrocket. 

The trends so far are strongly geared around the highest population books.   Guy's are subbing books in demand.   The total population of books out there is largely irrelevant, as the absolute population of a book is never listed for sale simultaneously.   We only ever see limited numbers of a given book offered for sale.   Demand is the strongest factor in determining what, are how many books come to the market.  

The market is self regulating.   The fluctuations in price will present, but total populations of books, has little or no impact on the price for books with mature populations.

ASM #300 35,000 copies out there..   HOT!

Spawn #1 32,000 copies out there...  HOT!

Wolverine Limited 1-4 49,000 copies out there... HOT!

Etc, etc, etc

The biggest subbed SA book is FF #48 with 9,000 copies.   The book couldn't be any more hot than it currently is.   

Mid grades books for keys are their own markets, book by book. For non-keys, mid grade books are a constant, flat price appreciation, that is a constant.   

On 11/2/2023 at 12:20 PM, Bosco685 said:

Not really.

The agency said it dropped him in the old news. Not why.

So they dropped him on hearsay?

On 11/2/2023 at 6:54 AM, Bosco685 said:

 

Isn't that old news, that he was cleared of? 

This third-party judiciary via social media is getting tiring.   We're meant to take the assertion of aggressive behaviour at face value, without any details at all, or right or reply from the accused?    Give me a break!

This  is way too old.

On 10/30/2023 at 8:06 AM, sartrexpress said:

Dam, thats a good looking 9.2!   Even with the iffy scan, it stands out.   Looking at the staples, those pages were never lifted too often.  

On 10/26/2023 at 5:42 AM, Bosco685 said:

Maybe he will show up to break up more fights between teenagers

 

Should have been in the Loki thread.   The video and the tv series give him the same amount of screen time 

On 10/26/2023 at 4:32 AM, The humble Watcher lurking said:

It's getting close to The Walking Dead #1 in price.

TWD #1 is calling off, Invincibles #1 CGC 9.8 are about $1,000 ahead right now.

On 10/25/2023 at 6:54 PM, Bosco685 said:

For me, I wouldn't compare Studio balance sheets to Tech. Different business stories between them.

So the question is a streaming service more aligned to a Tech company, or a movie studio?   I would lean towards tech, based on the growth strategy they are exhibiting.  

The same can be clearly said for music streamers as well, where contents providers are paid a pittance. 

It's a new model moved in on in the Movie business, hence why the writers are in the situation in the first place.   The rules of the game has already changed, and of course, employed wages are last to catch onto the fact.

On 10/25/2023 at 12:39 PM, WolverineX said:

9 copies of invincible 1 CBC 9.8

 sold around October 18th

Thats a very cool tool.   

On 10/25/2023 at 2:00 PM, drotto said:

It is very hard for the studios to commit to a more or less hard percentage like this based on fees not profit, especially when all streamers (except Netflix) have not figured out how to turn a profit.

None of the tech based companies chase profit.    They pursue balance sheet value, through % of market share.   They are not focussed on the profit and loss performance, that is secondary.   The model is creating the biggest audience, that can be leveraged at a future time, with a long profit tail.   The initial growth period is not about individual years profit or loss.   Growth is metric they're chasing.    Don't look at these companies even in 5-10 year picture, they're looking well past that.   Albeit, they might have sold their shares  before then.

The film industry is notorious for front loading costs into whatever production is currently going.   The SAG-AFTR need to pursue a cut of the gross revenue, and nothing else.   Otherwise they're just asking accepting a royal shafting.

On 10/13/2023 at 9:38 PM, Bosco685 said:

Yeah not helpful.

On 10/25/2023 at 10:54 AM, MattTheDuck said:

The colorization thing seems unneeded to me, although @Cman429 is exactly correct about people who refuse to watch black & white movies/TV shows etc.  They are in fact mostly younger and that's fine - to each his own.  The color spoiled the tribute to The Wizard of Oz (as noted above) but it's still a good story, well-told and I like it a lot.  I would have preferred a new "Halloween Special" featuring perhaps another Marvel Bronze character, but I don't all the time get what I want.  

The colorisation is a 70's tribute in itself.   The B&W was a tribute to the golden era of film.   Both were really enjoyable, I for one applaud the move.   A black and white release was innovative in this day and age, showing that great movies stand primarily on the emotion they generate, and not solely revolving around the vfx team.

On 10/25/2023 at 10:21 AM, PovertyRow said:

Well I watched the color version and was very pleased to see it was not Marvel Studios Color but much more Hanner Horror Technicolor with that 60s/70s feel! It was instandtly noticeable and made th color version actually just as cool as the B&W. Glas to see some creative minds are, well, creating.

They really did think this one through.    I watched it last night, and felt it hit all the requisites exceedingly well, cast, acting, story, and cinematography.   I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Episode 3 was a nice step up. Having Jonathan Majors in the episode definitely helped.

On 10/23/2023 at 10:59 PM, whomerjay said:

Poor choice to sell a book like that on eBay. Fees, potential for chargeback, book gets lost/damaged. Buyers factor in the risk in their bid as well.

Thats it in a nutshell.   The bay is not the place to be buying or selling big ticket items.  

I''m surprised the Hulk #1 was only a 20% margin under the Clink result.

On 10/18/2023 at 2:11 PM, N e r V said:

Couple of new editions in (2 copies of same book). Cartoonist Kayfabe thought this might be the greatest Charlton story. It’s pretty good for sure. I read it first as a reprint in 1970’s. Interesting story, use of panel structures and the mixing of color and black & white interiors. Even if you aren’t remotely interested in Charlton I’d recommend this book on those merits. Fred Hembeck did a knock off at one point…

 

 

 

If you zoom in on the face, you can see a striking resemblance to their editor.

On 10/23/2023 at 2:43 AM, ThothAmon said:

Group shot. 
 

A great group shot!

Any close ups to go with it?

On 10/20/2023 at 11:00 AM, Tnexus said:

If the $600 1099 limit goes through in 2023, I'd expect to see some prices drop early 2024.

Ebay would be top of the IRS's compliance reporting list for this item.   Though they only have addresses, not tax declarations in their clients account details.   Delivery address isn't proof of anything.

On 10/20/2023 at 10:45 AM, Cman429 said:

I don’t see how releasing a colored version is “profiting off it twice.” I suppose there’s a handful of rabid WWBN fans who might resubscribe to D+ to see the color version but that number is barely negligible. Snyder’s JLA was a billion times more popular and turned out that releasing his cut barely moved the needle on Max subscriptions. 

The reason they’re redoing it is likely twofold. First, there are some goofballs who absolutely refuse to watch anything black and white. It could be the greatest masterpiece of all time, they see b&w they skip it. Probably use TikTok too. The other reason is Disney is so broke they can’t do a Halloween special this year so they’re reusing last years. 

FWIW, this and the GOTG Christmas were the only two great Marvel originals D+ ever made. Everything else is either forgettable to utterly unwatchable. I’m glad they put WWBN on Hulu since I cancelled my D sub and it’s really the only one I ever had a desire to rewatch bc it was freakin awesome. 

The rabid WWBN crew has to be a tiny demographic, no?

I took the B&W release as a masterful nod to the golden era of cinema.   Lon Chaney Jr, Claude Reins, true legends in the pantheon of movie stars.     Friends who watched it, loved it.  WWBN already has 66,000 reviews on IMDB!   Thats a staggeringly strong response.   The B&W format was a winner.    This color version is a colorisation as well, the filter/fx effect looks appropriately selected.