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On 11/27/2023 at 3:35 PM, Chip Cataldo said:

Frankenstein is science fiction to me, and it doesn't necessarily have to have anything to do with outer space.

I feel the same way. 

On 11/26/2023 at 9:24 PM, VintageComics said:

I'm not sure if that's a joke or not?

I would think it would be higher than that. I personally wouldn't scan a back cover on a $40 book. 

I was joking.  Perhaps a $100+ might make more sense.  

On 11/26/2023 at 10:33 AM, VintageComics said:

I agree that back cover scans would be great. I think they now add them at certain dollar values but I'm not sure what the cutoff is. 

forty dollars?

On 11/18/2023 at 9:38 AM, VintageComics said:

Well, I guess "it wasn't me" but my apology fell on deaf ears, so....anyway...

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I'm going to move a post OUT of the Daredevil thread and into here to not take the Daredevil thread OT and offend people who obviously can't just ignore what they don't like. 

 

This brings up another excellent point that is worth discussing about watching shows, although in by extension it really applies to every area of life.

Media has changed the behavior of society by shortening our attention spans so that we quite literally act like squirrels chasing a nut in every aspect of life, from relationships to entertainment and it really is causing a cumulative negative effect across society. This lack of attention span causes people to crave something they're not getting but keep doing the same thing to try to get it rather than alter their behavior. 

The parallel here would be the sugar effect on the physical body. The brain runs on glucose and craves it. When people feel down, they turn to quick hits of sugar like soda or candy. This send a quick dopamine hit making the brain feel "good" in the same way a drug would, until that simple sugar runs out and then they get a serotonin crash that is just as bad as before they took the sugar hit, so they hit it again and repeat the cycle. 

What the body REALLY wants is complex carbs that break down slowly and feed the entire body in a measured way that the body doesn't crash from and if you don't actually FORCE YOURSELF to ignore the sugar craving and with intent, seek out the more complex carb, you become a slave to the sugary dopamine hits and serotonin crashes. 

What happens, is you never really figure out what it feels like to feel "normal" and people quite literally spend their entire lives living in this unhealthy cycle.

The reason I made that parallel is because movies and television are exactly the same. 

People quite literally watch television craving those dopamine hits.

Once you start on a series of poor quality television that feeds those sugar cravings (like men watching terrible television just to see scantily clad women, or women watching shows just to watch horrible patterns of behavior like gossip and sex the way soap operas offer) people quite literally spend their entire lives feeding themselves these things.

When you put a show in front of them that's quite well written, a little more complex and is a slower burn they won't find it entertaining.

I see it with my younger kids, who are on their phones and can't pay attention through the first 45 minutes of a movie where all of the complex carbs are being offered. 

I try to really give a show or a movie a chance, like you did if I'm interested as sometimes I can be "won over" if the quality is there. 

 

Did anyone enjoy the movie 1917?

I just watched it and was pleasantly blown away at the cinematography, writing, dialogue and acting. 

Yes, the wife and I really liked 1917.  Thought it was well filmed.  

On 11/17/2023 at 5:16 PM, VintageComics said:

I'm at a point where I just can't be bothered to watch mediocre stuff anymore. I'm old and my time is limited!

I've cut out the majority of my television and will usually only catch either an old movie I love or something new if I really feel it's worth my time. 

Every once in a while I come across a hidden gem that I think is great, or someone recommends something like the ARQ Sci Fi movie Paqart recommended which was incredible, for example. I'd NEVER have watched that movie otherwise but I thought it was better than anything Disney put out in the last 3-5 years (honestly).

And it was low budget - like $2MIL. The entire movie was pretty much filmed in one house. I normally HATE movies that are all filmed in one location such as movies all filmed in an airplane or a phone booth, but this movie was so well paced, well filmed and even well acted that it was GREAT. 

I just don't understand how someone can spend $2MIL and make a great film but "the pros" spend $250MIL and make a flop. The formula is absolutely broken and it needs to be thrown away and reinvented.

And that doesn't mean Feige needs to go. What it means is that Feige needs to be given total control with zero pressure from the bosses because THAT was the formula that worked. 

Feige may have "total control", wink, wink, but Iger (or Disney / Chapek / whatever outside forces there are that we previously discussed) ABSOLUTELY are still influencing Feige and it's apparent. They've openly admitted it. 

Even if it's just pressure to produce more content (as the execs yell from the back office "WE NEED ANOTHER RECORD") it is RUINING THE COMPANY.

The best art comes from the artist, not from the accountant. 

 

I liked the show "The Expanse" once I got past the first four episodes.  Nearly quit watching until episode five.  Series was awesome! 

I pretty much bag and board each comic regardless of value.  I just like having all my comics this way. 

I'll see this movie after Thanksgiving (If it's still playing in the theaters ).  Seems like this one is a dud from the box office ticket sales and comments here on the board.  I'll find out.

On 11/9/2023 at 11:57 AM, Bosco685 said:

300

 

300 was such a fantastic movie.  Agree with just about everything fantastic_four above stated.  Really really enjoyed watching this movie.  I've also seen this about 10 to 15 times.  Have the DVD of course.  I play certain scenes all the time.

On 11/8/2023 at 3:35 PM, The Brain said:

 

In the stories, Jack Reacher was a major in the US Army's military police. Having left the Army at age 36.

 

Alan Ritchson :  is 41, and will be 42 having been born

• November 28, 1982

Yes, it's just the dialog in the books seemed to make him a bit older.  Thanks for the facts on this. 

I plan on seeing this movie most likely in a couple of weeks.  Just too busy with other things going on right now.  I hope it's good. 

I've read about all of Lee Child's books on Jack Reacher. Most of the books are awesome reads...real pager turners.   The TV show is pretty good too.  Really looking forward to this new season.  1st season was great.  
At first I was turned off on the movies being played by Tom Cruise as Jack Reacher in the books is a big dude more like the TV show.  I would think Jack Reacher should be older in the TV show.
The movies are actually pretty good as well after all.   

I'm getting ready to drive down to MCS and drop off some CGC books and some raws in a few weeks.  
So much better then stressing about mailing them out to another auction house and hoping they get there without being damaged despite my 
tight packaging and it's much cheaper.  I'm fortunate to live close enough to justify driving there. 

On 10/31/2023 at 3:44 AM, Bosco685 said:

Same here. I really enjoyed this film.

Will watch it very soon.  Slipped thru the cracks somehow. Forgot about it. 

On 10/31/2023 at 1:49 AM, VintageComics said:

A friend of mine is a nanny for the family of the creator of that movie. 

She didn't like it and from what I've heard it hasn't been well received during previews either. 

Shame, since the guy is a rising mogul in Hollywood with an incredibly unique way of paying the talent. 

Instead of paying huge sums of money to the talent, everyone gets a percentage of the profits post production, keeping the budget extremely small but netting the same profits. Smart cookie.

He's made a LOT of very successful films and is responsible for the Purge series, The Invisible Man remake and many others. 

I particularly liked the Invisible Man. I thought it was brilliant. 

I'm going to watch "Invisible Man" very soon.  I forgot about this one somehow.  

On 10/17/2023 at 3:39 PM, Bosco685 said:

Nice. I will watch this. 

On 10/12/2023 at 6:32 AM, Tec-Tac-Toe said:

My submission of five copies each of Golden Age Action Comics 1, Batman 1, Detective Comics 27, and Superman 1 vanished and never reappeared. I have to remember to follow-up with CGC about that.

Yeah and I'm waiting on my 9.8 blue label white page copies of all these to come back as well but like you have all disappeared...maybe I was just dreaming.

Unfortunately I can’t this time. 
I will next time though. 
Enjoy playing everyone. 

Price on the ST180?  ..or I just don't see it?

On 9/27/2023 at 7:41 PM, VintageComics said:

Interesting. I was just saying this two weeks ago (that while American comics sales seem to be slowing down Manga isn't).

Yep.

The rising rents are due to Venture Capital companies buying up 10,000s of properties across the country over the last few years causing a quick driving up of prices exactly the way it happened in comics. The difference is that Venture Capital companies don't ever need to sell the way you or I do, as they specialize in liquidity. They just continue to buy + hold while raising rents and increasing profits.

The equivalent would be a comic dealer who is very liquid and doesn't need to sell. We have a few of those in the hobby as well and their books are not for sale because they don't need to sell, so it takes ridiculous money to loosen up a desirable item, driving up the price drastically. 

This may help explain why we see the top end prices either rising or holding steadier than lower grade prices. 

Combined with the unprecedented rise in energy prices, these two things are making normal life impossible for the majority of people.

We're likely watching the decline of the middle class and quite possibly the US' decline as the world reserve currency in real time. 

What's happening is impossible to sustain indefinitely and something will have to give. 

Like the line in the movie Wall Street... "It's all about bucks kid. The rest is conversation"...well almost..It's about the power it brings as well. 

Is the Sky Show Fleetside hot wheel car still worth some money....like around $400-$500 dollars if MIB.  I "think" they were sold only at Phillip 66 gas stations (Is this correct?).  

There are so many hot wheel cars now.  It would take a fortune to collect them all.  

On 9/17/2023 at 10:19 PM, SOLAR BOY said:

Daredevil #67---Solid 4.5 Copy---$7

On 9/17/2023 at 5:28 PM, SOLAR BOY said:

Daredevil #51---Bottom Staple Pop---Solid 5.5 Copy---$11

On 9/14/2023 at 11:17 PM, SOLAR BOY said:

ASM Annual #14---Gorgeous 9.0+ Copy---$9

On 9/14/2023 at 5:48 PM, Chamber of Chills said:

Just scrolled through my posts and my last ME that was label related took 42 business days total to return back to me.

Thank You for the info. Looks like it just takes a while to get the ME's pushed thru.   I'll just have to patiently wait for my ME submission to ship.    

About how long does it take for an ME submission to get processed and shipped back to you?  I have an ME submission that was received on 8/15/23.   I thought ME's were a higher priority.  
It is four books were the labels were swapped.  Seems like a long time to correct this but then again I don't know how many ME submission there are.   Any insight would be much appreciated. 
I guess I will call CGC tomorrow and find out what is going on.