Interesting Quote from Chuck

[Bugaboo-migration]

Or as Westley says in The Princess Bride: "We are men of action, lies do not become us."

Inconceivable ! ! !

 

Stop it now, I mean it.

 

Anybody want a peanut?

[joe_collector]

"And you: friendless, brainless, helpless, hopeless. Do you want me to send you back to where you were... unemployed... in Greenland?"

[Bugaboo-migration]

LMFAO.......that line was a classic. I loved that stupid movie.

[dam60]

The six fingered man!!!

 

Hello My Name is Inigo Montoya - you killed my father. Prepare to die!!!

[PovertyRow]

LMFAO.......that line was a classic. I loved that stupid movie.

 

More Princess

[joe_collector]

 

Fezzik: Why do you wear a mask? Were you burned by acid, or something like that?

Westley: Oh no. It's just they're terribly comfortable. I think everyone will be wearing them in the future.

[Kevin Boyd]

What's most amusing about all this is that you're intelligent guys and you know what the next 5-10 years will bring.

 

Are you saying that 5-10 years ago, when the new issue market was crashing that all intelligent guys knew that graded comics would be all of the rage and that Marvel movies would be fueling speculation on Marvel keys?

 

Kev

[joe_collector]

Are you saying that 5-10 years ago, when the new issue market was crashing that all intelligent guys knew that graded comics would be all of the rage and that Marvel movies would be fueling speculation on Marvel keys?

 

Nope, but just like the stock market, the smart buyers knew that prices were seriously depressed and there was no way they wouldn't go up.

 

Then was a prime time to buy, now it's a superb time to sell. ie. see Forum Legend.

 

I should have bought more than just X-Men, FF and Avengers, but I came out alright.

[garthgantu]

Another perspective, perhaps?

 

Yes, the videogame industry - in which I've been directly and indirectly involved for the past 8 years - generates more revenue than "movie box office receipts." But in the case of the videogame industry, they're counting sales of everything, including hardware (consoles), peripherals, software, etc. In the case of the movie industry, those figures (that the IDSA touts when comparing itself to Hollywood) do NOT include the many "ancillary revenue streams" such as in-flight, pay-per-view, DVD and VHS rentals, etc. etc. The movie industry knows how to squeeze every last penny out of its intellectual property, while the videogame industry is still taking baby steps in this regard.

 

Something of the same holds true for comics.... Assuming Chuck is correct, he's still not factoring in the many, many other ways that DC, Marvel and the other publishers generate $ - movie rights, action figures, licensing of characters for endorsements of other kinds, etc. etc.

 

Just an observation...