tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4189120682398421108.post5825846113700371913..comments2023-08-01T09:20:49.475-04:00Comments on Wide Screen World: Living with movie posters... EVERYWHERERichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11376065182154885503noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4189120682398421108.post-25717142263601125642013-04-12T14:31:25.601-04:002013-04-12T14:31:25.601-04:00I don't blame you! I'll probably feel the ...I don't blame you! I'll probably feel the same way when I'm your age...<br /><br />I was never a big collector of posters or lobby cards. The only posters I ever had on my bedroom walls were Star Trek-related...<br /><br />An actor's billing on a poster has mattered less these days since stardom no longer matters as much in selling a movie. Sure, guys like Shia LaBouef and Channing Tatum are moving up, but I doubt the average person is as familiar with them as they are with a Depp or a DiCaprio.Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11376065182154885503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4189120682398421108.post-85780793509806623772013-04-12T13:41:18.478-04:002013-04-12T13:41:18.478-04:00Your headline spoke to me personally and the numbe...Your headline spoke to me personally and the number of lobby cards I've collected over the years which added to the quirkiness of my kitchen and covered holes in the walls elsewhere in the house. They've only recently been taken down and I've put their images on a Pinterest page.<br /><br />I'm usually taken aback by a poster starring someone I've never heard of. There was a time when I could check the progress of a career by an actor's billing moving up in time. Now they just seem to pop out of nowhere. It's probably my age.<br /><br />Age may also contribute my dislike of the posters that pop up on the stairways at subway stations (Yes, they do that here in Toronto as well.) They disorient that middle-aged gal as I try not to be trampled by my fellow commuters. Yikes! The ads don't have the "gotta see that" effect on me that they once did. Old age is making me stubbornly cranky about the whole publicity business. Caftan Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05936895555808823221noreply@blogger.com