Movie Posters Discussion Thread

[cmatthews11]

Originally Posted by PUsokrJosh305

Ya, they hand them out after the screening is over, at least that's how they did it after I watched the Hobbit! I still need to find frames for those collectible posters!

For cheap frames that are made well: http://craigframes.com/

These guys are all over ebay and amazon as well, but I've never had an issue with them and have purchased 10+ frames for my cheaper prints. Wouldn't put any legit screenprints in them, but for a simple digital print, they do the job.

[cmatthews11]

Also, I should have 1 or 2 extra Star Trek prints from the screening tonight. If someone wants to pay for a tube + shipping, it's all yours.

[lpnaz480]

I maybe interested in one. Dunno how much a tube and shipping is but my zip is 85226

[cmatthews11]

It would be around ~$11-12 ... $4 for the tube, $6-8 for shipping including Paypal fees.

I'll let everyone know how many I have, I'm going with a bunch of people, and I'd imagine the majority won't want their poster.

[Solo man]

I will be purchasing 3 movie posters and is there anything I should be looking out for? They are quite expensive for the originals so I want to make sure. Any input would be greatly appreciated.

[Nelfien]

I would love to get one of those Matthews. Will pay for hippiness etc. let me know!

[CdnBlu]

Need a Star Trek if anyone will have a spare tonight. Will cover shipping to Canada. Might be able to offer some pb services as well.

[roar]

Originally Posted by Solo man

I will be purchasing 3 movie posters and is there anything I should be looking out for? They are quite expensive for the originals so I want to make sure. Any input would be greatly appreciated.

You should go to movieposter.com to check them out yourself if they have them in stock... give yourself an idea what to look for.

[Solo man]

Originally Posted by roar

You should go to movieposter.com to check them out yourself if they have them in stock... give yourself an idea what to look for.

Thanks for your reply, that is where I am going but wanted to see what I should look out for to tell if it is an original or other things to note since I don't know much about posters. I would never buy anything without trying it out as you already know. I have already chosen what I want and made the call yesterday to them. It seems like a poster is a poster though and I will go and just see for myself.

[aturner18]

hope disney rewards don't damage my monster's universtiy poster

[roar]

Originally Posted by Solo man

Thanks for your reply, that is where I am going but wanted to see what I should look out for to tell if it is an original or other things to note since I don't know much about posters. I would never buy anything without trying it out as you already know. I have already chosen what I want and made the call yesterday to them. It seems like a poster is a poster though and I will go and just see for myself.

I've always had good service from movieposter.com and for whatever reason have pretty good faith that they represent their products fairly. I've bought from maybe a half dozen sources a couple on ebay, movieposter.com from Kinsella here on the forums places like that... and anything I've ever seen at movieposter.com that they said was original looked original to me, but to be fair I'm no expert that's for sure.

I can tell you it may be worth dropping Kinsella a PM here and see if he has what you're looking for to at least get a price check to keep movieposter.com honest. It's his business and he ships well so you can be sure it will show up the same way it left his place.

Things to look for in originals is paper stock, an original is usually printed on a better/heavier quality stock paper. Depending on the poster your looking for double sided is a step in the right direction to it being original though Kinsella does remind us often that there are double sided reproduction's out there. Poster size can be another tell, with people passing off 24x36 posters as 'Theatrical originals', a 24x36 poster is often always a sign of a reproduction... though a poster being 27x40 doesn't grantee an original either.

I'd say the best judge is your eyes... print quality says a lot. As an example, my dad and I were at movieposter.com picking out a Bull Durham poster for him and they have a 26.5x38.5 reprint and a 27x40 original... they took them both out for us and it was pretty clear which one was the reprint. The original was just that much sharper... and for that sharpness you get to pay $315 versus $16.80 for the reprint. My dad was bound and determined to plaque the darn thing so I refused to let him buy the original Which leads into caring for your posters if you do buy original. Do not plaque, do not dry mount, do use acid free backing and quality UV glass if the poster will be by natural light.

[Solo man]

Originally Posted by roar

I've always had good service from movieposter.com and for whatever reason have pretty good faith that they represent their products fairly. I've bought from maybe a half dozen sources a couple on ebay, movieposter.com from Kinsella here on the forums places like that... and anything I've ever seen at movieposter.com that they said was original looked original to me, but to be fair I'm no expert that's for sure.

I can tell you it may be worth dropping Kinsella a PM here and see if he has what you're looking for to at least get a price check to keep movieposter.com honest. It's his business and he ships well so you can be sure it will show up the same way it left his place.

Things to look for in originals is paper stock, an original is usually printed on a better/heavier quality stock paper. Depending on the poster your looking for double sided is a step in the right direction to it being original though Kinsella does remind us often that there are double sided reproduction's out there. Poster size can be another tell, with people passing off 24x36 posters as 'Theatrical originals', a 24x36 poster is often always a sign of a reproduction... though a poster being 27x40 doesn't grantee an original either.

I'd say the best judge is your eyes... print quality says a lot. As an example, my dad and I were at movieposter.com picking out a Bull Durham poster for him and they have a 26.5x38.5 reprint and a 27x40 original... they took them both out for us and it was pretty clear which one was the reprint. The original was just that much sharper... and for that sharpness you get to pay $315 versus $16.80 for the reprint. My dad was bound and determined to plaque the darn thing so I refused to let him buy the original Which leads into caring for your posters if you do buy original. Do not plaque, do not dry mount, do use acid free backing and quality UV glass if the poster will be by natural light.

Thanks Roar and your comments on my setup. If I am ever gonna be up in the Burlington area which sometime happens, then I will drop you a line if you ever want me to take pics for you as I enjoy meeting new people. I normally don't take pictures of products and usually take pics of models so I can make a little money on the side. So I can take a stab at taking photos for you if you want. I took pics of my equipment for insurance purposes and have a home alarm in case anything should happen.

This was the response I was looking for and now I am more equipped when I go in there. I am particular when it comes to pictures or posters and that is why I was asking questions.

By chance, do you know what type of ink they use on the posters and what the estimated time that it lasts?

[bunkz323]

Since this is a poster thread i thought i post this up.

RadiusTWC is giving away posters of Only God Forgives on their FB and Twitter you have to b one of the first five to answer their questions to win. They ask them at random times until the films premiere at Cannes.
Just won one on the first question

[lpnaz480]

update

Mark Englert's Office piece will be dropping tomorrow at 12 EST. at bottleneck gallery's website. Only 100 of them. http://www.bottleneckgallery.com

[roar]

Originally Posted by Solo man

Thanks Roar and your comments on my setup. If I am ever gonna be up in the Burlington area which sometime happens, then I will drop you a line if you ever want me to take pics for you as I enjoy meeting new people. I normally don't take pictures of products and usually take pics of models so I can make a little money on the side. So I can take a stab at taking photos for you if you want. I took pics of my equipment for insurance purposes and have a home alarm in case anything should happen.

This was the response I was looking for and now I am more equipped when I go in there. I am particular when it comes to pictures or posters and that is why I was asking questions.

By chance, do you know what type of ink they use on the posters and what the estimated time that it lasts?

That's a good question in regards to the ink they use... you've certainly gone past my knowledge, perhaps our resident poster expert, Kinsella, could shed some light on it

I may very well take you up on your offer if I ever get around to completing my acoustical panel project I just can't seem to settle on. When that happens the pictures are coming out of theatre and I'm replacing them with panels. Whenever you're headed out this way drop me a line, always nice to 'talk shop' with someone

[Kinsella5]

Originally Posted by roar

That's a good question in regards to the ink they use... you've certainly gone past my knowledge, perhaps our resident poster expert, Kinsella, could shed some light on it

I may very well take you up on your offer if I ever get around to completing my acoustical panel project I just can't seem to settle on. When that happens the pictures are coming out of theatre and I'm replacing them with panels. Whenever you're headed out this way drop me a line, always nice to 'talk shop' with someone

Since I am not in the production of posters, and don't deal in any reprints whatsoever I can't shed any light on "inks" places use to print posters. Solo Man, what originals are you looking to buy for your collection? You mentioned you wanted to make sure you were getting originals, but for which films?

[Solo man]

Originally Posted by Kinsella5

Since I am not in the production of posters, and don't deal in any reprints whatsoever I can't shed any light on "inks" places use to print posters. Solo Man, what originals are you looking to buy for your collection? You mentioned you wanted to make sure you were getting originals, but for which films?

I phoned this store in Toronto and wanted Iron Man 3, Man of Steel and Skyfall. All of them are listed on their website as originals. If somebody can have some input that the reprints use better ink and paper, then I might be more interested in them. Thanks Kinsella for taking the time to help me out.

@Roar The reason why I asked what type of ink it is because when I take pics for some booking agents they get better quality ink with my prints. My printer uses pigment ink which fades less faster and has more durability. I sometimes do shoots out there in Burlington so no problem, I could drop by and we could grab a coffee.

[Kinsella5]

Originally Posted by Solo man

I phoned this store in Toronto and wanted Iron Man 3, Man of Steel and Skyfall. All of them are listed on their website as originals. If somebody can have some input that the reprints use better ink and paper, then I might be more interested in them. Thanks Kinsella for taking the time to help me out.

@Roar The reason why I asked what type of ink it is because when I take pics for some booking agents they get better quality ink with my prints. My printer uses pigment ink which fades less faster and has more durability. I sometimes do shoots out there in Burlington so no problem, I could drop by and we could grab a coffee.

More than likely they only have a few Iron Man 3 ones, those were simply very hard for dealers to get, so they probably just have a small handful, thus, the high price right out of the gate. Man of Steel, there are three styles out so far, I think their prices are fair on them.

Skyfall, not sure which style you are looking to get, there is the final style which is very hard to find, but then there are also the various advance teasers, all of which have the SAME artwork of Bond walking towards you in the tunnel. The domestic advance just says November, the IMAX domestic says November in IMAX, the error version states December, and the International style says October since the film opened overseas before it opened in the U.S.

All I have from your list at this time is Skyfall, but just have the domestic advance style. If you come up with other titles, feel free to send me a private message and I can check my inventory as I am still revamping it and finding things here and there. Also, whenever possible, go with originals, they are printed by studios and they are the way to go, reprints are generally lesser quality, can have fuzzy graphics, not as clear imagery, etc.

[Solo man]

Originally Posted by Kinsella5

More than likely they only have a few Iron Man 3 ones, those were simply very hard for dealers to get, so they probably just have a small handful, thus, the high price right out of the gate. Man of Steel, there are three styles out so far, I think their prices are fair on them.

Skyfall, not sure which style you are looking to get, there is the final style which is very hard to find, but then there are also the various advance teasers, all of which have the SAME artwork of Bond walking towards you in the tunnel. The domestic advance just says November, the IMAX domestic says November in IMAX, the error version states December, and the International style says October since the film opened overseas before it opened in the U.S.

All I have from your list at this time is Skyfall, but just have the domestic advance style. If you come up with other titles, feel free to send me a private message and I can check my inventory as I am still revamping it and finding things here and there. Also, whenever possible, go with originals, they are printed by studios and they are the way to go, reprints are generally lesser quality, can have fuzzy graphics, not as clear imagery, etc.

Okay great, I am going there on Friday so I will definitely let you know and once again thank you for the info on what to look for in the originals, I really appreciate this. I might be after a fourth poster after what I decide so I might just go through that one with you.

[Underworld54]

Just got back from Star Trek with my litho and it's awesome. It's really well made and thicker than I expected. The GiD aspect it really neat.