...was seen by me , this last night , in a really " suprise screening " situation ( details later )...Has it been released yet ???
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...It was 2011-copyrighted...I saw an April-dated LA Times' comics site piece on it (which I put aside for myself on FB and haven't read yet) , so.........
It's coming out now. Chuck Rozanski is featured prominently in it, and he's been giving updates about it in his regular e-newsletters. There was a premiere in LA, and this weekend it had a premiere in Denver.
It's also available via Video On Demand services, where it's apparently one of the top VOD right now. I've seen trailers for it on the Comcast VOD, which is the service I have.
It's getting rave reviews overall, and I definitely intend to see it in some form.
-- MSA
...'Tis funny , MSA , that you refer to Chuck by his last name , as an oddity of the film , as i observed it , is that Chuck's last name in , NEVER , used in the film , either in dialogue or on-scren titles !!!!!!!!!!!
The three " non-celebrities " whose journies to C-C are also profiled do have their first and last names used , by contrast .
Chuck lets the camera see him worring about Mile High's financial picture , see him in the motel room post-show counting the day's take , having private brunch time with his wife - why , we even get to see him with his ponytail undone :-0 !!!!!!!!!!!
But , no " Rozanski " !!!!!!!!!!! Ay yi yi .
That's kind of surprising, given how much he's talked about it since it was filmed. Do they note that it's Mile High Comics? It's hard to hide who he is to anyone who knows much about comics.
He's said the only regret he had was that shortly after it was filmed, Mile High's financial footing got significantly stronger, and it's gotten even better since. So looking at this situation from two years' perspective makes him think it comes out as a little more perilous than it actually is now.
So did you like it? Was it reasonably representative? Chuck seems to have liked it, so it must show more than dozens of people dressed as Slave Leia and Batman.
-- MSA
...In fact , IIRC for all here , I think there is no literal narrative setup/statement " This is Mile High Comics , the biggest Internet-based comics back issue dealer..." . I think modern-day documentaries tend to stay away from such " literal " " Edward R. Murrow-esque " " literal " hosts . I don't believe Sperlock appears on camera at all , either...and I am aware , though I never saw any of them , that in his previous films he used himself as the central figure/star !!!
This could be why , maybe just unconsiously , why Chuck's last name never was used...???
I don't believe
Mr. Silver Age said:
Yes, I've heard that this was Spurlock's first documentary in which he doesn't appear. Not using last names or identifying people had to be a conscious decision, but I'd think in Chuck's case that it would lend him credibility. It seems odd to focus on his financial situation without noting how many retail stores he owns and that he has a huge retail web site. That wouldn't take Edward R. Murrow, just an identifying box under his face when he's first shown, as most docs on TV use all the time.
I'll have to get a copy and see it!
-- MSA
...Do you mean that , as you hypothesize it , using Chuck's last name WOULD garner him greater credibility ?
I think the movie shows that Mile High having retail outlets , how many do they have ??? If they are more in the CO/Prarie West area they would tend to be out of view of most in other , more densely populated , parts of the country...
If I didn't make this clear enough , the 3 non-celebrities the film also follows , IIRC , DO have their full names given , at least in the on-screen titles .
They are two aspiring artists , one aspiring masks/costumes designer .
Both artists are male , one an African-American married father in the Air Force who is stationed in Minot , ND...He apparently comes from a rural background , as he comments at one point that the crowd he is in at a Con event is the biggest he's EVER been in , not just comics-related .
The other is a single Caucasian Nebraskan who comes from fan stock - we are told that his parents , who we see , " were the reason for Star Trek cons in the Midwest during the Seventies " !
The cos-player/designer is a Caucasian female from Modesto , CA .
We see , in an apparent " let's get an amusing shot here " attempt , she and her mates parading on the outside of their housein costume , where some people around them look a little ( sterotypical ) " poverty-fat whiyue trayysh "/foreclosed upon/meth-addicted !
Since you quasi-SPOILED for Chuck...........I mean , it's not like we've heard of Mile High going OOB , and Chuck , amuck in the bars in Denver...He states at the beginning that MH has some financial difficulties...No stronger thatn that however . A certain word starting with " r " , considering that this is 2010 , is never used .
He brings (what I guess are) prime CGC Golden Age comics from his own personal collection , thinking of selling them .
RED RAVEN #1 is focused upon , with a possible $500,000.00 sale spoke of . ( There's some THE SPIRITs also . Man , I wish DC would agree with the Eisner estate to put out a mini-book of " Complete Spirit Covers " , as DC did with their Holy Trinity ! )
He is not doing great in the earlier days of the con , then , on the last day , the last-day price cuts set in and he is saying that he ended 2010 " better off " than the year before . He withdraws the GA primes from the floor , we see the display rack for them empty with a note explaining that they have been withdrawn from sale .
( So , on the last day - 1/2 day ??? - of business MH's stand would still've been open , but wiith the showcase for the GAs now empty that way ??? )
Mr. Silver Age said:
Do you mean that , as you hypothesize it , using Chuck's last name WOULD garner him greater credibility ?
Sure. As with any documentary where they show a person's name and say "expert," it helps if I know where he's employed, what book he's written, etc. Knowing some guy who sells comics has financial worries is different from knowing it's a guy who runs four long-time stores and has the world's biggest online retail setup.
If I didn't make this clear enough , the 3 non-celebrities the film also follows , IIRC , DO have their full names given , at least in the on-screen titles .
That's pretty weird, as Chuck has been pretty vocal about his participation from the first day of filming, and has been doing Q&As at premieres. So I doubt it was his idea to have him be anonymous. I'd think he'd want Mile High all over the place.
They are two aspiring artists , one aspiring masks/costumes designer
I saw the trailer that promotes them (and, interestingly, doesn't mention Chuck at all). They weren't as interesting as I had expected, they looked like the typical weird 10% of con-goers to me. But it's gotten good reviews, so they must do well.
he comments at one point that the crowd he is in at a Con event is the biggest he's EVER been in , not just comics-related .
That might be true for most people, actually, unless they go to professional sports or college football games. And even then maybe not. SD is pretty huge. It was huge when I was going in the mid-1990s, and it's gotten way bigger since.
Since you quasi-SPOILED for Chuck
I don't know what I could have spoiled, considering it's easy to find that he's still in business.
He has said that he thought he came across in the film as being in a more precarious position than he actually is. He *was* in that position when they filmed, so it wasn't overdone, but it changed pretty quickly afterward.
He admitted those GA comics were priced way over Overstreet, figuring his specific issues could get a premium and he mostly priced them so if someone was willing to pay that price he would be willing to sell it to them. But it wasn't a surprise that none of them sold. He later put them up for auction, got an advance, and used the money to buy a new huge warehouse.
-- MSA
...Well , I was using you mentioning Chuck's later developments as a semi-excuse for me saying more about his storyline in the movie . .
Yes , we both noted that Mile High is still in business in 2012 . Great minds think alike .
I don't really find the other 3 profiled to be " weird " , really . but to each their own .
Chuck is talking to a young female employee in a MH shirt that , though modest in itself , shows that she is a young woman . One of Chuck's daughters ?
Thank you for the info re: Chuck's set-up and the later fearsome fate of the GA-ers .
Mr. Silver Age said:
I absolutely adored the movie. Got it on-demand and watched it three times. I'll own it someday. Spurlock did not appear, and that is probably a good thing. He gave the voice to the fans, pros, etc. I really enjoyed the people they chose to follow. They were interesting and real. I also liked the side diversions, from the guy who wanted the toy to the parade of Leias. And, since I knew Mile High and Chuck R. from way back, I didn't even notice his name was missing. In the words of John Locke: "I'm gonna have to watch that again"
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