In article <jkaagg$8f2$
2...@dont-email.me>,
"Ken from Chicago" <
kwicker1...@comcast.net> wrote:
> "anim8rFSK" <
anim...@cox.net> wrote in message
> news:anim8rfsk-78698...@news.easynews.com...
> > In article
> > <
b045ce70-6d13-4f71...@vy9g2000pbc.googlegroups.com>,
> > Duggy <
Paul....@jcu.edu.au> wrote:
> >
> >> On Mar 20, 12:54 pm, "Kenneth M. Lin" <
kenneth_m_...@sbcglobal.net>
> >> wrote:
> >> > I saw the show for the very first time last night and it felt really
> >> > scripted. Customers come in one at a time and they immediately go to
> >> > the
> >> > front counter to ask some questions.
> >>
> >> "Unscripted" is usually meant to mean no (or limited) dialogue. Often
> >> senarios are plotted out.
> >
> > Certainly it's staged; people walk in the door and nobody even looks at
> > the cameramen.
>
> How big are the cameras? Could they have simply edited out the scenes of
> customers looking at the cameras? or was it just one continuous shot from
> the door to counter?
There's handheld stuff in multiple angles. There's clearly a couple of
camera crews and lighting and microphones in plain sight.
>
> >> > First there was a woman looking for a birthday present for her
> >> > boyfriend.
> >> > They talked her into buying a very expensive Spider-Man back issues
> >> > where
> >> > Gwen Stacy was killed. (Lady, it has been reprinted countless times
> >> > and you
> >> > could find a copy of Marvel Tales at cover price.)
> >
> > That was so odd. He considers that the most romantic Spider-Man
> > story??? Not to mention he left out the part where JMS retconned it so
> > Gwen is a slut and the Goblin didn't kill her for any reason related to
> > Spider-Man, but just to cover up the illegitimate kids she bore him.
> >
> > And the Goblin certainly didn't die; that's all been retconned as well.
> >>
> >> It's the thought that counts.
> >>
> >> > In any case, I don't think it's worth staying up for.
> >>
> >> Fair enough.
> >
> > I'd concur.
>
> Apparently the comic biz is slow if they only get one customer an hour.
>
More importantly, one at a time.
Of course, comic book shops do tend to get a couple busy days (comics
come in on a set day, and then the first weekend after that day) and are
slow the rest of the time.
Still it would be more interesting to watch these guys on comic book day
when a mob descends on them!