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Topic: WHATS THE FUTURE FOR SUPER 8
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Paul Adsett
Film God
Posts: 5003
From: USA
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted September 06, 2011 04:32 PM
I agree with much of what has been posted here. Let's face it, new feature releases on Super 8 became prohibitively expensive many years ago, and that is why Derann stopped printing them. New S8 features are dead, as there is no way that they can now be justified in the face of Blu-ray projection. That leaves new 200 and 400 ft releases of selected sequences from films, some interesting 200 foot shorts, and 50 foot trailers, all of which are still practical propositions for the limited S8 market. So we can probably expect CHC to pick up the slack left by Derann and print up some new interesting shorts and trailers titles. And that will be the best we can hope for. So lets all give Phil the encouragement to continue by placing some new orders with him.
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Adrian Winchester
Film God
Posts: 2941
From: Croydon, London, UK
Registered: Aug 2004
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posted September 06, 2011 11:36 PM
Whilst the 'golden era' of Super 8 is clearly over, I strongly believe that we need to give credit to those still releasing new product - promoting and supporting their efforts - and being careful to avoid making the situation seem bleaker than it is. If I was a curious persion, casually reading parts of this thread because I was thinking about taking up collecting, I could easily get the impression that Super 8 collecting is purely nostalgia and the days of new releases are over. Keep in mind that many of us have fairly substantial collections, but if you were a young person interested in joining the hobby, you might have a very different outlook. If when I started collecting in the 1980s, the 'message' I'd heard from collectors had essentially been: "new releases are a thing of the past, but that doesn't matter because I've already got MY collection", I would have found that extremely offputting.
If you check the CHC site, you can (e.g.) see details of 4 new trailer releases that will be available any day now - both CHC and the Reel Image releases. If you feel that new releases are important, please consider ordering at least one from CHC or Steve Osborne! Let's ensure that reviews for all of them appear on this forum, because with no 'Film For the Collector' in future, there's an even greater need to raise awareness of what becomes available. And as we know, even features on Super 8 are not entirely a thing of the past. And yes, Super 8 films are expensive, but nowadays even the most enthusiastic collectors would have trouble spending the sort of amounts they were spending in the 80s and 90s!
[ September 07, 2011, 12:22 PM: Message edited by: Adrian Winchester ]
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Osi Osgood
Film God
Posts: 10204
From: Mountian Home, ID.
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted September 07, 2011 01:50 PM
Believe it or not, I wouldn't say that super 8 features are dead, they are just very cost prohibitive, as that German lab is still, to this day, cranking out very good super 8 scope and otherwise features. I bought my non striped print of "Raider of the Lost Ark" for 200.00 dollars late last year and while I do need to get it striped, you can still find the brand new features out there.
But it will certainly make new super 8 collecting more of a rich man's hobby, (richer than the hobby already is!) and us "second hand collectors" which I call myself, will have to wait until a collector is willing to part with thier cherished prints over time.
Personally (hee hee) I and the younger collectors have a "one up" on this, as there are a myriad of elderly super 8 collectors and while I do not want to call myself a "vulture feeding on the super 8 carcass" (ewww!), I will have the longevity of life to come upon great prints in the near and far future! (snarf snarf!)
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