[meteorite-list] Movie uses

From: Adam Hupe <raremeteorites_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 14:47:36 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <172944.40620.qm_at_web30703.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Now, that would be funny if it were not so true "No bucks...No Buck
Rogers."

I think meteorites can stand on there own without having the cash register go "zing" and a price tag popping up like the tacky and overinflated Antique Roadshow. You do not see well-done television series putting price tags on the Apollo returned moon rocks, rare fossils, geologic wonders or Egyptian mummies. To me, applying over-valued price tags to everything is a cheap way to attract attention in a bad economy. It seems to be a well-copied theme these days. I can understand a show like the Pawn Stars doing it because they are all about money whereas the monetary value of meteorites is only a minor part of the story.

Best Regards,

Adam




----- Original Message ----
From: "countdeiro at earthlink.net" <countdeiro at earthlink.net>
To: Ruben Garcia <mrmeteorite at gmail.com>; Meteorite List <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wed, June 23, 2010 2:08:07 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Movie uses


Ruben and fellow media stars and the great unwashed on the List,

Would somebody tell me what earthly good does it do for the monetary value (usually grossly inflated) of meteorites to be publicized to an unsophisticated public, ready to jump on every opportunity to make things more difficult and expensive for hunters in the field, and to kick awake every government official with the power to promulgate restrictive regulations so we can be shut down completely?

Look...I love you guys. Ruben and Jeff and Steve and....yes...even Sonny. But, methinks thou hast put us on the slippery slope to extinction. Yeah..I got some press yesterday..but I refused to talk money with the reporters. They had already seen Meteorite Men and the videos on YouTube and all that prompted them to do the story of my find was "What is it worth?" They figured their editors wouldn't print without an evaluation. "No bucks...No Buck Rogers." It took a lot of dancing to get them to do the story just on the basis of the science.

Count Deiro
IMCA 3536





-----Original Message-----
>From: Ruben Garcia <mrmeteorite at gmail.com>
>Sent: Jun 23, 2010 3:45 PM
>To: Meteorite List <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>Subject: [meteorite-list] Movie uses "Meteorite Magazine!"
>
>Hi all,
>
>We (Ruben and Hopper) made the cover of Meteorite Magazine with our
>$270,000 meteorite find!
>This is how we will appear in the Movie "Heaven Strewn."
>http://www.mr-meteorite.net
>
>Sorry to say that there is no truth to the cover story. We didn't
>really find a rare ataxite worth $270,000 -but it sure looks good and
>It's all made up especially for the movie.
>
>Special thanks to Meteorite Magazine editors Larry and Nancy Lebofsky
>for letting the producers at Heaven Strewn use the magazine name and
>likeness for the movie. As we all know "Meteorite" is a top notch
>magazine with all the best authors, latest news, and information in
>the world of meteorites. If you are not a subscriber I urge you to
>subscribe today! Support this great magazine and learn all at the same
>time. http://meteoritemag.uark.edu/512.htm
>
>Check out my website for more info - http://www.mr-meteorite.net/
>
>--
>Rock On!
>
>Ruben Garcia
>
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