My Zany Home Framed Collection

[Dread_Pirate_Mel]

My wacky collection of 56 framed & 5 unframed posters in my 900 sq. ft. apt as of January 3, 2010.  All 100% originals except the Superfly & 9 1/2 Weeks.

I've got room for about 10 more frames, which I'll add soon (hopefully). Not really ready for decent company but they keep me amused....

[kovacs01]

Now that is a lot of framed posters!  Holy cow, I will be happy when I have a single room to devote to posters.

[CSM]

Yep...that's pretty impressive.  There are more frames than bare wall

Mel,  what are those two Star Wars posters from (the white Star Wars with Luke and Leia and the bluish ESB)?  I have not seen them before...

[Dread_Pirate_Mel]

Yep...that's pretty impressive.  There are more frames than bare wall

Mel,  what are those two Star Wars posters from (the white Star Wars with Luke and Leia and the bluish ESB)?  I have not seen them before...

There are more frames than bare wall: A pal described it as a "visual assault"!

Star Wars prints: Those are commercial posters by Russell Walks for the Star Wars Retro Collection.  I wrote detailed info about them on MPF a while back.  I like them, some people don't.

Empire Strikes Back:  The top title is blue on some or all ESB movie posters.  Here's one from Cinemasterpieces.  Mine is definitely an original - the GAU logo is razor-sharp and there are no known bootlegs.

[movieposterodyssey]

Sweet display,Mel!!
Is that a poster in the table?? Looks cool either way.

Anthony

[kovacs01]

Hey Mel, I think you need a "whats not on your walls" topic!

[supraman079]

Hey Mel, I think you need a "whats not on your walls" topic!

I very much agree!

Chad

[Dread_Pirate_Mel]

Hey Mel, I think you need a "whats not on your walls" topic!

My semi-evil plan to cover up all my walls with frames nears completion - eight more Spotlight flip frames - including the Frenchie - have arrived (but I'm too tired to unpack them....)

[eatbrie]

Mel, a quick question, are you married?  I'm only asking because my wife would not allow 10% of what you put up.  Not in 1,000,000 years.  So if you are, kudos to you.  And if you're not, how do you explain 100 women on your walls to your girlfriend, or even date, especially in your bedroom.  Something that I've been wanting to ask you for a while.

T.

[Dread_Pirate_Mel]

Mel, a quick question, are you married?  I'm only asking because my wife would not allow 10% of what you put up.  Not in 1,000,000 years.  So if you are, kudos to you.  And if you're not, how do you explain 100 women on your walls to your girlfriend, or even date.  Something that I've been wanting to ask you for a while.

T.

When you're not married (like moi) you get to decorate the way you want, buy the sh$t you want (sports cars, movie posters, etc.), gamble as much as you want, go wherever you want, whatev.  It's the Huck Finn lifestyle.

By next week, I'll have 75 frames up.  It's not as gender-unbalanced as you think - 1/6 "alpha male" posters (James Bond, Indiana Jones, Shaft),  1/3 beauty posters, 1/6 sci-fi, 1/3 misc.  All visitors are forewarned!  I also switch out a few beauty posters in the bedroom to improve the gender balance when the chicks show up.

[eatbrie]

It's true, you have a naked Dane Cook, something Chad probably envies.  1 Naked Cook vs 100 Hotties evens the balance.

 

T

[Dread_Pirate_Mel]

It's true, you have a naked Dane Cook, something Chad probably envies.  1 Naked Cook vs 100 Hotties evens the balance.

 

T

Yeah, he's better looking than John Lennon, so I dig it....



Also, I'm putting up my gayest-not-that-there's-anything-wrong-with-that poster in the bedroom, so that should even things up even more:

[supraman079]

It's true, you have a naked Dane Cook, something Chad probably envies.  1 Naked Cook vs 100 Hotties evens the balance.

 

T

T, why must you insist on continually trying to get me to come over to your side. Just because you like a naked Dane Cook doesn't mean everyone does. Your French, I'm American. Your gay, I'm straight. Your fat, I'm not. Get over yourself man. Nothings going to change. Plus, I could never be that cruel to break the hearts of so many women in this world by coming over to your side. Nothing against it, just not for me.

[holiday]

I think my favorite of those on your walls is Divine.  Pretty awesome.

[paul waines]

It's very impressive Mel, as much as I mostly collect pre 1980's I am leaning towards picking up some more recent stuff after seeing your place.

[Dread_Pirate_Mel]

Filled up the dining room with frames this week - my semi-evil plan to completely cover my apartment with frames nears its kooky conclusion:

[eatbrie]

So here's my question to you, Mel.  What is more time consuming: Working as a lawyer for our amazing government, or framing your posters?  Does anyone who walks into your office ever say: "Wow, you've got way too much time on your hands, young fellow."  Isn't better for your business to look busy, like real busy, like you're saving the world or something?

T

Oh, and BTW, VERY NICE.

[supraman079]

Dude come on T, its the government. Don't question how they spend tax paying dollars. The government is never wrong nor wasteful. They know how to spend YOUR money better than you do and that is why you should be taxed 75% of your income if not more. It's what the people want because they voted all these people into office. Now quit trying to think for yourself and just do what they tell you.

Cue: Pink Floyd's Another Brick in the Wall

[Ari]

I like the sun thingee like the wikerman poster best

[Dread_Pirate_Mel]

This picture explains everything, y'all:

[brude]

Nice lookin' pad, Mel.  Love Cotton Comes to Harlem and Excalibur. The balance between the old and the new is intense. Go, man, go!

[Harry Caul]

Nice lookin' pad, Mel.  Love Cotton Comes to Harlem and Excalibur. The balance between the old and the new is intense. Go, man, go!

Wait... posters from 1970 and 1981 are considered old? Those are some of my newest posters!

[Dread_Pirate_Mel]

OK, over this "blizzard holiday" I've finally got my iWeb website in decent shape, so check it out:

http://web.me.com/alphamel/My_Movie_Posters/Welcome.html

I added a short - and ridiculously silly - video tour of my apartment (must have Quicktime installed to play), so you'll get a sense of what it's like to live with 76 framed posters (plus four unframed):

http://web.me.com/alphamel/My_Movie_Posters/Video_Tour.html

Let me know what you think!

P.S. All you Mac-haters better repent - I put all this together quickly and easily with iWeb, iPhoto, and iMovie.  (Now downloading, keywording, and organizing 600 movie poster pictures takes a MASSIVE amount of time - you are warned....)

[supraman079]

OK, over this "blizzard holiday" I've finally got my iWeb website in decent shape, so check it out:

http://web.me.com/alphamel/My_Movie_Posters/Welcome.html

I added a short - and ridiculously silly - video tour of my apartment (must have Quicktime installed to play), so you'll get a sense of what it's like to live with 76 framed posters (plus four unframed):

http://web.me.com/alphamel/My_Movie_Posters/Video_Tour.html

Let me know what you think!

Grats bud and great job! Yeah I think many people will learn that dealing with this type of stuff is much better on a Mac.

Chad

P.S. All you Mac-haters better repent - I put all this together quickly and easily with iWeb, iPhoto, and iMovie.  (Now downloading, keywording, and organizing 600 movie poster pictures takes a MASSIVE amount of time - you are warned....)

[oldposterho]

(Now downloading, keywording, and organizing 600 movie poster pictures takes a MASSIVE amount of time - you are warned....)

Having recently gone through the same ordeal, I second that warning.  Well worth doing though.

Excellent collezione, btw and easy to go through too.

--Peter