It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia is just one of those unbelievably funny shows that can make me laugh no matter what.
One episode in particular is "Sweet Dee Has a Heart Attack" from Season 4.
After splitting a minimum wage job sorting mail in order to get health benefits, Charlie's complete illiteracy leads to what might be one of the best moments in the whole series:
Update: The original video got taken down, so you can see a "recorded off the TV" version here.
"I've got BOXES full of Pepe!"
Using that scene and it's hilarious nod to crime/mystery films at the end, I created a poster for "Who is Pepe Silvia?" a new film starring the king of rats himself, Charlie Kelly.
Alright, so this blog has been unapologetically neglected over the last few months thanks mostly to Tumblr. Have you guys seen that thing? It's pretty sweet.
With that said, I'm just going to jump right into this sucker with a warning.
Warning: This post is probably going to make me seem like a total shill for the film "Take Shelter". I am aware of this, and I've come to terms with it. Thank you.
So I saw this trailer online the other day and I absolutely loved it. The plot, the tone, the effects, the sounds, everything. So after watching it ten more times, I really wanted to make a sweet poster for it that played off of the feel of the trailer.
I haven't done any photo manipulation projects in a long time, so I grabbed a handful of images and went to town. It was honestly a blast to do, and I hope everyone likes how it turned out!
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Well, after all this talking it up, I really hope that this movie doesn't disappoint. I guess we'll just have to wait and see.
I’m wandering the rows of my local family-owned video rental store, just perusing the shelves for any title that may catch my eye.
It’s obviously a slow night. I hear the faint sounds of another customer lost in the aisles somewhere near the old war movies. The two girls behind the counter look like your everyday bored to death high-school students. But what’s this? Strolling through the front door, come two women, quite possibly a mother and daughter, in their 30’s and 50’s respectively. As they approach the teenagers behind the counter, it should be noted that there are now three generations of people convening together. They approach the counter and this is how the conversation plays out.
Customers: Do you have anything by Vincent Price?
Clerks: I have no idea. I can look him up. Is he an actor? (STRIKE 1)
Customers: No, a director. (STRIKE 2)
(I’m eavesdropping pretty hard at this point and every word exchanged is killing me a little inside.)
Clerks: Ok, let me check. *type type type* I don’t see anything under director, was he in Edward Scissorhands?
Customers: No. (STRIKE 3)
(Cue Intervention)
Me: Uhm, yeah he was. He was the Inventor. It was one of the last things he did before he died.
I don’t know why that bothered me, but it did. How could three generations of people be that oblivious to the existence of the great Vincent Price? Aside from his status as a legend of the horror film genre, he’s done plenty of “pop culture friendly” things to appease the masses.
He was on Hollywood Squares, he voiced Professor Ratigan in Disney’s (DISNEY’S) The Great Mouse Detective, he was in Tim Burton’s Edward Scissorhands, and he was the narrator of Michael Jackson’sFAMOUSThriller video. Perhaps, even more important than that, he was on the freaking Muppet Show. Does it get any better than that? How could it?
See what I mean? Long story (very long story) short, the whole experience inspired me to make a poster of Vincent Price as a tribute to all of the great films that he made throughout his life, and of course, as a tribute to that famous mustache.
I hesitate to post twice about minimalist design back to back out of the fear of redundancy, but on the other hand, what do I care?
With that said, and as mentioned in my last post, I am a fan of minimalism. In order to jump right on the bandwagon of the mass of minimalist movie posters bombarding the internet, I made one of my own. (This piece is a bit older, so if you have seen it already, just deal with it)
For those of you who don’t know (get with it will ya?), the Evil Dead trilogy is something that I obsess over. A LOT. This poster is my tribute to the infamous “flinch-worthy” scene in the first Evil Dead where demon-possessed Cheryl grabs a sharpened pencil and just stabs the crap out of Linda’s ankle. It’s pretty brutal. (also, pretty awesome)
Well, it’s probably better if you just watch it:
See! Wasn’t that awesome?
Anyway, here is my minimalist movie poster for the Evil Dead.
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This piece was featured (sans paper texture) on the amazing blog Evil Dead News on Friday, October 22nd, 2010.
