Monday Morning Mock Draft: Posted!

Guten tag, drones.

“Posted!” is something we tend to say in my monthly poker tournament.  The previous blind is coming to a quick end, the next (and higher) blind is about to come in, so you throw the older blind out and yell “posted!” before the alarm sounds and you’re good.

This has nothing to do with today’s topic, but it did add 50 words to the count.

This week we’re drafting movie posters.  I defy you to fuck up the rules on this one:

  1.  Is it a movie?
  2. Is there a movie for the poster?
  3. Then it’s eligible to be drafted!
  4. If whatever it is you’re drafting doesn’t meet 1 & 2 then it is not eligible, and may God have mercy on your soul if you draft it anyway, as I will not.
  5. I don’t actually care that much.  It’s Monday for Christ’s sake.

*Commentariat drafts nothing but Farrah Fawcett posters.

**Who could cast a stone?

This was a recent topic that came to mind, inspired when I saw the poster for my first pick.  To my mind it’s the clear #1, but reasonable minds can differ.

They’ll be wrong, but they can differ.

There’s really not a lot to say about this topic, so I’ll just get to the pick.

As I said, there can be only one.  I have never seen a poster that both tells you all you need to know about the movie, makes you want to see the movie, and also is a solid piece of art in its own right.

Ain’t no one beating that, but someone’s gotta come in second.  Which means that the rest of you are on the clock.

(I very much miss HRTN and wish it would come back.  Sorry if any of you got excited by the featured image, but I couldn’t find the poster Beastmode had at one point)

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Fronkenshteen

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Brick Meathook

Easy Rider (1969)

Poster design: Bill Gold (Bill Gold Advertising)

https://ibb.co/mCPWgncS

BrettFavresColonoscopy

Guess I should make an actual pick: BTTF

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Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

DOUBLE SHOT!

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Brick Meathook

Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

Poster design: Dawn Baillie / BLT

https://ibb.co/tMpfz8D7

BrettFavresColonoscopy

I see I have to do Horatio’s leg work, too, and I’m well over 4 feet tall

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Fronkenshteen

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blaxabbath

Featuring World Renowned Hype Man, Tom Cruise

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Brick Meathook

The Exorcist (1973)

Poster design: Bill Gold (Bill Gold Advertising)

https://ibb.co/n9qp7NK

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

5. Vacation. This feels like a steal.

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Brick Meathook

M*A*S*H (1970)

Poster design: Tony Seinger / Diener-Hauser Agency

Tagline refers to MPAA ratings issue due to being first feature film to use the word “fuck”

https://ibb.co/7tzBrjJ8

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Brocky

There’s a whole goldmine of low-level horror movies with awesome posters

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Brick Meathook

A Face in the Crowd (1957)

poster design: Bill Gold (Warner Bros art department)

https://ibb.co/TnVjyXd

DJ TAJ

Elia Kazan is one of the finest directors to ever grace celluloid.

Doktor Zymm

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Ferris wheel! Sharks! Nado!

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

4. The Day the Earth Stood Still

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Brocky

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WCS

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I was sure this would’ve been taken by now so… YOINK!

Don T

Love this draft /bookmarked
Before I forget:
1. didn’t know about the #1 pick movie. Dynamite poster, great choice, the argument convinced me 💯
2.
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2Pack

My 4th and final pick, (gotta go grill some salmon).

My only other comment is… if you ever get the chance to see this one…

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DJ TAJ

I am out of weed so you kids play nice until I get back.

Brocky

3rd pick

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DJ TAJ

Shit I better do this one before GG gets it.

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Gumbygirl

New number 3

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Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

3. Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo.

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Gumbygirl

Dammit, this was my number 3!

Brocky

I think I’ll always prefer teaser posters, or at least minimalist ones

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Brocky

Also…

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Gumbygirl

Number 2

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DJ TAJ

Excellent choice for an awesome movie.

Don T

😍

LemonJello

**Insistent tugging at my pant leg**

“What’s that? You want to make a pick, Lowratio? Sure, I’ll help you.”

Lowratio’s pick: The Hobbit

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LemonJello

Willow*?

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*This is also Lowratio’s 2nd pick

ballsofsteelandfury

Fucking Ewoks, but the poster is good:

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Brocky

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Sharkbait

Hey, that’s Patriots legend and super bowl winner Darelle Revis in the corner

LemonJello

2nd pick: They Live

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Don T

Uf. Solid

Gatoraids

The Thing

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DJ TAJ

Personal favorite right here

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2Pack

3rd round… and keeping with my once upon a time thing…

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Gumbygirl

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DJ TAJ

Sticking with the whole football theme.

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Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

2. Alien.

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Sharkbait

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2Pack

2nd pick. Watched it a few months ago, much better than I remembered it as a kid.

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Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Yeah, it’s solid.

WCS

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As seen on every male college freshman dorm room wall…

ballsofsteelandfury

Had to.

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2Pack

First round action…

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Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

It appears you drafted the Redux version, which I haven’t seen but always felt very unnecessary to me.

2Pack

TBH I didnt even notice that…

Brick Meathook

Never watch the Redux version (it’s terrible). The original 1979 theatrical release of Apocalypse Now is Coppola’s masterpiece.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

1. [sprints to podium] Pulp Fiction!

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Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Not long ago I was listening to the soundtrack to this, incidentally. It holds up very well.

Sharkbait

I had to.

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LemonJello

1st round: Raiders of the Lost Ark

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BrettFavresColonoscopy

Only acceptable reason to display a swastika in your home. Or with a plaque that you ripped it off of the nazi you killed.

WCS

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We can’t stop here. This is bat country!

scotchnaut

This one is a bit busy but I like it.

china
Brocky

My number 1 pick:

The jaws movie poster

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Tells you everything you need to know

WCS

Damn you.

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