I scored some horror swag at Blockbuster of all places
So tonight, my girlfriend and I walked over to Papa John’s to order a couple pizza’s (Canadian Bacon w/light sauce for me, Pineapple w/light sauce for her). We had to kill some time waiting for them to cook so we sauntered over to Cockbuster. Those of you in my inner circle know of my deep hatred for this business and I’m anxiously waiting for the day they fold into the ground and nosedive straight to hell.
Anyways, I hadn’t been inside one in ages, and so there we are just wandering around looking at new release movies and I notice that they’ve got all these little kiosks with framed movie posters in them. Flipping through them, nothing caught my eye. There was some weird stuff, like Megadeth and Mettalica (huh?) and Rocky Horror and Hannah Montana. We were about to leave and noticed a big display in the middle of the store. What caught my eye was Stuntman Mike looking all badass right at me. It was like he was telling me to come over. So I did. And I found 4 Death Proof Stuntman Mike lobby cards. And they were discounted…..34 cents a piece!
That was a deal I just couldn’t pass up. My girlfriend, flipping through the various other posters, no doubt trying to disassociate herself from my very public man crush of a lobby card noticed a poster in the very back and said “You don’t like Friday the 13th, do you?” I was about to engage her in the Splattercast debate that, yes, I like F13 a lot, but it’s not a “classic” horror film but thought that might not be the best thing to do. So I look at the poster and it’s a freaking piece of art.
Seriously. It’s not a “poster” in the traditional sense at all, but rather a full color framed version of the original poster printed directly onto wood. I don’t know what that’s called, perhaps people smarter than I can tell me what that’s called, but I had to buy it. It’s just that cool. The poster set me back $30, and my gf was quick to point out that I could just buy a normal poster and frame it myself for cheaper than that, but I thought the wood texture and really vibrant colors were too great to pass up. That, and it was the only one there and I’m a really bad impulse buyer 
So you might want to check out your local Cockbuster location for clearanced Grindhouse lobby cards and neat horror wood prints.
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Jeff said:
Canadian bacon & pineapple? You guys like shitty pizza!
Cheers on the posters, though. I dream of decorating my place with big framed ANOES posters at some point.
toXsick said:
Nice score!
My place is covered in Derek Hess, a French poster for Dr. Zhivago, one for Metropolis, a rare Blade Runner poster, and soon, a very rare Spanish marquis poster for The Devil Came from Akasawa. I don’t even want to THINK about how much I paid for them all.
And yes, you like shitty pizza.
MaT said:
Stop dissing on my pie!
Bryan (Drunken Zombie) said:
Not to make you jealous Jeff but I have a framed NOES poster in my living room. Also it is signed by everybody from the movie but Johnny Depp and Wes Craven. Then below that is my shrine to Freddy of a signed Freddy glove and a picture of me with Robert Englund and Heather Langenkamp. Good times.
Fake Larry said:
Idunno, it’s a forgone fact that pineapple does not belong on pizza - ever - so now MaT’s views on Friday the Thirteenth are suspect.
MaT said:
I don’t eat pineapple pizza. That would be my girlfriend.
I eat Canadian Bacon or Chicken.
yum.
Jeff said:
Bryan, that sounds awesome - don’t ever let me know where you live or I’ll bust in and rob you
Mat: Canadian bacon and chicken do not belong on pizza, generally speaking. I can tolerate Canadian bacon if it’s in the context of some sort of “meat lover’s” sort of pie, but even then it’s gross.
Barf!
Stevie-poo said:
Fruit does not belong on pizza period. Honestly if you eat pizza with anything but pepperoni, cheese, and sauce, there’s a 90% chance you’re a Nazi.
Fake Larry said:
Canadian bacon and chicken are both meat, and therefore passible.
If you put fruit on a pizza it’s no longer a pizza, it’s a giant danish. These are my rules, I make them up.
Of course, the source of your nookie is exempt from anything that might keep you from that nookie, so kids, always order what the lady wants.
MaT said:
truer words have never been spoken, Fake Larry
But yes, Chicken and Canadian Bacon belong on a pizza. Together, preferably. I am of the opinion that anything can be put on a pizza. The toppings do not matter. As long as you have dough, sauce, and cheese, anything can go on top.
toXsick said:
Bacon does work well. But then again, it is God’s perfect food.
Fake Larry said:
MaT, you had me then you lost me.
Fruit pizza = giant danish. Think that’s okay? Try dunking it in your coffee.
MaT said:
Danishes are prepared in a totally different way. And isn’t butter a really necessary ingredient?
Two completely different foods, in my opinion
Fake Larry said:
Fair enough, I’ll make you a deal. I’ll concede that it’s okay to put fruit on a pizza if you order one with cantaloupe, banana, apple, and grapes and eat the entire thing.
I just remembered, nobody made the argument that tomato sauce comes from tomatos, and tomatos are fruit. Ah, too late!
MaT said:
Who knows? Maybe that would taste good
The point isn’t whether or not I would eat a pizza with all that fruit on it, the point is that it’s STILL A PIZZA. Just because you might not like the topping, doesn’t somehow change the fact that it’s a pizza. I mean, I hate pepperoni, sausage, and bacon. Doesn’t mean I don’t consider it a pizza if those toppings are on it
A pizza is a pizza is a pizza.
Now, what I’ll give you that aren’t pizzas are those Desert Pizzas. Here in Nebraska, we have a pizza joint called Valentino’s and they make specialty dessert pizzas with glaze icing for sauce, etc. Those aren’t pizzas
Fake Larry said:
I told you they’re MY rules.
If you put manure on a pizza is it still a pizza? Doesn’t matter, if you eat it it’s still wrong.
No I think there are some lines in life that need to be drawn. For no good reason.
MaT said:
If you put manure on top of a pie, then yes, it’s still a damn pizza.
It’s going to taste like shit, literally, but it’s still just a topping on top of dough, sauce, and cheese.
The whole POINT of a pizza is that you can put anything you want on it!
Fake Larry said:
That’s the [i]point[/i] of a pizza? I never heard that.
I’m sorry, but I’m going to have to see some sources. Do you have any old Italian immigrants nearby that you can have post to the website?
Fake Larry said:
This guy knows the deal and agrees with both of us:
http://gthing.net/the-war-on-terrorible-pizza/
MaT said:
The funny thing about this “debate” is that anti-topping defenders can’t seem to offer up an actual defense other than “um…it’s not supposed to be on there”.
Who are YOU to tell ME what should be on MY pizza?
Funny thing about the “The flavor of Pineapple doesn’t go with any part of a Pizza” argument….well, um, people LIKE IT, which is why they sell it. So apparently, there are quite a few people who enjoy pineapple with pizza.
You anti-topping zealots are drawing a line in the sand that has no business being drawn. Life is about choice, dammit
Fake Larry said:
Did you read the blog I linked to? The dude makes good arguments. Two very good examples:
“The flavor of Pineapple doesn’t go with any part of a Pizza. Would you eat bread+Pineapple? A Pineapple sandwich? No. Tomato sauce with Pineapple? No. Pineapple with cheese melted onto it? No. Yet for some reason people think it’s a good idea when it’s all put together. It literally boggles the mind! (Owww! My mind is being boggled!)
Another reason Pineapple makes a bad Pizza topping is because it cannot easily be removed. Oh, don’t like olives? Simply pick them off. Same with sausage, green onions, whatever. But Pineapple leaves behind all of its juices so if you want to pick it off you’re just left with Pineapple juice pizza, which is pretty much worse than the Pineapple pizza was to start with.”
Fake Larry said:
Oh, and do you call the “people like it” arguement a good one? People like all kinds of stupid things, should we just adopt all their standards?
Where would it end? I’ll tell you where. With people saying Carnosaur 2 is better than Halloween.
It’s for the good of the people.
MaT said:
That guy isn’t making arguments, he’s stating personal preference. All of his points are based on the idea that pineapple is bad in the first place and somehow shouldn’t be on a pizza.
I asked my girlfriend about this “debate”, figured it would be good to actually get the opinion of someone who likes Pineapple Pizza. Her response?
“That guy is an idiot. Stop arguing with stupid people”
Pineapple pizza is pizza. End of story.
Jeff said:
Mat sez: “I mean, I hate pepperoni, sausage, and bacon.”
Dude.
Come on.
Seriously.
They ought to put people like you into pizza re-education camps.
Fake Larry said:
MaT, I grew up in New Jersey and New York. It’s unwritten law that you must be from those areas, or Chicago, Pennsylvania, and MAYBE Boston, to be an expert in the subgenre of Italian-American cuisine known as Pizzaology.
People born and raised in those areas also excel at arguing over stupid crap that has no basis in logic.
MaT said:
So what you’re saying is, you guys are Pizza Nazi’s.
Let me guess, you cook your pies in your incinerators?
Fake Larry said:
Papers please! Schnell!!
Ah, I see you are harboring a pineapple lover in your home. Please step into the train. Schnell!!