Dear Internet, help me convince my wife that hanging this in our living room would be a good idea:
This vintage French poster for the Ray Harryhausen classic, Valley of Gwangi, features two of my favorite things: cowboys and dinosaurs (yes, I am actually 6 years old). I think it would look amazing on the wall behind the couch in our living room, but I have yet to convince my lovely bride.
Granted, we live in the heart of Pleasantville. Nice home. Nice decor. Kids. Dogs. You get the idea. You wouldn’t see this poster hanging in our neighbor’s living room.
I have a “bat cave” dedicated to my personal use and all of my “crap” (wife’s words, not mine–my words would be “unique treasures collected throughout a lifetime, that capture the wondrousness of our pop culture past,” but I digress). Within the confines of the cave, I have free reign to adorn the walls however I see fit. This arrangement has served us well so far, but the problem is twofold: 1. I have run out of wall space, and 2. my stuff is just so much cooler than her stuff. Sure, quaint little watercolors of quaint little towns are nice, but come on… we’re talking about a bunch of cowboys fighting a T-Rex!
This poster is huge, measuring almost four feet by five feet, and would look phenomenal on the wall. you doubt me? Well, I didn’t major in Photoshop for nothing, you be the judge…
Now, if our living room had something like this to look at, I might actually hang out there and watch some International House Hunters on HGTV with the missus every now and then, rather than scurrying off to my cozy den.
I have faith in you, my fellow collectors, so don’t let me down Internet! Drop me a note that will show my wife how wrong she is on this point, and help me convince her that the Valley of Gwangi poster should go up on the wall.
Sincerely,
Brian Adams
Collector of all things cool
P.S. If this plot works, guess what goes up next…
Sssssshhhhh.
I’m with your wife. You should not hang it up. You should send it to me so I can hang it up in my room 😉
Hey, Chris- Do you think your wife would let this hang in your living room???
I’m not sure. Probably not since I have stuff hanging up everywhere’s else. But to be sure I’d have to show it to her and hang it on the wall for a spell to see just how it looks 🙂
Richard Carlson, James Franciscus.. are you kidding me. Of course that goes in the living room. You’ll have the coolest house in the neighborhood..
Now you have to convince my dh about my decorating.. I have a small photograph of outhouses that reminds me of an old grant wood painting.. Couldn’t figure out what was going on, until I realized everytime we had company over dh would take it off the wall and stick it in the closet. (it hangs in the guest bathroom)
Too funny! I’d take that deal if it was offered, but this poster wouldn’t even fit in a closet if I ever needed to hide it! 😉
Fantastic colors (it’ll go with anything and everything!) and tighten up that sparse use of wall space. I don’t see the problem.
Nor do I. Nope. No problem.
That poster was made for that wall! The prior painting sat placidly, the dinosaur poster devours all the wall space in sight like a true hero. Seriously though, I love that poster. I’d remove doors and cover windows to make “wall space” for it~
Thanks, Val! That settles it. I need more walls.
Your post gave me the image of crashing through the poster like a football team storming the field at the big homecoming game. Shudder at the thought.
What you’re lacking in this fight is a good campaign slogan. I’d suggest, “You can’t go wrongy with Gwangi!”
Folks, we have a winner! If this doesn’t sway my wife, then I don’t know what will. I’ll be contacting the sign painter tomorrow.
Nice! Great slogan!
I fully support this cause.
Glad to have Top Hat Sasquatch in my corner!
Too funny. I do agree that the current picture is too small for the wall, and I like the campaign slogan. But….. a poster with dead people and dinosaur bones? In the living room? I don’t think so. That is what the “man cave” is for. And, if I agree to this, the ape poster is next? I don’t think so. Still love ya. 🙂
Hahaha! Perfect response! This thread has been too much fun!
See what I am up against. I wonder if I would have had better luck if I proposed a Buck Rogers of the 25th Century poster. Shot too high, too soon.
See, Negotiation is all about the context.
I would have started out with, “Dearest Wife, Love of my Life, You know what would be awesome for the living room? If we got Two Vikings riding T-Rex’s Jousting for our amusement while leading an army of undead ninjas! ”
“No? Okay then, an army of fully dead ninjas.”
“No? Okay, you win. We’ll just put up this poster then, like you want instead.”
That way I’d get my poster and she’d feel like she won. Everyboyd wins! (of course after I thought about it for a while, I’d be sad I didn’t get that first thing after all. 🙁 )
BWAHAHA! If I ever need a lawyer, you sir, are hired!
I think it would look fantastic! You would be the envy of the neighborhood. And any time you have company, it would sure strike up some interesting conversation.
Thanks, Jason! I would be happy if any of my neighbors even knew who the great Ray Harryhausen was.
Baby steps man, baby steps 😉