Comments on: I Love You, Ted V. Mikels! http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2009/07/12/i-love-you-ted-v-mikels/ Sun, 12 Feb 2012 07:50:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Bill http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2009/07/12/i-love-you-ted-v-mikels/#comment-2781 Tue, 04 Aug 2009 02:33:11 +0100 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2009/07/12/i-love-you-ted-v-mikels/#comment-2781 I just wrapped up a three post tribute of my own on Ted V. Mikels over at the Cafe. Hope we have enlightened at least one soul. I just wrapped up a three post tribute of my own on Ted V. Mikels over at the Cafe. Hope we have enlightened at least one soul.

]]> by: Kimberly Lindbergs http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2009/07/12/i-love-you-ted-v-mikels/#comment-2759 Mon, 20 Jul 2009 08:40:27 +0100 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2009/07/12/i-love-you-ted-v-mikels/#comment-2759 Thanks for the comments Bill & Al! Thanks for the comments Bill & Al!

]]> by: Al http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2009/07/12/i-love-you-ted-v-mikels/#comment-2757 Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:57:27 +0100 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2009/07/12/i-love-you-ted-v-mikels/#comment-2757 Girl in Gold Boots is a classic. Not just a movie featuring go-go dancing, but a movie in which go-go dancing is the heart and soul of the movie! That's what's missing from Hollywood today. Too much violence, not enough go-go dancing. Girl in Gold Boots is a classic. Not just a movie featuring go-go dancing, but a movie in which go-go dancing is the heart and soul of the movie! That’s what’s missing from Hollywood today. Too much violence, not enough go-go dancing.

]]> by: Bill aka Uranium Willy http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2009/07/12/i-love-you-ted-v-mikels/#comment-2755 Thu, 16 Jul 2009 21:09:55 +0100 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2009/07/12/i-love-you-ted-v-mikels/#comment-2755 I am certainly a fan of Wood's films and it is a not really true that he is the worst director of all time and I am not sure what a title like that really means. Lots of people of course are familiar now with his films because of the dubious title bestowed upon him by a handful of critics and Tim Burton's loose biopic. But sadly other interesting film makers,a s you mentioned, like Milligan, Mikels, Adamson, Ron Ormond, Jack Hill are still all but forgotten or objects of scorn and derision. They were true film mavericks working out even outside systems on near to non-existent budgets and under tight production schedules the big name directors had the clout to avoid. Astro Zombies is one of the funnest films of all time to watch and I am amazed at online movie bloggers who seem to miss the whole point of a true classic like this. Thanks for this little nod to Ted V. Mikels and his clan. Bill I am certainly a fan of Wood’s films and it is a not really true that he is the worst director of all time and I am not sure what a title like that really means. Lots of people of course are familiar now with his films because of the dubious title bestowed upon him by a handful of critics and Tim Burton’s loose biopic. But sadly other interesting film makers,a s you mentioned, like Milligan, Mikels, Adamson, Ron Ormond, Jack Hill are still all but forgotten or objects of scorn and derision. They were true film mavericks working out even outside systems on near to non-existent budgets and under tight production schedules the big name directors had the clout to avoid.

Astro Zombies is one of the funnest films of all time to watch and I am amazed at online movie bloggers who seem to miss the whole point of a true classic like this.

Thanks for this little nod to Ted V. Mikels and his clan.

Bill

]]> by: Kimberly Lindbergs http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2009/07/12/i-love-you-ted-v-mikels/#comment-2748 Mon, 13 Jul 2009 07:23:45 +0100 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2009/07/12/i-love-you-ted-v-mikels/#comment-2748 Fame's a funny thing. There are a lot of no-budget indy directors like Mikels, Doris Wishman, H.G. Lewis, Al Adamson and Andy Milligan who are just as talented and possibly even more interesting than Wood who all worked in and around Hollywood at the same time. But thanks to critics like Micheal Medved who decided to declare Ed Wood "the worst director ever" and Burton's popular Oscar winning biopic the world now knows who he is. Without Burton's film, there's an extremely high probability that this blogathon would have never taken place. On a side note, I'm not sure I totally believe that Ted is telling the whole truth and nothing but the truth regrading his memory of Ed. Guys like Mikels and Ed Wood were sideshow barkers and salesmen who also made movies. Take everything they say with a LARGE grain of salt! Fame’s a funny thing.

There are a lot of no-budget indy directors like Mikels, Doris Wishman, H.G. Lewis, Al Adamson and Andy Milligan who are just as talented and possibly even more interesting than Wood who all worked in and around Hollywood at the same time. But thanks to critics like Micheal Medved who decided to declare Ed Wood “the worst director ever” and Burton’s popular Oscar winning biopic the world now knows who he is. Without Burton’s film, there’s an extremely high probability that this blogathon would have never taken place.

On a side note, I’m not sure I totally believe that Ted is telling the whole truth and nothing but the truth regrading his memory of Ed. Guys like Mikels and Ed Wood were sideshow barkers and salesmen who also made movies. Take everything they say with a LARGE grain of salt!

]]> by: Marilyn http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2009/07/12/i-love-you-ted-v-mikels/#comment-2747 Mon, 13 Jul 2009 06:40:11 +0100 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2009/07/12/i-love-you-ted-v-mikels/#comment-2747 Didn't even know who Wood was! It's strange how history has made Wood such a big name in cult films. Thanks for this Kimberly. Didn’t even know who Wood was! It’s strange how history has made Wood such a big name in cult films. Thanks for this Kimberly.

]]> by: Greg F http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2009/07/12/i-love-you-ted-v-mikels/#comment-2746 Sun, 12 Jul 2009 21:15:03 +0100 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2009/07/12/i-love-you-ted-v-mikels/#comment-2746 Kimberly, thanks a million for contributing, I really appreciate it. And Ted Mikels is something else. I can't believe he didn't even know who Wood was until 92. Even after working on Orgy of the Dead. I also love that he made clear he didn't shoot the topless scenes. Kimberly, thanks a million for contributing, I really appreciate it. And Ted Mikels is something else. I can’t believe he didn’t even know who Wood was until 92. Even after working on Orgy of the Dead. I also love that he made clear he didn’t shoot the topless scenes.

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