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georgep · 05-17-2004, 11:26 PM

TED POST- Veteran TV director who took a quiet success with the small Clint Eastwood western Hang 'em High and flopped off that diving board into infamous remembrance as a fill-in in the second films of the Planet of the Apes (Beneath the POTA) and Dirty Harry (Magnum Force) film franchises. Also dubiously connected with the early 'mainstream' sex comedy Harrad Experiment, Post's style is paint-by-numbers and overt to the point of blatant in his depiction of characters--subtlety and character development that respects the audience's intelligence are nowhere to be found in his films. IMHO, Post took two of the greatest first films in American motion picture franchise history and directed their sequels down to the lowest common denominator.

LUIS MANDOKI- Small date-movie director who went from White Palaceto Born Yesterday through When a Man Loves a Woman and Message in a Bottle, right up to Angel Eyes. His films have no message and aren't remarkable for much more than having three cute moments maximum, yet Mandoki is scheduled to shoot FOUR films this year alone (NONE of which you have probably heard of)!

DON TAYLOR- If you have seen the interview with Lloyd Kaufman on the limited edition of The Final Countdown (the final theatrical release Taylor directed), you know what a sad ending this once-bright young actor/director had to his career. Kaufman termed him a "burnout." Taylor himself, after encouraging returns from such second films in the franchise as Damien: Omen II and the best POTA Sequel, Escape From the Planet of the Apes, said that he just "inherited" great talent. Like Post, workmanlike direction yielded modest results, but Taylor was a much more hands-off director. Directed a string of completely obscure TV movies after 1980 until he retired for good in 1988 (and died 10 years later). Taylor took over Omen II from...

MIKE HODGES- director of the factory and military scenes in Damien, Hodges rocketed to celebrity in his home of England by directing the 1971 cult hit Get Carter. Best known to American audiences as the man behind the camera on Flash Gordon (and, to a lesser extent, Michael Crichton's The Terminal Man), Hodges has basically been in the Carter groove for the last 30 years. He takes on some gangster projects but not much else, as his resume has been rather sparse since 1980. Well, hey, we can always say he brought Queen to the big screen.

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georgep Threadkill Inspector Join Date: May 2001 Location: Where London Bridge is falling down, My Fair Lady	My nominees are... TED POST- Veteran TV director who took a quiet success with the small Clint Eastwood western Hang 'em High and flopped off that diving board into infamous remembrance as a fill-in in the second films of the Planet of the Apes (Beneath the POTA) and Dirty Harry (Magnum Force) film franchises. Also dubiously connected with the early 'mainstream' sex comedy Harrad Experiment, Post's style is paint-by-numbers and overt to the point of blatant in his depiction of characters--subtlety and character development that respects the audience's intelligence are nowhere to be found in his films. IMHO, Post took two of the greatest first films in American motion picture franchise history and directed their sequels down to the lowest common denominator. LUIS MANDOKI- Small date-movie director who went from White Palaceto Born Yesterday through When a Man Loves a Woman and Message in a Bottle, right up to Angel Eyes. His films have no message and aren't remarkable for much more than having three cute moments maximum, yet Mandoki is scheduled to shoot FOUR films this year alone (NONE of which you have probably heard of)! DON TAYLOR- If you have seen the interview with Lloyd Kaufman on the limited edition of The Final Countdown (the final theatrical release Taylor directed), you know what a sad ending this once-bright young actor/director had to his career. Kaufman termed him a "burnout." Taylor himself, after encouraging returns from such second films in the franchise as Damien: Omen II and the best POTA Sequel, Escape From the Planet of the Apes, said that he just "inherited" great talent. Like Post, workmanlike direction yielded modest results, but Taylor was a much more hands-off director. Directed a string of completely obscure TV movies after 1980 until he retired for good in 1988 (and died 10 years later). Taylor took over Omen II from... MIKE HODGES- director of the factory and military scenes in Damien, Hodges rocketed to celebrity in his home of England by directing the 1971 cult hit Get Carter. Best known to American audiences as the man behind the camera on Flash Gordon (and, to a lesser extent, Michael Crichton's The Terminal Man), Hodges has basically been in the Carter groove for the last 30 years. He takes on some gangster projects but not much else, as his resume has been rather sparse since 1980. Well, hey, we can always say he brought Queen to the big screen. __________________ "I am one of the few honest people I have ever known."--Nick Carraway Last edited by georgep : 05-17-2004 at 11:39 PM.