History Awesome / EdWood

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* The man survived the bloodiest battles in the Pacific Theater of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. According to [[https://www.businessinsider.com/battle-of-tarawa-in-wwii-the-toughest-battle-in-marine-corps-history-2017-11 this source]], the casualty rate for the worst part of the worst battle in which he participated, the Battle of Tarawa, was 70%.
* One of the reasons Ed Wood, despite his films being viewed as ''terrible'' and poorly made, is so beloved by film makers is because he ''made films for the passion of it''. To him, he just wanted to make movies because he just loved making them. THAT is commendable and a moment of awesome in the recent years of the movie industry.

* Bela Lugosi's "I have no home" speech. ''Both'' instances of it. One because it is Lugosi playing a MadScientist quite well (with [[EvilLaughter evil little cackle at the end]] included), the second because it is a proclamation of self-affirmation that ''makes every onlooker on the street applaud''. It's arguably one of the few great things Ed Wood has written. Meta example: this role bagged Martin Landau a Best Supporting Actor Oscar.

* Let's not forget: the man survived the bloodiest battles in the Pacific Theater of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. Less than a tenth made it out ''alive''.
** According to [[https://www.businessinsider.com/battle-of-tarawa-in-wwii-the-toughest-battle-in-marine-corps-history-2017-11 this source]], the ''casualty'' rate for the worst part of the worst battle in which he participated, the Battle of Tarawa, was 70%---terrible, but not a ''death'' rate of 90%.
* Let's also ''not'' forget: One of the reasons Ed Wood, despite his films being viewed as ''terrible'' and poorly made, is so beloved by film makers is because he ''made films for the passion of it''. To him, he just wanted to make movies because he just loved making them. THAT is amendable and a moment of awesome in the recent years of the movie industry.

* Bela Lugosi's "I have no home" speech. ''Both'' instances of it. One because it is Lugosi playing a MadScientist quite well (with [[EvilLaughter evil little cackle at the end]] included), the second because it is a proclamation of self-affirmation that ''makes every onlooker on the street applaud''. It's arguably one of the few great things Ed Wood has written.
** Meta example: this role bagged Martin Landau a Best Supporting Actor Oscar.

** According to [[battle-of-tarawa-in-wwii-the-toughest-battle-in-marine-corps-history-2017-11 this source]], the ''casualty'' rate for the worst part of the worst battle in which he participated, the Battle of Tarawa, was 70%---terrible, but not a ''death'' rate of 90%.

** According to this source [https://www.businessinsider.com/battle-of-tarawa-in-wwii-the-toughest-battle-in-marine-corps-history-2017-11], the ''casualty'' rate for the worst part of the worst battle in which he participated, the Battle of Tarawa, was 70%---terrible, but not a ''death'' rate of 90%.

* Let's also ''not'' forget: One of the reasons Ed Wood, despite his films being viewed as ''terrible'' and poorly made, is so beloved by film makers is because he ''made films for the passionate of it''. To him, he just wanted to make movies because he just loved making them. THAT is amendable and a moment of awesome in the recent years of the movie industry.

--> "''This'' is the one! [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor ''This'' is the one I'll be remembered for...."]]

--> "''This'' is the one! ''This'' is the one I'll be remembered for...."

* Bela Lugosi's "I have no home" speech. ''Both'' instances of it. One because it is Lugosi playing a MadScientist quite well (with [[EvilLaughter evil little cackle at the end]] included), the second because it is a proclamation of self-affirmation that ''makes every onlooker on the street applaud''. It's arguably one of the few great things Ed Wood written.

* Bela Lugosi's "I have no home" speech. ''Both'' instances of it. One because it is Lugosi playing a MadScientist quite well (with [[EvilLaughter evil little cackle at the end]] included), the second because it is a proclamation of self-affirmation that ''makes every onlooker on the street applaud''.

* Bela Lugosi's "I have no home" speech. ''Both'' instances of it. One because it is Lugosi playing a MadScientist quite well (with [[MadLaughter evil little cackle at the end]] included), the second because it is a proclamation of self-affirmation that ''makes every onlooker on the street applaud''.

* Bela Lugosi's "I have no home" speech. ''Both'' instances of it.

* Ed gets one early in the film. After Bela, in full Dracula costume, manages to scare off all but one kid who comes to his door trick-or-treating, the remaining kid tells Bela that he doesn't scare him, as he knows that the fangs are fake and he's not a real vampire. Ed comes to the rescue by pulling out his rather realistic teeth and giving the brat the scare of his life. Bela asks how he can do that, and Ed simply replies "Dentures. Lost my pearlies in the war."

* Ed gets one early in the film. After Bela, in full Dracula costume, manages to scare off all but one kid who comes to his door trick-or-treating, the remaining kid tells Bela that he doesn't scare him, as he knows that the fangs are fake and he's not a real vampire. Ed comes to the rescue by pulling out his rather realistic teeth and frightening the kid away. Bela asks how he can do that, and Ed simply replies "Dentures. Lost my pearlies in the war."

* Ed marching back to the studio after being inspired by Orson Welles to fight to make his films on his own terms. Even if it's ''Film/Plan9FromOuterSpace'' he's making, seeing Wood tell off his Baptist funders and make the film his way, all while Howard Shore's music blares triumphantly, really makes you want to cheer after all the crap he's gone through.

* Ed marching back to the studio after being inspired by Orson Welles to fight to make his films on his own terms. Even if it's ''{{Plan 9 From Outer Space}}'' he's making, seeing Wood tell off his Baptist funders and make the film his way, all while Howard Shore's music blares triumphantly, really makes you want to cheer after all the crap he's gone through.