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from Joblo.com They (FearNet) asked him (Uwe Boll) if he was aware that a petition has been signed online by 18,000 people asking him to stop making movies. Boll answered that he was aware, but that it wasn’t enough to “convince” him. However, Boll said that one million signatures would be able to convince him....
I haven't seen any of his films. TBH they all sound like utetr turds, and anyone that chooses to spend their money on computer game film adaptations deserves whatever they get. It's argued on the petition that it's this guy's fault that they're all so shocking. Like I say I've never seen one of his films but I've seen enough bits of other game-based movies to learn my lesson. It's not his fault they're all such utter shi7. And reading this bit from his wiki, I actually kind of like him
Boll made headlines by challenging his critics to "put up or shut up". In June 2006, his production company issued a press release stating that Boll would challenge his five harshest critics each to a 10 round boxing match. Invitations were also open to film directors Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary. To qualify, critics had to have written two extremely negative reviews of Boll, in print or on the Web, in 2005. Footage from the fights were to be included on the DVD of his upcoming film Postal.[23] On June 20, 2006, Rich "Lowtax" Kyanka stated on Something Awful that he had been invited by Boll to be the first contestant. Only after that did Kyanka review Alone in the Dark.[24] The online gambling site GoldenPalace.com decided to sponsor this event, dubbing it "Raging Boll". The list of five critics to step into the ring with Boll was drawn up in late August 2006, and featured Kyanka, Rue Morgue magazine writer Chris Alexander, webmaster of Cinecutre Carlos Palencia Jimenez-Arguello, Ain't it Cool News writer Jeff Sneider and Chance Minter, amateur boxer and website critic.[25][26] Boll fought and won against all five participants. The first took place on September 5, 2006 in Málaga, Spain against Carlos Palencia[27]with the rest on September 23, 2006 at the Plaza of Nations in Vancouver.[28]
After Kyanka lost his match, he would go on to make several allegations against Boll, including that Boll refused to fight against Chance Minter, an amateur boxer, because he was an experienced boxer; that Boll misled them by claiming it was a PR stunt, but actually intended to fight them; that Boll claimed the participants would get training before the match, which no one did; and that Boll had seriously wounded Sneider, who had also believed Boll.[29] However, Boll actually fought Minter as his fourth opponent.[30]
Kyanka added in a post-match interview that, "Half of us (the contenders) hadn't even seen his movies."[31] Sneider shared similar sentiments, stating "I think he's a jerk. This might be PR but I don't want to keep getting punched in the head."[32] Boll has denied these claims in an interview, stating that he gave his opponents three months to prepare. He also denied ever saying it was a PR stunt and claims that it was going to be a real fight.[33]
Other contestants responded less negatively. Alexander, in a Toronto Star article, recounts being invited to Boll's beach house on the following day, where Boll asked him about the reasons for his unilaterally negative reviews. Alexander bluntly told Boll that his movies were "bloated, expensive and incoherent attempts at aping American genre pictures and sport some of the most boneheaded casting choices in filmdom" but that Boll was an "insane, two-fisted rogue, and a shockingly HONEST one at that, someone who absolutely adores film, knows its history and truly lives for what he does."[34]
Alexander referred to the event as "the weirdest pop culture bizarre journalism stunt I've ever been involved in."[32] Minter also praised what he had seen so far of Boll's upcoming production Seed.[35] Boll praised the contestants in a post fight press conference, stating "I like now the critics... Everybody who was in the ring showed (guts). Nobody dived."[32]
Ron Sparks offered to fight Boll in Vancouver as part of the Postal publicity stunt, but Boll declined, citing Sparks's age and size advantage. Sparks himself defended Boll's decision in his MySpace blog, however, saying that because Boll was fighting several boxers back to back, and putting them in his movie, he had the right to choose any opponents willing to fight him.
Also, printed in Electronic Gaming Monthly's November 2006 edition of the section "The Rest of the Crap", written by critic Seanbaby, described Seanbaby's own involvement. Apparently Uwe was going to appear on G4's Attack of the Show! and promote this fight by sparring with one of the hosts. He claims that, "Again, he's [Uwe Boll] a matchmaking genius, because everyone on TV's 3-feet tall. If you were watching [AotS] during the time I co-hosted, you might have noticed that I could have leaned over and eaten host Kevin Pereira." A producer of the show then asked if Seanbaby would come and spar in the host's place for the event. Seanbaby says that he trains in Muay Thai and jujutsu, and that, "Boxing is to Fighting what Hungry Hungry Hippos is to fighting..." When Uwe heard of this, he wanted to know Seanbaby's age, height, weight and fighting experience since he "learned he wasn't fighting a midget". After receiving said information, Boll chose not to appear on the program.
At least he gets off his Butt and makes Movies(Even though they are craptastic).
My Gaming buddies and I have only ever TALKED about it.
So, Good on ya mate!
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i like uwe boll because he dosent care about other filmmakers oppinions.
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16 people signed it within 10 seconds of me signing...
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I like bad movies, and I like crappy video game / comic book tie-in movies, but Boll's movies are the only movies I have fallen asleep during. Just ... horrible. Give me (or a toaster!) the money and you'll easily get a better movie.
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His movies are awesome. He shows how ridiculous most scripts for videogames are. Of course, we don't play videogames for their stories so it doesn't matter in that medium, but it's fun to see it in another medium that forces you to see that.
As an SAGOON I must say that it was pretty cowardly what he did to Lowtax, though.
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Blah, blah, blah... "only genius in the whole &*^%ing business"? God, what a frigging ego. Why is it that it's always the brain-dead retards that assume that their drek is genius?
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He's a genius alright. He has the cunning ability to generate so much nerd rage simply by posing and talking. Besides, he stays in business despite his "crappy" movies.
But seriously, do you guys really think the videogames he bases his movies on have better scripts, acting, or storylines?
stonefox wrote:But seriously, do you guys really think the videogames he bases his movies on have better scripts, acting, or storylines?
Better? Generally not, but easily on par in some cases. Which is sad, as movies are held to far higher standards (or should be!) than video games are, even if that standard is rising for more and more games.
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That's what I mean, though. I think his entire shtick is a satire on how crappy videogame stories are and generating tons of nerd rage. I salute him for that. He is quite possibly the best non-internet internet troll.
But, I sometimes tend to idolize "intentionally bad" comedy or movies, so I'm full of gak.
I dunno, if that's his intent I wish he would put some effort into making them legitimately funny satires, instead of this kind of bitter flipping the bird at the nerds.
I can dig intentionally bad movies, but Boll's stuff just feels ... bad. I don't feel the vitality of satire, the playfulness that makes it enjoyable to tear into the original.
Go fig I guess, the only support you can give Boll is that he is still making movies. Amazing, really.
sorry but if he really did make a movie of any crytek games i would just flip. as much as i would like to see them, i just dont want them made by him: they deserve better.
Signed. I got the DVD of Alone in the Dark from the discount bin of a supermarket for $5, and that was too much. As for Dungeon Siege, the video game had a MUCH better plot and was ten times as entertaining.
306121 - god, please, no more films. Luckily I have gotten in the habit of checking the director and so avoid them. How the heck did he get Ben Kingsley! How the heck does he get famous actors in his films now?
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Doesn't matter how many people sign, he won't quit making movies. Even if people stop seeing his movies and the studios stop giving him scripts, all he has to do is buy a HDV cam and make his own indie crap. He will never go away, like the mice who leave little poops on your kitchen counter.
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