Topic: Stop Uwe Boll (Read 43089 times)

TheFuriousWombat · « **Reply #50 on:** 13 Apr 2008, 21:13 »

To be fair, those guys really suck as well.

E. Spaceman · « **Reply #51 on:** 13 Apr 2008, 22:20 »

Quote from: Sox on 13 Apr 2008, 09:21

I don't care about his movies. I haven't even seen them. But there has been no evidence to suggest he's a nice man, or a smart man, yet there's plenty of evidence to suggest that he himself, is a very very "angry nerd".

oh darryl, why do you make it so easy to dismiss your arguments?

Sox · « **Reply #52 on:** 14 Apr 2008, 02:55 »

Well, it is incredibly easy when people have an attention span as selective as yours.

Sox · « **Reply #53 on:** 14 Apr 2008, 06:29 »

Does anybody really believe that Uwe Boll will stop making movies if a million people ask him to? I don't. But I do expect that it'd hurt his gigantic ego, and a little humility is a good thing. Maybe, just maybe, one million critics will make him reconsider his methods too. Again, by no means a bad thing.

Critics are not this hilarious entity that deserves to be ridiculed. That's just as ridiculous as saying somebody should stop making art because you don't like it. Critics are just as important as the artist.
On the very same subforums where a majority of people have said Nickelback are a huge joke that deserve rocks be thrown at them, people are saying that Uwe Boll critics be ridiculed and dismissed for wanting to show their disapproval of his methods. Infact, some of the same individuals that think it's okay to throw objects at bands think it's okay to support Uwe Boll to piss of people that don't like him. That's pretty astounding.

You read it here first people. The QC forums think it's okay to throw rocks at people, and that it's okay to ridicule people for being vocal about an opinion.

To summarise:

-Man uses questionable methods to produce cheap movies at the expense of other people in order to make a profit.
-People question methods and artistic merit of said movies
-Man calls these people idiots, uses a thinly disguised media event as an excuse to beat on said people.
-Petition is started to teach the man some humility
-Man arrogantly dismisses petitions, states it'd take "a million" critics to make him reconsider his methods
-People begin to sign petition, get vocal in order to bring man down a peg or two
-Some more people decide the critics are a big joke and that it'd be funnier to dismiss their opinions and provoke/ridicule them rather than ignore the topic on which they have no opinion, but choose to contribute to anyway.
-People get bored of thread and go back to talking about how funny and cool it was that somebody urinated on the Mars Volta's expensive equipment and reminisce about the time that somebody landed a rock on Chad Kroeger's head.

Sox · « **Reply #54 on:** 14 Apr 2008, 11:56 »

You're completely and totally correct. I need to work on my reading comprehension skill somewhat. I have to admit that I feel like something of an asshat for completely missing the point and misinterpreting the intention of the petition, and the majority of post in this thread. I picked my arguments poorly and chose the completely wrong thread for them. I presented them in a way that screams "I don't know what I am talking about!" and I'll try harder in the future.

That said...

Quote from: tommydski

a)Nickelback dude hit by a rock thrown by anonymous person.

That is never funny! Dude got hit by a rock by somebody who thought it'd be funny to hit him with a rock. Coulda put a dude's eye out. A rock is a projectile weapon.

Ã¶de · « **Reply #55 on:** 14 Apr 2008, 12:08 »

My friend got put into intensive care for a couple of weeks and had epilepsy for months after when he got hit in the head by a rock. Violence isn't always fun and games!

TheFuriousWombat · « **Reply #56 on:** 14 Apr 2008, 12:14 »

I guess this opening sequence of Postal is what Boll was talking about when he called himself a genius
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Vt_tv7t79WY

Ikrik · « **Reply #57 on:** 14 Apr 2008, 15:53 »

Quote from: TheFuriousWombat on 14 Apr 2008, 12:14

I guess this opening sequence of Postal is what Boll was talking about when he called himself a genius
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Vt_tv7t79WY

That tiny little clip alone has completely convinced me to go see Postal for myself.....I do hope it lasts in theatres for more than a day or two.

KvP · « **Reply #58 on:** 14 Apr 2008, 16:16 »

Doesn't that one feature full frontal Dave Foley?

Count me in.

muteKi · « **Reply #59 on:** 14 Apr 2008, 21:43 »

Shit, that actually was pretty funny. And seems to capture a bit of that sort of controversy that a game like Postal is all about anyway.

Fletch · « **Reply #60 on:** 15 Apr 2008, 05:14 »

Quote from: Ã¶de on 14 Apr 2008, 12:08

My friend got put into intensive care for a couple of weeks and had epilepsy for months after when he got hit in the head by a rock. Violence isn't always fun and games!

Quote

Dude got hit by a rock by somebody who thought it'd be funny to hit him with a rock. Coulda put a dude's eye out.

It's all fun and games until someone loses an eye. Then it's just games.

I'd support a petition for throwing a rock at Boll ... but I can't be bothered finding one or starting one. Or clicking on the link to one. Posting is just borderline with regards to effort.

Border Reiver · « **Reply #61 on:** 15 Apr 2008, 16:58 »

Not flippin' likely...

Ikrik · « **Reply #62 on:** 15 Apr 2008, 17:14 »

Quote from: Anyways on 15 Apr 2008, 15:26

Man you guys. A lightningbolt just hit me.

What if he's right? What if, after the petition completes, we finally realize what marvels his movies are?

His name will be up there with Tarkowsky, Polanski, Bergman and Tornatore, and we'll be all "dude please make more movies" and he'll be all "nah you fucking hate them anyway".

It could be true...most of the people who hate him don't actually see his films....and most artists aren't understood or appreciated in their time....Uwe Boll might just be a genius.

Surgoshan · « **Reply #63 on:** 15 Apr 2008, 17:50 »

It might require genius to build a skyscraper out of diarrhea water. Doesn't mean I want to work there.

Boro_Bandito · « **Reply #64 on:** 16 Apr 2008, 11:23 »

Quote from: tommydski on 14 Apr 2008, 05:38

If you don't like it, make your own films. Uwe Boll is not stopping you from doing so.

I fully plan to. Didn't stop me from signing the damn thing. On a slightly funny sidenote, I'm in my psych class at the moment, and we're studying abnormal behavior. One of the ways to classify abnormal behavior is if it violates the cultural standards of a society. I'd say his movies clearly violate the culture of excellent filmmaking by being really shitty, which a lot of other people agree with. So his behavior is abnormal, and has also been going on for a long time which is another clue in to someone having a mental disorder, so this isn't just temporary insanity. He's a megomaniacal tax law loophole abuser to boot. Dude needs to be in jail or in a mental hospital. That way we're no trying to censor him directly, and yet he still won't be able to make any more movies! Its foolproof

Ã¶de · « **Reply #65 on:** 16 Apr 2008, 12:34 »

Huh? Fuck off. While Uwe Boll seems to be a complete dick, and I don't think I've seen his films but I think I can trust the critics on them, calling someone insane and locking them up for violating 'cultural standards' sounds like the worst plan since the final solution. I know your post isn't really serious, but it makes me regret signing the thing (twice).

Ikrik · « **Reply #66 on:** 16 Apr 2008, 18:48 »

Funny story: I just watched Dungeon Siege.
If it isn't one of the worst and most boring films I've ever seen in my life I don't know what is. It was boring, predictable, stupid and just unbearable to watch. The actors were mostly good, but there was the occasional person who was just like...eugh. But hell, the movie reminded me SO much like LOTR but just ripped off so badly. They managed to make some potentially great fight scenes boring....how they did that I don't really know too well. With that said I'm still going to see Postal.

RedLion · « **Reply #67 on:** 16 Apr 2008, 19:12 »

It's fine to talk about community censorship and defend Boll's suck-itdue as personal freedom, but then, it's the personal freedom of those who sign the petition to express their views. So don't go castigating people for using the freedom of expression when you're defending Boll's right to do the same.

Uwe Boll can make shitty movies. People can sign petitions to get him to stop making shitty movies, which he claims he will abide by. This isn't censorship we're talking about here. If he does indeed decide to not make movies (a long shot), it's of his own accord. Don't rail against the opinions of a group of people when their opinion isn't forcing someone to stop doing what they love to do. This petition isn't a binding action, christ.

Boro_Bandito · « **Reply #68 on:** 16 Apr 2008, 21:41 »

Quote from: Ã¶de on 16 Apr 2008, 12:34

Huh? Fuck off. While Uwe Boll seems to be a complete dick, and I don't think I've seen his films but I think I can trust the critics on them, calling someone insane and locking them up for violating 'cultural standards' sounds like the worst plan since the final solution. I know your post isn't really serious, but it makes me regret signing the thing (twice).

literally only said it because I actually brought it up in class. Funny thing is there were several people in there who knew what I was talking about. Its not only not serious, and yeah, I sorta regret signing it too. I will defeat Boll in my own way, one day if I make it big I'm definitely going to have really negative reference to his stuff in my films. Or even better, have characters who completely and utterly trash him in their dialogues. I will make him my enemy, my... nemesis.

Jackie Blue · « **Reply #69 on:** 18 Apr 2008, 15:38 »

OK seriously, that opening bit of Postal actually is pretty genius. I've never seen an Uwe Boll movie because none of them sounded appealing even if they were done well (I mean, I like video games, but the list of "good movies made from video games" basically begins and ends with Super Mario Brothers). But now I genuinely want to see Postal.

RobbieOC · « **Reply #70 on:** 18 Apr 2008, 15:48 »

Quote from: zerodrone on 18 Apr 2008, 15:38

the list of "good movies made from video games" basically begins and ends with Super Mario Brothers

Wait, what?

RobbieOC · « **Reply #71 on:** 18 Apr 2008, 16:16 »

Siert · « **Reply #72 on:** 18 Apr 2008, 17:14 »

Edit : Seems the above post changed from TRON to Doom.

RobbieOC · « **Reply #73 on:** 18 Apr 2008, 17:22 »

I don't have any idea what you're talking about...

MrSteevo · « **Reply #74 on:** 18 Apr 2008, 18:49 »

The Doom was horrible, it murdered the story and was predictably hollywood.

I did enjoy the first Mortal Kombat movie.

Jimmy the Squid · « **Reply #75 on:** 18 Apr 2008, 21:27 »

I think some video game movies are ok, not amazing but at least watchable. As mentioned above Mortal Kombat is one of them, mainly for the fact that the martial arts holds up and the soundtrack is actaully quite good. Streetfighter: The Movie is not wholly unenjoyable simply because Raul Julia steals every scene he is in, but then it's Raul Julia so you can't be that surprised can you? It's not a great film but it has jean Claude Van Damme in it so surely your expectations for it can't be that high? I mean have you seen Bloodsport/Timecop/Sudden Death/Hard Target/Any Van Damme film ever?
Another not too terrible video game is...Well I found the Resident Evil series to be really very ok. Not cinematic masterpieces but I didn't want to kill myself and everyone around me after I watched it like I did with actual hollywood blockbusters such as say, Transformers. Unfortunately other than that I can't really think of any others. Super Mario Bros was basically terrible, Doom I never even saw but I watched some of it on youtube and it made me really sad. I'm vaguely interested in seeing Bloodrayne but that's just because I like vampire flicks, I've never even knew it was a game until I read "based on the hit video-game" on the back of the DVD case at the video shop.

Ikrik · « **Reply #76 on:** 18 Apr 2008, 21:55 »

I think the problem with video-game movies is that they choose video-games where you can't really do much to change it into a movie. Here are some video games that I believe would stand up incredibly well as movies.

Prince of Persia: Imagine this.....in Parkour. I first started thinking about this when I saw that French film...I think it was District somethingortheother and it had an insane amount of AMAZING parkour in it. The things they could do with Prince of Persia would be absolutely amazing. And the cool prince from The Sands of Time...none of that angsty anti-hero bullcrap.

Shadows of the Colossus: This is a slightly odd stretch, I'll admit. But this is the video-game that I want made into a movie the most. It'd be entirely green-screen and almost completely silent except for when Dormin speaks. It'd be just absolutely amazing.

God of War: Boobs, blood, swearing......it'd be the absolute perfect popcorn flick. It'd be exactly like Transformers in the sense that the movie itself would be terrible but everyone would love it because it'd be so much fun.

Jimmy the Squid · « **Reply #77 on:** 18 Apr 2008, 22:23 »

Actually there are rumours of a Prince of Persia film in the works that got put on hold due to the writer's strike. It's meant to have heaps of parkour and is going to be based off the latest game trilogy so it will have the cool Prince from Sands of Time and the second one will likely be a bit darker to match the tone of Warrior Within, whether that is a mistake is yet to be seen. The only thing I'm worried about is who was last on board to direct. Michael Bay. And it doesn't look like things have changed.

Ikrik · « **Reply #78 on:** 18 Apr 2008, 23:34 »

Well then it'll be EXACTLY like Transformers....it'll probably be everything I expect it to be. Wow dude, thanks SO much for that, I totally had no idea. You just completely made my week.

Tom · « **Reply #79 on:** 19 Apr 2008, 01:09 »

Why haven't any crazed fans of any of the source materials he has butchered killed him yet?

Spluff · « **Reply #80 on:** 19 Apr 2008, 02:07 »

Am I the only person who, when Prince of Persia is mentioned, thinks of the first two games.?

McTaggart · « **Reply #81 on:** 19 Apr 2008, 03:09 »

Jimmy the Squid · « **Reply #82 on:** 19 Apr 2008, 08:28 »

Quote from: tommydski on 19 Apr 2008, 01:59

Streetfighter: The Movie remains one of the most incredible piss-your-pants-funny motion pictures. It's so bad that it's bad.

The best thing is that out of the hundreds of people involved in the making of this film, at no point did anyone stop and say to the person next to them -

"Wait, this is utter arse. We're making a big pile of steaming shit. What are we thinking?"

Probably for the same reason that the Bay of Pigs fiasco occurred and the Challenger shuttle exploded. A bunch of yes-men all okaying these horrible ideas because they don't want to make the group look bad. Sometimes when this happens there are needless deaths. Sometimes you get a film with Kylie Minougue saying what she is doing (she actually says "front kick!" when kicking to the front and "side kick!" when making a side kick) and Raul Julia delivering fantastic lines such as "For you the day that Bison graced your village and killed your father was the most important day of your life. For me it was Thursday."

Boro_Bandito · « **Reply #83 on:** 19 Apr 2008, 11:44 »

Quote from: Spluff on 19 Apr 2008, 02:07

Am I the only person who, when Prince of Persia is mentioned, thinks of the first two games.?

Hell no, I've got them both on an emulator right now. God the first one is so fucking hard.

Ikrik · « **Reply #84 on:** 19 Apr 2008, 15:01 »

Quote from: Jimmy the Squid on 19 Apr 2008, 08:28

Probably for the same reason that the Bay of Pigs fiasco occurred and the Challenger shuttle exploded.

Well...the Bay of Pigs failed because Kennedy was at first all like "hell yes let's freaking invade Cuba, get the FBI all overz that we'll give 'em support." And then he changed his mind, pulled all American personelle out of the operation, leaving only the exiled Cubans to go and fight. The only support they got was American weapons.

Jackie Blue · « **Reply #85 on:** 19 Apr 2008, 15:05 »

Actually, yeah, the first Mortal Kombat and Resident Evil movies were pretty good. And I did love the hell out of Silent Hill.

Super Mario Bros. is so good because it's so completely fucking batshit crazy. It's like David Lynch directed it crazy. And that's why I love it.

Jimmy the Squid · « **Reply #86 on:** 20 Apr 2008, 03:00 »

Quote from: Ikrik on 19 Apr 2008, 15:01

Quote from: Jimmy the Squid on 19 Apr 2008, 08:28

Probably for the same reason that the Bay of Pigs fiasco occurred and the Challenger shuttle exploded.

Well...the Bay of Pigs failed because Kennedy was at first all like "hell yes let's freaking invade Cuba, get the FBI all overz that we'll give 'em support." And then he changed his mind, pulled all American personelle out of the operation, leaving only the exiled Cubans to go and fight. The only support they got was American weapons.

Yes but the reason was because it was basically the decision was being made by one guy and all the advisors and other people who had a hand in it did not speak up when they saw glaring problems because of what is essentially groupthink. Everyone wants a positive outcome so much that they will repress their misgivings so that everyone, especially a charasmatic and intelligent leader such as Kennedy, ends up looking great. The problems start when said leader has terrible ideas that no one calls him/her on.

MadassAlex · « **Reply #87 on:** 20 Apr 2008, 04:44 »

Tommy, Uwe Boll's movies wouldn't be so bad if they didn't rape the source material so hard. I have nothing against him making movies as long as he either does something original or stays true to the source material.

It's like, some band goes "We will do a cover album of Sonic Youth songs", but they actually just write a bunch of their own dissonant rock with female vocals and hope no-one can tell the difference.

E. Spaceman · « **Reply #88 on:** 20 Apr 2008, 19:14 »

what exactly is your problem with Blonde Redhead?

Boro_Bandito · « **Reply #89 on:** 20 Apr 2008, 22:16 »

You know Uwe Boll is bad when you start talking about Bay of Pigs and the Challenger exploding instead.

Ikrik · « **Reply #90 on:** 21 Apr 2008, 14:34 »

Quote from: Boro_Bandito on 20 Apr 2008, 22:16

You know Uwe Boll is bad when you start talking about Bay of Pigs and the Challenger exploding instead.

Yeah....but in our defence The Bay of Pigs Invasion, the Challenger and the Cuban Missile Crisis are pretty damn interesting.

KvP · « **Reply #91 on:** 21 Apr 2008, 14:46 »

Quote from: MadassAlex on 20 Apr 2008, 04:44

Tommy, Uwe Boll's movies wouldn't be so bad if they didn't rape the source material so hard. I have nothing against him making movies as long as he either does something original or stays true to the source material.

You are not serious. It is fuckin' impossible to rape Dungeon Siege or Bloodrayne. In fact, I would not be surprised if the films were steps up. And that's not even counting Postal, which is an awful game, and the movie looks gonzo funnay.

Jackie Blue · « **Reply #92 on:** 21 Apr 2008, 16:35 »

BloodRayne 2 was an incredibly enjoyable game.

I don't recall it having a story, however, aside from "You should probably slice these people up. Also, you may wish to shoot them. It's your call, really."

celticgeek · « **Reply #93 on:** 22 Apr 2008, 08:12 »

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MadassAlex · « **Reply #94 on:** 26 Apr 2008, 20:24 »

Let's remember that Uwe Boll wanted rights to both WoW and Metal Gear Solid. If he can't stay true to a shallow storyline like Bloodrayne or similar gorfests, how the hell is he supposed to make a good movie out of something ten times as complex? That still isn't particularly complex?

In any case, Uwe Boll should stop making movies.

E. Spaceman · « **Reply #95 on:** 26 Apr 2008, 23:10 »

I'd love to see Uwe Boll's interpretation of Metal Gear Solid 2

KvP · « **Reply #96 on:** 26 Apr 2008, 23:26 »

Huh, did MadAssAlex's post get eaten? Weird.

And I'll probably take some flack for saying this, but for all their cinematic flair, MGS games would make great Uwe Boll films. I mean, it's action-stealth-action-exposition-speech-exposition-wash-rinse-repeat-exposition. All Uwe would do would be replacing the stealth parts with 'splosions. I mean, who else but Uwe Boll would give every minor villain an impassioned dying speech about how their lives went so, so wrong? I can't think of any. Maybe Oli Stone.

Ikrik · « **Reply #97 on:** 27 Apr 2008, 00:07 »

Quote from: E. Spaceman on 26 Apr 2008, 23:10

I'd love to see Uwe Boll's interpretation of Metal Gear Solid 2

I believe there is a Chinese version of it being made....or was made. I know however that the dude who made MGS was actually asked if he would let Uwe Boll adapt his game into a movie to which he nearly had a heart-attack before saying "no."

MadassAlex · « **Reply #98 on:** 27 Apr 2008, 04:01 »

Japanese version. Remember, Chinese are communists, Japanese just make great porn!

EDIT: FUCK my post was eaten what gives

DoubleAW · « **Reply #99 on:** 27 Apr 2008, 13:03 »

Bah. 770,000+ more signatures. This is taking too long. D:

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