I just saw this on Digg:
To: Dr. Uwe Boll
We, the undersigned, respectfully ask that Uwe Boll give proper weight to the wishes of the video game community, the horror community, and the film going community in general and stop directing, producing, or taking any part in the creation of feature films. His distasteful handling of the subject matter and lack of acknowledgement of his failures simply cannot be abided any longer.
Mr. Boll has repeatedly shown a complete lack of comprehension regarding the videogames he has dragged, kicking and screaming, to the silver screen and his ham-fisted approach to horror has soiled future possibilities for anyone else who may attempt to bring videogames to film.
Sincerely, ...
If you are fortunate enough not to be familiar with his opus, let me refresh your memory.
source: slashfilm.com
To: Dr. Uwe Boll
We, the undersigned, respectfully ask that Uwe Boll give proper weight to the wishes of the video game community, the horror community, and the film going community in general and stop directing, producing, or taking any part in the creation of feature films. His distasteful handling of the subject matter and lack of acknowledgement of his failures simply cannot be abided any longer.
Mr. Boll has repeatedly shown a complete lack of comprehension regarding the videogames he has dragged, kicking and screaming, to the silver screen and his ham-fisted approach to horror has soiled future possibilities for anyone else who may attempt to bring videogames to film.
Sincerely, ...
If you are fortunate enough not to be familiar with his opus, let me refresh your memory.
source: slashfilm.com
Bricks would be shit, to be sure ~_^
Alone In The Dark
In The Name Of The King: A Dungeon Siege Tale
BloodRayne - I saw this one on TV, and wanted to go Oedipus Rex on my eyes after that.
House Of The Dead: "Gives crap a bad name."
Spread the word far and wide!
uwe boll should stick to boxing.
Lest you forget http://www.videosift.com/video/Worst-Director-Ever-beats-up-his-critics , where Uwe bravely fought off a slew of nerd challengers he hand picked so as to make sure they had very little boxing experience.
They can go steal their ideas from somewhere else... or come up with their own for a change.
But what I don't get is if he keeps loosing money on the movies, why the hell would he continue!?!?
I saw this one on TV, and wanted to go Oedipus Rex on my eyes after that.
You wanted to have incestuous sex with your eyes?
I know I signed it.
But what I don't get is if he keeps loosing money on the movies, why the hell would he continue!?!?
Quote from Uwe (taken from wikipedia): "Maybe you know it but it's not so easy to finance movies in total. And the reason I am able to do these kind of movies is I have a tax shelter fund in Germany, and if you invest in a movie in Germany you get basically fifty percent back from the Government."
Now we know why angry German kid was so angry.
^ He tears his own eyes out after he finds out the sex was incestuous.
I know, I was making a bad joke
I think games to movie can be good, but they've got to look more at what made the game good. It seems like the problem is that they either try to use the EXACT same plot (which are normally thin) or a totally different plot (in which case the only similarities are the name) add some bad acting, cheesy lines and discard any reason you would like the game. Who knows, maybe I'm wrong.
"Germany gives birth to a new monster, Uwe Boll's films are so bad they make the Holocaust seem trivial by comparison, and has the potential to cause more harm. This man is a black hole on the world's economy and every person's career who works with him. There is a good chance that watching any of his films may render you sterile or give you cancer, the kicker being that the disease that you are 90% certain to get won't even have the decency to kill you before the end of the movie. I would be more than willing to sign his death warrant, but this will have to suffice for now."