Help stop Uwe Boll from making movies

[Gauss]

Jesus this is going fast. Already up to 60k.

[Rathgar]

Originally Posted by Jait

*Jait does not actually condone violence against others. Even Ewww Boll.

I fully support violence against Oovah.

[Radahr Manasponge]

even if there's only a 1 in 10 billion googols' chance that it was real, i signed just in case.

EDITED to add: it's also frontpage at slashdot. i'm gonna subby it to fark, in case it hasn't.

[column]

I think i signed the wrong petition. Mine was for having Uwe Boll direct more movies,DOH

[Malakriss]

81k and rising

[Thorpe]

96,098!

[theawddone]

98740...

[Tripamang]

It's broken 101k

[Korioni]

Sat there and refreshed the page every 5 seconds for a couple minutes... It's getting around a vote per second at the moment.

[AladainAF]

LOL @ Signature #2.

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.

[Tripamang]

Originally Posted by Korioni

Sat there and refreshed the page every 5 seconds for a couple minutes... It's getting around a vote per second at the moment.

Not enough

I figured a slashdot reference would bring it up to 500k alone, guess not.

[Astrocreep]

this is kind of a specious idea, the odds are in favor Uwe Boll wouldnt ever make another movie are pretty damn good since he lost all means of funding them. its like saying if i wave my magic wand Uwe Boll wont make a movie anymore. was it the magic of the wand that did it? If Uwe Boll had money to make another film he certainly would, no internet poll is going to change that. he just doesnt have it and probably never will again after the dungeon siege bomb and losing his tax loophole.

[Lyrical]

Originally Posted by Astrocreep

this is kind of a specious idea, the odds are in favor Uwe Boll wouldnt ever make another movie are pretty damn good since he lost all means of funding them. its like saying if i wave my magic wand Uwe Boll wont make a movie anymore. was it the magic of the wand that did it? If Uwe Boll had money to make another film he certainly would, no internet poll is going to change that. he just doesnt have it and probably never will again after the dungeon siege bomb and losing his tax loophole.

Supposedly he has four more movies in the pipeline, even after the Dungeon Siege flop. It is madness he is allowed to continue - a bullet to the brain might be better.

[Millie]

Originally Posted by Ripe

Uwe Boll will stop making movies if he gets 1 million signatures apparently, so that's neat.

Uwe Boll Will Quit Making Movies with One Million Signatures | /Film

Sing the petition here:
Stop Dr. Uwe Boll Petition

LOL, awesome. Signed and wholeheartedly endorsed. Although part of me does kinda find Uwe Boll lovable. In a weird way. I mean, he knows he's making crappy movies and has even admitted it. At least he doesn't think he's churning out Shakespeare or something.

[Lyrical]

Originally Posted by Millie

In a weird way. I mean, he knows he's making crappy movies and has even admitted it. At least he doesn't think he's churning out Shakespeare or something.

Um, you can read multiple interviews where he's blamed everyone else for how bad his movies are.

Originally Posted by Wiki

Response to criticism

Boll does not shy away from his critics. In the Alone in the Dark DVD commentary, he responds to criticism that his adaptations make significant changes to the plot and style of the source material: "Fans are always totally flipping out and I understand that the fan of a video game has his own agenda in his head and has his ideas about what is a good movie and what is a bad movie." Referring to House of the Dead, Boll said: "I think I made a perfect House of the Dead movie, because it really shows how the game is. It's a lot of fun, it's over-the-top action."[18] Boll is especially critical of his internet detractors. Referring to two Ain't It Cool News critics who negatively reviewed his work, Boll said, "Harry (Knowles) and Quint (Eric Vespe) are retards."[19]

Boll also criticizes the game companies themselves for providing zero support once the movie license is sold. He cites the cross-promotion and support which comic-book-based properties adapted for the screen receive, whereas video game companies often "sell off the license and then forget about it."[18] He argues that this is the reason video game adaptations are not well received by critics and audiences.

When Wired published a negative review of Postal, Boll responded with an e-mail claiming that the critic "(didn't) understand anything about movies and that you are a untalented wanna bee filmmaker with no balls and no understanding what POSTAL is. you dont see courage because you are nothing. and no go to your mum and fuck her ...because she cooks for you now since 30 years ..so she deserves it" [20]. Boll claims that this angry email was sparked not by the review, but because the Wired editor told Boll in person that the editor loved the movie, then turned around and published a negative review.[21]

I have watched some crappy movies in the past. I enjoy your occasional cheesy movie on the Sci Fi network. But Boll's movies go below cheesy and into the pit. Its like watching demons run amok on the earth - his movies just don't belong on this plane of existence.

It really bothers me he has more movies lined up, even after Dungeon Siege cost $70M and brought in pennies in revenue.

Originally Posted by Wiki

He has announced plans to produce adaptations of Postal, Legacy of Kain, and Far Cry. Boll intends to produce Alone in the Dark II, as well as a third movie based on the BloodRayne franchise.[1]

You guys that haven't voted are exactly what's wrong with this generation. Too much apathy. Rock the Vote!