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Title: Uwe Boll has officially lost it


Otaku no M - March 4, 2006 02:31 PM (GMT)
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"I won't say that I won't acquire another videogame licence in the future. But I'm not so eager to do it any more, to be honest. After Far Cry, maybe I'll go away from videogame-based movies. And everybody can be really happy about it."

But before that, he's still got to make the Postal movie, based on Running With Scissors' controversial PC title. And just to show he's still got a sense of humour, he's going to take the opportunity to have a little fun with his critics.

"I'm in the movie - Uwe Boll will play a minor part. I get killed by my 'Boll haters'," he explains. So will he be getting real, er, Boll haters to play themselves?

"Absolutely! I don't have a problem with that," Boll says. "I think I'd get thousands of extras doing that, coming to the set to track me down and lynch me!"

When asked if he's worried that the Postal movie will attract a flood of negative publicity, just as the games have, Boll replies: "I don't care, to be honest."

"The movie will be so politically incorrect and harsh, it's like a mirror to American society, and I don't think the movie will be well received by everybody. For example, Osama Bin Laden will be one of the lead characters - I think that shows the mood of the movie."

So what will Bin Laden's role be, exactly? Well, Boll explains, the idea is that he's holed up in Tucson, Arizona, running a Taliban camp. "That shows a little bit how politically incorrect Postal will be - it's really an underground, alternative point of view. Let's wait and see; I think we will suprise a lot of people."

Boll confirms that Diff'rent Strokes and Postal star Gary Coleman is already signed up to play himself in the film, but he's yet to find a leading man to take on the role of the Postal Dude. One thing's for sure - he'll be going for a comedic actor, "Like a Matthew Lillard, for example, or Ron Perlman," rather than a serious type.


And now he says Doom is a lot like Alone In The Dark.

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"I don't know if I would definitely make the movie very differently, because I think that Doom remembered me in a lot of the camera angles, what the creatures were doing and so on... I think the guy who made Doom definitely saw Alone in the Dark."


And now he attacks the Halo movie.

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As for Halo, an example of a videogame-based movie which has a hefty budget behind it, Boll isn't too optimistic. "I personally think that with the budget they've planned, Halo will be a failure. I think Halo will not make the money back in the end."


Source and much more of Uwe Boll's rants here.

Aether - March 4, 2006 02:42 PM (GMT)
Wow...ummm...yeah, the title explains it.

What threw me off the most, though, was his expectations on the Halo movie. To me, it won't matter how much it will suck. People will still see it due to the huge fanbase, and will probably make the top 10 for first weekend sales. (Note that I said Top 10, NOT #1!)

Jeffk38uk - March 4, 2006 03:39 PM (GMT)
Comparing Doom to Alone in the Dark is unjustified, since at least Doom was the type of movie that you can watch for some good old action and a somewhat good story on a boring afternoon. Alone in the Dark had none of that.

Quick to attack Halo isnt he?

charles - March 4, 2006 04:53 PM (GMT)
yeah he lost it :eek:

RedFox742 - March 4, 2006 04:59 PM (GMT)
"Whatchoo talkin' bout, Uwe?"




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