Online petitions are a load of Boll
Hat-tip to Aaron for sending me this link about an online petition asking Uwe Boll to quit making movies. Mat posted a link to a CHUD commentary on the issue in our forum. I’ll also take the opportunity to dip back into the archives and plug Splattercast #50, where we watched several Boll films and Mat did a great interview with Uwe himself.
To lift the money line from the CHUD commentary: What if we had the internet back when Ed Wood & Roger Corman were churning out their stuff? It’s an interesting question. Me personally, I don’t get it. We have more choices in entertainment now than in any point in history. Why would anyone try to shut down someone else, just because they don’t like the guy’s work? It seems to me that it takes more effort to sign a petition (even a meaningless online one) than it would take to… oh, I don’t know… simply avoid Boll’s movies?
Seriously, who’s making these petitioners buy tickets to Boll’s movies? Who’s making them rent BloodRayne 2 if they really don’t want to? You’d think that Boll was actively harassing these people. I think it’s probably just a bunch of bitchy nerds with nothing better to do.
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spkthed said:
I just think it’s hilarious. They got 18,000 people to sign one, he saw it and scoffed so they’re going to try for a million.
Not that I’d sign it of course. He obviously sells movies so until that changes… we get to watch his stuff! Not that it matters, if he wasn’t there, some other horrible filmmaker’d instantly fill his void.
mat@deadlantern.com said:
Having personally chatted with the man (albeit for only about an hour), I’ve got to say that I think Uwe is great. His movies suck, but they don’t suck THAT bad. I mean, c’mon, Uwe Boll isn’t anywhere near as bad as, oh i don’ know, Steve Sessions.
I really don’t get the animosity towards Boll.
Fake Larry said:
It’s Bollnosis! Snap out of it! You are in his power!
House of the Dead is so bad everyone who saw it should get their money back. Keep repeating that until you are deprogrammed!
Braden said:
While I’d be extremely happy if the man quit, I think the petitions are silly
MaT said:
House of the Dead sucked…but I’ve seen about a thousand horror films worse than that one!