Stop Dr. Uwe Boll
I implore you… nay command you… to sign this petition stopping Uwe Boll from making any more travesties against celluloid:
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,The Undersigned
Petition can be found here: http://www.PetitionOnline.com/RRH53888/petition.html
Please sign. Think of the children.
[via defamer, who write a nice post on the subject]
You know, I thought about signing this myself. But then, I realized, we’d be a poorer cinematic world for it.
Granted, I’ve only watched two of his films – House of the Dead & Alone in the Dark – but I like knowing that when I want to watch a horribly conceived, poorly executed film inexplicably starring name actors, I still have Bloodrayne and that Dungeon Siege movie at my disposal. The New York Ham sandwich accent of Liotta in the latter alone makes me happy.
The golden age of Boll may well be over – the “knowing” parody of Postal looks unwatchable, and the Far Cry trailer just looks like a bad Dolph Lundgren action film. But I’ll hold out hope that one day he’ll make other crappy films that I’ll think about eventually watching.
In the meantime, you give me a Brett Ratner or Michael Bay petition, and my signature is yours.
I’ve thought about your comment for a week, and the more that I ponder it, the more that I agree with you. Uwe’s films have entered the canon of so bad it’s good film, and I don’t dare remove that from my list of things that I enjoy.
So I’ll keep this meaningless poll up, and in the meantime start drafting my anti-Ratner diatribe. Although, was I the only one that liked Red Dragon?/