One million signatures and Uwe Boll will quit directing

[Brown Jenkin]

If it only takes a million signatures to stop Uwe Boll, how many signatures to get George Lucas to stop directing. I like the work of ILM, but really, should he ever be behind a camera again either?

 

[Villano]

As Ari said, the folks who claim to hate him so are giving him a ridiculous amount of free publicity.

It's amusing, really.

It would be funny if all the press translated into big box office, but Boll's films have all bombed.

House of the Dead
Cost: $12 million ($22 million with marketing)
Worldwide Gross: $13,818,181

Alone in the Dark
Cost: $20 million ($32 million with marketing)
Worldwide Gross: $8,191,971

BloodRayne
Cost: $25 million
Worldwide Gross: $3,621,531

In the Name of the King
Cost: $60 million
Worldwide Gross: $11,457,796

Postal
Cost: $15 to 18 million
Worldwide Gross: $141,783

I'd say that all the negative publicity is bad for Boll.

The sad thing is that he won't ever stop making movies. No matter how bad the reviews, how much the viewers hate him, or how much money the films lose, he'll keep going on.

Normally, I'd admire his desire to make films despite overwelming criticism, but the man is such an egomaniac and jerk that I have no sympathy for him. I remember reading a profanity laced letter he wrote to a critic who gave a negative review for Postal. He claimed the film was genius and the critic was jealous of him and wanted to sleep with his own mother, etc.

Guys like Ed Wood loved movies. Boll is just a loudmouth bully who found a way to exploit the German tax shelter system.

 

[GoodKingJayIII]

As Ari said, the folks who claim to hate him so are giving him a ridiculous amount of free publicity.

And I'm not disagreeing with that.

So he gets free publicity... big deal. As Ari said, he's good at stirring things up in the press, and this is just another of his stunts.

But in the off chance that he'd actually go away? That's worth a measely five minutes of my time.

 

[Ranger REG]

If it only takes a million signatures to stop Uwe Boll, how many signatures to get George Lucas to stop directing. I like the work of ILM, but really, should he ever be behind a camera again either?

Yes, if only to hone his filmmaking skill by making small independent films.

You have to remember, between shooting Episode 6 and Episode 1, he didn't keep up with his skill as much as his buddy Steven Spielberg. He was too busy with everything else, including setting up an independent special effect production company (before special effect is done in-house studios) and merchandising.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

If the petition reaches 1 million, maybe we can get Werner Herzog and Zak Penn to do a documentary on Uwe Boll's decision...

BTW, part of the reason Uwe Boll gets to make movies is a German law- recently altered- that gives all kinds of preferential treatment to expenditures towards failed movies. He has one more movie in the works that falls within that loophole- after that, however...

 

[Darth Shoju]

BTW, part of the reason Uwe Boll gets to make movies is a German law- recently altered- that gives all kinds of preferential treatment to expenditures towards failed movies. He has one more movie in the works that falls within that loophole- after that, however...

Yeah. I had heard that when you count that, and factor in DVD and PPV sales, his movies end up being profitable (if only marginally). It will be interesting to see what happens to Uwe when he no longer has that little loophole to exploit.

Ah well, at least I can honestly say I've never seen one of his movies.

 

[Relique du Madde]

If it only takes a million signatures to stop Uwe Boll, how many signatures to get George Lucas to stop directing. I like the work of ILM, but really, should he ever be behind a camera again either?

Don't forget, Lucas also wrote the script. So no matter what, even if SWe 1 - 3 had a Steven Spielburg as it's director, the writing would still suck.

 

[Mouseferatu]

I wasn't necessarily saying people shouldn't sign it. Heck, I signed it, just on the 0.0000001% chance it'll accomplish anything.

I just meant that people shouldn't count on anything coming of it, no matter how many signatures it gets.

 

[Ranger REG]

Don't forget, Lucas also wrote the script. So no matter what, even if SWe 1 - 3 had a Steven Spielburg as it's director, the writing would still suck.

That's why you need a writing staff. Rarely you find a single writer who is truly talented, but in the case of Lucas, he had good ideas, just not good with writing dialogues on paper.

Of course, it helps if your writing staff are not brown-nosers, but willing to tell the boss what sucks about what he wrote.

 

[zen_hydra]

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Even if Uwe Boll does quit directing, some equally untalented hack will immediately step up to fill his place.

At least we have identified Uwe Boll as a threat (to sanity, good taste, kittens), and can easily avoid the drek he creates.