Uwe Boll has a has a bug up his butt about crowd funding

[Ryujin]

It seems that Uwe Boll, producer of such gems as "BloodRayne II", has a bit of a bug up his butt about NOT being funded through various crowd funding sites. Maybe it's you, Ewe. Maybe it's you.

Some NSFW language in the video:

http://screenrant.com/uwe-boll-video-rant-kickstarter-2015/

[video=youtube;VT1J65KHX8E]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VT1J65KHX8E[/video]



(fixed spelling)

 

[CapnZapp]

Please spell his name correctly next time.

 

[Ryujin]

Oops, missed an "L". Fixed. At least you knew who I was talking about

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

It is also "Uwe", not "Ewe"- he might bristle at you implying he is "sheeple"...

 

[Ryujin]

It is also "Uwe", not "Ewe"- he might bristle at you implying he is "sheeple"...

Judging by that rant he's got far bigger problems to deal with than me misspelling his name.

 

[Umbran]

Uwe has just been told, in no uncertain terms, that he doesn't really have much of a fandom that wants him to make movies, and his feels are a bit hurt.

 

[Ryujin]

Uwe has just been told, in no uncertain terms, that he doesn't really have much of a fandom that wants him to make movies, and his feels are a bit hurt.

Maybe not. As a friend said, not too long ago, 'a successful Kickstarter is all about getting your project in front of as many eyes as possible. Good or bad press doesn't matter; it's about driving views to the campaign.' I heard nothing about any of his campaigns. I'm definitely not a fan of his work but I'd have thought I'd have heard something about it. The easiest way to have a campaign fail, is to sit on your butt and wait for the money to roll in.

But certainly, after engaging your possible fanbase with an unvarnished eff you, I'd expect he's pretty much done.

 

[Dog Moon]

Maybe not. As a friend said, not too long ago, 'a successful Kickstarter is all about getting your project in front of as many eyes as possible. Good or bad press doesn't matter; it's about driving views to the campaign.' I heard nothing about any of his campaigns. I'm definitely not a fan of his work but I'd have thought I'd have heard something about it. The easiest way to have a campaign fail, is to sit on your butt and wait for the money to roll in.

But certainly, after engaging your possible fanbase with an unvarnished eff you, I'd expect he's pretty much done.

Well, I'm not a very big fan, but I also had never heard of his campaigns. So I wonder which this is most likely a problem with, his lack of popularity or the lack of publicity?

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

What Uwe hasn't figured out is that most of the financing he has gotten for his films is not because he is good and popular, but precisely because he is neither of these things. It has been reported more than once that major backers in several films were seeking to invest in something that would probably lose money for tax purposes.

From one article:

German investors in a movie only pay tax on any RETURNS the movie makes, their investment is 100% deductible, so the minute the movie makes a profit, said investor has to start paying tax. Plus the investors can actually borrow money to put towards investment and write that off too. Assuming you’re a sharp enough businessman you have a potential goldmine in the making; a way to make money from investing in bad movies...

Couple this with infamous "Hollywood accounting", which results in even fairly profitable movies losing money on the books, and the writer is dead on: you make money while getting a tax write off.

But odds are good that the average person is:

1) not living in Germany or a place that has a similarly generous investment law, AND/OR

2) is completely unaware such laws exist.

Ergo, one of the primary reasons Uwe Boll has gotten to make any movies at all has ZERO chance of boosting his crowdfunding odds.

 

[Umbran]

So, we wonder then why Uwe has to seek crowdfunding, instead of finding some tax-shelter seeking investor?

Have his movies gotten so good that he actually makes too much profit?