Uwe Boll sounds off about the petition to make him stop directing movies
Published by patrick on April 8th, 2008 - 7:06 am
Uwe Boll. Those two words now have the strength of sending parts of the internet into chaos and outright fear. In the past five years Boll has made a slew of video game movies like "Alone in the Dark", "House of the Dead", "BloodRayne", "In the Name of the King", "Postal" and "Far Cry" and he's planning on making more. And while his films haven't been met with open arms by the collective online audience, Boll knows that he's become public enemy number one amongst certain segments of film fans. He has met his detractors head on too, if you count that boxing match from two years back as "head on".Now there's something new to stir up the Boll hornet nest: an online petition was started to try and get Uwe Boll to stop directing movies. When the petition was brought to Boll's attention by the team at FEARnet, it was at 18K and change. Boll laughed at the thought of a mere 18,000 people requesting him to stop directing movies and said that it would take a lot more than that...like, try a million. And believe it or not, several websites are now massing the online crowd to try and get a million signatures on the petition (which now stands at 120K+ signatures.)Since MovieSet has been down with Boll (in a good way) to get word out about "Postal", we thought that we'd give the Internet's Most Hated Director an opportunity to weigh in on the petition. Naturally Uwe accepted and here's what the man told MovieSet:
As Uwe mentions in his rebuttal, he wants someone to start a Pro-Boll petition. Use the comments section below to make sure Uwe directs movies for decades to come.
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AXEL (not verified) said on April 8th, 2008:
I can't wait for POSTAL 2! Go Boll go!
John A (not verified) said on April 8th, 2008:
I might not like the movies but I like the guy and what he is trying to do so more power to him.
I'm also guessing that after Postal a lot of people are going to change their mind somewhat on Boll.
Ashley (not verified) said on April 8th, 2008:
Don't leave me Dr.Boll xoxoxoxo
Marina Antunes (not verified) said on April 8th, 2008:
Go Dr. Boll! I say bring it!
Joseph (not verified) said on April 8th, 2008:
Centuries to come!
BollBashers » Blog Archive » Uwe Boll Video Statement on “St (not verified) said on April 8th, 2008:
[...] a pro-Boll petition. Sign it if you want to ensure Uwe Boll directs movies for decades to come. (movieset.com) You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, [...]
colleeny (not verified) said on April 8th, 2008:
Go UWE! Keep making movies. good, bad, mediocre.... you're still making movies and thats dam cool.
And (not verified) said on April 8th, 2008:
BOLL IS THE BEST
Chris (not verified) said on April 8th, 2008:
His response was so cool.
I will not sign petition.
perhaps it is not his fault...
perhaps they really haven't figured it out yet.
doom3 was disappointing and that wasn't his fault.
Matthias (not verified) said on April 8th, 2008:
Uwe rules! Here's the link to the PRO-BOLL-PETITION: http://www.petitiononline.com/ub221965/petition.html Please sign it and spread the Word!
Phillip Else (not verified) said on April 8th, 2008:
We cannot silence The Boll. He must be free.
peter ward (not verified) said on April 8th, 2008:
i am showing my support to Uwe by a facebook group page i have just set up called: the uwe boll appreciation society
please join to show support and sign the pro-boll petition
http://www.petitiononline.com/ub221965/petition.html
Dr. Frab Timov (not verified) said on April 9th, 2008:
Dr. Uwe Boll is truly one of the misunderstood and unrecognized geniuses of our time, a true cinematic auteur. Those morons and misanthropes who try to silence him will fail, because Dr. Boll is unstoppable.
Bob Recon (not verified) said on April 9th, 2008:
Support Uwe Boll by signing this online petition:
http://www.digitalartsinstitute.org/support_uwe_boll/
al Gifford (not verified) said on April 9th, 2008:
Uwe Boll makes certain kinds of movies. Not geared for all viewers. But he has the right to make them. The only people than can ban Uwe from making movies is the public by not going to them. All other so called petitions are garbage and of no value. After all free speech is still recognized isn't it.
Grammaton Cleric (not verified) said on April 9th, 2008:
Please sign the petition:
http://www.petitiononline.com/ub221965/petition.html
maint (not verified) said on April 9th, 2008:
the only f**king genius in the whole business, apparently!
ChuckNorris (not verified) said on April 10th, 2008:
OMFG! Uwe, you are artard, sorry...
Setner (not verified) said on April 11th, 2008:
Go, Uwe!
You films Harth of America and Postal - ones of my favoritу films.
Be errors, but there director outwith errors.
You - great director, onli belive in self and evolution.
Good lack you, Uwe, we with you.
Eugene (not verified) said on April 11th, 2008:
omg. he is REALLY fucking RETARDED.
go kill yourself, uwe.
art is better without you. and moviemaking too.
admin said on April 11th, 2008:
Wow, how very open minded of you.
"art is better without you" - quite possibly THE most conceited thing I have ever heard :)
Setner (not verified) said on April 13th, 2008:
Uve, - make film about 2 men, are removed in the next movie Uwe Boll - one doubts the success to the success of another faith ...
Good luck!
Will (not verified) said on April 15th, 2008:
If Uwe thinks his movies are such genius then where are all of his awards? Any Oscars? Nope. Know why? Because the so-called films he turns out have no substance and even less cinematic flare. He should be a busboy at a restaurant. I bet they'll get 2 million signatures, more than enough to boot this bum out of the movie business.