June 15, 2005
Uwe Boll for Postal videogame movie?
I caught this snippet of news over at Eurogamer and was shocked that Uwe Boll was still being associated with projects considering his name is against so many at the moment, and especially for videogames. Have a look at his IMDB list:
Far Cry (2006) (announced)
Fear Effect (2006) (announced)
Hunter: The Reckoning (2006) (announced)
Night Claws (2005) (announced)
Dungeon Siege (2006) (pre-production)
Bloodrayne (2005) (post-production)
Alone in the Dark (2005)
House of the Dead (2003)
There's his videogame directorial list, although I'm not sure if Night Claws is a videogame adaptation, but still he's got a lot on his plate, so it's a real surprise to hear that his name is being touted against a film version of the game Postal.
Legendary German director Uwe Boll is in the running to pick up the movie rights to Running With Scissors' equally legendary PC first-person shooter title Postal, according to a report on movie website Dark Horizons.By "legendary", of course, we mean "rubbish" - and you can also safely assume that by "director" we mean "talentless mentalist". You could probably also swap out "PC first-person shooter" for "experience on a par with driving nails through your own soft body parts", if you're really keen on the truth.
Boll's special hobby is torturing game fans... He's also just finished filming a BloodRayne movie and is gearing up to thrust his creative talent into the quivering flesh of the Dungeon Siege franchise. Be afraid.
Postal, though, we can honestly say we don't care about, since it's just as rubbish and pointless as any of Boll's films.
I do like their writing style over there, big nod. Is anyone a fan of Postal and concerned about what could happen to this game? (I suspect there won't be many) More to the point aren't you concerned Boll is still filmmaking?
Posted by at June 15, 2005 01:18 PM
Comments
Posted by: Al at June 15, 2005 04:05 PM
I wouldn't have my hopes if his credits for video game movies are house of the dead and alone in the dark. I didn't see alone, but house of the dead was awful.
Posted by: Tan The Man at June 15, 2005 04:50 PM
Whew!! At least it looks like he will be busy for a couple of years adapting SHITTY games into movies! Just keep him away from Halo!
Posted by: adam at June 15, 2005 05:52 PM
Accept in GTA you can't piss on your victimsafter you kill them....
The game was crap and the film will most likely be as well.
GTA isn't all about killing people, it has an entertaining story. Never original, as Vice City was ripped from Scarface, San Andreas from a variety of movies, but it ws interesting and entertaining nonetheless. Postal was: KILL, KILL, KILL, WHY? DON'T ASK!!!!!!
Posted by: Joseph Simmons at June 15, 2005 08:48 PM
Who is this guy sleeping with that he keeps getting directoral jobs??? And what is their number? :)
Posted by: John Campea at June 16, 2005 09:26 AM
i'm a gamer and i've never even played postal but i herd about it, and it sounds like one of those games that has no plot or story. it's like the last game any director would chose to make into a movie.
a tetris movie makes more sense
Posted by: snake at June 16, 2005 09:42 AM
I think i know why Uwe Boll is makinng all of these movies! Its to keep him busy. I mean seesh would you want this idiot to direct potentially good movies. I bet if he coulda he would of done Lord of the rings. and he woulda screwed that up alot. It probably woulda been a porno..WHO HATES THIS GUY AS MUCH AS I DO?
Posted by: sean at June 23, 2005 05:28 PM
I could see postal being fun to watch. It's not a terrible game or a terrible concept. I mean it's like grand theft auto 1st person, without the cars. Wel the way I play grand theft auto is really the same as postal, just running around shooting people.
Isn't that what Uwe's movies are anyway? Mindless shooters? I think he can handle just having some guy walk around shooting people, hitting them with shovels, and other things.
If I had to pick one game that UWE might not be able to screw up, it would be Postal. Simply put, it's got no potential no matter who directs it, so you might as well let the guy who just likes violence direct it.