[Master Fibbles]

I figure this deserves its own topic (I was going to post it in the Post Thread)...

Uwe is known well for his video game -> movie (abominations) adaptations. However, this is an entirely different ball game and I'm interested in how he goes about this. He apparently is in the movie himself as a Nazi guard (seen in the trailer).
Trailer can be found here


Thoughts (on the movie, not the event or the director, please)?

[ReaperMan]

He's probably not acting, he might actually be a Nazi.

[Master Fibbles]

In Postal he makes a reference to rumors of him using Nazi gold to fund his movies...I'm going to go out on a limb and say that he is pulling the Mel Gibson thing where he plays a part in what he feels he was a part of by association (being German).

[ReaperMan]

Mr.Flibble, on Sep 7 2010, 10:07 PM, said:

In Postal he makes a reference to rumors of him using Nazi gold to fund his movies...

Really? I wasn't aware of that...

[Master Fibbles]

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=8Z7UDHPWsvk

[OpenMaw]

Postal hurts.

This? This just might be the death of millions.

*rubs forehead, impeding migrane coming*

[Master Fibbles]

Oh, I know it will cause riots. His stunt in Postal with the terrorists flying the plane into a skyscraper caused a huge uproar. Of course, I think he is taking this very very seriously which might be a good thing. Who knows...maybe it won't be bad.
Now, I'm not saying that I'm going to go out and pay to see this...but I'm not opposed to the idea.

[Inspector Lagomorf]

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Thoughts (on the movie, not the event or the director, please)?

The director is kind of synonymous with the movie. You can't have one without the other. And with Uwe Boll's track record on movies as of late, I'm sorry, there really is no avoiding any potential criticism that may come this way because of him.

[Kathy]

Mr.Flibble, on Sep 8 2010, 04:53 AM, said:

Uwe is known well for his video game -> movie (abominations) adaptations. However, this is an entirely different ball game and I'm interested in how he goes about this.

Not really. He made Darfur

[The Commander]

Lotan, on Sep 8 2010, 04:25 PM, said:

Not really. He made Darfur

Wow, don't think I have seen that.
Must keep an eye out for that one.

[Master Fibbles]

The Mighty Bison, on Sep 7 2010, 10:56 PM, said:

The director is kind of synonymous with the movie. You can't have one without the other. And with Uwe Boll's track record on movies as of late, I'm sorry, there really is no avoiding any potential criticism that may come this way because of him.

Good point. However, I'm hoping to avoid a "piss all over Boll" thread and simply talk about this movie.

Lotan, on Sep 8 2010, 12:25 AM, said:

Not really. He made Darfur

Interesting. I did not know about this. So, he has a history of doing serious films then.

[Jimmy]

Postal is an awesome movie, and is actually a good adaptation of the series.

Apparently his film "Rampage" is a good exploitation, and "1968 Tunnel Rats" is getting really mixed reviews.

[ReaperMan]

Sorry, all this Uwe Boll talk is making me sick.

[blackharted]

Captain Awesome, on Sep 11 2010, 10:48 AM, said:

Postal is an awesome movie, and is actually a good adaptation of the series.

Apparently his film "Rampage" is a good exploitation, and "1968 Tunnel Rats" is getting really mixed reviews.

Right you are insane. BS!!

[Master Fibbles]

Have you played the game or seen the movie? Obviously not. This is exactly why I had a statement in the first post about not talking about the director in general but the movie specifically: I knew your dumbass self would come in a just out right attack Uwe without taking any intelligent or logical considerations.

[blackharted]

Mr.Flibble, on Sep 12 2010, 11:32 AM, said:

Have you played the game or seen the movie? Obviously not. This is exactly why I had a statement in the first post about not talking about the director in general but the movie specifically: I knew your dumbass self would come in a just out right attack Uwe without taking any intelligent or logical considerations.

Fuck you I have played the game and very reluctantly seen the movie and yes its crap.

[OpenMaw]

blackharted, on Sep 12 2010, 11:34 AM, said:

Fuck you I have played the game and very reluctantly seen the movie and yes its crap.

The biggest offense of Postal, to me, is how boring it actually was.


What was that latest film Uwe Boll did? About a guy going on a rampage? I cant remember the title. Lot of people said it was pretty good. So maybe he's finally starting to improve his technique.

[Master Fibbles]

Postal is about the guy going on a rampage...but I have not seen "Rampage" which is his more recent film. He also did a film on Darfur. Far Cry was pretty bad if it was meant as an adaptation of the game. Other than that I can't remember much. I'd have to watch it again.

I feel like if he is taking the Holocaust seriously (which it seems he is), this movie could be pretty interesting to watch. Whether or not it will be truly historically accurate, well, I'll let someone else (and Ahmadinejad in Iran) comment on that.

[OpenMaw]

Mr.Flibble, on Sep 13 2010, 01:59 PM, said:

Postal is about the guy going on a rampage...

No. Thats what it was supposed to be about, and failed to do so entirely. It's not the one im referring to.

Mr.Flibble, on Sep 13 2010, 01:59 PM, said:

but I have not seen "Rampage" which is his more recent film.

Ah yes, that was the title.

Mr.Flibble, on Sep 13 2010, 01:59 PM, said:

I feel like if he is taking the Holocaust seriously (which it seems he is), this movie could be pretty interesting to watch. Whether or not it will be truly historically accurate, well, I'll let someone else (and Ahmadinejad in Iran) comment on that.

Flibble... No, man. Just... no.

[Master Fibbles]

I'm not about to deny the single greatest human tragedy in history. I'm saying, aside from Holocaust deniers, there is a possibility that he will not present history well. Hopefully not, but it is a possibility. The bulk of the criticism will be that it is Uwe Boll making it though, which is sad.

I honestly want to see how he does this but I think I ought to watch Darfur to get an idea of how he does these serious documentary style films.

[Jimmy]

To play Devil's Advocate, what proof is there of the Holocaust?

[Master Fibbles]

Deborah Lipstadt has an excellent book where she proves the Holocaust deniers wrong and then she was sued for libel...a suit that she won...in England with their screwed up legal system that makes it almost impossible to win a libel suit against you. She wrote a book about that law suit.

This isn't the place to discuss this.

[Kathy]

One thing, though. I am really against laws that make Holocaust deniers criminals.

[Jimmy]

The Nazis were highly skilled in hiding evidence.

[LeoD]

No, they were not. They could not have accomplished the holocaust without producing many thousands of documents. The main problem is that today it is way easier to believe someone shouting "It did not happen!" than to deal with the voluminous evidence. The world is complicated and that is the reason why badasses offering short answers come to power time and again.

To be back on topic: I expect that this film will be an aggregation of violent and disturbing scenes, which one may indeed call 'historical'. I doubt that this movie will tell any interesting story (if at all) or bring new facts. However, I think that Uwe Boll is in a position to make the movies he wants do make. And if he should want to make a good movie I expect that he will be able to do that.

Btw, is there any evidence that this trailer isn't just a mockup to provoke the public?

[Jimmy]

Even Adolf Hitler said "How fortunate for leaders that men do not think." or "What luck for rulers that men do not think.", depending on your translation.

[Master Fibbles]

LeoD, on Sep 14 2010, 06:35 PM, said:

Btw, is there any evidence that this trailer isn't just a mockup to provoke the public?

Considering this scene was leaked from Postal before release (and was in the movie), I don't think he is just provoking.

I think you are right, though. The movie probably won't have any story unless he tries to make himself a kind of martyr (as the Nazi guard who has misgivings about the whole thing eventually) which the trailer doesn't seem to indicate that at all. Maybe he is doing a Milgram Experiment point (which relates to Captain Awesome's quote). And Uwe Boll is in a position (fiscally) to make whatever movie he wants.

[Jimmy]

Doing a Milgram-esque film would be interesting. Reading on wiki, however, brings me to my next point:

Charles Sheridan and Richard King hypothesized that some of Milgram's subjects may have suspected that the victim was faking, so they repeated the experiment with a real victim: a puppy who was given real electric shocks. They found that 20 out of the 26 participants complied to the end. The six that had refused to comply were all male (54% of males were obedient); all 13 of the women obeyed to the end, although many were highly disturbed and some openly wept.

Women are stupid.

[Master Fibbles]

More like women at that time were more subservient. I imagine now if you were to grab some of those self-entitled women who are into that domination shit and such, they would either not comply or just say fuck it, I'm deciding to kill the puppy (because they are sick fucks).
Actually, I take it all back, generally women like that aren't so compassionate as bitchy.

Oh, and, I would totally watch (and pay, mirabile dictu) to see a Milgram-esque movie about the Holocaust etc.

[Jimmy]

Subservience is another word for stupidity.