After all, Stallone made a few good movies that were commercial and sometimes critical successes (Rocky, Rambo, Demolition Man; possibly Tango & Cash...); but Boll? Has he made a redeeming movie?
To be fair, I have only seen one Boll movie so far (Alone in the Dark). But I consider it to be worse than the worst Stallone movie I've seen (that would probably be "Judge Dredd").
I'm not sure whether or not any of you guys have seen this, perhaps this link has been posted here before. But there is an online petition urging Uwe Boll to end his movie making career. Boll has actually stated that if the petition gets 1 million signatures, he will stop making movies...whether or not he lives up to that pledge remains to be seen.
In any event, you too, can sign. I was signee number 200,191
Incidentally, I think the fact that there aren't already well over a million signatures is solid proof of my earlier contention that most people just don't know who Boll is...
Nine times out of ten, in art as in life, there is no truth to be discovered, only an error to be exposed.--H.L. Menken
I am now officially the 202106 signature to this petition, but I have already seen 3 more signatures in the last minute on the site. Now my question is where is the one for Stallone at?
The "Networking IT" Movie Buff!
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The good news: Signatures are apparently rolling in at a rate of about 1500 per day. The bad news: Even if this rate remains constant, Boll will have approximately 2 more years to continue to make films, assuming he lives up to his pledge. We need to get proactive on this thing.
Nine times out of ten, in art as in life, there is no truth to be discovered, only an error to be exposed.--H.L. Menken
Stallone has actually been in some good films. Seriously! He's not great by any means, but it seems the Razzies have really singled him out, much like Kevin Costner.
Now, Uwe Boll is an entirely different story. Dreadful films, horrible direction....how and why do film studios even allow him near the lot, let alone put him behind a camera? Not one of his films has any redeeming value.
Uwe, go back to working the drive-thru at Wendy's...please!!!!!
Hasty Manic
I am still looking for a movie worse than 'Manos: The Hands of Fate.' Alas, I remain ever hopeful!
Click this link to see a discussion in another part of the forum about the anti-Uwe Boll petition, with the result that Boll declares he is the only genius in the industry while slagging Michael Bay and Eli Roth to boot.
Uwe, go back to working the drive-thru at Wendy's...please!!!!!
First of all, I eat at Wendy's now and then...let's take it easy there.
Second of all, if Boll DID stop making films tomorrow most of the people who would know about it or care are on this board. This may be a bit political, but it still all comes down to the fact that if we announce next February that we have give a lifetime achievement award to Uwe Boll, 99.99% of America is going to ask, in unison, "Who the hell is he?"
Nine times out of ten, in art as in life, there is no truth to be discovered, only an error to be exposed.--H.L. Menken
Not true! If we gave Uwe Boll a lifetime "achievement" (failure? disaster? spew?) award, all the people over at BollBashers would ask in unison, "WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG?!" . . .
With all due respect, "all the people over at BollBashers" appears to be one guy with a website. Again, I fully acknowledge the atrocity of Boll's work. BUT, most of his films have a rather limited audience appeal to begin with, and none of them have done squat at the box-office. (They probably wouldn't have even if they weren't bad.) In fact, I don't think he has made a single film which box-office receipts have covered the cost of production.
Effectively, we are talking about a guy who has made a career pissing off a handful of people who play video games and read comics. And most of them never leave their parents' basement unless they are going to a Boll film, or to StarCon dressed as a Klingon.
Incidentally, the petition count stands at 208,840. Impressive in it's way, but it still amounts to less than 0.1% of the population (If we factor in the population of Germany, the percentage drops significantly)...although it may well represent amost everyone who has actually ever seen a Boll film.
Nine times out of ten, in art as in life, there is no truth to be discovered, only an error to be exposed.--H.L. Menken
I never noticed that about BollBashers. I paid attention to the "we" on the front page under "About," but I didn't pay attention to the "Contact" page where Jan-Mathis Schurr is listed as being responsible for everything on the website. Thanks for pointing that out. The dude is astoundingly thorough, though. I feel he should make a club out of it.
If he can find enough people who care! . . .
As for the petition, I'm less impressed than you. There's no way anyone can verify these "signatures," so they may very well represent far less of the U.S. population that 0.1%. I wouldn't be surprised if it's the same people voting over and over. Impressed? No. Amused? Oh, yes. It's very amusing that after Boll opened his "effing" fat mouth, the number of signatures of that petition jumped from 18,000 to close to 300,000 in a month. He certainly got a reaction.
I wonder if a hacker could write a program that would continuously add signatures to the anti-Boll petition? . . .
I'm a little disillusioned now. Not much, but a little. I seemed to have taken a little bit of glee thinking that there was a small group of people who banded together on a website for the sole purpose of bashing Uwe Boll. Now I find out that perception was incorrect, that it's just one amazingly thorough dude. Oh, well. . . .
You make a good point. Someone could probably start an internet petition to launch PeeWee Herman off the planet and it could easily get 200,000 signatures. Some of these petitions do have software that only permits one entry per I.P. address, but that is pretty easy to get around. And it is possible to load up petitions of that nature.
That is precisely why we don't have internet voting yet. No one wants the horror of some whiz kid in Japan managing to single-handedly elect Mr Green Jeans President of the U.S.
Nine times out of ten, in art as in life, there is no truth to be discovered, only an error to be exposed.--H.L. Menken
Let's see here: At least Stallone appeared in and directed some critically acclaimed movies like the Rocky series
Uwe, however...just the name spells doom to any production. ALL of his movies are blasted by critics, not to mention that anti-Boll petition already has 200K+ signatures.
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. Now my question is where is the one for Stallone at?
genius in the industry while slagging Michael Bay and Eli Roth to boot.
