Uwe Boll goin' Postal
by Conrad Quilty-Harper 
{ Oct 24th 2005 at 12:30PM }
Running With Scissors, the company behind the Postal series of games, has announced that it has signed a
deal with Uwe Boll to create a Postal movie. The game title was an extremely controversial game when it was
released in 1997, and was removed from store shelves after a hissy fit by Senator Joe Lieberman
(sound familar?).
Uwe Boll's record for converting games to movies is widely ridiculed within the games and movie industries. Boll's
House of the Dead has an abysmal 2.2/10 rating on the Internet Movie
Database with one user comment describing the film as a "Action-filled crap-fest". So why-oh-why did they choose
Boll as the director? According to Running With Scissors' CEO Vince Desi "He understands the subject matter and has an
appreciation and affinity for controversy and political incorrectness." If his definition of controversy is making bad
movies out of game scripts then Vince is spot on.
Ironically, Postal has the bare minimum of what you'd call a plot, so at least that reduces the chances of Boll changing anything too much and annoying fans of the game. So fingers crossed Uwe will create an entertaining horror/action movie with a bucket load of gore and a side helping of social irony and political incorrectness. Yah, like that's gonna happen…
[Thanks, JamesO]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Sage @ Dec 18th 2005 9:42PM
omg, just watch the headlines..
"Uwe Bolls it up again."
SickNic @ Dec 18th 2005 9:42PM
Yet another reason why the movie industry is in a slump. No its not pirating movies, its Uwe Boll.
OTAM @ Dec 18th 2005 9:42PM
Where's the Uwe imperson...the real Uwe Boll? He usually posts like 3.4 seconds after a blog like this is put up.
Anyways,what I don't understand is how someone who makes shit movie after shit movie is allowed to keep coming back? I just don't understand it. If people who sucked in Hollywood kept coming back every movie would be starring Pauly Shore and Carrot Top.
delerious @ Dec 18th 2005 9:42PM
Heh, I'd watch it. I'm not a fan, I just think it'd be hilarious to watch.
delerious @ Dec 18th 2005 9:42PM
Oh. And I hope Gary Coleman is in it. I really, really hope Gary Coleman is in it.
Monsiour Jimmy @ Dec 18th 2005 9:42PM
I don't think that a movie based on a game as controversial as Postal (Unless they seriousely tone it down, that doesn't seem like their intentions though) can make it to the theaters.
Maybe its a straight to DVD release :S
jc @ Dec 18th 2005 9:42PM
Personally, I am happy they aren't tying up a decent producer/director with this project. Is anyone really expecting this not to suck?
Sounds like a good way to keep him from ruining a movie that has potential.
retro @ Dec 18th 2005 9:42PM
Well, to be fair, someone would have to be a fan of the game before they could complain about the movie
jp @ Dec 18th 2005 9:42PM
I just wish they'd stop giving this guy money to make movies.
www.uwebollsucks.com
Uwe Boll @ Dec 18th 2005 9:42PM
sorry for the late reply folks, i was busy eating chocolate. yes yes indeed, i scored a movie deal with these poor suckers, all i had to do was let them shove vegetables up my anus. thats hollywood for you.
thanks for the publicity joystiq!
and screw the haters!
keep an eye out for my SE dvd's with commentary from yours truly and christian slater.
Meathead @ Dec 18th 2005 9:42PM
Uwe actually makes money in Germany if his movies flop, so there's no incentive to make a good movie. There's a loophole in Germany's subsidy laws whereby the poorer a film does at the box office, the more money it gets back from the government...so you see, the best way to punish Uwe Boll is to go see his movies, because the better the movie does, the less money he makes!
MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Mine is an EVIL laugh!
jc @ Dec 18th 2005 9:42PM
"screw the haters!" or screw the people that actually enjoy seeing decent movies?
maybe he doesn't know the difference...
Uwe Boll @ Dec 18th 2005 9:42PM
its great being Uwe Boll. if my movies flop, then i get money from the government. if they succeed, i get even more money from YOUR people.
EdFanMH @ Dec 18th 2005 9:42PM
DEAR GOD NO!
*gets SPAS-12 stored under the desk and loads shells into it. 5 minutes later, you see me riding a bookcart towards Uwe's house*
Must save Postal games.
WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Must save Postal games.
WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Must save Postal games.
WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
*Shoots a pedestrian that flips me off.*
WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Kajex @ Dec 18th 2005 9:42PM
Ugh... I'm sorry, but as fun a game as Postal was, who in the blue hell would want to make a game like THAT into a movie?
...
Uwe Boll, of course. The man has about as much imagination as Jack Thompson has credibility. I'm serious, if he defiles any more movies, he's most likely going to be shot by someone. If he touches Zelda, I'm going to do it myself.