'Postal' creator bugged by Boll's boxing stint

by Ross Miller { Jul 12th 2006 at 3:25PM }

A month ago, Uwe Boll put up a call to critics to "put up or shut up!" The plan was to have the ill-reputed game director fly the brave souls who "put up" to Vancouver to enter a boxing ring with him (so far, we know of one critic who took the call). The matches will be filmed, shown on the internet, and included in the upcoming game-to-film adaptation Postal.

But Uwe Boll forgot to inform Postal creator Running With Scissors. In their latest newsletter, the company had this to say:

Oh yeah, when asked if he had any comment to make on Uwe's latest PR brainstorm, Vince Desi had his head buried in his hands, muttering only: "I didn't know he was going to do this. He didn't tell me."

The infamous developer does not sound too pleased. But in an e-mail exchange with 1UP, Boll conveys that "all is good" and that he has followed their notes for the treatment. We've got plenty of time to speculate, though: Postal will not start filming until work finishes up on the Dungeon Siege adaptation and a non-game film entitled Seed.

[via 1UP]

Tags: a dungeon siege tale, ADungeonSiegeTale, alone in the dark, AloneInTheDark, in the name of the king, InTheNameOfTheKing, something awful, SomethingAwful

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Scorch @ Jul 12th 2006 3:32PM

So why not film Desi vs. Boll and throw that in the movie? :P

Ch3 @ Jul 12th 2006 3:41PM

So this Postal movie is just going to be 2 hours of pissing on decapitated hobos, and some random fight? Heh, now THATS a movie worth seeing!

Agent MOO @ Jul 12th 2006 3:44PM

lol, thanks for the big ol' boll flipping the bird at work.

Dracula Jones @ Jul 12th 2006 3:46PM

What happens if Uwe receives a Glass Joe-esque savage beating and cries? Will he still put it in the movie?

I'm shocked no one has made a Uwe Boll's Punch-Out!! mod or youtube video yet.

haegen @ Jul 12th 2006 3:46PM

how do you pronounce this guy's name? yoo? youwee? oohway? i gotta know how to say it for when i'm slagging him to my friends ;)

Jody Anthony @ Jul 12th 2006 4:05PM

I pronounce it "eewie"

32_Footsteps @ Jul 12th 2006 4:06PM

Actually, it's pronounced "ooh-vay".

My favorite is reading about Desi's reaction. It's like he's watching a traffic accident in slow motion. Now, if only he was in a position to do something about it.

Sam @ Jul 12th 2006 4:06PM

If you want a good time, rent Uwe's "Alone in the Dark" and watch it with the commentary turned on. The man is SO-ANGRY that people don't like his movies. He genuinely seems to think that his work is good, and that any negative response is just ranting from hardcore fans of the games his movies are "based" on.

Jansberg @ Jul 12th 2006 4:26PM

If anything the folks at Running With Scissors should pray that the most embarassing thing to come from the movie is the boxing match. After the movie comes out they probably look fondly on the (somewhat) positive responses people have given this idea.

GOD @ Jul 12th 2006 4:51PM

One of the editors of PC Gamer has also taken Boll up on him offer. Listen to the last PC Gamer Podcast, they spent about 15 minuets talking about it.

zombiejim @ Jul 12th 2006 5:01PM

I'm just hoping there won't be a "you must throw the fight and allow Uwe to win" clause in the contract.

Oh and remember when Uwe also lied about being approached for the MGS movie? His claims of "all is good" with Desi could be the same type of BS. Hope not though. I want to see him lose badly.

LaughingTarget @ Jul 12th 2006 5:17PM

If he changes the rules to UFC-style MMA, then I'll gladly go up there and challenge him. I would like to go all Matt Hughes on him.

araca @ Jul 12th 2006 5:20PM

It's not even amusing anymore..
He's just a sad man desperate for plubicity. I doubt he takes himself seriously.

dan diemer @ Jul 12th 2006 7:34PM

i think it was Dan Morris from PC Gamer that is up for the beat down.

PatRAWK @ Jul 12th 2006 8:39PM

Well, maybe Uwe will come to his senses and throw the fight. Not out of fear of getting beat up, but if he gets punched out on film, and that is put into the movie, think of all the people who will pay to see the movie, just to see Uwe getting knocked out.

Shagi @ Jul 12th 2006 10:13PM

I think that 'Postal' could be Ewe's vehicle. Seriously guys this is the movie that I think lends itself most to Ewes style. Ewe has an uncanny ability for great gory death scenes. As long as he doesn't try to get too preachy with Postal I think it could be his first critically sucessful movie.

Maybe he will make the movie without any violence just like EWS said you could complete the game. That would suck.

Tucker @ Jul 12th 2006 10:58PM

Agent Moo: Sorry, but what about a small image of a guy giving the - OMG OMG OMG!!!!!11111 - finger, is NSFW? If you're that concerned, maybe you shouldn't be reading blogs at work. Dumbass.

Mr BoomStick XL @ Jul 12th 2006 11:25PM

THIS GUY IS THE WORST DIRECTOR IN THE UNIVERSE!!!! PLEASE HOLLYWOOD, STOP GIVING HIM VIDEOGAME SCRIPTS! I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE.

Y @ Jul 13th 2006 12:13AM

"Vince Desi"

Am I the only one who misread that as Vin Diesel at first. I was hoping I'd get to see Vin box Uwe Boll for the good of the nation.

Chowweekly @ Jul 13th 2006 1:55AM

People need to stop giving Uwe Boll video game movies. He's so sure his crappy movies are good and the fans are just too stupid to get them. Even if he was capable of making a video game movie that would please the fans I doubt he would because making people hate his movies has become a twisted pride for him. If people like his movies that means they must actually not be good. It's his own unique form of artistic integrity that only allows him to make awful movies.

As to his boxing challenge it's actually a really pathetic and cowardly thing to do. The guy is fit, is trained in boxing, and doesn't allow people who haven't criticized him yet (as of the date he made the challenge) to challenge him. He knows he can beat up any critic and geek that have been making fun of him and he's itching to do it. More importantly: IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE QUALITY OF HIS MOVIES! Maybe the challenge should have been: who can make a better version of "Dungion Seige: The Movie" With a $100,000 budget. The rules could be that the challenger can not have gone to any sort of film class and doesn't have any sort of proffesional expirence and Uwe would get his ass kicked. Seriously, he would, I don't think anyone doubts that. Hell, I'm ready to take that challenge and I've only played like 30 minutes of DS2.