German director Uwe Boll says he will quit making films if a petition demanding him to stop gets 1 million signatures.
Boll’s work includes House of the Dead, Alone in the Dark and BloodRayne II: Deliverance, all of which rank in the bottom 100 of the Internet Movie Database website.
In an interview with FEARnet, the director admitted he knew about a petition, which currently has 18,000 signatures, requesting he stop making films.
“Yeah, I know [about the petition]. 18,000 is not enough to convince me,” Boll said.
When asked about how many signatures would be needed, the director replied: “One million. Now we have a new goal.”
Okay folks, you know now what you must do. Go here and sign sign sign!
“What if [Uwe Boll] stops making movies, and starts making games?”
“That’s why God, in His infinite wisdom, created sniper rifles.”
At first, I was kinda miffed that for some reason, people in the states got the No BGM version of this teaser for Blasreitter. Now I’m thinking that’s all you need to see.
*Sigh* Okay, looks like I have to make another retraction. (And a bit of a rant while I’m at it so be warned). Remember how I recommended you go into BOST TV to try and get the better end of the bargain for Gonzo’s “New Deal”?
Don’t.
You do have to pay but the selection is complete garbage. It’s Keitai Shoujo, some other fanservice/harem crap, and then Blassreitter and Tower of Druaga. Both of which were NOT worthy of being elevated to the “freebie status” that they were recently granted . It’s tragic too, these two flagship shows turned me off in their first episodes with really weak plots and the trademark ghastly fusion of 2D/3D Animation. I do have to give Blassreitter props for not looking like Transformers Galaxy Force all over again but it might as well be its successor in terms of crap. And yeah, I know that’s a bit of a harsh thing to say after one episode but come on. I wasn’t even moved to watch the rest of the series in both instances.
No this isn’t going to be a-Hey! Stop right there! Don’t even bother trying to go back to Crunchyroll. Both Blassreitter and Tower of Druaga are both up there…but in HORRIBLE quality at the highest quality setting. Oh but of course all the fanservice titles that are just throwaways are available in the highest quality with downloads in H.264. What the hell?
Now before you pounce on me with logic, I know this is what some people have been waiting for; a company that finally “gets it” and is trying to work with the internet to provide content. The sad truth of the matter though is that the content isn’t worth it. It’s like I told a friend of mine tonight, right now it seems like the only things Gonzo has going for them nowadays are Breasts and CG. And Breasts rendered in CG. Oh and Afro Samurai. That’s their only saving grace in my book.
All I’m saying is that I really won’t be satisfied with the way the industry is going until the product being offered in the new medium is actually worth my time and money. In other words, I want my streaming episodes of Captain Harlock damnit.
So I completely forgot that April Fool’s was this week and I’m slightly miffed because I hadn’t thought of anything to do for the occasion. Closest thing was the promo I cooked up for Rangercast but even that didn’t have the impact of say the prank I pulled two years ago with R5.
Ah well…Maybe next year I’ll get everybody good. But at least a lot of fun stuff happened this week that made up for it. The majority of it that I liked is in this installment of Friday ACE….
I recently got back in touch with an old acquaintance of mine who had recently moved to the Phillipines and is a noted fan of Uchuu Keiji Shaider. Remembering this, I just had to ask…
ME: ….did you ever get to see Zaido?
MARI: Hahah Yes. A bit. Then i cried and turned the TV off
ME: (Snerk) You weren’t the only one.
MARI: It was horrifying. I died…. I’m like “NEVER AGAIN!”
ME: There are people that actually LIKE that for some reason
MARI: the weird ones who like the actors … i cant stand it
ME: Well that and people who think it’s actually the best thing since the original for some reason
MARI: What?! I still like Annie and Shaider. Nothing beats that
ME: A-Fscking-Men. But at least you survived to tell the tale. You know that one of the rival networks was thinking of doing a Maskman remake >_>
MARI: I know….I have a friend in that network and I was like “I’m gonna kill you if you do that”.
ME: …[If you were still here] I’d be tackle hugging you for that.
At the request of TV’s Patrick Macias, I appeared on the second episode of the Otaku USA podcast to discuss con guests, JAM Project and Shokotan. Go check it out but pardon the booming echo, Patrick’s Hot Blooded Spirit was too much for the microphone.
Superstar Japanese rock act JAM Project is the first announced musical guest for Otakon 2008, making their US debut performance as part of Otakon’s fifteenth consecutive annual event.
“…I’m a bit disappointed…I haven’t even heard of this band outside of requests here. Doesn’t seem like that big of an act to me, but…I was also thinking of artists like Gackt or Hamasaki Ayumi or BUCK-TICK. Maybe it’s just because I don’t listen to J-pop as much as I used to. Well, hopefully other guests are going to be more to my interests.“
I was going to post this last week before I got sick. Anyways, Kazuo Umezu, famous horror manga-ka, had his dream house finally completed last week.
I love the people that are trying to complain about it. Favorite complaint is the one that this week’s edition is named after;
“It’s a violence against color…a violence against style…”
If I were him, I’d be taking that as the compliment to end all compliments. Umezu’s such an awesome guy that I bet he’s thought that already. See for yourself if you don’t believe me.
(It is nine o’ clock at night. MIKE and KARA are bombarding each other with random Youtube Clips when the subject of this week’s Torchwood comes up).
KARA: But … Torchwood is GOOD this season. Don’t know how or why, but it is.
MIKE: That’s what I’ve been saying. It’s like somebody remembered about something called “Plot” and swapped it out with the sex. That’s like…totally unheard of!
KARA: P….. lotttt?
MIKE: It’s this new thing they’re trying out. [It's] supposed to actually move the story along instead of everybody looking pretty and making out.
(PAUSE)
KARA: … I don’t know if the world is ready for this.
MIKE: They’re actually trying to ban it. (Beat) Actually when I say “They”, I really mean fangirls. And when I mean “Trying”, I mean going to petition.com…
(The two chuckle and turn on the new episode of Torchwood. FADE TO BLACK.)
I figured I’d put this up in the meantime as I get back into the daily grind back in Milwaukee. Here’s some footage of the ACEN Supra (complete with R5 Central Logo) on the streets of Schaumburg, IL.
I sense a potential R5 The Live segment come time for ACen :P
