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Uwe Boll is About to Go "Postal"
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Posted on 10/27/2005 8:19:57 AM PDT by Sofa King

Infamous Film Director Uwe Boll Signs Suicide Pact with Game Developer 'Running With Scissors'

Start firing those AK-47s into the air because "Postal", the game franchise that politicians, parents groups, countless cowardly reviewers and over a dozen sovereign nations don't want you to play has just become the latest game to make the transition to the big screen.

Running with Scissors (RWS), the world's most dangerous software company, has signed an appropriately apocalyptic deal with renegade filmmaker Uwe Boll to bring the most controversial franchise in gaming history to the screen in all its blood-drenched, ironic glory.

Despite everyone from Steven Spielberg to Microsoft announcing big money deals involving films based on video games, this new partnership between controversial figures in the game and film industries is destined to become the most incendiary game-to-film deal yet.

(Excerpt) Read more at rottentomatoes.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: chitchat; postal; videogame
Postal, for those who don't know, was a low-rated first-person shooter whose main claim to fame was how purposely offensive it was (I'm not sure about the first one, but the sequel allowed you to urinate on people). It looks like Hollywood has decided that making bad movies based off of good games wasn't enough; now it's time to see what monstrosity they can create with a game that wasn't good to begin with.

Of course, there is actually good news on the videogame movie front: Guess who's might be involved in Halo the movie? Peter Jackson.
1 posted on 10/27/2005 8:19:59 AM PDT by Sofa King
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To: Quick1; indcons; somniferum; KoRn; Duke Nukum; expat_brit; Galactic Overlord-In-Chief; dljordan; ...
Video game ping!

If you want on or off this list, Freepmail me

2 posted on 10/27/2005 8:20:40 AM PDT by Sofa King (MY rights are not subject to YOUR approval.)
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To: Sofa King
Just because you build it doesn't mean they will come.
3 posted on 10/27/2005 8:21:42 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Islam Factoid:After forcing young girls to watch his men execute their fathers, Muhammad raped them.)
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To: Sofa King
After Being so disappointed in the doom movie that I almost cried..... I won't be seeing this one at all....
4 posted on 10/27/2005 8:27:05 AM PDT by SouthernBoyupNorth ("For my wings are made of Tungsten, my flesh of glass and steel..........")
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To: Sofa King; Deb

Awesome.


5 posted on 10/27/2005 8:28:55 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: AppyPappy
My only comment is that if I had to go through life with the name Uwe Boll, I'd probably be postal most of the time--LOL!

Otherwise, I'm not into video/computer games, so have no opinion on the matter.

6 posted on 10/27/2005 8:33:29 AM PDT by basil (Exercise your Second Amendment--buy another gun today!)
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To: SouthernBoyupNorth
>Uwe Boll is About to Go "Postal"
>>After Being so disappointed in the doom movie that I almost cried..... I won't be seeing this one at all....


Uwe Boll directed
Alone In The Dark. It bombed.
But I thought it was

good enough to get
a thread of its own. I mean,
it did have Tara . . .

7 posted on 10/27/2005 8:35:17 AM PDT by theFIRMbss
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To: Sofa King

Postal2 is a very funny politically incorrect game with blood, guns, cat silencers for your weapons, and you can urinate napalm on people.


8 posted on 10/27/2005 8:57:27 AM PDT by dynachrome ("Where am I? Where am I going? Why am I in a handbasket?")
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To: SouthernBoyupNorth

I was trying to look up Running with Scissors the company and found the website but there is no mention as to where the company is located.

Does anyone know?


9 posted on 10/27/2005 8:58:53 AM PDT by edcoil (Reality doesn't say much - doesn't need too)
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To: SouthernBoyupNorth

"After Being so disappointed in the doom movie that I almost cried"


You actually went and saw that movie???

Shame on you :)

I learned my lesson a long time ago with Robot Jox modled after Mechwarrior. After that I am highly dubious of any movie made from a video game. In fact I am also dubious of any movie made from a comic book as well. They just FINALLY got Batman right...


10 posted on 10/27/2005 9:05:50 AM PDT by Syntyr
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To: Syntyr

Oh my God - Robot Jox: One of the TEN WORST MOVIES MADE


11 posted on 10/27/2005 9:49:32 AM PDT by AzSteven
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To: Sofa King

Well, it can't be any worse than the game, but that isn't saying much.


12 posted on 10/27/2005 10:07:12 AM PDT by rattrap
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To: edcoil
yup... about 2 minutes I got an addx 4 u

Running With Scissors
2721 E. Ft. Lowell
Tucson, AZ 85716
13 posted on 10/27/2005 10:07:31 AM PDT by SouthernBoyupNorth ("For my wings are made of Tungsten, my flesh of glass and steel..........")
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To: Sofa King

I think it might actually be good.

After all, Uwe Boll's movies have been, shall we say, "sub-par"? And "Postal" wasn't a good game. But you when multiply two negative numbers together, you get a positive. So with these two negatives involved, the end result should be good!

Yeah, yeah. I'm desperately looking for a silver lining here.


14 posted on 10/27/2005 10:09:32 AM PDT by Starter
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To: AzSteven
"Oh my God - Robot Jox: One of the TEN WORST MOVIES MADE."

Compared to "Wing Commander" it was Gone with the Wind. As an aside, any history buffs who are gamers out there will love the game "Rome - Total War." It is without a doubt the best strategy/warfare game I have every playe. Be warned though, do not start playing on a work night. It is so addictive it is a major time eater.

15 posted on 10/27/2005 10:18:52 AM PDT by joebuck
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To: AzSteven

"Oh my God - Robot Jox: One of the TEN WORST MOVIES MADE"

Yeah but what about Street Fighter another stupid video game movie starring Rau Julia and Van Damme ARRGHHHH Stupid Stupid Stupid movie!


16 posted on 10/27/2005 10:26:32 AM PDT by Syntyr
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To: joebuck

"As an aside, any history buffs who are gamers out there will love the game "Rome - Total War." It is without a doubt the best strategy/warfare game I have every playe. Be warned though, do not start playing on a work night. It is so addictive it is a major time eater."

I'm going to pick that up soon. Medieval: Total War was really cool; they have a lot of replay value because of how many possibilities there are.


17 posted on 10/27/2005 11:58:42 AM PDT by Sofa King (MY rights are not subject to YOUR approval.)
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