Uwe Boll, known to videogame fans as the director of numerous game-to-film adaptations, including Postal, Alone in the Dark, and House of the Dead, has released a profanity-laden rant aimed at crowdfunding. The video comes as a Kickstarter campaign attempting to fund production of his latest project, Rampage 3, limps toward its conclusion with less than half of its goal and fewer than four days remaining.
"Basically, my message is, f**k you," says Boll, "because it is so f**king absurd what retarded, amateur idiots [are] collecting money on that absurd website." Boll goes on to complain about the crowdfunding system's failure to deliver on his expectations.
With the campaign appearing doomed, Boll claims to have decided to give up on the project. Despite his opinion that it is, "an important film," Boll acknowledges, "nobody seems to care about Rampage 3, so, I guess I shouldn't do it, then."
(Score: 5, Informative) by n1 on Thursday June 11 2015, @05:03PM
Uwe Boll did not deserve the coverage in my opinion, which is why I personally didn't accept this submission which was sitting in the queue for a while. Other editors and the community in general have different interests and perceptions from my own, which is why it wasn't rejected by me either.
All that said, there is a wider discussion to be had about the merits of crowd-funded campaigns. It's a shame that it's perhaps the wrong person (someone with no credibility) who brought it up on this occasion.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by CoolHand on Thursday June 11 2015, @05:50PM
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