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posted by CoolHand on Thursday June 11 2015, @04:28PM   Printer-friendly
from the cry-us-a-river dept.

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."


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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by CoolHand on Thursday June 11 2015, @05:50PM

    by CoolHand (438) on Thursday June 11 2015, @05:50PM (#195064) Journal
    I did find it interesting how an artist could be so conceited about their own work that they would shoot themself in the foot regarding any chance to actually accomplish their goal and make their own piece of work. I also felt it could spur a discussion on crowdfunding, and if the common crowd was the best way to fund major works of art. After all, don't the masses already speak about their preferences with Hollywood films? Hollywood makes the films that they make because those types of films are what sells tickets.. But "crowdfunding" (I'm not sure that is the perfect term) can help support smaller efforts, and by not lining the pockets of the studios and all the hangers-on in Hollywood, can make equivalent efforts for far less.
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