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Moments ago we got word from this man about some video he shot at this last weekend's PAX 2007. Even amongst people who attended the event, the presence of Herr Boll was the sort of whispered rumor that would pass from person to person as if they were speaking of a Jabberwocky in their midst. While the German auteur has yet to rend anyone limb from limb, his work has left psychological scars Lewis Carroll could only dream of -- in between moments of touching little girls.

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I have to say, with as much vitriol as the audience threw at the guy, he earned a whole new level of respect, at least from me. To have the balls to enter a room where you're functionally public enemy number one and not try to punch children in the head ... well that's more self-control than I will ever have.

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Dunned's Avatar
Dunned at 08/30/2007 18:47
That was hard to watch
Morrius's Avatar
Morrius at 08/30/2007 18:47
Hey there Nex,

There's some much less audible footage of the whole thing here.
Lowtax's Avatar
Lowtax at 08/30/2007 18:49
I can't watch this.
Riser Glen's Avatar
Riser Glen at 08/30/2007 18:49
Watching these videos is bringing back nervous habits I thought I got over a long time ago.

*Continues watching videos while biting nails*
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TheMadLeper at 08/30/2007 18:50
You know, despite the whole beating the shit out of Lowtax thing, he is kinda chill about that whole "Everyone hates him" thing.
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Lowtax at 08/30/2007 18:51
I changed my mind I can watch this, sometimes I just doubt myself.
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JohnnyWadd at 08/30/2007 18:55
That dude is such a tool.
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Lowtax at 08/30/2007 19:00
Wtf who is he? I can barley hear him. Seriously what did I do?
Roryzilla's Avatar
Roryzilla at 08/30/2007 19:00
UWE BOLL IS MADE OF WIN. AND FAIL. MOSTLY WIN.
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guy e at 08/30/2007 19:01
yeah, uwe bowl isn't that bad, half of it is just people following other people's opinions about it. we'll just have to catch postal.
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BlindsideDork at 08/30/2007 19:01
Uh, he has uh a funny uh accent. And it was interesting to see him uh talk...
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Lowtax at 08/30/2007 19:04
Oh I see now, I have done my research. I think it all makes sense now. It all. Makes sense.


Everything. It was a joke. Everything this man touches is a joke. His movies, his opinions. Everything. I just don't know anymore.
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FiXXXerX at 08/30/2007 19:07
Wow, seriously, I hate this man.... but now, I understand a little better, and I honest to god respect him.
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Dr Milkdad at 08/30/2007 19:22
I've never seen a Uwe Boll movie, ever. But this man has balls of steel
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itemforty at 08/30/2007 19:28
Hell yeah, I was really hoping to catch a glimpse of this. Seriously, his balls are fantastic.
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DGX Goggles at 08/30/2007 19:45
Still don't like him.
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Dr Milkdad at 08/30/2007 19:48
I still wish he was my dad
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HammerTiem at 08/30/2007 20:28
I now respect Uwe Boll, he deserves that much.
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Deathsaw at 08/30/2007 21:07
You know what, I have something to say. I sorta jumped on the whole Uwe boll bandwagon because I didn't really understand where he was coming from. Why was Bloodrayne in Romania instead of Nazi Germany? He made good points about game movies following the game too much. If you stray away, you get Doom. Yet I found some hidden respect for him. I only read the bias internet about his movies and it always has people hating him. He's like Jack Thompson. Yet I HATE him!!!(Jack). With these clips, i found out that I hated his movies because gamers hate them. I try to fit in with the crowd and not get flamed, so I hate them too. I'm going to rent his movies and give them an honest view. Who Am I to Say Something Sucks If I Never Played It Before?
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Trevor McGee at 08/30/2007 21:43
Why do people compare him to Jack Thompson? Jack Thompson wants to bring down the entire gaming industry. Uwe Boll just makes shitty video game movies.

Saying I'm not a fan of his movies would be an understatement, but he did have a lot of balls to go out there in front of a room of people who hate his guts. Hell, that's more than you can say for that pussy Jack Thompson.
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vexed alex at 08/30/2007 21:49
Uwe Boll vs. Nerds. Damn. "Would you make a King of Hearts game!?" Swear, I was just waiting someone to ask him another retarded question so he could answer it with, "When are you going to get pussy?"

Yeah, his movies suck, but dude's still pretty ballsy for going up there against short shorts, tucked in t-shirts, glasses, and new balance jogging sneakers.
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GatsuTheBerserker at 08/31/2007 00:05
The ONLY thing I can respect this man for ANYTHING is his ability to find PR. He's a businessman who made shit to cause an uproar, gained some status (whether it was popular or unpopular), knew some idiots would like his movies, and continues to show how "ballsy" he can act. But still, it's not like all those nerds were going to jump up there and beat him to death (though I'm sure they were thinking that). This "move" he made was most likely purely for PR.
So, that's all I can say about him. He's a tool who knows how to gain PR and popularity by pissing people off, using loop holes to get rich, and rinse/repeating the steps he's taken so far.

Still, he doesn't give a damn about his fans and would backstab the next person near him just to continue higher into the ranks of fame. His current tactics is to become a "norm" in the gaming society so people will mind him less, thus buying more tickets and more DVDs.

He's a tool who creates tools (fans). Ironic.
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vexed alex at 08/31/2007 01:18
He's successfully making money. How much of a tool can he be?

Forgive me, but aren't you misusing the word, "tool." Which is someone who's being used. A fool? All the thing's you've mentioned about him completely contradict that. So, fail?

Yeah, the guy makes shitty movies. OK. Don't watch his shitty movies. That's what I've done. What's the point of going on about how much you hate him and everything he's done because he's so immoral and evil? I mean, the guy's so dark and sinister, after postal, he's moving on to phase two of his evil plan; world domination.

And what the fuck are you hating the people that like his shitty movies for? Everyone has their likes and dislikes. Elitists on the internet. Jesus.
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Mxyzptlk at 08/31/2007 01:37
I'll give him this much, Boll has BALLS OF STEEL to go onstage at PAX. That's like Michael Vick attending a PETA gathering.
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Morrius at 08/31/2007 03:05
Being beligerant and arrogant doesn't equal balls of steel, it just deserves a slap. But each to his own.
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AngelicLiver at 08/31/2007 05:41
The guy has a nerve to appear somewhere like that, I wouldn't say that he is particularly ballsy to do so. He seems to be completely ignorant as to why he receives the negative reaction he does, thankfully he has not got his filthy mitts on any franchises I care about. STAY THE FUCK AWAY FROM METAL GEAR SOLID UWE.
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Snaileb at 08/31/2007 08:16
What a nice, misunderstood, shy man.

(Stop making movies.)
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rpbowlinggod at 08/31/2007 08:43
dude, you could drop Uwe in a vat of molten metal like in Terminator 2 and all that would pop up is two balls.
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Professor Pew at 08/31/2007 10:29
Isn't it great that there is a guy out there who could make fanboys cry if he made their game into a movie? Painful words though: Bloodrayne 3 and Alone in the Dark 2...
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Grim Santo at 08/31/2007 13:35
He come off really well. While most of the people asking the questions came off as assholes.

This movies still suck though.
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entropyman at 08/31/2007 23:20
I honestly haven't watched bloodrayne because I loved the game and the movie was nothing like it so I skipped it- I don't remember alone in the dark in theaters at all and house of the dead I never got around to seeing (though I'll prolly netflix it now)
I am interested in seeing postal- there is the first 5 or 10 minutes of the movie floating on youtube and it IS pretty funny, and let's face it you can't ruin postal- for god's sakes in the game you throw scissors at gary coleman and piss yourself to put out fires-
I think everyone is too hard on uwe boll- I mean he put out some lame movies- but it's not like he made super mario bros. or street fighter (sadly raul julia's last movie)
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c0dek at 09/13/2007 23:40
he doesn't sound like me...must be terrorist
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