Remember that time Uwe Boll made a movie that didn’t suck? Me neither. The king of crap has resorted to yet another act of bullying in an attempt to silence those who would criticize his work (just about everyone). This time around, it wasn’t a boxing match though. It was the classic, hostile and poorly spelled e-mail.
A little back-story: Chris Kohler, the editor for Game | Life, Wired’s video game journalist cadre, didn’t like the Postal movie. Apparently, Uwe Boll didn’t like the fact that Chris Kohler didn’t like the movie, as he rapidly responded with the following train-wreck of an e-mail:
chris your review shows me only that you dont understand anything about movies and that you are a untalented wanna bee filmmaker with no balls and no understanding what POSTAL is. you dont see courage because you are nothing. and no go to your mum and f*ck her …because she cooks for you now since 30 years ..so she deserves it. people like you are the reason that independent movies have no chance anymore. uwe boll PS: POSTAL is R RATED . The MPAA understood the satire — you not — you dumb f*ck
E-mails were exchanged, agents were involved, and, finally, the two decided to settle things with a phone call. A hilarious phone call. Uwe kicked off the conversation with this gem:
Uwe Boll: Hello.
Wired News: Hello, this is Chris Kohler.
UB: Yes, hi, hi. Yeah, now we can do this but whatever we say in the interview, you have to, you cannot censor, right?
WN: Of course not. I have no…
UB: And whatever I say, you have to print it how it is, and correct the spelling. (emphasis mine)
What!? Correct his spelling on the phone? It’s entirely possible Uwe Boll is actually retarded, in which case it may be off-limits to insult him… At any rate, what followed was Uwe Boll successfully getting his point across that everybody is entitled to their own opinion, as long as it agrees with Uwe Boll. Also, it appears as if Boll didn’t even give Kohler a chance to respond throughout much of the conversation. I’m guessing that was a wise tactical decision on Boll’s part because, let’s be honest here, he isn’t going to be receiving any debate trophies anytime soon. Unfortunately, you can’t win an argument by punching your cellphone.
