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Kojima Dismisses Boll As MGS Director

Posted by Zonk on from the oh-thank-everything dept.

Joystiq has a post which caused thousands of people to raise their eyes heavenward in thanks. Uwe Boll will never direct a Metal Gear Solid film. From the article, which relays information from Kojima's ongoing podcast series: "Host Ryan Payton delivers a message from Kojima-san dispelling recent 'nasty rumors' that Uwe Boll is being considered to direct an upcoming Metal Gear Solid movie. Says Kojima: 'Absolutely not! I don't know why Uwe Boll is even talking about this kind of thing. We've never talked to him. It's impossible that we'd ever do a movie with him.'"

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  1. Wait, isn't this the guy... by John+Miles · · Score: 2, Informative

    ... who argued that video and computer games could not possibly rise to the level of an art form?

    If so, what does he care who directs a movie based on his game? That's quite an affectation on Kojima-san's part, isn't it?

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    1. Re:Wait, isn't this the guy... by despisethesun · · Score: 2, Informative

      Not all movies are art either. He probably just doesn't want to see Boll shitify MGS like he has every other franchise he's touched.

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    2. Re:Wait, isn't this the guy... by IgLou · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Worst still, he did Alone in the Dark... look it up http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0369226/ it's a 2.2 This dumb f*ck does miserable, awful, stupid movies. I don't care what project he's not doing... so long as he's NEVER making another movie again.
      Who are the idiots that give him the budget or approval to work on something in the first place?

      Alone in the Dark is one experience I never wish to relive and it's 2 hours of my life I want a refund on! It wasn't even in the category of "so bad it's good". Yuck!

      Anyone wishing to join me in a Class Action lawsuit against that piece of crud are welcome.

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    3. Re:Wait, isn't this the guy... by MilenCent · · Score: 4, Insightful

      That's a non-sequitur. That he doesn't want Boll to direct a MGS movie has nothing to do with art. He doesn't want Boll to direct his movie because Uwe Boll sucks.

      I wouldn't be surprised, actually, if Kojima wouldn't want to direct such a movie himself. Think about it: it would be very, very easy for a know-nothing director to make a Metal Geal Solid game into some sort of crappy, Tom Clancyesque, military-celebrating, mass-market travesty.

      A good Metal Gear Solid movie could never be a generic videogame movie, and that's all Boll makes.

    4. Re:Wait, isn't this the guy... by Scrameustache · · Score: 3, Funny

      who argued that video and computer games could not possibly rise to the level of an art form?
      If so, what does he care who directs a movie based on his game? That's quite an affectation on Kojima-san's part, isn't it?

      1) Not so.

      2) Never EVER again imply that Uwe Boll creates *art*, you! For shame!

      Really, the things people say around here... Uwe Boll... an artist... crazy!

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    5. Re:Wait, isn't this the guy... by VGPowerlord · · Score: 2, Informative
      I wouldn't want a person whom has his 3 most recently directed movies on the IMDB Bottom 100 to direct any movies for me, either.

      Did I mention that all 3 of those were based on video games? They were BloodRayne, Alone in the Dark, and House of the Dead.

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  2. You're certainly well informed by jspoon · · Score: 5, Funny
    Although Resident Evil and 2 wasn't bad... I still won't forgive him over Doom.

    Uwe Boll did not direct any of those movies.

    1. Re:You're certainly well informed by JimTheta · · Score: 4, Funny

      You could argue that he isn't really directing any other movies either... (though he tries. He really does.)

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  3. Re:he did House of the Dead by The+NPS · · Score: 3, Informative

    His movies are not fun and watchable. John Carpenter's movies (Big Trouble in Little China, The Thing, etc.) are fun and watchable, even if they are not masterpieces. But Uwe Boll? His movies are steaming piles of crap.

  4. Re:he did House of the Dead by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    But Uwe Boll? His movies are steaming piles of crap.

    So they're Boll-shit?

  5. Re:How about Lee Tamahori? by payndz · · Score: 2, Informative

    You mean the Lee Tamahori who was just arrested for prostitution? (He wasn't trying to hire a prostitute, he was the prostitute!) His Hollywood standing might be slightly negatively impacted by this...

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