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The Tale of Seanbaby and Uwe Boll

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the sit-right-back-and-you'll-hear-a-tale dept.

1up is hosting a piece by EGM funnyman Seanbaby about his sordid altercation with Uwe Boll. "Uwe was going to promote his publicity stunt on G4's Attack of the Show by boxing one of the hosts. Again, he's a matchmaking genius, because everyone on TV is 3 feet tall. If you were watching Attack of the Show during the time I cohosted, you might have noticed that I could have leaned over and eaten host Kevin Pereira. A producer from the show remembered this and called me asking if I'd come on and fight Uwe. I train in Muay Thai and jujitsu, so I think boxing is to fighting what Hungry Hungry Hippos is to fighting, but--holy crap!--I couldn't pass up getting my fist near the mouth that shouted 'action' on the set of House of the Dead."

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  1. Re:advantage by bladesjester · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Yes, I've read the article, and quite frankly, being "several weight classes" above someone doesn't always mean a whole heck of a lot.

    I've taken down other people that were significantly larger than I was. Conversely, I've also had my head handed to me by a little old chinese guy (I really miss him, he was a good teacher).

    But if you want to learn a real lesson in frightening little men, you should meet the one master blacksmith that I got to know while I was working at the forge. He was about 5'3" and looked like a good breeze would blow him away, but he could do things physically that I couldn't do at 6' tall and built like a wall.

    --
    Everything I need to know I learned by killing smart people and eating their brains.
  2. German government conspiracy? by ph34rtheSAiNT · · Score: 2, Interesting
    A quick glance at Wikipedia yielded some interesting figures about Boll's films:
    The House of the Dead (budget: $12 million) broke $5.73 million on opening weekend, Alone in the Dark made over $5.1 million (budget: $20 million), and BloodRayne (budget: $25 million) topped $2.42 million.
    There is also an answer to the question of how he continues to raise funding:
    'Boll is able to acquire funding thanks to German tax laws that reward investments in film. The law allows investors in German-owned films to write off 100% of their investment as a tax deduction; it also allows them to invest borrowed money and write off any fees associated with the loan. The investor is then only required to pay taxes on the profits made by the movie; if the movie loses money, the investor gets a tax writeoff.'
    Uwe Boll is a direct result of German tax policy. Looks like the Germans are having some kind of sick joke on our behalf.