WTF! Uwe Boll's "POSTAL" to parody September 11, 2001 !?!?

This is insane. I don't know what else to say. I am beyond mad.

http://kotaku.com/gaming/uwe-boll/uwe-boll-makes-with-the-911-hilarity-250898.php

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EE9TLgCVLBM

For some reason, 9/11 doesn't seem that funny to me.

 

no offence, but parodians and comedians can't stop their sense of humour, just because it hits a nerve. Other tragedies around the world have been made fun of, and this time it happens to be an American one.

3.000 people dead is far from funny , but eventually jokes will kick in, just as they have about great wars of the past, or WWII events etc.

In the end, people have to get over it just as one gets over the pain of losing a loved one. People can't stop making jokes about car accidents for example just because a great portion of the population lose their loved ones in car accidents. Democracy is the need to satisfy all tastes, proportionaly.

Rational logic before emotion and passion. There's other points of view out there that no matter how opposed we are to them, we have to learn to respect or we re no better than people that go around imposing what they 'feel is right', dictators.

 

Gotta disagree. Uwe Boll hit a new low, something I thought was impossible for him. Absolutely tasteless, and in fact, I would say it is cruel to the families of 9/11 victims, New York City, and the entire world.

 

Frankly I doubt that I will personally find it funny. Nevertheless, I don't like shoving my view down people's throats, even if I consider them to be dicks for one reason or the other - must be the lawyer in me that keeps me in an objective track

PS: the entire world doesn't support the west, so the film might find fans in many other countries. Just being realistic here.

 

According to Kotaku's comments section, Sonikku, you're going to kill him, and that's "not a joke". Which might make you something of a hypocrite, no?

All you've seen is a short clip which briefly shows a plane crashing into a building. Is it crass? Yes. Any movie that parodies war is the same, Team America is a great example. If you've ever laughed at similar, again, you're a hypocrite.

Inherently, it's a movie which makes fun of people dying; it's Postal. If you find that offensive, the obvious suggestion would be not to view it. If you only find the "plane crashes into building" bit offensive... you might want to reconsider your outlook on morality.

My sister and mother were very close to getting blown up in the 7/7 bombings in London a couple of years ago, my sister especially. It was a horrible, tense day, and I didn't find out until after 5PM that day that they were both alright. I'm not sure whether or not that gives me the right to excuse a parody on the situation, but if one came along I'd not be offended in the way you appear to be. I'd just look away.

 

I personally think gangster movies and where people much more calmly and coldly kill people (adults) rather than black humor found when shooting children much more disturbing.

 

Yes, I said that and If I ever meet the guy im making good on it. How many people do you know that died in 9/11? This is bullshit.

 

So poking fun at death makes death itself okay? Sorry, but I think that's some seriously broken logic.

 

If you look at things like (in the UK) Black Adder, Dad's Army, Soldier Soldier, Sharpe etc, there have been plenty of comedy and light hearted parody shows about the horrors of war and death. This is nothing new, it's just offensive to you because it's a recent event. Uwe Boll is a cock anyway, I wouldn't give him the satisfaction of even being offended by this, it's what he is after, and it's what he is going to get, and make money from. The more pissed off you get by it, the more famous it will become.

Doesn't make it right, and I am not saying making a parody of 9/11 is good because a workmates daughter died in it and my one of my girlfriends relatives died in it.

 

Im going to go ahead and apologise to everyone. my head is in a funny place right now. Im dealing with a lot of emotional shit in real life, and seeing this story on kotaku broke my brain. just ignore me.

 

Unacceptable, but 'humour' these days is often a case of scraping the barrel without a thought for respect of others. Mainstream media abuses faith, makes light of child abuse, laughs at disabilities, parodies war etc.

I don't think the media should have absolute freedom myself. I hate the PC culture but everything is totally skewed and has gone too far in many cases.

 

Shock value for nothing more then the sake of being shocking is retarded, especially in this case. What is funny is how dumb Ewe Boll is and how horrible his movies are.

 

I didn't even know who he was before this thread. I guess I live in a cave.

While I agree this is in bad taste, I think the whole PC thing has been blown way out of proportion. I watch CNN today to see Imus is getting barred from his own show for 2 weeks b/c he said "nappy headed hos" about a team of black women? WTF? That's racist? Commenting on how scrappy they look? WTF, America?

Michael Richards said "nigger" (and in the most derogatory of ways) repeatedly. He got caned, but this isn't even CLOSE to that.

 

This son of a bitch HAS hit a new low. Is there anything wrong with making fun of tradegy? No, but a few rules have to be followed:

1) A lot of time has to pass
2) It's ok to make fun of the situation, but not the actual event

How much time? Depends. No one would get mad if I made a movie that parodied the Alamo or Pearl Harbor. But in this case I do not think enough time has passed, we're still dealing with the repocussions of the event.

Besides that, Uwe Boll makes horrible movies, thus I know somehow he's going to screw up and his "parody" will end up being utterly tasteless. Who keeps giving this guy money?

 

Unless I've missed something, none of you actually know exactly what aspect of 9/11 is incorporated into this movie. It might be a fleeting and unimportant aspect that just happens to make provocative trailer material. In which case it's worked a treat.

I'm not defending Boll, it's just that the reaction to this tiny clip seems disproportionate to its content.

 

Ultimately I'm sure it is a publicity stunt to sell another shit movie, just like his boxing matches with critics.

 

If the entire parody were just the one scene in the trailer it would be way too much. My dad's best friend died in the north tower so yea I am a bit sensitive about it, sue me.

 

This would also require someone to actually watch one of Uwe's crap movies? How the hell is he able to make movies still? At least Kristanna Lokken (sp?) said no to doing Bloodrayne 2...

 

He is aiming for shock value, and obviously it is working. I think it's pretty low, but I'm not especially upset about it. The way I see it is if he would have made a decent movie, he wouldn't have to begin showing it on a day that is bound to piss people off.

 

God. That phone call is horrible.