Discussion Creator / UweBoll

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Insert non-negative information, such as how Uwe Boll is now currently a restaurateur in Vancouver.

Some items that might make good trope examples, but only if they can be kept non-Take That!-ish (all examples taken from the corresponding work or trope pages):

• Adam Westing:
  • In Postal, Uwe Boll claims to be a child molester who finances his films with Nazi Gold, gets shot in the dick, and dies while screaming about how much he hates video games.
  • In Blubberella, Uwe Boll appears in a dream sequence as Hitler.
• Author Tract: Uwe Boll's Rampage films are a particularly weird breed of an Author Tract. Its Evil Genius Villain Protagonist Bill Williamson is a deranged psychopath and domestic terrorist who, while Going Postal, murders innocent people by the dozens for nothing but his own self-serving reasons. However, at least once per film, he'll go on a minutes-long rant explaining that his violent actions are supposed to wake up humanity, giving a very thought-out analysis about political and economic corruption.
• Box Office Bomb: Postal (2007, 2008) — Budget, $15 million. Box office, $146,741 (worldwide). An adaptation of an unpopular and controversial video game (it had only two games up to this film's release), the film itself was hampered by the opening scene trivializing the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and turning the Al Qaeda terrorist organization into a bunch of comedy buffoons... among many other controversial issues too numerous to list (the ending with George W. Bush and Osama bin Laden also attracted all the wrong kinds of attention). The opening scene alone was enough to cause nearly every US theater to pass on the film (it was in a total of 21 theaters in the US). To make things even worse, it came out one day after Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, with a harsh campaign saying it would destroy that film at the box office, which clearly did not happen. Most of the film's earnings came from non-US screenings. It was directed by Uwe Boll, which may explain much of this. An attempt at a sequel was blown up when Boll could not acquire the necessary funds.
• Creator Breakdown: Following the failure of his Kickstarter for the movie Rampage 3, Uwe Boll uploaded a couple of rant videos giving a "The Reason You Suck" Speech to those who didn't back his Kickstarter and Hollywood in general. Considering his track record, though, it doesn't really come as much surprise as to why no one chose to. (Warning: Videos NSFW)
• Made in Country X: German cinema gets this sometimes, thanks to people like Uwe Boll, who exploited a (now thankfully closed) German tax loophole nicknamed "stupid German money" that made people rich off of money-losing movies.
• Money, Dear Boy: Any film made by Uwe Boll, for the actors involved. He might not be much of a creative talent, but he reportedly pays well:
  • Alone in the Dark (2005): Christian Slater, Stephen Dorff, Tara Reid.
  • In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale: Starring Jason Statham, Leelee Sobieski, Claire Forlani, Ray Liotta, John Rhys-Davies, Ron Perlman and Burt Reynolds (see above).
  • His Far Cry movie managed to have Til Schweiger, one of Germany's highest rated actors. Bizarrely, he did tell German gaming magazine GameStar in an interview that he was in it because Uwe Boll is apparently a very pleasant guy to work with as a director.
  • BloodRayne, featuring Michael Madsen, Michelle Rodriguez and Ben Kingsley^note although he did also jump at the chance to play a vampire.
  • According to some theories, the only reason Boll's films get funded at all is people going for a Springtime for Hitler situation. More on the trope page.
• Trolling Creator: Uwe Boll's video game adaption movies are far worse than his less known non-adaption films, like Dafur. Some people claim it's because he's actually a decent director and just loves pissing off video game fans. The man himself says as much.
• What Might Have Been (from Trivia.Banshee Chapter):
  • Christopher Nolan was initially going to direct, but instead chose to work on Interstellar.
  • The original script was supposed to be the first draft for Uwe Boll's Alone in the Dark (2005)