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Postal the Movie To Take on Indiana Jones?
Posted by Brian Crecente at 3:00 AM on February 22, 2008
"I was laughing, and I was like 'Wow, I'm laughing."
Vince Desi wants to get something straight right from the get go: Uwe Boll's Postal movie isn't a masterpiece, but it is, he thinks, at least entertaining.
The funny thing is that it probably wouldn't have even been that if it weren't for Boll's decision early on to mostly ignore the treatment that Postal developer Running With Scissors turned in and take the film in a different direction.
RWS's take was a hardcore action flick, something filled with "Postal scenes", something that even the Running With Scissors guys admit, isn't Boll's forte.
Instead Boll decided to turn the movie into satire, something that Desi thinks is actually a good fit for the German director. The end result was an $US 18 million movie that is mostly ad-libbed by the likes of David Foley and Vern Troyer. Even Desi, who makes a significant walk-on in the film, ad-libbed most of his lines. And Boll is a man who apparently doesn't believe in multiple takes, likley one of the reasons many of his films have bombed. While that doesn't work for sweeping epics, it might just work for a comedy.
Despite thinking that the movie is worth a watch, Desi knows that most of its money will likely come from DVD sales and that the theatrical appearance is really just there to get the name in front of peoples' faces. In fact, Desi says that Universal, which is distributing the movie, is seriously considering having it open in the vacuum created by the upcoming release of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
"No one is releasing a film that weekend because they know Indiana Jones will kill it, so we're thinking of releasing it then," he said. "I'm a marketing guy and I can see the Postal Guy takes on Indiana Jones."
So sure are the Running With Scissors guys that Postal will do well... in video... that they've already starting working on a rough draft for the sequel, Postal 2.
Desi sees the movie hitting this summer, and then it going to DVD shortly after. He says he's working to arrange a special edition that will include the film and a copy of the previous games for PC. Then the Postal Babe mobile games will hit (the most violent mobile game Desi says he's ever seen) and then work will start on the second movie and Postal 3 the game will be ready to ship.
"That's our 18 to 24-month plan," he said
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excel_excel
Posted 1:34 PM 23/2/08
Live action version of South Park?? AN INSULT TO SOUTH PARK
excel_excel
Rickster
Posted 1:34 PM 23/2/08
Rickster
Codexx
Posted 1:34 PM 23/2/08
I'll give it a try.
And if I'm laughing by the end, I'll consider the "special edition DVD with the past Postal games included", but by "dvd" they'd better mean "blu-ray" and by "past games" they'd better mean "the full, complete games included, not a bare bones stripped down thing".
Codexx
Karoshi
Posted 1:34 PM 23/2/08
@Jonn:
It's actually not as derivative as the "______ Movie" franchise.
It's not the best comedy ever, but Foley puts in a pretty solid performance.
If this was a movie made by say . . . Troma it'd be par for the course.
Karoshi
Jonn
Posted 1:34 PM 23/2/08
@Jonn: That should've ended in a "!".
Jonn
Jonn
Posted 1:34 PM 23/2/08
Oh, look. Another parody movie with half-measured attempts at mocking everything in sight.
Se what you've done, Shaun and Marlon Wayans? Gaze upon your genre, ye mighty, and despair?
Jonn
rhugghed
Posted 1:34 PM 23/2/08
I heard the movie was actually decent, considering it was from Mr. Boll.
But to compete with Indiana Jones?! Are they effin crazy!? Are they trying to purposely make the Postal movie fail!?
rhugghed
blackdice
Posted 1:34 PM 23/2/08
am i the only one who's convinced that this movie will actually be entertaining? i mean, the rest of his films can burn in hell, but i think this is the kind of movie that uwe boll was made to do. tasteless schlock garbage. so bad it's good in a 70's exploitation cinema way.
i'm going to go see Postal knowing indiana jones 4 is going to be a disappointing pile of crap that was TRYING to be a great movie. as opposed to an entertaining movie that knows it's garbage so it pumps up the level of nasty.
blackdice
mexxxant
Posted 1:34 PM 23/2/08
You know, I actually got a laugh from House of the Dead and Alone in the Dark. So bad that they were... well, worse. But in an entertaining way.
Bloodrayne, on the other hand, was so bad and so boring that I had to stop after about 30 minutes.
However, I saw the opening scene for Postal on Youtube:
+ Watch video
... Fat chance.
mexxxant
SSJPabs
Posted 1:34 PM 23/2/08
Actually when he makes satire or commentary type movies, he's only half bad.
SSJPabs
Dave Silva
Posted 1:34 PM 23/2/08
Oh hell. This movie plus the Postal games?
I've been meaning to buy those games for years... now I'm going to be stuck with the DVD too. Aiiiiiiiiieee.
Dave Silva
daschupa
Posted 1:34 PM 23/2/08
Can it really "take on" Indiana when it is such a low caliber movie that it won't be played in over 1000 screens? It's like my dog "taking on" Indiana with my one man show called "Takin A Crap" (A proper analogy I believe.)
daschupa
dip
Posted 1:34 PM 23/2/08
@JeffPaine: Uh, he's an actor. He's not just mini-me in Austen Powers...
dip
Schabrak
Posted 1:34 PM 23/2/08
Man! Not even one percente of you posters seem to have seen the movie, while making judgement. man the worse of the worse...
There are some nice scenes in the movie, not the whole movie, but what do you expect? The game did not sell good either and it was fantastic. How can you build an opinion without seem them. Like the white **** from IMDB, which vote black movies with 5 stars and Boll movies with 2.
I've seen some of his movies and most even deserve their ratings, but this "stupid" crappy "oh it's U-wee, so start bash him" posts are even worse than his films.
There would never be any game-movies when Boll did'nt do them. Max Pain is the first one not from him?
Schabrak
Snake726
Posted 1:34 PM 23/2/08
South Park isn't offensive, disgusting or stupid for no reason, it's mocking people like Uwe and delivering a message. That message is usually something like 'Can you believe people this stupid really exist? Oh boy.'
Snake726
DarkTetsuya
Posted 1:34 PM 23/2/08
That headline implies that Postal is going to do even 1/100th as well as Indiana Jones upon its release, and I think we all know that's not going to happen.
"Postal Released on same day as Indiana Jones IV" would probably be more accurate.
DarkTetsuya
Edge of Blade
Posted 1:34 PM 23/2/08
I know Boll is a total hack, but I kinda sympethize with him. I hope he puts out something worth watching before he gets murdered by angry gamers.
Edge of Blade
JackTretton
Posted 1:34 PM 23/2/08
Not sure if putting "stupid" in big bold letters on your advertising poster is the best idea.
JackTretton
TRT-X
Posted 1:34 PM 23/2/08
@cayton: I dunno.
"What else is on?"
-Postal.
"Okay." *leaves*
I bet you anything this is so when the movie inevitably fails they can spin it as "Well yeah. It released against Indiana Jones!"
TRT-X
Irenicus-the one and only
Posted 1:34 PM 23/2/08
Prepare to get whipped Boll.
Irenicus-the one and only
pitnyelder
Posted 1:34 PM 23/2/08
Oh Dave Foley... has it truly come to this? Well, we'll always have those tap shoes. That's the Dave I'll choose to remember.
+ Watch video
pitnyelder
cayton
Posted 1:34 PM 23/2/08
Here's how I see it going down:
"Two for Indiana Jones, please."
-We're sold out.
"What else is on?
-Postal
"Okay, two for Postal."
cayton
taftsearlobe23
Posted 1:34 PM 23/2/08
ouch I just read the little tag line on the poster "A live action version of South Park" Wow if they think that they have never seen an episode of South Park.
taftsearlobe23
taftsearlobe23
Posted 1:34 PM 23/2/08
well if you are gonna fail you might as well fail in epic proportions.
taftsearlobe23
Khabi
Posted 1:34 PM 23/2/08
I'm sorry, they showed a bit of this at PAX last year when they brought Boll on stage in place of JT. What I saw of it, was horrible. I literally walked out on it. Its not like I don't like crude humor (big Kevin Smith fan for example), but he left the humor part out.. it was just crude.
I wouldn't wish this movie on my worst enemy...
Khabi
brello
Posted 1:34 PM 23/2/08
With ticket prices getting so high, now I actually have to think whether or not my $10 might be better spent somewhere else. Sure, it's only 10 bucks, but so are so many great PS2 games I haven't picked up yet.
brello
KM91
Posted 1:34 PM 23/2/08
Lol. Just the fact that he's making another movie is hilarious.
KM91
Torgen thinks AAA means "Costs $60"
Posted 1:34 PM 23/2/08
Uwe Boll is Calculon?
"I don't do two takes. _Amateurs_ do two takes."
Torgen thinks AAA means "Costs $60"
Seiven
Posted 1:34 PM 23/2/08
@budash2: ROFL yeah, but this is one genre I HOPE he cannot slaughter
Seiven
Car2oon
Posted 1:34 PM 23/2/08
I was saying Boo-urns
Car2oon
Wolf_Dog
Posted 1:34 PM 23/2/08
@Asper:
"Does Uwe Boll actually consume failure as sustenance?"
Wow, you know I really think you might be on to something there...
Wolf_Dog
Heliophage
Posted 1:34 PM 23/2/08
Imagining, for argument's sake of course, that Postal turns out to be a decent movie, and in the off chance that someone is able to convince me that I wouldn't shed viscous tears of remorse by submitting an hour and a half of my life to this man's direction, there still isn't a chance in hell that a cent of mine would reach his pocket over Indiana Jones.
Heliophage
MURDERFACE
Posted 1:34 PM 23/2/08
@cio: Yeah i know but even Dave foley has got to eat too he can just live on royalty checks from being on scrubs and other random dvd royality chcks. but at least i can enjoy the kids in the hall DVDs
+ Watch video
MURDERFACE
Bargo
Posted 1:34 PM 23/2/08
Indy will roll over postal like a giant boulder.
Bargo
Kuromankuro
Posted 1:34 PM 23/2/08
@Roto13: Ditto
Kuromankuro
Roto13
Posted 1:34 PM 23/2/08
Boll could make a pure masterpiece, the likes of Citizen Kane, and I wouldn't spend money to see it. Boll is way past the point where it's not even about how much his movies suck any more. It's about how much of a giant asshole he is.
Roto13
MURDERFACE
Posted 1:34 PM 23/2/08
@Kuromankuro: cary coleman yeah they paid for his likness to be in the game but because he did no want to do the movie that Mini me guy is now getting paychecks from Uwe.
MURDERFACE
cio
Posted 1:34 PM 23/2/08
From Kids in the Hall to Postal? C'mon Dave... Say it ain't so.
cio
Pezdispenser
Posted 1:34 PM 23/2/08
I heard this was supposed to be Mr. Boll's Opus, and word of mouth from people who've actually seen it seems to back this up.
With that being said, I "might" pick up the special edition... Mostly for the Postal games packed in.
Pezdispenser
Guizzy
Posted 1:34 PM 23/2/08
Ok, I'm getting tired of saying it, but here we go again.
Postal is a very good comedy. Of course, you've got to like the genre of comedy, but if you liked Borat, you're going to like Postal a lot.
I saw it at a film festival and you can be assured I will be buying the DVD when it becomes available.
Guizzy
Sniper_Zegai
Posted 1:34 PM 23/2/08
Ha, ha, hahahahahaha!
The sheer thought of someone putting Postal and Indiani Jones in the same thought amuses me greatly.
Uwe Boll = Steaming pile of goat's shit.
Sniper_Zegai
Kuromankuro
Posted 1:34 PM 23/2/08
@MURDERFACE: Did he get paid to be in the games?
Kuromankuro
Forsakyn
Posted 1:34 PM 23/2/08
No, epic bomb for Uwe Boll was Dungeon Snore - that was by far his most expensive film to date, and the biggest crash when it actually opened. The question is - can Postal really be any worse than a Date Movie or Epic Movie? If it features one laugh it has both of those beat. :)
Forsakyn
BD
Posted 1:34 PM 23/2/08
/b/ does better shoops than that.
BD
TRT-X
Posted 1:34 PM 23/2/08
Am I the only one not surprised by the fact that most of the actors in a Boll film just went ahead and ab-libbed most of the movie?
I mean, it's not like his films are known for stellar dialouge.
Or acting...or plot...or action...or quality...
TRT-X
MURDERFACE
Posted 1:34 PM 23/2/08
@JeffPaine: If you played the game Gary coleman was in it so they wanted him in the movie but he said no cause of his whole image thing and he did not to cuss and do other things that might ruin his acting credit. LOL
MURDERFACE
Kuromankuro
Posted 1:34 PM 23/2/08
@Vidril: The reason he still makes movies is that for the most part he finances them himself.
Kuromankuro
Rockbot
Posted 1:34 PM 23/2/08
@dgonchild: They might as well say it so people don't think they are dumb asses who actually think it will do well. Then if it somehow does do well they can just be like we knew it was good all along we just weren't sure other people would see our vision.
Rockbot
huginn
Posted 1:34 PM 23/2/08
The fact that they have a plan for this is the most shocking. How much can you plan with your business model includes a guy who pees out fires and buys a 'crotchity' doll. Crotchity plushes if this movie is even moderately successful?
Seriously, what kind of joke is this?
huginn
MURDERFACE
Posted 1:34 PM 23/2/08
I will just see both bootleg to see which one is worth spending 9 bucks on a ticket for. But the new side cast of people for the new Indy movie sucks so that might kill it for me. the only thing they got right was the music cause they are still using John Williams.
MURDERFACE
tk.
Posted 1:34 PM 23/2/08
@Kyle81: Seriously. They could have at least tried to make them all look the same depths/shades and not like a complete cut & paste job.
tk.
Raziel3333
Posted 1:34 PM 23/2/08
going agaist indiana jones? man this is gonna be an Epic Bomb.
Raziel3333
Kyle81
Posted 1:34 PM 23/2/08
It's sad that is the official poster. A really really bad photoshop job.
Kyle81
dgonchild
Posted 1:34 PM 23/2/08
Wow, they expect the movie to bomb and soon go to DVD. That's some real positvite outlook, eh?
dgonchild
The Dude
Posted 1:34 PM 23/2/08
We should all buy stock in Boll KG v_v
The Dude
Rockbot
Posted 1:34 PM 23/2/08
@ShirtGuyDom: The correct answers are neither and both right?
Rockbot
Maldron
Posted 1:34 PM 23/2/08
@budash2: How tragic!
Now give me your power of attorney.
Maldron
Voteforme2020
Posted 1:34 PM 23/2/08
I think Uwe Boll's a funny guy.. anyone who say any of his other movies know they were a joke.
Voteforme2020
Vidril
Posted 1:34 PM 23/2/08
how can he still make movies?
Vidril
Asper
Posted 1:34 PM 23/2/08
Does Uwe Boll actually consume failure as sustenance?
Asper
JeffPaine
Posted 1:34 PM 23/2/08
I thought it already came out straight to DVD or something?
And why is Mini-me in this movie?
JeffPaine
NotAZombie
Posted 1:34 PM 23/2/08
@ShirtGuyDom: Hahaha I see what you did there.
NotAZombie
budash2
Posted 1:34 PM 23/2/08
ERROR! ERROR!
UWE BOLL + CINEMA CANNOT EQUAL ENTERTAINMENT
DOES NOT COMPUTE! DOES NOT COMPUTE!
*Booooooooooooooom!*
That was my brain just now.
budash2
Hiro0015
Posted 1:34 PM 23/2/08
Better get some nails ready if you are going to release it on Indiana Jones weekend.
Hiro0015
ShirtGuyDom
Posted 1:34 PM 23/2/08
Hm, Indiana Jones - Postal. Indiana Jones - Postal. Which do I want to pay money to see, and which do I want to watch a bootleg of...
Hmm...
ShirtGuyDom
slappyMCslappy
Posted 8:01 PM 3/3/08
So let me get this straight, the actors ad-lib everything right? So uwe boll does what exactlY???????
slappyMCslappy
IrisMR
Posted 5:05 PM 26/3/08
*eyes the poster* did an idiot reporter truly compare Uwe Boll's piece of fecal matter with the awesomeness of South Park?
IrisMR