Funhouse
Uwe Boll is nothing if not defensive of his work. Loudly so, in most cases; physically, in others, as when he boxed several smaller, untrained film-critic opponents.
"I think I made a perfect House of the Dead movie," said Boll, referring to his comically idiotic action-horror flick, based on a fun, not-too-serious series of zombie-shootup video games. Later, re-evaluating his catalog: "House, 3 out 10 (for good action, CGI, sound)." At time of writing, House of the Dead is #39 on the IMDb's Bottom 100 list, with a 1.9 rating.
Boll is one of the internet's favorite scapegoats, a position he generally seems to enjoy. In any case, if the prevailing wind criticizes Boll's work, let no one say Boll does not also blow: he joins the fun today by re-releasing 2003's House of the Dead in a new edition, labeled Director's Cut. Also labeled "Funny Version." The problem here is that the original obviously was the funny version; short of subcontracting Rifftrax, there's probably not much you can do to punch up the comedy content.
The specific content of the new disc is a bit sparse – Lionsgate's own site has nothing more than a small picture of the new edition buried in the catalog, but no description sets it aside from the original. Third parties cite "new dialogue, alternative takes, pop-up commentary and animation from the original video game." They may be understandably confused – animation from the video game abounds in the standard cut of the film. I can state this with certainty, because when I saw the original cut of the film, my friends and I lost count of the number of clips of the original video game. We're not unskilled counters. The number was in the thirties.
"I think I made a perfect House of the Dead movie," said Boll, referring to his comically idiotic action-horror flick, based on a fun, not-too-serious series of zombie-shootup video games. Later, re-evaluating his catalog: "House, 3 out 10 (for good action, CGI, sound)." At time of writing, House of the Dead is #39 on the IMDb's Bottom 100 list, with a 1.9 rating.
Boll is one of the internet's favorite scapegoats, a position he generally seems to enjoy. In any case, if the prevailing wind criticizes Boll's work, let no one say Boll does not also blow: he joins the fun today by re-releasing 2003's House of the Dead in a new edition, labeled Director's Cut. Also labeled "Funny Version." The problem here is that the original obviously was the funny version; short of subcontracting Rifftrax, there's probably not much you can do to punch up the comedy content.
The specific content of the new disc is a bit sparse – Lionsgate's own site has nothing more than a small picture of the new edition buried in the catalog, but no description sets it aside from the original. Third parties cite "new dialogue, alternative takes, pop-up commentary and animation from the original video game." They may be understandably confused – animation from the video game abounds in the standard cut of the film. I can state this with certainty, because when I saw the original cut of the film, my friends and I lost count of the number of clips of the original video game. We're not unskilled counters. The number was in the thirties.
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