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"He sucks big-time."

Videogame film maker Uwe Boll has responded to Michael Bay's claim that he's a "sad being" who is "screaming because he is not being heard" by challenging him to a boxing match.

In a message to Bay posted on YouTube, Boll says that he found Bay's comments "very insulting because I care about him" before inviting him to put his fists where his Internet forum posts are by fighting him over 12 rounds "in September or October, pay-per-view, Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas".

Boll also said that "with the money [Bay] has for his movies, he sucks big-time".

You can judge for yourself who is the better film-maker by checking out their respective CVs. Boll takes a lot of crap for his work on House of the Dead, BloodRayne and Alone in the Dark, but then Bay is responsible for Bad Boys II and Pearl Harbor.

Please note: we're not saying Michael Bay is responsible for what happened at Pearl Harbor. That would be silly.

Bay is currently working on a sequel to Transformers (oh good) and Boll is promoting a film version of Postal, which is due to launch in the States next month.

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FaceOmeter #1 4 years ago

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and saying so to some means nothing; others it leaves nothing to be said
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gooners2006 #2 4 years ago

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and again Boll results to a boxing match because he is classed as a shit director by Micheal Bay and most of the world thinks the same
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WrongShui #3 4 years ago

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Pearl Harbor sucked, just a little bit more than I missed you.
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lucasmax #4 4 years ago

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They're both shit.

/puts gloves on
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cubbymoore #5 4 years ago

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Hmm, what a good way to get free publicity!
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kestral #6 4 years ago

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since when does more money equals a better movie?
Seems like Boll just is looking for more money for his movies.
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Ghost_Dog #7 4 years ago

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These guys are both an insult to cinema.

Lets hope they knock each other out and never make a film again.
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bad09 #8 4 years ago

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@ He may be a twat, but he's kinda got a point.

say what you will you can't deny Bays films at least have character. I think Bay does get a bad wrap sure there is Pearl Harbour and BB2, but Transformers, The Rock, Armageddon, The Island and BB1 were all good cheesy blockbuster movies.

He is very I love USA but most of Hollywood is anyway.
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Lemming81 #9 4 years ago

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Uwe Boll - a sad being who is screaming because he's not being heard, retaliates by screaming even louder , calling for a boxing match and proving Bay right.
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Dizzy #10 4 years ago

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I think I would be more happy if it was a match to the death. At least one shit director would die and with some luck the other one would be fatally wounded.
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Wyrm #11 4 years ago

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Bay has done a lot of trash, but he also did Transformers, which was pretty good as far as I'm concerned.

Boll is pathetic, but his teenage ranting entertains me.
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trav #12 4 years ago

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Yeah, because no one remembers what happened last time he offered boxing matches to his critics.
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Prodigy_BE #13 4 years ago

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I hate Boll's movies as much as the next guy, but I kinda like the attitude.

When in argument, let 12 round of boxing sort it out.

How cool would it be if all differences were solved that way.

Clinton vs Obama.
Myamoto vs Phill Harrisson (well, not anymore now)
Saoudi Arabian men vs Saoudi Arabian women
Clinton (Bill, this time) vs Lewinski
Bush vs Bin Laden
Some blu-ray official vs some HD-DVD official
Greenberg vs Mayor Neslon (or some other 360 rep)

Even at the local front, I could come up with some great fights. Beware neighbors!
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Fairlane #14 4 years ago

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But i Like Bad Boys 2 ..
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viper_h #15 4 years ago

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I quite enjoyed Transformers...
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asphaltcowboy #16 4 years ago

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Transformers was a travesty of modern cinema!
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bloodflowers #17 4 years ago

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Boll is a hilarious source of news.

I'm actually going to see Postal too, allegedly is retarded enough that it's actually funny.
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bad09 #18 4 years ago

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asphaltcowboy, in what way? I mean sure it's not gonna win any oscars for script but to me it seemed like a great movie with awesome FX (HD DVD favourite) which did the cartoon justice - which is 100% more cheesy than the movie if you watch it now!
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Negotiator #19 4 years ago

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I'll challenge both of them to make a good movie.
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bioreit #20 4 years ago

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I think they're both crap.

I challenge both of them to a fight, two on one.

/gutted he missed out on Boll last time, due to that pesky weight limit. Coward.
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edje #21 4 years ago

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If you can't take the criticism, get out of the creative industy.
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penhalion #22 4 years ago

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Hang on! Can you categorically say that Bay had NOTHING to do with what happened at Pearl Harbor?
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gruntboy #23 4 years ago

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I challenge both of them to quit making movies and shut up. Not holding out hope that either will rise to the challenge though...
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DanForinton #24 4 years ago

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I suggest a Celebrity Deathmatch with a slight twist:
Two men enter, no-one gets out alive!

As an additional thought - if Boll is that convinced of his boxing prowess, maybe he should put his money where his mouth is and take up boxing professionally?
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Prodigy_BE #25 4 years ago

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Ooh... Moby vs Eminem

The EA Managing Director vs the Take 2 Managing Director
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AcidSnake #26 4 years ago

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Whatever you might think about Transformers (I kinda liked it) you should try to sit through the directors commentary...You'll want to strangle Bay with all your strength after that...Way too far up his own ass...
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_Price_ #27 4 years ago

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Pot. Kettle. Black.
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chicknstu #28 4 years ago

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Michael Bay Called Uwe Boll a sad being?

Well, at least Bolls films only misrepresent video games, whereas Pearl Harbour rewrites actual history with innacurate, hatemongering, borderline racist jingoism.
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Xerx3s #29 4 years ago

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I fail to see what defeating anyone in a boxing contest has anything to do with the discussion topic (Boll sucks at making films). It proves that he can box. His films prove that he can't make decent films.
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lordYaffle #30 4 years ago

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Bay was Responsible that Pearl habour bombed.

Edited by 1 at 28/04/08 @ 10:22
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TheBoyChris #31 4 years ago

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Wooooooooo-sah
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anomagnus #32 4 years ago

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bay makes some good movies, i liked transformers, i have high hopes for the second, i actually loved bad boys 2, if he sticks to what hes good at, its all good.

On the other hand, pearl harbour was....

Moving on, i'd take bay ANY day over Boll, who completely ruins the perception of games in the movie world.

Boll is a total cunt, who buys a licence, then makes the biggest, shittiest movie he can, just to write it of for tax reasons

Hate boll, hate him with all your powers!
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space_ace #33 4 years ago

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ub keeps competition at bay
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superjag86 #34 4 years ago

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Boll is such a c*ckmunch - but it would be fun to go on a drink with him! Deluded ramblings are always fun...
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Artemus #35 4 years ago

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Funny vid. Boll is either completely retarded or a comedy genius. I think the former.
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lambtron #36 4 years ago

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"It proves that he can box"

Yeah, with the cavet that he is allowed to hand pick opponents that he knows he can beat.
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septimus #37 4 years ago

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Bay may suck, but least his films are mostly fun (not inc. Pearl Harbour). Boll's are so shit they can cause eye trauma.
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Muddtallica #38 4 years ago

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Well, I doubt that either of these two directors is going to see their work consecrated in the Sistine Chapel any time soon, but as much as people knock Michael Bay, he does at least sometimes make films that some people might like, which is something that Uwe Boll could not reasonably claim.

I also warmed to Bay a lot since seeing this advert he did, where he demonstrates a basic level of self-awareness/self-deprecation. Boll, not so much.
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Metalfish #39 4 years ago

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^Awesome.
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NickN4ck #40 4 years ago

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At least Boll has a sense of humour, he's been taking the piss out of gamers for a long time now, having a laugh at your expense and none of you see it

Sad.
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pbz #41 4 years ago

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I'd love to put Boll in an arm bar - id tear it out the socket!

...wonder if he would acept an MMA challenge?
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dirtysteve #42 4 years ago

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Someone, anyone, just kick the snot out of Boll, maybe he'll give up these retarded challenges then.

Edited by 1 at 28/04/08 @ 15:12
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Corben_Dallas #43 4 years ago

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Somebody needs to beat the lard out of Uveh Boll.

* que Rocky Theme*....climbing higher...
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armyourfists #44 4 years ago

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Bad Boys II was amazing! It had Henry fucking Rollins in it feerchrissakes!
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