Kojima Dismisses Boll As MGS Director

Joystiq has a post which caused thousands of people to raise their eyes heavenward in thanks. Uwe Boll will never direct a Metal Gear Solid film. From the article, which relays information from Kojima's ongoing podcast series: "Host Ryan Payton delivers a message from Kojima-san dispelling recent 'nasty rumors' that Uwe Boll is being considered to direct an upcoming Metal Gear Solid movie. Says Kojima: 'Absolutely not! I don't know why Uwe Boll is even talking about this kind of thing. We've never talked to him. It's impossible that we'd ever do a movie with him.'"

Wait, isn't this the guy...

[John Miles]

... who argued [joystiq.com] that video and computer games could not possibly rise to the level of an art form?

If so, what does he care who directs a movie based on his game? That's quite an affectation on Kojima-san's part, isn't it?

Re:Wait, isn't this the guy...

[despisethesun]

Not all movies are art either. He probably just doesn't want to see Boll shitify MGS like he has every other franchise he's touched.

Re:he did House of the Dead

[The NPS]

His movies are not fun and watchable. John Carpenter's movies (Big Trouble in Little China, The Thing, etc.) are fun and watchable, even if they are not masterpieces. But Uwe Boll? His movies are steaming piles of crap.

Re:How about Lee Tamahori?

[payndz]

You mean the Lee Tamahori who was just arrested [bbc.co.uk] for prostitution? (He wasn't trying to hire a prostitute, he was the prostitute!) His Hollywood standing might be slightly negatively impacted by this...

Re:Wait, isn't this the guy...

[VGPowerlord]

I wouldn't want a person whom has his 3 most recently directed movies on the IMDB Bottom 100 [imdb.com] to direct any movies for me, either.

Did I mention that all 3 of those were based on video games? They were BloodRayne [imdb.com], Alone in the Dark [imdb.com], and House of the Dead [imdb.com].