Actually, I exaggerated a bit. Today, Stride Gum announced that it will give out one million packs of free gum if the world renown petition to deaden director Uwe Boll’s career as the self proclaimed “only genius in the whole f’n business” reaches one million signatures. Boll has repeatedly said that he’ll quit “his profession” if that number is met. Currently, the tally is nearing an underwhelming 260,000. Go to StopUweBoll.com to sign the petition. Free gum is great and all, but we only get it if it hits one million by May 14th.
Slashfilm would like to quicken the process, so if you work in the marketing department for Charmin (sweet gig) or another reputable toilet paper company, jump aboard this bandwagon of hate for the smilin’ pugilist who brought us BloodRayne and will soon bring us BloodRayne 3. And how about free beer to go with that gum?
Discuss: What should companies give out to make this a sealed deal? At this point, does your mom know who Uwe Boll is?
May 8th, 2008 at 8:09 pm
the only people boll is hurting is himself so I say let him be and he will fade a way eventually
May 8th, 2008 at 8:17 pm
Haha thats cool
May 8th, 2008 at 9:41 pm
I signed, where is my beer and gum?
May 8th, 2008 at 10:04 pm
I signed a couple of weeks ago, I think its funny/cool that an actual corporation is on this bandwagon! ha!
May 9th, 2008 at 12:40 am
I checked out the petition numbers yesterday, and they were at around 246,000. Today they’re at 260,000! 14,000 in one day! That’s nuts. People must really want some gum.
May 9th, 2008 at 1:58 am
I’d do it for a piece of chewed gum.
May 9th, 2008 at 4:21 am
Gee really… how can it be, that people get all ralleyd up against some guy who made some bad movies you really have to go out and find to be bothered by them., and nobody gets pissed by morons like Michael Bay who shove their pocs down your throat everywhere you go? Uwe Boll actually has some sense of humour, no matter what. And he is a far too easy target to be a real challenge. This Boll Bashing was fun for awhile, when not taken so seriously, but it has become quite tiresome and old… Time to find some more worthy causes…
May 9th, 2008 at 5:46 am
What should companies give out to make this a sealed deal?
Hand jobs.
May 9th, 2008 at 10:25 am
why stride though? i can understand a game company, or a movie theater or something, but gum? either way, LEAVE UVE BOLL ALONE!!!!