The Flop House - The Flop House Movie Minute #12 - Ewe Boll Contest

Episode Date: September 7, 2008

We honor the modern-day Ed Wood with a contest.

And now the Flop House Movie Minute. We here at the Flop House have always wanted the chance to take on the work of Uwe Boel, the German director widely regarded as this generation's Ed Wood, who is primarily known for his stellar work adapting video games, like that film version of House of the Dead, you know, the one without the house in it. We thought we'd have our chance with the released DVD of In the Name of the King, colon a dungeon siege tale. Then we discovered that the movie is more than two hours long and we said fuck it.

We don't need more than 90 minutes to absorb everything Uva has to teach us. But we didn't want to wait for our inevitable review of Blood Rain 2 to address this great man's work. So we'd like to announce the flop house, Cast and Uva Bowl Film Contest. How does it work? Well, Dr. Bowl's strength as a director comes in large part from the bizarre cast Caesar symbol. Bowl started slowly by using the relatively tame, alone in the dark, to pair Christian Slater and Stephen Dorf with terror read. A mere, a peritif for crazier cast to come. In Blood Rain, Terminator 3's Christiana Lockeon rubbed shoulders with Michael Madsen, Udo Kier, Mithloaf, Michael Perry,

Lost Michelle Rodriguez, Oscar winner Ben Kingsley, and Flop House favorite, Billy Zane. But cast-wise, in the name of the King, Colin and Dungeon Seishtail, is clearly his deranged masterpiece. Who else would make a movie starring Jason Statham, Lili Sobiesky, John Rice Davies, Ron Pearlman, Claire Forlani, Chris Chandelak and again, Ray Leota, Matthew Lillard, and Bert Goddam Reynolds.

Never before have such a cross-section of acting styles, ability, or personal fame met head-to-head, with the possible exception of a Cannibal Run movie. So the rules of the contest are simple. Just send an email with the headline, uvablecontest2, the Flop House Podcast at gmail.com. That's EWE-B-O-L-L for those unfamiliar with his work. And in the body of the email, name and cast your own uvable film. This is your chance to show that you have the ability to come up with crazy patchwork casts to challenge those of Dr. Bull. Extra credit will be given to those who supplement their casting with a brief character breakdown, explaining who the actors will be playing in your film.

Think of it as fantasy football, only much dirtier and without the thinn veneer of sports. The winner will be announced on the show late in October. The winner will receive a DVD copy of the Rocky and Bullwinkle show, Season 1, as well as our effusive kudos. We were going to try and get Uva Bull to actually produce your film, but then we realized that this prize actually has a higher cash value. Also, if you're missing absent Flop House co-host, Elie Thcalen, who's now off recovering

from helping the Daily Show cover the conventions, go to theflophousepodcast.blogspot.com and watch the latest episode of the video podcast, Captains in Space. It's written by me, Dan McCoy, and Elie makes a cameo as the voice of an alien newscaster. We'll be back next week with a full-length show. Thanks for listening.

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