NewStats: 3,264,688 , 8,184,419 topics. Date: Thursday, 12 June 2025 at 03:52 AM 2z2p566382y |
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Baddestguyp:Your workrate when it comes to matters of AOT is prime Ngolo KantΓ¨ level π©π Btw, did you edit that image yourself?Yup...it has been sitting on my meme folder for long and you provided the perfect set up for me to use it, i couldn't resist the urge to oblige βπΎ |
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Baddestguyp:ππ« 18 Likes 2 Shares |
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Illusioneffect:noted |
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Ishilove: abduleez1:π ... The battle between Adulting and Reading books now is so brutal π¬π.....i will totally be lying if i say i will be starting any new book soon, have my plate full at the moment, and so little time dedicated to reading endeavour. But i am totally open to the idea of new book suggestions and acquiring them ,π 2 Likes 2 Shares |
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abduleez1:Maannn...I haven't really read any of Chimamanda Adichie's book despite all the raves they get. The only one i have read was, a short novella titled "Notes on Grief", and it was suggested to me, to get over a personal loss π. It was so good, and the writing style was top notch... I need to get into her works more π€ |
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abduleez1:Exactly...The article was just bland. We have gone over the list of books they can adapt...if they start doing that, they might be up to something... Meanwhile...Africa International Film Festival is coming up, next month, and some next blend of indie gems that i think you should keep an eye out for, have been selected for screening... Breathe of Life (2023) was the close film of last year's festival and we all know how much of a hit it became...the festival is a big deal....a big break from the nonsense, Netflix serves each week..
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abduleez1:I read the piece and The title is as clickbaity as they come and the entire thing feels oxymoronic because this adaptation is 100% Hollywood as far as we know, and i still can't see how it helps Nollywood get ahead. Why is the industry just showing interest now that a foreign industry has picked it up? why haven't they done an adaptation since the last one yester yester years ago? Fact is, If Hollywood continues to pick up Nigerian literature to adapt, the praises sadly does not come to Nollywood. Nollywood can start doing themselves a favor, by adapting the 100s of good literature we have here. |
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Ishilove:lol Yeah it was pretty mid, but fire poster tho, so.....π¬π
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DieRich5:what is the name of this font my G? |
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NobleStag007:No, Christmas day β |
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abduleez1:dem too sabi this poster thing walahi |
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Madam Cristin Milioti!, e mΓ bΓnu....i wasn't really familiar with your game!...i gasped when she appeared uninvited at that dinner, and i instantly knew some sinister boss lady shii was about to go down π© 10/10 episode yet again, no gainsaying this is the best show, this quarter of the year.... good luck to those trying to topple it. π€πΏ 4 Likes 1 Share |
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All other departments in horror flicks prod, might slack, but the graphics team stays in overdrive! Just hit me while reviewing movie poster, the horror genre consistently delivers some of the most fire artwork in the game. Talk about a genre with a visual flex! π© π¨π
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joseph1832:ππ...My library is sorted by most recent that's why..so it's the last book i read, and for the upmteenth time that is. It is such a good book, not just from a football perspective, but life in general. The chapter he described how dominant Pep's BarΓ§a were between 09-11, is my fave bit
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IngeniousLeez: Bro...I did extensive data analytics course during grad sch and i can boldly tell you that to use data metrics to predict the future accurately, you have to control like 90% of the factors and currently Netflix controls around 40% of said factors that would make them make any sort of meaningful take home profits in the nearest future. Throwing money at making Nigerian content is less than half of the work. The key component that makes Netflix work ideally, is fast, uninterrupted, and cheap internet. This draws back to the economy been in shambles!, Internet is not cheap here, not to talk of unlimited internet. Infact there are very few truly unlimited internet here without FUP, and those are very very expensive still, far above the reach of the average internet here. Even Starling that looked like truly giving us unlimited internet for cheap, has shot up there sub prices by almost 100%. With the current optics, i do not envision an immediate future where internet becomes cheap... it's not happening any time soon, I am sorry. Netflix can by this route tho, by partnering local ISP to have cheap Netflix based plans. That's one part of the hurdle, the second part is trying to convince majority of people in the poverty capital of the world, to regularly pay for content that they can routinely get on the open seaβ οΈ But then again, I strongly believe, Netflix aren't actually hinging get good profits margin from people subbing their services here. The love for Nigerian content, the world over, is at an all time high, so it's easily sellable in the diaspora, i believe that is where they are targeting to recoup their investments. Dstv works here, because of a state backed strong arm monopoly, holding all the football rights and majority of thier service aren't hinge on internet service or stable power supply. That's why it's even difficult for them to even market Showmax, because it's basically still Dstv content with a little content from overseas that seriously isn't worth the hassle. "Say make i pay for Dstv sub, still come pay for Showmax, to watch Real housewives of Lekki"? π©π© lol Prime video was doomed to fail here from the start, they rushed in and was just approving just about any movie that people haven't even heard about. Between it and Netflix, They have the largest base of bottom barrel Nigerian content, like every gets through to thier platform ππ© |
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Ishilove:Thanks for the offer. As it turns out, his books are pretty easy to find, and my source returned the titles you suggested to me within minutes and they are safely in my library. Now as a book reader, you know getting the book most times, it's the easy part....the hardest part is actually reading them π¬, but i find the time π 3 Likes 1 Share |
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Illusioneffect:Growing fast una π©. I know my people, Netflix basic sub of 2.2k is still a luxury here, and again the people aren't really used to the idea of paying for these things even before the economic downturn...told someone something ago, that i pay for Apple Music , and he looked at me like i was crazy, and said "when Naijaloaded dey" π© |
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Illusioneffect:The industry is not set up for filmmakers to take risk, and do none conventional story telling. The few ones that have dared to make arthouse films here, have been appreciated by few of us who do care, but they failed to gained any critical or commercial traction in the industry. And Again, actual creatives that know what they are doing are not been let into writers room, directors chair or film sets here. The hyper conservative stance here also contributes. Meaning you can't tell stories against the ills of major tribes, can't tell stories about the ills of religion, can't properly tell stories about the political decay, let me not even talk about stories about alphabet people (which they very much exist here!), the filmmaker doing that will be burnt at the stake!. So the stories that are left to tell, are the crass, razz and cringe stories like this one. |
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Illusioneffect:Yes, I thought i yielded to this fact last week?. My only issue was that, I didn't want it 100% Hollywood, and they should do it in a way that doesn't take away the authenticity of the book. Of course I don't trust these Nigerian filmmakers to do a good job. |
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IngeniousLeez:lol Netflix thinks, spamming Nigerian content, will get more people to subscribe here π. I can't even begin to count the reasons why this is counter productive, chief among them being, the damn economy dealing squarely with like 70% of the populace. Can't be thinking of Netflix sub when belly dey empty and other more important bills dey pile up fa π©. Infact, active Netflix subscribers here is below 200k!. South Africa has like 70% of the total subscribers in sub Saharan africa, so I don't know why Netflix is not throwing their money there. Well, i have longed clocked that, "The Idea of being Nigerian" has a far more appealing allure, than "being Nigerian and actually living here".... people around the world love our content for some reason and it is very easy for Netflix to sell it. Kaycee7 say make we wait, say 2035, say him go change the industry....so fingers crossed π€πΏ and Inshallah ππΏπ 1 Like |
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Kaycee7:I'll be rooting for you harmano ππΏ 2 Likes 1 Share |
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IngeniousLeez:Bruhhh... Nollywood stresses me out fr π©. It's even Netflix i blame because, it's like they don't care about their rep here. How are they giving 100% creative keys to Nigerian Filmmakers who have shown gross incompetence in times past? If you are adapting a movie from an historical event, common sense should tell you that the props is the absolute thing you get right even if all other part is wrong. Well, you'd just know it's the most obvious 4/10 flick ποΈποΈπ©...but i will still show up... pretty clear that this industry might never leave the trenches. |
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Chibudollar:The official word is there were creative differences and the writers strike of last year also contributed but i ain't buying the excuse. FBI suppose pack people go jail if they investigate the production flow of that show π©π©. It has no business taking that long to make. 1 Like |
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Chibudollar:The quality and scale of production has increased over time. Back in the day, they didn't need any fancy locations or 4K footage, so easier to produce 22 episodes capped most times at 720p Res at most, meant for primetime tvs weekly releases. Now we have VOD services that go up to 4K and offering Dolby Atmos audio plus advanced VFX exists now for Sci shows and the likes. so these factors would mean longer production time between pre and post production. And because of the preceding paragraph, the budget of shows now, are at an astronomical high. To put things in perspective, "Prison Break S1" cost about 2m American greens per episode to make, arriving at about 24m for the entire session, in contrast, HOTD S1 cost roughly about 20m per episode, reaching around 200m for the entire season of just 9 episodes!. So it is commercially not feasible to make many episodes per season of tv shows now. The attention span of the average populace has been ruined by the rise of short form videos made popular by Tiktok, and you can see most social media platforms are incorporating short forms reels into their eco system, meaning people actually need you to get to the point as soon as possible, and most people lack the attention span to sit through 23 episodes of a single show! especially late millennials and Gen Z. All that been said, i think these networks can really put in more efforts to reduce the wait time between seasons of shows. 4 Likes 2 Shares |
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samistry:Cinemas down here dey ment sometimes bruh. This movie was an archetype straight to VOD release, them go carry put for primetime slot dey charge exorbitant fee fa. I have been done with anything "Hellboy" since the end of "The Golden Army". The last one in 2019, tanked critically and commercially so I don't know what strain of loud they were on, coming up with this. |
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abduleez1:lol shey you see am. It was independence day, and unfortunately it was the biggest title playing that day! Just to tell you how starved we are for actual quality blockbusters worth seeing on a big screen. The biggest title playing as of today is "Joker" which from all indications was actually a joke, so braah make cinema just dey avoid me dey go from now on π© 1 Like 1 Share |
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pu7pl3:My bossman lament for 3 days straight...me wey don remove hand for cinema matter for months now, him think say i no know wentin i dey do πππ ![]() |
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Ishilove:For some uncanny reason i can't seem hack King's book. I think the only one i have read was a collection of short novellas titled "Full Dark, No Stars" , or maybe i can't just pick them...so please, can you run me list of S.King's books you think i should totally get into? ππΎ |
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abduleez1:My guy go Genesis go see am last week, e waka comot around 15 minutes in, make money kukuma waste than for him eyes to complete that rubbish, he saidπ©ππ. Hellboy in 2024 is nasty work fgs.... a franchise that should have been retired since. 3 Likes 1 Share |
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Ishilove:It was adapted albeit loosely and low budget, way way back. It tanked critically and commercially that's why you probably didn't hear of it. Funny thing, the filmmaker just kept making more sequels of it without Dean Koontz's input lol Not many of his books have been adapted because he always greater creative control of his work. I don't blame him, though. The work of an artist is his baby and not many will want their babies butchered the way Hollywood butchers a lot of these books. A case in point is what is happening to J.R.R Tolkein's Lord of the Rings. Exactly, He takes meticulously care in fleshing out his characters and tie them to unique stories, but the few they have adapted to movies actually do remove major elements of the books, and most just settle for a "loose adaptions" that usually doesn't hit like the books. He is literally my fave author, and he is like the most consistent author presently amongst "the old heads", he had a book out in January and he has another planned next month, and another for 2025 already lol, unlike someone like Dan Brown, and drops one book per decade and just disappears π©
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I said i should just "spy" "Prison Break S1" at the wee hours, and this shii kept me up, i consumed 5 episodes with minimal fuss, like wtf!! π©. The improved Web HD re release added to the spice, mainly the writing quality holds up so well... absolutely nothing was left to chance!. It makes me wonder, where did all the good screen writers go? We used to get regular "22 episodes" banger shows during that era, consistently. Now some networks can't even hold common "10 episodes" without a cancellation axe hanging over the show...smh π |
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