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nijerbabe (f)
Whats your Opinion Abt The Name "nollywood"
« on: May 19, 2006, 05:32 PM »

hey people, i ve heard alot of people sayin that the name "nollywood" is another "copy copy" 9jas wont stop doin. ( which i agree with because hollywood and bollywood they are tryin to copy derived that name from somewhere/something but Nollywood, to me makes no connection to anything i kno in Nigeria but u can prove me wrong tho' ) So, do u think that name is ok or do u think the nigerian movie industry shld create a name for themselves???
vichel (m)
Re: Whats your Opinion Abt The Name "nollywood"
« #1 on: May 19, 2006, 05:37 PM »

the name nollywood is a disgrace, we have a very prospective movie industry, that with the right attitude and professionals would make nigerian movies a force to reckon with. But absolutely taking a name of an already established movie industry and transforming it into your own, is simply shameless, and that is why nobody would ever take the nigerian movie industry serious, until some much needed changes are made.
eveseh (f)
Re: Whats your Opinion Abt The Name "nollywood"
« #2 on: May 19, 2006, 09:45 PM »

no coment but i like da name Grin
detennyson (m)
Re: Whats your Opinion Abt The Name "nollywood"
« #3 on: May 20, 2006, 09:43 PM »

I think the name NOLLYWOOD SUCKS!!! They shld look for sonething else and name it,  Sad
eveseh (f)
Re: Whats your Opinion Abt The Name "nollywood"
« #4 on: May 20, 2006, 09:46 PM »

they shold have make it sollywood,that is nice

that's more like it Grin
eveseh (f)
Re: Whats your Opinion Abt The Name "nollywood"
« #5 on: May 20, 2006, 09:46 PM »

or even Zollywood
Rhodalyn (f)
Re: Whats your Opinion Abt The Name "nollywood"
« #6 on: May 20, 2006, 09:47 PM »

nollywood is cuul Kiss Kiss
eveseh (f)
Re: Whats your Opinion Abt The Name "nollywood"
« #7 on: May 20, 2006, 09:58 PM »

lol gilr,Gollywood is cool
nijerbabe (f)
Re: Whats your Opinion Abt The Name "nollywood"
« #8 on: May 20, 2006, 10:22 PM »

Quote from: eveseh on May 20, 2006, 09:46 PM
or even Zollywood
Quote from: eveseh on May 20, 2006, 09:58 PM
lol gilr,Gollywood is cool

Lol, but its not all about naming the industry, its about the name havin a connection with somn. Nice names tho'
eveseh (f)
Re: Whats your Opinion Abt The Name "nollywood"
« #9 on: May 20, 2006, 10:25 PM »

Quote from: nijerbabe on May 20, 2006, 10:22 PM
Lol, but its not all about naming the industry, its about the name havin a connection with somn. Nice names tho'

oops than my bad
nijerbabe (f)
Re: Whats your Opinion Abt The Name "nollywood"
« #10 on: May 20, 2006, 10:37 PM »

Quote from: eveseh on May 20, 2006, 10:25 PM
oops than my bad

lol. your even my namesake. kool.
eveseh (f)
Re: Whats your Opinion Abt The Name "nollywood"
« #11 on: May 20, 2006, 10:38 PM »

Quote from: nijerbabe on May 20, 2006, 10:37 PM
lol. your even my namesake. kool.


Ok than Kiss Kiss Grin
Rhodalyn (f)
Re: Whats your Opinion Abt The Name "nollywood"
« #12 on: May 21, 2006, 01:50 AM »

Quote from: eveseh on May 20, 2006, 09:58 PM
lol gilr,Gollywood is cool
lol eve Cheesy Cheesy Cheesy
eveseh (f)
Re: Whats your Opinion Abt The Name "nollywood"
« #13 on: May 21, 2006, 11:57 AM »

Quote from: Rhodalyn on May 21, 2006, 01:50 AM
lol eve Cheesy Cheesy Cheesy

yea girl i think Gollywood is cool Grin
chosenbabe (f)
Re: Whats your Opinion Abt The Name "nollywood"
« #14 on: May 21, 2006, 06:33 PM »

wats d disgrace eh vichel.

There's bollywood
hollywood
n nollywood

do y'all want em to call it nollytree?
eveseh (f)
Re: Whats your Opinion Abt The Name "nollywood"
« #15 on: May 21, 2006, 06:37 PM »

Quote from: chosenbabe on May 21, 2006, 06:33 PM
wats d disgrace eh vichel.

There's bollywood
hollywood
n nollywood

do y'all want em to call it nollytree?

lol  lol wahahahahah,he he he he,nollytree,lol lol
nijerbabe (f)
Re: Whats your Opinion Abt The Name "nollywood"
« #16 on: May 21, 2006, 07:04 PM »

Quote from: chosenbabe on May 21, 2006, 06:33 PM
wats d disgrace eh vichel.

There's bollywood
hollywood
n nollywood

do y'all want em to call it nollytree?


"In India, their movie industry is located in Bombay. That is why they call it Bollywood while in the US, Hollywood was derived from the name of a tree plant-the grows there But for Nolly, I don’t know where they got the name from". Says Zeb ejiro( one of the top producers Nigeria's got) and i agree with him. Who name the nigerian Movie industry NOLLYWOOD?? where did the name come from??
vichel (m)
Re: Whats your Opinion Abt The Name "nollywood"
« #17 on: May 24, 2006, 12:40 AM »

Quote from: chosenbabe on May 21, 2006, 06:33 PM
wats d disgrace eh vichel.

There's bollywood
hollywood
n nollywood

do y'all want em to call it nollytree?

The american movie industry has the right claim to that name and what it stands for. If the nigerian government wants to name their industry, they should come up with something else without the word wood or tree in it Tongue Tongue. Just like how the US president lives in the "white house", so does the Nigeria president, who lives at "aso rock". Aso rock has it's own uniqueness instead of having a copy-cat name like the green house Tongue
hoodboi (m)
Re: Whats your Opinion Abt The Name "nollywood"
« #18 on: May 24, 2006, 05:15 AM »

I think it's just sad , why can't d Industry jst get somethin of dere own,  They copy a lot of things from movies nd stuff but copyin d a name na that's wacked to d core. but again we have bollywood
sexy_nes (f)
Re: Whats your Opinion Abt The Name "nollywood"
« #19 on: May 24, 2006, 07:56 AM »

Nigerians like to copy too much. I have seen a number of movies that have the exact same counterparts in Hollywood. We didn't need to name our movie industry Nollywood. If we absolutely had to name our movie industry, we might have well as named it 51 Iweka Road, Onitsha or Idumota, Lagos. Nonsense.
Seun (m)
Re: Whats your Opinion Abt The Name "nollywood"
« #20 on: November 23, 2007, 06:50 PM »

Nothing wrong with copying a good thing.  When people anywhere hear "Nollywood" they'll know it's movie related.
janami (f)
Re: Whats your Opinion Abt The Name "nollywood"
« #21 on: November 23, 2007, 08:12 PM »

naija's follow follow syndrome will always keep them in the shadows of things. why did they not go for smthg authentically nigerian like the californians did? Hollywood is clearly named after the legacy of the land. What has nollywood got to do with naija? i wonder o.
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