Depiction Of Nigerians In "District 9"

@topic,

Being made fun of in an ad, or having a bad depiction in a movie,

is a fantastic opportunity for us to make the case that these things are fictitious.

Or at the very least, that they are moving away from the truth behind these depiction.

Instead, the FG are busy drawing attention to Nigeria by being upset by these depiction,

which makes everyone think that they must be true.

We are shooting ourself in the foot, and opening Nigeria to ridicule.

Seriously, other countries have to deal with depictions which are far worse.

 >:(Its funny how everyone is ranting about this issue! If nigerians are truly the way we were depicted in the film then God help us. I  know its hardly the case, so why make a fuss. There are always  'jokes' about all nationalities, 'a dark side', C'mon how many times have pple asked me (in london o) about monkeys jumping about in our backyards in africa or if we practice voodoo etc.  So i speak for MYSELF when i say i was'nt offended at all and i enjoyed the film. Chill out people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have not seen the movie, but I read some of the reviews on the internet and the movie got a lot of good reviews.
Some even say that this movie was the best Sci-fi movie this year and is currently sitting @ no.2 in the American box office and no.1 in the UK.
From a 30million$ budget movie, its now on the way of receiving more than 100million$ profit in the US alone.
(see international reviews)   

@RSA and Smokie and Zulu,now let's talk abt the realities in SA,I am going to start with your next door neighbor,Zimbabwe,back before the government had a confrontation with thier colonial Masters,Zimbabwe,which is also a rainbow country used to be like your SA until Mugabe decided to redistribute lands which the white inherited 4rm the apartheid regime and gave it to the black freedom fighters,he further questioned the dominance of the Whites in the agricultural sector and other sectors of the economy then all hell broke loose,the europeans showed the government who the real boss was,they made sure foreign direct investment came to a halting stop,developed a propaganda machine against the FG of zimbabwe,stopped every foreign aid to that country,even lobbied other countries to cut ties with them and there was capital flight from that country,2day that country is in the doldrums,financial sector is a joke,the economy is in comatose,U of inflation rates that run upto a hundred millions, all becoz they won't accept the post colonial status quo which was not different from the colonial dayz.When I see SAfricans make silly claims,I just say to myself what's the use,if 80% of SA economy is controlled by the minority white,if 2moro these white guyz are pissed,there can always be a way to tame U guyz by thier non participation and withdrawal of thier investments in SA,how many real(black) SAfricans live in the good areas of SA,a majority of them live in squalid townships where 80% of the crimes in SA actually happen,an average black SA is illiterate,criminally minded and xenophobic,the rate of violent crimes in SA is the highest and most of them are xenophobic in nature,many of the SA that stay in those townships are worse than the Nigerian fraudsters,these ppl kill at the slightest provocation,2yrz ago one of my Uncles was killed in SA,reason being that nigerians were selling their wares cheaper and were making them lose customers,losers that can't stand competitive wits.Rape to them,especially young underage girls is a way of getting rid of HIV,bunch of paedos,no wonder they have the worst rate of the virus when even thier president showed an example of that believe.Before U ppl open your mouth and curse Naija solve your unending problems,don't foam in the mouth at Naija,ask for answers from your slave masterz,afterall,to U all they are your messiahs without them U guyz are minced meat.Watha mess!
@All,that guy Shesi,is ghanaian disguising to be a nigerian,I ve had confrotations with the bastard in a thread where he and his Ghanaian crooks tried to bash Naija,I shut him up and he fled,there a lot of them here on NL.   

@Oseiwe,not even one of black bunch in that movies all southafrican of xhosa origin.What an insult!And to think that we ve Nigerians or maybe they re not,adding insult to injury dey even scatter my dada.Many ppl lack perspective in the way they argue,Dora don turn to God wey go solve all the nigerian wahala b4 she go do her job as info minister,even if U hate the woman,do U ve to condemn her for doing a good job.I tire for all these loserz,Nigeria dis,Nigeria that,Ngwanu do U own,Mbannu!They just want to condemn.Abeg!U guyz should either shape up or ship out!

Hmmn . . . maybe I'm the one with the crap taste then

That's the problem . . . I don't base my judgement on what the masses think.

The movie targeted the right audience . . . middle-aged, white people that have no previous experience of xenophobia and haven't seen any sci-fi movies.
57% of the audience was 25 or older(usually 35-60) . . . these are the same people that think The Duchess is the best movie ever.
Unfortunately, I happen to be below 25 and Nigerian, xenophobia doesn't shock me and I've played Halo before . . . so it looks too ordinary to me.

Nah . . . it's just the fact that it's sci-fi too.
People that claim the storyline and graphics were perfect need to play Halo
And that's  the thing, when you've seen Halo's aliens, District 9's prawns can't impress you