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Oyaskii has said everything I wanted to say...

The action and shootouts scene at the finale was also good, it also didn't feel out of place as most Nollywood movies usually do...
The existence of jazz was also set up early so nothing felt out of place

I'll just add my score... 8/10

I think Nollywood really tried this time

oyaskii:
Shanty Town 2022

Not quite... but We are getting there!

I decided to continue my love/hate relationship with nollywood this year, seeing this and i wasn't disappointed that much for the first time in a long while!

Dialogue
The dialogue was mainly in pidgin english with a little intertwine of Yoruba, Ibo and Ibio-bio and it was so so good. The pidgin English was so raw, punchy, poignant and drove the narrative of the entire story so well that a native speaker will appreciate it more and the subtitles by netflix won't do it justice ...so stellar.

Cast.
The casting was A1 OMG. I never seen a mix of cast this good in a nollywood flick for so long. From the OG's RMD, Sôla Sobowalè, Ini Edo to the youngins Nancy Isime, Lilian Afegbai, Zubby Michael to the amateur Peter Okoye and Mercy Eke all gave impressive performance that i couldn't even fault, but special praise goes to Nse Ikpe-Etim, this woman is a dame and her range in nollywood might be unmatched but the overall crown goes to Chidi Mokeme! Mannn..His performance was blindly good, his mannerism alone was so in sync with his titular character.

Nudity.
I saw the faux outrage about the nudity in the flick and i was expecting some hardcore material like we use to have in those low budget Ghanian movies from yester years and it was nothing like that.
How were they going to tell a story about a "town" filled with pimps, thugs, and prostitutes without some form of nudity?
Smh...Nigeria is a deeply religious non-religious state filled with "Sunday Christians" and "Friday Muslims", we might rank among the most perverse nations in the world but our faux morality meter is off the charts. organized religion might be the major thing holding us back and keeping us firmly in the trenches.
Morality police were over Nancy Isime's case on how show of flesh and she cowered and quickly put out a disclaimer that it was infact a double and not her in that scene, smh...as a professional, how are you allowing charlatans question your art? and she put this out inside 24hours of the show premiering and doing mad numbers, if i was the producer, i will find a contractual clause and sue her because her disclaimer might reduce the stock of the show.

Writing

This is still my biggest problem nollywood. The writing for this was good in the first 3 episodes and then it just lost gas and went pear shaped. The usual problem of chasing so many side plots without any plan of landing any, was still on show with the writing here. The end was so ambiguous to say the least with the last scene leaving an unnecessary confusion that was clearly not needed.

Overall..A better watch than the rest nollywood flicks on Netflix's clime before it. A strong cast performance and excellent dialogue that ensured that the message and narrative the flick tried to tell wasn't lost in translation.

I think the end sets up for a sequel...
The woman walking at the end is the new governor

It's to show the harsh reality that they only ended up replacing one villain with another

The cycle continues...if one thorn was taken out,
Another thorn has appeared in its place


And I also don't think ********** is gone for good

GRIMMJOE:
Shanty Town : Disappointing

You can't even watch a Nigerian film with your family any more.

as if you never see worse in Hollywood regualarly

TheStrongest:
What is disappointing about it? Because of your family make them no act adult scenes again?
You guys complain about everything. They clearly put 18+ for movies like this. Make una rest abeg.

Even Indian movies done dey kiss and romance openly now.

There's a movie for everyone, watch what satisfies your mind. And also check if na 18+..

No come spoil market for Men of Culture

no mind am...
As if foreign shows don't have worse...

Look at Power that had so many sèx scenes that I almost quit the show...
GOT, Rome, Spartacus, e no complain...

But a Nollywood show that focuses of the crime and prostitution ring in a local Nigerian town and he's complaining

Floki737:
Eren is handlìng things in the best way possible.
I support his idea. Because it's the only possible solution, to end the cycle of killings.

end what? Lol...

Why has it not ended on Paradis that they're busy killing themselves...?

There has been 2 coup d'etat in Paradis in 4 years...
The Yeagerists are silencing everyone who dares question them, they turned their own people to Titans...Paradis is at the brink of another Civil War

Even the Hizuru woman said that all the rumbling would do is just reduce human population, they'll continue fighting on Paradis...and Floch admitted he knew

Erwin sef stated to Pixis in S3 that they'll never stop fighting and killing themselves as long as the humans exist...e even dey the episode 87 card

abduleez1:
Guy no dey drop okoto.

Stop comparing shows of this era of Peak TV currently and massive viewership with shows which had lesser audience and reach a la social media.

How many ppl in Naija know or watched The Sopranos, The Wire or, Sex and The City, True Detective. Yet, those shows are easily in all time lists anyday anytime and overall viewership numbers.
Also note that regional taste, culture and preferences also matters. It isn't in just black and white.

HOTD and TLOU We're singing their praises now already have a built in IP on ground. Comparing TLOU with BB is outrightly funny. You think say because you're just hearing of TLOU it's not massively popular elsewhere. The game is arguably the best video game of the last two decades if not of all time, judging by its numerous Game Awards.
So thinking that show will be niche content is funny. You can't compare it with Euphoria that's just starting out its own IP.

You might think BB is not that popular but it is. Only judging from GOTs popularity you'd have heard of the show, cos they both get easily compared with one another.

Although, I think it's genre and being light on action probably didn't help in blowing up it's viewership. It's not the kind of show you'd find being real popular in Nigeria or even Africa at large.

The best comparison of shows popularity would be comparing it with its contemporaries, not shows from the last 7 years when social media is a driving force behind success.
On that count, I think it did well.

in other words you admit to everything I've been saying since...

You can give excuses all you like for the reason, but you still ended up with the same conclusion I've made since...

So why were you arguing with me in the first place?

zedegit:
Seriously it was boring to me. I couldn't even continue beyond episode 1

when I first started Breaking Bad...
I watched season 1 and 2 and dropped it...it was boring af...
I wouldn't have even gone that far if it wasn't critically acclaimed

I gave it a second chance last year...it does improve drastically from season 3 upwards...

Give it a second try, you won't regret

Jung E.......9/10


Will avoid spoilers...
This movie was totally different from what I expected.
The movie does go dark...exploring some of the side effects of capitalism in a futuristic world where human brain data can be copied into machines

With enough money, people can copy their brain data into machines that are given same rights as human...
However, those who can't afford it will have their autonomy taken away by greedy companies who will use it for whatever means they seek...be it combat type robots or any other form depending on the social situation of the world

I won't talk about the actual plot to avoid spoilers cos anything I say will be spoilers

oyaskii:
it was an American Show on an American network (AMC) in the era of no VOD and just primetime tv and the rest of the world got to see it via third party so the readily and accurate stat to measure how good the show was, is the US records!.

Clearly you might not be the brightest tool in the shade to argue these matters with, I apologize.

lol, the argument isn't about how popular it is in the U.S

You said it broke the internet...
I even asked for worldwide trend and you obviously couldn't provide cos you knew it never did

At this point we can as well agree that it never peaked in popularity outside the U.S
A show that can't even reach top 5 worldwide trend on twitter...

Rest.

There is no excuse you can give tbh...Prison Break was popular worldwide during it's airing...

a4turitoroman:
In all areas you can think of

your statement is very worthless imo...

Since you can't even defend it

I can as well say:
Moon Knight is the greatest show in TV history and is better than GOT..."in all areas"

The Last of us on the other hand had 10m U.S viewers in U.S alone in 2 days

U.S views of Breaking Bad

oyaskii:
Smh...The average non-american hasn't seen breaking bad? I actually have a migraine trying to process that fallacy. Tons of people hasn't seen it and yet it's one of the most critically acclaimed show of all time?

And yes, the finale did break the internet, and saying this with all politeness, don't cook stats from thin air, actually do some research and live outside your bubble and touch grass once in a while.

you're just packing U.S records...
Even it's U.S records...apart from it's finale...it was nowhere near GOT

I asked you for worldwide viewership or trend

There are tons of shows very popular in the U.S but not as popular outside it

I'm willing to bet that outside the U.S, even Prisoon Break was far far more popular than Breaking Bad

FergieRaww:
If this isn't breaking the internet (in year 2013), i don't know what will ?! 🤷🏽‍♂️😕

show me top 5 in worldwide trend

Most of these tweets were American...

Show me top 5 in worldwide trend

Even average shows nowadays are making top 5 easily

Crumbian:
I understand your point. I know some people that if there isn't plenty fight scenes, shooting and explosions in a movie it's rubbish to them.

yep, a movie has to be entertaining first

Some genre are generally more popular than others as a result

Avatar movies get bashed regularly on the internet but yet it keeps making billions...
Marvel movies keep getting bashed on the internet yet they're still breaking box office records...

pu7pl3:
Perhaps you weren't using the internet then...

Breaking Bad did not break the internet sir

I'm willing to bet it never made top 5 worldwide trend on twitter

Breaking Bad is popular in name but a ton of people have never seen it

24 is probably more popular than Breaking Bad sef not to talk of GOT

oyaskii:
If you agree Enjoyment is subjective that settles it.

On the major contrary, Breaking Bad is in most people's all time best show!. I don't know how you watched it, but i actually followed it whilst it was airing and each day of a new episode was like a carnival!. The day Hank discovered Walter White was a drug dealer "broke the internet" and the finale day had the whole world on a chokehold, even Barrack Obama was live tweeting about it!. It entered the 2013 Guinness book of world records as the most "critically acclaimed show" of all time. GOT had more pop culture effect because it began at the beginning of the craze of the era of social media whilst BB was already at it's twilight when social media became a thing, but brahhh "Breaking Bad" was [b]that show![/b]

Very contradictory statements in bold

you say all this yet the average non-american hasn't seen the show...

But guess what? Most people around you have seen GOT and a ton of other shows...even your parents have most likely seen it

Breaking Bad is popular indeed but I can assure you that a ton of people have never seen it...they've just heard of it

The broke the internet you're talking about, where did that happen? I never knew when the finale aired, no one I know or have met knew when the finale aired...

Even online, I will bet it didn't enter top 5 worldwide trend on twitter when the finale aired...
Meanwhile even shows like Squid Game broke the internet and everyone knew

This movie went real dark here...wtf

This is hilarious

seanwilliam:
Greatest series of all time is breaking bad . Go and see it!

this is a very vague statement

why is it the greatest of all time?
You should be able to defend your statement at least

a4turitoroman:
Disagree,
Jack bauer 24hours beat it hands down

in what areas...
You would need to specify

oyaskii:
In what context is "Vikings" more enjoyable than "BB" because in general logic, Enjoyment is subjective. Some people detest Vikings whilst the same people liked and adored the slow burn and eventual unraveling of "BB". I for one totally "enjoyed" "BB" and i am totally game for a rewatch any day any time.

And their's a fallacy you push that seems of the mark, which is a show or movie that is "well written" might still not be "enjoyable"...i think this is a gross oxymoron.

Most people will acknowledge that Breaking Bad is one of the best written shows of all time...

But I bet you many won't call it their favorite show. Like you said, enjoyment is mostly subjective however you should also know that some genre or elements tend to give most people the most enjoyment

Example: action movies/ shows are generally more fun to watch than Detective movies...

Look at the box office, there is a reason superhero movies dominate

If you were going to the cinema for a movie, which would you choose? Superhero or historical drama?
Same as series...the average person watches a show for fun

Example of enjoyment factor:
Far more people have watched Game of Thrones over Breaking Bad because GOT is just far far more enjoyable and a far easier sell than Breaking Bad

abduleez1:
Who don watch this new series... Make him give us update how d package be.

horror
It looks good but I hate horror...

But the ratings aren't that high too

CoolUsername:
Any time I type up a review of some obscure manga title that I take the time to edit and lay out my points, my posts get deleted and I get banned.

So I end up just posting memes and jokes about the hornyposting on this thread.

true sha...
The bot dey ban me tire...

Crumbian:
Some people go tell you say e dey boring.

it's definitely one of the best written shows of all time...

But I wouldn't place it anywhere near the most enjoyable shows. You need to understand that some people value enjoyment the most.

No matter how well written your show is, if it's not that enjoyable to watch, then people will call it boring

For example, Breaking Bad is better than Vikings but Vikings is far more enjoyable to watch ....
In fact I'd rather rewatch Vikings 2 more times than rewatch Breaking Bad...

There are tons of shows Breaking Bad is better than but they offer better enjoyment on rewatch... because afterall people watch media for enjoyment

Just like Severance...as good as season 1 was, I'll never rewatch it...I'd rather read a summary before season 2 to remember much of the plot and characters

Crumbian:
Recommended it to one guy in my area. The guy watched just four episodes of Season 1, declared the series boring, then delete the entire season 1 to 5.


Till now, nothing the guy fit tell me about TV series/movies wey I go take am serious.

it's a slow burn that's why

The biggest sell in the show is it's character development

Potential crossover with ChainsawMan?

Saw a clip from this movie on telegram and Omo...

Nollywood had gone far in terms of nûdity...
Full bôobs and àss being tapped and squeezed in that clip

New

[quote author=Ellexy post=120227540][/quote]it's an announcement video...
That clip isn't from season 2...

Basically announced it's coming late 2023

Who has seen this Korean show...
Heard it's just 6 episodes and on Netflix

Island

The World Building in this show is legendary...

Has to be one of the best in fiction...
Even the timeline of events from the history of the Earth and nuclear wars and governments to how humanity started exploring and migrating to space...

And all the politics and policies from different colonies and their rules...

Even all the different human calendars, from AD on earth to the Space calendar...and even the Imperial Calendar used in the Galactic Empire...

Whoever wrote this story...I off hat for am...wtf

Definitely one of the best written shows of all time...
And I'm not even halfway through yet